Something Strange

Welcome back Strangers! Today on episode 42, we will focus on the mythical Japanese creature, the Oni! 

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of incest, mentions of humans being eaten 

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Do you Dare? podcast!

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References:

Yokai.com: Oni - https://yokai.com/oni/#:~:text=In%20Japanese%20folklore%2C%20oni%20are%20large%2C%20scary,Crush%20and%20destroy%20humans%20solely%20for%20enjoyment

Encyclopedia Britannica: Oni - https://www.britannica.com/topic/oni

Wikipedia: Yokai - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai

Wikipedia: Oni - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni#Demon_gate

Wikipedia: Kami - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami

Wikipedia: Shuten-dōji - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuten-d%C5%8Dji

Wikipedia: Minamoto no Yorimitsu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yorimitsu

Discover Magazine: The Oni of Japanese Folklore: Are They Fierce Demons or Cute and Gentle? - https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-oni-of-japanese-folklore-are-they-fierce-demons-or-cute-and-gentle-45206

Center of Excellence: Oni in Japanese Mythology: Myths, Symbols, and Powers - https://www.centreofexcellence.com/oni-in-japanese-mythology/

“Japanese Demon Lore: Oni from Ancient Times to the Present” by Noriko T. Reider, accessed via JSTOR - https://www.jstor.org/content/oa_book_monograph/j.ctt4cgpqc

Welcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on using ancient Egyptian mummies as medicine, and the idea of “corpse medicine.” Featuring our super special guests, Frank and Sage of the Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Cannibalism, discussions of executions, old timey “medical” practices, desecration of many corpses

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen Podcast! 

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References:Smithsonian Magazine: The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/

Miriam Webster: Apoplexy - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apoplexy

Miriam Webster: Bitumen - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bitumen

Wikipedia: Usnea - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usnea

Wikipedia: Mummia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummia

Mental Floss: How an Unfortunate Misunderstanding Spawned a Medieval Mummy-Eating Fad - https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/eating-mummies-as-medicine

Science History Institute Museum and Library, Distillations Magazine: Mummies and the Usefulness of Death - https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/mummies-and-the-usefulness-of-death/

Harvard Art Museums: Mummy Brown: A Modern Pigment’s Problematic Past - https://harvardartmuseums.org/tour/770/slide/12414

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 40, and today Bri will be taking us on a deep dive into the mark of Cain! 

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Murder, mentions of drinking blood, possible incest, possible sexual assault

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References:

Wikipedia: Curse and Mark of Cain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain

The Symbolic Word: Mark of Cain - https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/content/the-mark-of-cain

Legends of History: Is Cain still Wandering the Earth? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_jUTBGP2ZY

Legends of History: The Story of Cain and Abel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dw7NEAHdkg 

Cain and Abel: Scriptures and Edited by D. L. Ashliman - https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/cain.html 

Wikipedia: Enoch (Son of Cain) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_(son_of_Cain)

Wikipedia: Cain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 39, and we’re blasting off with the story of Apollo 13!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Canadian Creepies podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of death due to fire

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References:

NASA: “Apollo 13’ - https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-13/

NASA: “The Apollo Program” - https://www.nasa.gov/the-apollo-program/#:~:text=Apollo%20was%20a%20three%2Dpart,the%20Moon%20in%20December%201968.

NASA: “The 1960s: From Dream to Reality in 10 Years” - https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-1960s-from-dream-to-reality-in-10-years/

NASA: “50 Years Ago: “Houston, We’ve Had a Problem”” - https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-houston-weve-had-a-problem/#:~:text=Within%20a%20few%20seconds%2C%20controllers%20at%20several,began%20reporting%20to%20Flight%20Director%20Eugene%20F.

