Strange Places

In August 1954, thousands of believers gathered at Giant Rock in Southern California for a massive spacecraft convention, completely primed by "contactee" speakers describing what aliens from Venus supposedly looked like. The event took a bizarre turn when a strikingly beautiful woman and her two companions walked into the crowd, sporting the exact unusual facial features and intense eyes the speakers had just detailed. Panic and fascination erupted as attendees became convinced they were looking at actual Venusians walking among them—a chaotic mystery that only deepened when the trio reportedly fled into the desert night.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to advertise on the show? Got a personal brand, business, event, charity, or side hustle you want to promote? Advertise on Strange Places here: https://www.fiverr.com/s/e6GX1WE-----------------

On a quiet afternoon in the New York wilderness, an experienced 82-year-old hunter vanished from his designated watch post. He was surrounded by his hunting party, yet no one saw or heard a thing. Join us as we look into the unsettling disappearance of Tom Messick in the Adirondack Mountains—a case that left search teams empty-handed and continues to stump investigators to this day.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to advertise on the show? Got a personal brand, business, event, charity, or side hustle you want to promote? Advertise on Strange Places here: https://www.fiverr.com/s/e6GX1WE-----------------

What if your childhood memories weren’t dreams at all?Across Reddit, forums, and social media, thousands of people have started sharing the same bizarre memory: as children, they could float. Some describe hovering above their beds. Others remember “flying” down staircases, gliding through hallways, or drifting effortlessly through the air before suddenly losing the ability as they got older. Were these lucid dreams? False memories? Sleep paralysis? Or is something stranger hiding beneath a shared experience that people around the world remember in almost identical detail?Tonight on Strange Places, we dive into the unsettling phenomenon of childhood floating memories, the psychology behind them, the eerie similarities between stories, and why the internet has suddenly become flooded with people asking the same question:“Did anyone else used to be able to fly when they were little?”-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to advertise on the show? Got a personal brand, business, event, charity, or side hustle you want to promote? Advertise on Strange Places here: https://www.fiverr.com/s/e6GX1WE-----------------

A FOIA log entry referencing Gilgamesh, a “resurrection chamber,” the beings known as the biblical Nephilim, as well as other unusual phrasing has been circulating online, quickly taking on a life of its own. Shared across forums and social media, the document is being presented as evidence of hidden discoveries tied to ancient Mesopotamia, government secrecy, and unexplained activity connected to Iraq.At the center of the discussion is a single administrative record from the U.S. Department of State FOIA system. The entry contains language that has been interpreted in a wide range of ways, from archaeological implications to theories involving lost ancient technology. As it spreads, it has been pulled into broader narratives involving historical myths, modern geopolitics, and speculative claims about what may or may not have been recovered or investigated.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to advertise on the show? Got a personal brand, business, event, charity, or side hustle you want to promote? Advertise on Strange Places here: https://www.fiverr.com/s/e6GX1WE-----------------

A name that doesn’t appear on any map. A place referred to only as “Zone F,” carried through scattered accounts with no fixed origin or location. And supposedly, NASA is at the center of it. Also at the center is a repeated story of a deep descent beneath the ocean’s surface—an encounter with something unidentified, and a return that never tells the same version twice. Presence, structure, movement . . . the details shift, but the sequence remains. Something massive was supposedly beneath the water of Zone F. And as quickly as it was reported, it was whisked away and now only appears in legend.This episode traces the story as it circulates: what is said, what changes, and what refuses to settle into a single account. What is Zone F? What was found there? And is it all true?-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to advertise on the show? Got a personal brand, business, event, charity, or side hustle you want to promote? Advertise on Strange Places here: https://www.fiverr.com/s/e6GX1WE-----------------Visit https://www.lapizzadishane.com/ or head to 901 E 5th St in Metropolis, Illinois. Seriously.

