One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Chestnut Hill is a desirable neighborhood in the deliciously weird city of Philadelphia. But there’s very, very old American history there, too – so is it all that big a surprise that a mansion there is haunted? The real question is: between the death chair, the ghost boys, and the screaming parrot… who would film a music video there?

Hosted by Laurah Norton
Researched by Maura Currie and Anna Luria
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One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines.
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Works Cited

Bill Hayden, “Ghosts of Ney and Milton…” The News Journal, 1973.
Claire Huff, “The ghosts of Chestnut Hill,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1976.
NA, “A high-spirited evening…” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1989.
Kevin Feeley, “My Neighbor’s Chestnut Hill…” BillyPenn/WHYY, 2015.
Beverly J. Smith, “A Magical Mystic Tour,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 1973.
Ron Avery. “Squire revels in domain…” Philadelphia Daily News, 1991.
Kaitlyn Foti, “Chestnut Hill’s Baleroy…” Chestnut Hill-Mt. Airy Patch, 2011.
Philly Ghosts
Chestnut Hill, PA
Ally Mullen, “Interview: Sean Pecknold,” Urban Outfitters Blog, 2012 (via Wayback Machine)
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When a birthday party in suburban San Jose turns deadly, 18-year-old identical twins Trung and Anh are arrested for suspected murder. But when an eyewitness misidentifies the brothers in a lineup, one twin spends nearly two years in jail — and the wrong one. How could one brother let his twin take the fall? And why would the other sacrifice his freedom for a crime he didn't commit?
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In 1897, a Little Rock businessman claimed he tracked down and killed a 20-foot dragon-like creature with tusks, webbed feet, and a taste for human flesh in the caves of Searcy County, Arkansas. He even had a photograph. The tale of the Ozark Gowrow didn't end in 1897 — this cryptid legend took on a life of its own in mountain folklore and monster sightings across Arkansas.
One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines.
Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive

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Engineered and Produced by Southern Gothic Media/Rachel Boyd

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We’ve told a blob story before – but the story that unfolded in Oakville, Washington in the mid-90s deserves its own telling. These blobs rained down from the sky and caused pretty severe impacts on the ground… and you guessed it: the jury’s still out on what, exactly, splatted down on Oakville. Was it aliens? Monsters straight out of a horror movie? Or just weird, weird rain?
One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines.
Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive
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This episode was originally released as OST Premium Episode 56.
Hosted by Laurah Norton
Research by Anna Luria and Maura Currie
Written & Produced by Maura Currie
Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder

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Works Cited:
NA, “Blobs fall from the sky…” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1994.
NA, “Mystery blobs were…” New York Times, 1994.
Ron Hoss, “Television crew investigates…” Centralia Chronicle, 1997.
Sunny Barclift, “Doctor would have to be…” Centralia Chronicle, 1999.
NA, “30 Years Later: The…” KXRO, 2014.
Dameon Pesanti, “The Day Blobs…” The Chronicle, 2014.
Unsolved Mysteries
Alex Onken and Fred Gamble, “A FISHY DAY: Fish…” KSLA, 2021.
City of Texarkana
Seattle Aquarium
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Back in 1971, the small town of Delphos, Kansas became a vital point on the map of the United States’ most important UFO encounters; it’s a mystery that brings together some of ufology’s most famous researchers, fascinating physical proof, and a farm family left with concerning evidence of alien visitation on their property.
One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines.
Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive
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Researched by Anna Luria and Laurah Norton
Engineered and Produced by Southern Gothic Media/Rachel Boyd
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