One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries

It's a very One Strange Thing Holiday as we count down to the season with re-releases of some of our favorite episodes--and a special treat awaits at the end. It's become a holiday tradition for us to tell you this one, strangers. . . though locals tell us that things have changed with the tree (see link below). Still, we enjoy the story: Episode 34—The Elves. Arizona might not seem like the typical setting for holiday magic, but for decades, some mysterious local "elves" have turned a  spherical, scrubby-looking desert juniper out on I-17 into what has to have been one of America's more unlikely Christmas spectacles; but who are they, and why are they so determined to light up the lonely landscape?    Hosted and Written  by Laurah Norton Researched by Bryan Worters and Laurah Norton Engineered and  Produced by Maura Currie    Christmas Tree update: https://www.kjzz.org/kjzz-news/2024-12-05/arizonas-i-17-mystery-tree-is-gone-the-state-balladeer-hopes-the-christmas-tradition-will-return   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething 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

It's a very One Strange Thing Holiday as we count down to the season with re-releases of some of our favorite episodes--and a special treat awaits at the end.  This week, it's Episode 79--The Angel. A cemetery in Iowa City is famous, not really for anyone laid to rest there, but for a statue. The Black Angel is mysterious and otherworldly — and her metamorphosis, both physical and in legend, leaves us with a lot of questions.  Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Maura Currie and Anna Luria  Written and 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething 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

On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The tiny local police department launches an investigation but finds little physical evidence to lead them to a suspect. Eventually, outside pressure pushes them to charge someone with the killings, whether or not the evidence supports their conclusions. American Scandal takes you deep into the heart of America's dark side to look at what drives someone to break the rules and what happens when they're caught.  Listen to American Scandal: The West Memphis Three: [LINK]   One Strange Thing: https://Wondery.fm/AS_OST

In 2012, a corner of the internet was lit ablaze by a series of puzzles and codes… posted by a mysterious entity with an unclear agenda. What was Cicada 3301, and what were they recruiting for? And why, so many years later, do we seem to have less information than we started with? This  episode was originally released as Premium Episode 62.    Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Anna Luria and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething 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   Works Cited    Robert Cottrell, "Cicada 3301: The Internet…" BBC, 2013. Chris Bell, "The Internet mystery that…" The Telegraph, 2013. Chris Bell, "RIDDLE ME THIS: The…" National Post, 2013. Kim Nursall, "Looking for the…" Toronto Star, 2014. Chris Bell, "Internet puzzle with cult…" National Star, 2014. Kim Nursall, "The hunt continues…" Toronto Star, 2014. NA, "Want to be a spy?" Evening Standard, 2014. Mike Rothschild, "Who is QAnon…" Daily Dot, 2018. Inae Oh, "Anti-Abortion hackers claim…" Mother Jones, 2015. N/A, "PDI advierte sobre nueva…" Los Andes Online, 2012. 3301 on PasteBin

Midwest Bigfoot is back, strangers—this time in Central Illinois, with the nickname of CoHoMo (we don't pick these),  a cryptid romp through the wilderness, and a suspicious number of teenagers allowed to investigate and provide tour-guide services to reporters and visitors alike. The 1970s seemed like a good time.    Written and Hosted by Laurah Norton Researched  by Anna Luria and Laurah Norton Engineered by Southern Gothic Media/Rachel Boyd   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething 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  

In 2011, a beloved friend, father, and son passed away unexpectedly—and just a few months later, two of his closest friends began receiving emails from him that they couldn't explain.  This episode was originally released as premium episode 55 in 2024.   Hosted and Written  by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Laurah Norton  Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething 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 Works Cited  *Incorrectly referred to Times Leader as Times Herald in the episode. Why? NO IDEA. 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.  Fortinet, Email Spoofing 

Listeners, we KNOW the feed has been going absolutely haywire on you, and we're so sorry! They're working on fixing it. Trust us, we want it fixed too. Hang tight.  We take a spooky trek through history to explore the legend of Moll Dyer, Maryland's most famous witch—and the inspiration for a certain horor movie that took the late 1990s by storm.    Written Hosted, and Researched by Laurah Norton  Additional Research by Anna Luria  Engineered by Southern Gothic Media/Rachel Boyd   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething 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  

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. This is a presentation of Premium Episode 60 on the main feed.   Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   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   Works Cited  NA, "Flying 'strings of beads…'" The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, "3 Texas Tech Profs…" The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, "Flashes in sky filmed…" The Austin American, 1951. NA, "'String of beads' is…" The Odessa American, 1951. Kenneth May, "Scientist At Texas Tech…" The Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 1952. George Dolan, "This Is West…" The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1957. Dave Knapp, "Area writes own chapter…" The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 1969. History.com

We're checking into the Hotel Galvez in Galveston this week to tell the tale of Audra, the lovelorn ghost bride.   Written Hosted, and Researched by Laurah Norton  Additional Research by Anna Luria  Engineered by Southern Gothic Media    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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething 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  

