In the late 19th century, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, the hodag—a monster that sprung up in the tall tales of local logging camps— made its national debut when one was supposedly captured alive and put on display at a county fair. We are very sorry we missed it.

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In Southwestern Connecticut, in a little village tucked into Monroe, there’s a legend of a local witch named Hannah Cranna—a woman who killed her husband and got away with it. But that’s just the start of trouble caused by an elderly woman who ran circles around her neighbors.

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Back in 1966, dozens of UFO sightings swept the Ann Arbor, Michigan area—and then crept through the Midwest, into New England, and beyond. And the scores of people who reported sightings—including an entire college dormitory—weren’t ready to accept the official explanation for what they experienced.

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Coming to you deep from Florida’s swamps and, well, wherever else it wants to be, is the Sunshine State’s favorite cryptid, the skunk ape: an extra smelly bigfoot who grew popular in the 1970s but, perhaps, has been around a lot longer than that.

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A relative newcomer to the cryptid fold, the chupacabra made its worldwide debut in 1995, when mysterious livestock attacks were reported across Puerto Rico—and a strange creature was accused of draining blood and sowing mayhem wherever it appeared.

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Laurah’s traveling all month — so while we cook up some strange new offerings for you, please enjoy this episode from our archives.

Whether presented as urban legend, murderous maniac, or ghostly avenger, the Bunnyman of Virginia has haunted a certain overpass near Fairfax--Colchester Bridge--and its residents for more than fifty years. This week, we delve into the origins of the twisty rabbit’s tale.

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Laurah’s traveling all month — so while we cook up some strange new offerings for you, please enjoy this episode from our archives.

West Virginia isn’t the only region to boast its very own Mothman; since the mid-20 century, Chicago and the Lake Michigan area has had reports of flying humanoids, and those sightings have only picked up since 2011. Why have sightings of the Chicago or Lake Michigan Mothman increased, and what’s behind the mysterious wings in the sky?

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Seth Breedlove, Dir. On the Trail of the Lake Michigan Mothman, 2020.

Tobias and Emily Wayland, “USPS Employee Reports. . .” Singular Fortean, 2020

Tobias and Emily Wayland, “Chicago Mothman Timeline. . . “ Singular Fortean, 2017.

Lon Strickler, Phantoms and Monsters, Chicago Mothman Sightings 2011-2017

Josh Terry, “People Keep Seeing. . .” Vice, 2018.

Robbie Telfer, “The Case of the. . .” WBEZ, NPR, 2019.

Ted Slowik, “Chicago’s Mothman. . .” The Chicago Tribune, 2017.

Ryan Smith, “The Mothman Cometh?” The Chicago Reader, 2017.

Josh Vince, “Wing Freak Terrorizes. . .” The Chicago Patch, 2017.

Christopher Borelli, “Fantastic Beasts. . . “ The Chicago Tribune, 2019.

Centralia, Pennsylvania was a busy mining town until a fire of unclear origins started — and swept its way beneath the town. To this day, the mine shafts that built Centralia are destroying it. But could a curse be to blame for everything?

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