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Episode 290 has the guys welcome Ky Dobson into the makeshift studio! This week they chat about the Wells Fargo employee that worked to death and the Claw Game mafia!
Odd News Stories
USAtoday.com – Wells Fargo employee found dead at office desk four days after clocking in
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Episode #279 Begins with Matt and Louie as competing bidders at an auction, then they get into the strange news! This week they talk about the carpool buddy that’s a longhorn bull and the basset hound that got a facelift!
Odd News Stories
NYpost.com – My basset hound was having trouble seeing — I took him to get a facelift
Omaha.com – A ‘beefed up’ car with giant bull named Howdy Doody crammed into passenger seat pulled over by Nebraska police
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Episode #277 begins with and important annoucement about the Odd and Offbeat Podcast. The podcast is switching to coming out twice a month, on the second and fourth Tuesday’s of the month. After that bit of news they get into the strange news. This week Matt and Louie chat about the odor at the US Open and Pittsburgh looking for urban archers to hunt deer!
Odd News Stories
ABCnews.go.com – ‘Like Snoop Dogg’s living room’: Smell of pot wafts over notorious U.S. Open court
CBSnews.com – Pittsburgh seeking archers for deer management pilot program
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Episode #272 This week the guys revisit a chat about a house that got shot up after someone left a bad yelp review and new public urinals in Paris!
Odd News Stories
WFTV.com “Orlando man accused of shooting up home after woman leaves negative restaurant review”
Reuters.com “Paris residents peeved at very public eco-friendly urinals”
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Episode #271 has Matt at an airport and Louie in his car at a walmart parking lot. They chat about airport foot massages and getting murdered by a cult, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the world’s largest kidney stone making it’s world debut and the bus route to hel!
Odd News Stories
CBSnews.com – Doctors remove “world’s largest kidney stone” from retired soldier in Sri Lanka
Loudwire.com – Poland’s Bus Route 666 Will No Longer Take You to Hel Due to Religious Outrage
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Episode #270 has us revisiting some vintage Odd and Offbeat News!. In this episode they start with the man who smuggled cats into Singapore by shoving them down his pants! The second story is about finding the entrance to hell in England!
Here’s a peek at the markings found at the entrance to hell:
Odd News Stories
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Episode #268 begins with Matt and Louie talking about a recent Seattle Fishsticks baseball game they attended and all of the antics that went on, then they revisit some odd news. This week they revisit the guy who plays jazz to cows and the burglar who brought the cops donuts!
Odd News Stories
Fatherly.com – Watch This Dad Serenade a Herd of Cows With His Saxophone Skills
FoxNews.com – Burglar arrested who brought deputies doughnuts as ‘peace offering’
Episode #167 begins with Matt giving a lesson on how to say, “superfluous”, then they get into the strange news. They talk about the lady who punched an bear and the turtle that was caught two years after escaping Shawshank (aka someone’s yard).
Odd News Stories
Newscentermaine.com – Maine woman punches bear that chased her dog and ends up with stitches
FoxNews.com -Family stunned after its missing pet tortoise turns up 2 years after disappearance — a few miles from home
Episode #263 begins with Louie and Matt getting older and trying to figure out how young they can pass for, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the crowd that’s lined up to see the mummy of a nun and the Indian official who drained a lake to get his lost phone.
Odd News Stories
Fox4KC.com – Missouri town prepares for thousands coming to see exhumed nun’s body
APnews.com – Indian official suspended after he drains reservoir to retrieve phone he dropped while taking selfie
Episode #260 begins with Matt and Louie hanging out in Burien, WA and recording the episode in a meeting room at the library! This week they talk about they the lady who got divorced and wanted a refund from her wedding pictures and the giant penis that was mowed into a royal lawn!
🤣🤣🤣 Amazingly symmetrical too!
— Sandra Weeden (@SandraWeeden) May 4, 2023
Vandals mow GIANT PENIS into Royal Crescent ahead of Coronation, a MYSTERY PHALLUS!
Look at the WARNING too!
