The Strangest Thing

This week’s Strangest Thing involves The Conjuring, trapped radio waves, and Raggedy Ann's snatched waist. 15 years after her first séance, Leta learns why her Raggedy Ann doll falling off the shelf might have been weirder than she realized. What started as a silly sixth-grade sleepover turned into a bizarre coincidence involving the real life Annabelle doll's ancestor. Then watch me learn in real...

This week's strangest thing is that Andy Arthur Smith was somehow suspected for two seperate crimes that he didn't commit... First he was mistaken for a bank robber and then more seriously there was a domestic violence accusation based on a wild misunderstanding of Andy's incredible vocal range. Plus, we wrap up with a listener-submitted story about Randonautica because everyone has that one story...

This weeks strangest thing is about rearranging organs to learn about someone's past... For our season finale we have a surprise guest telling us about a routine bodywork massage that turned into an completely unprompted psychic reading. An ACCURATE psychic reading! Their massage therapist revealed bizarrely specific details about their life that she couldn't possibly have known...and she didn't e...

This week’s strange thing involves astral projection, sleep paralysis, and a gift that may have come with something attached to it. After seeing her own body sleeping on the couch through accidental astral projection and separately experiencing a terrifying case of sleep paralysis, Eunice thought she’d already had her fair share of weird things happen while she slept… But after bringing home a gif...

This week’s strange thing involves more shadow figures, creepy apartment complexes, and Korean shamans. Billy's childhood apartment complex caused him a lot of trauma...from being chased by a mysterious man late at night to watching one apartment get cursed over and over again...but the strangest story he tells actually happened generations earlier in Korea. This week, Billy Jang tells us the stra...

This week’s Strangest Thing involves tonsils, college, and something called "Empty Nose Syndrome" I have had my tonsils taken out TWICE in my life...so imagine my shock last year when I was rushed to the ER for severe tonsillitis. This week, I tell you another one of the strangest things to ever happen to me. Plus, we wrap up with a listener-submitted story, because everyone has that one story no...

This week’s strange thing involves a Craigslist ad for high arched feet, a heroic mother, and a room covered in plastic wrap...even the ceiling. Chris answered a craigslist ad and ended up in a Dexter style "kill room". Convinced he needed to get out immediately, he came up with one of the smartest escape excuses I have EVER heard…and somehow made it out alive. This week, Chris Breitinger tells me...

This week’s strange thing involves pregnancy, bumble matches, and invisible strings. Erin was swiping on bumble when she…saw a photo of herself? 10 years later, they’re married and have a baby on the way! This week, Erin Gilfoy tells me the strangest thing that’s ever happened to her! Plus, we wrap up with a listener-submitted story, because everyone has that one story no one believes. What's the...

This week's strangest things are Amish baked goods, wanting to be straight, and two people living seemingly one life. Bryce and Colton have been dating for almost 3 years and right from the start they were constantly in sync. Moving in the same ways, saying the same thing at the same time, and so much more...so we ask: is this what it feels like to be soulmates? This week, Bryce Eberly tells me th...

This week’s strangest thing involves a magic eyeball…we think. On three separate occasions, Abby took her contacts out before bed…only to wake up with a brand new contact lens in her left eye. This week, Abby Zeltser tells me about the strangest thing that’s ever happened to her and yes we spent a lot of time giggling and trying to keep it together since she is my fiancee. Plus, we wrap up with a...

This week’s strangest thing involves talking trees and a goodbye kiss. I’ve been sick this week, so instead of a guest, it’s just me in the fort with a strange little story from my own life! The night my grandmother died, my mom came into my room to tell me what had happened...but I was already awake. This week, I tell you one of the strangest things that's ever happened to me. Plus, we wrap up wi...

This week’s strangest thing involves being drugged before a break-in. While visiting family in Greece, Christina wakes up in the middle of the night and sees a woman coming through the window... The next morning, her family tells her about a string of burglaries in the village involving stolen sleeping gas...but something didn't feel right about that. She knows what she saw, and it wasn't a real p...

This week’s Strangest Thing involves the most haunted house in America...oh and some guy trying to cut off his own ****. Meredith always wanted a ghost story, but the moment she finally got one, she would've done anything to make it stop. That one room at the Whaley House changed her forever. This week, Meredith Hurley tells us the strangest thing that's ever happened to her. Plus, we wrap up with...

This week’s strangest thing involves MANifestation, a gay bar, and unavoidable witchy lesbian energy. Before realizing she was gay, Nora had one final crush on a guy. But her final day as a straight woman is straight out of a witchy Rom-Com. This week, Nora Langknecht tells me about the strangest thing that’s ever happened to her. Plus , we wrap up with a listener-submitted story, because everyone...

This week’s strangest thing involves a dog walk that might have never happened... Was it amnesia, a time glitch, or something even stranger? Angelo was waiting in bed for his boyfriend Zach to come back from walking their dog. After 30 minutes of no sign of them, Angelo reached for his phone to see what was going on...That’s when Zach walked out of their bathroom, and their dog was already lying a...

This week’s strangest thing involves a haunting shadow creature summoned by mormons...and pasta fagioli..? One night, Colton was goofing around with his roommate when all of a sudden...they weren't alone anymore. This week, Colton Tran tells me about the strangest thing that’s ever happened to him. Plus, we wrap up with a listener-submitted story, because everyone has that one story no one believe...

This week’s strangest thing involves The Eras Tour, TWO emergency appendix removals, literal lightning striking twice, and time travel... You might THINK you know Carly's story about missing the Eras Tour due to emergency appendix surgery. But the weirdest part started months earlier, when a Good Influence podcast conversation about burst appendixes turned into a very bad prophecy. First it happen...

This week’s strangest thing involves raw chicken, RuPaul’s Drag Race, the Florida Everglades, and an unsanitary contact removal. Yes...somehow this is all one story. Trying to escape work burnout, Ryan heads to Florida for a reset...and ends up on an Everglades airboat tour led by Captain Chaos, a visor-wearing man with an American Girl doll strapped to his chest. He loves to put on a show - and b...

This week’s strangest thing involves toilet paper. A couple is gifted a painting with weird vibes. A few nights later, they wake up at 3am covered in toilet paper, with a trail leading back to the painting itself. This week, Johnny Berchtold and Casey Bailey tell me about the strangest thing that’s ever happened to them. Plus, we wrap up with a listener-submitted story, because everyone has that o...

Everyone has that one story that no one really believes... This is a podcast about those stories. Each week guests enter the fort to share the strangest thing that’s ever happened to them - and we try to make sense of it… From bizarre coincidences to ghost encounters - in the fort we believe everything. New Episodes every Wednesday