Strange Outside

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  • Welcome to the Strange Outside podcast! This podcast is perfect for lovers of mystery, murder, survival, and adventure in the great outdoors. I'll be telling true stories of death, disappearances, and survival against all odds, with an undertone of conservation and a deep rooted love for nature and wildlife. Make sure to mind your step, stick to the trail, and sleep with one eye open as you explore the strange outside... Instagram: @strangeoutsidepod Email: strangeoutsidepod@gmail.com
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  • 7: Episode 7: The Golden Spruce

    7: Episode 7: The Golden Spruce
    Jun 12 2023
    This week we take a ferry across the treacherous Hecate Strait from the mainland of British Columbia and alight on the Haida Gwaii archipelago. We follow a tumultuous story of greed, eco-activism, and terrorism as a native island legend is murdered. 

    Sources: 
    The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed by John Valliant
    https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/gwaiihaanas/nature/faune-wildlife
    https://wiki.ubc.ca/The_impact_of_continued_logging_operations_in_Haida_Gwaii_%E2%80%94_ecological_and_social_impacts_for_the_Haida_Nation
    https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/sitka-spruce/
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    52 mins
  • 6: Episode 6: Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm

    6: Episode 6: Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm
    May 29 2023
    In spring of 1943 rations were tight as World War II raged across Europe. In the UK, four boys resorted to poaching from the Hagley estate to find eggs. In the tangled branches of a wych elm in Hagley Wood, the boys found far more than they bargained for. 

    Sources:
    https://www.hagleyhall.com/
    https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2019/04/04/who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vchJnrZgz-4
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    17 mins
  • 5: Episode 5: The Bloody Benders

    5: Episode 5: The Bloody Benders
    May 21 2023
    This week we head onto the Osage Mission Trail of Kansas, traveling through open prairie with few rest stops between Cherryvale and Independence. The road can be a dangerous place, with even places of apparent safety harboring dangerous secrets. 

    Sources: Hell's Half Acre by Susan Jonusas; Lady Killer by Tori Tefler
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    32 mins
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