In 1908, something tore through the skies over Siberia and exploded with the force of a thousand Hiroshima bombs. Trees were flattened across 800 square miles, yet no impact crater was ever found. What caused the Tunguska Event? A meteor? A comet? Something stranger?

Jonathan Todd Schwartz was a successful business manager for A-list celebrities and seemingly had it all. However, his life took a dark turn when he stole nearly $5 million from Alanis Morrissette and other clients. Driven by addiction, Schwartz's story is now one of rehabilitation and redemption.

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https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/p/chicago-phantom-sightings-2011-2017.html

https://ufoclearinghouse.wordpress.com/the-latest-ufo-sightings/

From underwater anomalies to the notorious Hum heard around the world, these eight strange sounds are difficult to explain. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtEfHnbMWIg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3k1Qwx9Y0Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuRBM0i8mbI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3JDTWW2fU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4BhgfjA2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPae-2nnsoY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmaxQgAaKns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Xn6gQmmcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArPkrS4LYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfa8NscHFnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4sDyTaVwWY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zhCjBYY_M

On Easter Sunday, 1937, Veronica Gedeon, her mother, and a boarder were found killed in their New York City apartment. Veronica was a beautiful model, and the press provoked public reaction by publishing her portfolio of sensual photographs. The case had a lasting impact by influencing laws for the criminally insane.

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A dairy farmer is found dead in a small Vermont town, but was it murder...or an elaborate suicide plot to frame his enemies? The mystery surrounding Orville Gibson's death was a world-wide sensation news story at the time, and remains unsolved to this day, with two prevailing theories. Was he lynched by vengeful neighbors, or did he stage his own death to take down the town that scorned him?

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LINKS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPfA8cqkvo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-twist-in-vermont-farmers-mysterious-1957-death/

https://www.truecrimene.com/episodes/episode-62-the-suspicious-death-of-orville-gibson

https://newengland.com/yankee/magazine/the-haunting-case-of-orville-gibson/

https://transom.org/2014/murder-memory-in-a-new-england-village-the-story-of-orville-gibson/

https://vtdigger.org/2014/11/16/former-judge-explores-newburys-mystery-orville-gibson/

Pilots are among the most trusted observers in the world, but what happens when they report objects defying the laws of physics? This episode explores some of the most credible, chilling UFO encounters ever recorded by those who might share the skies with the unknown. 

With special guest Keri Pina!

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LINKS!

https://www.safeaerospace.org/

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ryan-HOC-Testimony.pdf

https://www.ndtv.com/feature/ufos-dancing-boeing-pilot-captures-breathtaking-footage-of-mysterious-objects-in-sky-6334450

https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/famous-boeing-747-captain-has-seen-ufos

https://www.whsv.com/2023/06/28/pilot-reports-close-encounter-with-ufo-during-2022-flight/

On Christmas Eve 1945, a devastating house fire in West Virginia destroyed the Sodder family home. Five of the children were unable to escape as the house burned to the ground, but what happened next became one of the most strange unsolved mysteries. Some of the evidence suggests that the children survived, and the fire was an attack on the Sodder family. In this re-release of an older A Study of Strange episode, we dig into the suspicious clues and facts of the case. Some of which have rarely been published.

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In 2015, an anonymous 4chan user claimed to be a serial killer, and posted a series of gruesome images as proof. Was it a hoax? Can we finally get closer to solving this mystery?