Ope, Whatchya Think?
Join our Midwest hosts as they drink and talk about paranormal happenings, UFOs, cryptids, and conspiracy theories. They say what they think, now you can say how you think. Ope, Whatchya Think?
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Episode 52- Mothman, Moonshine, and the Silver Bridge: A Drunken Deep Dive (opens the original)
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In this rambunctious episode the hosts get drunk and dig into the Mothman sightings around Point Pleasant, the strange reports leading up to the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse, and local lore that ties the winged cryptid to disaster.Expect eyewitness stories, wild theories (from owls to interdimensional beings), roadside humor, and a conversational, joking tone as the crew mixes research with bar talk and cultural speculation.
Episode 51- Frozen Freakshow: The Minnesota Iceman Mystery (opens the original)
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Four drunk Midwest hosts riff and drink while recounting the bizarre 1968 tale of the "Minnesota Iceman": a large, hairy humanoid shown in a block of ice by carnival exhibitor Frank D. Hansen. They summarize the creature's disputed origins, the examinations by university students and Smithsonian investigators, the stench and cracks in the ice, the conflicting second specimen, and theories that range from genuine flesh to an elaborate hoax. The hosts debate evidence, laugh about legends, and ulti
Episode 50- Did you shoot at it? : Chasing the Joplin Spook Light (opens the original)
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On this episode the hosts drink, banter, and chase the Joplin Spook Light — a century-old glowing orb in the Ozark borderlands that drifts, splits, and sometimes approaches witnesses.They cover local history, eyewitness accounts, museum lore, and competing explanations — from atmospheric refraction and piezoelectric quartz to plasmoids and interdimensional hypotheses — all while trading jokes and road-trip stories.
Episode 49- Basement Bones & Kleptomaniac Ghosts: Palmer Hotel Confessions (opens the original)
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The hosts get drunk and dive into the eerie history of the Palmer Hotel, tracing its origins from a brothel to a rebuilt hotel in 1901 and a long list of ghostly reports: a boy who died of the flu, cold rooms, rearranged furniture, and disappearing items.They explore the hotels mysterious basement hole where bones vanished, tales of a kleptomaniac spirit stealing silverware, and a bartender who claimed a ghost paid for a drink — spooky, mischievous hauntings rather than overtly malicious events.
Episode 48- Blue Mist Over Necedah: The Virgin Mary Apparitions That Rocked Wisconsin (opens the original)
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On this episode the hosts get drunk and dig into the 1949–1950 Necedah apparitions reported by Mary Ann Van Hoof: glowing crucifixes, a blue mist that formed into a lady, huge rural crowds, claims of a "miracle of the sun," apocalyptic messages, and a bishopal investigation that declared the events false. Between jokes and skepticism the crew explores how the sightings spawned a break with the Catholic Church, an independent shrine and strange iconography, and they debate whether it was genuine
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