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Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan

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A podcast about all the things that make us wonder. Each week, we’ll tell you a true story that will fascinate and terrify you: a family who receive letters from a “Watcher” after moving into their new house, a hotel that’s seen so much death that it has to be cursed, UFO encounters, hauntings, Bigfoot sightings, and so much more. Written and hosted by Tony Award-winning actor and celebrated writer Daisy Eagan, “Strange and Unexplained” is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable ...
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Dairy Queen, Glamour Shots, and Mivacurium Chloride. Dive deep into the upbringing and backstories of individuals who committed history's most notorious crimes, shedding light on the psychological factors that shaped their paths. With a suspenseful twist, the identities of these individuals won’t be unveiled until the end of each episode. ‘The Cata…
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Have you ever been driving a familiar route when all of a sudden something clicks and you realize you don’t remember having driven for the last half hour? Or, even stranger, one moment you’re minding your own business in your own timeline, and suddenly it seems you’re in a completely different timeline? Some claim to have experienced moments where …
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In 1911 a woman named Zsuzsanna Fazekas, who would come to be called Aunt Suzy, arrived in the small village of Negyrev, Hungary. She had seemingly no past or family ties, but quickly established herself as the local midwife and confidant of the women of Negyrev. Soon, Suzy was holding court, helping the local women take care of their troubles, and…
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What if you could talk to loved ones who have died? What would you say? What would you hope to hear? Usually, when we think of communicating with a dead loved one, it’s in the form of a dream, but for some people, the act of talking to someone who’s moved on to the great whatever, is a much more tangible activity. Hurry to your nearest Wind Phone, …
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Is there a deeper force behind the paths we humans have tread for millenia? Where do they lead, and why? Some believe that Ley Lines were created by ancient societies who deliberately erected important sites and structures along them, connecting our world through a web of earth energies. What mystical significance could these paths hold? Or could t…
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Some mysteries deep in the vast wilds of this country are the stuff of legend, but could they actually be signs of foreign worlds, or other dimensions? When Terry and Gwen Sherman moved onto a 480 acre cattle ranch in northern Utah they were plagued by an alarming number of highly strange occurrences: a flying winnebago, the appearances of mysterio…
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In August 2017, Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, was eight months pregnant when she disappeared from her home in Fargo, North Dakota. Days later, Savanna’s newborn baby was discovered in the neighbor’s apartment where she was last seen. Did the neighbors know more than they were letting on? And, more importantly…
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Have you ever thought about what might be the strangest way to die? Have you considered the bizarre, incendiary possibility of impromptu immolation as your last moments on earth? How can something so seemingly impossible like Spontaneous Human Combustion be an actual way to meet your maker? What’s actually behind this strange phenomenon, and is it …
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In 1967, a 50-year-old Canadian mechanic took a weekend trip to one of his favorite spots for rock collecting about 100 miles east of Winnipeg. Unfortunately for Stephen Michalak, the weekend getaway turned out to be anything but relaxing. Michalak returned from Falcon Lake a shell of a man, covered in mysterious burns and recounting a tale that wo…
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Payton, Morgan, and Anissa, three average tween girls from Waukesha, Wisconsin shared a love of fantasy, science fiction, scary stories and video games. But beneath the surface of seemingly mundane, somewhat nerdy interests, lay something sinister. Unbeknownst to Payton, Morgan and Anissa had begun to be sucked into the dark side of internet lore. …
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Some mysteries seem impossible, but few actually are. But with no logical explanation to be found, could you solve the unsolvable? Is there even such a thing? Today we look at two impossible cases. First, a man is found shot to death with three bullet wounds in his body, alone, with no gun, inside a locked and bolted room. What happened? Any guesse…
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Since the early 1800’s, tenants have reported strange bumps in the night at the residence of Borley Rectory. Objects mysteriously move and doors lock on their own, scrawled writing appears on walls of empty rooms, a centuries-old nun walks the misty gardens, and long-dead residents seem to cozy up in their former bedrooms. The hauntings spanned gen…
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A conman can only be as good as the systems that prop him up, and in the case of Richard Walter that happened to be the very system he was defrauding. Through lies and omissions, and a fake twinge of an English accent, Walter convinced the powers that be within the US Justice System that he was a subject matter expert in all things criminal, despit…
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We humans are made of a hodge-podge of parts that sometimes feels like they were designed by someone with a dark sense of humor. It is amazing, and frankly terrifying how little we actually do understand about the inner workings of our bodies. From vestigal twins and disappearing tumors, to x-ray vision and picking up radio waves with your teeth, i…
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What if you could go back in time? When you got back, would you tell everyone you’d done it? Would anyone believe you? In the summer of 1901, two well-to-do women went for a stroll in the gardens of Versailles and claimed to have slipped back in time. They witnessed scores of people dressed in the garb of the French Revolution and even claimed to h…
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In the early 1990s a mysterious new creature burst onto the cryptid scene, first terrorizing Puerto Rico then the Southwestern US. The menace attacked and killed animals and livestock with vampiric ferocity, earning itself the name “Chupacabra”. Witnesses claimed it looked like an alien mixed with a kangaroo, with leopard spots, chicken hands, wolf…
