31: The Why Behind the Weird
Quinn Lovecraft
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Dive into strange but lesser-known true stories from our mysterious world with host Quinn Lovecraft.
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Halloween Special 2025: The Man, The Woman, The House
Happy Halloween! Enjoy this short, spooky tale by Quinn Lovecraft.Music used in this episode:"Abandoned Places" - Material Gurl"Doll's Eyes" - Wicked CinemaText the show!Support the showFollow on…
S1E22 What Frightened the Frightening Man?
Werner Herzog claims to have shot a short film involving children and a rooster that was so disturbing he never released it. But with so little known about this film, some speculate that this never…
S1 Halloween Special 2024: How to Cook a Soft-Boiled Egg
This year, "31" is bringing you a fictional short story for our Halloween Special. Today's tale is "How to Cook a Soft-Boiled Egg," written and narrated by Quinn Lovecraft. Happy Halloween!Music…
S1E21 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Body Count
In 1922, the famed creator of Sherlock Holmes came to America to lecture on Spiritualism. How much was he accountable for the tragedy that occurred in its name two days later? 31 dives into how the…
S1E20 God Will Have to Kill Me Twice
Many people have heard about the theory that Paul McCartney died midway through his Beatles run, and some have even heard the rumor that Avril Lavigne was replaced by a woman named Melissa. In this…
S1E19 This is Not a Joke
"31" investigates the mysterious disappearance of the "world's dirtiest joke" by diving into the history of obscenity and the state of comedy today. Featuring an interview with comic Martin M.…
S1E18 Curse of the Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace debuted at the first World's Fair in London, and many imitators followed. This episode explores a strange architecture mystery: why did every Crystal Palace meet the same fate?You…
S1E17 Someone is in the Dutch Room
The 1990 theft of 13 works of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is the largest unsolved art heist in history. Theories abound - but today we look at a fascinating one that's never…
S1E16 I Am Not That Man
A man walks into a library, steals a book he's written, and burns it. ................................................................. Sources:YIVO Archives & Library Collections | YIVO…
S1E15 Pickled Potatoes
Strange. Vile. Completely anonymous. This is the most unusual flash-fiction to ever hit the internet. (Note: this episode contains content for listeners 18+. Listener discretion is…
S1E14 Death Imitates Art
Two couples are murdered 35 years apart. The crimes are completely unrelated, but both share one strange similarity: art found in the home that seems to mimic the crime scene.…
S1E13 Comrade Jerry
What do "Tom and Jerry," "The Simpsons," and "Neon Genesis Evangelion" have in common? More than you think. .......................................................................…
S1 Halloween Special 2023
Quinn Lovecraft tells you her own spooky campfire story about an abandoned place in the middle of nowhere.Sources:Weird Ohio by Andy Henderson, James A Willis, Loren Coleman, and Andrew…
S1E12 Clown to Soap
William Bernard's strange death - and the equally strange fate of his body - tells us a lot about the chaos of goldrush-era San Francisco. ..........................................Sources:Daily Alta…
S1E11 Traces of Purple
What if a group of strangers started accusing you of a terrible crime just because you weren't very interesting?…
S1E10 Have You Been to Doveland?
Why are people misremembering violent events en masse - events that never happened at…
S1E9 Shergar Shergar
Shergar was a top-tier athlete who had just retired to have children when he was kidnapped by masked gunman, never to be seen again. This is the strange story of Shergar, the fastest racehorse in…
S1E8 Nearer to Thee
Maybe you've never thought about the last sound you'll hear. That's okay - someone has chosen it for you.…
S1E7 Silent Neighbors of the Clown Motel
Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Tonopah, Nevada's Clown Motel, eager to run into a spirit among the eerily-smiling clown figurines. But the real horrors of Tonopah have little to do with the clowns,…
S1E6 Blue Roofs and Empty Schools
There are very few towns in North Korea that non-North Koreans can lay eyes on. Kijong-dong, just outside the demilitarized zone, is one of them. With bright blue roofs and a large school set against…
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31: The Why Behind the Weird has published 25 episodes since October 2023, covering topics in History, Society & Culture.
31: The Why Behind the Weird is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 22m.
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