WARNING: This article contains an image of the damage donehttps://t.co/2NWeZHACqQ pic.twitter.com/WPLTdkaJbA
Odd News Stories
PetaPixel.com – Divorced Woman Demands Refund from Wedding Photographer 4 Years Later
Huffpost.com – Massive Penis Is Mowed Into Lawn At King Charles Coronation Party Venue
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Episode #259 begins with the guys going to an “exploding whales” baseball game and then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the truck that got robbed of 3/4 of a million dollars in dimes and dumpster treasure hunting!
Odd News Stories
News.Yahoo.com – Truck carrying $750,000 in dimes robbed in Walmart parking lot, Pennsylvania cops say
FoxNews.com – Woman claims she makes up to $5,000 a month from dumpster-diving, calls it a ‘real-life treasure hunt’
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Episode #257 has Matt and Louie hanging out in the same room and bringing you a classic Odd and Offbeat episode! You’ll hear about the Stork’s cellphone bill and learn why the stinky guy on the plane died!
href=”https://www.apnews.com/4b8b7717b1cf4159afd6de657e28dee4/Polish-stork-vanishes-from-GPS-but-delivers-huge-phone-bill”>AP News – “Polish stork vanishes from GPS but delivers huge phone bill”
href=”http://www.koco.com/article/report-passenger-who-smelled-so-bad-plane-had-to-make-emergency-landing-dies/21999245″>KOCO News – “Report: Passenger who smelled so bad plane had to make emergency landing dies”
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Episode #255 begins with Louie cancelling plans with Matt, then they get into the strange news. This week they about the prank in Japan that got two guys arrested and the guy the scared chickens to death!
Odd News Stories
AlvaReviewCourier.com – Japan police arrest 2 in food prank at beef bowl diner
Times.News – “Scare hundreds of chickens to death” and was sent to detention
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Episode #254 begins with Louie telling Matt about the most awesome librarian ever! Then they get into the strange news stories. This week they talk about the most awesome story ever on the podcast, The Heavy Metal Knitting Championship (see video below)!
If that wasn’t enough they also riff on the shop that is using plastic bags to shame customers who use plastic bags!
Plus we get a visit from America’s favorite lifecoach, Life Coach Randy!
Here’s the Heavy Metal Knitting Championship:https://www.youtube.com/embed/RvQutLRIKeY
Odd New Stories
Loudwire.com – THE FIRST-EVER HEAVY METAL KNITTING CHAMPIONSHIP WAS AS RIDICULOUS AS IT SOUNDS
The Irish Times – Shop gives customers embarrassing plastic bags in bid to change behaviour
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Episode #252 has Louie getting a tan and Matt introducing baby Elvis to the grassy knoll, then they get into weird news. This week they talk about the man suing over boneless wings and the long distance kissing machine!
Odd News Stories
News.Sky.com – Man suing Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain after claiming ‘boneless wings’ are actually just chicken nuggets
LiveMint.com – Remote kissing device is here for long-distance couples: How Internet is reacting to Chinese innovation
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Episode #247 has Matt admiring Louie’s corporate style and Matt’s horses fighting with the neighbor’s horses and Louie trying to figure out how to gamble on it, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the Canadian man that stole a yacht and left a dead fish at the Goonies house and the lady that almost got cremated alive!
Odd News Stories
KSL.com -Arrest made in stolen yacht rescue, ‘Goonies’ fish incident
CBSnews.com – New York funeral home finds woman breathing hours after she was declared dead — just days after a similar incident in Iowa
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Episode #246 begins with Louie wrapping up his trip in the Midwest and Matt learning how durable babies are, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about getting engaged at the Cracker Barrel and swallowing LEGO heads!
Odd News Stories
NPR.org – 6 doctors swallowed Lego heads for science. Here’s what came out
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Episode #224 begins with Matt and Erika going to a grown up Mozart concert and Louie still kicking it in the midwest, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about trying to get Santa’s DNA and spending 24 days adrift in the Caribbean
Odd News Stories
KHOU.com – Girl asks police to test cookie for DNA proof of Santa
WUFT – A sailor has been rescued after being adrift in Caribbean for 24 days
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Episode #243 begins with Louie getting a new radiator for his car and a baby update from Matt, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the luggage that took a 4 year detour to Honduras and Sweden legalizing dancing!
