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Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan
A podcast about all the things that make us wonder. Each week, we’ll tell you a true story that will fascinate and terrify you: a family who receive letters from a “Watcher” after moving into their new house, a hotel that’s seen so much death that it has to be cursed, UFO encounters, hauntings, Bigfoot sightings, and so much more. Written and hosted by Tony Award-winning actor and celebrated writer Daisy Eagan, “Strange and Unexplained” is a journey into the uncomfortable and the unknowable…
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Strange and Unexplained with Daisy EaganS6 Ep18: A Living Nightmare: The Girl Scout Murders Part One
*CONTENT WARNING: VIOLENCE TO CHILDREN* In June of 1977, three very young girls were murdered on the first night of their Girl Scout sleepaway camp. Some say…
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S6 Ep17: Not Recorded from my Car: The Lincoln/JFK "Coincidences"
Only a year after JFK was assassinated, a list was published of all the eerie similarities between him and Abraham Lincoln. This list is still circulated today…
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S6 Ep16: A Whimsical Melange
Today we bring you three minisodes. Was Founding Father Ben Franklin actually a serial killer? What's up with the British and Blobby? And did Scottish fairies…
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S6 Ep15: Engineering Fate: The Life and Death of Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Diesel built the world's first internal combustion engine and had hopes it would help lift people out of poverty and prevent the devastation caused by…
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S6 Ep14: Carl Tanzler's Monstrosity of Obsession
When Carl Tanzler was very young, he claimed a dead relative of nobility came to him and showed him the woman he would eventually marry. He spent the next four…
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S6 Ep13: Thar Be Monsters Thar! (But probably not): The Lake Michigan Triangle
You've heard of the Bermuda Triangle, you may have heard of the Bridgewater Triangle, but did you know there is a triangle in Lake Michigan that swallows up…
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S6 Ep12: The Disappearance of Agatha Christie: An Agatha Christie Mystery
In December of 1923 up and coming mystery writer, Agatha Christie drove away from her life and vanished. When she reappeared 12 days later she had no idea what…
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S6 Ep11: Oakville Blob and Mongolian Death Worm
In two very different places, thousands of miles apart, innocent people and their animals were plagued by unexplained phenomena. One came from above, and the…
Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan*From The Vault* Spring-Heeled Jack’s Spree of Terror
Before the days of Jack the Ripper, there was another Jack terrorizing the streets of Victorian London. Spring-Heeled Jack, the fashionable shape-shifting…
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S6 Ep10: This Whole Affair Stinks! The Van Meter Visitor
In the late 1800s, the people of Van Meter, Iowa, were beset by a most unwelcome (and stinky) guest who eluded capture and left the residents terrified. Was…
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S6 Ep9: Off-screen Filth: John Holmes & The Wonderland Murders
In the 1970s and early 80s, in the grittier part of Hollywood, where the money, drugs, and body hair were flowing freely, one porn star got himself enmeshed in…
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S6 Ep8: The Ashbrook Family's Mysterious Deaths
When the brother of an Ohio Congressman was found dead under suspicious circumstances, the investigation into his death was strangely perfunctory and hurried…
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S6 Ep7: "Dr." Linda Hazzard's Starvation Grift
Conning people into buying bogus "cures" is nothing new. In the early 1900's Linda Hazzard put her own spin on the age-old practice. Her patients would find…
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S6 Ep6: The Galapagos Affair Part 1: A Crossover with Murder: True Crime Stories
In this special two-part crossover, I join Carter Roy, host of Murder: True Crime Stories, to trace the rise of the so-called paradise on the island of…
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S6 Ep5: Gorephanage!
There is a road in Ohio ominously called Gore Orphanage Road. In a classic case of a snake eating its tail, the road's evocative name (named only in part for…
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S6 Ep4: The Butterfly People of Joplin, Missouri
On May 22nd, 2011, one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history struck the town of Joplin, Missouri. After the dust settled, survivors began sharing stories…
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S6 Ep3: Who Killed Dorothy Kilgallen?