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Isolated on the Isle of Man, the Irving Family’s farmhouse began receiving a mysterious visitor in the autumn of 1931. At first thought to be a weasel living in the walls, soon the mischievous creature learned speak several languages, sing songs, and hurl insults - as well as projectiles - at his enemies. Meet Gef, the talking mongoose whose sassy …
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Is it bad vibes? Evil energy? Trapped souls? What is it that makes one place seem to attract more tragedy than others? In the early 1900’s the Dudgeon family took up residence on a swampy swath of land in White Cloud, Michigan. During their tenure on the land, their bullish behavior and unsavory deeds caused chaos, ended lives, and turned the Dudge…
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In 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming off Cheviot Beach. Given he was an avid swimmer it seemed unlikely that he would drown, no matter how rough the seas were. No one actually saw him go under and his body was never found… so the question remains: is it possible the Prime Minister disappeared intentionally? This…
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Welcome to the Wonderland World of Tulpas! Here a Tulpamancer can enjoy the companionship (or endless torture) of thought-forms conjured from the depths of their psyche and willed into material existence. Don’t worry, there’s only a slight chance they’ll find a way to cross the line from fantasyland into the real world where you may not be able to …
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On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family home went up in flames. Parents George and Jennie escaped the blaze with four of their children, only to realize that five of their remaining children were missing. The problem was, no trace of their remains was found anywhere in the rubble. As time went by, curious details led some to believe the may have m…
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On New Years Day 1963, Dr. Gilbert Bogel was found dead on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney, Australia. Just a few feet away lay the body of Mrs. Margaret Chandler. Both were partially nude with no major visible wounds to speak of. Why were these two unrelated people on the banks of a river in the early hours of New Years Day? And what, p…
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In the early 1900s, Harry Price was the preeminent psychical researcher of the English spiritualism movement. His meticulous research took him all across Europe, usually culminating in series of experiments at his purpose-built, fraud-proofed psychical lab. Ever the skeptic, Price was driven by an obsessive mission to not just to expose frauds who …
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Bubble, bubble, toil and lots of trouble. The Puritanical witch hunt of Salem, Massachusetts took the lives of 19 innocent people as one of the most dramatic instances of scapegoating in American history. Was there something in the rye? Evil in the water? Sexism in the air? Well, that goes without saying. This Week's Sponsors: Ritual- Ritual is off…
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Anna Mae Aquash was a passionate and outspoken First Nations activist and one of the few female leaders of the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. In the wake of her brutal murder, blame was thrown in every direction but lips ultimately remained sealed. Thirty years later, some of those on the inside might find the courage to break their silence…
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In 1975, Jim Sullivan had all the potential of a classic rocker on the verge of making it big. After the release of his sophomore album, while driving from LA to Nashville, he disappeared somewhere in the New Mexico desert. Did he run afoul of the law? Did he get mixed up with a dangerous mafia family? Or did Jim Sullivan somehow foreshadow his own…
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In 1973, two teenagers ventured to a festival in upstate New York to see their favorite bands play. With just a few dollars in their pockets and a hitchhiking sign that read “To Watkins Glen”, no one knows if they ever made it to the concert. There they stood, two kids on the side of the road with sleeping bags strapped to their backs, slowly fadin…
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Any place that is a repository for transitory people is bound to attract some wayward souls looking to free themselves of their corporeal body. It seems the more fancy the hotel, the more ghosts it plays host to. Chicago’s ornate Congress Plaza Hotel is said to be one of the most haunted in the country. It’s cursed guestbook features killer clowns,…
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Hey, Strangers! We're off this week for the holiday, but will be back next week with an all new episode. For this week we wanted to bring back one of our favorite early episodes, Elevators: Terror and Death in a 6 by 6 Foot Box. Elevators: they’re a modern convenience that we take for granted. But maybe we shouldn’t. This week we bring you two stor…
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In early 1978, five young men went out for a fun night together watching college basketball. On the way home they disappeared into the dark late-winter wilderness, high in the mountains of Yuba County, California. What followed was a tense investigation, devastating discoveries, and over 40 years of unanswered questions. What led them out there tha…
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In the mid-1990s Michael Alig was king of New York City nightlife, ruling over a group of misfits known as the Club Kids. His parties made him the vanguard of shock-factor cool, inflating his ego and his drug problem, until it all went spiraling out of control. How do you know when the party's over? When someone ends up dead. This Week's Sponsors: …
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Hey, Strangers! We've officially launched the Strange & Unexplained patreon. For just $5/month, you will have access to 3 bonus episodes a month. These episodes will be about 15-20 minutes long, giving you more of the kind of Strange and Unexplained content you love. For $7/month you will be getting all of that plus ad free versions of the regular …
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Alberta Williams was a promising young woman who’s life was taken from her without warning in the summer of 1989. Despite some promising leads, witnesses remain silent, investigations remain deadlocked, and Alberta’s family remains without closure. As decades pass, Alberta’s case has become one of the ever-growing number of Missing and Murdered Ind…
