Episode Description

In August 1955, a family near Kelly, Kentucky, just outside Hopkinsville, claimed that strange small figures had surrounded their farmhouse after a bright object crossed the night sky. What followed became one of the most famous close-encounter stories in American folklore: hours of gunfire, terrified witnesses, police officers searching the property, and a legend that would later be remembered as the Hopkinsville Goblins case. Skeptics point to meteors, owls, stress, and panic; believers point to the number of witnesses, the duration of the event, and the sheer strangeness of the details. Either way, the case remains one of the most enduring American UFO stories of the 1950s.

Keywords

Hopkinsville Goblins, Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter, Kelly Green Men, Kentucky UFO, 1955 UFO case, little green men, Project Blue Book, Christian County Kentucky, Sutton farmhouse, alien encounter, UFO folklore, American cryptids, great horned owl theory, Joe Nickell, Hopkinsville Kentucky

Sources and Further Reading

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2006/11/siege-of-little-green-men-the-1955-kelly-kentucky-incident/

https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2006/11/22164554/p12.pdf

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/331

https://www.wkms.org/arts-culture/2016-08-19/a-hopkinsville-alien-tale-has-inspired-a-yearly-festival-a-musical-and-pokemon

https://www.wbko.com/2025/08/21/70-years-later-revisiting-kelly-hopkinsville-encounter/

https://www.wbko.com/2024/08/14/hopkinsville-residents-prepare-alien-invasion-day/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/21/tales-from-the-path-of-totality-62-years-ago-today-they-say-little-green-men-invaded-this-kentucky-farm-town/

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Battle of Los Angeles — Show Notes

In February 1942, just weeks after Pearl Harbor and one day after a Japanese submarine shelled the California coast, Los Angeles erupted into panic. Air raid sirens screamed, searchlights crossed the night sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired more than a thousand rounds at something no one could clearly identify. Was it enemy aircraft, weather balloons, wartime nerves, or something stranger? This episode of StrAInge looks at the famous “Battle of Los Angeles,” the overreaction, the legend, and the possibility that something unidentified may have started it all.

Links and Sources

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-1942-battle-la-20170221-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-battle-la-20170221-gallery-photogallery.html

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-010/h-010-6.html

https://celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/february-24-1942-the-battle-of-los-angeles-2/

https://sfmuseum.org/hist9/aaf2.html

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles

https://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi07s.php

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-battle-of-los-ange/119137374/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Los_Angeles_LATimes.jpg

https://www.militarymuseum.org/BattleofLA.html

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0704legend/

https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/26/archives/army-says-alarm-real-roosevelt-calms-coast-blackout-hits-los.html

Keywords

Battle of Los Angeles, Los Angeles air raid, 1942 UFO incident, World War II Los Angeles, California air raid panic, Japanese submarine Ellwood, Fort MacArthur, anti-aircraft fire Los Angeles, UFO history, wartime panic, searchlights over Los Angeles, February 25 1942, StrAInge podcast, paranormal history, unexplained aerial phenomena, military false alarm, Los Angeles Times UFO photo, World War II home front, California World War II, unidentified flying object, UAP history

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Haunted LA Theatres Show Notes

This episode of Strainge explores the haunted theatres of Los Angeles, from the grand downtown movie palaces to Hollywood landmarks where celebrity, tragedy, architecture, and ghost stories overlap. We look at reported hauntings at the Palace Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Pantages, Avalon Hollywood, and other legendary spaces where the audience may not always leave when the curtain falls.

Sources and Links

Los Angeles Conservancy, Historic Theatre District

https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/broadway-theater-and-commercial-district/

Los Angeles Conservancy, Palace Theatre

https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/palace-theatre/

Los Angeles Conservancy, Los Angeles Theatre

https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/los-angeles-theatre/

Los Angeles Conservancy, Orpheum Theatre

https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/orpheum-theatre/

Los Angeles Theatres, Orpheum Theatre

https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/02/orpheum-theatre.html

TCL Chinese Theatre History

https://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/history/

Ghost City Tours, Haunted TCL Chinese Theatre

https://ghostcitytours.com/hollywood/haunted-hollywood/chinese-theatre-haunted/

Locations of Lore, Ghosts at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

https://locationsoflore.com/2022/01/17/ghosts-at-graumans-chinese-theatre/

Hollywood Pantages Theatre Official Site

https://www.hollywoodpantages.com/

LA Ghost Tour, Hollywood Pantages Theatre

https://laghosttour.com/hollywood-pantages-theatre/

Classical California, Haunted Halls and Theaters of California

https://www.classicalcalifornia.org/articles/the-haunted-halls-and-theaters-of-california

Fox News, World’s 10 Creepiest Haunted Theaters

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/worlds-10-creepiest-haunted-theaters

Britannica, 8 Hollywood Haunts That Are Seriously Haunted

https://www.britannica.com/list/8-hollywood-haunts-that-are-seriously-haunted

SFGate, Inside LA’s Dying Movie Palaces

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/rare-movie-palace-downtown-la-21081711.php

SFGate, The Mayan Theatre

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/mayan-theatre-downtown-los-angeles-19954908.php

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