140 episodes
What's Up Weirdo? John E.L. Tenney and Jessica Knapik
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- Society & Culture
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4.9 • 315 Ratings
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Listen in on John E.L. Tenney & Jessica Knapik's real phone calls. Paranormal, weird, witchy, alien, human, & more! No script, no filter, pure chaos. We are your new best friends.
John E.L. Tenney is one of the most well-recognized investigators of Paranormal and Occult phenomena in the world. The author of over a dozen books, John has worked on numerous TV shows including Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, Very Scary Stories, Paranormal State, Ghost Stalkers, Paranormal Lockdown, and Kindred Spirits.
Jessica Knapik is a noted cosmetic tattoo artist and has been featured by Cosmo, Vogue, Elle, MTV, and many more. You can usually find her at haunted locations and paranormal events across the country. An avid road tripper, explorer, dog mom, cemetery creeper, and all around weirdo.
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A Whale Of A Time
We’re back from MCing the Pennhurst Paracon at notoriously haunted Pennhurst Asylum, Jess continues on to road trip through New England; The Conjuring House, The Lizzie Borden House, Miss Lizzie’s Coffee Shop, and more. Spoiler-free review of much anticipated new horror film In A Violent Nature, Previews of upcoming movies The Substance, The Shrouds, & Flesh of the Gods. Plus Hulu’s The Beauty Queen Killer, Night Gallery, The Brood, Tarot readings, Ouija boards, Gravestone rubbings, FREAKIN’ WHALES, and much more!
All the things: https://linktr.ee/WhatsUpWeirdo
Call the show and leave a message! 313-444-5170
Follow us!
Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik
Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wuwpod
A huge thank you to our sponsors:
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Endless Love
It’s been 3 years without our king, Bean, we reflect, celebrate, and get real existential with it. It’s Election Watch and RFK Jr. has a brain worm because of course he does. New sexy Starz/Sky TV historical true story series Mary & George, Tom Hardy’s dark period drama series Taboo, Researcher/Author Kiki Schirr theorizes that Edgar Degas might’ve been Jack the Ripper? All that and a whole lot more!
All the things: https://linktr.ee/WhatsUpWeirdo
Call the show and leave a message! 313-444-5170
Follow us!
Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik
Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wuwpod
A huge thank you to our sponsors:
Old Town Roasting – IG: @oldtownroasting https://oldtownroasting.com -
Stunt Whackadoos
Tenney attends a Spiritualist book fair, Jess has jury duty and is basically falling apart, Spoiler-free chats about new Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action rom-com The Fall Guy, Nightmarish Spanish horror movie The Coffee Table (VOD), Also nightmarish spidery French horror movie Infested (Shudder), New Zendaya tennis movie Challengers, And Netflix sensation Baby Reindeer. Plus: Dan Stevens and Al Pacino to be in exorcism movie? The Guest, Bigfoots, Demonic voices, and much more!
All the things: https://linktr.ee/WhatsUpWeirdo
Call the show and leave a message! 313-444-5170
Follow us!
Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik
Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wuwpod
A huge thank you to our sponsors:
Old Town Roasting – IG: @oldtownroasting https://oldtownroasting.com -
Ghost Guy And The Worm
Tenney’s dad has risen, and Tenney almost gets baptized at Gus’s, Jess activates a solar eclipse spiral, Spoiler-free reviews of new bloody horror comedy Abigail, and Sydney Sweeney’s Immaculate, Our time at Midwest Parafest, Sasquatch Sunset is grinding our gears, New Netflix true crime doc What Jennifer Did uses AI to rewrite history?? Steven Spielberg developing new UFO movie? Jack Kevorkian, Joe Simonton, Adrien Brody, Psychic downloads, Mini donkeys, Wombats, and a whole lot more! ps: the animal I couldn’t remember was a hyrax. Enjoy!
All the things: https://linktr.ee/WhatsUpWeirdo
Call the show and leave a message! 313-444-5170
Follow us!
Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik
Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wuwpod
A huge thank you to our sponsors:
Old Town Roasting – IG: @oldtownroasting https://oldtownroasting.com -
Toadal Eclipse Of The Heart
This week we give spoiler-free reviews of Dev Patel’s action movie Monkey Man and new The Omen (1976) prequel The First Omen. Toad goes to the drive-in, Tenney finally watched Notting Hill, The Godfather, The Kennedys, A record-setting comic book sale, VINYL, The solar eclipse of 2024, and that’s about it. lol
All the things: https://linktr.ee/WhatsUpWeirdo
Call the show and leave a message! 313-444-5170
Follow us!
Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik
Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wuwpod
Old Town Roasting – IG: @oldtownroasting https://oldtownroasting.com -
EVPs: Mortimer And The Vegetable Man
This week we chat for a bit then get into some chaotic listener voicemails. Tenney talks Detroit’s Nain Rouge parade, Incredible 80’s psychic rom-com Vibes, Alexa suddenly speaking in a creepy child’s voice? Yorgos Lanthimos, Dollar Tree, plus other nonsense. Then during our EVP session mysterious messages came through about a lot of Ghosts, Cryptids, Premonitory dreams, Haunted sweaters, Serial killers, and more! If you are dead (jk) and can conjure enough energy to send us an EVP, call 313-444-5170 to be on a future episode!
Slashers Suggested:
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 1987
Cutting Class 1989
My Bloody Valentine 1981
New Year’s Evil 1980
Blood Feast 1963
Slumber Party Massacre 1982
The Sorcerers 1967
The Driller Killer 1979
All the things: https://linktr.ee/WhatsUpWeirdo
Call the show and leave a message! 313-444-5170
Follow us!
Twitter: @johneltenney @JessicaKnapik
Insta: @johneltenney @openmyeyestoblue @wuwpod
Old Town Roasting – IG: @oldtownroasting https://oldtownroasting.com
Customer Reviews
Fun, Kind, Calming
Found this through Ghosted after experiencing a haunting, searching for answers and not getting much help from ‘professionals’. It’s more about their friendship with the paranormal sprinkled in but I realized thats a relief after spending so much time trying to figure out what was going on at my house. Shows like this have helped me take it lighter and not let it ruin my day or scare me. They’ve helped me to understand this is a real part of life that most people wont talk about.
Weird, wonderful, whimsical and wise
This is one of my go-to podcasts, the one I’ll listen to as soon as a new episode drops. A man, a woman, and an adorable dog wax lyrical on all things weird, with an emphasis on movies and television, along with side quests exploring elements of Forteana such as Mothman, UFOs, ghosts, and those strange corners of the world that are both obscure and interesting. WuWPod is conversational and often hysterically funny, with few punches pulled. It’s always a good time. I encourage you to check it out as soon as you can, I doubt you’ll regret it.
Fun and informative
I always laugh at something during your show. I am also learning new things. I am not as well read as Tenney because I would fall asleep in those books I appreciate him reading the books and then he summarizes them gracefully I even learn new things about my home state Michigan. Thank you both.