The “butterfly people” refers to stories that emerged after the devastating 2011 EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri. 1,150 people injured. Over 158 killed. Survivors reported mysterious strangers — often dressed in white or appearing suddenly — helping pull people from rubble, giving aid, even flying them to heaven, and then disappearing without anyone being able to identify them afterward.Some interpret these accounts as something explainable and grounded in reality, while others view them as folklore that grew out of trauma, chaos, and the human need to find meaning in disaster. Some swear with everything they have that the creatures were real. Either way, the stories became a modern “guardian angel” legend tied to one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history. But is it truly supernatural?-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

In 1876, near Olympia Springs, Kentucky, witnesses reported chunks of meat falling from a clear sky in what became known as the Kentucky Meat Shower. No storm, no explosion, and no clear source were ever identified. The event was investigated at the time, with early conclusions pointing to animal tissue, though explanations varied. Modern theories often suggest vulture activity, but none fully account for every detail. A preserved sample is said to still exist, yet modern testing has not produced a definitive answer. In this episode, we break down what was reported, what was studied, and why this strange case still remains unresolved nearly 150 years later.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

A deep dive into one of America’s most persistent modern rural mysteries, this episode of *Strange Places* explores the long-running reports from Bray Road in Wisconsin, where witnesses across decades describe encounters with a large, upright, hair-covered figure moving along the edge of farmland and forest. From early scattered accounts to the surge of sightings in the late 1980s and 1990s, and continuing into modern reports, the pattern refuses to fade. Eyewitness testimony, disputed physical traces, and conflicting interpretations have all kept the case alive, while no single explanation fully accounts for every detail. This episode examines the origins of the phenomenon, the consistency of the descriptions, the skeptics who attribute it to misidentified wildlife, and the possibility that something still remains unresolved in the rural dark along Bray Road.----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

I found something that may change all of this. Strap in. We have to go back.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

This episode explores one of the most widely discussed locations associated with reported unexplained activity in the United States—the Sallie House. Through documented accounts, historical background, and firsthand reports from those who have spent time inside the home, we examine the claims that have followed the property for decades. From media coverage to modern-day interest, the episode traces how the house became a focal point for investigators, visitors, and those drawn to its reputation, presenting the known reports and experiences. But is it truly paranormal? Let us find out.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

Deep in western China, strange metal-like pipes jut from the walls of a remote mountain cave. Some are tiny. Others are massive. Many appear to run toward a nearby lake. When the discovery was reported in the early 2000s near Mount Baigong in the Qaidam Basin, it ignited a storm of speculation. Were these the remnants of an ancient civilization? Evidence of alien technology? Or something even stranger? Initial tests revealed iron-rich structures embedded in rock, traces of unidentified materials, and even reports of radioactivity. The pipes seemed far too uniform to be natural — yet no known culture could be linked to their construction. In this episode of Strange Places, we explore the discovery of the Baigong Pipes, the paranormal theories surrounding them, and the ongoing debate between believers and skeptics.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

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A man claims he encountered a strange creature deep in the woods and captured the aftermath on camera. Photographs, video footage, and a dramatic story quickly spread across late-night radio and the early internet. In this episode of Strange Places, we examine the infamous Dr. Jonathan Reed alien encounter — the evidence, the claims, and the investigation that followed.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

In 1976, a film about the Antichrist hit theaters — and the stories started almost immediately. Lightning striking planes carrying key cast and crew. A hotel bombed shortly after production stayed there. A fatal car crash eerily mirroring a death scene from the film, marked by a roadside sign reading 66.6 kilometers. Was it coincidence stacked high enough to look deliberate . . . or something else entirely? Tonight on Strange Places, we examine the alleged curse surrounding The Omen — and leave the final judgment to you.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

From whispered folklore to modern reports, Lunar Shadow People are shadowy figures connected to the Moon. Seen during full moons, eclipses, or in the periphery of human vision, they inspire fear, fascination, and questions about what lurks just beyond our perception.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

In 1930, a fur trapper claimed he stumbled upon something impossible on the frozen shores of Lake Anjikuni in northern Canada — a village that should have been alive… but wasn’t. Fires burned. Supplies remained. Sled dogs were still tied up. And not a single person could be found.What happened at Lake Anjikuni? Was it mass migration, something far stranger, or something else entirely?-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