Odd News Stories
UPI.com – Suitcase lost by airline turns up four years later, after detour to Honduras
KSBW.com – Swedish government moves to get rid of permits needed for dancing
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Episode #237 has a baby announcement from Matt, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about New York needing a Rat Czar and some good ol’ fashioned german murder!
Odd News Stories
WashingtonPost.com – Rat Attack: NYC seeks hands-on leader in anti-rodent fight
KTLA.com – Hospital patient arrested for shutting off roommate’s ventilator — twice
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Episode #236 has the Matt and Louie revisiting a episode from the past! They get into the strange news, this week they talk about the dead man who tried to collect a paycheck and attaching a sausage to a drone to catch a dog!
Odd News Stories
Washington Examiner – Irish police investigate claim dead man taken to post office
Independent.co.uk – Dog rescued from mudflats using sausages dangled from drones
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Episode #234 begins with Matt and Louie’s reviews of all of the IHOP restaurants in the world and then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the Vegan who wouldn’t exterminate mice and the lady who kidnapped herself!
Odd News Stories
News.Sky.com – Vegan who failed to deal with mouse infestation and fed them instead is fined by court
NBCnews.com – Sherri Papini, who faked her own kidnapping, should get 8 months in prison, prosecutors say
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Episode #233 begins with Louie telling Matt that Nolan Ryan used to punch a barrel full of rice and Matt disagreeing that he did that. Then they revisit some strange news, this week they replay the stories
Odd News Stories
UPI.com – Man uses Bud Lite to keep wildfire flames away from California home
Huffington Post – Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mourns Brief Life Of Urban Cornstalk
ArgusLeader – The kernel of hope: Sioux Falls mourns loss of 57th Street corn
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Episode #232 begins with Matt learning that a baby’s first poo can get you high, and then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about they guy who gets paid to “do nothing” and the lady who unleashed a swarm of bees at her eviction!
Odd News Stories
Reuters.com – Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing
DrGnews.com – Woman charged with sending bee swarm on deputies at eviction
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Episode #231 begins with Matt being in disbelief with Louie pushing his dog around in a baby carriage, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the lady that had 23 contact lenses stuck in her eye and real life Donkey Kong!
Odd News Stories
Sky.News.Com – Doctor removes 23 contact lenses from eye of patient who ‘forgot to take them out for almost a month’
Sports.Yahoo.com – New Hampshire Artists Transform Building Into Real-Life ‘Donkey Kong’ Level
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Episode #230 has Matt asking why Louie travels soo much and they chat about the 5 cats at Louie’s house, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the Han Solo made of bread and art inspired by Nicholas Cage’s cat!
Odd News Stories
HuffPost.com – Loaf-Saber: California Baker Crafts Life-Sized Han Solo Out Of Bread
Collider.com – Tribute to Nicolas Cage and His Beloved Cat Merlin to Debut Exclusively at CatCon 2022
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Episode #229 is a sip of vintage strange news. this week they get into the strange news. This week they talk about Spy Pigeons and the bull semen explosion!
Odd News Stories
The Mirror – Declassified CIA documents show secret use of photographer spy-pigeons in Cold War
Gizmodo.com – ‘Mass Explosion’ of Bull Semen After Fire at Genetics Lab
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Episode #212 has the guys hanging out in Matt’s garage and sharing stories of how the both independently got eye styes, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the catfish that ate a very personal piece of equipment and the cockroach disorder in the court!
Odd News Stories
iHeart.com – Mysterious Hard Object Inside Catfish Turns Out to Be Something Unexpected
KAKE.com – Disorder in the court: Cockroaches released during hearing
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Episode #199 begins with Louie and Matt recording at Steve’s house and getting caught up. This week they talk about the religious art that has a shout out to its corporate donor and the hiker that keeps getting lost on the same trail!
