A Study of Strange

Agatha Christie was a world-renowned author of crime fiction, and her vanishing in 1926 made headlines around the globe. For 11 days, she was nowhere to be found, and theories about her disappearance were rampant. Was it a publicity stunt? A case of revenge? Or something more sinister? It's alleged that Agatha Christie never spoke of those 11 days, but on this episode we look into some of the details of this strange story that are often overlooked, and hear from Christie herself. 
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/astudyofstrangeTheme Music by Matt Glass https://www.glassbrain.com/Instagram: @astudyofstrangeWebsite: www.astudyofstrange.comHosted by Michael MayEmail stories, comments, or ideas to astudyofstrange@gmail.com©2022 Convergent Content, LLC
 
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Links:
https://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christie-Eleven-Missing-Days/dp/0720613906
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Agatha_Christie/N5XzDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=missing+11+days+agatha+christie&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Agatha_Christie_and_the_Eleven_Missing_D/r-JEYgEACAAJ?hl=en
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/27/mystery-of-agatha-christie-disappearance
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/books/agatha-christie-vanished-11-days-1926.html

Albert Ostman's shocking encounter and kidnapping by a family of Sasquatch in 1924 is still a hotly debated topic. Was he telling the truth? Did he really spend almost a week living with Bigfoot? Are Bigfoot real? Maybe a six year old kid, and budding cryptozoologist, will have an answer. 
Is this an appropriate story to share with my son? Probably not but the nightmares haven't been that bad....
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Links:
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/20/archives/stalking-the-sasquatch-its-hard-to-prove-that-something-even-a.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Voq2tQJx8
https://www.science.org/content/article/bigfoot-samples-analyzed-lab

Before the infamous Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, the majority of witch accusations and executions in North America took place in Connecticut. But, the Connecticut Witch Trials were once forgotten by history, and some details, records, and accounts are still largely unknown. Can the terrifyingly absurd witch trials teach us anything about humanity?
 
On this episode of the podcast, we're joined by brother and sister, Sean and Sinead Persaud of Shipwrecked Comedy, who grew up near Salem, absorbing a lot of the witchy history of New England. 
Shipwrecked Comedy: https://www.shipwreckedcomedy.com/
 
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Links:
 
https://www.abebooks.com/Witchcraft-Delusion-Colonial-Connecticut-Historical-Account/31283214980/bd?ref_=ps_ggl_18382194370&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade0to10-_-product_id=COM9788027343003USED-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0oagBhDHARIsAI-BbgfHmF-pWaUwVn19gB6yVaVfsa7fAJvIjKQ9A-r6qqqTAjE3xo67Lv8aAsQCEALw_wcB
https://www.amazon.com/Connecticut-Witch-Trials-First-Panic/dp/1626193878
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/connecticut-may-exonerate-accused-witches-senate-resolution-proposed/
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/rpt/2006-R-0718.htm#:~:text=Connecticut's%20witch%20trials%20were,fear%20was%20the%20primary%20caused.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Witch_Trials
https://www.wethersfieldhistory.org/articles/connecticuts-witch-trials/
https://www.ctinsider.com/living/article/Connecticut-s-witch-trials-Three-stories-to-know-16568143.php
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12288/12288-h/12288-h.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcLtwGcRtK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC3yy6Nrqfc
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14015
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-328769
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/john-joan-carrington-witches/
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31399646595&ref_=ps_ggl_17738760402&cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_Shopp_Rare-_-product_id=bi%3A%2031399646595-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0oagBhDHARIsAI-BbgfR4Ea3WyIyoIzpGbmxaGPqzoXsnnso7dw5biv9tjpa1Oj2C2BXZsgaAn-IEALw_wcB
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/alse-young-witch/
https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/02/lydia-gilbert.html

In part 2 of “Are Zombies Real?”, we discuss accounts of zombification in Haiti. These include the dramatic experience of Clairvious Narcisse which inspired “The Serpent and the Rainbow”, the strange zombie tale of Felicia Felix-Mentor, and more. 
 
Writer/Director, Mali Elfman, of the new film NEXT EXIT, and producer of the film BIRTH/REBIRTH joins the podcast. 
 
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Books:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/THE_AMERICAN_MEDITERRANEAN/pUiToxfB3Y4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=victim
https://tinyurl.com/2p9d328k
https://tinyurl.com/59mendhe
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Haitian_Revolution.html?id=C3HnDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description
https://www.amazon.com/1804-Hidden-History-Haiti-Wyclef/dp/B075TSFKKT/ref=asc_df_B075TSFKKT/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312152579167&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10350078240651898399&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031201&hvtargid=pla-568748063226&psc=1
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Haitian_Vodou/_smB9MocN0kC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=vodou+in+haiti&printsec=frontcover
https://www.amazon.com/Zombies-Cultural-History-Roger-Luckhurst/dp/1780236697/ref=asc_df_1780236697/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=385641680285&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2528799625666126412&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031201&hvtargid=pla-564752502945&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=79288120715&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=385641680285&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2528799625666126412&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031201&hvtargid=pla-564752502945
 
