Something Strange

Bri and Christiana

Strange stories, ranging from paranormal, to history, to folklore, and more!

  1. 1 G FA

    The DeFeo Family Murders

    Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 31, and we’re starting the new year off with the insane murder of the DeFeo family in Amityville, Long Island, New York. Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Grimly Podcast!  **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE** Discussions of murder by gunshot, discussions of domestic violence Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References: History: The Amityville murders - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-13/amityville-horror-true-story-defeo-family-murders A&E TV: The Amityville Murders: Ronald DeFeo's Motive for Killing His Family Still Unclear - https://www.aetv.com/articles/amityville-murders-defeo Medium: Ronald DeFeo and the True Amityville Horror - https://medium.com/new-york-voice/ronald-defeo-and-the-true-amityville-horror-da322cf29068 The New York Times: Surviving Son Held in Slayings Of 6 in His Family at L.I. Home (digitized version of the original 1974 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/surviving-son-held-in-slayings-of-6-in-his-family-at-li-home-son.html The New York Times: Slain Family Drugged, Police on L:I..Report (digitized version of the original 11/18/1974 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/18/archives/slain-family-drugged-police-on-li-report-motive-still-sought.html The New York Times: Son, 24, is Guilty in Murder of Six (digitized version of the original 11/22/1975 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/22/archives/son-24-is-guilty-in-murder-of-six-conviction-follows-longest-trial.html Wikipedia: Caporegime - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caporegime Widipedia: Ronald DeFeo Jr. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr. Biography: Ronald DeFeo Jr. - https://www.biography.com/crime/ronald-defeo Hester Law Group: What is an Insanity Plea? - https://www.hesterlawgroup.com/blog/2022/january/what-is-an-insanity-plea-/ Brustein Law: New York 440 Motions - https://www.brusteinlaw.com/440-motions

    1 h 4 min

  2. 26/12/2025 · CONTENUTI EXTRA

    A Strange Snapshot: Tulpas

    Welcome back to Strange Snapshots! Today’s Snapshot will focus on tulpas, based on our main episode from last December about St. Nicholas! Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References: Wikipedia: Tulpa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa JSTOR Daily: Where Tulpas Come From - https://daily.jstor.org/where-tulpas-come-from/ JSTOR Article: Tracking the Tulpa: Exploring the “Tibetan” Origins of a Contemporary Paranormal Idea - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87?mag=where-tulpas-come-from&seq=1 Merriam Webster: Theosophy - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theosophy#:~:text=noun,by%20her%20follower%20Rudolf%20Steiner. The Theosophical Society: Theosophy - https://www.theosophical.org/about/theosophy#:~:text=Theosophy%20promotes%20understanding%20and%20unity%20among%20people,Society%20has%20headquarters%20in%20Adyar%2C%20Chennai%2C%20India. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87?mag=where-tulpas-come-from&seq=3 Medium: The Power of the Mind: Creating Tulpas Through Meditation and Visualization - https://medium.com/illumination/the-power-of-the-mind-creating-tulpas-through-meditation-and-visualization-20e561e12ee9 WikiHow: How to Make Your Own Tulpa - https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Tulpa Supernatural Wiki: Hell House - https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Hell_House Wikipedia: Slenderman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/12qrhr/i_have_a_sentient_tulpa_which_is_essentially/

    49 min

  3. 19/12/2025

    There'll be Scary Ghost Stories

    Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 30 today, and we’ll be discussing the history of telling ghost stories at Christmas time! Charles Dickens, anyone? **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE** Brief discussions of ancient rituals/human sacrifice Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Do You Dare? Podcast! Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References: - History: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England - https://www.history.com/articles/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories - Nerdist: A Ghost Story for Christmas- Britain’s Scary Tradition - https://nerdist.com/article/ghost-story-for-christmas-m-r-james-mark-gatiss/  - The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic: 10 Spooky Ghost Stories for Christmas Time - https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/ - Wikipedia: A Christmas Carol - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol - Charles Dickens Museum: A Christmas Carol Synopsis - https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/explore/a-christmas-carol-synopsis?srsltid=AfmBOop3tgxi8Ixl7Jbx-yT_FP_TrDn9cgjEmBlveLFTnoX75JC3mz5T - Smithsonian Magazine: A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghoststories-180967553/  - Britannica: Yule - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yule-festival  - Interfaith America: Waiting for the Sun a Pagan Celebration of Yule - https://www.interfaithamerica.org/article/pagan-celebration-of-yule/

    47 min

  4. 05/12/2025

    The Christmas Truce of WW1

    Welcome back to Something Strange! We’re starting off December with what we believe could be a true Christmas miracle, the miraculous, unofficial Christmas truce of 1914 **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE** Graphic descriptions of WW1 trench warfare/trench life, description of injuries/illnesses, discussion of the holocaust Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Down the Crooked Path Podcast! Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References: - Imperial War Museums: The Real Story of the ChristmasTruce - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce - History: World War I - https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-i-history - Encyclopedia Britannica: Bosnia and Herzegovina - https://www.britannica.com/place/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina - Smithsonian Magazine:The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/legends-what-actually-lived-no-mans-land-between-world-war-i-trenches-180952513/ - History: Life in the Trenches of World War I (Both article and video reference) - https://www.history.com/articles/life-in-the-trenches-of-world-war-i - Imperial War Museums: The Real Story of the Christmas Truce (Both article and video reference) - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce - The National WW1 Museum and Memorial: Christmas Truce Incidents and accounts (multiple articles referenced) - British and Germans, good friends on Christmas Day in the Trenches - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/1/british-and-germans-good-friends-on-christmas-day-in-the-trenches - "On Christmas Day no one would have believed we were enemies..." - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/126/on-christmas-day-no-one-would-have-believed-we-were-enemies - “Germans who played the Game” - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/21/germans-who-played-the-game - German Urges our Men to "Be British" - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/87/german-urges-our-men-to-be-british

