What's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you?
Strange is an indie podcast from journalist Christopher Wynn — real stories from real people about the moments that stay with you. Often creepy, sometimes funny, always thought-provoking.
Have a story? christopher@strangepod.com
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Strange
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society & culture · society & culture · true crime
A Ouija board. A cassette tape. A machine called a telephone to the dead. Christopher Wynn and screenwriter Richard Hatem (The Mothman Prophecies) chase the question no one can answer: What happens when we die?
13 Aug 2023
S2 Ep6: A Nightmare in New Mexico
In this bonus episode of Strange, a true story of coincidences involving Sting, a mystery and a murder.
12 Dec 2022
S2 Ep5: Old Foamy Road
The Goat-Man, “Satanic panic" and a real life double murder. Welcome to Old Foamy Road in Johnson County. Host Christopher Wynn goes for a drive.
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Strange was created by Christopher Wynn (https://twitter.com/christopherwynn) and Jason Reimer (https://twitter.com/jasonmreimer)
The show is edited and co-produced by Jeff Whittington (https://www.instagram.com/whittington_jeff/?hl=en)
Jason Reimer writes our music. Additional music courtesy of Talented Friends (https://talentedfriends.com/).
Artwork and logos by Rob Wilson (https://www.instagram.com/robwilsonwork/?hl=en)
Special thanks to Edward Medeles (https://twitter.com/edmedeles)
Additional audio:
– Coverage of the “goat man” and the Lake Worth Goatman courtesy of WFAA Daybreak and the SMU Jones Film Collection (https://www.smu.edu/libraries/hamon/jones/).
– Coverage of the “Satanic panic” courtesy of the KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection provided to The Portal to Texas History by the UNT Libraries Special Collections (https://library.unt.edu/special-collections/).
– Coverage of the David Wayne Ingram murder trial courtesy of the KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection provided to UNT Digital Library by the UNT Libraries Special Collections (https://library.unt.edu/special-collections/).
Strange is independent. Support the show and get a T-shirt, coffee mug or ballcap at patreon.com/strangepod (https://www.patreon.com/strangepod).
Got a strange story? Email christopher@strangepod.com. He responds to all messages. He also loves voice memos.
Follow Strange on Twitter (https://twitter.com/strangepodcast), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/strangepodcast/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/strangepodcast).
More about the show at strangepod.com (http://www.strangepod.com/).
28 Nov 2022
S2 Ep4: Fear of the Unknown
When Jason Cohen (https://www.instagram.com/curiositiesdallas/?hl=en) opened Forbidden Books and Video in Dallas, he knew he would meet some strange characters, but nothing prepared him for who actually showed up. Check out Jason’s current shop Curiosities (https://www.getcuriosities.com/).
Laurie Hertzel (https://twitter.com/StribBooks), senior editor and books editor for the Star Tribune (https://www.startribune.com/variety/books/) in Minneapolis, spent a summer living in the historic former home (https://www.thurberhouse.org/) of author, humorist, and New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber (https://www.thurberhouse.org/james-thurber) in Columbus, Ohio. The ghost made its presence known just three days after her arrival.
Performance anthropologist Thomas Riccio (https://www.thomasriccio.com/) accepted a strange invitation to visit Siberia and meet a powerful shaman. Or, was he? Check out Riccio’s Dead White Zombies (https://www.deadwhitezombies.com/).
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Strange was created by Christopher Wynn (https://twitter.com/christopherwynn) and Jason Reimer (https://twitter.com/jasonmreimer)
The show is edited and co-produced by Jeff Whittington (https://www.instagram.com/whittington_jeff/?hl=en)
Jason Reimer writes our music.
Additional audio by Spoke Media (https://spokemedia.io/)
Artwork and logos by Rob Wilson (https://www.instagram.com/robwilsonwork/?hl=en)
Special thanks to Edward Medeles (https://twitter.com/edmedeles)
Strange is independent. Support the show and get a T-shirt, coffee mug or ballcap at patreon.com/strangepod (https://www.patreon.com/strangepod).
Got a strange story? Email christopher@strangepod.com. He responds to all messages. He also loves voice memos.
Follow Strange on Twitter (https://twitter.com/strangepodcast), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/strangepodcast/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/strangepodcast).
More about the show at strangepod.com (http://www.strangepod.com/).
14 Nov 2022
S2 Ep3: Love Hurts
Relationships are complicated. Sarah Hepola, Davy Rothbart and Robb Armstrong explain why.
“Falling in love is wonderful,” says host Christopher Wynn (https://twitter.com/christopherwynn). “And awful.”
Sarah Hepola (https://sarahhepola.com/)recounts an unlikely romance that is set into motion in New Orleans’ French Quarter at gunpoint. She is the author of the New York Timesbestseller Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget (https://sarahhepola.com/title/blackout/), and she created and hosted the Texas Monthly podcast "America's Girls (https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcasts/series/americas-girls/)" about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
Davy Rothbart (https://mobile.twitter.com/davyrothbart) faces off with an intruder in the middle of the night. Relationships are complicated. Davy is the editor/publisher of Found (https://foundmagazine.com/) magazine, a contributor to This American Life and an Emmy award-winning filmmaker. Check out Davy’s documentary 17 Blocks (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10011226/).
Robb Armstrong (https://www.robbarmstrong.com/) finds his life — and marriage — begin to unravel the day a strange visitor shows up on the lawn. Robb is the creator of the syndicated cartoon “JumpStart” and he is a mentor for The Armstrong Project (https://www.peanuts.com/the-armstrong-project) from Peanuts Worldwide, which helps develop Black artists. “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz (https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/who-are-you-charlie-brown/umc.cmc.7a7wj0y9l9p9z8dwz287j4wx3)named the Black “Peanuts” character “Franklin Armstrong” after Robb.
