Thanks for joining us on this Octobermonth Finale! This week, we attempt to contact the dead by holding a seance. Before we can do that though, we need to learn where seances came from. So even if nothing happens, at least we learned something. Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you’ve never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and teach you something interesting at the same time. So join…
Ever wonder what inspired the likes of Dracula, Jason Voorhees, or the Phantom of the Opera? Well too bad! Because we’re talking about other horror monsters. Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you’ve never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and teach you something interesting at the same time. So join us every Wednesday for another fun filled learn! If you’ve got a strange question you want answered ask…
Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis, a Really Long Way to Say “Zombie-Ant Fungus”
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Want to never sleep again? Imagine an ant. Now imagine all the muscles, nerves, and organs inside that tiny thing. Now imagine an even tinier spore colony propagating inside that tiny little ant. That’s Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, and that’s what we’re here to talk about today. Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you’ve never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and teach you something interesting at the same time. So…
The winds are beginning to rattle your bones. The howling of a wolf can be heard, carried on on a soft, fall breeze. And behind you an 8-foot monsters groans, “RRRRRRRR!” That’s right, it’s Octobermonth. Time to get spooky! Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you’ve never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and teach you something interesting at the same time. So join us every Wednesday for another…
Octobermonth Finale: Stranger Still Investigate Matsell Bridge
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This week we explore the Matsell Bridge. Every town has that bridge or railroad track that supposedly haunted. If you stop your car on it, ghostly people will push you away leaving marks of their hands behind! You might even feel some ghostly touches. We decide to get to the bottom of our local legend for this Octobermonth. There’s no time like the present to support us on Patreon! Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you’ve never…
In this episode, we explore, “Where did Halloween come from?” What a broad question that is. Regardless, we tackle something we should have done 3 Octobermonths ago: The history of Halloween. We also have 5 classic Halloween traditions to provide the origin stories to. It’s not really spooky, but it is a fun time. Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you’ve never questioned to ask and try to answer them. We want to make you laugh and…
In this episode, we explore haunted attractions by actually going to one! That’s right, we take a field trip to northern Iowa to a genuine haunted corn field. For our last week of Octobermonth, we thought we’d go out with a bang. Will we get scared? Will Jon pee himself in fright? Join us in finding out and laughing along the way! Every week on Stranger Still, we take the questions you’ve never questioned to ask and try to answer…
It’s the second episode in our Octobermonth celebration! In this episode, we explore the question “Why do we love horror?” We explore the sick and twisted minds of horror-junkies everywhere. If it scares the Bee Jesus out of us, why do we keep coming back to it? What is locked away in our evolutionary traits that horror taps into? Join us in learning about what’s really under your bed and laughing along the way! If you’ve got a strange question…
In this episode, we explore the question “Where did scary stories come from?” We explore the evolution of those stories that make you afraid of the dark. We talk about the very first documented ghost story and some how connect it to the creepypastas of today! It’s also a surprisingly musical episode, I guess we were just feeling the Halloween spirit… Join us in learning about what goes bump in the night and laughing along the way! Every week on…
