A Cursed Human: Nick Helm and the Haunted Post Office

We Can Be Weirdos

Global

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Nick Helm first took to the stand-up comedy stage in 2007 and quickly became a circuit legend with his tour de force of one-liners, stories, poems and jokes. Since then, he’s become one of Britain’s most loved comedians for his multiple, memorable and moving television appearances, his critically acclaimed writing and his legendary rollercoaster live shows.

Across the years, Nick has taken multiple mega hit shows to the Edinburgh Fringe including the must-see Keep Hold of the Gold, the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Dare to Dream and the completely sold out This Means War. In 2017, he embarked on his first full tour, hitting 25 dates across the UK with his hilarious show There Is Nothing You Can Do To Me That I Haven’t Already Done To Myself. He also released two successful albums Nick Helm is F*cking Amazing and Hot ‘n’ Heavy, which feature hit songs from his solo shows and are available on iTunes and Bandcamp.

Nick has become a firm TV favourite having appeared on multiple shows both acting and as himself. He was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for his starring role in critically acclaimed BBC Three sitcom, Uncle, and also played the adorable Watto is Channel 4’s Loaded which was later broadcast on AMC in America. He’s also fronted his own food travelogue show Eat Your Heart Out with Nick Helm on Dave and his own high-octane variety show Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment on BBC Three. This is all in addition to his other unforgettable TV appearances such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard’s Good News and Celebrity Mastermind.

Go and see Nick: https://www.nick-helm.co.uk/#live

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0:37.0	Warning! The following podcast contains strong language, bizarre theories,
0:41.3	unexplainable experiences, and far too many bubbleheads.
0:45.3	It may not be suitable for younger weirdos.
0:49.3	I feel like there's a presence and I feel like, you know, I feel uneasy and then there'll be strange noises.
0:57.0	And it was like, oh my God, this place is creepy. Hey everyone and welcome to an episode that almost didn't happen. We were about a minute into the recording and it failed.
1:30.4	Fortunately, I was doing a backup and we had another backup going on, but it plays into one of the theories of today's guests that all technology breaks around him.
1:41.0	And in fact, it did a very rare occurrence for us break down right at the start of
1:48.2	this interview. Fortunately, though, as I say, we got a backup. And so the Epp is alive. So, in today's
1:54.5	episode, I will be exploring the bat-hit list of comedian, musician, poet, actor, it's the mighty Nick Helm.
2:03.6	Nick scoring very highly on the list, 18 ticks.
2:06.7	This was a really fun episode to do.
2:08.4	I love Nick.
2:09.0	He's an amazing stand-up comedian, but I also know that he's a thunderous film nerd.
2:13.2	And so I was very excited that not only had he ticked 18 things on the Batchit List, and we get to a bunch of those during the show, but also because we were recording this with me at home and him and his house, I could see in the background all of the amazing things that he's bought over the years, the kind of stuff that I like to buy myself.
2:32.2	And so this episode weirdly almost turns into an episode of a
2:37.4	thing I used to do on Instagram during the pandemic, which was called Show Us Your Shit,
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