So last week I brought you bad news out of Monroe, Connecticut. And if you haven't listened,

it's a major bombshell in the case of Renee Freer, whose story I told back in March. But this week,

I want to bring you something fun. I love all things Halloween and spooky season. I also love

history, really good research, and fun stories.

So I want to introduce you to One Strange Thing, a podcast from my good friend Laura Norton of the Fall Line

that dives into the unexplainable and strange stories throughout history.

One Strange Thing brings you witty, true stories of ghost sightings, strange

disappearances, supernatural events, and famous cryptids, creatures, and lore from small town America.

Laura doesn't just tell you these stories. I know from seeing her work behind the scenes that

she digs deep into the origins of each story to figure out how it came

to so she can share bite-sized interesting stories with you. The story I have for you today is about

a witch from the village of Monroe named Hannah Cranna, a woman who killed her husband and got away

with it. But that's just the start of trouble caused by this elderly woman

who ran circles around her neighbors. I hope you have a happy and safe Halloween and that you

enjoy this little bonus. And if you love it, you can find one strange thing wherever you're

listening now. I'm Kristen Ceevey, and this is one strange thing, the show where we search the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.

Yeah. the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained. Strangers, we've told you about a witch or two over the past 100 or so episodes.

In fact, if you're a premium subscriber,

you've just heard a very interesting tale about a curse. But rarely have we run into a story

quite like this one. But before we can get into the rather charming legend of a woman who was

known, probably as Hannah Cranna. We need to talk about something markedly less pleasant.

Witch trials.

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