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Goblins, Knockers, and the Things Beneath Us: Dark Folklore of Underground Beings Worldwide Part 2
Long before UFO sightings and modern paranormal investigations, people across the world were already telling the same story — quietly, carefully, and…
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The Card Catalog That Accidentally Invented How We Search for Information
On February 5, 1885, libraries adopted the standardized card catalog, a system meant to organize books that instead reshaped how humans think about i…
1 month ago
The Winter Olympics That Almost Failed During the Great Depression
On February 4, 1932, the Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York, at the height of the Great Depression — and nearly collapsed before they be…
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The Night People Tried to Trap Lightning Indoors
February 3 sits within a long tradition of winter reports involving ball lightning — glowing spheres of electrical energy that drifted through homes …
1 month ago
Anatole Le Braz & Ankou: Breton Death Lore, Ghost Stories, and the Man Who Interviewed Death
In this chilling mega episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores the dark, forgotten world of Anatole Le Braz, the Breton folklorist w…
1 month ago
February 2 – The Night People Measured the Future by Firelight
February 2, known as Candlemas, was once one of Europe’s most important midwinter prediction nights, when people used candlelight and shadows to dete…
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The Bretons: Celtic Origins, Breton Language, Ancient Lore, and the People Who Crossed the Sea With Their Stories Intact
In this epic mega episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores the haunting and resilient history of the Bretons, a Celtic people whose …
1 month ago
February 1 – The Day Movies Were Forced to Follow the Sun
On February 1, 1893, Thomas Edison opened the world’s first motion picture studio, the Black Maria, a rotating building designed to follow the sun fo…
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January 31 – The Sound Some People Swear Exists
January 31 closes out the quietest month of the year with one of history’s most unsettling mysteries: the Hum, a low-frequency sound reported by peop…
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January 30 – The Day the Future Suddenly Felt Too Close
On January 30, 1925, inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated one of the first successful long-distance television transmissions, allowing a moving hum…
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