

One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
One Strange Thing
Paranormal, unexplainable, and uncanny stories aren't just in the fiction section. They happen every day, to people just like you.
One Strange Thing brings you family-friendly stories from America's newspaper archives. And they all have something in common: an element that can't be explained by logic alone.
Join us on our trek through small town U.S.A.'s oddities - and prepare to wonder what oddities are hiding in your hometown, too.
One Strange Thing brings you family-friendly stories from America's newspaper archives. And they all have something in common: an element that can't be explained by logic alone.
Join us on our trek through small town U.S.A.'s oddities - and prepare to wonder what oddities are hiding in your hometown, too.
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Mar 30, 2021 • 19min
The Pilot
After visiting an aircraft museum, a young boy begins to have disturbing dreams of World-War-II-era air battles. But after he begins to show an amazing knowledge of both the aircraft and a specific ship--and battle--from the era, his parents question whether he’s actually “dreaming” at all. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written and Hosted by Laurah Norton Engineered, Scored, and Produced by Maura Currie Researched by Laurah Norton and Bryan Worters Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Mar 16, 2021 • 20min
The Heist
In Montgomery Township in New Jersey, locals expect to enjoy a Turkey Trot on Thanksiving--not an apparent bank robbery attempt. Their local police force was faced with a stone-cold suspect unwilling to respond to any demands. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Additional Research by Lex Weathers Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Mar 2, 2021 • 23min
The Bolt
Edwin Robinson, a Falmouth, Maine resident who’d been in a serious 18-wheeler accident, experienced a bizarre series of events after being struck by lightning--all because he’d wanted to rescue his pet chicken, TukTuk, from a storm. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Researched by Bryan Worters, with additional research by Laurah Norton Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Feb 16, 2021 • 23min
The Rays
Roy Beebe was a Long Beach agricultural scientist with a predilection for giant vegetables — and, apparently, harnessing the power of cosmic rays — all in the name of optimal health. Whatever that means. And, in post-WWII America? People were ready to give his inventions a go. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written, researched, produced, scored, and engineered by Maura Currie Hosted and edited by Laurah Norton Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Feb 2, 2021 • 18min
The Thief
A very unusual vigilante captured the attention of Melbourne, Florida in in the mid-1970s; this “Robin Hood of the Space Coast” set out to right the wrongs of the world the best way he knew how. With bread. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Researched by Bryan Worters, with additional research by Laurah Norton Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Jan 19, 2021 • 17min
The Tree
In Athens, Georgia, a favorite city landmark is “The Tree That Owns Itself.” But how, exactly, did this self-actualization come to pass? Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Jan 5, 2021 • 21min
The Trucker
In 1979, a Virginia trucker named Harry Joe Turner set out on a routine delivery. But a run-in with an apparent UFO led to a number of unforeseen complications. Thanks to Steven Ray Morris of Purrrcast/See Jurassic Right!, Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder/Down by the Creek, A Concerned Citizen of Swindled, Bradley George of WUSF, and Emma Currie for lending their voices to this episode. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Additional Research by Jessica Ann Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Dec 15, 2020 • 19min
The House
A retired couple's house in Atlanta begins to mysteriously bleed, triggering investigations and speculation. Detective finds suspicious items, media speculates on their motives, and blood tests reveal it wasn't their blood. A story of infidelity, revenge, and unexplained blood stains. The investigation into a bleeding house explores logical and supernatural explanations.

Dec 1, 2020 • 20min
The Gas
In September of 1944, the townspeople of Mattoon, Illinois, began to experience a mystifying series of random chemical attacks. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sources on our website. Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Written and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Researched by Jessica Ann with additional research by Laurah Norton Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

Nov 17, 2020 • 20min
The Hum
In cities across the world, the last decades have brought reports of mysterious hums, vibrations, and trumpeting noises--loud enough to disrupt the lives of those that hear them, and resisting easy explanation. Only some people can hear the humming--and no one knows why. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Visit kobo.com/ONESTRANGETHING to start your free trial today! Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Written and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Researched by Liv Fallon with additional research by Laurah Norton Administrative assistance: Bryan Worters Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing