The Moth (Classic)

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

West Virginia isn't the only region to boast its very own Mothman; since the mid-20 century, Chicago and the Lake Michigan area has had reports of flying humanoids, and those sightings have only picked up since 2011. Why have sightings of the Chicago or Lake Michigan Mothman increased, and what's behind the mysterious wings in the sky? 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 Written by Laurah Norton Researched by Bryan Worters and Laurah Norton Produced and Script-Edited by Maura Currie Engineered by Brandon Schexnayder Interested in advertising on our show? Contact Glassbox Media: https://glassboxmedia.com/contact-us/ Copyright One Strange Thing Podcast LLC 2022 --------------------- Seth Breedlove, Dir. On the Trail of the Lake Michigan Mothman, 2020. Tobias and Emily Wayland, "USPS Employee Reports. . ." Singular Fortean, 2020 Tobias and Emily Wayland, "Chicago Mothman Timeline. . . " Singular Fortean, 2017. Lon Strickler, Phantoms and Monsters, Chicago Mothman Sightings 2011-2017 Josh Terry, "People Keep Seeing. . ." Vice, 2018. Robbie Telfer, "The Case of the. . ." WBEZ, NPR, 2019. Ted Slowik, "Chicago's Mothman. . ." The Chicago Tribune, 2017. Ryan Smith, "The Mothman Cometh?" The Chicago Reader, 2017. Josh Vince, "Wing Freak Terrorizes. . ." The Chicago Patch, 2017. Christopher Borelli, "Fantastic Beasts. . . " The Chicago Tribune, 2019.

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0:00.0	Hey, strangers. This month, Laura, that's me, is going to be traveling for work.
0:05.5	And so we're going to be re-releasing two of our very favorite episodes in the main feed.
0:10.6	But don't worry, if you're subscribed to our premium episodes, either on Apple or over on Patreon,
0:17.0	you'll still be getting your premium releases.
0:19.3	And don't fret, there'll be fresh new episodes for you on the main feed in June.
0:29.9	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing.
0:34.1	The show where we search the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:48.9	As followers of the divinely weird and craftily creepy, you are no doubt familiar with one of the
0:56.2	world's most famous cryptids, the mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
1:03.0	He is, without a doubt, one of the big ones, right up there with the Loch Ness Monster,
1:08.9	Bigfoot, and Chupacabra, and the list of the world's most
1:12.5	recognizable cryptids. Now, you might know that Mothman, despite his penchant for screaming,
1:20.2	portending doom, and terrifying teens in the woods, has his very own statue in Point Pleasant,
1:31.8	West Virginia. Not only that, he has a festival,
1:43.0	he has merch. But his story, however fascinating, has been told and told well, and even made into a few motion pictures, major or otherwise, upon which we will
1:47.6	withhold judgment.
1:49.4	This is a podcast about the nation's lesser-known creatures, and today we want to bring you
1:56.2	a moth and a man, a very manly moth or a very mothly man, who we feel has not gotten his
2:04.6	due. Not yet anyway. Perhaps it will just take time. Hopefully, it won't take a tragedy.
2:13.9	But as of now, there just hasn't been enough attention on a certain flying phenomena known
2:20.2	variously as the Chicago Mothman or Chicagoland Mothman or the Lake Michigan Mothman.
2:28.3	Now, there's a pretty big difference between a Chicago area cryptid and a cryptid that, like Lake Michigan,
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