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. SEP 3

    The Jackalope

    Wyoming’s favorite cryptid, the jackalope, is admittedly a hard sell as far as the supernatural goes—but as with most things, its origin story is quite the rabbit hole.  Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Produced by Maura Currie  Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder    Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning for FREE 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 AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2024 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast, LLC

    21 min

  2. AUG 29 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 61: The Puma

    Rural Eastern England is not the kind of place where you’d expect to find big cats; it’s more likely you’d find big planes, since the US Air Force has long had a base in Lakenheath. But in 1965, Lakenheath had a problem: an apparent rogue puma took the village, the military base, and their dogs by surprise. Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething NA, “Unidentified footprints,” Wolverhampton Express and Star, 1965. NA, “Mystery ‘pads’ near airfield,” Birmingham Daily Post, 1965. NA, “Hunt for mystery animal,” Bury Free Press, 1965. NA, “ONLY DOG CAN ANSWER…” Bury Free Press, 1965. NA, “Puma may have been…” Newmarket Journal, 1965. NA, “The ‘puma’ is…” Bury Free Press, 1965. NA, “Safari in West Suffolk,” Bury Free Press, 1966. UK Big Cats r/UnsolvedMysteries National Geographic RAF Lakenheath

    17 min

  3. AUG 20 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 60: The Lubbock Lights

    Strange lights captivated the people of Lubbock, Texas who happened to gaze skyward on a summer night in 1951. But what those lights actually were remains an object of contention… particularly because nobody involved, including the Air Force, seems interested in talking about it. Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie NA, “Flying ‘strings of beads…’” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, “3 Texas Tech Profs…” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, “Flashes in sky filmed…” Austin American, 1951. NA, “‘String of beads’ is…” Odessa American, 1951. Kenneth May, “Scientist At Texas Tech…” Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 1952. George Dolan, “This Is West…” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1957. Dave Knapp, “Area writes own chapter…” Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 1969. History.com

    21 min

  4. AUG 20

    The Hands Resist Him

    Laurah is recovering from Covid. Thanks for your patience!  Back in 2000, one of the first viral “haunted” Ebay auctions listed an allegedly cursed painting titled The Hands Resist Him; it was alleged to spark all kinds of supernatural activity, which surprised exactly no one who’d gazed upon the spooky work. But was it actually plagued by any sort of ill-luck or tied to true ghostly activity?   Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters  Produced by Maura Currie  Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder    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 AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing   2024 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast, LLC

    24 min

  5. AUG 6

    The Hodag

    In the late 19th century, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, the hodag—a monster that sprung up in the tall tales of local logging camps— made its national  debut when one was supposedly captured alive and put on display at a county fair. We are very sorry we missed it.  Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters  Produced by Maura Currie  Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder    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 AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing   2024 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast, LLC

    21 min

  6. JUL 29 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 59: The Spaghetti Tree

    Spaghetti, like money, does not grow on trees. But it turns out that that may not have been common knowledge in ‘50s Britain… and the BBC, after putting together a whimsical April Fools’ segment, suddenly had some explaining to do. Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie BBC On This Day NA, “History of British Television,” Science and Media Museum, 2011. NA, “Spaghetti tree shown…” The Scotsman, 1957. NA, “TV hoax fools the…” Belfast Telegraph, 1957. James Thomas, “TV fools viewers…” Daily News, 1957. NA, “What a dish - with…” Daily Herald, 1957. NA, “TV TOPICS,” Shetland Times, 1957. Jack Stepler, “Spaghetti Tree,” Ottowa Citizen, 1957. NA, “Spaghetti and Cocktails: The pitiless…” The Scotsman, 1957. NA, “Spaghetti is harvested…” Runcorn Weekly News, 1957. Arthur Dunn, “Practical joking the…” Belfast Telegraph, 1962. Paul Wallace, “The day that trees…” Scarborough Evening News, 1988. NA, “Still a good joke…” BBC News, 2004. NA, “Archive: A look back at the 1957…” BBC, 2024. Encyclopedia Britannica

    17 min

  7. JUL 23

    The Connecticut Witch

    In Southwestern Connecticut, in a little village tucked into Monroe, there’s a legend of a local witch named Hannah Cranna—a woman who killed her husband and got away with it. But that’s just the start of trouble caused by an elderly woman who ran circles around her neighbors. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters  Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder   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 AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing   2024 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast, LLC

    22 min

  8. JUL 19 • OST PREMIUM ONLY

    Premium Episode 58: The Cursed Colonel

    Colonel Jonathan Buck was a force to be reckoned with in the colonial, and early American, eras of Maine. How much of a force? Well, he’s got a town named after him. But he also might’ve been cursed to have a besmirched gravesite — and cursed by a woman he wrongly executed for witchcraft, at that. But, honestly? TBD. Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie Atlas Obscura NA, “The Witch’s Curse,” The Lewiston Daily Sun, 1899. NA, “Did suspected witch’s…” Portland Press Herald, 1926. Charlotte Heath Brown, “Strange mark on Buck…” Sun-Journal, 1947. NA, “Buck Legends,” Bangor Daily News, 1960. NA, “What is the legend…” Kennebec Journal, 1980. Brian Swartz, “Legend of Jonathan Buck…” Bangor Daily News, 1988. Tom Field, “Bucksport’s curse, and…” Portland Press Herald, 1995. Rich Hewitt, “Bucksport to repair…” Bangor Daily News, 2005. NA, “Harverhill’s cursed son…” WHAV, 2016.

    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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