WELCOME TO SEASON 6!!!!!!!!!!!!--------------------------The ocean is louder and stranger than most of us realize. In this episode, we dive into a mysterious underwater sound recorded by NOAA in 1999, a signal that traveled thousands of miles and captured the imagination of believers and skeptics alike. Along the way, we explore the stories, claims, and legends that grew around it, from alleged satellite imagery to whispers of unknown life beneath the waves. What makes Julia unforgettable isn’t just the sound itself—it’s the way humans respond to the unknown, and how curiosity can turn data into myth.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

Aboard the International Space Station, in the quiet hum of orbit, something breaks the rhythm. A knocking echoes through the metal hull—unmistakable, deliberate, and entirely out of place. Experienced astronauts hear it, feel it, but cannot explain it. Nothing on the logs, nothing on the instruments, and nothing outside accounts for the sound. In the emptiness of space, a presence—or at least a mystery—makes itself known, and the silence that should have been absolute suddenly feels alive.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

A late-night call to Coast to Coast AM introduces a quiet, unsettling claim: a perfectly round hole in rural Washington with no measurable bottom. Over multiple calls spanning years, the story grows — deeper tests, stranger events, and implications that drift far beyond geology. This episode tracks Mel’s Hole from its first appearance on the air to the legend it became, focusing only on what was said, when it was said, and why millions of listeners stayed locked in. No visuals. No proof. Just a voice, a hole, and a mystery that refused to stay small.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

In 2015, a Russian businesswoman snapped a routine selfie during a domestic flight that would soon ignite an international firestorm. Hovering in the background, a terrifying, large-headed figure with sunken obsidian eyes appeared to be traveling among unsuspecting passengers. Tonight, we go beyond the viral headlines and internet folklore to perform a clinical dissection of this high-altitude enigma. Is it a real alien? Or is something else playing tricks on us? The photo is oddly frightening, and seems to corroborate the descriptions of extraterrestrial beings. What did it want? Why was it on that plane? Is there a message here . . . or something more down to earth?-----------------See the photo here in its original state, before it was badly enhanced: https://pikabu.ru/story/strannyiy_obekt_na_foto_v_samolete_bliki_prizrak_prishelets_ili_direktor_rentv_3870219Here is the photo on an American website after it was ruined by too much enhancement, but the 'alien' can still be seen: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/21/russian-woman-believes-she-was-photobombed-by-an-alien-after-post-bizarre-selfie_n_8852504.html-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

In the heart of Times Square, witnesses claim time itself sometimes stops — crowds freeze, traffic halts, and the city falls silent. We investigate the stories, the patterns, the believers, and the skeptics, unravel the origin of the Rudolph Fentz legend, and dig into whether there’s any evidence at all. A journey through mystery, folklore, and the irresistible lure of the unexplained.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------

In this episode, we explore the depths of Honey Island Swamp, a place where mystery persists and sightings of a towering, bipedal creature have spanned decades. From firsthand accounts to the infamous LeDoux footage, we document the movement, smell, and behavior that continue to defy explanation. No verdict is given—just observation, history, and the enduring presence of the unknown in one of Louisiana’s most isolated landscapes.-----------------Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------

Fans of the show....cross those fingers! We maybe hitting the airwaves again very soon. I will be keeping everybody updated!

In South Ashburnham, Massachusetts, something unsettled a household and left a woman forever changed. This episode examines the strange events that took place in a normal home in a quiet town, the people involved, and the ripple effects that followed. We dive into a story that is vivid, confounding, and completely terrifying — a story that exists entirely within the walls of one home and the mind of its witness. Until we discovered a drawing that blasted the vacuum apart. In this episode, we get to the bottom of that specifically technical drawing, where it came from, if it existed earlier that Betty indicating that it was borrowed or copied, and most importantly, if it can help prove or debunk another all too famous UFO encounter. -----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------

