Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 31, and we’re starting the new year off with the insane murder of the DeFeo family in Amityville, Long Island, New York.

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**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussions of murder by gunshot, discussions of domestic violence

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References:

History: The Amityville murders - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-13/amityville-horror-true-story-defeo-family-murders

A&E TV: The Amityville Murders: Ronald DeFeo's Motive for Killing His Family Still Unclear - https://www.aetv.com/articles/amityville-murders-defeo

Medium: Ronald DeFeo and the True Amityville Horror - https://medium.com/new-york-voice/ronald-defeo-and-the-true-amityville-horror-da322cf29068

The New York Times: Surviving Son Held in Slayings Of 6 in His Family at L.I. Home (digitized version of the original 1974 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/surviving-son-held-in-slayings-of-6-in-his-family-at-li-home-son.html

The New York Times: Slain Family Drugged, Police on L:I..Report (digitized version of the original 11/18/1974 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/18/archives/slain-family-drugged-police-on-li-report-motive-still-sought.html

The New York Times: Son, 24, is Guilty in Murder of Six (digitized version of the original 11/22/1975 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/22/archives/son-24-is-guilty-in-murder-of-six-conviction-follows-longest-trial.html

Wikipedia: Caporegime - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caporegime

Widipedia: Ronald DeFeo Jr. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.

Biography: Ronald DeFeo Jr. - https://www.biography.com/crime/ronald-defeo

Hester Law Group: What is an Insanity Plea? - https://www.hesterlawgroup.com/blog/2022/january/what-is-an-insanity-plea-/

Brustein Law: New York 440 Motions - https://www.brusteinlaw.com/440-motions

Welcome back to Strange Snapshots! Today’s Snapshot will focus on tulpas, based on our main episode from last December about St. Nicholas!

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References:

Wikipedia: Tulpa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa

JSTOR Daily: Where Tulpas Come From - https://daily.jstor.org/where-tulpas-come-from/

JSTOR Article: Tracking the Tulpa: Exploring the “Tibetan” Origins of a Contemporary Paranormal Idea - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87?mag=where-tulpas-come-from&seq=1

Merriam Webster: Theosophy - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theosophy#:~:text=noun,by%20her%20follower%20Rudolf%20Steiner.

The Theosophical Society: Theosophy - https://www.theosophical.org/about/theosophy#:~:text=Theosophy%20promotes%20understanding%20and%20unity%20among%20people,Society%20has%20headquarters%20in%20Adyar%2C%20Chennai%2C%20India.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87?mag=where-tulpas-come-from&seq=3

Medium: The Power of the Mind: Creating Tulpas Through Meditation and Visualization - https://medium.com/illumination/the-power-of-the-mind-creating-tulpas-through-meditation-and-visualization-20e561e12ee9

WikiHow: How to Make Your Own Tulpa - https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Tulpa

Supernatural Wiki: Hell House - https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Hell_House

Wikipedia: Slenderman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man

https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/12qrhr/i_have_a_sentient_tulpa_which_is_essentially/

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 30 today, and we’ll be discussing the history of telling ghost stories at Christmas time! Charles Dickens, anyone?

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Brief discussions of ancient rituals/human sacrifice

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Do You Dare? Podcast!

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References:

- History: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England - https://www.history.com/articles/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories

- Nerdist: A Ghost Story for Christmas- Britain’s Scary Tradition - https://nerdist.com/article/ghost-story-for-christmas-m-r-james-mark-gatiss/

- The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic: 10 Spooky Ghost Stories for Christmas Time - https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/

- Wikipedia: A Christmas Carol - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

- Charles Dickens Museum: A Christmas Carol Synopsis - https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/explore/a-christmas-carol-synopsis?srsltid=AfmBOop3tgxi8Ixl7Jbx-yT_FP_TrDn9cgjEmBlveLFTnoX75JC3mz5T

- Smithsonian Magazine: A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghoststories-180967553/

- Britannica: Yule - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yule-festival

- Interfaith America: Waiting for the Sun a Pagan Celebration of Yule - https://www.interfaithamerica.org/article/pagan-celebration-of-yule/

Welcome back to Something Strange! We’re starting off December with what we believe could be a true Christmas miracle, the miraculous, unofficial Christmas truce of 1914

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Graphic descriptions of WW1 trench warfare/trench life, description of injuries/illnesses, discussion of the holocaust

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Down the Crooked Path Podcast!

