Strange

Strange

What's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you? An indie podcast from journalist Christopher Wynn. Often creepy, sometimes funny, always thought-provoking. Tell your story: christopher@strangepod.com

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August 13, 2023 24 mins
Taos, New Mexico is a place of wild beauty by day. But things can take a different turn once the sun goes down. Musician and artist Ariel Saldivar, who performs as CAMÍNA, discovered this the hard way.

From this episode:

— Check out The Shed Project from chef Johnny Ortiz-Concha

— Explore the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe 

— Christopher’s favorite place to stay in Taos: Casa Gallina<...
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The Goat-Man, “Satanic panic" and a real life double murder. Welcome to Old Foamy Road in Johnson County. Host Christopher Wynn goes for a drive. 

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Strange was created by Christopher Wynn and Jason Reimer 

The show is edited and co-produced by Jeff Whittington 

Jason Reimer writes our music. Additional music courtesy of Talented Friends

Artwork and logos by Rob Wilson

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November 28, 2022 37 mins
When Jason Cohen opened Forbidden Books and Video in Dallas, he knew he would meet some strange characters, but nothing prepared him for who actually showed up. Check out Jason’s current shop Curiosities.   

Laurie Hertzel, senior editor and books editor for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, spent a summer living in the historic former home of author, humorist, and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber in Columbus, Ohio....
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November 14, 2022 37 mins
Relationships are complicated. Sarah Hepola, Davy Rothbart and Robb Armstrong explain why. 

“Falling in love is wonderful,” says host Christopher Wynn. “And awful.”

Sarah Hepola recounts an unlikely romance that is set into motion in New Orleans’ French Quarter at gunpoint. She is the author of the New York Timesbestseller Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, and she created and hosted the Texa...
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October 31, 2022 30 mins
“There are lots of things I don’t want to know,” says host Christopher Wynn. “And sometimes, maybe we’re better off not knowing.” 

Hollywood actor Stephen Tobolowsky — yes, “Needle-Nose Ned” from the Bill Murray comedy Groundhog Day and the washed-up music teacher in Glee — has a hidden talent, an unexplainable talent. It has changed his life in ways both wonderful and terrifying. Put simply, he hears things. 
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“I don’t know how else to say this, but I was kind of a weird kid …” Indeed. 

Host Christopher Wynn digs into his “shoebox of cassette tapes” for this special mini-episode to try and explain his fixation with sound, his love of all things strange and why he grew up to become a professional storyteller and make this podcast. 

Also, there’s a séance. And some “thirst for blood.” But it will all make sense. 
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In a 'Strange' collaboration with Atlas Obscura, the online magazine about the world's hidden wonders, Atlas’ David Plotz, Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton share weird, true tales from across the globe. 

You’ll hear about the Japanese monks who mummified themselves while still alive; and the deep, booby-trapped pit on Nova Scotia’s Oak Island that may hold secret treasure. You’ll learn how the crew behind the...
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Mom-turned-private-investigator Sheila Wysocki helps solve her friend’s murder after a shocking twist. Former Hollywood digital-effects artist Russell Koonce is stalked by a maniac on a lonely Austin road. Whitley Strieber, the best-selling author of 'The Hunger' and 'Communion,' faces unexplained forces in his Manhattan apartment. Music critic Scott Cantrell reveals the bizarre curse afflicting one of the world’s most prestigious ...

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In this debut episode, four Texans tell their true stories about an encounter with the strange. Author Virginia Savage McAlester reveals for the first time her chilling brush with the Boston Strangler. Investigative journalist Jeff Guinn takes us “creepy-crawling” with Charles Manson’s deranged Family. Novelist Merritt Tierce meets a very personal threat on her own front porch. And Jeffrey Cranor, co-creator of the hit podcast an...

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