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Greetings from Floweirda
by Joe Turino
Greetings from FLOWEIRDA, folks! Many people consider Florida to be a really wild and weird place... and boy, do we have the stories to back it up! Join your host Joe Turino, a history loving, ghost hunting, life long Floweirdo, on a journey through the Sunshine State as he explores all the weird history, strange mysteries, legends and lore that Florida has to offer. So get ready... because shit's about to get weird! For show links, please visit www.floweirdapod.com Follow the show on Instagram@floweirdapod Theme Music by: Modern Mimeswww.modernmimes.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/floweirdapod/support
Episodes
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Good Evening from Captain Midnight
Late one night in April 1986, millions of HBO viewers suddenly watched their television screens turn to static. The movie vanished. The signal broke. And then a message appeared. “GOODEVENING HBO…” For four and a half surreal minutes, a mysterious figure calling himself Captain Midnight hijacked...
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Coral Castle: Florida's Greatest Mystery
On a quiet stretch of road in Homestead, Florida… sits a structure that shouldn’t exist. Built from more than 1,000 tons of stone… carved, shaped, and placed with precision—by one man. No heavy machinery. No crew. No witnesses. Just Edward Leedskalnin. In this cinematic deep-dive, we follow Ed’s...
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The Conch Republic: Florida’s 1 - Minute War
In April of 1982, the Florida Keys did something no one saw coming. They declared independence from the United States… formed their own nation… went to war… …and surrendered in under a minute. But this wasn’t a joke. And it wasn’t random. It was a calculated protest against a U.S. Border Patrol...
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The Killing Cousins
***WARNING: This episode covers graphic subject matter, including kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder. It may not be suitable for all listeners. Please take care of yourself while listening.*** In the early 1980s, the quiet coastal community of Vero Beach, Florida began to experience a series…
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Cassadaga: The Psychic Capital of the World - Part 3 - The Things You Carry Home
Some places give you stories. Cassadaga gives you moments. In the final chapter of our Cassadaga series, I’m joined by Jenny and Armando of 305 Paranormal as we talk about what actually happened when we spent a weekend inside Florida’s most misunderstood spiritual community. This isn’t history....
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Cassadaga: The Psychic Capital of the World - Part 2 - The Village That Listens
Cassadaga isn’t just a strange little Florida town with a paranormal reputation. It’s two places sharing one name. There’s the unincorporated town of Cassadaga — where people live, walk their dogs, hang garden flags, and go about ordinary life. And then there’s The Camp — a private Spiritualist...
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Cassadaga: The Psychic Capital of the World - Part 1 - Rise of the Spiritualists
Long before Cassadaga became a destination… before the mediums, the readings, or the reputation… there was a movement that believed the dead never truly left. In Part 1 of this three-part series, Greetings from Floweirda traces the rise of modern Spiritualism — a belief system born in…
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A Very Floweirda Christmas Special
Christmas in Florida has never looked like the postcards. No snow. No sleigh tracks. And absolutely no reindeer on rooftops. Instead, Florida’s holiday history is filled withrecord-breaking trees hauled across the country, NASA keeping the space shuttlerunway lit for Santa, Victorian-era…
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The Oviedo Ghost Lights
The Oviedo Ghost Lights — Florida’s Most Elusive RoadsideMystery Late at night on a lonely stretch of Snow Hill Road, driversin Seminole County have reported the same impossible sight for more than sixtyyears: a single, blinding blue light racing toward them… bright asa train lamp, wobbling like...
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Children of the Swamp: The Legend of the Squallies
Deep in Florida’s backwoods, past the last streetlights and beyond the sawgrass, whispers tell of a hidden people living where the map fades to green. Short. Pale. Pig-snouted. Human… almost. Locals call them the Squallies. In this immersive, atmospheric descent into Florida folklore, we trace…
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The Vanishing Squadron: The Mystery of Flight 19
On December 5th, 1945, five Navy TBM Avengers lifted off from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale for what should have been a routine training flight. Fourteen men. Clear skies. A simple triangle route over the Atlantic. They never returned. In this immersive, cinematic deep-dive, we follow Flight…
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Hauntings of the Ancient City: Part 3 - Echoes of the Past
In the final chapter of our Hauntings of the Ancient City trilogy, we leave the historic district behind and head toward the water — where some of St. Augustine’s most heartbreaking and mysterious hauntings still whisper through the salt air. This is where the past doesn’t just linger… it echoes....
