In today’s episode, it is officially a spooky season and we present to you our first story from our Halloween Hall of Strange! Robert Johnson is an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. One of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Robert is considered to be one of the greatest blues performers of all time. There is also a fascination surrounding his talent and death.

Have you ever heard a strange bump in the night? Have you ever seen shadow figures moving about? Have you ever stumbled upon something unexplainable? We want to know about it and with your permission share it with our listeners.  Please send those story submissions to our email at [email protected] or DM us on any one of our social media platforms. 

Watch:

Supernatural Crossroad Blues Episode  (Nov 16, 2006)

Sources:

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson

https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-johnson

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/devils-music-myth-robert-johnson/

In today’s episode, we discuss the concept of Reincarnation. Reincarnation is also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.

We also discuss three different cases of kids who claim to remember their past lives. 

Sources:

 https://www.mamamia.com.au/pollock-twins/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/pollock-twins/

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-james-leininger-now-how-did-james-huston-die/

https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/

 In today’s episode, we discuss the Keddie Murders. The Keddie murders is an unsolved 1981 quadruple homicide occurring in Keddie, California. 

Be sure to follow us on Instagram @itsastrangeworldpodcast, Twitter @PodStrangeWorld, and on Facebook and TikTok @ It’s A Strange World After All! Also, turn on those notifications for our Instagram posts so that you can keep up with our #MythMondays and #StrangeSaturdays posts.

Sources:

 https://allthatsinteresting.com/keddie-murders

https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/investigators-elude-to-a-break-in-the-keddie-cabin-murders-c7052435d889

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keddie_murders

 In today’s episode, we discuss Dean Corll also known as “The Candy Man.” Dean was an American serial killer who with the help of two teenage accomplices, kidnaped, raped, tortured, and murdered several young men in Houston and Pasadena Texas in the early 1970s.

Watch:

The Clown and the Candyman (TV Mini Series 2021) IMDB

Sources:

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Corll

https://allthatsinteresting.com/dean-corll-candy-man-killer

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/corll-dean.htm

 In today’s episode, we discuss the Big Lurch case. Big Lurch is a former rapper convicted of murdering his roommate and eating parts of her body in 2002. 

Sources:

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lurch

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/rapper-killed-girlfriend-chewed-up-11566075

https://hip-hop-music.fandom.com/wiki/Big_Lurch

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/305328#what_happens_when_someone_takes_pcp

 In today’s episode, we discuss the Ruthie Mae McCoy case. Due to her mental illness, Ruthie Mae was often plagued by fear and paranoia.  However, when she calls 911 to report that someone may have unconventionally broken into her apartment, could this be a mere hallucination or something more menacing?

Watch:
Candyman (1992)

Candyman (2021)

Sources:
 https://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/Content?oid=871084

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABLA_Homes

https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/room-behind-bathroom-mirror-led-to-ruthie-mae-mccoys-murder/

https://the-line-up.com/ruthie-mae-mccoy

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/

 In today’s episode, we discuss the death of Mary Reeser. A woman suspected of dying in her home from spontaneous combustion in the 1950s. 

Sources: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2019/10/17/spontaneous-combustion-in-st-petersburg-the-curious-case-of-mary-reeser/

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2020/10/20/the-curious-case-of-mary-hardy-reeser

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Reeser

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/spontaneous-human-combustion-woman-who-suffered-burns-in-germany-spurs-debate-about-controversial-phenomenon-a6722166.html

In today’s episode, we have an alien abduction Two-For-One special. That’s two alien abduction stories packed into one episode. We will kick it off with two Mississippians who were allegedly abducted by aliens in the early 1970s.  Then we head overseas for a Brazilian abduction story taking place in the late 1950s. This young farmer’s claims were among the first alien abduction stories to receive nationwide attention. 

Read:

PASCAGOULA-THE CLOSEST ENCOUNTER: MY STORY

Sources:

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/magnolia/2018/08/13/alien-abduction-45-years-after-ufo-encounter-mississippi-man-breaks-his-silence/922706002/

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antônio_Villas_Boas

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/11/27/247220595/probing-extraterrestrial-abduction

In today’s episode, we discuss the Anneliese Michel case. Anna Elisabeth Michel was a German woman who underwent several Catholic exorcisms the year before her passing. This case was the inspiration for the 2005 film, The Exorcism of Emily Rose. 

Listen:

Rare, Unedited Recordings of the 67 Exorcisms of Anneliese Michel, the Real Emily Rose

Sources: 

https://www.historicmysteries.com/anneliese-michel-exorcism/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/anneliese-michel-exorcism

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel

In today’s episode, we discuss Marcus Wesson. The man who had incestuous relationships committed numerous acts of sexual assault and orchestrated a mass killing of his children in 2004. 

Sources:
https://delanirbartlette.medium.com/marcus-wesson-the-vampire-king-of-fresno-630b122e59e5

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wesson

https://allthatsinteresting.com/marcus-wesson

https://www.grunge.com/248271/the-truth-about-the-marcus-wesson-vampire-cult/

https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/wesson-marcus.htm