One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
One Strange Thing
Paranormal, unexplainable, and uncanny stories aren't just in the fiction section. They happen every day, to people just like you. One Strange Thing brings you family-friendly stories from America's newspaper archives. And they all have something in common: an element that can't be explained by logic alone. Join us on our trek through small town U.S.A.'s oddities — and prepare to wonder what oddities are hiding in your hometown, too.
Categories: Education
Listen to the last episode:
In the 1960s, one hopeful British psychiatrist hoped he could prevent disaster—not with science, but with the supernatural. For a number of years. Dr. John Barker’s “Premonition Bureaus” collected psychic visions with a single goal: stopping tragedy before it could strike. Hosted by Laurah Norton Researched by Anna Luria Edited by Laurah Norton and Maura Currie Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie Works Cited: Bastian, Jonathan. “Predicting the future: The true story of the Premonitions Bureau.” KCRW [Santa Monica, California], 16 Jul. 2022, Accessed May 2023. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Nicosia.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Jan. 2023, Accessed May 2023. Cope, Michael. “Premonition: Royal Family to Face Scandal?” The Des Moines Register, 21 Nov. 1972. Accessed May 2023. Cummins, Anthony. “The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight review - the press, psychiatry and the paranormal.” The Guardian, 03 May 2022. Accessed May 2023. Freeman, Sue. “A woman’s intuition…” Liverpool Echo, 05 Feb. 1973. Accessed May 2023. Gladstone, Bill. “Future Watch.” The Gazette [Montreal, Canada], 12 Jan. 1980. Accessed May 2023. Harrison, Dave. “Does Mr. Spock figure in your dreams?” Leicester Chronicle, 01 Jun. 1979. Accessed May 2023. Irwin, Theodore. “Can Some People See into the FUTURE?” The Pantagraph, 04 May 1969. Accessed May 2023. Knight, Sam. “The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell The Future.” The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2019. Accessed May 2023. Mail Reporter, Evening. “The ‘early-warning premonition bureau.’” Birmingham Evening Mail, 06 Feb. 1968. Accessed May 2023. Post Reporter, Birmingham. “A Bureau to avert disasters?” The Birmingham Post, 28 Feb. 1968. Accessed May 2023. Spraggett, Allen. “Was the premonition a dream or truth?” The Victorian, 06 May 1974. Accessed May 2023. “4 Britons among 124 dead in plane crash.” Birmingham Evening Mail and Despatch, 20 Apr. 1967, p. 18. Accessed May 2023. “Hitching Hopes To the Stars.” Muncie Evening Press, 10 Jun. 1969. Accessed May 2023. “Miss Future…” Evening Post, 06 Feb. 1973. Accessed May 2023. “Peering into the future - some just have the knack.” Calgary Herald, 13 Dec. 1972. Accessed May 2023. “Royal Puppies.” Evening Standard [London, Greater London, England], 23 Sep. 1971. Accessed May 2023. “Soyuz 1.” NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive, NASA Official, 28 Oct. 2022. Accessed May 2023. “The future is theirs to see.” Evening Post, 07 Jan. 1975. Accessed May 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous episodes
-
116 - Premium Preview: The Bureau Tue, 26 Mar 2024
-
115 - The Wolf Girl Tue, 19 Mar 2024
-
114 - The Missouri Monster Tue, 05 Mar 2024
-
113 - Premium Preview: The Mystery Mansion Tue, 27 Feb 2024
-
112 - The Hog Tue, 20 Feb 2024
-
111 - The Symphony Tue, 06 Feb 2024
-
110 - The Off-World Tue, 23 Jan 2024
-
109 - The Covered Bridge Tue, 09 Jan 2024
-
108 - The Night Before Tue, 26 Dec 2023
-
107 - Introducing It's Haunted... What Now? Mon, 18 Dec 2023
-
106 - Re-Release: The Genius Tue, 12 Dec 2023
-
105 - The Van Meter Visitor Tue, 28 Nov 2023
-
104 - Premium Preview: The Spottsville Monster Fri, 24 Nov 2023
-
103 - The Angel Tue, 14 Nov 2023
-
102 - The Devil Tue, 31 Oct 2023
-
101 - Listen Now: New Podcast “Ghost Story” Mon, 23 Oct 2023
-
100 - The Witch Tue, 17 Oct 2023
-
99 - Re-Broadcast: The Vampire Tue, 03 Oct 2023
-
98 - Introducing Southern Gothic Tue, 26 Sep 2023
-
97 - The Clown Motel Tue, 19 Sep 2023
-
96 - The Champ Tue, 05 Sep 2023
-
95 - Classic Episode: The Lizardman Tue, 29 Aug 2023
-
94 - The Tramping Ground Tue, 22 Aug 2023
-
93 - The Depths Tue, 08 Aug 2023
-
92 - The Wonder Horse Tue, 25 Jul 2023
-
91 - Special Preview of Premium Episode 32 — The Crying Boy Mon, 24 Jul 2023
-
90 - The Cure Tue, 11 Jul 2023
-
89 - Re-Release: The Blob Tue, 27 Jun 2023
-
88 - The Moose Tue, 13 Jun 2023
-
87 - A Very Haunted Crossover: Two Girls Tell Us About One Strange Ghost Tue, 06 Jun 2023
-
86 - The Park Monster Tue, 30 May 2023
-
85 - The Move Tue, 16 May 2023
-
84 - Introducing The Conspirators Tue, 09 May 2023
-
83 - The Bunny Tue, 02 May 2023
-
82 - Introducing Stories With Sapphire Wed, 26 Apr 2023
-
81 - The Dogman Tue, 18 Apr 2023
-
80 - The Toy Tue, 04 Apr 2023
-
79 - Premium Episode: The Trestle (And An Announcement) Tue, 28 Mar 2023
-
78 - The Sightings Tue, 21 Mar 2023
-
77 - The Sweetheart Tue, 07 Mar 2023
-
76 - Introducing The Fall Line: The Case of Chairo Garibay Mon, 27 Feb 2023
-
75 - The Firestarters Tue, 21 Feb 2023
-
74 - The Boy Tue, 07 Feb 2023
-
73 - The Grassman Tue, 24 Jan 2023
-
72 - The Artifacts Tue, 10 Jan 2023
-
71 - Holiday Re-Release: The Freeze Tue, 27 Dec 2022
-
70 - Special: The Elves Sat, 24 Dec 2022
-
69 - The Moth Tue, 13 Dec 2022
-
68 - The Horse Tue, 29 Nov 2022
-
67 - The Incident Tue, 15 Nov 2022