The Clown Motel

One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries

One Strange Thing

True Crime, History

4.4 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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A few hours outside Las Vegas, there’s a truly unique — and kind of alarming — motel. If you’ve driven through the vast, empty desert for too long, and need a place to shack up for a night or two, we know a spot… that is, if you’re cool with clowns. But that’s not all the Clown Motel has in store.

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0:00.0	A note for listeners.
0:02.0	September is One Strange Things Anniversary Month,
0:05.6	and our patrons voted to select the topic for this,
0:08.9	our anniversary episode,
0:10.8	and this topic was their top choice.
0:13.7	We hope that you enjoy this strange tale.
0:16.8	And hey, thanks for sticking with us these past three years.
0:21.3	It means a lot.
0:26.1	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing,
0:29.7	the show where we search the nation's news archives
0:32.4	for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:57.1	Thank you. stories that can't quite be explained. Strangers, it will not come as a shock to you, we're sure that there are some places nestled in this country's vast terrain that are, for a lack of a better term, weird.
1:00.5	It's a byproduct of living in such a sprawling environment.
1:04.3	Eventually, the twin flames of necessity and happenstance come together and force civilization to pop up in places it just doesn't belong.
1:14.6	And if you've ever traversed the United States by road, you'll know this.
1:19.5	Every now and then, you'll pass through a town that just, well, shouldn't exist.
1:25.0	It feels incongruous at best, and sometimes it feels far worse.
1:32.4	The Southwest is one of those hostile climates where a certain kind of city doesn't really fit.
1:39.2	Las Vegas is a classic example. It's a vast watering hole that exists despite the odds.
1:47.0	The lights are too bright.
1:49.2	The air is too hot, and the sidewalks are caked with who knows what.
1:55.2	It's the kind of place where mid-century tourists would go to bars themed after the, the atomic bomb, and watched detonations
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