Links:
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/10/are-zombies-real
https://travelnoire.com/clairvius-narcisse-haitian-zombie
https://www.historicmysteries.com/clairvius-narcisse-zombie-story/
https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m_moreman_the_dark_history_of_zombies?language=en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7EOTLpDSzs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trial-that-gave-vodou-a-bad-name-83801276/
https://womrel.sitehost.iu.edu/REL%20300%20Spirit/REL%20300_Spirit/Hurston_Zombis.pdf
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326871#5.-Human-zombies?
https://mindhacks.com/2012/01/11/a-medical-study-of-the-haitian-zombie/
https://sites.duke.edu/ginalisgh323/zombification-process/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_kHGb-zbJ0
http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/mars-zombi.htm
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4262
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXcjioLLvRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_kHGb-zbJ0
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f5e9efa53eea036e019bc24/t/5f5ee1a44d3a6a5d4ff28e78/1600053672506/Tell+My+Horse_+Voodoo+and+Life+-+Zora+Neale+Hurston.pdf
 
 
 

Are zombies real, and where did the concept of a mindless, walking dead person originate? On this two part series we look into the history of the zombie, its ties to Haitian history, and explore the handful of stories of zombification that have been studied. Stories include the  account of Clairvious Narcisse and the strange zombie tale of Felicia Felix-Mentor. 
 
Writer/Director, Mali Elfman, of the new film NEXT EXIT, and producer of the film BIRTH/REBIRTH joins the podcast. 
 
Visit our sponsor here: https://www.audibletrial.com/strange
 
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Books:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/THE_AMERICAN_MEDITERRANEAN/pUiToxfB3Y4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=victim
https://tinyurl.com/2p9d328k
https://tinyurl.com/59mendhe
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Haitian_Revolution.html?id=C3HnDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description
https://www.amazon.com/1804-Hidden-History-Haiti-Wyclef/dp/B075TSFKKT/ref=asc_df_B075TSFKKT/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312152579167&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10350078240651898399&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031201&hvtargid=pla-568748063226&psc=1
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Haitian_Vodou/_smB9MocN0kC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=vodou+in+haiti&printsec=frontcover
https://www.amazon.com/Zombies-Cultural-History-Roger-Luckhurst/dp/1780236697/ref=asc_df_1780236697/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=385641680285&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2528799625666126412&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031201&hvtargid=pla-564752502945&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=79288120715&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=385641680285&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2528799625666126412&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031201&hvtargid=pla-564752502945
 
Links:
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/10/are-zombies-real
https://travelnoire.com/clairvius-narcisse-haitian-zombie
https://www.historicmysteries.com/clairvius-narcisse-zombie-story/
https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m_moreman_the_dark_history_of_zombies?language=en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7EOTLpDSzs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trial-that-gave-vodou-a-bad-name-83801276/
https://womrel.sitehost.iu.edu/REL%20300%20Spirit/REL%20300_Spirit/Hurston_Zombis.pdf
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326871#5.-Human-zombies?
https://mindhacks.com/2012/01/11/a-medical-study-of-the-haitian-zombie/
https://sites.duke.edu/ginalisgh323/zombification-process/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_kHGb-zbJ0
http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/mars-zombi.htm
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4262
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXcjioLLvRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_kHGb-zbJ0
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f5e9efa53eea036e019bc24/t/5f5ee1a44d3a6a5d4ff28e78/1600053672506/Tell+My+Horse_+Voodoo+and+Life+-+Zora+Neale+Hurston.pdf

In 1901, one of Canada’s most wealthy and powerful families found themselves players in a real murder mystery. Ada Redpath and her son, Jocelyn Clifford Redpath, were found shot to death in their home. The murder weapon (or weapons) were found near the bodies, and it was concluded to be a murder-suicde. Why then is this a mystery? Police never investigated, the bodies were hastily buried, and the Redpath family never spoke of that night. It’s a story filled with secrets and, maybe, lies. 
 
With special guest, filmmaker Jesse Ikeman. He really wants you to check out his tiktok where he shares awesome filmmaking tips. Give it a looksee: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesseikeman
 
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Links: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvdCKGN3pZ0https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&gid=2&pgid=1224#:~:text=In%20the%20Redpath%20manor%2C%20servants,He%20perished%20hours%20later.https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/redpath/interpretations/indexen.htmlhttps://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Redpathhttps://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/mcr/article/view/18717/20459
https://www.mysteryquests.ca/quests/31/indexen.html
https://www.amazon.com/Redpath-History-Sugar-House-v/dp/0920474675
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-redpath-canadian-bakebook-redpath-sugar-ltd/1125315060
https://medium.com/unsolved-canadian/was-there-a-murder-at-the-redpath-manor-84d7223ddc60
https://www.jhmoncrieff.com/r-is-for-redpath-mansion-murders/
https://www.frsthand.com/story/the-redpath-mansion-mystery
https://dailyunsolvedmysteries.tumblr.com/
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/the-other-redpath-mansion-mystery
https://www.google.com/maps/place/1065+R.+Sherbrooke+E,+Montr%C3%A9al,+QC+H2L+1L5,+Canada/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cc91bb64216fb15:0xc38a048146b94303?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbnMvl7fn8AhUKOkQIHQ1vBVEQ8gF6BAgSEAI

Joined by guest Sean Anthony Davis, a writer and an employee at Naughty Dog, we discuss some of the internet’s most baffling mysteries while attempting to plan our own online enigmatic creation. Topics include the video 11B-X-1371 (aka the plague doctor video), the most mysterious song on the internet, the Heaven’s Gate website, the Markovian Parallax Denigrate, and the site Oct282011.com.
 
