Wanderers of Weird

Wanderers of Weird Podcast

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Spooky stories with couch-chat chaos.

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Wanderers of Weird pairs casual banter with research into spooky places, seasonal folklore, occult topics, and oddball personal lore. Episodes can start with snacks, allergies, or social-media chaos, then wander toward Spooky State stories, gnomes, leprechauns, or listener-submitted confessions.

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About Wanderers of Weird

Wanderers of Weird is part spooky-topic show, part personal catch-up, and part running conversation with its own audience. It sounds lived in. The episodes do not rush to hide the setup, the corrections, or the half-formed thoughts that happen before the story lands. That gives the show a loose, kitchen-table energy, especially when a researched segment begins after talk about snacks, pets, allergies, blankets, or a recording day that has already gone sideways. The subject matter ranges across folklore, spooky-state stories, occult topics, seasonal traditions, and strange listener submissions. Episodes move through Spooky New Jersey, Spooky New Mexico, spring folklore with gnomes and leprechauns, the Spring Equinox, and the royals' connection to the occult. The show also makes room for catch-up episodes where the behind-the-scenes life of making the podcast becomes the point. Listener messages matter. Dear Wanderers opens the door to ghost-in-the-house stories, anonymous confessions, relationship complaints, family drama, and anything someone wants read aloud without having to say it themselves. The rhythm is quick and elastic. A story can turn into a joke, a correction, a side memory, or a question about whether a detail actually makes sense, then snap back toward the main topic. That makes the weirdness feel social rather than solemn. The speakers are comfortable being blunt, tired, amused, curious, and occasionally distracted, which keeps even familiar folklore from sounding overproduced. Research is present, but it is filtered through casual reaction and improvisation. The result is a show for listeners who like spooky culture with chatter around the edges. It is warm without being tidy. It is strange without trying too hard to be mysterious. Wanderers of Weird works because it lets the odd topic and the ordinary day sit in the same room.

Made for: Best for listeners who enjoy folklore, spooky places, occult topics, and listener-submitted weirdness with casual banter attached. It fits people who prefer personality, tangents, and friendly mess over tightly scripted spooky narration.

What sets it apart: Wanderers of Weird makes the behind-the-scenes texture part of the show, so researched spooky topics sit beside snack talk, pet updates, social-media experiments, and Dear Wanderers submissions. The weird material feels less like a lecture and more like an ongoing group chat.

In their own words

Get ready to come take a journey with us to visit the weird side of the world.

As heard by us

Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Wanderers of Weird pairs supernatural lore and local history with the easy comic rhythm of two friends swapping stories.

Wanderers of Weird moves between researched hauntings, improvised supernatural stories and the loose conversation of two friends entertaining each other.

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A Salem haunting can detour through smallpox history before you remember the lights are off.

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ghostly history served with candid banter instead of hushed reverence
spooky-state research that leaves room for crow trinkets and accidental oversharing

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Wanderers StorytellingApr 15, 2026

Loose, conversational storytelling with a relaxed, in-the-moment feel.

Wanderers Storytelling settles into an easy, conversational rhythm, with two hosts shaping a spring-leaning variation on their usual story setup.

Spooky New MexicoApr 8, 2026

Sleepy, chatty spooky lore with a loose New Mexico story and a long tangent or two.

This episode starts off drowsy and conversational, with the hosts backtracking from New Jersey to New Mexico before landing on Abraham Staub. The trinkets, the crows, and the late-night tone give it a loose, hanging-out feel rather than a brisk history lesson.

Wanderers Storytelling: SupernaturalJan 22, 2026

A shaggy Mothman story that feels like a hangout while it keeps revising itself.

Wanderers of Weird spins a neighbor sighting into a shaggy, oddly vivid Mothman tale, where one detail keeps getting reinforced until it starts to feel true.

A Year in Review and Looking Toward 2026Jan 1, 2026

A loose New Year’s recap that keeps its energy by wandering.

The episode frames itself as a New Year’s Eve recap, with Spooky State still carrying the show as it moves from Louisiana through the N's and looks ahead to future ideas. It comes across as two people thinking out loud, which gives the recap a relaxed, unpolished feel.

Haunted SalemMay 14, 2025

Salem history gets spooky and conversational, with a loose pace that still keeps the thread.

Haunted Salem threads one city through unrest, illness, loss, and fire, with Ropes Mansion serving as the steady point of focus. The episode moves from Nathaniel Ropes and the mob outside his house to the smallpox tensions around him, then to Abigail Nabby Ropes and the fire…

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Episodes

The Internet's Scariest Stories

Appalachian Scary Stories

Vampires in Real Life

Spooky Oklahoma

Wanderers Chinway: September

Wanderers: 200th Episode Ghost Hunting Special

Wanderer's Game Night: Let's Get Deep BFF Edition

Spooky Ohio

Wanderers Chinway: August!

Historical Hoaxes

Spooky America 250

The Anywhere Alley - The Finale

Spooky North Dakota

Wanderers Chinwag: July Edition

Wanderers Mad Libs: After Dark

Wanderers Storytelling: The Anywhere Alley-Part II

Spooky North Carolina

Wanderers Chinwag: June Edition

Wanderers Storytelling: The Anywhere Alley - Part One

Pop Culture Hot Takes

Spooky New York

Wanderers Chinwag: May Edition

Scottish Folklore

Earth Magic

Wanderers Storytelling

Spooky New Mexico

April Catch-Up!

Spring Folklore: Gnomes and Leprechauns

Revisited: The Spring Equinox

Spooky New Jersey

March Catch-Up!

The Royals and the Occult

Spooky New Hampshire

Valentine's Special: Crimes of Passion

February Catch-Up With Us!

Wanderers on Reddit: AITA

Wanderers Storytelling: Supernatural

Spooky Nevada

Post-Holiday Chat

A Year in Review and Looking Toward 2026

Holiday Storytelling

Favorite Holiday Movies and Music!

Spooky Nebraska

Catching Up!

Harvest Special!

Jack the Ripper II - Letters, Suspects, Pop Culture

Spooky Montana

Catch-Up with Us!

13 Halloween Homicides

Jack the Ripper - Part I

Demonic Possessions

Creepy Things Children Say

History of Torture

Spooky Storytelling

NASCAR Hauntings

Ghost Hunt with Us! Part II

Ghost Hunt with Us! Part I

It's Spooky Season!

Greek Mythology - The Olympians II

Spooky Missouri

Chit-Chat: Life Updates, Tyler Childers, and What's Coming Up

Weird Collections

Documentary Deep Dive: The Devil at the Crossroads

Greek Mythology - The Olympians I

Spooky Mississippi

A Quick Catch-Up

Documentary Deep-Dive: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing

Appalachian Folklore and Food Culture

Spooky Minnesota

A Cozy Catch-Up

Minisode - Weird Questions to Ask for Awkward but Interesting Conversations