One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

A West Point Cadet receives a mysterious visitor. . .and then vanishes. Despite the full force of the US government behind a multi-year search, missing cadet Richard Colvin Cox seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. Or has he? One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigat...

Every student of literature has studied the work of American romantic writer Edgar Allan Poe--but no one, so far, has fully unpacked the truth behind his mysterious death. Enjoy this bonus Patreon-exclusive episode from One Strange Thing, and join our Patreon to binge eight other premium episodes—plus experience a fresh one each month! You'll also get premium blogs and plenty of other fun content....

Texas is invaded by a very unwelcome, and extremely gelatinous, visitor. Could this blob be a particularly virulent fungi--or, as residents suspect, something a little more extraterrestrial? One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling myst...

A prowler with peculiar predilections stalks the nighttime streets of World-War-II era Mississippi. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organiz...

Folks want to feel safe at home--and secure; but how much do we really want to know about the things that lurk outside, in the dark? One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery A...

When a blackbird flock in Beebe, Arkansas plummets to the earth, conspiracy theorists are interested; imagine their surprise when, over the next week, a dozen or more similar events occur across the globe. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories an...

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. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous his...

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. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true su...

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. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate t...

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. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical resear...

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. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories a...

In Athens, Georgia, a favorite city landmark is "The Tree That Owns Itself." But how, exactly, did this self-actualization come to pass? One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Myste...

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. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Div...

Will and Minnie Winston lived out their retirement quietly, in a little house in Atlanta's West End--that is, until a night in September of 1987, when the house began--against all rational explanation--to bleed. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stor...

In September of 1944, the townspeople of Mattoon, Illinois, began to experience a mystifying series of random chemical attacks. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archiv...

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. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research wit...

In Seattle, Washington, the Mystery Soda Machine stood for decades, doling obscure and rare soft drinks at the press of two special buttons. But as with so many things, the digital age brought on. . . complications. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural...

In "The Whistler," we cover the 1950s engagement of Jacqueline Cadow, an 18-year-old from the tiny Cajun town of Paradis, Louisiana--and the persistent, eerie stalker who was determined to put a stop to her nupitals. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural...

In "The Skier," we look into the case of Hope College senior Steven Kubacki, who, in February of 1978, decided to go skiing along Lake Michigan. Somewhere among the ice and snow, he disappeared. But that's just the start of this story. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigat...

In "The Owl," we explore the backstory of Woodsy the Owl, the lovable federal mascot who joined Smokey the Bear in 1970 to help deliver important public service announcements. There's just one problem: some believe Woodsy's past is more complicated than it seems. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry,...

On the first episode of One Strange Thing, we tell the story of Shawn and Debra, high-school sweethearts from Maine whose love story involves a class ring, a Finnish forest, a metal detector, and, perhaps, a little nudge from the afterlife. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to inves...

One Strange Thing digs deep into the forgotten experiences of everyday Americans... with a single unexplainable element: a house that bleeds, or a lost ring that turns up on another continent, or a mysterious hum. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural st...