Episodes

Join Madame Strangeways for a true ghost story about someone's childhood experience with a ghostly face appearing in their bedroom window every single night. This spirit even messes with the lights in the room!! Or does it?! Let's discuss theories, both paranormal and mundane. Stick around after the story for my strange thoughts and strange research. Also, defenestration! How fun. 👁️ Follow the podcast so you'll never miss a new strange story! Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Strangeceter...

Join Madame Strangeways for a true unexplained story about someone's possible near-miss with a witch in a small town in Romania. Was she a witch? Or was she just an old lady who wants to live her best life in the woods? Thank you so much to Crimson Crusader for giving me permission to share their story. Stick around after the story for some folklore about Roma witches and also some non-witches, like Baba Cloanța and Muma Pădurii. 👁️ Follow the podcast so you'll never miss a new strange story! ...

A spooky experience at a cemetery, a shadow figure, and archery... Join Madame Strangeways for the latest Tori Story! Stick around after the story for paranormal and mundane theories: what did Tori and her friends see at the cemetery that night? Is the arrowhead they found proof of paranormal activity? And what native tribes might have been around in Texas to leave behind said arrowhead? 👁️ Follow the podcast so you'll never miss a new strange story! Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Stran...

Skipping the main episode this week as a mini summer break to celebrate the show's second strangeiversary! And to thank you for two strange years, here's a narration of the classic short horror story, The Monkey's Paw, by W. W. Jacobs. You can use it as a sleep story if you like, I won't be offended. 👁️ Follow the podcast so you'll never miss a new strange story! Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Strangecetera: you can feel afraid and not be in danger. 🖤 Huge spooky thanks to my Patrons who...

What happens when an OPFOR Marine training exercise leads you straight into the middle of burial mounds in rural South Korea, and ghostly footsteps start tracking you through the woods? You run, because absolutely not. Get outta there! Join Madame Strangeways for this true ghost story by Anonymous. Stick around after the story for paranormal and mundane theories: Was it the ghosts of the long dead heard moving around them in the woods? Was it one of his Marine buddies messing with them? Listen ...

Join Madame Strangeways for this real life ghost story in which Luke meets one of the many ghosts in his ex's menagerie, who turns out to be a boy from the Tudor period. What makes certain people ghost magnets? Did Luke really experience a spirit? And what fashion would a Tudor ghost be wearing? We ask the important questions here at Madame Strangeways. Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about all this paranormal activity happening in Andy's home!...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true unexplained story about disembodied singing heard by Spiritual_Friend_235 and their mother while on a road trip in the middle of nowhere. What could have caused them to hear music that had nothing to do with their phones or the car radio?! Stick around after the story for paranormal and mundane theories: is it musical roads that play music as you drive over them? Or perhaps a siren song luring them to some strange place? Or maybe it's aliens!! 👁️ Follo...

Join Madame Strangeways for this deep dive (strange dive) into The Backrooms. What even are the Backrooms? Are The Backrooms real? And what the heck is noclipping?! Learn about liminal horror, liminal spaces, and the origins of the creepypasta turned feature horror film: The Backrooms. 👁️ Follow the podcast so you'll never miss a new strange story! Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Strangecetera: you can feel afraid and not be in danger. 🖤 Huge spooky thanks to my Patrons who help make ...

Join Madame Strangeways for this real life ghost story in which Andy experiences paranormal encounters from three separate ghosts in his 157 year old home. How many ghosts would be too many ghosts for you? Oh, and don't forget the ghost kitties. Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about all this paranormal activity happening in Andy's home! Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Remember, St...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Izzy about the strange slip through time, some might say a timeslip, during his walk home along Clarence Street in Staines, Surrey, London, UK. Did Izzy really accidentally step into another time or another dimension? England is flush with time slips for some reason, so maybe so! Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about what could possibly explain something as unexplainable as a time slip.

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by lost_xtic3934 about the strange figure seen in southern Australia that seemed to be behind a eucalyptus tree falling out of nowhere. Eerie!! Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about what could possibly explain a mysterious figure harassing local trees, including some local folklore, because why not. Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unex...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Anonymous about a terrifying growling noise that came from seemingly thin air, witnessed by Anon and their partner in an AirBnb. A haunted AirBnb, perhaps?? Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about what could possibly explain a disembodied growling, including some auditory trickery, because why not. Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the ...

