A podcast about all the things that make us wonder. Each week, we’ll tell you a true story that will fascinate and terrify you: a family who receive letters from a “Watcher” after moving into their new house, a hotel that’s seen so much death that it has to be cursed, UFO encounters, hauntings, Bigfoot sightings, and so much more. Written and hosted by Tony Award-winning actor and celebrated writer Daisy Eagan, “Strange and Unexplained” is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable ...
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S4 Ep16: I Seem to have Forgotten My…Self: The Perplexing Mystery of Fritz Johnson and/or Larry Bader
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One afternoon in May of 1957 a mysterious stranger arrived in Omaha, Nebraska and caused quite the stir. Everything was going pretty well for Fritz Johnson until suspicion suddenly arose that he wasn't who he claimed to be. The problem was, he had no idea who the man they said he was...was. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Colla…
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S4 Ep15: Hijacked Cryptid! The Legend of Ogopogo
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In the depths of Canada's Okanagan Lake, there is said to live an ancient beast who was a benevolent protector for the people of the area. Somehow that beast's attitude changed over the years, and what used to be gifts of thanks became desperate bribes for protection from its wrath. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Thre…
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S4 Ep14: Mother Nature vs. The Hubris of Man: The Great Galveston Storm of 1900
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On September 8th, 1900, a deadly hurricane blew in on the unsuspecting folks of Galveston, TX. Some estimates put the death toll around 8000 souls. Could the pettiness of one man have led to needless suffering and violent death? "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfo…
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S4 Ep13: A Hunka Hunka…Melting Wax? Is Elvis Still Alive?
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On August 16th, 1977, the world got the devastating news that the King of Rock n' Roll, Elvis Presley, was dead. Long live the King! No seriously. His life continues to be long at the ripe old age of 82, in a comfortable, modest house in Simi Valley, California. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment…
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S4 Ep12: Voodoo and Torture and Witchcraft, Oh My! The legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall
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Two centuries ago (or maybe three), a woman married a man (or maybe she didn't), cheated on him (or maybe she didn't), and he beat her (or maybe he didn't), so she killed him (or maybe she didn't), and thus the story of Annie Palmer, The White Witch of Rose Hall goes (or maybe it doesn't?) "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab…
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S4 Ep11: Justice Delayed. Justice Denied: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story Part 2
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Dr. Sam Sheppard and his family fought for decades to clear his name in the death of his wife, Marilyn. But the long arm of law, right or wrong, is hard to run from. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and…
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S4 Ep10: Trials and Tribulations: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story pt. 1
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Dr. Sam Sheppard awoke to find his pregnant wife murdered in her bed and would soon learn it was just the beginning of a waking nightmare. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and sleeping with the lights o…
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S4 Ep9: In Nicolas Cage we DON'T Trust! The President's Book of Secrets
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Is it possible, dear Strangers, that Nicolas Cage led us all astray? Is there really a top-secret book, held in a top-secret location, containing all the secrets the men in charge don't want us to know? Probably not. OR IS THAT JUST WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE?? "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainme…
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What Lurks Beneath: The Loch Ness Monster & Other Creatures of the Deep
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Hey Stranger, we're dark this week. So, I'm bringing you a classic episode from all the way back in season one. Stories of encounters with the Loch Ness Monster date back centuries, but is she real? And in the world’s deepest lake, scientists encounter 10-foot tall humanoid creatures. Who--or what--are they? This week we explore the mysteries of th…
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S4 Ep8: Gone Amidst the Chaos: The Disappearance of Sneha Philip
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During the chaos in the aftermath of the attacks on NYC on September 11th, 2001 people desperately tried to locate loved ones who'd been near the World Trade Center that morning. For the family of Sneha Philip, solving the mystery of her disappearance proved especially challenging. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three…
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S4 Ep7: Beware the Lesbians!! The Attack of the Lavender Menace
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In the 1960s an evil was lurking inside the ranks of the burgeoning 2nd wave feminist movement. So insidious was its presence that no one seemed to notice it was there. Until they did. And by then, it was too late! The Lavender Menace and their sinister Lesbian Plot! "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertai…
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Could it be that the brave souls who lost their lives for their country still wander the grounds where they met their end? Do the ghosts of the Civil War really still haunt Gettysburg? And what about the ghosts who didn't die in battle? What's keeping them around? "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainme…
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S4 Ep5: A Mighty Wind: An Improbable Incident on the Mackinac Bridge
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On a clear day in September 1987, Leslie Ann Pluhar headed across the Mackinac Bridge and toward a promising future. She never made it to the other side. The clues left behind only raised more questions. To this day, officials won’t admit what seems to most to be the answer: that, no, Leslie wasn’t driving erratically, but rather that maybe it’d be…
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From Crimes Of The Centuries: The Defeo Murders, Behind the Amityville Horror
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Welcome to a Strange And Unexplained and Crimes Of The Centuries cross-over. Strange And Unexplained is off this week, so please enjoy this Crimes Of The Centuries episode. The word "Amityville" has practically become synonymous in popular culture with the eerie and supernatural. But behind the books and movies is a true story of the Defeo murders,…
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Strangers, I've warned you time and time again, don't go outside. It's dangerous out there! But, if you absolutely MUST remember these three things: Always bring water. Never Talk to Strangers. And, for Pete's sake, DON'T GO UP THE STAIRCASES IN THE WOODS! "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and i…
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Welcome to the country's most infamous hotel. We all know the story. You can check out, but you can never leave." But, is the legend of HH Holmes really all it's cracked up to be? "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you bot…
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S4 Ep2: The Haunting Tale of the Mary Celeste
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For the first time ever we invite an expert on for a spirited discussion about one of maritime's favorite ghost stories. "Strange and Unexplained" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and sleeping with the lights on. Follow us on In…
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S4 Ep1: Henrietta Lacks: The Cells Heard Round the World
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In the 1940s, Henrietta Lacks, a mother, wife, and pillar of her community, battled extremely aggressive cancer under extremely racist circumstances. In lieu of monetary payment, her doctors took pieces of her body for research. Henrietta went on to change the world and make some people quite rich. The only thing is, she was dead, and no one bother…
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Dairy Queen, Glamour Shots, and Mivacurium Chloride. Dive deep into the upbringing and backstories of individuals who committed history's most notorious crimes, shedding light on the psychological factors that shaped their paths. With a suspenseful twist, the identities of these individuals won’t be unveiled until the end of each episode. ‘The Cata…
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S3 Ep46: Time Keeps on Slipping into the Future
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Have you ever been driving a familiar route when all of a sudden something clicks and you realize you don’t remember having driven for the last half hour? Or, even stranger, one moment you’re minding your own business in your own timeline, and suddenly it seems you’re in a completely different timeline? Some claim to have experienced moments where …
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S3 Ep45: Suzy’s Simple Solutions: The Angel Makers of Narygev
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In 1911 a woman named Zsuzsanna Fazekas, who would come to be called Aunt Suzy, arrived in the small village of Negyrev, Hungary. She had seemingly no past or family ties, but quickly established herself as the local midwife and confidant of the women of Negyrev. Soon, Suzy was holding court, helping the local women take care of their troubles, and…
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S3 Ep44: Hello From the Other Side: Wind Phones & After Death Communications
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What if you could talk to loved ones who have died? What would you say? What would you hope to hear? Usually, when we think of communicating with a dead loved one, it’s in the form of a dream, but for some people, the act of talking to someone who’s moved on to the great whatever, is a much more tangible activity. Hurry to your nearest Wind Phone, …
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S3 Ep43: Ley Lines: Connecting the Dots from Fables to Fakes
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Is there a deeper force behind the paths we humans have tread for millenia? Where do they lead, and why? Some believe that Ley Lines were created by ancient societies who deliberately erected important sites and structures along them, connecting our world through a web of earth energies. What mystical significance could these paths hold? Or could t…
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S3 Ep42: Boot Scootin’ Cryptid Yee-Haw at Skinwalker Ranch
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Some mysteries deep in the vast wilds of this country are the stuff of legend, but could they actually be signs of foreign worlds, or other dimensions? When Terry and Gwen Sherman moved onto a 480 acre cattle ranch in northern Utah they were plagued by an alarming number of highly strange occurrences: a flying winnebago, the appearances of mysterio…
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S3 Ep41: Not Another Statistic: Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind
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In August 2017, Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, was eight months pregnant when she disappeared from her home in Fargo, North Dakota. Days later, Savanna’s newborn baby was discovered in the neighbor’s apartment where she was last seen. Did the neighbors know more than they were letting on? And, more importantly…
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S3 Ep40: Not So Fast, Spontaneous Human Combustion!
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Have you ever thought about what might be the strangest way to die? Have you considered the bizarre, incendiary possibility of impromptu immolation as your last moments on earth? How can something so seemingly impossible like Spontaneous Human Combustion be an actual way to meet your maker? What’s actually behind this strange phenomenon, and is it …
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In 1967, a 50-year-old Canadian mechanic took a weekend trip to one of his favorite spots for rock collecting about 100 miles east of Winnipeg. Unfortunately for Stephen Michalak, the weekend getaway turned out to be anything but relaxing. Michalak returned from Falcon Lake a shell of a man, covered in mysterious burns and recounting a tale that wo…
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S3 Ep38: Slenderman: From Memes to Murder
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Payton, Morgan, and Anissa, three average tween girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin shared a love of fantasy, science fiction, scary stories and video games. But beneath the surface of seemingly mundane, somewhat nerdy interests, lay something sinister. Unbeknownst to Payton, Morgan and Anissa had begun to be sucked into the dark side of internet lore. …
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S3 Ep37: Impossible Crimes: Locked Room Mysteries
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Some mysteries seem impossible, but few actually are. But with no logical explanation to be found, could you solve the unsolvable? Is there even such a thing? Today we look at two impossible cases. First, a man is found shot to death with three bullet wounds in his body, alone, with no gun, inside a locked and bolted room. What happened? Any guesse…
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S3 Ep36: Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House In England
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Since the early 1800’s, tenants have reported strange bumps in the night at the residence of Borley Rectory. Objects mysteriously move and doors lock on their own, scrawled writing appears on walls of empty rooms, a centuries-old nun walks the misty gardens, and long-dead residents seem to cozy up in their former bedrooms. The hauntings spanned gen…
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S3 Ep35: Don’t Buy Any Green Bananas: The Long Con of Richard Walter
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A conman can only be as good as the systems that prop him up, and in the case of Richard Walter that happened to be the very system he was defrauding. Through lies and omissions, and a fake twinge of an English accent, Walter convinced the powers that be within the US Justice System that he was a subject matter expert in all things criminal, despit…
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We humans are made of a hodge-podge of parts that sometimes feels like they were designed by someone with a dark sense of humor. It is amazing, and frankly terrifying how little we actually do understand about the inner workings of our bodies. From vestigal twins and disappearing tumors, to x-ray vision and picking up radio waves with your teeth, i…
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S3 Ep33: Here’s to The Ladies Who Time Travel
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What if you could go back in time? When you got back, would you tell everyone you’d done it? Would anyone believe you? In the summer of 1901, two well-to-do women went for a stroll in the gardens of Versailles and claimed to have slipped back in time. They witnessed scores of people dressed in the garb of the French Revolution and even claimed to h…
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S3 Ep32: Hide Your Goats: Chupacabras On The Loose!
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In the early 1990s a mysterious new creature burst onto the cryptid scene, first terrorizing Puerto Rico then the Southwestern US. The menace attacked and killed animals and livestock with vampiric ferocity, earning itself the name “Chupacabra”. Witnesses claimed it looked like an alien mixed with a kangaroo, with leopard spots, chicken hands, wolf…
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S3 Ep31: It’s Gef’s World, we’re just living in it!
