The Owlman

In 2011, a beloved friend, father, and son passed away unexpectedly—and just a few months later, two of his closest friends began receiving emails from him that they couldn’t explain.  This episode was originally released as premium episode 55 in 2024.   Hosted and Written  by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Laurah Norton  Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC Works Cited  *Incorrectly referred to Times Leader as Times Herald in the episode. Why? NO IDEA. John (Jack) Froese Obituary Bill O’Boyle, “Family Receiving Emails. . .” The Times Leader, 2012.  N/A, “Emails from dead. . .” The BBC, 2012.  Dave Smith, “Loved Ones Get. . .” International Business Times, 2012.  Patrick Stokes, “How Can The Dead. . .” The Conversation, 2021.  Bill O’Boyle, “Emails From The. . .” The Times Leader, 2012.  Helen AS Popkin, “Emails From Dead. . .” Today, 2012. Peter Fenton, “Email From The Dead,” Getting It, 1999.  Lauren Effron, “Mysterious Emails Sent. . .” ABC, 2012.  Chiara Sottle, “Digital Services Send . . “ NBC, 2017.  Fortinet, Email Spoofing 

Listeners, we KNOW the feed has been going absolutely haywire on you, and we're so sorry! They're working on fixing it. Trust us, we want it fixed too. Hang tight.  We take a spooky trek through history to explore the legend of Moll Dyer, Maryland’s most famous witch—and the inspiration for a certain horor movie that took the late 1990s by storm.    Written Hosted, and Researched by Laurah Norton  Additional Research by Anna Luria  Engineered by Southern Gothic Media/Rachel Boyd   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC  

Strange lights captivated the people of Lubbock, Texas who happened to gaze skyward on a summer night in 1951. But what those lights actually were remains an object of contention… particularly because nobody involved, including the Air Force, seems interested in talking about it. This is a presentation of Premium Episode 60 on the main feed.   Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC   Works Cited  NA, “Flying ‘strings of beads…’” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, “3 Texas Tech Profs…” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1951. NA, “Flashes in sky filmed…” The Austin American, 1951. NA, “‘String of beads’ is…” The Odessa American, 1951. Kenneth May, “Scientist At Texas Tech…” The Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 1952. George Dolan, “This Is West…” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1957. Dave Knapp, “Area writes own chapter…” The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 1969. History.com

We're checking into the Hotel Galvez in Galveston this week to tell the tale of Audra, the lovelorn ghost bride.   Written Hosted, and Researched by Laurah Norton  Additional Research by Anna Luria  Engineered by Southern Gothic Media    Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC  

The Bell family was prominent and well-liked by their neighbors in Robertson County, Tennessee. So when an apparent spirit manifested in the Bell home, people believed them. And when that so-called witch pivoted from conjuring snacks to causing young lovers to break up, and a patriarch to pass away suddenly… people had questions.  Since September is a three-episode month, this is a rebroadcast of our classic episode, 77: The Witch.    Hosted by Laurah Norton Research by Bryan Worters and Maura Currie Written and Produced by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder    Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC  

In 2017, a creepy ghost story took over twitter, line by line, as an artist began to recount his experience with a spirit--a child--named “Dear David.”    Hosted and Written  by Laurah Norton Researched by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Engineered by Southern Gothic Media   Check out Adam Ellis’ books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Adam-Ellis/146778774   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC  

From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednesday as we explore the real people at the center of the world’s most shocking secrets and nefarious organizations. Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes is a Crime House Original powered by PAVE Studios. Follow the show now so you don’t miss a single story. Listen and follow here: https://link.podtrac.com/9iuxhol7

Louisiana is home to many things: some of the United States’ finest cooking, seemingly endless stretches of marshy land, and one particularly smelly, web-toed creature known as the Honey Island Swamp Monster. This is a full mainfeed release of Premium Episode 45: The Swamp.    Hosted and Written  by Laurah Norton Researched by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Written, Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC   Works Cited Meghan Holmes, “The Honey Island Swamp Monster.” Country Roads Magazine, 2021. Richard Boyd, “Honey Island Tale Recounted.”  The Times-Picayune, 2000. Richard Boyd, “Author Thinks Sighting. . .”  The Times-Picayune, 2000. Richard Boyd, “Close Encounters of. . .”  The Times-Picayune, 2000. Jane Triola, “Swamp Monster Is. . .” The Times-Picayune, 2006. Joni Hess, “What is the. . .” The Times-Picayune, 2022. Hal Ledet, “Swamp Creature Sighted.“ The Morning Advocate, 1981. N/A, UPI, “Man Claims Creature. . .”  The State Times Advocate, 1973. Richard Adams, “ Louisiana Man Has. . . “ The Sun, 1981. Joni Hess, “Is There Really. . .” The New Orleans Advocate, 2022. Experience New Orleans Tourist Site  Official Gulf Coast Heritage: Mississippi Cajun Encounters Tourist Site  Pearl River Tours  PBS: Primates  Harlan Ford Footage

Known as the “British Mothman,” of the most mysterious—and obscure—cryptids in our critter collection is the Owlman of Cornwall, a monster that first appeared in the tiny village in Mawnan Smith.    Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Research by Laurah Norton and Melissa Gold  Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder  Produced by Maura Currie   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC  

We’ve discussed a number of curses on the podcast before—but this episode, we dive into the murky waters of  allegedly evil  phone numbers and YouTube videos. Can receiving a call, owning a number, or watching a video really cause someone’s death?    Hosted, Written, and Researched  by Laurah Norton Engineered and Produced by Maura Currie   Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus  episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangethingFind us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/  and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607   We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email [email protected] or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025  All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast  & The Fall Line Podcast LLC