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Strange Country
Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. Co-hosts Kelly and Beth are former newspaper reporters turned school librarians who have always had a soft spot for a good story--the stranger the better. Discover the first woman to survive a barrel ride over Niagara Falls and the man who invented "complex marriage" in one of the most successful utopian experiments. Things get weird pretty quickly around here.
Episodes
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 21: The Bell Witch
The Bell Witch tormented the Bell family for four years starting in 1817, according to a reporter named Martin V.B. Ingram who wrote the definitive, but…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 20: Eccentrics
How do you define eccentricity? Dr. David Weeks decided to find out what makes an eccentric an eccentric and studied a whole bunch in 1984. Learn if you're one…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 19: The Benders
Kansas was bleeding way before the Bender family showed up, but they sure added their share to the body count. In Strange Country Episode 19, co-hosts Beth and…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 17: Liebeck vs. McDonald's
Imagine spilling blazing hot coffee on yourself, getting such terrible third-degree burns the doctors think you'll die and then being called a money-grubbing…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 16: Pepacton
Do you hear the sound of our world slowly disappearing under water, or is that "glug glug glug" the sound of Beth's bass guitar? Find out when you listen to…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 15: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Ever been so hungry, you could eat a cat? Strange Country Episode 15 delves into the ways people deal with their hunger as cohosts Beth and Kelly explore the…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 14: The Ward Brothers
If you can conjure up the accent of an old upstate farmer better than Beth, then we've got a spot for you in our award-winning podcast. We don't think you can…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 13: Edgar Allan Poe
Quoth the Raven "Pray tell, my gentle listeners/readers, do listen to Strange Country Episode 13. It is filled with midnight dreary and tales of woe. Not as…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 12: Grace Memorial Bridge
Hey...hey Gephyrophobians! This episode of Strange Country is for you. If you didn't like driving on a bridge, you definitely will like it even less thanks to…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 11: Halloween Psychological Experiments
Strange Country Episode 11 features special guest and talented comedian Madelein Smith as Beth, Kelly and Madelein try to actually get to the story. Should…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 10: Joseph Palmer
How much do you think about facial hair? Get ready to dive deep, and get hairy when we discuss the life of Joseph Palmer, a man persecuted for wearing the…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 9: Devil's Den
In episode 9 of Strange Country, Beth and Kelly open up a bag of worms or a box of cats as they discuss the Battle of Gettysburg, ghosts and engage in a little…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 8: The Beales
Do people Shit Out Their Sin? How long do you have to listen today to know what our topic is for this episode? Find out as Kelly and Beth start to get the hang…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 7: Typhoid Mary
Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. In episode 7, co-hosts…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 6: Annie Edson Taylor
Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. In episode 6, there are…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 5: The Oneida Community
Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. In episode 5, co-hosts…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 4: Crazy Luce
Maybe you've seen the red historical marker near Cazenovia Lake or been an avid reader of the Chips & Shavings column in the Mid-York Weekly so you already…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 3: Lizzie Borden
Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it isMaybe you never heard of…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode 2: The Collyer Brothers
Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. f you don't know what it…
Strange CountryStrange Country Episode I: The Fox Sisters
Welcome to Strange Country, a podcast devoted to bizarre, surreal and extraordinary stories that make America the weird place it is. Co-hosts Kelly and Beth…