The Bell family was prominent and well-liked by their neighbors in Robertson County, Tennessee. So when an apparent spirit manifested in the Bell home, people believed them. And when that so-called witch pivoted from conjuring snacks to causing young lovers to break up, and a patriarch to pass away suddenly… people had questions.  Since September is a three-episode month, this is a rebroadcast of our classic episode, 77: The Witch.    Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written and 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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   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  

In 2017, a creepy ghost story took over twitter, line by line, as an artist began to recount his experience with a spirit--a child--named "Dear David."    Hosted and Written  by Laurah Norton Researched by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Engineered by Southern Gothic Media   Check out Adam Ellis' books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Adam-Ellis/146778774   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   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  

From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednesday as we explore the real people at the center of the world's most shocking secrets and nefarious organizations. Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes is a Crime House Original powered by PAVE Studios. Follow the show now so you don't miss a single story. Listen and follow here: https://link.podtrac.com/9iuxhol7

Louisiana is home to many things: some of the United States' finest cooking, seemingly endless stretches of marshy land, and one particularly smelly, web-toed creature known as the Honey Island Swamp Monster. This is a full mainfeed release of Premium Episode 45: The Swamp.    Hosted and Written  by Laurah Norton Researched by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Written, Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   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   Works Cited Meghan Holmes, "The Honey Island Swamp Monster." Country Roads Magazine, 2021. Richard Boyd, "Honey Island Tale Recounted."  The Times-Picayune, 2000. Richard Boyd, "Author Thinks Sighting. . ."  The Times-Picayune, 2000. Richard Boyd, "Close Encounters of. . ."  The Times-Picayune, 2000. Jane Triola, "Swamp Monster Is. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2006. Joni Hess, "What is the. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2022. Hal Ledet, "Swamp Creature Sighted." The Morning Advocate, 1981. N/A, UPI, "Man Claims Creature. . ."  The State Times Advocate, 1973. Richard Adams, " Louisiana Man Has. . . " The Sun, 1981. Joni Hess, "Is There Really. . ." The New Orleans Advocate, 2022. Experience New Orleans Tourist Site  Official Gulf Coast Heritage: Mississippi Cajun Encounters Tourist Site  Pearl River Tours  PBS: Primates  Harlan Ford Footage

Known as the "British Mothman," of the most mysterious—and obscure—cryptids in our critter collection is the Owlman of Cornwall, a monster that first appeared in the tiny village in Mawnan Smith.    Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Melissa Gold  Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder  Produced by Maura Currie   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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   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  

We've discussed a number of curses on the podcast before—but this episode, we dive into the murky waters of  allegedly evil  phone numbers and YouTube videos. Can receiving a call, owning a number, or watching a video really cause someone's death?    Hosted, Written, and Researched  by Laurah Norton Engineered and Produced by Maura Currie   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 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangethingFind 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  

We wanted to share this episode of a show we think you'll love. They're Not Shadows shares spooky stories of the paranormal, the supernatural and the unexplained.  Find TNS wherever you get your podcasts.

Laurah is out sick this week; please enjoy the full release of Premium Episode 64, The Hands. In Southwestern England, a legend grew along the road now known along the B3212—one that involved an invisible entity that forced drivers off the roads  and into dangerous, and even fatal, accidents.    Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Melissa Gold  Engineered by Brand Schexnayder  Produced by Maura Currie   Works Cited    Kevin Dixon, "Dartmoor's Hairy Hands. . ." We Are South Devon, 2021. Tim Sandler, "Hairy Hands." Legendary Dartmoor, 2016.  Christ Dovi, "Dozens of Callers. . ." The Richmond Times Dispatch, 2002.  N/A, "The Hairy Hands." Haunted Devon, 2021. BBC Devon, "Definitely Not A. . ." BBC, 2014 (Archived). Blake Smith, "The Hairy Hands. . ." The Skeptic, 2022.  Bott, M. H. P. ; Day, A. A. ; Masson-Smith, D., "The Geological Interpretation of Gravity. . . "   Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 251: 992, 1958. Frances W. Green, "The interpretation of magnetic anomalies. . ." Masters thesis, Durham University, 1979.  What Lies Beyond Message Board Jane Gilbert "Letterboxing on Dartmoor. . ." Time Travel Britain, 2006. "Adverse Camber." Cycling Coalition of Great Britain.  NSC, "Car Crash Deaths and Rates." NSC, 2022.  N/A, "The Age of the Automobile." US History.org, 2024.    

We've told you over and over: if Virginia Is for Lovers, then West Virginia Is for Cryptids. And today, we're introducing you to a new one: the Grafton Monster.    Hosted, Written and Researched by Laurah Norton  Produced by Maura Currie  Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder    Download the free e-book "Navigating Global Trade: 3 Insights for Leaders" at NetSuite.com/STRANGE  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 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangethingFind 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    

Bloody Mary is one of the most well-known urban legends in the United States, and perhaps the world—but where did her reflection in the mirror first appear, and why?  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 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangethingFind 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

From the ashes of a devastating natural disaster rose the specter of one of the United States' most bizarre cryptids: the Batsquatch.    Hosted, Written and Researched by Laurah Norton  Additional Research by Anna Luria 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 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangethingFind 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