Dear David: A Twitter Horror Story

That's right! You've read the title correctly! ALIENS. Apparently, we're doing that now. Ughhhhhhhh. Just listen to this episode so I'll never have to talk about aliens again. Please. Follow us over on Instagram at @certainlystrange (yes, I finally managed to get my hands on that URL. Imagine some confetti. There, a party.)

In the ocean many things are hidden. Ever since the beginning of times people have feared the sea. And rightfully so. Even today, we know frighteningly little about what lurks beneath. It is no wonder, then, that maps of the world have the images of terrifying sea monsters drawn into them. For what sort of creatures could live in those greats depts and salt waters, beyond storms, if not monsters? Follow us over on Instagram at @certainlystrangethepodcast

It is 8 am at Zeedijk in Amsterdam. Every day I pass through this area on my way to work, preferring it over the tourist packed road to Dam Square. Yet never had I given thought to one of the small alleys that lead off of Zeedijk. ‘Spook steeg’, or ‘Ghost Alley’, is its name. For years this alley was under lock and key, after having issues with drug dealers and junkies – and, if one is to believe the stories... a ghost. Follow us over on Instagram at @certainlystrangethepodcast

Nearly everyone who has ever dared to lay a finger on a Ouija board has a story. Of strange knocking, shaking tables, the Ouija board making strange moves, of strange voices in the darkness - Not all of these can be explained with science. So, let me tell you some of these strangest of stories; of demons, of ghosts, of possessions, and even… of murder. Happy Halloween. Follow us over on Instagram at @certainlystrangethepodcast

When you walk across a graveyard, on a gloomy day in October – there is one truth that will resonate through the cold and the rain and the grey clouds that float overhead; the dead are silent. But, what if there was a tool to make the dead speak? Why wouldn’t we speak to those who have died? Especially when you are trying to solve their murder… Happy Halloween! Follow us over on Instagram at @certainlystrangethepodcast

There sat a house upon the hill – in its days of splendour it was a mansion where great balls where held and where the local gentry spent their days playing tennis and golf. For all those who looked upon it, it inspired dreams of the better life. But that was a long time ago. Now, the house that sat upon that hill could only inspire nightmares... CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes mentions of SA, child abuse, and suicide. If you yourself are struggling with suicidal thoughts, know that help is available: UK: www.spuk.org.uk US: 988lifeline.org Australia: www.lifeline.org.au Netherlands: www.113.nl

Thousands of people go missing in the wilderness in the United States, some to be never found again – and others to be found, dead or alive, in a state that offers more questions than answers... Follow us over on Instagram at @certainlystrangethepodcast

A knock came at the door. Amadeus Mozart received an anonymous request for a requiem (a death mass). Not long after - he was dead. This has made people speculate, was the requiem requested by his killer? After all, hadn't Mozart said he thought he was being poisoned? But if that is true... who killed Mozart? Follow us over on Instagram at @certainlystrangethepodcast

“So, my apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me.” This was tweeted on Augustus 7th, 2017, by animator Adam Ellis. His comics are often light-hearted, but this was something completely different. For months, Adam would record his experiences being haunted on Twitter, becoming the very first Twitter horror story.

Joseph Schons was having the worst day of his life. He was sitting in the snow with his Volkswagen Beetle, in the middle of nowhere, and he was stuck. And worse – he suddenly started feeling a tightness in his chest that could only mean one thing; he was having a heart attack. Schons decided to hike the 8 miles back to the bar where he had first came from. On his way, Schons passed a blue 1969 Mercury Montego left abandoned in the snow, not knowing that he had just passed the car that would become a centre piece in a puzzle that is still one of the biggest mysteries in history. Follow us over at @certainlystrangethepodcast