    56 min

  5. 28/11/2025 · CONTENUTI EXTRA

    The Wampus Cat

    Welcome back to Strange Snapshots, and welcome back to our super special guest, Ali! We’re keeping up with the Cryptids with today’s Snapshot, which will focus on the Wampus Cat. You may remember the Wampus cat from on our main episode about Appalachian folklore.  Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE** Discussions of animal pelts/taxidermy  Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References:  - How stuff works: Wampus Cat - https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/wampus-cat.htm - American Folklore: The Wampus Cat - https://www.americanfolklore.net/the-wampus-cat/  - Appalachian History.net: The Wampus Cat - https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2017/10/story-of-wampus-cat.html  - Texas Coop Power: Catch A Wampus Cat - https://texascooppower.com/catch-a-wampus-cat/ - WFRX: Monsters and Mysteries of Appalachia: Cryptid of the week- exploring the Wampus Cat, a divisive legend - https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/monsters-and-mysteries-of-appalachia/cryptid-of-the-week-exploring-the-mystery-of-the-wampus-cat-a-divisive-legend/

    44 min

  6. 21/11/2025

    The Jersey Devil

    Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 28, and we’re continuing our cryptid month with Bri teaching us about the Jersey Devil! Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Canadian Creepies Podcast!  **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE** Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References: - Wikipedia: The Jersey Devil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil - Pinelands Preservation Alliance: The Jersey Devil and Folklore - https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/pinelands-history-and-culture/the-jersey-devil-and-folklore/  - Weird NJ: The Jersey Devil - https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/  - Atlantic County New Jersey: Jersey Devil- Fact or Fiction? - https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction - The Jersey Counsel for the Humanities: The Jersey Devil in Myth and History - https://njhumanities.org/humanities-to-go/psp/the-jersey-devil-in-myth-and-history/ - Reddit

    59 min

  7. 07/11/2025

    Mothman

    Welcome back to Something Strange! In today’s episode we’ll be talking about the cryptid that put the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia on the map - that’s right, we’re talking about Mothman!  Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Not My Ghost Podcast!  **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE** Discussions of bridge collapse Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References: Wikipedia: Mothman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman Wikipedia: 1999 Russian apartment bombings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage: An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia - https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia# Yahoo!News: 'Couples see man-sized bird...creature...something!'... 55th annivesary of Mothman's 'appearance' - https://www.yahoo.com/news/couples-see-man-sized-bird-201500327.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGGJwFSXwXC3vQFJkVb5JJOGA89g0krtPorMXE-8GXxyCezyKhd53bAfYGAbEnIBO3BXfg1yZl2-m7QoV106lfvV1ytF2N41yBfqaeiDDjMako3v3PJpyI_Xs26VCyddnj9Tlks9qFw6YkrQWLocwhqBgfTNnxqR0THcVpiWzh4G NPR: Welcome to the ‘TNT Area,’ home of the Mothman - https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2012/01/23/145334460/welcome-to-the-tnt-area-home-of-the-mothman Today: Is the Mothman real? The legend behind the mythical monster - https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/mothman-legend-west-virginia-monster-rcna163428 The Southern Blueprint: The Legend of Mothman: Unraveling the Mystery Behind the Myth - https://thesouthernblueprint.com/2024/10/07/the-legend-of-mothman-unraveling-the-mystery-behind-the-myth/#:~:text=Fear%2C%20Fascination%2C%20and%20Symbolism&text=In%20a%20broader%20sense%2C%20Mothman,turn%20disaster%20into%20cultural%20fascination. Tamarack Marketplace: West Virginia Wonders: Mothman - https://www.tamarackwv.com/2025/04/04/west-virginia-wonders-mothman/#:~:text=While%20sightings%20of%20the%20creature,tourist%20destination%20for%20cryptid%20fanatics. WV.gov: Silver Bridge - https://transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/Modern-Bridges/Pages/Silver.aspx Mothman Festival Website: https://www.mothmanfestival.com/

    53 min

  8. 24/10/2025 · CONTENUTI EXTRA

    A Strange Snapshot: Christiana's Mayan Sacrificial Cave Experience

    Welcome back to Strange Snapshots! Today’s Snapshot will focus on Christiana’s supernatural-adjacent experience in the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave in Belize! We briefly discussed this experience in our main episode about the fae, and Christiana is ready to tell you more about it! Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Creepy Shit Podcast!  **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE** Discussions of ancient rituals/human sacrifice Instagram: @something_strangepod Facebook: Something Strange Podcast Youtube: @Something_StrangePod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepod Send us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com References: - Belize.com: Actun Tunichil Muknal – The ATM Cave - https://belize.com/actun-tunichil-muknal/ - Belizing: The ATM Cave in Belize (updated for 2025) : Everything You Need to Know - https://belizing.com/ATM-Cave-Belize/ - Atlas Obscura: The Crystal Maiden of the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-crystal-maiden-of-the-actun-tunichil-muknal-cave-belize - National Geographic: Take a tour of the Maya underworld—if you dare - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/ancient-maya-underworld-belizean-caves

    58 min
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Strange stories, ranging from paranormal, to history, to folklore, and more!

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  • Creatore
    Bri and Christiana
  • Anni di attività
    2024 - 2026
  • Puntate
    42
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti espliciti
  • Copyright
    © Bri and Christiana
  • Sito web del podcast
    Something Strange