Odd Things Considered

In November of 1929, a woman was found dead on a remote Scottish island, lying on a cross carved into the earth, partially unclothed, with a knife nearby and no clear signs of violence. Her name was Netta Fornario. What should have been a straightforward case of exposure quickly becomes something far more unsettling. In the days leading up to her death, Netta claimed she was under telepathic attac...

For centuries, people have reported seeing strange lights drifting through the marshlands of Wicken Fen, lights that move, linger, and always seem just out of reach. Some say they’re natural, based in science. Some say otherwise and that they’re not meant to be followed. In this episode, we step into the haunting folklore of Wicken Fen, where for centuries, historical accounts have described stran...

The  Mary Celeste —a ship found abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872 with no crew and no explanation. The mystery surrounding this ghost ship has captivated historians, paranormal enthusiasts, and mystery lovers for over a century. In this episode of  Odd Things Considered , we unravel the chilling story of the  Mary Celeste , exploring the bizarre circumstances that led to its abandonment. Was...

In 1587, 115 English colonists arrived on Roanoke Island to build the first permanent English settlement in the New World. By the time Governor John White returned just three years later, the colony had vanished without a trace. No bodies. No signs of struggle. Just a single word carved into a tree:  CROATOAN . For centuries, historians have puzzled over the fate of the lost colony—did they integr...

In 1901, two highly educated women took a sightseeing trip to Versailles—but what should have been an ordinary afternoon became one of history’s most chilling time-slip mysteries. Charlotte Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain claimed they saw ghostly figures, vanished landmarks, and even Marie Antoinette herself. Were they momentarily transported to 1789? Was it a haunting, a hallucination, or something...

Can a town simply vanish? In  1930, a fur trapper arrived at an Inuit village on Angikuni Lake—only to find it abandoned.  Fires smoldered, meals were uneaten, and graves were mysteriously  dug up and left empty.  The  RCMP later denied the case ever happened —so was it all a hoax, or did something truly unexplainable occur? Then, there’s  Doveland, Wisconsin —a town that some swear existed, yet h...

In 1959, nine experienced hikers set out on a treacherous expedition into the Ural Mountains—none of them returned. What happened on that fateful winter night remains one of history’s most chilling and perplexing mysteries. In this episode of  Odd Things Considered , we unravel the eerie details of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, exploring the strange injuries, unsettling discoveries, and the numerous...