Certainly Strange

The year was 1898, and author Norman Robertson published a novel called ‘Futility: The Wreck of the Titan’ In the book, Robertson tells the tragic story of a ship he called The Titan, taking travellers from South Hampton to New York. A ship described as unsinkable. Of course, it was not unsinkable, as you might have guessed from the title of the book. But how did it sink? Well, it hit an iceberg....

They had just driven past an abandoned generator plant when they saw… something. A huge figure in the darkness, just off the side of the road. And it was watching them. With huge, blood-red eyes. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features another strange tale, claimed to be based on true events. New episodes air each Friday. For a full transcript of the episode a...

There were flames everywhere. The fire licked at the curtains and ate away on the carpet, reducing everything in the home to ash. The fire had been caused by a charred frying pan and had spread quickly throughout the house. There was nothing left of the home of Ron and Mary Hall. The fire had destroyed everything in its path. Everything, except for one painting. The painting of a crying boy. Certa...

One late night in 1984, Ken Webster and his girlfriend Debbie came home from a night out in the town. As they arrived at the house, nothing seemed especially out of the ordinary, but what they found inside was something… strange. In the dark, the green letters flickered as a message had appeared on their computer. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features anothe...

The mystery of the Ourang Medan belongs to the secrets that the sea will never surrender. Although I have seen the ship myself, although I have seen the twenty-two dead sailors and their officers on the deck and on the bridge of the Ourang Medan myself and have touched them, I cannot explain the fate that befell the ship and its crew. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each ep...

A woman wearing a winter coat climbed into a taxi near Ishinomaki station. She asked the driver to take her to Minamihama district, to which he responded, “There is nothing left there. Why to Minamihama? And aren’t you hot wearing that coat?” Then the woman asked him in a trembling voice, “Am I dead?”Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features another strange tale...

The Victorian era was a time of shadows and superstitions. In every corner of London’s dark streets lived a mystery or a monster. One of the most popular and certainly strange urban legends of this time is the story of the leaping devil, Spring-Heeled Jack. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features another strange tale, claimed to be based on true events. New ep...

Robert was never intended to be sold as a toy. Robert was actually a clown or jester, meant to serve as a window display for a toy store. Perhaps this is why he had such a… mischievous nature. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features another strange tale, claimed to be based on true events. New episodes air each Friday. For a full transcript of the episode and...

A murder was committed, a confession was made... All the police needed now, was a body. But the body would turn up quite differently than anyone expected. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features another strange tale, claimed to be based on true events. New episodes air each Friday. For a full transcript of the episode and the sources used in the research, visi...

12 days long, the Mary Celeste had sailed without crew and without a clue of what might have happened to them. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features another strange tale, claimed to be based on true events. New episodes air each Friday. For a full transcript of the episode and the sources used in the research, visit www.certainlystrange.com

Usually, ghosts are harmless. But this was not the case with the ghost that haunted Hammersmith. Certainly Strange is a podcast about the unexplainable. Each episode features another strange tale, claimed to be based on true events. New episodes air each Friday. For a full transcript of the episode and the sources used in the research, visit www.certainlystrange.com