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Isolated on the Isle of Man, the Irving Family’s farmhouse began receiving a mysterious visitor in the autumn of 1931. At first thought to be a weasel living in the walls, soon the mischievous creature learned speak several languages, sing songs, and hurl insults - as well as projectiles - at his enemies. Meet Gef, the talking mongoose whose sassy …
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S3 Ep30: Dirty Deeds in the Dudgeon Swamp
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Is it bad vibes? Evil energy? Trapped souls? What is it that makes one place seem to attract more tragedy than others? In the early 1900’s the Dudgeon family took up residence on a swampy swath of land in White Cloud, Michigan. During their tenure on the land, their bullish behavior and unsavory deeds caused chaos, ended lives, and turned the Dudge…
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In 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming off Cheviot Beach. Given he was an avid swimmer it seemed unlikely that he would drown, no matter how rough the seas were. No one actually saw him go under and his body was never found… so the question remains: is it possible the Prime Minister disappeared intentionally? This…
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S3 Ep28: Tulpas: Smarter Than Your Average Imaginary Friend
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Welcome to the Wonderland World of Tulpas! Here a Tulpamancer can enjoy the companionship (or endless torture) of thought-forms conjured from the depths of their psyche and willed into material existence. Don’t worry, there’s only a slight chance they’ll find a way to cross the line from fantasyland into the real world where you may not be able to …
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S3 Ep27: Up In Smoke: The Missing Sodder Children Mystery
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On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family home went up in flames. Parents George and Jennie escaped the blaze with four of their children, only to realize that five of their remaining children were missing. The problem was, no trace of their remains was found anywhere in the rubble. As time went by, curious details led some to believe the may have m…
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S3 Ep26: Deadly Dalliance Down Under: The Bogle-Chandler Mystery
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On New Years Day 1963, Dr. Gilbert Bogel was found dead on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney, Australia. Just a few feet away lay the body of Mrs. Margaret Chandler. Both were partially nude with no major visible wounds to speak of. Why were these two unrelated people on the banks of a river in the early hours of New Years Day? And what, p…
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S3 Ep25: In the Seance Lab with Harry Price, Psychical Researcher
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In the early 1900s, Harry Price was the preeminent psychical researcher of the English spiritualism movement. His meticulous research took him all across Europe, usually culminating in series of experiments at his purpose-built, fraud-proofed psychical lab. Ever the skeptic, Price was driven by an obsessive mission to not just to expose frauds who …
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Bubble, bubble, toil and lots of trouble. The Puritanical witch hunt of Salem, Massachusetts took the lives of 19 innocent people as one of the most dramatic instances of scapegoating in American history. Was there something in the rye? Evil in the water? Sexism in the air? Well, that goes without saying. This Week's Sponsors: Ritual- Ritual is off…
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Anna Mae Aquash was a passionate and outspoken First Nations activist and one of the few female leaders of the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. In the wake of her brutal murder, blame was thrown in every direction but lips ultimately remained sealed. Thirty years later, some of those on the inside might find the courage to break their silence…
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S3 Ep22: True He’s Gone: The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan
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In 1975, Jim Sullivan had all the potential of a classic rocker on the verge of making it big. After the release of his sophomore album, while driving from LA to Nashville, he disappeared somewhere in the New Mexico desert. Did he run afoul of the law? Did he get mixed up with a dangerous mafia family? Or did Jim Sullivan somehow foreshadow his own…
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S3 Ep21: Turn on, Tune in, and Disappear: Where are Mitchell Weiser & Bonnie Bickwit?
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In 1973, two teenagers ventured to a festival in upstate New York to see their favorite bands play. With just a few dollars in their pockets and a hitchhiking sign that read “To Watkins Glen”, no one knows if they ever made it to the concert. There they stood, two kids on the side of the road with sleeping bags strapped to their backs, slowly fadin…
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S3 Ep20: Haunted Halls of The Congress Plaza Hotel
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Any place that is a repository for transitory people is bound to attract some wayward souls looking to free themselves of their corporeal body. It seems the more fancy the hotel, the more ghosts it plays host to. Chicago’s ornate Congress Plaza Hotel is said to be one of the most haunted in the country. It’s cursed guestbook features killer clowns,…
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S3: Elevators: Terror and Death in a 6 by 6 Foot Box
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Hey, Strangers! We're off this week for the holiday, but will be back next week with an all new episode. For this week we wanted to bring back one of our favorite early episodes, Elevators: Terror and Death in a 6 by 6 Foot Box. Elevators: they’re a modern convenience that we take for granted. But maybe we shouldn’t. This week we bring you two stor…
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S3 Ep19: The Truly Confounding Disappearance of the Yuba County Five
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In early 1978, five young men went out for a fun night together watching college basketball. On the way home they disappeared into the dark late-winter wilderness, high in the mountains of Yuba County, California. What followed was a tense investigation, devastating discoveries, and over 40 years of unanswered questions. What led them out there tha…
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S3 Ep18: Club Kids & False Gods: The Party Monster Story
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In the mid-1990s Michael Alig was king of New York City nightlife, ruling over a group of misfits known as the Club Kids. His parties made him the vanguard of shock-factor cool, inflating his ego and his drug problem, until it all went spiraling out of control. How do you know when the party's over? When someone ends up dead. This Week's Sponsors: …
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S3 Ep17: Silence on the Highway of Tears: What Happened to Alberta Williams?
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Alberta Williams was a promising young woman who’s life was taken from her without warning in the summer of 1989. Despite some promising leads, witnesses remain silent, investigations remain deadlocked, and Alberta’s family remains without closure. As decades pass, Alberta’s case has become one of the ever-growing number of Missing and Murdered Ind…
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