S4 Ep22: It's the Infrastructure, Stupid! The great Johnstown Flood of 1889
In May of 1889 the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania were blindsided by a storm that was made deadly by those who chose profit over people. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both...
33m Oct 10, 2024
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S4 Ep21: Here Come The Brown Shirts?
After hearing one expert after another compare Trump to Hitler, I finally decided to dig in and see if the comparison really is apt. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughi...
47m Oct 03, 2024
47m
S4 Ep20: A Tragic Twist of Fate: The Lane Bryant Murders
On February 2nd, 2008, six strangers endured a terrifying ordeal at a Lane Bryant in Tinley Park, Chicago. The only one who survived was the only one who was actually supposed to be there that morning. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into...
35m Sep 26, 2024
35m
S4 Ep19: Gone without a Trace: The Disappearance of Bryan Vladek Hasel
In November of 2021, 22-year-old Bryan Vladek Hasel went missing while his family was out of town. Despite multiple searches and dogged efforts to get any information, his family has no idea where he went or what might have happened to him. This is a story you likely haven't heard before. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (...
40m Sep 19, 2024
40m
S4 Ep18: Chicks and Ducks and Geese Better Scurry! Here Comes The Jersey Devil!
Legend has it a winged creature that stalks the Pine Barrens and beyond in the Tri-State area. Where it comes from, no one is quite sure, but there's one thing that is for certain: The Jersey Devil is one more reason not to visit New Jersey. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three G...
34m Sep 12, 2024
34m
S4 Ep17: Billionaire Tragedy: The Unsolved Murders of Barry and Honey Sherman
In December of 2017, one of Canada's wealthiest and most respected couples was murdered in their own home. In a plot that could rival HBO's Succession, complete with an estate worth billions, a list of enemies, and a family as complicated as the Roys, somehow, their murders remain unsolved. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab...
39m Sep 05, 2024
39m
S4 Ep16: I Seem to have Forgotten My…Self: The Perplexing Mystery of Fritz Johnson and/or Larry Bader
One afternoon in May of 1957 a mysterious stranger arrived in Omaha, Nebraska and caused quite the stir. Everything was going pretty well for Fritz Johnson until suspicion suddenly arose that he wasn't who he claimed to be. The problem was, he had no idea who the man they said he was...was. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab...
34m Aug 29, 2024
34m
S4 Ep15: Hijacked Cryptid! The Legend of Ogopogo
In the depths of Canada's Okanagan Lake, there is said to live an ancient beast who was a benevolent protector for the people of the area. Somehow that beast's attitude changed over the years, and what used to be gifts of thanks became desperate bribes for protection from its wrath. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https:...
38m Aug 22, 2024
38m
S4 Ep14: Mother Nature vs. The Hubris of Man: The Great Galveston Storm of 1900
On September 8th, 1900, a deadly hurricane blew in on the unsuspecting folks of Galveston, TX. Some estimates put the death toll around 8000 souls. Could the pettiness of one man have led to needless suffering and violent death? "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertai...
39m Aug 15, 2024
39m
S4 Ep13: A Hunka Hunka…Melting Wax? Is Elvis Still Alive?
On August 16th, 1977, the world got the devastating news that the King of Rock n' Roll, Elvis Presley, was dead. Long live the King! No seriously. His life continues to be long at the ripe old age of 82, in a comfortable, modest house in Simi Valley, California. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/gra...
42m Aug 08, 2024
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S4 Ep12: Voodoo and Torture and Witchcraft, Oh My! The legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall
Two centuries ago (or maybe three), a woman married a man (or maybe she didn't), cheated on him (or maybe she didn't), and he beat her (or maybe he didn't), so she killed him (or maybe she didn't), and thus the story of Annie Palmer, The White Witch of Rose Hall goes (or maybe it doesn't?) "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab ...
35m Aug 01, 2024
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S4 Ep11: Justice Delayed. Justice Denied: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story Part 2
Dr. Sam Sheppard and his family fought for decades to clear his name in the death of his wife, Marilyn. But the long arm of law, right or wrong, is hard to run from. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowabl...
32m Jul 25, 2024
32m
S4 Ep10: Trials and Tribulations: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story pt. 1
Dr. Sam Sheppard awoke to find his pregnant wife murdered in her bed and would soon learn it was just the beginning of a waking nightmare. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both ...
