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LilWeird Podcast: Uncovering Mysteries Beyond the Ordinary Welcome to LilWeird Podcast, your destination for stories that live between the strange and the sacred. Each week, we dive into uncanny tales,...
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LilWeird Podcast: Uncovering Mysteries Beyond the Ordinary
Welcome to LilWeird Podcast, your destination for stories that live between the strange and the sacred.
Each week, we dive into uncanny tales, forgotten histories, and curious beliefs from the Philippines and beyond. From mythical creatures and haunted legends to folk magic, superstitions, and conspiracies, LilWeird explores the weird and wonderful across cultures, timelines, and traditions.
What began as a journey into Filipino folklore has now grown into a wider quest to uncover stories that slip between reality and myth. We untangle strange histories, revisit ancestral knowledge, and follow mysteries wherever they lead with an open mind, a bit of skepticism, and a lot of curiosity.
🎙️ New episodes drop every Thursday.
🌐 Visit our website at https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
📬 Want more? Join me on Substack at lilweird.substack.com for deeper written dives, personal musings, and hidden gems.
☕ Support the podcast or snag a digital treat at ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse
LilWeird Podcast: Where the strange is our compass, and the weird is always welcome.
Keywords: folklore, myths, legends, paranormal, conspiracy theories, superstitious beliefs, mythical creatures, urban legends, folk magic, folk medicine, Filipino culture, world traditions, uncanny history
© 2026 LilWeird Podcast by Jane Bee. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to LilWeird Podcast, your destination for stories that live between the strange and the sacred.
Each week, we dive into uncanny tales, forgotten histories, and curious beliefs from the Philippines and beyond. From mythical creatures and haunted legends to folk magic, superstitions, and conspiracies, LilWeird explores the weird and wonderful across cultures, timelines, and traditions.
What began as a journey into Filipino folklore has now grown into a wider quest to uncover stories that slip between reality and myth. We untangle strange histories, revisit ancestral knowledge, and follow mysteries wherever they lead with an open mind, a bit of skepticism, and a lot of curiosity.
🎙️ New episodes drop every Thursday.
🌐 Visit our website at https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
📬 Want more? Join me on Substack at lilweird.substack.com for deeper written dives, personal musings, and hidden gems.
☕ Support the podcast or snag a digital treat at ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse
LilWeird Podcast: Where the strange is our compass, and the weird is always welcome.
Keywords: folklore, myths, legends, paranormal, conspiracy theories, superstitious beliefs, mythical creatures, urban legends, folk magic, folk medicine, Filipino culture, world traditions, uncanny history
© 2026 LilWeird Podcast by Jane Bee. All rights reserved.
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29 OTT 2026 · Did medieval churches hide secrets in sunlight?
Imagine stepping inside a centuries-old church and discovering that, on certain days of the year, sunlight falls in seemingly perfect patterns—as though someone planned it hundreds of years in advance.
At Vézelay Basilica in France, the summer solstice brings a remarkable display of sunlight along the church's central aisle. At San Miniato al Monte in Florence, sunlight illuminates a zodiac symbol associated with the same season.
Coincidence? Clever medieval architecture? Or something more meaningful?
In this episode of LilWeird, we investigate the mysterious relationship between medieval churches, astronomy, sacred architecture, and religious symbolism. From ancient beliefs about divine light to the science behind solar alignments, we explore a fascinating phenomenon known as light-and-shadow hierophanies.
But here's the real mystery: How can we tell whether these extraordinary patterns were deliberately designed, or whether we're simply seeing meaning where none was intended?
Sometimes, the most intriguing mysteries aren't hidden in darkness.
They're hiding in plain sunlight.
If this episode sparked your curiosity, made you feel a little more enchanted, or reminded you of the stories hiding in plain sight—I’d love for you to stay connected with the LilWeird Universe. You can support the podcast, explore more curious content, and help keep this little world growing, glowing, and wonderfully weird.
References:
- McCluskey, S. C. (2015). Analyzing light-and-shadow interactions. In Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. Sprinhttps://bookshop.org/a/118908/9783030451462
- Magli, G. (2024). Archaeoastronomy. Springer.
