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Strange Tales

Strange Tales

By: Cory Li
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Strange Tales is a podcast about the moments in history that defy explanation — true stories of the strange, the unsettling, and the forgotten. Each episode digs into a single event from European or American history: a vanished lighthouse keeper, a shared nightmare that predicted the war, a Victorian experiment that crossed a line that cannot be uncrossed. No clickbait, no sensationalism — just archival research, calm narration, and the kind of stories that sit quietly in the back of your mind long after the episode ends.Cory Li
Episodes
  • The Servant Girl Annihilator: An Unsolved 1885 Austin Terror

    The Servant Girl Annihilator: An Unsolved 1885 Austin Terror
    12 Aug 2026

    📝 In 1885, a killer moved through Austin, Texas, at night, striking women in their own beds with an axe and a knife. Who was he, and why did the murders stop as suddenly as they began? He was given the name the Servant Girl Annihilator years before the phrase serial killer existed. The city mounted night patrols, but the killer was never caught.
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    10 min
  • The Highgate Vampire: A London Cemetery Haunted by a Phantom

    The Highgate Vampire: A London Cemetery Haunted by a Phantom
    11 Aug 2026

    📝 In the winter of 1969, dozens of Londoners reported a tall, pale figure drifting among the graves of Highgate Cemetery. Was it a real vampire, or one of the most famous mass-suggestion panics of the 20th century? Two rival vampire hunters staged public exorcisms, one broadcast on television, and crowds gathered by the hundreds to hunt the creature. Nothing was ever proved.
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    11 min
  • The Axeman of New Orleans and the Jazz Ultimatum

    The Axeman of New Orleans and the Jazz Ultimatum
    10 Aug 2026

    📝 Between 1918 and 1919, a killer stalked New Orleans and cut down Italian grocers in their beds. Who was he, and did the jazz he demanded truly spare anyone? When police failed, the killer mailed a letter promising to spare any home where jazz was playing. On the night of March 19, 1919, the city threw a desperate dance party. The killer never struck again.
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    10 min
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