A release of our 2022 episode featuring the Lizardman: A rural South Carolina town is struck by cryptid fever in the form of a seven-foot-tall lizard with a taste for cars. . . specifically, for chewing on them. Once a local teenager is chased down by the Lizardman, locals all over Bishopville and the greater Lee County area spot lizard tracks and possible Lizardman attacks. But is it all just a hoax? Or, perhaps, the work of another cryptid altogether?  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO...

In rural North Carolina, there’s a circle of earth known as the Devil's Tramping Ground where nothing grows. It’s been there a long time — and why it exists is down to either the unexplainable… or the satanic. Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Head to moshlife.com/STRANGE to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on your first 6-count trial pack. Head to factormeals.com/ost50 and use code ost50 to get...

For many years, residents of Montana have known: there are rumors of a monster lurking in Flathead Lake. Is it a giant eel? An errant sturgeon? A myth? Or something altogether unique?  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ If you’ve been sizing NetSuite up to make the switch, take advantage of this special financing offer at NetSuite.com/STRANGE. Head to moshlife.com/STRANGE to save 20% off plus...

In a dark period of American history, an unexpected hero lifted spirits and predicted the results of horse races. Lady Wonder, a chestnut-brown horse, could do it all: spell, read minds, and see into the future. And people went all in — even when she picked up some unusual extracurriculars.  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ If you’ve been sizing NetSuite up to make the switch, take advantage of...

A special sample of one of our favorite recent premium episodes, which concerns a cursed painting blamed for a spate of house fires. Could a Crying Boy have sought some kind of revenge on innocent homeowners?  Find out all the ways you can access our 34 current premium episodes, and list two two more new premium releases every month here (you can subscribe via Apple Premium, Supercast, or Patreon)! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/premium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Mercy Brown, Rhode Island vampire—allegedly so—is considered to be the last of the state’s unfortunate focal points in its 19th century vampire panics; but like so many other supernatural superstitions we dig into, there’s much more beneath the surface.  The Exeter Vampire panic is more complex, and perhaps distorted, than we’ve been led to believe. . .all through haze of the horror of the plague of tuberculosis.  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST:...

We’re on vacation this week! But we’re bringing you a remastered version of one of our very favorite episodes--The Blob. Texas is invaded by a very unwelcome, and extremely gelatinous, visitor. Could this blob be a particularly virulent fungi--or, as residents suspect, something a little more extraterrestrial?  If you can’t wait for the next release, head over to Patreon, Apple Premium or Supercast, where we’re now releasing two premium episodes a month! There are more than thirty waiting...

In the woods of Maine, rumors of an uncatchable, immortal beast, the Specter Moose, have circulated for well over a century. Is this creature a hoax, a cryptid, a natural phenomenon, a spirit of the forest, or something altogether singular?  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code STRANGE and depending on the model receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300...

This week, we’re bringing you a full-length bonus crossover episode with our friends Corrine and Sabrina, hosts of Two Girls One Ghost -- AKA, the most haunted podcast in America. Corrine and Sabrina spun a hilarious and bizarre tale for us--one of a very unusual resident of a family home. It’s got ghosts who might be forest spirits or reincarnated time travelers, or maybe aliens. It’s got mongooses. It’s got the most unusual spelling of Jeff (GEF!) that we’ve ever encountered. Really, it’s a...

Public parks are the people’s playground — but they’re also, quite possibly, home to some unusual residents.  Mill Race parkgoers in Columbus, Indiana were probably not expecting to come face-to-face with a Bigfoot. But then again, who ever is?    Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Hosted by Laurah Norton Researched by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written & Produced by Maura...

We can all agree that moving is no fun. But these Nevada families interacting with the infamous Kelsay House had to deal with some very opinionated spirits in the process, so just remember: it could always be worse.  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/strange today to get 10% off your first month.  Hosted by Laurah...

Leap Castle in Ireland is considered by many paranormal investigators to be the most haunted castle in the world, and it’s easy to see why. In this clip, Nate tells you all about Leap Castle’s bloody history, and about the terrifying discovery that was made in its walls.  Join The Conspirators on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, as well as an ever-growing library of Patron-exclusive mini...

Whether presented as urban legend, murderous maniac, or ghostly avenger, the Bunnyman of Virginia has haunted a certain overpass near Fairfax--Colchester Bridge--and its residents for more than fifty years. This week, we delve into the origins of the twisty rabbit’s tale.  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Listen to The Dead Files wherever you get your podcasts. Head to airdoctorpro.com and use...

