The Strange and Unusual Podcast

On this week's episode we delve into the superstition of the evil eye and a case of witchcraft murder in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1929

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This week's headline comes from St. Louis Post Dispatch, published on December 23, 1900

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Barbara Newhall Follett was considered a child prodigy when her first novel "The House Without Windows" was published at age 12 in 1927, and then she had vanished forever when she was 25 in 1939. What happened to Barbara? And what does her disappearance possibly have to do with another woman who vanished in New Hampshire in 1936, Elsie Whittemore?

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This week's headline was published by Escanaba Morning Press on July 6, 1911. In this episode, we get into Jersey Devil lore, a trolling Benjamin Franklin, a mysterious Irish creature, frozen hoof prints, a Philadelphia Dime Museum, a doctored kangaroo, and more!

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Beginning in June, 1947, when a news article reached millions about a UFO sighting over Mt Rainier, flying saucer mania began, and lasted through the 1950s. Intensified by an alleged invasion of saucers over Washington DC, nuclear war, and the newly began Cold War, it was a time when the world feared that we may be overtaken by little, green men.

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In this week's episode, listen to learn more about the fascinating female vampires of Southeast Asia

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This week I'm away on a birthday trip, so I'm re-releasing one of my favorite headline episodes.

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For this installment, we cover chapter 12-16, when things really get dark

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In this week's episode, we explore the history of mirrors, and their place in our superstitions, legends, and folk beliefs.

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For this week's episode, we are exploring the monstrous entities that emerge during the winter holidays.

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