- https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781015440036
A gentle note:
This episode of LilWeird Podcast is a blend of researched facts, folklore, personal reflection, and creative storytelling. While efforts were made to ensure accuracy, this episode is intended for curious exploration, not as a scientific or academic resource. Listener discretion is encouraged when interpreting historical or cultural content.
🌙 Affiliate Disclaimer
Some of the links provided may be affiliate links through Bookshop.org. If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support the LilWeird Podcast and keeps the stories coming. Thank you for your support!
Thank you for listening—and for keeping wonder alive.Stay curious. Keep your wonder close. 🌙✨ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
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24 OTT 2026 · What happens when you talk into the void—and discover someone is actually listening?In this episode of The Abyssal Zone, I'm taking a little break from LilWeird's usual rabbit holes to reflect on Season 3, the unexpected comfort of knowing someone is listening, and why genuine human connection matters to me in an increasingly AI-driven world.
I'll also wander through a few personal thoughts about the night sky, the passage of time, and some of the changes life has thrown my way.
And if you've missed a few episodes, consider this a little invitation to catch up on our recent rabbit holes:
- Chankillo Solar Observatory — an ancient Peruvian observatory that turned the horizon into a calendar.
- The Whispering Sky — exploring Inuit cosmology, celestial stories, and the relationship between humans and the heavens.
- Has AI Finally Cracked the Voynich Manuscript? — revisiting one of history's most mysterious books.
- The Lost Bell of Nabontogan — following the story of a missing bell and the history that survived it.
- Santelmo: Why Do People See Mysterious Balls of Fire? — investigating the strange wandering lights of Philippine folklore and the stories we inherit.
- Why Won’t the Aswang Die? — exploring the origins of one of the Philippines' most feared creatures and how history, fear, and storytelling shaped its identity.
And something spooky is coming...Halloween is just around the corner, and I'm planning something a little different for LilWeird. This time, I might have some company as we exchange eerie encounters, questionable survival instincts, and stories that are probably better left untold after dark.
Let's just say there's a reason I don't like telling scary stories alone.
It's a little less research, a little more rambling, and a few thoughts I've been meaning to share.
Because sometimes, I wonder whether there's anybody out there—both beyond the stars and on the other side of this microphone. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
✨ Leave a rating or review
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Find the podcast, Wyrdll’s YouTube corner, Substack, Ko-fi, socials, and the other strange little things I’m building here: https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
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22 OTT 2026 · A beautiful woman. A midnight chase. And a woman who supposedly turned into a pig.
That's a story my grandfather brought with him from Samar and Leyte. And according to him, he wasn't just told about it. He was there.
But what exactly did he see? And why, after centuries of storytelling, are Filipinos still talking about the aswang?
The aswang is one of the most enduring and mysterious figures in Philippine folklore. But its history is far more complicated than the shapeshifting, flesh-eating monster we know from horror movies.
In this episode of LilWeird, we investigate the origins of the aswang, tracing more than 400 years of Philippine history—from early Spanish colonial accounts in 1589 and 1668 to indigenous beliefs, the babaylan and colonial demonization, the infamous association with Capiz, accusations against ordinary people, psychological warfare, and the influence of Filipino horror films and the internet.
Along the way, we ask some uncomfortable questions. Did the Spanish turn the babaylan into a monster? Was there ever just one kind of aswang? And what happens when a monster becomes a label we use for other people?
Because perhaps the aswang's most remarkable ability isn't shapeshifting into an animal.
It's surviving every generation that tries to explain it.
Have you ever heard an aswang story from your family or hometown? Share it in the comments. I'm especially curious about how these stories differ across the Philippines.
If this episode sparked your curiosity, made you feel a little more enchanted, or reminded you of the stories hiding in plain sight—I’d love for you to stay connected with the LilWeird Universe. You can support the podcast, explore more curious content, and help keep this little world growing, glowing, and wonderfully weird.