In South Ashburnham, Massachusetts, something unsettled a household and left a woman forever changed. This episode examines the strange events that took place in a normal home in a quiet town, the people involved, and the ripple effects that followed. We dive into a story that is vivid, confounding, and completely terrifying — a story that exists entirely within the walls of one home and the mind of its witness. It’s a close look at how a single experience can haunt, shape, and persist, even when the world outside has tried everything to break through it.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------

In the remote deserts of Kandahar, Afghanistan, whispers tell of a giant—towering well over eight feet tall, with skin so pale it almost glows in the moonlight. Locals speak of an otherworldly strength, of bodies buried in the sand that defy explanation, and of soldiers who vanished without a trace. Known as the Kandahar Giant, this figure exists on the edge of myth and reality, a shadow lurking in one of the most war-torn regions of the world. Some say it’s a remnant of an ancient race, others insist it’s something far darker, watching silently from the sands. Whether legend or nightmare, the stories refuse to die.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------

The Sacsayhuamán stones sit above Cusco like a quiet dare—massive, irregular blocks weighing tens to over a hundred tons, locked together with unnerving precision and no mortar. Their tight seams, strange angles, and earthquake-proof design make the whole site feel less like a ruin and more like a message from a civilization that knew exactly what it was doing. Even now, no one can fully explain how the Incas shaped and moved stones this huge. Sacsayhuamán remains one of the most enigmatic constructions on the planet—an ancient feat that refuses to give up its secrets.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------

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In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from the remote Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. No struggle, no note, no bodies—just a dark tower, an orderly interior, and a mystery that has baffled generations. This episode of Strange Places explores the lighthouse itself, the men who served there, the eerie circumstances of their disappearance, and the legendary log entries that have fueled speculation for over a century. From plausible theories like rogue waves and accidents to whispers of supernatural forces, we examine why this event remains one of the most unsettling maritime mysteries in history. Was it human error, an environmental anomaly, or something beyond explanation? What happened to these men? And where are their bodies?-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------

Recently, a photo has found its way back into the limelight. A picture with seemingly no backstory. No origin. No owner. No location. No explanation. This deep dive into a re-emerging internet mystery of a supposed bigfoot captured on a trail camera is our next mission to investigate and possibly solve. Where did it come from? And most importantly, is it real?Here is the link to the highest resolution version of the photo on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/bigfoot/comments/189cj31/found_the_second_photo/-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

A still frame. A figure in robes. A photo taken inside a church that would go on to shake the world of the paranormal. For decades, the image has stood as both evidence and illusion—depending on who you ask. Tonight, we’re going back to where it began, to a single photograph and the mystery that refuses to fade.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

In the late 1960s, a quiet family home at 30 East Drive in Pontefract, England, became the site of one of the most violent hauntings ever recorded. Objects flew, walls bled, and an unseen force attacked a teenage girl. Witnesses claimed to see a hooded figure in black — a ghostly monk said to have been executed centuries earlier on that very ground. Decades later, the house still seethes with activity, and no one has ever found a rational explanation.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

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In 2003, a man named Andrew Carlssin was reportedly arrested by the FBI after turning $800 into $350 million through impossibly accurate stock trades. During interrogation, he supposedly confessed to being a time traveler from the year 2256, claiming he only wanted to make a quick fortune and got too carried away, leading to his arrest. Then, just as suddenly as he appeared, Carlssin vanished without a trace, leaving behind no record of his existence. Was it a hoax, a government cover-up, or proof that someone really did crack time travel?-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by Scary Shorties! LINK BELOW:https://scaryshorties.com/

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Perched on the windswept Hook Peninsula in Ireland, Loftus Hall has earned its reputation as the country’s most haunted house. With a dark history of death, despair, and a legendary visit from the Devil himself, the mansion’s crumbling halls are said to echo with restless spirits. It’s a place where myth and reality blur, leaving behind a legacy of fear that still chills visitors to this day, but are the stories true? Has the place actually been visited, and is haunted, by the devil himself? Let's try and find out. Once and for all.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by SoulLiftCraft, links below:Youtube - the youtube channel YouTube.com/@SoulLiftCraftWebsite - https://ko-fi.com/s/600b5d7ce7

