"I don't think there's really a blueprint for how it should feel when something like that happens, but it was probably one of the most surreal moments of my life."
YouTuber, turned TikToker, turned podcaster Chyaz Samuel has always loved strange-but-true stories, ever since she was a child.
Following the pandemic, the freelance presenter decided to put that passion to good use and, from her spare room in her south Cheshire home, created the Things Are About to Get Weird podcast in 2022.
Since then, the 71 episodes combined have been downloaded more than a million times and it also had a stint at the top of Spotify's true crime chart and broke into the top 10 of all UK podcasts.
"I was just at home on my own when I found out, which is kind of fitting as I'm a one-woman band and do this all on my own," she said.
