Welcome back to Something Strange! Today we continue our holiday season specials with the legend of the talking animals! Have you ever heard of the legend of how animals gain the power of speech on Christmas Eve? Listen on to learn more!

Click here to listen to the music referenced in this episode:

• Orientis Partibus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn--eGxF8p4
• The Friendly Beasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A2ypZcRD1w

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Animal abuse, murder, death.

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References:

• Mental Floss Article: Talk is Sheep: Behind the Christmas Eve Myth that animals speak at Midnight: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72843/how-talking-animals-became-christmas-legend

• Wikipedia article on: THe Night the Animals Talked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_the_Animals_Talked

• The Krakow Post: https://www.krakowpost.com/18439/2017/12/polish-animals-talk-christmas

• Lancaster Farming News: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/country-life/family/how-familiar-are-you-with-these-christmas-legends/article_9f6e8062-173c-5b45-b069-c16c32992e9a.html

Welcome back to Something Strange, and happy holidays to all our listeners! Today we’ll be about the history of the Big Man himself, Jolly Old St. Nicholas!

Click here to listen to Dan Smith’s reading of “The Night Before Christmas.”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJON57sU_nc

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of forced sex work, child death, mutilation of a corpse, cannibalism

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Resources:

• ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: https://poets.org/poem/visit-st-nicholas

• St. Nicholas - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Nicholas

• Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#

• Who is St. Nicholas? - St. Nicholas Center: https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas

• Lycia et Pamphylia - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycia_et_Pamphylia

• St. Nicholas Church, Demre - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre

• Historiae Ecclesiasticae Tripartitae Epitome - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiae_Ecclesiasticae_Tripartitae_Epitome

• St. Nicholas Day - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Nicholas-Day

• Santa Clause - History.com: https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus

• Santa Clause - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Santa-Claus

Hello again, strangers! Have you ever listened or watched back over a recording or video you've made, only to hear something... extra? Well, you may want to tune on in for this one. Come along with us as we discuss the history of recoring ghostly voices!

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Resources:

• Wiki article- Electronic Voice Phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon

• The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/hearing-ghost-voices-relies-on-pseudoscience-and-fallibility-of-human-perception-48160

• The Atlantic Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-broken-technology-of-ghost-hunting/50662

• The Story of a Milwaukee bar’s haunted radio: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/1209763231/the-story-of-a-milwaukee-bars-haunted-radio

Welcome back to Something Strange! Today, Bri will be talking to us about the urban legend of Black Eyed Kids. Best keep your doors locked for this one!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE*

Human trafficking

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Resources:

• Monstrum: Don’t Let Them In! The Urban Legends of Black-Eyed Children: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqfXej30Zzw

• “Snarled/ Something Scary: Black-Eyed Children Urban Legend Story Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2QMAsOBMig

• “Tales of the Supernatural Ep. 23: The Black-Eyed Kids Phenomenon- 7 Encounters with Black Eyed Kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KfJZX0nzv4

• “What Lurks Beneath: Are Black Eyed Kids Real? Watch This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWrY2Hh8_ns

• Wikipedia: Black-eyed Children: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_children

Welcome to our very first Something Strange episode! We're so excited to be here with everyone. Come along with us today as we discuss a furry little Pennsylvania cryptid!

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Resources:

• “BFRO Report 3558: Two Campers Are Chased from an Apple Orchard by a 5.5 Foot Tall Hair Covered Creature.” https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=3558

• “Chickies Rock County Park https://co.lancaster.pa.us/262/Chickies-Rock-County-Park

• “Lancaster Online: “Little Bigfoot: Columbia’s First Albatwitch Festival Remembers the Apple-Snatching Creature of Local Lore." lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/little-bigfoot-columbia-s-first-albatwitch-festival-remembers-the-apple/article_7665c758-4380-11e4-b016-001a4bcf6878.html

• “Lancaster Online: What You Should Know about the Albatwitch in Advance of the Columbia Festival” https://lancasteronline.com/features/entertainment/what-you-should-know-about-the-albatwitch-in-advance-of-the-columbia-festival/article_a3538324-cd7c-11e8-b461-cbf929d618d4.html

• “Legends of Lancaster-The Albatwitch” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq70X6MP1Fg&t=4s

• “Running into History: In Search Of” the Albatwitch and the “Little People” of Native American Lore” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ETr3C_hoU

• “Susquehannock” https://www.britannica.com/topic/Susquehannock

• “The Ghosts of River Towns: About Rick Fisher” https://ghostsoftherivertowns.com/about-rick-fisher

• “The Ghosts of River Towns: Albatwitch” https://ghostsoftherivertowns.com/albatwitch

• “Uncharted Lancaster: Chickies Rock’s Shadowy Hat Man” https://unchartedlancaster.com/2022/10/15/haunted-lancaster-chickies-rocks-shadowy-hat-man/

• “Uncharted Lancaster: Meet Columbia’s Little Bigfoot-The Albatwitch” https://unchartedlancaster.com/2021/10/03/haunted-lancaster-meet-columbias-little-bigfoot-the-albatwitch/

• “Uncharted Lancaster: The Sad Tale of Lover’s Leap at Chickies Rock” https://unchartedlancaster.com/2019/10/16/haunted-lancaster-lovers-leap/

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