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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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The Chupacabra
A relative newcomer to the cryptid fold, the chupacabra made its worldwide debut in 1995, when mysterious livestock attacks were reported across Puerto Rico—and a strange creature was accused of draining blood and sowing mayhem wherever it appeared.
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Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters
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Premium Episode 55: The Emails
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In 2011, a beloved friend, father, and son passed away unexpectedly—and just a few months later, two of his closest friends received emails from him that they couldn’t explain.
Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton
Research by Bryan Worters and Laurah Norton
Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie
Works Cited
John (Jack) Froese Obituary
Bill O’Boyle, “Family Receiving Emails. . .” The Times Leader, 2012.
N/A, “Emails from dead. . .” The BBC, 2012.
Dave Smith, “Loved Ones Get. . .” International Business Times, 2012.
Patrick Stokes, “How Can The Dead. . .” The Conversation, 2021.
Bill O’Boyle, “Emails From The. . .” The Times Leader, 2012.
Helen AS Popkin, “Emails From Dead. . .” Today, 2012.
Peter Fenton, “Email From The Dead,” Getting It, 1999.
Lauren Effron, “Mysterious Emails Sent. . .” ABC, 2012.
Chiara Sottle, “Digital Services Send . . “ NBC, 2017.
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Classic Episode: The Bunny
Laurah’s traveling all month — so while we cook up some strange new offerings for you, please enjoy this episode from our archives.
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.
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Hosted, written, and researched by Laurah Norton
Additional research by Bryan Worters
Produced by Maura Currie
Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder
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Sources
Brian A. Conley, “The Bunny Man Unmasked” Fairfax County History 2009
N/A, “Man in Bunny Suit. . “ The Washington Post, 1970.
N/A, “The Rabbit Reappears . “ The Washington Post, 1970.
Richard Spong, “A Male in a. . .” The Beckley Post-Herald, 1970.
N/A, UPI, “Antics of ‘Bunny Man’. . .” The Minneapolis Star, 1970.
Matthew Kortan, “A Hare-Raising Tale. . .” The Flat Hat, 2020.
Kari Pugh, “Beware Bunnyman Bridge. . .” The Manassa Journal Messenger, 2010.
Staff, “Ghosts, Spirits, Witches. . .” The Arlington Sun Gazette, 2014.
Amelia Heymann, “Haunted Virginia. . .” CBS - 11 WJHL, 2021.
Ally Schweitzer, “The True Story. . .” WAMU, 2017.
Kari Pugh, “Bunny Man Bridge. . .” Inside Nova, 2021.
Don Oldenburg, “Boo! It’s the Bunny Man!” The Washington Post, 2003.
Atlas Obscura, Bunnyman Bridge
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Premium Episode 54: The Species
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the science world was overwhelmed with new findings out of Australia. One particular species was assumed to be a hoax… and even when it was established that the platypus was, in fact, real? It didn’t make these strange creatures make more sense.
Hosted by Laurah Norton
Research by Anna Luria and Maura Currie
Written, Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie
Works Cited
George Shaw, “The Duck-Billed Platypus,” The Naturalist’s Miscellany, 1798.
NA, “Scientists Trying to Save…” The Washington Herald, 1928.
Abby Ohlheiser, “The platypus is so weird…” the Washington Post, 2015.
Natalie Zarrelli, “Why 19th-century naturalists…” Atlas Obscura, 2016.
Brian K. Hall, “The paradoxical platypus,” Bioscience, 1999.
Willey Ley, “Bring our private files…” Star Tribune, 1948.
James MacDonald, “The platypus is even weirder…” JSTOR Daily, 2018.
Gilad Bino et al, “The platypus: evolutionary…” Journal of Mammalogy, 2019.
Stephen C. George, “When scientists believed the adorable…” Discover Magazine, 2023.
NA, “The lying stones of…” Geological Society of London, 2017.
Jessica Leigh Hester, “The beautiful complexity of…” Atlas Obscura, 2018.
Annetta Black, “Objects of Intrigue: Fiji…” Atlas Obscura, 2013.
Douglas Main, “We knew platypuses…” National Geographic, 2020.
John Yoon, “What scientists learned from…” the New York Times, 2024.
Mindy Weisberger, “Platypuses glow an eerie…” LiveScience, 2020.
Lucie Cutting, “Woman spurred by platypus…” ABC, 2023.
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Classic Episode: The Moth
Laurah’s traveling all month — so while we cook up some strange new offerings for you, please enjoy this episode from our archives.
West Virginia isn’t the only region to boast its very own Mothman; since the mid-20 century, Chicago and the Lake Michigan area has had reports of flying humanoids, and those sightings have only picked up since 2011. Why have sightings of the Chicago or Lake Michigan Mothman increased, and what’s behind the mysterious wings in the sky?
Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton
Researched by Bryan Worters and Laurah Norton
Produced and Script-Edited by Maura Currie
Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder
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Seth Breedlove, Dir. On the Trail of the Lake Michigan Mothman, 2020.
Tobias and Emily Wayland, “USPS Employee Reports. . .” Singular Fortean, 2020
Tobias and Emily Wayland, “Chicago Mothman Timeline. . . “ Singular Fortean, 2017.
Lon Strickler, Phantoms and Monsters, Chicago Mothman Sightings 2011-2017
Josh Terry, “People Keep Seeing. . .” Vice, 2018.
Robbie Telfer, “The Case of the. . .” WBEZ, NPR, 2019.
Ted Slowik, “Chicago’s Mothman. . .” The Chicago Tribune, 2017.
Ryan Smith, “The Mothman Cometh?” The Chicago Reader, 2017.
Josh Vince, “Wing Freak Terrorizes. . .” The Chicago Patch, 2017.
Christopher Borelli, “Fantastic Beasts. . . “ The Chicago Tribune, 2019. -
The Mine Fire
Centralia, Pennsylvania was a busy mining town until a fire of unclear origins started — and swept its way beneath the town. To this day, the mine shafts that built Centralia are destroying it. But could a curse be to blame for everything?
Hosted by Laurah Norton
Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie
Produced and Written by Maura Currie
Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder
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