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Hauntings of the Ancient City: Part 2 - The City of Souls
In Part 2 of the Hauntings of the Ancient City trilogy, we go deeper into the shadows of St. Augustine — into the places where suffering, violence, and memory have shaped some of the city’s most enduring hauntings. St. Augustine may be beautiful by daylight, but after sunset, the past rises. 📌…
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Hauntings of the Ancient City
St. Augustine isn’t just the oldest city in America — it’s one of the few places where history still whispers from every coquina stone, every alleyway, and every windswept corner of the bay. And where the past refuses to stay quiet… the hauntings begin. In Part 1 of the Hauntings of the Ancient...
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The Lobster Boy Murders: The Remarkable Residents of Gibsonton Part 3
In this final chapter of our Gibsonton trilogy, we leave the bright lights of the midway behind and step into the darkest corner of the carnival world — the story of Grady Stiles Jr., better known as Lobster Boy. Born into a long line of performers with ectrodactyly — a condition that fused his...
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The King of the Sideshow: The Remarkable Residents of Gibsonton Part 2
In this episode, we continue our journey through the extraordinary town of Gibsonton — the legendary winter home of carnival and circus performers. This time, the spotlight narrows to a single man whose influence shaped an entire industry: Ward Hall, the undisputed King of the Sideshow. For more...
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The Remarkable Residents of Gibsonton
On this episode, we’re heading down the Gulf Coast to a place unlike any other in America — the town of Gibsonton. Known to insiders as “Gibtown,” this quiet Florida community served as the winter haven and retirement home for circus and carnival performers from all over the world. Here, giants...
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Floweirda's Most Haunted: Ashley's of Rockledge
On this episode, we’re heading to the quiet riverside town of Rockledge, Florida — a place with deep roots, old stories, and one building that locals whisper about more than any other. Ashley’s Restaurant and Bar looks like a charming, historic pub… until you hear what’s said to linger inside.…
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Floweirda's Most Haunted: The Haunted Biltmore Hotel
On this episode, we’re checking into one of the most iconic — and most haunted — hotels in all of Florida: the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Built during the Jazz Age boom and infused with the grand vision of city founder George Merrick, the Biltmore was once the crown jewel of South Florida...
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Floweirda's Most Haunted: Haunted Pensacola Lighthouse
On this episode, we’re heading to the edge of the Gulf — to one of the oldest, most storied, and most famously haunted lighthouses in Florida. The Pensacola Lighthouse has watched over the entrance to Pensacola Bay since 1859. It’s stood through wars, hurricanes, shipwrecks, and generations of...
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Koreshanity Hits Estero
On this episode, we’re heading to the quiet little village of Estero on Florida’s southwest coast — once home to one of the strangest communities in American history. Before it was a state park, Estero was the headquarters of the Koreshan Unity, a utopian cult led by Cyrus Teed — a…
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Booty. Booty. Booty. Pirate Booty Everywhere.
Every year since 1904, Tampa explodes into pirate chaos for Gasparilla, the biggest and oldest pirate festival in the world. Cannons fire. Beads fly. And the mythical pirate José Gaspar—the so-called “Last of the Buccaneers”—is celebrated as if he truly stalked Florida’s Gulf Coast. But here’s…
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A Grave Affair in Key West
One of Florida’s strangest love stories didn’t happen in a novel — it happened in Key West. In this episode, Joe travels to the southernmost city in the continental U.S. to unravel the eerie, unsettling, and infamous tale of Carl Tanzler and Elena “Helen” Hoyos — a story that has fascinated and...
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A Very FLOWEIRDA Origin Story
Welcome to Greetings from Floweirda — where Florida’s history, hauntings, and hidden folklore come alive. In this origin episode, host Joe Turino shares the roots of the show, the love of weird Florida that shaped it, and the journey that turned a lifelong curiosity into a storytelling project...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Greetings from FLOWEIRDA, folks! Many people consider Florida to be a really wild and weird place... and boy, do we have the stories to back it up! Join your host Joe Turino, a history loving, ghost hunting, life long Floweirdo, on a journey through the Sunshine State as he explores all the weird history, strange mysteries, legends and lore that Florida has to offer. So get ready... because shit's about to get weird! For show links, please visit www.floweirdapod.com Follow the show on Instagram@floweirdapod Theme Music by: Modern Mimeswww.modernmimes.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/floweirdapod/support
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Greetings from FLOWEIRDA, folks! Many people consider Florida to be a really wild and weird place... and boy, do we have the stories to back it up! Join your host Joe Turino, a history loving, ghost hunting, life long Floweirdo, on a journey through the Sunshine State as he explores all the weird...
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