States of Strange

The Little People: Alaska’s Ircenrraat & New England’s Pukwudgies

For generations, people have warned of something living just beyond the places we call home, small, humanlike beings glimpsed between the trees, hidden in the marshes, and disappearing into the wilderness before anyone can get too close.

In New England, we trace Wampanoag Little People traditions and the legend of the Pukwudgie. To ancient Cape Cod stories to mysterious lights, Freetown State Forest, chilling modern encounters, and even Harry Potter.

Then we head north into the vast Alaskan wilderness, where roads disappear, settlements grow distant, and miles of tundra, mountains, and river country stretch beyond the horizon. Here, Yup’ik traditions tell of the Ircenrraat, elusive Little People said to inhabit the wild places beyond the villages.

Different cultures. Different landscapes. Similar stories.

Why do people separated by thousands of miles tell stories about Little People living just beyond our world?

From the cold, unforgiving waters of Alaska to the rocky shores of New England, the sea has carried sailors, fishermen, and travelers for centuries, but not every vessel has made it home.

In Episode 3 of States of Strange, we head into haunted waters to explore ghost ships, tragic shipwrecks, vanished vessels, phantom apparitions, and eerie maritime legends from two regions with long and storied relationships with the sea.

Are these tales simply folklore born from generations of dangerous voyages and devastating losses or could something still be lingering out there, just beyond the shoreline?

Join us as we uncover the strange stories the sea refuses to give up.

Two mysterious regions. Thousands of miles apart. And some strangely similar stories.

In Episode 2 of States of Strange, we travel from the dark swamps and back roads of southeastern Massachusetts to the vast wilderness of Alaska to explore two of America's strangest paranormal hotspots: the Bridgewater Triangle and the Alaska Triangle.

Both regions have developed reputations for UFOs, mysterious lights, cryptids, ghostly encounters, strange disappearances, folklore, and events that remain difficult to explain.

But why do so many strange stories seem to cluster in certain places?

Is there really something unusual happening inside these so-called triangles or can geography, isolation, local folklore, culture, and decades of storytelling turn an ordinary place into a paranormal hotspot?

Come with us as we dive into the mysteries of the Kushtaka and the Dover Demon. Two chilling legends that have fascinated and frightened people for generations. From strange encounters to unexplained sightings, we’ll explore the stories, theories, and secrets behind these mysterious creatures.