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More episodes, strange histories, folklore, mythology, and other curious things: https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
References and suggested readings:
- https://simbolismo.org/index.php/ssim/article/view/59
- https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781544056531
- https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781501760099 by Grace Nono
- https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9780823213146
- Juan de Plasencia (1589), Customs of the Tagalogs
- Francisco Ignacio Alcina (1668), Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas
- William Henry Scott (1994) — Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society
- Kentaro Azuma — Ethnographic research on aswang accusations in Capiz
A gentle note:
This episode of LilWeird Podcast is a blend of researched facts, folklore, personal reflection, and creative storytelling. While efforts were made to ensure accuracy, this episode is intended for curious exploration, not as a scientific or academic resource. Listener discretion is encouraged when interpreting historical or cultural content.
🌙 Affiliate Disclaimer:
Some of the links provided may be affiliate links through Bookshop.org. If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support the LilWeird Podcast and keeps the stories coming. Thank you for your support!
Thank you for listening—and for keeping wonder alive.Stay curious. Keep your wonder close. 🌙✨ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
✨ Leave a rating or review
It helps more curious minds discover the show.
🧭 Explore the LilWeird Universe
Find the podcast, Wyrdll’s YouTube corner, Substack, Ko-fi, socials, and the other strange little things I’m building here: https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
🌿 Support the Universe
Join me on https://ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse for supporter perks, free downloads, and future behind-the-scenes extras.
💌 Say hello or send something curious
Reach out through email or social media with episode suggestions, strange stories, rabbit holes, or just a quick hello.
Elsewhere in the Universe:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilweird_universe/
YouTube: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wyrdll
Substack: https://lilweirduniverse.substack.com/
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15 OTT 2026 · Is Santelmo a wandering spirit, a mysterious ball of fire, or something we haven't quite figured out?
In Philippine folklore, Santelmo is a mysterious wandering flame said to appear in dark fields, marshes, forests, and coastal waters. Some stories describe it as a restless spirit, while others warn that following its light could lead travelers astray. But what are people actually seeing when they encounter these strange lights?
My grandfather once told me about a mysterious ball of fire he saw near the sea. He called it Santelmo. Years later, while researching an earlier LilWeird episode about deceptive spirits, I realized that his story raised more questions than I initially thought.
In this episode, I'm revisiting the legend of Santelmo in the Philippines, exploring its connections to local folklore, historical accounts, and unusual natural phenomena. From the electrical glow of St. Elmo's Fire (corona discharge) to the wandering will-o'-the-wisp, swamp gas, and the elusive phenomenon of ball lightning, we'll investigate what might explain these mysterious sightings.
We'll also look at Santelmo stories from Northern Luzon, Bicol, and Eastern Visayas, examine how the name became associated with St. Elmo, and explore why stories of wandering flames seem less familiar to some of us today.
But perhaps the biggest mystery isn't whether Santelmo exists.
What if everything we call Santelmo isn't actually the same thing?
In This Episode
- My Lolo Saw One: The mysterious ball of fire that started this investigation.
- Part 1 — A Loose Thread From the Trickster Episode: Revisiting an unanswered question from an earlier LilWeird episode.
- Part 2 — Filipinos Had Names for the Light: Exploring regional names and beliefs surrounding mysterious wandering flames.
- Part 3 — The Fire Travels South: Santelmo stories and encounters from different Philippine communities, including Bicol and Eastern Visayas.
- Part 4 — The Saint in the Storm (Suspect #1: Corona Discharge): The maritime history of St. Elmo's Fire and the electrical phenomenon behind its mysterious glow.
- Part 5 — Suspect #2: Will-o'-the-Wisp and “Swamp Gas”: Exploring ignis fatuus, methane, and the possibility of microscopic electrical sparks.
- Part 6 — Suspect #3: Ball Lightning: Could rare, glowing spheres explain some Santelmo sightings?
- Part 7 — Strange Atmospheric Lights Can Move: Historical reports of unusual luminous phenomena, including moving lights near water.
- Part 8 — The Twist: Maybe There Isn't One Santelmo: Why different phenomena might share a single name in folklore.
- Part 9 — So Why Don't I Hear About Them Anymore?: How changing environments, lifestyles, and storytelling traditions might influence our encounters with folklore.
- Part 10 — A friendly Santelmo, Tel: Meet Tel, the little floating flame from Wyrdll.
- Closing — What Did Lolo See?: Returning to the family story that started it all.