NASA: 50 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Crew Returns Safely to Earth - https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-13-crew-returns-safely-to-earth/

NASA: “Mission Control Center” - https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/jsc-mission-control-center/

NASA: “Apollo 13: Mission Details” - https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-13-mission-details/

Popular Science: “What Happened to Apollos 2 and 3?” - https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/what-happened-apollos-2-and-3/

Biography.com: “James A. Lovell Jr.” - https://www.biography.com/scientists/james-a-lovell-jr

Brittanica: “Fred Haise” - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-Haise

Britannica: “Jack Swigert” - https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-L-Swigert-Jr

CNN: “Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly, who helped save the crew of Apollo 13, has died” - https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/03/us/ken-mattingly-death-apollo-astronaut-scn

Netflix Documentary: “Apollo 13 Survival”

National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute

Welcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on the Snallygaster, based on your response to our March Instagram poll!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Not My Ghost podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Racism, death/murder, child/animal death, gore

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References:

Wikipedia: Snallygaster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snallygaster

Atlas Obscura: The Unsettling History of Maryland’s Native Cryptid, The Snallygaster - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-the-snallygaster 

Legends of America: The Snallygaster - https://www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/

Appalachian History.net-: It’s the Snallygaster! - https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/11/its-snallygaster.html

Preservation Maryland: Haunted Maryland: The Monsters Lurking in Frederick County - https://preservationmaryland.org/haunted-maryland-the-monsters-lurking-in-frederick-county/

The American Snallygaster Museum - https://www.snallygastermuseum.com/

WFXR: Cryptid of the Week:Beware the Snallygaster - https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/monsters-and-mysteries-of-appalachia/cryptid-of-the-week-beware-the-elusive-snallygaster/

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 37, and today we’ll be discussing the 90’s sensation that swept the nation: Furbies!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Creepy Shit podcast!

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References:

Wikipedia: Furby - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#:~:text=This%20belief%20most%20likely%20stemmed,banned%20them%20from%20their%20offices.

FAA, NSA, v Furby - https://www.faa.gov/media/19696

Fur-bidden Tech: The conspiracy behind the furby ban - https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2024/05/fur-bidden-tech-the-conspiracy-behind-the-furby-ban/

Mental FLoss: 6 Wild Furby Myths that People actually Believed in the 90’s - https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/furby-myths-people-believed

CBS Evening News: Talking Toy of Spy? (from 1999) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/ 

Ripley’s Believe it or Not: was your Furby Spying on you - https://www.ripleys.com/stories/was-your-furby-spying-on-you

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 35, and we’ll be hopping in the time machine back to the American West, where we’ll be discussing a brutal string of murders committed by the notorious Bender family.

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Moon Brews podcast! 

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Murder, descriptions of bodies/injuries, descriptions of gore, discussions of the harshness of the American West.

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References:

Wikipedia: Bloody Benders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders

National Archives: The Homestead Act - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act

Smithsonian Magazine: The Kansas Homestead Where America’s First Serial Killer Family Committed Its Crimes Is Up for Sale - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/

Crime Reads: The Bloody Benders: America's First Family Of Serial Killers - https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/

Mental Floss: The Bloody Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family - https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killers

Library of Congress: Image 2 of The Weekly Kansas chief (Troy, Kan.), May 22, 1873 - https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015484/1873-05-22/ed-1/?sp=2

Kansas Historical Society: Bender Knife - https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106

CPI Inflation Calculator - https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1873?amount=2000

Kansas Alumni: What lies beneath: KU students, faculty search ‘Bloody Benders’ property - https://kansasalumnimagazine.org/magazine-article/bloody-benders-property/

Welcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on Moon Eyed People, based on our episode about Appalachian Folklore. Featuring out super special guest, Ali!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Macabre Mondays podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussion of the displacement of indigenous peoples 

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References:

Wikipedia: Moon-eyed people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon-eyed_people

Wikipedia: Madoc - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc

Atlas Obscura: Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia? - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/moon-eyed-people-appalachia

https://youtu.be/F84m4fKe6Yo?si=GwrApUNVP7Ycu1LJ

https://youtu.be/KMive_Q1zMU?si=eLOY3r3YTMgbOm-_

Cherokee Phoenix: “In White county, state of Tennessee, near the town of Sparta, there have been discovered three bury” - https://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/CherokeePhoenix/Vol1/no25/in-white-county-state-of-tennessee-near-the-town-of-sparta-there-have-been-discovered-three-bury-page-2-column-4b.html

