Strange Places

Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com.

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Bodie, California, is a ghost town frozen in time—but some say it's cursed. According to legend, anyone who takes even the smallest artifact from Bodie is doomed to suffer bad luck until the item is returned. Park rangers still receive packages from regretful visitors begging to break the curse. But is it real?

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Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Plac...

Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com.

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Rising silently from the grounds of Delhi’s Qutb complex, the Iron Pillar stands as a riddle wrapped in rustless metal. Over 1,600 years old, this ancient monument has defied time, weather, and science—refusing to corrode despite centuries of exposure. Forged during the reign of Chandragupta II and inscribed with praise for a forgotten king, the pillar’s true origins and metallurgical secrets remain unsolved. Was it a divine offeri...

Denver International Airport isn’t just the largest airport in the U.S. by land area — it’s a magnet for mystery. Since its opening in 1995, the DIA has fueled countless conspiracy theories involving secret underground bunkers, connections to the Illuminati, and even a supposed headquarters for a New World Order. Add to that its eerie murals, cryptic symbols, and the towering, red-eyed horse statue that greets visitors at the entra...

Bobby Mackey’s Music World in Wilder, Kentucky isn’t just a honky-tonk bar—it’s a place where the veil between the living and the dead feels razor thin. Built over the site of a former slaughterhouse with a blood-soaked history, this unassuming nightclub has earned a reputation as one of the most haunted locations in America. Shadow figures, phantom voices, and violent paranormal encounters are just the beginning. Some say there’s ...

The Ilkley Moor alien photo, taken in 1987 by retired police officer Philip Spencer, is one of the UK’s and the world's most debated pieces of alleged extraterrestrial evidence. While walking across Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, Spencer claimed to have seen a strange, small humanoid figure. He snapped a photo just before the being fled, and shortly after, he reported witnessing a silent, flying craft in the sky. The blurry ima...

The Tisul Princess is a controversial and enigmatic figure said to be a 2,000-year-old woman discovered in a perfectly preserved state inside a sarcophagus in Russia's Kemerovo region in 1969. According to the legend, Soviet authorities swiftly covered up the find, suppressing information and silencing witnesses. The princess, allegedly submerged in an unknown liquid, was described as having delicate, uncorrupted features, wear...

Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com.

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Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida, is a baffling stone fortress built by Edward Leedskalnin between 1923 and 1951—entirely by hand. Weighing over 1,100 tons, its massive coral structures defy explanation, sparking theories of lost knowledge or even anti-gravity. Leedskalnin claimed he built it for a lost love, but how he did it remains a complete mystery. Can we shed light on this strange structure? Is it paranormal or can it be e...

Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com.

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The Flatwoods Monster, also known as the Braxton County Monster, is a cryptid linked to an alleged alien encounter in Flatwoods, West Virginia, on September 12, 1952. Witnesses, including a group of local boys and a mother, reported seeing a towering, humanoid figure with glowing eyes, claw-like hands, and a metallic, skirt-like lower half. The creature was described as emitting a noxious mist that made some witnesses ill. The sigh...

In this episode of Strange Places, we explore the eerie final moments of legendary comedian Sam Kinison. Known for his wild, unfiltered style, Kinison’s tragic death in a car accident took a chilling turn when witnesses reported hearing him speak to an unseen presence in his final moments. What did he see? Who was he talking to? And why did he seem to accept his fate so suddenly? Join us as we delve into the mystery of Sam Kinison’...

The Kensington Runestone is a controversial artifact discovered in 1898 in Minnesota, bearing runic inscriptions that some believe indicate Norse explorers reached the region in 1362. While some see it as evidence of pre-Columbian European contact, others dismiss it as a 19th-century hoax. In this episode of Strange Places, we explore the mystery, the debates, and what the runestone could mean for history as we know it.

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The Loretto Chapel staircase in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an architectural marvel shrouded in mystery. Built in the late 19th century, the spiral staircase has no visible central support and was constructed using wooden pegs instead of nails. Legend attributes its creation to a mysterious carpenter, believed by some to be St. Joseph himself, who vanished without payment after completing the seemingly impossible design.

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In this episode of Strange Places, we dive into the eerie and unexplainable world of Glitches in the Matrix. Coding flaws in reality . . . those moments when the cosmos itself seems to crack. From déjà vu and time slips to vanishing objects and impossible events, we explore firsthand accounts that challenge our understanding of what’s real. Are these just tricks of the mind, or glimpses into parallel realities? Or, could it be some...

Granger Taylor was a Canadian mechanical genius who became obsessed with UFOs and the idea of interstellar travel. In 1980, he left a cryptic note for his family stating he was embarking on a journey aboard an alien spacecraft, then vanished without a trace. Years later, fragments of his truck were found in a remote area, leading to speculation that he either perished in an explosion or truly left on the journey he envisioned.

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Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com.

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This week we discuss a different kind of cryptid. One so strange, so bizarre, so otherworldly and impossible that it has cast fear into the hearts of all who unknowingly crossed its path. Theories range from extraterrestrial to a being from another dimension, but one thing is constant. Something is frightening people in the Pine Barrens . . . and no one knows where it came from, what it wants, or who will report it next.

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