Dorothy Kilgallen spent her career doggedly sniffing out the truth and that really pissed off J. Edgar Hoover and his minions. And then she was found dead in…
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*From The Vault* Justice Delayed. Justice Denied: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story Part 2
Dr. Sam Sheppard and his family fought for decades to clear his name in the death of his wife, Marilyn. But the long arm of law, right or wrong, is hard to run…
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S6 Ep2: Dorothy Kilgallen: Unstoppable Force and Government Bugaboo
Dorothy Kilgallen was the first female media mogul. Her undeniable talent helped her climb the ranks in journalism, earning her a syndicated column, a radio…
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*From The Vault* Trials and Tribulations: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story pt. 1
Dr. Sam Sheppard awoke to find his pregnant wife murdered in her bed and would soon learn it was just the beginning of a waking nightmare. Strange and…
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S6 Ep1: The World's Most Best Step-Brother! The Tragic Story of Nicole Van Den Hurk.
15-year-old Nicole Van Den Hurk was assaulted and murdered in 1995. 16 years later, with the case gone cold, her stepbrother, Adam, took an incredibly risky…
Strange and Unexplained with Daisy EaganIntroducing Dear Daisy: Some Thoughts Need To Stay Inside
A podcast about secrets hosted by Daisy Eagan. This episode was originally published for subscribers over at www.grabbagcollab.com New episodes of Dear Daisy…
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*From The Vault* Gef! The Talking Mongoose
**Strange And Unexplained is in between seasons, so we are bringing you episodes from the vault that you might have missed the first time around.** Isolated on…
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S5: *From The Vault* Lady of the Dunes Update
In 1974, The Lady of the Dunes was discovered dead on the beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Who was she? How did she end up on the beach? And what monster…
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*From The Vault* Lady of the Dunes
**Strange And Unexplained is in between seasons, so we are bringing you episodes from the vault that you might have missed the first time around.** There she…
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S5: *From The Vault* Monsters of the Deep
Stories of encounters with the Loch Ness Monster date back centuries, but is she real? And in the world’s deepest lake, scientists encounter 10-foot-tall…
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*From The Vault* Dyatlov Pass
**Strange And Unexplained is in between seasons, so we are bringing you episodes from the vault that you might have missed the first time around.** A slashed…
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S5: *From The Vault* Secret Identities
Have you ever had a secret? Have you ever known something important - something other people really want to know - and just kept it to yourself? Now imagine…
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From The Vault- Elevators: Terror and Death in a 6 by 6 Foot Car
Elevators: they’re a modern convenience that we take for granted. But maybe we shouldn’t. This week we bring you two stories about the terror and death in a 6…
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S5 Ep47: Seven Went Up. One Came Down. The Khamar Daban Incident
In August of 1993, six experienced young hikers and their extremely experienced guide went up into the mountains of Siberia. About a week later, only one of…
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The Case Files History Left Unsolved | Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat
Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates…
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S5 Ep46: The Central Park Exonerated Five
In April of 1989, a group of boys took part in a series of attacks on innocent park-goers in New York City's Central Park. An awful twist of fate would up-end…
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S5 Ep45: Near Death Experiences UPDATE
Where do we go when we die? Do you think it's possible to cross over to the other side and come back? Today, three stories of people who have died but then…
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S5 Ep44: The Carroll A. Deering Ghost Ship
In our first ever listener-submitted episode, we learn all about the haunting tale of the Carroll A. Deering Ghost Ship, a truly Strange and Unexplained story!…
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S5 Ep43: How Many Staircases Does it Take to Outrun the Ghosts
In the late 1800s, a widow took her fortune and moved out west to pursue an unusual hobby. The result was what we now call The Winchester Mystery House. Was…
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S5 Ep42: The Mysterious Disappearance and Death of Thomas Brown
In 2016, a healthy young man went missing the night before Thanksgiving. The evidence and clues that slowly revealed themselves over the next few years never…
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*BONUS Re-Run* Astral Projecting Away From Here
Have you ever left your body, willingly or not? Astral projection has a long history, stretching from ancient religious texts and up through our current…
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S5 Ep41: Elizabeth Klarer and her Alien Zaddy
Elizabeth Klarer claimed to have an intergalactic love-child with a timeless silver fox from outer space. Was she really in contact with alien beings, or was…
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BONUS: Melon Heads
In the woods of Kirtland, Ohio there is said to be a pack of feral children with misshapen heads who feed on babies. How people created monsters in the…