Related LilWeird Episode:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/part-1-beware-the-dancing-lights-philippine-and-asian-legends-of-deceptive-spirits--67621225
This is where my investigation of Santelmo first began. In this earlier episode, I explored mysterious lights, supernatural tricksters, and deceptive spirits from different cultures, including the Philippine Santelmo and its similarities to the will-o'-the-wisp.If you're curious about why so many cultures have stories warning people not to follow strange lights, this is a good companion episode.
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Want more folklore, mythology, paranormal mysteries, and strange-but-researched stories?
Visit https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/ for podcast episodes, research notes, YouTube videos, Substack reflections, and ways to support LilWeird through Ko-fi.
You can also find Wyrdll and Tel on YouTube, where a certain little Santelmo continues floating around and changing colors.
Have you or someone in your family ever seen a Santelmo? I'd love to hear your story. Where did it happen? What did the light look like? And what did you think it was?
Until next time, stay curious... and perhaps think twice before following a mysterious light into the darkness.
Research & Further Reading:
Curious about the research behind this episode? Here are some of the sources I consulted while investigating Santelmo, wandering flames, and unusual atmospheric lights.
Philippine Folklore:
https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/view/wandering-flame-a-narrative-study-of-santelmo-in-arteche-eastern-samar— Orsal, Duran & Ocenar (2026)
https://www.feu.edu.ph/asian-journal-on-perspectives-in-education/ajpe-volume-2-issue-1/beliefs-traditions-and-cultural-practices-in-folklores-of-bula-camarines-sur-philippines-basis-for-contextualizing-instructional-materials-in-teaching-language-and-literature/ — Jerald Alpe Bermas
https://systems.bicol-u.edu.ph/journal/assets/journal_pdf/2%20Imran_19-34.pdf — M. A. S. Imran (2017)
Natural Phenomena:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12541408/ — Research on a possible mechanism behind mysterious wetland lights (2025)
https://hgss.copernicus.org/articles/16/51/2025/ — Historical and scientific context for atmospheric electrical phenomena (2025)
Books:
Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, and Related Luminous Phenomena by William R. Corliss
https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781727773286
https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781487254087 by Antonio Pigafetta
https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781981837762 by Dr. Maximo D. Ramos
These sources document folklore, historical observations, and scientific possibilities. They do not establish a single explanation for every reported Santelmo encounter.
A gentle note:
This episode of LilWeird Podcast is a blend of researched facts, folklore, personal reflection, and creative storytelling. While efforts were made to ensure accuracy, this episode is intended for curious exploration, not as a scientific or academic resource. Listener discretion is encouraged when interpreting historical or cultural content.
🌙 Affiliate Disclaimer:
Some of the links provided may be affiliate links through Bookshop.org. If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support the LilWeird Podcast and keeps the stories coming. Thank you for your support!
Thank you for listening—and for keeping wonder alive.
Stay curious. Keep your wonder close. 🌙✨ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
✨ Leave a rating or review
It helps more curious minds discover the show.
🧭 Explore the LilWeird Universe
Find the podcast, Wyrdll’s YouTube corner, Substack, Ko-fi, socials, and the other strange little things I’m building here: https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
🌿 Support the Universe
Join me on https://ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse for supporter perks, free downloads, and future behind-the-scenes extras.
💌 Say hello or send something curious
Reach out through email or social media with episode suggestions, strange stories, rabbit holes, or just a quick hello.
Elsewhere in the Universe:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilweird_universe/
YouTube: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wyrdll
Substack: https://lilweirduniverse.substack.com/
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8 OTT 2026 · Somewhere beneath the Nabontogan River in Catamlangan, Pilar, Sorsogon, a bell is said to be waiting.
Local stories describe an enormous church bell—sometimes said to be made of gold—that was submerged generations ago and never recovered. People have reportedly searched for it, tried to lower the river, and even caught a glimpse of what they believed was part of the bell. But every attempt failed. And according to some versions, something in the river simply refuses to let it go.
But was the Nabontogan Bell ever really there?
In this episode of LilWeird, we follow the story beyond the legend: through Spanish colonial records, an elusive old church, maritime raids in Bicol, oral histories, tawong lipod, ritual negotiations, and other Philippine stories of bells that disappeared.
