Madame Strangeways: Paranormal Stories Podcast
Madame Strangeways brings you true spooky paranormal stories of the unexplained, whether you're a skeptic, a believer, or some secret third thing. Each episode begins with a real unexplained experience, followed by strange research, spooky folklore & history, and strange theories. From ghost stories, haunted houses, cryptid sightings, or even the occasional alien, Madame Strangeways is your guide beyond the veil, and gleefully drags you down strange rabbit holes along the way (kicking and screaming if needs must). Follow the podcast and socials @madamestrangeways.
Episodes
Join Madame Strangeways for a true spooky story about Amanda and her boyfriend hearing a voice call out in their home as they both slept, followed by footsteps in their room and a strange drilling sound in her ear. A terrifying story! Let's discuss theories, both paranormal and mundane, like clairvoyance, ESP like the CIA was really into back in the day, and, of course, sleep paralysis.
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Join Madame Strangeways for a true paranormal story about Michael's spooky experience witnessing a pair of glowing orbs one night--and yes, someone else was there to witness it! What might be behind orb sightings? Ghosts? Aliens? NHIs? Drones, perhaps? Listen and tell me what you think!
Stick around after the story for my strange thoughts and strange research.
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Join Madame Strangeways for a true ghost story about someone's childhood experience with a ghostly face appearing in their bedroom window every single night. This spirit even messes with the lights in the room!! Or does it?! Let's discuss theories, both paranormal and mundane.
Stick around after the story for my strange thoughts and strange research. Also, defenestration! How fun.
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Join Madame Strangeways for a true unexplained story about someone's possible near-miss with a witch in a small town in Romania. Was she a witch? Or was she just an old lady who wants to live her best life in the woods? Thank you so much to Crimson Crusader for giving me permission to share their story.
Stick around after the story for some folklore about Roma witches and also some non-witches, like Baba Cloanța and Muma Pădurii.
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A spooky experience at a cemetery, a shadow figure, and archery... Join Madame Strangeways for the latest Tori Story!
Stick around after the story for paranormal and mundane theories: what did Tori and her friends see at the cemetery that night? Is the arrowhead they found proof of paranormal activity? And what native tribes might have been around in Texas to leave behind said arrowhead?
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Skipping the main episode this week as a mini summer break to celebrate the show's second strangeiversary! And to thank you for two strange years, here's a narration of the classic short horror story, The Monkey's Paw, by W. W. Jacobs. You can use it as a sleep story if you like, I won't be offended.
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What happens when an OPFOR Marine training exercise leads you straight into the middle of burial mounds in rural South Korea, and ghostly footsteps start tracking you through the woods? You run, because absolutely not. Get outta there!
Join Madame Strangeways for this true ghost story by Anonymous. Stick around after the story for paranormal and mundane theories: Was it the ghosts of the long dead heard moving around them in the woo...
Join Madame Strangeways for this real life ghost story in which Luke meets one of the many ghosts in his ex's menagerie, who turns out to be a boy from the Tudor period. What makes certain people ghost magnets? Did Luke really experience a spirit? And what fashion would a Tudor ghost be wearing? We ask the important questions here at Madame Strangeways.
Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories...
Join Madame Strangeways for this true unexplained story about disembodied singing heard by Spiritual_Friend_235 and their mother while on a road trip in the middle of nowhere. What could have caused them to hear music that had nothing to do with their phones or the car radio?!
Stick around after the story for paranormal and mundane theories: is it musical roads that play music as you drive over them? Or perhaps a siren song luring ...
Join Madame Strangeways for this deep dive (strange dive) into The Backrooms. What even are the Backrooms? Are The Backrooms real? And what the heck is noclipping?! Learn about liminal horror, liminal spaces, and the origins of the creepypasta turned feature horror film: The Backrooms.
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Join Madame Strangeways for this real life ghost story in which Andy experiences paranormal encounters from three separate ghosts in his 157 year old home. How many ghosts would be too many ghosts for you? Oh, and don't forget the ghost kitties.
Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about all this paranormal activity happening in Andy's home!
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Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Izzy about the strange slip through time, some might say a timeslip, during his walk home along Clarence Street in Staines, Surrey, London, UK. Did Izzy really accidentally step into another time or another dimension? England is flush with time slips for some reason, so maybe so!
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Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary story by lost_xtic3934 about the strange, unexplained figure seen in southern Australia that seemed to be behind a eucalyptus tree falling out of nowhere. Eerie!! Was it a ghost? A hallucination? Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about what could possibly explain a mysterious figure harassing local trees, including some local folklore, becaus...
Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary story by Anonymous about a terrifying, mysterious growling noise that came from seemingly thin air, witnessed by Anon and their partner in an AirBnb. A haunted AirBnb, perhaps?? Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about what could possibly explain a disembodied growling, including some auditory trickery and a very unexpected reptile cameo, beca...
Join Madame Strangeways for this deep dive into the paranormal entity / creature / cryptid / etc known as Mimics. They're so hot right now. People are sharing their mimic encounters on TikTok and Reddit and have been for a few years... but how old is the concept of the Mimic? Is it related to the doppelgenger? Where did it come from, where did it go? Where did it come from, Mimic Eye Joe? I could've used that joke when I was record...
Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary story by Ameya about the strange glowing figure he and a girlfriend encountered while riding his scooter in the forest of Nagpur, India. Was it a ghost? An alien? Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about what could possibly explain a mysterious glowing silhouette, including some local folklore, because why not.
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Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary story by Mia about the strange, unexplained happenings in her parents' house, like phantom voices and strange electrical occurrences (perhaps even electromagnetic activity?!). Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories behind this haunting phenomenon (doo dooooo doodoodoo).
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Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary story by Tori about the ghostly apparition in her mother's home called only "The Lady." Eeeeek. Stick around after the story to hear all about my paranormal, mundane and skeptical theories behind this haunting phenomenon (doo dooooo doodoodoo).
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Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary story by Poppy the Masked Keaton about his experience during a hike in the Appalachian Trail (the ol' AT) while there to spread someone's ashes. We'll go over some folklore local to the Appalachian Trail and Appalachian Mountains and I discover my favorite folklore characters to date: the Greasy Witches.
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Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary story by Kai from Polterkaist on YouTube about his visit to the Old Alton Bridge in Denton, Texas, and how he possibly, maybe, might have pissed off the Goatman... DUN DUN DUN. Stick around after the story to hear all about The Goatman, and Goatmen, and how urban legends and folklore spread and morph over time.
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