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Links: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markovian_Parallax_Denigrate
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMysteriousSong/comments/d2btl2/the_mysterious_song_known_information_facts_and/
https://theghostinmymachine.com/2016/08/01/unresolved-the-markovian-parallax-denigrate-attempting-to-find-order-in-chaos/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Lindauer
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/magazine/susan-lindauer-s-mission-to-baghdad.html
https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/markovian-parallax-denigrate-spam-mystery/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK314DWnPGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quyXS4a0JGQ
https://thebodyintl.com/cults/left-alive-and-unchanged-the-heavens-gate-website
https://heavensgate.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepy/comments/36pfn2/the_mystery_behind_wwwoct282011com_anyone_know/
https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetMysteries/comments/ccu0fs/i_think_i_solved_the_mystery_behind_oct282011com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhC-LQKgwbg
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oct282011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt8VweyB258
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhC-LQKgwbg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGf4liO-KQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgp7JdmHibA
 

Beginning in December of 2003, strange and unexplained fires began occurring in the seaside town of Canneto Di Caronia, Sicily, Italy. The fires caused damage to many homes and businesses and the residents had to evacuate by the next summer. What's strange is that the cause of the fires has never been determined even after scientists and government organizations studied the quiet town. Filmmaker Laura Moss joins the podcast to discuss the strange mystery of Canneto. Theories include UFOs, secret weapons testing, and, of course, the Devil. Catch Laura Moss' feature film BIRTH/REBIRTH after its premier at Sundance 2023 at a theater near you followed by its streaming on Shudder.
Follow Laura's work https://www.instagram.com/retrospecterfilms/
 
Listen to the episode unedited on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/astudyofstrange
 
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Links: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZLVY9wyGk&ab_channel=NBCUniversalArchives
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/world/canneto-di-caronia-journal-electricity-goes-wild-did-the-devil-make-it-do-it.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/canneto-di-caronia-fires
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canneto_di_Caronia_fires
https://magazine.atavist.com/when-the-devil-enters/
https://www.odditycentral.com/wtf/italian-village-plagued-by-mysterious-fires-has-been-puzzling-scientists-for-years.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng_jcas-sKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEctBLzbvCw
 

In the mid-1930s, RAF officer Sir Victor Goddard experienced what might be the most famous case of a "time slip." By the end of his life, Goddard was a decorated and respected military veteran (of two world wars), writer, speaker, and firm believer in the paranormal. Though Goddard is full of mysterious stories and theories, his time slip experience remains the most perplexing. On this episode of A Study of Strange we explore Goddard's bizarre flight that lead to a momentary look into the future. 
 
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Links: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRkoGacytAU
https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Towards-Reality-Victor-Goddard/dp/0855000457
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtm3pZaEa3E
https://bshistorian.wordpress.com/tag/victor-goddard/
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Victor_Goddard
https://www.scientificmystery.com/victor-goddard/
https://canyoustandthetruth.com/sir-victor-goddard-flight-time/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322682617_Sir_Victor_Goddard_Obituary
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/where-physics-meets-psychology/202201/time-slips-the-multiverse-and-you
https://www.goodto.com/family/are-time-slips-real-526367
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hart
https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/hawker-hart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Drem
https://www.skeptic.com/insight/new-facts-concerning-goddard-squadron-photo/
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6903222
https://www.amazon.com/Skies-Dunkirk-Sir-Victor-Goddard/dp/0718304985

Spain’s first documented serial killer, Manuel Blanco Romasanta, claimed to have killed his victims while suffering from the curse Lycanthropy. Simply put, he claimed to be a werewolf. Romasanta’s case was bizarre and his trial lasted nearly a year before ultimately being sentenced to death. But that’s neither the beginning nor the end of the tale of “The Werewolf of Allariz.”
 
With special guest R.J. Blake. Producer of the podcast “Strange Phenonmenon”.
https://www.strange-phenomenon.com/
 
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Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Blanco_Romasanta
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/blanco-romasanta.htm
https://historycollection.com/serial-killer-insisted-werewolf-trial/
https://phmuseum.com/exhibition/obscura/lobismuller
https://unusualhistoricals.blogspot.com/2015/10/myth-folklore-lobisome-galician-werewolf.html
https://the-line-up.com/manuel-blanco-romasanta-el-hombre-lobo
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/spains-first-recorded-serial-killer-3edff75ad9ab
http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/manuel-blanco-romasanta-the-werewolf-of-allariz
https://www.lifepersona.com/romasanta-the-wolf-man-of-the-forest-biography-and-murders