Can you spot the donor?
Odd News Stories
Sky.News.com – Religious artwork removed after local priest and businessman found among holy images
APnews.com – New York City man rescued twice in 2 days on Arizona hikes
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Episode #195 begins with Louie moving within a football field of where the Green River Killer’s first victims were found, then they get into the strange new. This week they talk about the lady that won a trip on The Price is Right that’s in her backyard and the french fry perfume!
Odd New Stories
TurnToTen.com – Massachusetts game show winner gets trip to New Hampshire
UPI.com -Idaho Potato Commission releases limited-edition potato perfume
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Episode # 191 is an international episode of The Odd and Offbeat Podcast! Matt zooms into Seattle from St. Marteen and the talk about island life, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the rat that saves kids lives and the blind date that ended with them being forced to be a quarantine couple!
Odd News Stories
AlJezeera.com – Chinese woman stuck in blind date’s home by abrupt COVID lockdown
ABCnews.go.com – Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement
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Episode #180 begins with Louie’s dog getting dental work and the unknow cost associated with it. Then the get into the strange news. This week they talk about the Maine trying to remove the potty mouth from its license plates and the US ruling that foreign hippo’s are people!
Odd News Stories
Wavy.com – Removing the %&*@ from Maine’s vanity plates will take time
TheGuardian.com – Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ are people too, US court rules
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Episode #171 has the guys in the virtual studio and Matt tell about a preacher yelling at him through a megaphone and Louie’s Idaho Uber experience. Then they get into the strange news. This week they follow up on the guy who sued his parents over $30k in porn and the Nirvana baby suing for his image.
Odd News Stories
USAtoday.com – Judge orders parents to pay son more than $30,000 for getting rid of his porn collection
CNN.com – Naked ‘Nevermind’ baby sues Nirvana for ‘child pornography‘
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This week Matt digs into the archives for a vintage episode of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast. In this episode they chat about how Penguins are free loving then humans and cotton candy that can get you arrested.
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Episode #169 has Louie and Matt chatting about the girl that drove her car into a house built by Lincoln’s grand pappy and the sweet, sweet value of some vintage game cartridges!
A car crashed into an occupied home this morning on North St. No Injuries. North St. is fully open. More info https://t.co/Dcu6k61nQk pic.twitter.com/rN8Ev8lcIb
— Hingham Police (@HinghamPolice) July 15, 2021
Odd News Stories
TheHill.com – Driver avoiding squirrel crashes into historic home built by Lincoln’s ancestor
SFgate.com – Unopened Super Mario 64 game from 1996 sells for $1.56M
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Episode #166 begins with Matt’s vacation to Florida, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about the guy that broke into a house to clean it and barbers in New York doing illegal haircuts!
Odd News Stories
UPI.com – New Jersey house cleaner accidentally breaks into wrong home, cleans up
WGRZ – New York legalizes giving a haircut on Sundays
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Episode #165 begins with Louie having a magic garage and Ford forcing him to buy a new car. Then they get into the strange news. This week they talk the grave digging contest and punching horses!
Odd News Stories
DW.com – Hungarian gravediggers face off in high-speed contest
NYpost.com – Maniac punches carriage horse, attacks two others in Central Park: driver
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Episode #162 has Matt and Louie hanging out in Berkeley, C and kickin’ it at the Vulcan. Then they get into strange news. This week they talk about getting arrested because of your love of cheese and the backseat driver!
Odd News Stories
FR24news.com – Drug dealer fingerprinted after posting photo of Stilton Cheese
FoxBusiness.com – California police arrest Tesla driver who operated Model 3 from back seat
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Episode #160 starts out with the guys in the sweatlodge that is Matt’s garage and they chat about Matt yelling at some dog owners. Then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the mafia cooking show and the priest that broke into a church to make a movie.
Odd News Stories
ArsTechnica.com – Police say they found mafia fugitive on YouTube, posting cooking tutorials
Independent.co.uk – Obscenity charge dropped against priest who had threesome with dominatrices on his altar
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Episode #152 starts with Matt and Louie talking about getting the COVID vaccine and then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the goat that tries to steal a cop car and the college that will admit anyone…even people that didn’t apply!
