One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries

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One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
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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.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    The Gate to Hell

    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.  Hosted,  Written and Researched  by Laurah Norton  Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder    Get started at FACTOR MEALS.com/ost50off and use code ost50off to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping !   Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/ STRANGE     Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Apple Premium and Supercast! Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC

    19 min

  2. JAN 28 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 71: The Poltergeists

    In 1938, British homemaker Alma Fielding came to the media with a startling claim: her home was beset with poltergeists. Psychical researchers soon made a more startling discovery—it appeared that Alma herself was the haunted one. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Additional Material by Maura Currie Research by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie Works Cited Kathryn Hughes, “The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale review – a terrific true ghost story.” The Guardian, 2020. Victor Thompson and Lionel Crane, “TERROR NIGHT IN HOME WRECKED BY GHOST.” The Sunday Pictorial, 1938. Lionel Crane, “HOUSE IS HAUNTED, DECLARE EXPERTS.” The Sunday Pictorial, 1938. Inside Edition Staff, “Author Kate Summerscale’s Latest Book Tells Real-Life Haunting and Possible Poltergeist of Alma Fielding.” Inside Edition, 2021. Marilyn Stasio, “When Teacups, Burning Lumps of Coal and Eggs Flew Through the Air.” The New York Times, 2021. Ilana Massad, “The Haunting Of Alma Fielding' Is A Ghost Story — And A Tale Of Power And Fear.” NPR, 2021. N/A, Nandor Fodor: Obituary, The New York Times, 1964.

    16 min

  3. JAN 24 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 70: The Galactic Command

    British television news viewers were certainly not expecting anything otherworldly on November 28, 1977. So when a deep voice hijacked the broadcast, claiming to be the alien voice of Asteron, people were spooked. But was this voice conveying a threat… or a gentle warning? Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Melissa Gold and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie Special thanks to Shane Raymond Works Cited: NA, “TV VOICE SCARES…” Associated Press, 1977. NA, “Space message loophole…” AP, 1977. NA, “Skilled Earthling real…” UPI, 1977. NA, NT, Sunday Post, 1977. NA, “TV message from…” UPI, 1977. NA, “Voice of Asteron,” The Pittsburg Press, 1977. David Barnett, “Vrillon: the alien…” The Independent, 2017. Michael Moran, “Mystery of six-minute…” Daily Star, 2019. Historic Mysteries Archived Audio of Message

    17 min

  4. JAN 21

    The Sewers

    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.    Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton  Researched by Melissa Gold and Laurah Norton  Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder  Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Apple Premium and Supercast! Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC

    25 min

  5. JAN 7

    The Cemetery

    Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia is a historic site, home to the resting places of some of the United States’ most notable citizens—and plenty of haunting stories, too, from the rumors of a black iron dog that comes to life to protect the grave of a little girl to the rumors of the Richmond Vampire, said to skulk around the mausoleum of an account, W.W. Pool, who died back in 1922.  Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton  Researched by Melissa Gold and Laurah Norton  Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder  Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Apple Premium and Supercast! Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC

    21 min

  6. 12/31/2024 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 69: The Warminster Thing

    New Year's Eve is a prolific time for UFO sightings — so today we bring you a ‘60s-era English tale of fireballs, silvery flashes, Stonehenge, explosions… and some really, really impressive stiff upper lip. Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Melissa Gold and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie Works Cited: NA, “Menacing noise returns…” Evening Post, 1965. NA, “Mystery objects…” Associated Press, 1965. NA, “That thing goes…” Western Daily Press, 1965. NA, “A red hot…” Daily Mirror, 1965. NA, “Flying thing scares…” UPI, 1965. NA, “Terrifying thing that…” UPI, 1965. WGB Allen, “I saw the thing…” Western Daily Press, 1965. NA, “Warminster thing has…” UPI, 1965. NA, “Has the thing got…” Evening Post, 1965. Arthur Shuttlewood, “The Thing Plagues…” UPI, 1965. NA, “Thing goes on…” Western Daily Press, 1965. NA, “War experts to vet…” Western Daily Press, 1965. NA, “Warminster Thing marked…” BBC, 2015. Jon Austin, “THE WARMINSTER THING…” The Express, 2016.

    17 min

  7. 12/24/2024

    The Lady

    The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall—a vast estate that has belonged to the Viscount and Marquess Townshends for hundreds of years—might be one of Britain’s most famous ghosts. She’s rumored to be Dorothy Walpole Townshend, wife to the second Viscount and sister to Robert Walpole, Britain’s first prime minister. And an image of her ghost,  descending the staircase that appeared in Country Life Magazine in December of 1936? That photo is certainly one of most of the most notable examples of spirit photography in existence. Really, this episode has a lot of pedigree.    Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton  Researched by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder  Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Apple Premium and Supercast! Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2024 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast

    26 min

  8. 12/18/2024 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 68: The Yule Cat

    The holiday season has its fair share of critters, cryptids, and lore. Some of it is meant to frighten children into good behavior. In Iceland, the Yule Cat falls into the latter camp — but is a giant, child-eating cat monster actually as old, or as frightening, as it sounds? Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Melissa Gold and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie Works Cited: Christopher Mother, "Forget Santa and..." The Boston Globe, 2022. NA, "Its Satan's..." Daily Star, 2021. NA, "We wish you a..." Daily Star, 2019. Danny Lewis, "Each Christmas, Iceland's..." Smithsonian Magazine, 2016. Sue Weaver, "The Yule Goat," Hachette Book Group, ND. Lauren Oster, "Meet the Yule..." Travel Channel, 2019. Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir, "Grýla and Leppalúði..." Guide To Iceland, ND. NA, "All welcome when..." Reykjavik.is, 2024 (TRANSLATED) Haukur S. Magnússon, "The Christmas Cat," The Reykjavik Grapevine, 2008. Dustin Jones, "You've heard of Santa..." NPR, 2023. Áki Guðni Karlsson, "The Yule Cat," University of Iceland/Icelandic Folklore, 2020.

    16 min
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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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