Podcast
Something Strange
Hosted by Bri and Christiana · EN
Strange stories, ranging from paranormal, to history, to folklore, and more!
19episodes
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Hauntings of Reading, Pennsylvania
2w ago00:52:07Tap to summarizeWelcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on the hauntings in the town of Reading, Pennsylvania, based on the winning topic of our May Instagram poll!**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Murder, infanticide, severing of limbs, death by decapitation, desicration of a grave/grave monument, suicideStay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for It Came from the Maritimes podcast!Instagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodLinktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com**Disclaimers**The views discussed on this podcast do not necessarily represent our views or opinions, or those of our employers. References:Ghosts and Legends of Berks County, Pennsylvania by Elizabeth PageExperience Reading and Berks County - Haunted Places in Berks County: https://www.experienceberks.com/blog/post/haunted-tales-of-berks-county/Wikipedia - Reading PA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading,_PennsylvaniaGoreadingberks.com - Ghost Stories from the William Penn Memorial Fire Tower: https://goreadingberks.com/ghost-stories-from-the-william-penn-memorial-fire-tower/Goreadingberks.com - The Dreamland Park Murders: https://goreadingberks.com/the-dreamland-park-murders/Experience Reading and Berks County - Spooky Season in Berks County: https://www.experienceberks.com/blog/post/spooky-season-in-berks-county/Berks County Living- Tales of Haunted Berks: https://berkscountyliving.com/everything-berks/house-home/tales-of-haunted-berks/Berks Nostalgia - The Luden Family & the Ghost of Bon Air: https://berksnostalgia.com/william-h-luden-ghosts-of-bon-air/
Transcribe →Will-O'-The-Wisp
3w ago00:53:53Tap to summarizeWelcome back to Something Strange! We’re continuing our fae-adjacent May episodes today, as we discuss the Will-O-The-Wisp! **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Mentions of child death, stories of demonic encounters, fae-esq tricks, potential sexual assaultStay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Grimly podcast!Instagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodLinktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com**Disclaimers**The views discussed on this podcast do not necessarily represent our views or opinions, or those of our employers. References:Will-o’-the-Wisps, Jack-O-Lanterns, Ignis Fatuus (fools fire): Legends about fire fairies translated and/or edited by D.L. Ashliman - https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/willowisp.html Merriam Webster Dictionary: Will-O’-the-Wisp - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/will-o%27-the-wisp Science Direct: Mysterious will-o’-the-wisps ignited by microlightning - https://www.science.org/content/article/mysterious-will-o-wisps-ignited-microlightning PBS: Monstrum - https://www.pbs.org/video/will-o-the-wisp-monstrous-flame-or-scientific-phenomenon-dsugln/The Smithsonian: What Actually Sparks Will-o’-the-Wisps? A New Study Traces the Science Behind the Mysterious, Wandering Lights - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-actually-sparks-will-o-the-wisps-a-new-study-traces-the-science-behind-the-mysterious-wandering-lights-180987421/ Kat the Lore Mistress: Monster Monday #35: Will-O'-The-Wisp - https://www.theloremistress.co.uk/post/monster-monday-35-will-o-the-wisp Wikipedia: Will-o'-the-wisp - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp
Transcribe →Oni
May 100:47:02Tap to summarizeWelcome back Strangers! Today on episode 42, we will focus on the mythical Japanese creature, the Oni! **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Mentions of incest, mentions of humans being eaten Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Do you Dare? podcast!Instagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodLinktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com**Disclaimers**The views discussed on this podcast do not necessarily represent our views or opinions, or those of our employers. References:Yokai.com: Oni - https://yokai.com/oni/#:~:text=In%20Japanese%20folklore%2C%20oni%20are%20large%2C%20scary,Crush%20and%20destroy%20humans%20solely%20for%20enjoymentEncyclopedia Britannica: Oni - https://www.britannica.com/topic/oniWikipedia: Yokai - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8DkaiWikipedia: Oni - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni#Demon_gateWikipedia: Kami - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KamiWikipedia: Shuten-dōji - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuten-d%C5%8DjiWikipedia: Minamoto no Yorimitsu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_YorimitsuDiscover Magazine: The Oni of Japanese Folklore: Are They Fierce Demons or Cute and Gentle? - https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-oni-of-japanese-folklore-are-they-fierce-demons-or-cute-and-gentle-45206Center of Excellence: Oni in Japanese Mythology: Myths, Symbols, and Powers - https://www.centreofexcellence.com/oni-in-japanese-mythology/“Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present” by Noriko T. Reider, accessed via JSTOR - https://www.jstor.org/content/oa_book_monograph/j.ctt4cgpqc