Odd News Stories
USAtoday.com – This goat wasn’t kidding around: Georgia farm animal jumps into cop car, chews papers, spills a drink, then head-butts deputy
Huffingpost.com – University Of Kentucky Mistakenly Sends 500,000 Acceptances
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Episode #140 starts with Matt and Louie discussing having COVID test reveal parties, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the lady that got too hot on an airplane, so she took a stroll on the wing and how you can dive the Wienermobile!
Click here to apply to drive the Wienermobile!
Odd News Stories
LADBible.com – Woman Walks Out On Aeroplane Wing After Complaining She Was ‘Too Hot’
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Episode #126 starts with Louie getting hustled by the guy checking for mold in the walls, and Matt getting into facebook fights. If that’s not enough excitement, this week they talk about the guy who is trying to get “boneless wings” renamed and the prison guards who forced kids to listen to Baby Shark.
Here’s the guy taking part in civics!
Odd News Stories
Boston.com – One man’s plea to his city council: Rename boneless chicken wings
Kold.com – Ex-jail employees charged for playing ‘Baby Shark’ on repeat in Okla.
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Episode 108 begins with Matt and Louie chatting about trying to remember the worst things they’ve ever done and their thoughts on the Seattle protests. Then they tackle this week’s strange news. They talk about the two people who used watermelons as a disguises and they man who set up a dark web castration!
Odd News Stories
GlobalNews.ca – ‘So stupid’: Police bust ‘watermelon head’ suspect after theft
Newsweek – Florida Man Arrested After Botched Home Castration on Man He Met Via Dark Web Eunuch Fetish Site
Here’s the live stream of the 100th episode of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast:
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Episode #59 begins with an in studio guest! The guys visit with magician and hypnotist Puck and learn about his past connection to the Elizabeth Wize adoption agency. This is the adoption agency in the documentary Three Identical Strangers! Puck also talks about a unbelievable gig he performed at, that we still don’t believe!
Then Matt and Louie get into the news, this week they riff on the guy who had a $29,000 porn collection, and it was thrown away by his parents!
Odd News Story
Huffington Post – Man Sues Parents For Destroying His $29,000 Porn Collection
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Episode #38 starts out with the guys talking about how Matt is getting ready for his upcoming trip to Africa, then they get into the strange news stories. This week they talk about the guy that injected himself with his own semen to cure his back pain and the turtle with a LEGO wheel chair!
Here’s an X-Ray of the guys arm with the semen inside:
Here’s the turtle with the LEGO wheelchair:
Inverse.com – Man Learns the Hard Way Why You Shouldn’t Inject Yourself With Semen
APnews.com – Injured turtle gets around on Lego wheelchair while healing
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Episode #35 of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast has past guest Steve Hamilton in as an bonus host while Matt and Louie interview Eric Haines. We learn how Eric never ran away with the circus, his dad dropped him off at the circus! Then they get into the story of the a one man band that plays at the airport at 5am…and as luck turns out that one man band is their guest Eric Haines!
Here’s a video of Eric performing at the airport:
Odd News Story
Bustle.com – This One-Man Band in the Seattle Airport Makes Us Incredibly Sad For Some Reason
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Episode #34 begins with Matt’s techniques for hiding his love of sports, their field trip to the Amazon Balls, and then they get into the stories. This week the guys riff on the Royal Mail trying to get people to stop mailing garbage and the couple that got divorced over bull terriers.
Odd News Stories
RealityTVNews.com – Britain’s Royal Mail: Stop mailing empty chip bags
People.com – It’s Me or the Dogs
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Episode #30 Begins with stories of Louie attending a Bigfoot Conference. Then they get into this week’s stories. The guys chat about a house that got shot up after someone left a bad yelp review and new public urinals in Paris!