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What if something so strange happened to you that even the authorities and paranormal enthusiasts alike had no idea how to explain it? One night in 1987, the Georgia home of an elderly couple erupted into a geyser of human blood. Red liquid drenched the walls and floors, leaving behind a horrifying scene and many unanswered questions. Where did the…
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Could you identify a monster hiding in plain sight? What if he was your colleague, neighbor, or even your own father? Brewing beneath the surface of a seemingly mild-mannered accountant, was a horrific family annihilator driven by a twisted world view. One day John List snapped, committed an unimaginably gruesome mass murder, and then he simply dis…
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An unidentified, well dressed man was found dead on an Australian beach in November 1948. He lay on the sand as if sleeping, with no immediate signs of struggle or foul play. Stitched into a secret pocket in his trousers was a scrap of paper torn from a book of 18th century poetry, with a confusing jumble of letters and numbers scribbled alongside.…
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Could you identify when you were under attack, even if you couldn’t see it? Over the last decade a number of U.S. Officials on assignment abroad have reported sudden and explainable attacks of troubling psychic symptoms. Out of nowhere they’re struck by invisible vibrations and overwhelming pressure to the head, causing extreme dizziness, temporary…
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Does life imitate art? Does Bart imitate life? Does Homer know more than he’s letting on?? Despite being a work of fiction and, yes, a cartoon, in 34 years on the air The Simpsons seem to have predicted the future a truly astounding number of times. We’ve all heard that truth is stranger than fiction, but is it possible that our most absurd and spe…
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Is any place safe? When a child guarded by life in a wholesome, All-American community disappears, is that proof that evil is lurking around every idyllic corner? In the fall of 1982, 12-year-old Johnny Gosch disappeared while delivering newspapers in the suburban neighborhood of West Des Moines, Iowa. The mystery of his disappearance and the inves…
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What would you sacrifice to live freely? Would you fight every day, out loud, to defend your way of life? For Marsha P. Johnson, living on her own terms was a non-negotiable part of her existence. Her outspoken activism and advocacy led her to be one of the most prominent figures of the gay rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s in New York City. S…
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What would you do if you knew your were ahead of your time, if only by a brief moment? In the late-1950s, Connie Converse was young musician at the forefront of New York City’s burgeoning folk scene. Her groundbreaking songs poised her for greatness, but soon the male-dominated scene spearheaded by the likes of Bob Dylan had sucked out all the air …
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Throughout history, flashes of group mania have taken hold of entire societies without warning. From dancing 'til you're dead, to laughing yourself into a stupor for days on end, the people struck down by these so-called plagues certainly weren’t having a good time, despite what might seem like a non-stop party attitude. One thing has perplexed res…
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Hey, Strange & Unexplained listeners! We’re off this week for the Memorial Day holiday, but didn’t want to leave you with an empty feed, so we’re featuring an episode from another Obsessed Network show, “Crimes of the Centuries” Crime is so commonplace that it takes something particularly shocking and horrifying to be labelled the “crime of the cen…
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In the summer of 1976, a group of college students experienced something otherworldly while on a camping trip in the wilderness of Maine. The mystery surrounding the phenomenon would entangle the men for the next forty years, leading them down a road of experimentation and hypnosis in their search for answers as to what exactly happened to them tha…
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Communing with nature sounds nice, sure, but wilderness can hide darkness in it’s miles of untamed trails. No matter how experienced a hiker you are, bad things have a tendency to be lurking out in the woods. Spanning over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail is the longest foot-path in the world, but or some, it’s long walk str…
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Before the days of Jack the Ripper, there was another Jack terrorizing the streets of Victorian London. Spring-Heeled Jack, the fashionable shape-shifting Victorian Era boogeyman terrorized citizens from all walks of life for upwards of 50 years without ever directly taking a single life. Over a century later, the mystery remains: was this monster …
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In 1974, The Lady of the Dunes was discovered dead on the beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Who was she? How did she end up on the beach? And what monster was behind her gruesome murder? For nearly 50 years these answers have remained a mystery… until now. This Week's Sponsor: IQBar - Get 20% off all IQBar products, plus get FREE shipping by te…
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For some true crime cases, saturation of the headlines can lead to a rabid thirst for public details so vicious and all-consuming that it transforms an criminal investigation into media frenzy. Entangled in a winding web of misconstrued details, misinformed opinions, and mishandled investigations, the space between “The Truth” and “The Story” can g…
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On a snowy morning in December 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey awoke to find their entire world turned upside down as their beloved six year-old daughter JonBenet lay dead in the basement of their Colorado home. A decades-long media frenzy has swirled around this murder of a child beauty queen. Over the years many fingers have been pointed, but little …
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Can a region absorb the dark energy of its historical monstrosities? Can land become innately evil, soil cursed by the wounds of violence? In Massachusetts the Bridgewater Triangle seems to be a vortex of the paranormal, perhaps created by horrific bloodshed that occurred centuries ago. The history of bloody conflict has given way to ghosts, UFOs, …
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