Transcribe →Why Are We Eating the Mummies
Apr 2401:08:34Tap to summarizeWelcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on using ancient Egyptian mummies as medicine, and the idea of “corpse medicine.” Featuring our super special guests, Frank and Sage of the Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen podcast!**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Cannibalism, discussions of executions, old timey “medical” practices, desecration of many corpsesStay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen Podcast! Instagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodLinktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com**Disclaimers**The views discussed on this podcast do not necessarily represent our views or opinions, or those of our employers. References:Smithsonian Magazine: The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/Miriam Webster: Apoplexy - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apoplexyMiriam Webster: Bitumen - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitumenWikipedia: Usnea - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UsneaWikipedia: Mummia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MummiaMental Floss: How an Unfortunate Misunderstanding Spawned a Medieval Mummy-Eating Fad - https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/eating-mummies-as-medicineScience History Institute Museum and Library, Distillations Magazine: Mummies and the Usefulness of Death - https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/mummies-and-the-usefulness-of-death/Harvard Art Museums: Mummy Brown: A Modern Pigment’s Problematic Past - https://harvardartmuseums.org/tour/770/slide/12414
Transcribe →The Mark of Cain
Apr 1700:53:52Tap to summarizeWelcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 40, and today Bri will be taking us on a deep dive into the mark of Cain! **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Murder, mentions of drinking blood, possible incest, possible sexual assaultInstagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodLinktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.com**Disclaimers**The views discussed on this podcast do not necessarily represent our views or opinions, or those of our employers. References:Wikipedia: Curse and Mark of Cain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_CainThe Symbolic Word: Mark of Cain - https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/content/the-mark-of-cainLegends of History: Is Cain still Wandering the Earth? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_jUTBGP2ZYLegends of History: The Story of Cain and Abel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dw7NEAHdkg Cain and Abel: Scriptures and Edited by D. L. Ashliman - https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/cain.html Wikipedia: Enoch (Son of Cain) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_(son_of_Cain)Wikipedia: Cain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain
Transcribe →Apollo 13
Apr 301:07:32Tap to summarizeWelcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 39, and we’re blasting off with the story of Apollo 13!Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Canadian Creepies podcast!**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Mentions of death due to fireInstagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.comReferences:NASA: “Apollo 13’ - https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-13/NASA: “The Apollo Program” - https://www.nasa.gov/the-apollo-program/#:~:text=Apollo%20was%20a%20three%2Dpart,the%20Moon%20in%20December%201968.NASA: “The 1960s: From Dream to Reality in 10 Years” - https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-1960s-from-dream-to-reality-in-10-years/NASA: “50 Years Ago: “Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”” - https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-houston-weve-had-a-problem/#:~:text=Within%20a%20few%20seconds%2C%20controllers%20at%20several,began%20reporting%20to%20Flight%20Director%20Eugene%20F.NASA: 50 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Crew Returns Safely to Earth - https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-13-crew-returns-safely-to-earth/NASA: “Mission Control Center” - https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/jsc-mission-control-center/NASA: “Apollo 13: Mission Details” - https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-13-mission-details/Popular Science: “What Happened to Apollos 2 and 3?” - https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/what-happened-apollos-2-and-3/Biography.com: “James A. Lovell Jr.” - https://www.biography.com/scientists/james-a-lovell-jrBrittanica: “Fred Haise” - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-HaiseBritannica: “Jack Swigert” - https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-L-Swigert-JrCNN: “Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly, who helped save the crew of Apollo 13, has died” - https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/03/us/ken-mattingly-death-apollo-astronaut-scnNetflix Documentary: “Apollo 13 Survival”National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute
Transcribe →What the Heck is a Snallygaster?!
