The Blob (Classic)

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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We're on vacation this week! But we're bringing you a remastered version of one of our very favorite episodes--The Blob. Texas is invaded by a very unwelcome, and extremely gelatinous, visitor. Could this blob be a particularly virulent fungi--or, as residents suspect, something a little more extraterrestrial? If you can't wait for the next release, head over to Patreon, Apple Premium or Supercast, where we're now releasing two premium episodes a month! There are more than thirty waiting for you, and more coming all the time. Our latest offerings cover topics like The Crying Boy Painting. The Premonitions Bureau, a teen psychic, an the infamous Winchester house. 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 Hosted and Edited by Laurah Norton Written, Researched, Engineered, Scored, and Produced by Maura Currie Pre-order Laurah's book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Head to moshlife.com/STRANGE to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on your first 6-count Trial Pack! Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Apple Premium and Supercast! Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Interested in advertising on our show? Contact Glassbox Media: https://glassboxmedia.com/contact-us/ Copyright One Strange Thing Podcast LLC 2023

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing,
0:08.6	the show where we search the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:26.9	You've probably seen clips of early sci-fi films,
0:31.9	boxy robots, spaceships that look like milk cartons, and aliens that are definitely people in a lot of silver makeup.
0:37.9	But in 1958, B-movie science fiction got a little more amorphous.
0:45.3	By that, of course, we mean that the blob was released.
0:50.8	As the title suggests, the movie concerned an alien, well, blob, that crashes to Earth in a meteorite.
1:00.1	It proceeds to dissolve entire towns, growing bigger and redder and more jelloy as it goes.
1:08.8	Though ostensibly serious horror, this movie is a lot of fun, and camp at its
1:14.5	absolute finest. Still, the blob is a little creepy for all the cheesy special effects. There's
1:23.8	something deeply unnerving about a creature that's so clearly not human or plant or animal.
1:31.4	We find ourselves uneasy because it looks so otherworldly.
1:36.4	And that's been the case for a very long time.
1:40.3	Throughout history, we've seen that whenever humans encounter a weird slime, chaos ensues.
1:48.6	According to The Guardian, we have written records expressing anxiety about star jelly,
1:55.4	appearing on trees and grass, dating back to the 14th century.
2:01.3	Semi-translucent, milky white, and wiggly, this star jelly baffled our ancestors,
2:08.8	who, understandably, assumed it was brought to Earth on astral transport like meteors.
2:16.5	It's this same star jelly that inspired Hollywood to glamorize the blob to begin with,
2:23.3	and the scattered sightings of such weirdness in nature still mystify today's scientists.
2:29.3	Back in 2009, the National Geographic Society got a hold of some apparent star jelly-esque
2:37.4	samples discovered in the United States.
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