Ope, Whatchya Think?
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Ope, Whatchya Think is a bite sized paranormal, conspiracy, cryptid, and true crime podcast that focuses on the Midwest. Join our hosts weekly as they crack open a few cold ones and talk about local stories. We say what we think and ask what you think too. Ope, Whatchya Think?
Not only will we have short stories, we'll interviews too!
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Episode 29- Taliesin's Flames: Frank Lloyd Wright's Tragic House
In this episode the hosts dive into the eerie history of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. They recount Wright’s life, his relationship that led him to build Taliesin, and the…
Episode 28- The Enfield Monster: Shotguns, Skunk-Apes, and Shenanigans
Hosts and special guest Ryan Quinn explore the bizarre 1970s Enfield, Illinois monster sightings, recounting eyewitness reports of a three-legged, hissing creature, strange footprints, and locals…
Episode 27- O'Hare's Sky Secrets: The 2006 Saucer Sighting
This episode dives into the infamous 2006 Chicago O'Hare UFO sighting, where airport employees and pilots reported a silent, saucer-shaped craft hovering over gate C-17 and leaving a temporary "blue…
Episode 26- Pickle Beer & Flying Saucers: The Twining Memo Uncorked
The hosts get drunk and unpack Monroe native General Nathan F. Twining's role in early UFO history, covering the 1947 Twining Memo, Project Sign, Project Blue Book, and the Majestic 12…
Episode 25- The Man with a Windowed Stomach: A 19th‑Century Medical Freakshow
On this rowdy Midwest paranormal podcast the hosts drink strange beverages and recount the true 1820s story of Alexis St. Martin — a fur trapper left with a permanently open wound into his stomach —…
Episode 24- Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle and Other Holes: Where Water Disappears
In this episode the hosts swap stories about mysterious bottomless pits, starting with Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle — a waterfall that seems to swallow water, dye and GPS trackers — and moving to the…
Episode 23- Ridgeway Phantoms: Shape-Shifters of the Lead Trail
On this episode the hosts stumble through history and drink breaks as they recount the eerie Ridgeway legends. From 1840s miners and stagecoach routes to shape-shifting phantoms that appear as…
Episode 22- Momo: Missouri’s Pumpkin‑Headed Monster
In this episode the hosts, over drinks and chaotic banter, explore the legend of Momo—the Missouri Monster—recounting 1971–72 sightings, foul odors, plaster casts of footprints, and the creature’s…
Episode 21- Return to Beaver Island: The Mormons, The Cannon, and The Shot That Started It All
On this rambunctious podcast episode, the hosts revisit the strange history of Beaver Island: the rise of James Strang, his self-declared kingship among a Mormon splinter group, the violent clashes…
Episode 20- The Hamburger Man: Bloodied Aprons in the Sandhills
In this episode the hosts explore the creepy Kansas urban legend of the "Hamburger Man," a hooded figure in the Hutchinson sandhills who offers hamburgers that may be made from human flesh. The…
Episode 19- Vanished Over Superior: The Kinross Radar Mystery
In this episode the hosts get drunk and dig into the 1953 Kinross Incident: an unidentified radar contact over Lake Superior and the baffling disappearance of an F-89 interceptor and its crew, plus a…
Episode 18- Avon Bottoms: Gateway to Hell or Swamp Monster?
On this episode of Ope, Whatchya Think?, the hosts dig into the eerie legend of Avon Bottoms, a decaying southern Wisconsin floodplain near Broadhead reputed to harbor a swamp creature, haunted…
Episode 17- Midwest Mysteries: 1897 Airships, Aliens, and Time-Traveling Nazis
In this unscripted, booze-fueled episode the hosts dig into a wave of 1897 Midwest UFO reports — cigar-shaped airships, bright lights, alleged wreckage, and witnesses from Eau Claire to Kalamazoo.…
Episode 16- Where’s Hoffa? Beer, Banter & Mafia Theories
In this beer-fueled episode the hosts trade jokes and local stories while digging into the life, union power and mysterious 1975 disappearance of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. They summarize Hoffa’s…
Episode 15- Madman Mike’s Time Machine: The Missouri Vortex
The hosts drink, joke, and dive into the strange true story of Mike Markham — a Missouri man who claimed to build a time machine using a Jacob’s Ladder and stolen transformers, called into Coast to…
Episode 14- The King of Beaver Island: Murder, Metal Plates, and a Tin Crown
Four tipsy hosts and one special guest unpack the strange true story of James Strang: a 19th‑century Mormon convert who claimed to have discovered metal plates, proclaimed himself King of Beaver…
Episode 13- Drunk at Aztalan Part 2: Rock Lake’s Hidden Pyramids and ‘Rocky’
In this rambunctious two‑part episode the hosts dig into Wisconsin’s Aztalan mounds, exploring connections to Cahokia, reports of underwater and underground pyramid‑like structures at Rock Lake, and…
Episode 12- Drunk at Aztalan Part 1: Mounds, Shells, & Mississippian Mysteries
On this rambunctious episode of Ope, What You Think?, the hosts — drunk and irreverent — visit Aztalan, Wisconsin to explore its mysterious mounds, burial finds, and surprising Gulf Coast shell…
Episode 11- Eagle River UFO: The Day Aliens Served Breakfast
On this episode the hosts, over beers and banter, examine the 1961 Eagle River, Wisconsin sighting where farmer Joe Simonton said three Italian-looking humanoids emerged from a shiny craft, asked for…
Interview 4- Tomahawk Man‑Bat: The Night Two Gargoyles Took Flight
In this special cigar-and-beer episode recorded live from the Pecatonica clubhouse, Tom Quinn recounts a chilling Tomahawk, Wisconsin sighting: two large winged humanoids fought above a riverside…
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Ope, Whatchya Think? has published 34 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Comedy, Fiction.
Ope, Whatchya Think? is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 20m.
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