The investigation also leads to my hometown and the home of the 1595 Sancta Maria Bell. A bell once heard to have been lost.
But what was missing was part of its history.
One town has the bell, but pieces of its story are missing.
Another has the story, but no bell anyone can find.
So what exactly survives when history disappears: the object, the memory, or the story we keep telling about it?
🔔 The Lost Bell of Nabontogan
A LilWeird Cold Case.
Find more stories, research notes, and everything else from the show through the LilWeird Universe.
If this episode sparked your curiosity, made you feel a little more enchanted, or reminded you of the stories hiding in plain sight—I’d love for you to stay connected with the LilWeird Universe. You can support the podcast, explore more curious content, and help keep this little world growing, glowing, and wonderfully weird.
A gentle note:
This episode of LilWeird Podcast is a blend of researched facts, folklore, personal reflection, and creative storytelling. While efforts were made to ensure accuracy, this episode is intended for curious exploration, not as a scientific or academic resource. Listener discretion is encouraged when interpreting historical or cultural content. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
✨ Leave a rating or review
It helps more curious minds discover the show.
🧭 Explore the LilWeird Universe
Find the podcast, Wyrdll’s YouTube corner, Substack, Ko-fi, socials, and the other strange little things I’m building here: https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
🌿 Support the Universe
Join me on https://ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse for supporter perks, free downloads, and future behind-the-scenes extras.
💌 Say hello or send something curious
Reach out through email or social media with episode suggestions, strange stories, rabbit holes, or just a quick hello.
Elsewhere in the Universe:
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YouTube: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wyrdll
Substack: https://lilweirduniverse.substack.com/
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1 OTT 2026 · Has AI Finally Cracked the Voynich Manuscript?
Has the Voynich Manuscript finally been decoded, or can artificial intelligence solve what human cryptographers couldn’t?
The Voynich Manuscript, also known as Yale Beinecke MS 408, is one of history’s most famous undeciphered manuscripts. Dating to the early 15th century, its pages contain an unknown script often called Voynichese, alongside mysterious plants, astronomical and astrological diagrams, strange bathing figures, and illustrations whose meanings remain uncertain.
For more than a century, linguists, historians, cryptographers, professional codebreakers, and computer scientists have tried to decipher it. Even legendary cryptanalysts such as William F. Friedman and John Tiltman investigated the manuscript. Researchers have discovered intriguing patterns in its text, including Currier Languages A and B, unusual word structures, and statistical behavior resembling Zipf’s Law—a pattern commonly associated with human language.
Now, AI and machine learning offer new ways to analyze those patterns. But can AI actually translate the Voynich Manuscript? Or is recognizing patterns very different from understanding what they mean?
In this episode of LilWeird, we trace the attempts to crack the Voynich code. From human codebreakers and early computer analysis to computational linguistics and modern artificial intelligence, we explore one of the biggest problems facing anyone who claims to have solved it:
How do you prove a Voynich Manuscript translation is actually correct?
And if AI does eventually find the answer, how will we know that it got it right?
Explore more strange history, mysteries, folklore, and researched oddities from the https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/.
If this episode sparked your curiosity, made you feel a little more enchanted, or reminded you of the stories hiding in plain sight—I’d love for you to stay connected with the LilWeird Universe. You can support the podcast, explore more curious content, and help keep this little world growing, glowing, and wonderfully weird.
References and suggested readings:
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368991190_The_Voynich_Manuscript_Decoded
- https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/beinecke/collections/beinecke-cipher-voynich-manuscript
- https://voynich.nu/
- https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/publications/misc/voynich_manuscript.pdf
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0066344
A gentle note:
This episode of LilWeird Podcast is a blend of researched facts, personal reflection, and creative storytelling. While efforts were made to ensure accuracy, this episode is intended for curious exploration, not as a scientific or academic resource. Listener discretion is encouraged when interpreting historical or cultural content. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
✨ Leave a rating or review
It helps more curious minds discover the show.
