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The Strange and Unusual Podcast

Alyson Horrocks | Morbid Network | Wondery

The unknown. It lies at the root of all fear, and has inspired legends, superstition, folklore, customs, hysteria, and even murder throughout history. Still today we feel the shadowy presence of our ancestors' struggles to explain the mysterious in almost every facet of our lives. Whether it be in the form of religion, urban legends, pop culture, ghost stories, superstitious rituals, and so much more we are still just fighting to keep our monsters in the dark. Welcome to The Strange and Unusual Podcast.

  • 51 minutes 57 seconds
    RE-RELEASE: Strange and Unusual Headlines | Kept Dead Child In Their Home | Ep 86

    This week's headline comes from St. Louis Post Dispatch, published on December 23, 1900

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    20 May 2024, 4:00 am
  • 57 minutes 31 seconds
    Nymph of the Woods, The Vanishing of a Child Prodigy | Ep 85

    Barbara Newhall Follett was considered a child prodigy when her first novel "The House Without Windows" was published at age 12 in 1927, and then she had vanished forever when she was 25 in 1939. What happened to Barbara? And what does her disappearance possibly have to do with another woman who vanished in New Hampshire in 1936, Elsie Whittemore?

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    6 May 2024, 10:00 pm
  • 57 minutes 16 seconds
    Strange & Unusual Headlines |Catch Jersey Devil | Ep 84

    This week's headline was published by Escanaba Morning Press on July 6, 1911. In this episode, we get into Jersey Devil lore, a trolling Benjamin Franklin, a mysterious Irish creature, frozen hoof prints, a Philadelphia Dime Museum, a doctored kangaroo, and more!


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    23 April 2024, 4:00 am
  • 50 minutes 15 seconds
    Invasion of the Flying Saucers | Ep 83

    Beginning in June, 1947, when a news article reached millions about a UFO sighting over Mt Rainier, flying saucer mania began, and lasted through the 1950s. Intensified by an alleged invasion of saucers over Washington DC, nuclear war, and the newly began Cold War, it was a time when the world feared that we may be overtaken by little, green men.

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    8 April 2024, 4:00 am
  • 34 minutes 47 seconds
    The Manananggals of the Philippines and other Female Vampires of Southeast Asia | Ep 82

    In this week's episode, listen to learn more about the fascinating female vampires of Southeast Asia

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    19 March 2024, 12:00 am
  • 57 minutes 46 seconds
    RE-RELEASE: Strange & Unusual Headlines | Constant use of Ouija Board Drives Seven People Insane | Ep 81

    This week I'm away on a birthday trip, so I'm re-releasing one of my favorite headline episodes.

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    4 March 2024, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 33 minutes
    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Pt 7 | Ep 80

    For this installment, we cover chapter 12-16, when things really get dark

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    20 February 2024, 5:00 am
  • 47 minutes 10 seconds
    Through The Looking Glass | Ep 79

    In this week's episode, we explore the history of mirrors, and their place in our superstitions, legends, and folk beliefs.

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    6 February 2024, 5:00 am
  • 34 minutes 21 seconds
    Holiday Monsters | Ep 78

    For this week's episode, we are exploring the monstrous entities that emerge during the winter holidays.

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    25 December 2023, 1:00 am
  • 30 minutes 27 seconds
    What's Behind The Door? | Ep 77

    Doors, thresholds, doorways, portals, and gates have always been powerful symbols throughout all of history and across all cultures. They’ve been used in rituals and religious rites since antiquity. And they have always been part of humanity’s legends, folklore, ghost stories, and superstition. Join me this week, as we explore the psychological and symbolic place doors have always held throughout all humanity.

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    11 December 2023, 5:00 am
  • 57 minutes 52 seconds
    RE-PLAY: A Haunting Winter | Ep 76

    This week I'm down with a cold, so please enjoy this re-release of one of my favorite episodes ever 'A Haunting Winter'. Next week I'll be back with a whole new episode!

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    4 December 2023, 5:00 am
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