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References:

- Imperial War Museums: The Real Story of the ChristmasTruce - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce

- History: World War I - https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-i-history

- Encyclopedia Britannica: Bosnia and Herzegovina - https://www.britannica.com/place/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina

- Smithsonian Magazine:The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/legends-what-actually-lived-no-mans-land-between-world-war-i-trenches-180952513/

- History: Life in the Trenches of World War I (Both article and video reference) - https://www.history.com/articles/life-in-the-trenches-of-world-war-i

- Imperial War Museums: The Real Story of the Christmas Truce (Both article and video reference) - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce

- The National WW1 Museum and Memorial: Christmas Truce Incidents and accounts (multiple articles referenced)

- British and Germans, good friends on Christmas Day in the Trenches - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/1/british-and-germans-good-friends-on-christmas-day-in-the-trenches

- "On Christmas Day no one would have believed we were enemies..." - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/126/on-christmas-day-no-one-would-have-believed-we-were-enemies

- “Germans who played the Game” - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/21/germans-who-played-the-game

- German Urges our Men to "Be British" - https://exhibitions.theworldwar.org/christmas-truce/incidents/87/german-urges-our-men-to-be-british

Welcome back to Strange Snapshots, and welcome back to our super special guest, Ali! We’re keeping up with the Cryptids with today’s Snapshot, which will focus on the Wampus Cat. You may remember the Wampus cat from on our main episode about Appalachian folklore.

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussions of animal pelts/taxidermy

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References:

- How stuff works: Wampus Cat - https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/wampus-cat.htm

- American Folklore: The Wampus Cat - https://www.americanfolklore.net/the-wampus-cat/

- Appalachian History.net: The Wampus Cat - https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2017/10/story-of-wampus-cat.html

- Texas Coop Power: Catch A Wampus Cat - https://texascooppower.com/catch-a-wampus-cat/

- WFRX: Monsters and Mysteries of Appalachia: Cryptid of the week- exploring the Wampus Cat, a divisive legend - https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/monsters-and-mysteries-of-appalachia/cryptid-of-the-week-exploring-the-mystery-of-the-wampus-cat-a-divisive-legend/

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 28, and we’re continuing our cryptid month with Bri teaching us about the Jersey Devil!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Canadian Creepies Podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

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References:

- Wikipedia: The Jersey Devil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil

- Pinelands Preservation Alliance: The Jersey Devil and Folklore - https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/pinelands-history-and-culture/the-jersey-devil-and-folklore/

- Weird NJ: The Jersey Devil - https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/

- Atlantic County New Jersey: Jersey Devil- Fact or Fiction? - https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction

- The Jersey Counsel for the Humanities: The Jersey Devil in Myth and History - https://njhumanities.org/humanities-to-go/psp/the-jersey-devil-in-myth-and-history/

- Reddit

Welcome back to Something Strange! In today’s episode we’ll be talking about the cryptid that put the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia on the map - that’s right, we’re talking about Mothman!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Not My Ghost Podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussions of bridge collapse

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References:

Wikipedia: Mothman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

Wikipedia: 1999 Russian apartment bombings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage: An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia - https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia#

Yahoo!News: 'Couples see man-sized bird...creature...something!'... 55th annivesary of Mothman's 'appearance' - https://www.yahoo.com/news/couples-see-man-sized-bird-201500327.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGGJwFSXwXC3vQFJkVb5JJOGA89g0krtPorMXE-8GXxyCezyKhd53bAfYGAbEnIBO3BXfg1yZl2-m7QoV106lfvV1ytF2N41yBfqaeiDDjMako3v3PJpyI_Xs26VCyddnj9Tlks9qFw6YkrQWLocwhqBgfTNnxqR0THcVpiWzh4G

NPR: Welcome to the ‘TNT Area,’ home of the Mothman - https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2012/01/23/145334460/welcome-to-the-tnt-area-home-of-the-mothman

Today: Is the Mothman real? The legend behind the mythical monster - https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/mothman-legend-west-virginia-monster-rcna163428

The Southern Blueprint: The Legend of Mothman: Unraveling the Mystery Behind the Myth - https://thesouthernblueprint.com/2024/10/07/the-legend-of-mothman-unraveling-the-mystery-behind-the-myth/#:~:text=Fear%2C%20Fascination%2C%20and%20Symbolism&text=In%20a%20broader%20sense%2C%20Mothman,turn%20disaster%20into%20cultural%20fascination.

Tamarack Marketplace: West Virginia Wonders: Mothman - https://www.tamarackwv.com/2025/04/04/west-virginia-wonders-mothman/#:~:text=While%20sightings%20of%20the%20creature,tourist%20destination%20for%20cryptid%20fanatics.

WV.gov: Silver Bridge - https://transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/Modern-Bridges/Pages/Silver.aspx

Mothman Festival Website: https://www.mothmanfestival.com/

Welcome back to Strange Snapshots! Today’s Snapshot will focus on Christiana’s supernatural-adjacent experience in the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave in Belize! We briefly discussed this experience in our main episode about the fae, and Christiana is ready to tell you more about it!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Creepy Shit Podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussions of ancient rituals/human sacrifice

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References:

- Belize.com: Actun Tunichil Muknal – The ATM Cave - https://belize.com/actun-tunichil-muknal/

- Belizing: The ATM Cave in Belize (updated for 2025) : Everything You Need to Know - https://belizing.com/ATM-Cave-Belize/

- Atlas Obscura: The Crystal Maiden of the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-crystal-maiden-of-the-actun-tunichil-muknal-cave-belize

- National Geographic: Take a tour of the Maya underworld—if you dare - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/ancient-maya-underworld-belizean-caves