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The Servant Girl Annihilator: America’s Forgotten Victorian Serial Killer | Unsolved-ish A Strange History Podcast
In the mid-1880s, a wave of brutal murders terrorized Austin. Women were attacked in their homes at night, often while sleeping, struck with axes, kn…
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Nosferatu’s Castle: The True History of Orava Castle, the Real Vampire Fortress Behind the 1922 Horror Classic
What is the real history behind Nosferatu’s castle? In this deep-dive episode of The Strange History Podcast, we uncover the chilling true story of O…
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The Psychology Experiment That Taught a Baby to Be Afraid and Made Psychology Question Its Ethics
In 1920, psychologists at Johns Hopkins University conducted one of the most famous and controversial experiments in the history of psychology.
The st…
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The Sodder Children Disappearance (1945): Five Children, No Bodies | Unsolved-ish A Strange History Podcast
On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family home in rural West Virginia. Five children were believed to be trapped inside — yet when th…
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The Comet Cult: The Strange Story of Heaven’s Gate and the Hale-Bopp Tragedy
In 1997, one of the brightest comets of the twentieth century appeared in the night sky. The Hale-Bopp comet was visible for weeks, drawing millions …
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Hessdalen Lights vs Skinwalker Ranch: Are These Scientific Mysteries Connected? | Unsolved-ish A Strange History Podcast
In a remote Norwegian valley known as Hessdalen, strange glowing lights have appeared for decades under direct scientific observation. Thousands of m…
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The Medieval Doomsday Prediction That Failed Repeatedly
For centuries during the Middle Ages, many scholars believed the world had been created on March 25. Because of this belief, some also predicted that…
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The Invisible Killer: The Day Scientists Discovered the Bacteria Behind Tuberculosis
For centuries, tuberculosis was one of the deadliest diseases in human history. Known as “consumption,” it slowly destroyed the lungs and killed mill…
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The Discoveries That Could Rewrite Reality: Strange Science Discoveries Happening Now
What if we told you that history is being written right now… and most people haven’t even noticed? In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, we…
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The Island That Never Existed: The Phantom Map Mystery of Sandy Island
For more than a century, maps of the Pacific Ocean showed an island that didn’t exist.
Known as Sandy Island, this mysterious landmass appeared on nau…
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