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  • Oni
    2026/05/01

    Welcome back Strangers! Today on episode 42, we will focus on the mythical Japanese creature, the Oni!

    **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

    Mentions of incest, mentions of humans being eaten

    Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Do you Dare? podcast!

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    The views discussed on this podcast do not necessarily represent our views or opinions, or those of our employers.

    References:

    Yokai.com: Oni - https://yokai.com/oni/#:~:text=In%20Japanese%20folklore%2C%20oni%20are%20large%2C%20scary,Crush%20and%20destroy%20humans%20solely%20for%20enjoyment

    Encyclopedia Britannica: Oni - https://www.britannica.com/topic/oni

    Wikipedia: Yokai - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai

    Wikipedia: Oni - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni#Demon_gate

    Wikipedia: Kami - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami

    Wikipedia: Shuten-dōji - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuten-d%C5%8Dji

    Wikipedia: Minamoto no Yorimitsu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yorimitsu

    Discover Magazine: The Oni of Japanese Folklore: Are They Fierce Demons or Cute and Gentle? - https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-oni-of-japanese-folklore-are-they-fierce-demons-or-cute-and-gentle-45206

    Center of Excellence: Oni in Japanese Mythology: Myths, Symbols, and Powers - https://www.centreofexcellence.com/oni-in-japanese-mythology/

    “Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present” by Noriko T. Reider, accessed via JSTOR - https://www.jstor.org/content/oa_book_monograph/j.ctt4cgpqc

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    47 分
  • Why Are We Eating the Mummies
    2026/04/24

    Welcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on using ancient Egyptian mummies as medicine, and the idea of “corpse medicine.” Featuring our super special guests, Frank and Sage of the Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen podcast!

    **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

    Cannibalism, discussions of executions, old timey “medical” practices, desecration of many corpses

    Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen Podcast!

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    References:Smithsonian Magazine: The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/

    Miriam Webster: Apoplexy - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apoplexy

    Miriam Webster: Bitumen - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitumen

    Wikipedia: Usnea - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usnea

    Wikipedia: Mummia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummia

    Mental Floss: How an Unfortunate Misunderstanding Spawned a Medieval Mummy-Eating Fad - https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/eating-mummies-as-medicine

    Science History Institute Museum and Library, Distillations Magazine: Mummies and the Usefulness of Death - https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/mummies-and-the-usefulness-of-death/

    Harvard Art Museums: Mummy Brown: A Modern Pigment’s Problematic Past - https://harvardartmuseums.org/tour/770/slide/12414

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    1 時間 9 分
  • The Mark of Cain
    2026/04/17

    Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 40, and today Bri will be taking us on a deep dive into the mark of Cain!

    **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

    Murder, mentions of drinking blood, possible incest, possible sexual assault

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    References:

    Wikipedia: Curse and Mark of Cain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain

    The Symbolic Word: Mark of Cain - https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/content/the-mark-of-cain

    Legends of History: Is Cain still Wandering the Earth? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_jUTBGP2ZY

    Legends of History: The Story of Cain and Abel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dw7NEAHdkg

    Cain and Abel: Scriptures and Edited by D. L. Ashliman - https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/cain.html

    Wikipedia: Enoch (Son of Cain) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_(son_of_Cain)

    Wikipedia: Cain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain

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    54 分
  • Apollo 13
    2026/04/03

    Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 39, and we’re blasting off with the story of Apollo 13!

    Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Canadian Creepies podcast!

    **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

    Mentions of death due to fire

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    References:

    NASA: “Apollo 13’ - https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-13/

    NASA: “The Apollo Program” - https://www.nasa.gov/the-apollo-program/#:~:text=Apollo%20was%20a%20three%2Dpart,the%20Moon%20in%20December%201968.

    NASA: “The 1960s: From Dream to Reality in 10 Years” - https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-1960s-from-dream-to-reality-in-10-years/

    NASA: “50 Years Ago: “Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”” - https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-houston-weve-had-a-problem/#:~:text=Within%20a%20few%20seconds%2C%20controllers%20at%20several,began%20reporting%20to%20Flight%20Director%20Eugene%20F.

    NASA: 50 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Crew Returns Safely to Earth - https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-13-crew-returns-safely-to-earth/

    NASA: “Mission Control Center” - https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/jsc-mission-control-center/

    NASA: “Apollo 13: Mission Details” - https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-13-mission-details/

    Popular Science: “What Happened to Apollos 2 and 3?” - https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/what-happened-apollos-2-and-3/

    Biography.com: “James A. Lovell Jr.” - https://www.biography.com/scientists/james-a-lovell-jr

    Brittanica: “Fred Haise” - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-Haise

    Britannica: “Jack Swigert” - https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-L-Swigert-Jr

    CNN: “Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly, who helped save the crew of Apollo 13, has died” - https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/03/us/ken-mattingly-death-apollo-astronaut-scn

    Netflix Documentary: “Apollo 13 Survival”

    National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute

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    1 時間 8 分
  • What the Heck is a Snallygaster?!
    2026/03/27

    Welcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on the Snallygaster, based on your response to our March Instagram poll!

    Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Not My Ghost podcast!

    **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

    Racism, death/murder, child/animal death, gore

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    References:

    Wikipedia: Snallygaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snallygaster

    Atlas Obscura: The Unsettling History of Maryland’s Native Cryptid, The Snallygaster - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-the-snallygaster

    Legends of America: The Snallygaster - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/

    Appalachian History.net-: It’s the Snallygaster! - https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/11/its-snallygaster.html

    Preservation Maryland: Haunted Maryland: The Monsters Lurking in Frederick County - https://preservationmaryland.org/haunted-maryland-the-monsters-lurking-in-frederick-county/

    The American Snallygaster Museum - https://www.snallygastermuseum.com/

    WFXR: Cryptid of the Week:Beware the Snallygaster - https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/monsters-and-mysteries-of-appalachia/cryptid-of-the-week-beware-the-elusive-snallygaster/

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    59 分
  • Furby Conspiracy Theories
    2026/03/20

    Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 37, and today we’ll be discussing the 90’s sensation that swept the nation: Furbies!

    Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Creepy Shit podcast!

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    References:

    Wikipedia: Furby - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#:~:text=This%20belief%20most%20likely%20stemmed,banned%20them%20from%20their%20offices.

    FAA, NSA, v Furby - https://www.faa.gov/media/19696

    Fur-bidden Tech: The conspiracy behind the furby ban - https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2024/05/fur-bidden-tech-the-conspiracy-behind-the-furby-ban/

    Mental FLoss: 6 Wild Furby Myths that People actually Believed in the 90’s - https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/furby-myths-people-believed

    CBS Evening News: Talking Toy of Spy? (from 1999) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/

    Ripley’s Believe it or Not: was your Furby Spying on you - https://www.ripleys.com/stories/was-your-furby-spying-on-you

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    53 分
  • The Bloody Benders
    2026/03/06

    Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 35, and we’ll be hopping in the time machine back to the American West, where we’ll be discussing a brutal string of murders committed by the notorious Bender family.

    Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Moon Brews podcast!

    **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

    Murder, descriptions of bodies/injuries, descriptions of gore, discussions of the harshness of the American West.

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    References:

    Wikipedia: Bloody Benders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders

    National Archives: The Homestead Act - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act

    Smithsonian Magazine: The Kansas Homestead Where America’s First Serial Killer Family Committed Its Crimes Is Up for Sale - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/

    Crime Reads: The Bloody Benders: America's First Family Of Serial Killers - https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/

    Mental Floss: The Bloody Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family - https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killers

    Library of Congress: Image 2 of The Weekly Kansas chief (Troy, Kan.), May 22, 1873 - https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015484/1873-05-22/ed-1/?sp=2

    Kansas Historical Society: Bender Knife - https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106

    CPI Inflation Calculator - https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1873?amount=2000

    Kansas Alumni: What lies beneath: KU students, faculty search ‘Bloody Benders’ property - https://kansasalumnimagazine.org/magazine-article/bloody-benders-property/

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    51 分
  • Moon Eyed People
    2026/02/27

    Welcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on Moon Eyed People, based on our episode about Appalachian Folklore. Featuring out super special guest, Ali!

    Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Macabre Mondays podcast!

    **TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

    Discussion of the displacement of indigenous peoples

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    References:

    Wikipedia: Moon-eyed people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon-eyed_people

    Wikipedia: Madoc - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc

    Atlas Obscura: Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia? - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/moon-eyed-people-appalachia

    https://youtu.be/F84m4fKe6Yo?si=GwrApUNVP7Ycu1LJ

    https://youtu.be/KMive_Q1zMU?si=eLOY3r3YTMgbOm-_

    Cherokee Phoenix: “In White county, state of Tennessee, near the town of Sparta, there have been discovered three bury” - https://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/CherokeePhoenix/Vol1/no25/in-white-county-state-of-tennessee-near-the-town-of-sparta-there-have-been-discovered-three-bury-page-2-column-4b.html

    Georgia Department of National Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites: Fort Mountain - https://gastateparks.org/FortMountain

    Historic UK: The discovery of America… by a Welsh Prince? - https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/The-discovery-of-America-by-Welsh-Prince/

    National Archives, Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, 22 January 1804 - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0285

    Native American Legends: Yunwi Tsunsdi' - http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/yunwi-tsunsdi.htm#google_vignette

    Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCountry/comments/1mf61x2/cherokee_moon_eyed_people/

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    50 分