35m Jul 18, 2024
35m
S4 Ep9: In Nicolas Cage we DON'T Trust! The President's Book of Secrets
Is it possible, dear Strangers, that Nicolas Cage led us all astray? Is there really a top-secret book, held in a top-secret location, containing all the secrets the men in charge don't want us to know? Probably not. OR IS THAT JUST WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE?? "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/g...
40m Jul 11, 2024
40m
What Lurks Beneath: The Loch Ness Monster & Other Creatures of the Deep
Hey Stranger, we're dark this week. So, I'm bringing you a classic episode from all the way back in season one. Stories of encounters with the Loch Ness Monster date back centuries, but is she real? And in the world’s deepest lake, scientists encounter 10-foot tall humanoid creatures. Who--or what--are they? This week we explore the mysteries of the deep. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www...
31m Jul 04, 2024
31m
S4 Ep8: Gone Amidst the Chaos: The Disappearance of Sneha Philip
During the chaos in the aftermath of the attacks on NYC on September 11th, 2001 people desperately tried to locate loved ones who'd been near the World Trade Center that morning. For the family of Sneha Philip, solving the mystery of her disappearance proved especially challenging. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https:/...
39m Jun 27, 2024
39m
S4 Ep7: Beware the Lesbians!! The Attack of the Lavender Menace
In the 1960s an evil was lurking inside the ranks of the burgeoning 2nd wave feminist movement. So insidious was its presence that no one seemed to notice it was there. Until they did. And by then, it was too late! The Lavender Menace and their sinister Lesbian Plot! "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.co...
41m Jun 20, 2024
41m
S4 Ep6: Ghosts of Gettysburg
Could it be that the brave souls who lost their lives for their country still wander the grounds where they met their end? Do the ghosts of the Civil War really still haunt Gettysburg? And what about the ghosts who didn't die in battle? What's keeping them around? "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/g...
34m Jun 13, 2024
34m
S4 Ep5: A Mighty Wind: An Improbable Incident on the Mackinac Bridge
On a clear day in September 1987, Leslie Ann Pluhar headed across the Mackinac Bridge and toward a promising future. She never made it to the other side. The clues left behind only raised more questions. To this day, officials won’t admit what seems to most to be the answer: that, no, Leslie wasn’t driving erratically, but rather that maybe it’d be wise to warn motorists that crossing five mile...
37m Jun 06, 2024
37m
From Crimes Of The Centuries: The Defeo Murders, Behind the Amityville Horror
Welcome to a Strange And Unexplained and Crimes Of The Centuries cross-over. Strange And Unexplained is off this week, so please enjoy this Crimes Of The Centuries episode. The word "Amityville" has practically become synonymous in popular culture with the eerie and supernatural.  But behind the books and movies is a true story of the Defeo murders, and in this episode, Amber Hunt is joined by ...
35m May 30, 2024
35m
S4 Ep4: Staircases of Doom!
Strangers, I've warned you time and time again, don't go outside. It's dangerous out there! But, if you absolutely MUST remember these three things: Always bring water. Never Talk to Strangers. And, for Pete's sake, DON'T GO UP THE STAIRCASES IN THE WOODS! "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagco...
32m May 23, 2024
32m
S4 Ep3: HH Holmes' Murder Hotel?
Welcome to the country's most infamous hotel. We all know the story. You can check out, but you can never leave." But, is the legend of HH Holmes really all it's cracked up to be? "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and...
39m May 16, 2024
39m
S4 Ep2: The Haunting Tale of the Mary Celeste
For the first time ever we invite an expert on for a spirited discussion about one of maritime's favorite ghost stories. "Strange and Unexplained (https://www.strangeandunexplainedpod.com/) " is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab (https://www.patreon.com/grabbagcollab) & Three Goose Entertainment and is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable that will leave you both laughing and sleep...
33m May 09, 2024
33m
S4 Ep1: Henrietta Lacks: The Cells Heard Round the World
In the 1940s, Henrietta Lacks, a mother, wife, and pillar of her community, battled extremely aggressive cancer under extremely racist circumstances. In lieu of monetary payment, her doctors took pieces of her body for research. Henrietta went on to change the world and make some people quite rich. The only thing is, she was dead, and no one bothered to tell her family. "Strange and Unexplaine...