This episode explores the idea of mimics (paranormal entities said to imitate voices, people, or presence) and asks a simple question: are mimics real? Drawing from reported encounters and online stories, the episode looks at how the mimic concept has spread, how it may connect to older ideas like doppelgängers, and what explanations (paranormal or otherwise) might account for these experiences. This episode covers: - are mimics real - paranormal mimic encounters - mimic vs doppelgänger - origins of mimic folklore - explanations for mimic experiences

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Ameya about the strange glowing figure he and a girlfriend encountered while riding his scooter in the forest of Nagpur, India. Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories about what could possibly explain a mysterious glowing silhouette, including some local folklore, because why not. Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Remember, Str...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Mia about the strange, unexplained happenings in her parents' house, like phantom voices and strange electrical occurrences (perhaps even electromagnetic activity?!). Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories behind this haunting phenomenon (doo dooooo doodoodoo). Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Thank you to Tori for granting pe...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Tori about the ghostly apparition in her mother's home called only "The Lady." Eeeeek. Stick around after the story to hear all about my mundane and skeptical theories behind this haunting phenomenon (doo dooooo doodoodoo). Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Thank you to Tori for granting permission to read her story. Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Strangecetera: ...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Poppy the Masked Keaton about his experience during a hike in the Appalachian Trail (the ol' AT) while there to spread someone's ashes. Stick around after the story to hear all about the paranormal and mundane or skeptical theories about what happened to Poppy. Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Thank you to Kai for granting permission to read his story. Rem...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true paranormal experience by Kai from Polterkaist on YouTube about his visit to the Old Alton Bridge, and how he possibly, maybe, might have pissed off the Goatman... DUN DUN DUN. Stick around after the story to hear all about The Goatman, and Goatmen, and how urban legends and folklore spread and morph over time. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Alton_Bridge https://wedentondoit.com/blog/2013/10/18/back-in-the-day-goatmans-bridge https://dentonlibr...

Join Madame Strangeways for this Solstice Strangedive into Iceland's Yule Cat, a spooky Christmas cryptid of sorts who eats children who haven't received new clothes for Christmas. Spooky history, strange folkore, and festive rabbitholes abound in this yuletide deep dive! Listen to Tapes of Trepidation for my original short story and guest narration of A Very Yule Cat Christmas! Follow the podcast to hear people's true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Sources: The Y...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary paranormal story by Kaycee from Reddit about a cabin in the woods that appeared once and was then never seen again... DUN DUN DUN. Stick around after the spooky story for some theories, both from a believer POV and a skeptical POV, for what could possibly explain the missing cabin. Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Thank you to Kaycee for granting permission to read their story from Redd...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary paranormal story by DC from Reddit about a harrowing, unexplained experience in her family's home that haunted them to this day. Stick around after the story for some attempts at mundane and naturalistic explanations for what happened at the house. Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. Thank you to DC for granting permission to read their story from Reddit. Remember, Strangers & Strangelings ...

Join Madame Strangeways for this true scary paranormal story by Good_Composer_8409 about three women in black seen waiting, perhaps lurking, outside her Grandma's house in the Greek village she lives in. Are they witches? Do they mean harm? We may never know! As always, stick around after the story for spooky folklore and spooky history about the birth of witches and witchcraft in ancient Greece. Follow the podcast to hear more true scary ghost stories and strange stories of the unexplained. ...

All October long, Madame Strangeways celebrates Strangetober and Strangeoween with bonus mini episodes of spooky paranormal stories for Halloween! These macabre minisodes are narrations only, no commentary, but full episodes will still be released every other Wednesday as usual. Thank you to Jason, Duchess and Anonymous for granting permission to read their stories from Reddit. Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Strangecetera: you can feel afraid and not be in danger. ❤ A huge, spooky thank ...

All October long, Madame Strangeways celebrates Strangetober and Strangeoween with bonus mini episodes of spooky paranormal stories for Halloween! These macabre minisodes are narrations only, no commentary, but full episodes will still be released every other Wednesday as usual. Thank you to Sam and brembole660 for granting permission to read their stories from Reddit. Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Strangecetera: you can feel afraid and not be in danger. ❤ A huge, spooky thank you to my...