This week, we tackle one of the most bizarre alien abduction stories ever told. This one could be just another drop in the bucket of stories we have tackled, but this particular one has evidence. Real evidence. Evidence that, if I can get to the bottom of, this case can be earth-shattering. -----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by the Red Horizons podcast! Links below!https://www.patreon.com/RedHorizonsPodhttps://open.spotify.com/show/3ZYxcpagtb1c5WiDfh7yyh?si=055d0ef4207a4106-----------------This episode is brought to you by the best f---- pizza I have ever had in my life, and yes, I have actually had it. Don't miss this because I am a huge pizza snob and this is by far the best. La Pizza di Shane. LINKS BELOW!https://www.facebook.com/LaPizzadiShanehttps://www.tiktok.com/@lapizzadishanehttps://www.youtube.com/@lapizzadishane

Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

A song so famous it defined an era… and so feared it’s been banned in bars. From Claude François’ bizarre death to the karaoke killings in the Philippines, and even the strange misfortunes of Sinatra, Elvis, and Sid Vicious—‘My Way’ has earned a reputation as more than just a ballad. Is it coincidence, ego, or something darker? Tonight, we dive into the legend of the ‘My Way’ curse.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by The Great 8!Website: https://astylecapital.com/join-the-gallery/ (where people can sign up to learn more or to upload their style)YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DCCult-----------------This episode is brought to you by Over/Under in Paducah, Kentucky! LINK HERE:https://www.overunderpaducah.com/

In this episode, we explore the chilling legend of Sir Edwin Landseer’s ‘Man Proposes, God Disposes,’ a painting of polar bears scavenging the doomed Franklin expedition. Housed at Royal Holloway, University of London, students and staff believe it brings bad luck during exams, so it’s traditionally covered with a Union Jack. It has been responsible for multiple exam failures, feelings of intense fear and dread, as well as a purported suicide. We dive into the history, the folklore, and the eerie aura that keeps this painting shrouded in superstition. Superstition is one thing, but is it truly cursed?-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

In this episode of Strange Places, we dive into the controversial case of Billy Meier — a man who claimed decades of face-to-face contact with extraterrestrials, producing photographs, prophecies, and stories that split believers and skeptics alike. Was he a prophet, a hoaxer, or something in between? Let’s separate the facts from the noise.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

In the swamps and skies of Africa’s remote river valleys, locals tell of the Kongamato — a massive, red-winged creature said to resemble a prehistoric pterosaur. From colonial explorers to modern-day eyewitnesses, this legend refuses to die, blurring the line between folklore and paleontology. Is it a living fossil, a misidentified bird, or something far stranger??-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

I had a very, very strange conversation recently.....-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

North Brother Island is a small, abandoned island in New York City's East River, between the Bronx and Rikers Island. Once home to Riverside Hospital, it was used to quarantine patients with contagious diseases like smallpox and typhoid—most infamously "Typhoid Mary" Mallon. After the hospital closed, it briefly housed WWII veterans and then drug rehab programs before being completely shut down in the 1960s. Today, it's off-limits to the public and overgrown, a decaying time capsule of crumbling buildings, medical history, and urban isolation. Some say it is haunted. Is it? Or is there another explanation entirely?-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

The “Ghost Blimp” refers to the mysterious 1942 incident involving U.S. Navy blimp L-8, which returned to land near San Francisco without its two-man crew. The blimp lifted off on a routine anti-submarine patrol during WWII but was later found drifting aimlessly and damaged—with the engines running, doors open, and all safety gear intact. No trace of the crew was ever found, and despite extensive investigations, their disappearance remains unsolved. The L-8 became known as the "Ghost Blimp" and remains one of the strangest aviation mysteries in American history.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to promote your brand, YouTube channel, Etsy page, charity, event or podcast on the show? I am selling the show's ad space! Mid roll ads, beginning ads, bottom of the show ads, all of it. Click the link below to get yourself some of that sweet, sweet ad space on the fastest growing paranormal podcast on the planet. If you want to advertise here, click the LINK BELOW!https://www.fiverr.com/share/mgzw1R-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by Podvertise.fm!!! LINKS BELOW:https://Podvertise.fmhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nedkonedkov/https://x.com/Podvertise_fmhttps://www.facebook.com/Podvertise.fm

