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One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Release Date: 02/27/2024
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The Mandela Effect
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Have you experienced The Mandela Effect? Fruit of the Loom, Darth Vader, The Berenstain Bears, Shazam—there are now dozens of examples of this phenomenon that some claim is easily explained by memory or psychology. Others, though, have different theories—weird ones. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning for FREE at Subscribe to our Substack: Sources on our website: Join us on for early release...
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The Jackalope
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Wyoming’s favorite cryptid, the jackalope, is admittedly a hard sell as far as the supernatural goes—but as with most things, its origin story is quite the rabbit hole. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning for FREE at Subscribe to our Substack: Sources on our website: Join us on for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: You can also subscribe to premium...
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The Hands Resist Him
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Laurah is recovering from Covid. Thanks for your patience! Back in 2000, one of the first viral “haunted” Ebay auctions listed an allegedly cursed painting titled The Hands Resist Him; it was alleged to spark all kinds of supernatural activity, which surprised exactly no one who’d gazed upon the spooky work. But was it actually plagued by any sort of ill-luck or tied to true ghostly activity? Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder Sources on our...
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The Hodag
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
In the late 19th century, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, the hodag—a monster that sprung up in the tall tales of local logging camps— made its national debut when one was supposedly captured alive and put on display at a county fair. We are very sorry we missed it. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder Sources on our website: Join us on for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: You can also subscribe to premium...
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The Connecticut Witch
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
In Southwestern Connecticut, in a little village tucked into Monroe, there’s a legend of a local witch named Hannah Cranna—a woman who killed her husband and got away with it. But that’s just the start of trouble caused by an elderly woman who ran circles around her neighbors. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder Sources on our website: Join us on for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: You can also subscribe to premium episodes on ...
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The Sightings
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Back in 1966, dozens of UFO sightings swept the Ann Arbor, Michigan area—and then crept through the Midwest, into New England, and beyond. And the scores of people who reported sightings—including an entire college dormitory—weren’t ready to accept the official explanation for what they experienced. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced and Engineered Maura Currie Sources on our website: Join us on for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: You can also subscribe to...
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The Skunk Ape
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Coming to you deep from Florida’s swamps and, well, wherever else it wants to be, is the Sunshine State’s favorite cryptid, the skunk ape: an extra smelly bigfoot who grew popular in the 1970s but, perhaps, has been around a lot longer than that. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced and Engineered Maura Currie Sources on our website: Join us on for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Find us on : : and We have...
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The Chupacabra
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
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. Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie Sources on our website: Join us on for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Find us on : ...
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Classic Episode: The Bunny
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Laurah’s traveling all month — so while we cook up some strange new offerings for you, please enjoy this episode from our archives.
info_outlinePlease enjoy a preview of the great premium content we offer with the first half of our episode on The Mystery Mansion. You can hear the entire episode and nearly 50 other premium episodes on Patreon or via Apple Premium. 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. But this is One Strange Thing, and strangers know that there’s always more to the story than what first appears. . . or apparates.
Hosted by Laurah Norton
Written by Liv Fallon
Researched by Bryan Worters
Edited by Laurah Norton and Maura Currie
Produced by Maura Currie
Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder
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Brown, Gary. “Widow Fails to Prolong Life By Building House.” San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 1976. Accessed Apr. 2023.
Custer, Joe. “Rich Widow Builds House On Orders Of Watchful Wraiths Who Dictated Plans.” The Peninsula Tribune, 16 Jan. 1946.
Doss, Patterson Margot. “House of Imaginary Ghosts.” San Diego Union, 08 Dec. 1968. Accessed Apr. 2023.
Gray, H. Merle. “‘The Workshop’ of a Woman Architect.” Bakersfield Morning Echo, 07 Sep. 1922. Accessed 2023.
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