🧭 Explore the LilWeird Universe
Find the podcast, Wyrdll’s YouTube corner, Substack, Ko-fi, socials, and the other strange little things I’m building here: https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
🌿 Support the Universe
Join me on https://ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse for supporter perks, free downloads, and future behind-the-scenes extras.
💌 Say hello or send something curious
Reach out through email or social media with episode suggestions, strange stories, rabbit holes, or just a quick hello.
Elsewhere in the Universe:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilweird_universe/
YouTube: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wyrdll
Substack: https://lilweirduniverse.substack.com/
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24 SET 2026 · What happens when the sky is not merely something you observe—but something that appears to listen?
In this episode, we will travel beneath the Arctic sky through accounts of Inuit astronomy, cosmology, and star lore. Drawing primarily from the memories of Iglulingmiut elders preserved in John MacDonald’s The Arctic Sky, we encounter stars that measure time, guide travellers, carry old stories, and may even open into other worlds.
We also return to a childhood warning: never whistle at the northern lights. The aurora might hear you, move closer, or answer your call.
But this is not simply a collection of eerie beliefs. Behind the moving lights, celestial hunters, and whispered warnings lies a deeper relationship with an environment powerful enough to guide, sustain, or end a human life. Through Aua’s haunting statement—“We do not believe. We fear”—and the expansive concept of Sila, fear begins to reveal itself as attention: the discipline of watching, remembering, and knowing how to live within forces larger than ourselves.
And when the conditions for passing that knowledge begin to disappear, what happens to the names written across the sky?
Perhaps the stars are still waiting to hear whether we remember them.
If this episode sparked your curiosity, made you feel a little more enchanted, or reminded you of the stories hiding in plain sight—I’d love for you to stay connected with the LilWeird Universe. You can support the podcast, explore more curious content, and help keep this little world growing, glowing, and wonderfully weird.
A gentle note:
This episode of LilWeird Podcast is a blend of researched facts, folklore, personal reflection, and creative storytelling. While efforts were made to ensure accuracy, this episode is intended for curious exploration, not as a scientific or academic resource. Listener discretion is encouraged when interpreting historical or cultural content.
🌙 Affiliate Disclaimer:
Some of the links provided may be affiliate links through Bookshop.org. If you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support the LilWeird Podcast and keeps the stories coming. Thank you for your support!
Thank you for listening—and for keeping wonder alive.
Stay curious. Keep your wonder close. 🌙✨ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
✨ Leave a rating or review
It helps more curious minds discover the show.
🧭 Explore the LilWeird Universe
Find the podcast, Wyrdll’s YouTube corner, Substack, Ko-fi, socials, and the other strange little things I’m building here: https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
🌿 Support the Universe
Join me on https://ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse for supporter perks, free downloads, and future behind-the-scenes extras.
💌 Say hello or send something curious
Reach out through email or social media with episode suggestions, strange stories, rabbit holes, or just a quick hello.
Elsewhere in the Universe:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilweird_universe/
YouTube: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wyrdll
Substack: https://lilweirduniverse.substack.com/
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21 SET 2026 · Eight months later, LilWeird is back.
For the return episode, we’re traveling to the coastal desert of Peru to explore Chankillo — an ancient ceremonial complex best known for its mysterious line of thirteen towers.
Built more than 2,000 years ago, Chankillo may have functioned as one of the earliest known solar observatories in the Americas. From specific observation points, the rising and setting Sun appears to move along the row of towers throughout the year, creating a remarkably precise way of tracking the seasons.
But Chankillo is more than an ancient calendar.
Who built it? Why was observing the Sun so important? And what does this strange landscape tell us about the relationship between astronomy, ritual, power, and the way human beings have always tried to make sense of time?
In this episode, we wander through the archaeology of Chankillo, the meaning behind its thirteen towers, and the fascinating possibility that people were reading the year directly from the horizon long before modern clocks and calendars existed.
And somewhere along the way, this ancient way of watching time pass becomes a little more personal.
Because after eight months away, maybe returning isn’t about recovering lost time.
Maybe it’s simply about looking at where the Sun is now — and beginning again from there.
🌌 Welcome back to LilWeird.