In the frozen silence of Antarctica, a bizarre story began to circulate. Massive black sarcophagi buried in the ice. Was it evidence of an ancient civilization, a secret excavation, extraterrestrial visitation, or something else entirely? In this episode of Strange Places, we explore the origins of the tale, the theories it sparked, and the chilling possibilities that may still linger beneath the ice.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to promote your brand, YouTube channel, Etsy page, charity, event or podcast on the show? I am selling the show's ad space! Mid roll ads, beginning ads, bottom of the show ads, all of it. Click the link below to get yourself some of that sweet, sweet ad space on the fastest growing paranormal podcast on the planet. If you want to advertise here, click the LINK BELOW!https://www.fiverr.com/share/mgzw1R-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------

In 1975, logger Travis Walton vanished in the Arizona woods after allegedly being struck by a beam of light from a UFO. His co-workers witnessed the event and reported it, sparking a massive manhunt. Walton reappeared five days later, claiming he had been abducted and experimented on by extraterrestrials. His story became one of the most famous—and controversial—alien abduction cases in history, inspiring books, investigations, and films. But is it real? On this episode we are setting out to get to the bottom of this story once and for all.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to promote your brand, YouTube channel, Etsy page, charity, event or podcast on the show? I am selling the show's ad space! Mid roll ads, beginning ads, bottom of the show ads, all of it. Click the link below to get yourself some of that sweet, sweet ad space on the fastest growing paranormal podcast on the planet. If you want to advertise here, click the LINK BELOW!https://www.fiverr.com/share/mgzw1R-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by Kali Luxe! Head to KaliLuxe.com and use code KALI10 at checkout to save 10% on your first order.That’s KaliLuxe.com — and don’t forget to enter KALI10 to unlock your discount.-----------------This episode is brought to you by Recovering Out Loud! LINK BELOW:https://open.spotify.com/show/037OyEhc44WfJYgRBDxBvh?si=ZDg4TD6hSNOUkJpLhFz11QChannel and coaching : https://linktr.ee/Recoveringoutloudpod

Orbs: Dust, spirits, or something else entirely? In this episode, we dive into the mysterious phenomenon of floating lights caught on camera—exploring the science, the skepticism, and the strange emotional weight these glowing anomalies carry. Whether you believe or not, orbs tend to show up when something bigger is happening. Let’s find out why.-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to promote your brand, YouTube channel, Etsy page, charity, event or podcast on the show? I am selling the show's ad space! Mid roll ads, beginning ads, bottom of the show ads, all of it. Click the link below to get yourself some of that sweet, sweet ad space on the fastest growing paranormal podcast on the planet. If you want to advertise here, click the LINK BELOW!https://www.fiverr.com/share/mgzw1R-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------This episode is brought to you by The Terror Cellar Podcast! LINKS BELOW:https://open.spotify.com/show/7LUmoQsH2Et0a2vkuPXiIh?si=BjhXCW_URwywBZmUM9mhdg

Antarctica: ice-covered mystery, government secrecy, and ancient ruins buried beneath the snow. In this episode, we dig into the strange theories surrounding the southernmost continent — everything from Nazi bases and alien vaults to ancient pyramids and lost civilizations. Is it just frozen wilderness, or is something being hidden beneath the ice?-----------------Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, host of the No Disclosure Podcast, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!-----------------This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.-----------------Want to promote your brand, YouTube channel, Etsy page, charity, event or podcast on the show? I am selling the show's ad space! Mid roll ads, beginning ads, bottom of the show ads, all of it. Click the link below to get yourself some of that sweet, sweet ad space on the fastest growing paranormal podcast on the planet. If you want to advertise here, click the LINK BELOW!https://www.fiverr.com/share/mgzw1R-----------------If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex-----------------Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!patreon.com/asylum817Shout-out to our top tier patrons, DILLIGAF and Old School!-----------------