Odd News Stories
WFTV.com “Orlando man accused of shooting up home after woman leaves negative restaurant review”
Reuters.com “Paris residents peeved at very public eco-friendly urinals”
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Episode #23 opens with Matt and Louie chatting about “liquid gold” and getting Matt’s affairs in order, then get into the stories. This week they chat about the most unlucky guy in the world who was mauled by a bear, bitten by a rattlesnake and most recently attacked by a shark! Plus Samantha Valle from Mutts Gone Nuts calls in to talk about her world record jumping dogs!
Odd News Stories
Independent.co.uk/ – “Man attacked by shark was previously mauled by a bear and bitten by a rattlesnake”
KYMA – “Rescue dogs achieve worldwide fame”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
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Episode #22 starts with the guys talking about their ideal qualities in a barista, their adventures in the Southern United States and flipping Huffy’s for cash! Then in this episode we learn about the cow that signals the end of the world and why “the family that gets naked and kidnaps together, stays together”.
Thanks to Terry Godfrey for sending in the Naked Kidnapping story!
Odd News Stories
The Guardian – “Demons and Armageddon: details emerge in naked kidnapping case”
Mirror – “Birth of ‘first red heifer in 2000 years’ fulfils Bible prophecy and signals ‘end of days'”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
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Episode #21 opens with Louie and Matt chatting about the best Denny’s on the planet and trying to get rid of a mattress! It’s beach week at the Odd and Offbeat Podcast, this week’s news stories are about a lady smuggling an iguana into the USA in her bikini, and a guy getting stung in the penis by a stingray!
Odd News Stories
MercuryNews.com – “Stowaway from Mexico found inside Peninsula woman’s bikini top”
unilad.com – “Guy’s Penis Stung By Stingray While Swimming In Ocean”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
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Episode #20 opens with the guys getting caught up after a week apart chatting about Matt’s near death experience visiting Cuba and Louie visiting a space alien’s grave in Texas! In week’s news stories you will learn about the kindergarten that hired a stripper for the first day of school and stealing a California woman’s lawn.
Odd News Stories
SCMP.com – “First day of kindergarten? Chinese school welcomes kids with a pole dancer”
LVB.com – “Out of the ordinary: Thieves steal California woman’s new lawn”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
This was hotly contested and after many great captions the panel has selected Mark Lowes of Corvallis Oregon –
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Episode #19 opens with Matt and Louie talking about roping goats and underground gardens…and that’s just what they did last week! Then they get into the news stories. This week you will learn about the T-Shirt that makes your boobs look bigger. We also call Ky Dobson who owns NW Escape on Wheels to help us understand the guy that broke into an escape room, and couldn’t get out!
Odd News Stories
iRadio.ie – “Clever 3D optical illusion t-shirt makes your boobs look bigger”
Columbian.com – “Man accused of break-in at Hazel Dell escape-room business”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
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Episode #18 is full of unusual news stories. Matt and Louie start by recapping their week in California and Arizona, then get into the stories. This week they cover a life saving first kiss and a fish shop that puts googley eyes on it’s fish! As a bonus you will get an updates to stories from episode 16 and 17!
Barstoolsports.com – “Dude Has A Heart Attack On His First Date With A Girl; They Have Their First Kiss Through Life-Saving CPR”
Newsweek.com – “VIDEO: SEAFOOD SHOP CAUGHT STICKING GOOGLY EYES ON OLD FISH IN BID TO MAKE THEM SEEM FRESHER”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
With the help of the accounting firm of Earnest and Young, we have tabulated the votes and this weeks winner of the meme contest is Amanda! . Remember new Odd and Offbeat Podcast comes out Tuesday!
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Episode #17 starts with a recap of Matt’s journey to New York, then we get into the strange news stories. They guys talk about a couple of senior citizens who sneak out of the nursing home to go to a metal show. Also back by popular demand we have the Odd and Offbeat’s animal expert Karla Majewski of Pacific Animal Productions where she helps us learn more about octopuses (yes, that’s the correct plural of octopus) and why they might be psychic! Today’s episode is sponsored by Troubadour Botanicals.