Georgia Department of National Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites: Fort Mountain - https://gastateparks.org/FortMountain

Historic UK: The discovery of America… by a Welsh Prince? - https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/The-discovery-of-America-by-Welsh-Prince/

National Archives, Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, 22 January 1804 - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0285

Native American Legends: Yunwi Tsunsdi' - http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/yunwi-tsunsdi.htm#google_vignette

Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCountry/comments/1mf61x2/cherokee_moon_eyed_people/

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 34 today, and we have a super special guest with us today - Brett, of the Haunted Therapist podcast! Today, we’ll be discussing AI Psychosis.

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Haunted Therapist podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of suicide

Suicide Hotline phone and text line: 988

Suicide Hotline website: https://988lifeline.org/

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References:

Psychology today: The Emerging Problem of AI Psychosis - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis

Psychiatry Online, Special Report: AI induced Psychosis- A New Frontier in Mental Health - https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.10.10.5

Wikipedia Chatbox psychosis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot_psychosis

PBS article: What to know about AI psychosis and the effects of chatbots on mental health - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-know-about-ai-psychosis-and-the-effect-of-ai-chatbots-on-mental-health

The guardian: AI Psychosis is a growing danger. Chat GPT is moving in the wrong direction - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/28/ai-psychosis-chatgpt-openai-sam-altman

BBC: open AI shares data on users with Suicidal thoughts, psychosis - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd90g0q43o

Yale school of medicine: what is psychosis - https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/step/psychosis/ 

NASA: What is artificial intelligence - https://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artificial-intelligence/ 

PBS - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-know-about-ai-psychosis-and-the-effect-of-ai-chatbots-on-mental-health

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 33, and we’re discussing a strange and eccentric historical figure today, Timothy Dexter!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Kill Me Maybe podcast! 

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussions of domestic violence

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References:

New England Historical Society: Timothy Dexter, the Ridiculous Millionaire Who Sold Coals to Newcastle - https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/timothy-dexter-ridiculous-millionaire-sold-coals-newcastle/

CPI Inflation Calculator: https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1767?amount=8.20

History: Revolutionary War - https://www.history.com/articles/american-revolution-history

Wikipedia: Timothy Dexter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter#:~:text=Timothy%20Dexter%20(January%2022%2C%201747%20%E2%80%93%20October,businessman%20noted%20for%20his%20eccentric%20behavior%20and

Investopedia: Continentals: What it Means, History, Worth - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/continentals.asp

The Lintonian: Timothy Dexter, an Idiot Businessman - https://www.google.com/search?q=timothy+dexter+revolutionary+war&sca_esv=378965eda3ddb2bd&rlz=1C1RNRA_enUS498US499&sxsrf=AE3TifPL9e-mbex1NFMqq8HIrtYS98FakQ%3A1766778434367&ei=QuZOae2UFpLk5NoP4J_GqAQ&oq=timothy+dexter+revolution&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGXRpbW90aHkgZGV4dGVyIHJldm9sdXRpb24qAggAMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAFIwiBQ4gVY-xVwAXgBkAEAmAGTAaABmwuqAQQwLjEyuAEByAEA-AEBmAINoALaDcICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAgUQABiABMICBhAAGBYYHsICBBAjGCfCAgsQABiABBiKBRiRAsICChAAGIAEGBQYhwLCAhAQLhgUGK8BGMcBGIcCGIAEwgILEAAYgAQYigUYhgPCAggQABiABBiiBMICCBAAGIkFGKIEwgIFEAAY7wWYAwCIBgGQBgeSBwQxLjEyoAfhRbIHBDAuMTK4B5oNwgcIMy0xMC4yLjHIB-cBgAgB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Youtube: Mr Ballen, Strange things rich old men do with their money (aka The Stray Cat King) - 

Internet Archive - A Pickle for the Knowing Ones, by Timothy Dexter: https://archive.org/details/pickleforknowing00dextrich/page/21/mode/1up