The Birds

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

When a blackbird flock in Beebe, Arkansas plummets to the earth, conspiracy theorists are interested; imagine their surprise when, over the next week, a dozen or more similar events occur across the globe. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Special thanks to Robin Warder (The Trail Went Cold), Kristi Lee (Canadian True Crime), and Micheal Whelan (Unresolved) for lending us their voice acting talents! Written and Hosted by Laurah Norton Engineered, Edited, Scored, and Produced by Maura Currie Researched by Laurah Norton and Jessica Ann Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

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0:00.0	If you love one strange thing and you're looking for another podcast to binge,
0:05.0	let us tell you about strange and unexplained with Daisy Egan.
0:10.0	Do you believe in ghosts?
0:12.0	How about Bigfoot?
0:14.0	Do you think it's strange and fascinating that a four-year-old in Oklahoma could look at a black-and-white picture of a man from the 1930s and say,
0:24.0	that was me before, and then provide actual verifiable details of the man's life?
0:31.8	If so, strange and unexplained with Daisy Egan is about to be your favorite podcast.
0:38.5	Daisy is a Tony Award-winning actor, writer, and true crime fanatic, but she's also a skeptic.
0:46.0	Each week, she looks at real stories of hauntings, disappearances, UFO encounters,
0:52.6	the Bermuda Triangle, Near-death experiences, and anything else that feels just beyond what we can easily make sense of.
1:02.3	She is your guide into the inexplicable details of these stories. But she's also like, show me the receipts.
1:11.1	So if you want to dive into the unexplained,
1:13.8	check out Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Egan.
1:17.4	Find Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Egan wherever you get your podcasts.
2:03.0	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing, the show where we around the rosy, that kind of thing, likely have some truly terrible origins,
2:11.1	like bubonic plagues, and, weirdly, complaints about various taxation systems. Read up on Baba Black Sheep and Jack and Jill if you want to know more. If we were to get into it,
2:16.4	we'd honestly need a much longer show.
2:19.5	In any case, there's a certain bird that pops up in a number of these poems and rhymes,
2:25.7	and it's that bird that we're concerned with today. No, not geese, blackbirds. Maybe you've
2:32.9	heard this ditty.
2:38.8	Singers on the six pans a pocket full of fry.
2:43.2	Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
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