One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Paranormal, unexplainable, and uncanny stories aren't just in the fiction section. They happen every day, to people just like you. One Strange Thing brings you family-friendly stories from America's newspaper archives. And they all have something in common: an element that can't be explained by logic alone. Join us on our trek through small town U.S.A.'s oddities - and prepare to wonder what oddities are hiding in your hometown, too.
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We're checking into the Hotel Galvez in Galveston this week to tell the tale of Audra, the lovelorn ghost bride.
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The Bell family was prominent and well-liked by their neighbors in Robertson County, Tennessee. So when an apparent spirit manifested in the Bell home, people believed them. And when that so-called witch pivoted from conjuring snacks to causing young lovers to break up, and a patriarch to pass away suddenly… people had questions. Since September is a three-episode month, this is a rebroadcast of our classic episode, 7...
In 2017, a creepy ghost story took over twitter, line by line, as an artist began to recount his experience with a spirit--a child--named “Dear David.”
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From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is
full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and
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Louisiana is home to many things: some of the United States’ finest cooking, seemingly endless stretches of marshy land, and one particularly smelly, web-toed creature known as the Honey Island Swamp Monster. This is a full mainfeed release of Premium Episode 45: The Swamp.
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Known as the “British Mothman,” of the most mysterious—and obscure—cryptids in our critter collection is the Owlman of Cornwall, a monster that first appeared in the tiny village in Mawnan Smith.
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Research by Laurah Norton and Melissa Gold
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Produced by Maura Currie
We’ve discussed a number of curses on the podcast before—but this episode, we dive into the murky waters of allegedly evil phone numbers and YouTube videos. Can receiving a call, owning a number, or watching a video really cause someone’s death?
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Laurah is out sick this week; please enjoy the full release of Premium Episode 64, The Hands. In Southwestern England, a legend grew along the road now known along the B3212—one that involved an invisible entity that forced drivers off the roads and into dangerous, and even fatal, accidents.
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We’ve told you over and over: if Virginia Is for Lovers, then West Virginia Is for Cryptids. And today, we’re introducing you to a new one: the Grafton Monster.
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Bloody Mary is one of the most well-known urban legends in the United States, and perhaps the world—but where did her reflection in the mirror first appear, and why?
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From the ashes of a devastating natural disaster rose the specter of one of the United States’ most bizarre cryptids: the Batsquatch.
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Back in 2020, pilots in the Los Angeles area began to report something very unusual in the sky: a figure that seemed to be gliding through the clouds on some sort of superpowered conveyance — a “Jetpack Man” who would make several more appearances, and spark a lot of speculation.
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In Dickson County, Tennessee, there have long been rumors surrounding a certain area of what is now part of Montgomery Bell State Park—a place where it’s rumored werewolves once stalked 19th-century settlers. Could those tales have any connection to another Tennesse...
In 1964, a firefighter in Cumbria was surprised when a photo snapped on a weekend trip revealed a strange figure behind his young daughter—and ignited an international mystery that stretched far beyond Solway Firth.
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Australia is home to one of the oldest and creepiest “possessed” toys out there: Letta the Doll (Letta-Me-Out), a doll that was found under a purportedly haunted home and, according to its new owners, has been engaging in hijinks ever since.
Apologies for the pronunciation of Wagga Wagga; we checked this in a professional documentary produced on Letta and one news clip but a kind Australian let us know th...
In the early 1980s, a formerly quiet suburban street in Birmingham, England—Thornton Road—was struck by a series of bizarre rock attacks credited to unseen forces that some believed were paranormal in nature. . . even, perhaps, the work of a poltergeist.
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It’s a horrifying tale that’s been passed around, in many versions, for well over a hundred years: women traveling check into a hotel, leave an ailing companion behind, and return to discover that she—and her room—have disappeared.
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Stull, Kansas is a tiny town that nevertheless has garnered a big reputation: as home to one of seven Gates to Hell. Its cemetery and church have long attracted tourists, thrill seekers, and a lot of unwanted attention.
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One of the United States’ most enduring urban legends swims just below the surface of our major urban centers—and most especially New York City: the belief that giant alligators live, and grow, in the sewers.
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