Mar 2700:58:39Tap to summarizeWelcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on the Snallygaster, based on your response to our March Instagram poll!Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Not My Ghost podcast!**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Racism, death/murder, child/animal death, goreInstagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.comReferences:Wikipedia: Snallygaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SnallygasterAtlas Obscura: The Unsettling History of Maryland’s Native Cryptid, The Snallygaster - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-the-snallygaster Legends of America: The Snallygaster - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/Appalachian History.net-: It’s the Snallygaster! - https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/11/its-snallygaster.htmlPreservation Maryland: Haunted Maryland: The Monsters Lurking in Frederick County - https://preservationmaryland.org/haunted-maryland-the-monsters-lurking-in-frederick-county/The American Snallygaster Museum - https://www.snallygastermuseum.com/WFXR: Cryptid of the Week:Beware the Snallygaster - https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/monsters-and-mysteries-of-appalachia/cryptid-of-the-week-beware-the-elusive-snallygaster/
Transcribe →Furby Conspiracy Theories
Mar 2000:52:32Tap to summarizeWelcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 37, and today we’ll be discussing the 90’s sensation that swept the nation: Furbies!Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Creepy Shit podcast!Instagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.comReferences:Wikipedia: Furby - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#:~:text=This%20belief%20most%20likely%20stemmed,banned%20them%20from%20their%20offices.FAA, NSA, v Furby - https://www.faa.gov/media/19696Fur-bidden Tech: The conspiracy behind the furby ban - https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2024/05/fur-bidden-tech-the-conspiracy-behind-the-furby-ban/Mental FLoss: 6 Wild Furby Myths that People actually Believed in the 90’s - https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/furby-myths-people-believedCBS Evening News: Talking Toy of Spy? (from 1999) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/ Ripley’s Believe it or Not: was your Furby Spying on you - https://www.ripleys.com/stories/was-your-furby-spying-on-you
Transcribe →The Bloody Benders
Mar 600:51:22Tap to summarizeWelcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 35, and we’ll be hopping in the time machine back to the American West, where we’ll be discussing a brutal string of murders committed by the notorious Bender family.Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Moon Brews podcast! **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Murder, descriptions of bodies/injuries, descriptions of gore, discussions of the harshness of the American West.Instagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.comReferences:Wikipedia: Bloody Benders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_BendersNational Archives: The Homestead Act - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-actSmithsonian Magazine: The Kansas Homestead Where America’s First Serial Killer Family Committed Its Crimes Is Up for Sale - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/Crime Reads: The Bloody Benders: America's First Family Of Serial Killers - https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/Mental Floss: The Bloody Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family - https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killersLibrary of Congress: Image 2 of The Weekly Kansas chief (Troy, Kan.), May 22, 1873 - https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015484/1873-05-22/ed-1/?sp=2Kansas Historical Society: Bender Knife - https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106CPI Inflation Calculator - https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1873?amount=2000Kansas Alumni: What lies beneath: KU students, faculty search ‘Bloody Benders’ property - https://kansasalumnimagazine.org/magazine-article/bloody-benders-property/
Transcribe →Moon Eyed People
Feb 2700:49:46Tap to summarizeWelcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on Moon Eyed People, based on our episode about Appalachian Folklore. Featuring out super special guest, Ali!Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Macabre Mondays podcast!**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**Discussion of the displacement of indigenous peoples Instagram: @something_strangepodFacebook: Something Strange PodcastYoutube: @Something_StrangePodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somethingstrangepod01Linktree: https://linktr.ee/somethingstrangepodSend us a gmail! somethingstrangepod24@gmail.comReferences:Wikipedia: Moon-eyed people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon-eyed_peopleWikipedia: Madoc - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MadocAtlas Obscura: Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia? - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/moon-eyed-people-appalachiahttps://youtu.be/F84m4fKe6Yo?si=GwrApUNVP7Ycu1LJhttps://youtu.be/KMive_Q1zMU?si=eLOY3r3YTMgbOm-_Cherokee Phoenix: “In White county, state of Tennessee, near the town of Sparta, there have been discovered three bury” - https://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/CherokeePhoenix/Vol1/no25/in-white-county-state-of-tennessee-near-the-town-of-sparta-there-have-been-discovered-three-bury-page-2-column-4b.htmlGeorgia Department of National Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites: Fort Mountain - https://gastateparks.org/FortMountainHistoric UK: The discovery of America… by a Welsh Prince? - https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/The-discovery-of-America-by-Welsh-Prince/National Archives, Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, 22 January 1804 - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0285Native American Legends: Yunwi Tsunsdi' - http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/yunwi-tsunsdi.htm#google_vignetteReddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCountry/comments/1mf61x2/cherokee_moon_eyed_people/
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