41m May 02, 2024
41m
S3: From Grab Bag Collab: The Catalyst
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 Catalyst’ will unravel the complex narratives behin...
32m Apr 25, 2024
32m
S3 Ep46: Time Keeps on Slipping into the Future
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 time seems to jump hours, days or years ahead, ...
37m Apr 04, 2024
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S3 Ep45: Suzy’s Simple Solutions: The Angel Makers of Narygev
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 bearing many secrets. Over the next decade est...
37m Mar 28, 2024
37m
S3 Ep44: Hello From the Other Side: Wind Phones & After Death Communications
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, operators are standing by. This Week's Sponsor...
35m Mar 21, 2024
35m
S3 Ep43: Ley Lines: Connecting the Dots from Fables to Fakes
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 the Ley Lines theory all be a bunch of New Age h...
40m Mar 07, 2024
40m
S3 Ep42: Boot Scootin’ Cryptid Yee-Haw at Skinwalker Ranch
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 mysterious crop circles and dozens of mutilated animals...
38m Feb 29, 2024
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S3 Ep41: Not Another Statistic: Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind
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, where was Savanna? This Week's Sponsors: La...
34m Feb 22, 2024
34m
S3 Ep40: Not So Fast, Spontaneous Human Combustion!
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 really, truly spontaneous? This Week's Sponsor...
37m Feb 15, 2024
37m
S3 Ep39: The Incident at Falcon Lake
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 would become Canada’s best documented UFO case. ...
37m Feb 08, 2024
37m
S3 Ep38: Slenderman: From Memes to Murder
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. The girls believed that a being called Slenderm...
38m Feb 01, 2024
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S3 Ep37: Impossible Crimes: Locked Room Mysteries
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 guesses? How about this one: a woman boards a complet...
33m Jan 25, 2024
33m
S3 Ep36: Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House In England
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 generations until our old pal Harry Price came to ...
35m Jan 18, 2024
35m
S3 Ep35: Don’t Buy Any Green Bananas: The Long Con of Richard Walter
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, despite the fact that he had no real training or expe...
36m Jan 11, 2024
36m
S3 Ep34: Alien Territory: The Human Body
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, its no wonder that some people believe in gods a...
35m Jan 04, 2024
35m
S3 Ep33: Here’s to The Ladies Who Time Travel
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 have interacted with Marie Antoinette herself. C...
39m Dec 21, 2023
39m
S3 Ep32: Hide Your Goats: Chupacabras On The Loose!
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 feet, and dinosaur spikes. Could this monster ...
36m Dec 14, 2023
36m
S3 Ep31: It’s Gef’s World, we’re just living in it!
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 antics took the Irving family on a wild, tempes...
40m Dec 07, 2023
40m
S3 Ep30: Dirty Deeds in the Dudgeon Swamp
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 Dudgeon Swamp into a place feared by locals to this ...
38m Nov 23, 2023
38m
S3 Ep29: The Prime Minister and Poseidon
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 Week's Sponsors: Uncommon Goods- To get 15% ...
36m Nov 16, 2023
36m
S3 Ep28: Tulpas: Smarter Than Your Average Imaginary Friend
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 stop them from wreaking havoc. But hey, the pot...
35m Nov 09, 2023
35m
S3 Ep27: Up In Smoke: The Missing Sodder Children Mystery
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 made it out alive. But where could they have gon...
41m Nov 02, 2023
41m
S3 Ep26: Deadly Dalliance Down Under: The Bogle-Chandler Mystery
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, possibly invisible force, had killed them? This...
37m Oct 26, 2023
37m
S3 Ep25: In the Seance Lab with Harry Price, Psychical Researcher
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 claimed they could reach over to the other side...
40m Oct 19, 2023
40m
S3 Ep24: The Salem Witch Trials
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 offering my listeners 30% off during your first ...
31m Oct 12, 2023
31m
S3 Ep23: Who Killed Anna Mae Aquash?
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. Sponsors: Magic Spoon- Remember, get your n...
41m Oct 05, 2023
41m
S3 Ep22: True He’s Gone: The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan
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 disappearance with an album he wrote, titled, ...
39m Sep 28, 2023
39m