ScaryMommy.com – “2 Nursing Home Escapees Attend Heavy Metal Concert Because, YOLO”
GQ.com – “Japan’s “Psychic” Octopus Was Butchered and Sold After Predicting Three World Cup Games”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
Congrats to Matt Levingson of Bramson Missouri for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
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Episode #16 covers the highly competitive world of snail racing and how to sneak on a flight to Las Vegas! Plus you’ll hear about the guys experience with a bidet and we’ll meet the Odd and Offbeat’s animal expert Karla Majewski of Pacific Animal Productions where she helps handicap a snail race!
Here’s the pic of Louie Foxx wearing the Mister Punch head from the Museum of Whimsy!
Eastern Daily Press – “Snails Prepare for World Snail Racing Racing Championships”
NDTV.com – “Man Flying To UK Lands In Las Vegas. His Boarding Pass Was Checked Thrice”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
Congrats to Curt Carlyle of Portland Oregon for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
Congrats to Mitch Barrett of San Francisco for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Our second person to be a two time winner! Swag is in the mail for you
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Episode #15 starts with the guys talking about how annoying tourists are, then they get into the news stories. The first story is about the little kid that gives face transplants (to dolls), then they get into the dinosaur that’s reenlisting in the military.
As a free bonus to this free podcast Louie and Matt introduce a new segment called, “Strange Stories” where you learn a quick odd fact which will help you up your Trivial Pursuit game!
Here’s the pic of the face transplant!
Mashable – “Future doctor gets head start on career by doing doll face transplants”
Military.com – “Airmen in ‘Dino Puppet’ Re-Enlistment Video Fired, Reprimanded”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
New episode out tomorrow!
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Episode #14 has Louie and Matt talking about how to “not” save a parking spot, how a cat sued a corporation for $700K and exorcism’s on a train.
NBC News – “Grumpy Cat’ wins $700,000 in federal case over identity”
Mirror.co.uk – “Man ‘performs exorcism’ on train as ‘possessed’ woman screams ‘devil’ in front of commuters”
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Congrats to Dave Clay of Portland Oregon for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
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This week is the lucky 13th Episode of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast! Matt and Louie talk about performing on the road in rural Oregon, learn about books that don’t just poison the mind and chat about the guy that took his meth to the police station to get it tested.
Washington Post – “A man had police test his meth. He wanted to ‘press charges’ against his dealer, police say”
Sky News – “Poisonous books found in library of University of Southern Denmark”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
Tomorrow is the day the 13th episode of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast drops!
The winner is a three way tie because they all said the same joke – Eric Haines – Paul Blair – Sirena Marie – All three win some Odd and Offbeat swag!!!
Tomorrow is Tuesday, you know what that means?
Two for on Tacos and the new episode of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast comes out!
Congrats to Ben Lovet of Toronto Canada for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
Congrats to Mitch Barrett of San Francisco for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
Congrats to Jason Bishop of Pennsylvania for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
Congrats to Peter Irish of Boulder Colorado for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
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Episode #3 Matt and Louie talk about the “Romanian Jesus” and mice getting stoned. The guys also chat about their experiences with trailer parks!
NBC News – “Dead Man Balking: Court rejects Romanian man’s claim that he is, in fact, alive'”
Mashable – “Police fired after claiming mice ate half a ton of missing weed”
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Congrats to Michael Harrison of Victoria Canada for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Our first two time winner. Swag is in the mail for you
Congrats to Michael Harrison of Victoria Canada for winning this weeks Meme Contest. Swag is in the mail for you
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Episode #2- of The Odd and Offbeat Podcast.
This week Matt and Louie talk their personal experiences in China, then dive into the weird news to cover an antisemetic pug and a try debate whether a house that was used as a porn set entitles you to a discount when trying to buy the house. The world is a strange place!
BBC – “Man guilty of hate crime for filming pug’s ‘Nazi salutes'”
Fox News – “Buyer pulls out of home sale after discovering its porn past”
Send in your weird news stories to: info@oddandoffbeat.com
