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Episode 171
We take a trip with Resurrection Mary, Chicago’s most famous hitchhiking ghost, down Archer Avenue and into the history that surrounds her endless tr…
6 hours ago
Brazil's UFO Cover-Up with Conspiracy Theories, Cults & Crimes
Episode 170
In January 1996, the small Brazilian city of Varginha became the center of one of the most famous UFO stories in South American history. Multiple wit…
1 day, 6 hours ago
The Hodag
Episode 169
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 natio…
1 week ago
The Goat Man
Episode 168
If you gave us a nickel how many goatmen we’ve covered on this show, we’d have 10 cents; it’s not a lot, but more than one might expect. This time, w…
2 weeks ago
Sam the Sandown Clown
Episode 167
We’ve covered murderous clowns, motel clowns, and . . . honestly, we forget how many iterations have popped up, like jack-in-the-boxes, over the year…
3 weeks ago
The Lava Bear
Episode 166
The lava beds of Central Oregon produced one of the most involved (and fascinating) creature features of the early 20th century: the mythic lava bear…
4 weeks ago
The Wolf Girl
Episode 165
Some say that a werewolf once lived in Georgia -- a young woman, Emily Burts, who was born 20 years before the Civil War. Sound like an unusual set u…
1 month ago
The Cure
Episode 164
Mercy Brown, Rhode Island vampire—allegedly so—is considered to be the last of the state’s unfortunate focal points in its 19th century vampire panic…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Tramping Ground
Episode 163
In rural North Carolina, there’s a circle of earth where nothing grows. It’s been there a long time — and why it exists is down to either the unexpla…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Wonder Horse
Episode 162
In a dark period of American history, an unexpected hero lifted spirits and predicted the results of horse races. Lady Wonder, a chestnut-brown horse…
1 month, 3 weeks ago