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References and suggested readings:
- https://bookshop.org/a/118908/9781461461401
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6475077_Chankillo_A_2300-Year-Old_Solar_Observatory_in_Coastal_Peru
- https://www.worldheritageexplorer.org/sites/chankillo_archaeoastronomical_complex.html#:~:text=Chankillo%20is%20an%20ancient%20monumental%20complex%20in,the%20Casma%2FSechin%20culture%20or%20the%20Sechin%20Complex.
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259411484_Astronomy_and_ceremony_at_Chankillo_an_Andean_perspective#:~:text=The%20major%20astronomical%20feature%20of%20Chankillo%20is,the%20eastern%20plaza%20just%20below%20the%20tower.
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16 SET 2026 · After an eight-month pause, LilWeird is back.
This season, we’re looking up, digging into the past, and following the strange traces people leave behind when they try to make sense of things bigger than themselves.
Across ancient landscapes, dark skies, forgotten histories, folklore, rituals, and unexplained stories, we’ll explore the places where curiosity, belief, history, and mystery begin to overlap. Season 3 moves between archaeoastronomy, historical investigations, and trickster legends before the return of 12 Weird Nights.
Some stories may lead us to answers.
Others may only leave us with better questions.
And some might make the world feel just a little weirder than it did before.
Welcome back, curious minds. Season 3 begins here. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
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23 GEN 2026 · The Final Curious Night is a quiet curtain call for 12 Weird Nights—a soft pause at the end of a season shaped by wonder, questions, and late-night curiosity.
In this episode, I look back on where our curiosity took us—from ancient skies and forgotten knowledge to the strange corners of the mind and the comfort of night stories. It’s a love letter to the gentle misfits, the quiet thinkers, and anyone who’s ever felt a little out of place in a loud world.
There are no big mysteries to solve tonight—just gratitude, reflection, and a reminder that wonder doesn’t disappear when the lights go out. It waits.
Thank you for spending these nights with me.
Until the next curious night. 🌙
-Jane 🐝
I left something behind for the curious ones. Case 001: The Crossing is an interactive mystery told through found documents and quiet clues. If you hear the call, you’ll find it on:
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1 NOV 2025 · Podcast Episode Shownotes: The Sluagh and the Thinning Veil—Halloween’s Dark and Apotropaic Origins
In this episode, we venture beyond candy and costumes to explore the profound, and often terrifying, historical roots of Halloween (All Hallows' Eve). We trace the journey from an ancient Celtic festival rooted in fear and spiritual defense to a modern holiday defined by ritualized chaos.
I. The Gaelic Foundation: Samhain and the Thinning Veil
The origin of Halloween lies in the Gaelic festival of Samhain (pronounced “SAH-win”), which marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of the dark, dangerous half of the year.
- The Thinning Veil: Samhain was regarded as a pivotal liminal time when the boundary separating the physical world of the living from the spiritual realm of the dead was believed to thin dramatically, allowing spirits to cross over.
- The Sluagh (The Host of the Unforgiven): The most feared entities were the Sluagh, or "Fairy Host," identified as the souls of the unforgiven or restless dead. They were said to fly in from the west to steal the souls of the dying, leading people to close all doors and windows on the west side of their homes as a defense mechanism against their grasp.
II. Apotropaic Magic: Defense Against the Unseen
Many enduring Halloween traditions began as necessary acts of apotropaic magic—rituals or objects specifically intended to turn away harm or deflect evil influences.
- Grotesque Lanterns: The tradition of the Jack-o'-Lantern originates with carving hideous faces into turnips or beets. This grotesque visage was intended to actively avert evil influences and spirits attempting to enter the home.
- Guising and Disguise: Costumes were not for celebration but for survival. People wore masks, old clothes, or disguises to blend in with or confuse the dangerous spirits roaming the earth, hoping to avoid recognition and potential harm.
- Witch Marks (Ritual Protection Symbols): To protect the physical structure of their homes, medieval people etched symbols into stone and wood known as ritual protection symbols or apotropaic markings.
- Location: These marks were placed near the most vulnerable points of entry—doorways, windows, and fireplaces—where evil spirits were believed to enter.
