Part travel show, part paranormal adventure
The Show
Uncanny adventures across America.
Hop on board for uncanny adventures with Steve Berg and Nathan Isaac as they crisscross America in search of weird folklore and high strangeness. Every town has its mysteries, and Steve and Nathan are on a mission to discover bizarre stories waiting to be told.
The format
Three Days in Every Town
Each episode, they spend three days in a new town, uncovering three eerie local legends, from UFOs and ghosts to cryptids and cults, while exploring the town's unique culture and traditions.
Local dives & diners
Eating in local dives and diners, experiencing the authentic flavors of each town.
Unique accommodations
Staying in earthships, underground bunkers, concrete wigwams and haunted houses.
On the road
Chasing the Weird
From donning costumes in Appalachian trickster festivals to swimming with Mississippi mermaids, sitting in on alien abductee support groups in Nevada, or browsing Marfa's deserted Prada boutique, Steve and Nathan chase the weird wherever it hides.
Anatomy of an episode
How It Works
- 01
Cold open and credits
A campy sci-fi announcer drops Steve and Nathan into this week's town. "This week we drop Steve and Nathan in the riverside town of Pascagoula, Mississippi…"
- 02
What the brochure says
They read the official tourism description out loud, straight-faced, and give the popular stops their due. Then: "But we're not here for any of that."
- 03
Three stories
Three pieces of weird folklore the locals know and the brochure skips, with guest clips from the people who live with them, and a commercial break between each.
- 04
Eating and sleeping
Where to eat, where to stay, what to do. They read the menus, imagine how good the food might be, and tell you to say hi if you get there before them.
- 05
Extra Baggage
The following Tuesday, members get the extended episode: one thread from the town, pulled all the way out.
Fridays
The Sub-Shows
All shows →Between main episodes, the Friday shorts each take a different lens on weird travel. Where you sleep, what you drive, what you swim in, what you eat. Forty-eight episodes a season, counting the long ones.
Extra Baggage
Members-only follow-ups, public preview
The thread we couldn't let go of.
Wicked Ways
Highways and roads
Haunted highways and roads you shouldn't dri…
Room Service
Haunted hotels
Book a room. Meet whoever is already in it.
Dark Waters
Lakes and waterways
Lakes, rivers, and the things under them.
Mystery Bites
Restaurant stories
Dinner, drinks, and a ghost at the next table.
Hitchers
Short hitchhiker stories
They ask for a ride home. They never arrive.
Midnight Riders
Weird travel stories
Weird travel stories, told by the people the…
Tripped Out!
Guest dispatches
Guest dispatches from the weird places you a…
Motors & Monsters
Phantom vehicles
Phantom vehicles and the things that run bes…
Weird Travels!
Short travel itineraries
Strange Visitors presents: your trip, your s…
Messages from the front desk
The Project
Strange Visitors is a travel show for people who want to be somewhere, not just know about it. Steve and Nathan go looking for the places that inject novelty into a life, the hidden histories and cultural ghosts of the American uncanny, and they come back with a map.
The podcast is the front door. Behind it: the Weird Atlas, a growing folklore map of America; the Trip Builder, which plans a real itinerary around the places from the show and our research; and the Weird Travel Club, where members earn Frequent Flyer Miles for every episode and unlock Extra Baggage.
Not parody. Not academic. Not ghost-hunter TV. Curious, grounded, slightly unsettled travel. If a choice ever feels too spooky, too jokey, or too slick, we pull back.
Field notes
- America is haunted by its own stories.
- Travel as the archaeology of myth.
- Small towns as psychic residue.
- A punk sensibility applied to folklore.
- Calmly aware that something is off.
Part travel show, part paranormal adventure, the series proves that every town has its own unseen wonders and weird folklore.
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