Payne Lindsey presents High Strange Season 2!
Monster: The Zodiac Killer
iHeartPodcasts and Tenderfoot TV
4.0 • 991 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
High Strange Season 2, Episode 1 - Friendly Universe
What if the universe is not hostile, just misunderstood. We open the season by asking whether being alone ever really made sense, and why the idea of something else out there feels oddly familiar now.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Strange is released every Friday and brought to you absolutely free. |
| 0:06.2 | But for ad-free listening, exclusive bonuses, and early access to episodes, |
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| 0:35.7 | The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the podcast author or individuals participating in the podcast, and do not represent those of IHeart Radio, Tinderfoot TV, or their employees. |
| 0:41.1 | This episode contains references to sexual assault and sexual violence. |
| 0:43.4 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:51.3 | Nice to me, right over here. |
| 0:55.0 | I know you're short on time. I'll just get right to it. |
| 0:58.0 | Can you paint a picture for me, starting with that first night? |
| 1:03.0 | I will do it. |
| 1:06.0 | December the 26th, 1985, I had a nice day with my family. Went to bed. And in the middle of the night, |
| 1:17.6 | became aware of the fact that there were noises around me. It felt like I was in a room |
| 1:23.0 | full of people. And I was supposed to be in my bedroom alone with my wife. It was just something wrong. |
| 1:30.7 | I couldn't get up. Couldn't rise off the bed. And then I realized I'm not on my bed. I saw these |
| 1:38.9 | big black eyes peering at me from about two feet away. I remembered those faces and they weren't human. |
| 1:51.0 | This morning I woke up, |
| 1:54.0 | grabbed my phone before my eyes were even open. |
| 1:57.0 | Notifications, texts, alerts. |
| 2:00.0 | I should just go back to sleep, but I don't. Weather app says |
| 2:04.6 | we're fine. The news app says we're doomed. Calendar app is already mad at me. Internal reminder, |
| 2:11.7 | stand up. Drink some water. Inhale for five seconds. Exhale for seven. I need some coffee. $23 to get it delivered? Sure, |
| 2:23.7 | why not? Time to shower. Business on top, sweatpants on the bottom. I went to my office, |
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