Odd County Files

Cory Li
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Odd County Files is a documentary-style mystery podcast about strange local stories, coastal folklore, forgotten industrial history, small-town rituals, and unusual facts from the American West Coast and beyond. Each episode follows one real place, one odd record, or one unsettling local memory, with a focus on modern stories from the 1990s to recent years. Calm, atmospheric, and curious: a quiet archive of places where history, rumor, geography, and human behavior meet.

  1. 15h ago

    The Battle of Los Angeles — When the US Military Fought a Ghost

    Three months after Pearl Harbor, an unidentified object appeared over LA. The US military blacked out the entire city, fired 1,400 anti-aircraft shells, and lit up the sky with 40 searchlights — but there was nothing there. An hour of thunderous gunfire against an enemy that didn't exist.

    17 min

  2. 1d ago

    The Cadaver Synod — When a Pope Put a Dead Pope on Trial

    In 897 AD, Pope Stephen VI exhumed the corpse of his predecessor Formosus, dressed it in papal robes, and put it on trial in St. Peter's Basilica. The dead pope was found guilty, stripped, mutilated, and thrown into the Tiber. The most grotesque courtroom in human history.

    15 min

  3. 5d ago

    The D.B. Cooper Copycat: Richard McCoy Jr.

    🪝 Five months after D.B. Cooper vanished, a Utah man pulled the exact same skyjacking — and almost got away.

    11 min

  4. 6d ago

    Garbage House of Houston: 40 Tons of Secrets

    🪝 A man died alone, leaving a house packed with 40 tons of trash — and his family fought the city to keep it.

    10 min

  5. Jul 4

    The Goatman of Prince George's County

    🪝 A half-man, half-goat creature with an axe terrorized D.C. suburbs — and police took it seriously.

    9 min

  6. Jul 3

    Mel's Hole: The Bottomless Pit of Washington

    🪝 In 1997, a man called into a radio show claiming a bottomless hole sat on his property — and the government sealed it. Was it a hoax, or something stranger?

    9 min

  7. Jun 28

    The Hinterkaifeck Murders — The Killer Who Lived in the Attic

    In 1922, a German farm family of six was brutally murdered with a mattock. But the killer had been living in the house for days before the attack — feeding the animals, eating their food, lighting the stove. Footprints in the snow led from the forest to the farmhouse. None led away. To this day, the case remains one of Germany's most disturbing unsolved mysteries.

    8 min

  8. Jun 28

    The Dyatlov Pass Incident — Death in the Urals

    Nine experienced hikers died in the Ural Mountains in 1959 under circumstances that defy explanation. Their tent was slashed from the inside. Some were barefoot. Some had catastrophic internal injuries. The case remains unsolved.

    9 min
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About

Odd County Files is a documentary-style mystery podcast about strange local stories, coastal folklore, forgotten industrial history, small-town rituals, and unusual facts from the American West Coast and beyond. Each episode follows one real place, one odd record, or one unsettling local memory, with a focus on modern stories from the 1990s to recent years. Calm, atmospheric, and curious: a quiet archive of places where history, rumor, geography, and human behavior meet.

Information

  • Creator
    Cory Li
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Cory Li
  • Show Website
    Odd County Files