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S5 Ep40: Bird, Ape or Secret Third Thing? Classifying The Dover Demon
In the late 70's, a small group of teenagers independently witnessed a creature no one had ever encountered before. As word spread, a team of UFOlogists caught…
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S5 Ep39: Smells like Teen Spirit: The Teenage Nazi-Killers
In the midst of World War 2, three girls were recruited by a Dutch resistance group fighting the Nazis. The girls were tasked with extremely unusual jobs. The…
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S5 Ep38: Same Story, Different Players: The Texas Yogurt Shop Murders
At the start of a new decade, four girls were brutalized and murdered at the frozen yogurt shop where two of them worked. In an all-too-familiar story, four…
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S5 Ep37: Cassie Chadwick: Beautiful Fraud
At the turn of the 20th century, a young woman was wreaking havoc in Ohio, taking money from any man with a wallet. By the time she was done, Cassie Chadwick…
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From The Vault- Up In Smoke: The Missing Sodder Children Mystery
Strange And Unexplained is dark this week, but enjoy this episode from the vault. On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family home went up in flames. Parents…
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S5 Ep36: Clown? Alien? Ringo Starr?? Sam, the Sandown Clown
In the early 70s, on the Isle of Wight, two young children claimed to have had a visit with... something. The story of Sam, the Sandown Clown has grown more…
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S5 Ep35: The Incredible Fortitude of Barbara Jane Mackle
In 1968, a bright young woman became the subject of a kidnapping plot cooked up from the mind of a narcissist who thought the world owed him something. Barbara…
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S5 Ep34: Here Come the Brown Shirts! Update
In October 2024, just before the election, we ran an episode looking at the rhetoric of Trump compared to Hitler's to see if the oft-made comparison of the two…
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S5 Ep33: The Truth Will Out! The West Memphis 3. Part Two
By the early 2000s, a movement had started, led by one woman's love and conviction, to set the so-called "West Memphis 3" free. Going up against a corrupt…
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S5 Ep32: Fear and Loathing in West Memphis: The West Memphis 3. Part One
In May of 1993, three young boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, AK. A community desperate for answers and justice found three other boys who seemed to…
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S5 Ep31: Nobody's Not Sayin' Nothing: Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa knew who to rely on as he climbed the ranks in the Teamsters Union. But becoming the boss came with a hefty price tag, and when Hoffa didn't want…
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S5 Ep30: The Second One with the Haunted House: Sallie House Part Two
In part two, the haunting activity in the Pickman home ramps up. Tony seems to be the main target. Camera crews get "proof." And, finally, Debra and Tony…
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S5 Ep29: The One with the Haunted House: Sallie House Part One
In the early 1990s, Debra and Tony Pickman were excited to start their new life together as a family in a beautiful, old Victorian home in Atchison, KS…
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S5 Ep28: The Wheel in the Sky Keeps on Burning: The Abduction of Travis Walton
In the 1970s, it seems, everyone and their grandma was being abducted by aliens. The stories were almost always the same. One instant they were here on earth…
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From The Vault- Club Kids & False Gods: The Party Monster Story
Strangers, we are dark again this week, but please enjoy this episode from the vault, with a special added bonus. In the mid-1990s Michael Alig was king of New…
Strange and Unexplained with Daisy EaganIntroducing: What If They're Wrong? After The Accusation
We're officially dark this week, but I want to share this full episode of Amber Hunt and Amanda Rossmann's What If They're Wrong? After The Accusation. If you…
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S5 Ep27: Against All Odds: The Harrowing Crash of Wapiti Airlines Flight 402
In 1984, a young pilot, pushed to his limits by a punishing boss, piloted a flight against his better judgment. After crashing the plane on a freezing Canadian…
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S5 Ep26: Who Could it Be? The Unsolved Murders of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook
Double abductions are extremely rare, yet somehow Iowa, which accounts for about 1% of the country's population, has seen 15% of its double abductions. Three…
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S5 Ep25: This is Rational? Ziz LaSota and her "Rationalist Fleet"
For some, the life that's offered online, from video games, live streams, or chat boards, may feel safer than the one offered out there in the real world. But…
Strange and Unexplained with Daisy EaganMore Like Ancient Failiens: Strange Abductions with Daisy Eagan
Sometimes, entire civilizations can be abducted. Totally. Actor and podcaster Daisy Eagan joins Brandon and Toby to discuss “Strange Abductions.” Some of them…
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S5 Ep24: June and Jennifer Gibbons: The Silent Twins
Many of us feel misunderstood, but for twins June and Jennifer Gibbons, when no one but themselves could understand them, they retreated into an almost silent…