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Strange was created by Christopher Wynn (https://twitter.com/christopherwynn) and Jason Reimer (https://twitter.com/jasonmreimer)
The show is edited and co-produced by Jeff Whittington (https://www.instagram.com/whittington_jeff/?hl=en)
Jason Reimer writes our music. Additional music courtesy of Talented Friends (https://talentedfriends.com/). Heard in this episode:
Christopher Wynn – “Require”
Mauritzio Merli – “Cities on Fire”
Majestic Fitzel – “Majestic Theme”
Zemog Otrebor (https://open.spotify.com/artist/1943pqgWVL6IlHMJCVteap) – “Light Blonde”
Additional audio by Spoke Media (https://spokemedia.io/)
Artwork and logos by Rob Wilson (https://www.instagram.com/robwilsonwork/?hl=en)
Special thanks to Edward Medeles (https://twitter.com/edmedeles)
Strange is independent. Support the show and get a T-shirt, coffee mug or ballcap at patreon.com/strangepod (https://www.patreon.com/strangepod).
Got a strange story? Email christopher@strangepod.com. He responds to all messages. He also loves voice memos.
Follow Strange on Twitter (https://twitter.com/strangepodcast), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/strangepodcast/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/strangepodcast).
More about the show at strangepod.com (http://www.strangepod.com/).
31 Oct 2022
S2 Ep2: Hearing Things
Hollywood actor Stephen Tobolowsky's strange "tones." Singer-songwriter Sudie's melodic nightmare.
17 Oct 2022
S2 Ep1: The Mysterious Sound of Nighttime
“I don’t know how else to say this, but I was kind of a weird kid …” Indeed.
Host Christopher Wynn digs into his “shoebox of cassette tapes” for this special mini-episode to try and explain his fixation with sound, his love of all things strange and why he grew up to become a professional storyteller and make this podcast.
Also, there’s a séance. And some “thirst for blood.” But it will all make sense.
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Strange was created by Christopher Wynn (https://twitter.com/christopherwynn) and Jason Reimer (https://twitter.com/jasonmreimer)
The show is edited and co-produced by Jeff Whittington (https://www.instagram.com/whittington_jeff/?hl=en)
Jason Reimer writes our music. Additional music courtesy of Talented Friends (https://talentedfriends.com/). Heard in this episode: Myopic (https://www.facebook.com/Myopic72/)’s “II Master” and “Home.”
The old-time radio shows mentioned in this episode are The Shadow, Suspense and Inner Sanctum Mystery. You can stream compilations on Audible.com (https://www.audible.com/).
Logo by Rob Wilson (https://www.instagram.com/robwilsonwork/?hl=en)
Strange is independent. Support the show at patreon.com/strangepod (https://www.patreon.com/strangepod).
Got a strange story? Email christopher@strangepod.com. He responds to all messages. He also loves voice memos.
Follow Strange on Twitter (https://twitter.com/strangepodcast), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/strangepodcast/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/strangepodcast).
More about the show at strangepod.com (http://www.strangepod.com/).
23 Sept 2016
S1 Ep3: Atlas Obscura shares strange stories from around the world
In a 'Strange' collaboration with Atlas Obscura, the online magazine about the world's hidden wonders, Atlas’ David Plotz, Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton share weird, true tales from across the globe.
You’ll hear about the Japanese monks who mummified themselves while still alive; and the deep, booby-trapped pit on Nova Scotia’s Oak Island that may hold secret treasure. You’ll learn how the crew behind the hit ‘70s TV show 'The Six Million Dollar Man' discovered a corpse in Long Beach, California, with a bizarre past; and about an ‘island of the dead’ south of Venice where an allegedly haunted mental hospital still stands. We’ll tell you how you can sleep in the Massachusetts house where Lizzie Borden may have swung her hatchet or get up close to the real 'Amityville Horror' in New York.
And, yes, you’ll even hear about the psychoanalyst in Maine who believed orgasmic energy could control the weather.
Learn more about 'Strange' at strangepod.com (http://strangepod.com). Find more weird stories from around the world at atlasobscura.com (http://atlasobscura.com), including information on Atlas' debut book.
9 Sept 2016
S1 Ep2: A Dallas murder solved, stalker in the woods of Austin, dark forces in Whitley Strieber's NYC apartment, the Cliburn curse, the Seattle shooter
Mom-turned-private-investigator Sheila Wysocki helps solve her friend’s murder after a shocking twist. Former Hollywood digital-effects artist Russell Koonce is stalked by a maniac on a lonely Austin road. Whitley Strieber, the best-selling author of 'The Hunger' and 'Communion,' faces unexplained forces in his Manhattan apartment. Music critic Scott Cantrell reveals the bizarre curse afflicting one of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions. And Eli Sanders, the Pulitzer-winning writer and associate editor of 'The Stranger' newspaper, comes full-circle with the shooter who terrorized Eli’s Seattle high school.
22 Apr 2016
S1 Ep1: The Boston Strangler, Manson's 'creepy-crawling,' the night fisherman, 'Welcome to Night Vale's' Jeffrey Cranor
In this debut episode, four Texans tell their true stories about an encounter with the strange. Author Virginia Savage McAlester reveals for the first time her chilling brush with the Boston Strangler. Investigative journalist Jeff Guinn takes us “creepy-crawling” with Charles Manson’s deranged Family. Novelist Merritt Tierce meets a very personal threat on her own front porch. And Jeffrey Cranor, co-creator of the hit podcast and novel, 'Welcome to Night Vale,' reminds us why we fear the woods at night.
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