One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-...
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 Mine Fire
To this day, the mine shafts that built Centralia are destroying it.
22 min
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The Nightcrawlers
It was absolutely adorable (as long as you have a fondness for walking pants).
18 min
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A Very Haunted Crossover: Two Girls Tell Us Abo...
This week, we’re bringing you a full-length bonus crossover episode with our friends Corrine and Sabrina, hosts of Two Girls One Ghost -- AKA, the most haunted podcast in America.
37 min
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Premium Preview: The Bureau
In the 1960s, one hopeful British psychiatrist hoped he could prevent disaster—not with science, but with the supernatural.
25 min
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The Wolf Girl
Some say that a werewolf once lived in Georgia.
25 min
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The Missouri Monster
This lesser-known Bigfoot was, for a few weeks in 1972, the frenzied focus of locals and paranormal researchers alike.
24 min
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Premium Preview: The Mystery Mansion
The Winchester Mystery House, or Mystery Mansion, is infamous in paranormal circles; after all, Sarah Winchester is purported to be a haunted woman who was compelled to continue never-ending construction at the behest of ghosts.
13 min
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The Hog
The world has already considered the perils of facing 30-50 feral hogs—but has perhaps forgotten the terror and excitement that struck South Georgia in the early 2000s, when folks had to deal with one very large one: Hogzilla.
26 min
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The Symphony
What happens when a classical composer tries to best Beethoven?
17 min
10
The Off-World
On Labor Day of 1969, dozens of residents of Berkshire County, MA, experienced the extraordinary—widespread UFO sightings—and a few even went further: to the off world.
26 min
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The Covered Bridge
Vermont is home to historic bridges… and this ghost in Stowe.
19 min
12
The Night Before
For two hundred years, a very famous poem has heralded the holiday season, and for some, the arrival of Santa Claus—but perhaps less known is the mystery it brings along with it.
28 min
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Introducing It's Haunted... What Now?
11 min
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Re-Release: The Genius
A Washington man named Jason Padgett loved partying, muscle cars, and getting buff at the local gym, and would have been content to live his life singing karaoke and chasing girls—until a fateful attack changed his worldview. . . quite literally.
26 min
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The Van Meter Visitor
In 1903, the residents of tiny Van Meter Iowa, were faced with a terrible and fascinating sight: a strange and glowing creature—a visitor, perhaps—that seemingly manifested from the abandoned mines.
20 min
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Premium Preview: The Spottsville Monster
We love bringing you tales from the archives every other week, but if you can't get enough One Strange Thing, you should know: we drop two extra episodes a month for our premium supporters.
6 min
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The Angel
A cemetery in Iowa City is famous — not really for anyone laid to rest there, but for a statue.
23 min
18
The Devil
The Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey gave birth to one of America’s most famous cryptids—a beast known as the Leeds Devil.
30 min
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9 min
20
The Witch
A witch terrified — and enchanted — a prominent family in 19th century Tennessee.
25 min
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Re-Broadcast: The Vampire
Since 1981, the story of The Mineral Point Vampire has been an established point of spooky pride in Wisconsin monster lore.
23 min
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Introducing Southern Gothic
14 min
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The Clown Motel
A few hours outside Las Vegas, there’s a truly unique — and kind of alarming — motel.
28 min
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The Champ
Lake Champlain is the alleged home to North America’s most famous aquatic cryptid—one whose story stretches over centuries. By popular request, we dive into the history of the beloved “Champ,” and the 300-odd recording sightings reported since the 19th century.
27 min
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Classic Episode: The Lizardman
A rural South Carolina town is struck by cryptid fever in the form of a seven-foot-tall lizardman with a taste for cars. . . specifically, for chewing on them.
29 min