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Perhaps it’s not the best-known cryptid, but the Michigan Dogman has crept across the Midwest’s imagination—and embedded itself in the region’s nightmares—largely thanks to a single event in 1987. Was it an attack? A sighting? A mysterious footprint? No, strangers, it was something even more powerful: a voice drifting out, over the radio waves.  Special Thanks: Alvin WIlliams of Affirmative Murder for his vocal talents!  Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST:...

A mannequin with human hair became a doll, and lifelong companion and/or scapegoat, for an eccentric Floridian artist. The rest is (haunted? possessed?) history, and it’s exactly as unsettling as you might guess. And then some. Go to HelloFresh.com/onestrangething50 and use code onestrangething50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free Pre-order Laurah’s book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Hosted by Laurah...

In celebration of our new premium format—two premium episodes a month for both Apple Podcast premium subscribers and Patreon subscribers starting April 2023—we are sharing this premium episode with all listeners. The legend of Kentucky’s Pope Lick Monster is inexorably tied to the train bridge it supposedly guards—but what is the real danger: the goat-sheep cryptid, or our human need to seek out danger?  Hosted by Laurah Norton  Written by Liv Fallon  Researched by Jessica Lee   Produced...

The Gulf Breeze UFO Sightings are among the most infamous in US extraterrestrial canon; Floridian Ed Walters claimed that for six months ranging from late 1987 through the spring of 1988, he experienced a number of close encounters with aliens and their space crafts: ones that he allegedly captured on film. MUFON investigators, skeptics, scientists, and even the X-Files’ Agent Fox Mulder have weighed in on Ed’s story: now, we invite you to consider whether the Gulf Breeze Sightings were one...

South Florida’s Coral Castle is a marvel of human creativity, talent and engineering — so much so that how exactly it came into being is a mystery. But it’s also a monument to love, and loss, and some of the… weirder… corners of the human spirit. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/  Pick up where you left off to uncover new secrets or start your investigation today and download June’s Journey! Available...

Introducing our podcast, The Fall Line, which focuses on cold cases that have not received enough attention—a clip from our recent three-part series on the case of Chairo Garibay. On December 11th, 2005, 20-year-old Chairo disappeared; she’d planned on attending church with her family in Olivehurst, California, but she never showed. She was reported missing to the Yuba County Sheriff, and both her family and law enforcement began a search that extended through Christmas. It would be five...

In the 1940s, two Midwest families faced the same bizarre circumstance: unexplained fires that seemed to spring up from nowhere, burning all over their homes—with no clear source. Was it, as many in the small town of Odon, Indiana suspected, the work of a “fire poltergeist,” or some other supernatural force? Or could it be one of the many theories Air Force investigators floated at the second location, in Macomb Illinois?  Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST:...

In 1973, CB radio enthusiasts all over the U.S. — and apparently, the world — heard the panicked transmissions of a little boy calling himself "Larry," who claimed to be in danger. So why couldn’t an army of New Mexico volunteers and law enforcement find "Little Lost Larry?"  Hosted and Script-edited by Laurah Norton Produced and Written by Maura Currie Researched by Maura Currie & Jessica Ann Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder  Sources on our website:...

 In the late 1970s, a rural Ohio family came face-to-face--or maybe it’s fur-to-fur--with the Midwest’s most infamous version of Bigfoot, the Grassman. Whether you call it Orange Eyes or The Minerva Monster, the creature who allegedly lurked in Paris Township in 1978 created much unwanted attention for the unhappy objects of its attention.  Thanks to special guest voice actors: Sarah Turney of Voices for Justice, A Concerned Citizen of Swindled, Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder, and Leroy...

Throughout the history of conventional archeology, artifacts have been found that seem to defy what we know about what we know. Did the Maine Penny, the Shroud of Turin, and the Antikythera Mechanism simply evade our previous understandings of what ancient societies were doing, and where, and when — or is there a case to be made for otherworldly intervention?  Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way by going to RocketMoney.com/OST. Hosted by Laurah...

On one frigid December night in 1980, a stranded Minnesotan named Jean Hilliard earned a title no one would ever want: the Frozen Girl. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way by going to RocketMoney.com/OST. RECEIVE 65% OFF YOUR FIRST MONTH OF MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND CARE COUNSELING AT CEREBRAL.COM/STRANGE Written, Researched, and Hosted by Laurah Norton Engineered, Edited, Scored, and Produced by Maura Currie  Sources on our website:...