- Common Marks: Look for hexafoils (or daisy wheels), which are six-lobed patterns believed to ward off evil , and overlapping Vs (known as Marian marks), believed to represent the Latin phrase Virgo Virginum (Virgin of virgins), invoking the Virgin Mary for protection.
III. Communion and Chaos
- The Dumb Supper: In contrast to warding off malevolent entities, the Dumb Supper was a ceremony meant to welcome non-hostile ancestors. Guests would share a solemn, four-course meal in complete silence, often served in reverse order (dessert first), to create a path for the spirits of departed loved ones to commune with the living.
- Souling (The Origin of Treats): The first precursor to door-to-door activity was the medieval practice of souling, associated with All Souls' Day. Poor people, often children, went door-to-door offering prayers for the souls of the deceased in Purgatory in exchange for food or money (Soul Cakes).
- Mischief Night (The Origin of the Trick): Early Halloween celebrations also included Mischief Night, a tradition that sanctioned a degree of licensed social chaos and vandalism. This mayhem, which included pranks like tipping over ash cans and moving large objects, gradually evolved into the "trick" component of the modern holiday.
Apotropaic Marks (Witch Marks, Protective Symbols, Grotesque Lanterns)
- https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/history/warding-off-evil-with-witch-marks
- https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/features/discovering-witches-marks/what-are-witches-marks/
- https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/features/discovering-witches-marks/types-of-marks/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotropaic_magic
- https://www.scribd.com/document/606143035/1-atropaic-magic
Dumb Supper
- https://www.triplemoonpsychotherapy.com/archetypes-and-symbolism-myth-and-psyche/samhain-blessings-what-does-halloween-mean-spiritually Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lilweird-podcast--6099720/support.
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LilWeird Podcast: Uncovering Mysteries Beyond the Ordinary Welcome to LilWeird Podcast, your destination for stories that live between the strange and the sacred. Each week, we dive into uncanny tales,...
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LilWeird Podcast: Uncovering Mysteries Beyond the Ordinary
Welcome to LilWeird Podcast, your destination for stories that live between the strange and the sacred.
Each week, we dive into uncanny tales, forgotten histories, and curious beliefs from the Philippines and beyond. From mythical creatures and haunted legends to folk magic, superstitions, and conspiracies, LilWeird explores the weird and wonderful across cultures, timelines, and traditions.
What began as a journey into Filipino folklore has now grown into a wider quest to uncover stories that slip between reality and myth. We untangle strange histories, revisit ancestral knowledge, and follow mysteries wherever they lead with an open mind, a bit of skepticism, and a lot of curiosity.
🎙️ New episodes drop every Thursday.
🌐 Visit our website at https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
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LilWeird Podcast: Where the strange is our compass, and the weird is always welcome.
Keywords: folklore, myths, legends, paranormal, conspiracy theories, superstitious beliefs, mythical creatures, urban legends, folk magic, folk medicine, Filipino culture, world traditions, uncanny history
© 2026 LilWeird Podcast by Jane Bee. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to LilWeird Podcast, your destination for stories that live between the strange and the sacred.
Each week, we dive into uncanny tales, forgotten histories, and curious beliefs from the Philippines and beyond. From mythical creatures and haunted legends to folk magic, superstitions, and conspiracies, LilWeird explores the weird and wonderful across cultures, timelines, and traditions.
What began as a journey into Filipino folklore has now grown into a wider quest to uncover stories that slip between reality and myth. We untangle strange histories, revisit ancestral knowledge, and follow mysteries wherever they lead with an open mind, a bit of skepticism, and a lot of curiosity.
🎙️ New episodes drop every Thursday.
🌐 Visit our website at https://lilweirduniverse.carrd.co/
📬 Want more? Join me on Substack at lilweird.substack.com for deeper written dives, personal musings, and hidden gems.
☕ Support the podcast or snag a digital treat at ko-fi.com/lilweirduniverse
LilWeird Podcast: Where the strange is our compass, and the weird is always welcome.
Keywords: folklore, myths, legends, paranormal, conspiracy theories, superstitious beliefs, mythical creatures, urban legends, folk magic, folk medicine, Filipino culture, world traditions, uncanny history
© 2026 LilWeird Podcast by Jane Bee. All rights reserved.
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