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A late-night call to Coast to Coast AM introduces a quiet, unsettling claim: a perfectly round hole in rural Washington with no measurable bottom. Over multiple calls spanning years, the story grows — deeper tests, stranger events, and implications that drift far beyond geology. This episode tracks Mel’s Hole from its first appearance on the air to the legend it became, focusing only on what was said, when it was said, and why millions of listeners stayed locked in. No visuals. No proof. Just a voice, a hole, and a mystery that refused to stay small. ----------------- Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. -----------------

In 2015, a Russian businesswoman snapped a routine selfie during a domestic flight that would soon ignite an international firestorm. Hovering in the background, a terrifying, large-headed figure with sunken obsidian eyes appeared to be traveling among unsuspecting passengers. Tonight, we go beyond the viral headlines and internet folklore to perform a clinical dissection of this high-altitude enigma. Is it a real alien? Or is something else playing tricks on us? The photo is oddly frightening, and seems to corroborate the descriptions of extraterrestrial beings. What did it want? Why was it on that plane? Is there a message here . . . or something more down to earth? ----------------- See the photo here in its original state, before it was badly enhanced: https://pikabu.ru/story/strannyiy_obekt_na_foto_v_samolete_bliki_prizrak_prishelets_ili_direktor_rentv_3870219 Here is the photo on an American website after it was ruined by too much enhancement, but the 'alien' can still be seen: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/21/russian-woman-believes-she-was-photobombed-by-an-alien-after-post-bizarre-selfie_n_8852504.html ----------------- Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. -----------------

In the heart of Times Square, witnesses claim time itself sometimes stops — crowds freeze, traffic halts, and the city falls silent. We investigate the stories, the patterns, the believers, and the skeptics, unravel the origin of the Rudolph Fentz legend, and dig into whether there’s any evidence at all. A journey through mystery, folklore, and the irresistible lure of the unexplained. ----------------- Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. -----------------

In this episode, we explore the depths of Honey Island Swamp, a place where mystery persists and sightings of a towering, bipedal creature have spanned decades. From firsthand accounts to the infamous LeDoux footage, we document the movement, smell, and behavior that continue to defy explanation. No verdict is given—just observation, history, and the enduring presence of the unknown in one of Louisiana’s most isolated landscapes. ----------------- Head to asylum817.com - the official website of the host and visual artist, Billie Dean Shoemate III ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex -----------------

Fans of the show....cross those fingers! We maybe hitting the airwaves again very soon. I will be keeping everybody updated!

In South Ashburnham, Massachusetts, something unsettled a household and left a woman forever changed. This episode examines the strange events that took place in a normal home in a quiet town, the people involved, and the ripple effects that followed. We dive into a story that is vivid, confounding, and completely terrifying — a story that exists entirely within the walls of one home and the mind of its witness. Until we discovered a drawing that blasted the vacuum apart. In this episode, we get to the bottom of that specifically technical drawing, where it came from, if it existed earlier that Betty indicating that it was borrowed or copied, and most importantly, if it can help prove or debunk another all too famous UFO encounter. ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex -----------------

In South Ashburnham, Massachusetts, something unsettled a household and left a woman forever changed. This episode examines the strange events that took place in a normal home in a quiet town, the people involved, and the ripple effects that followed. We dive into a story that is vivid, confounding, and completely terrifying — a story that exists entirely within the walls of one home and the mind of its witness. It’s a close look at how a single experience can haunt, shape, and persist, even when the world outside has tried everything to break through it. ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex -----------------

In the remote deserts of Kandahar, Afghanistan, whispers tell of a giant—towering well over eight feet tall, with skin so pale it almost glows in the moonlight. Locals speak of an otherworldly strength, of bodies buried in the sand that defy explanation, and of soldiers who vanished without a trace. Known as the Kandahar Giant, this figure exists on the edge of myth and reality, a shadow lurking in one of the most war-torn regions of the world. Some say it’s a remnant of an ancient race, others insist it’s something far darker, watching silently from the sands. Whether legend or nightmare, the stories refuse to die. ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex -----------------

The Sacsayhuamán stones sit above Cusco like a quiet dare—massive, irregular blocks weighing tens to over a hundred tons, locked together with unnerving precision and no mortar. Their tight seams, strange angles, and earthquake-proof design make the whole site feel less like a ruin and more like a message from a civilization that knew exactly what it was doing. Even now, no one can fully explain how the Incas shaped and moved stones this huge. Sacsayhuamán remains one of the most enigmatic constructions on the planet—an ancient feat that refuses to give up its secrets. ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ---------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex -----------------

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In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from the remote Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides. No struggle, no note, no bodies—just a dark tower, an orderly interior, and a mystery that has baffled generations. This episode of Strange Places explores the lighthouse itself, the men who served there, the eerie circumstances of their disappearance, and the legendary log entries that have fueled speculation for over a century. From plausible theories like rogue waves and accidents to whispers of supernatural forces, we examine why this event remains one of the most unsettling maritime mysteries in history. Was it human error, an environmental anomaly, or something beyond explanation? What happened to these men? And where are their bodies? ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex -----------------

Recently, a photo has found its way back into the limelight. A picture with seemingly no backstory. No origin. No owner. No location. No explanation. This deep dive into a re-emerging internet mystery of a supposed bigfoot captured on a trail camera is our next mission to investigate and possibly solve. Where did it come from? And most importantly, is it real? Here is the link to the highest resolution version of the photo on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/bigfoot/comments/189cj31/found_the_second_photo/ ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex ----------------- Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!! patreon.com/asylum817 Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School! -----------------

A still frame. A figure in robes. A photo taken inside a church that would go on to shake the world of the paranormal. For decades, the image has stood as both evidence and illusion—depending on who you ask. Tonight, we’re going back to where it began, to a single photograph and the mystery that refuses to fade. ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex ----------------- Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!! patreon.com/asylum817 Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School! -----------------

Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex ----------------- Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!! patreon.com/asylum817 Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School! ----------------- This episode is brought to you by J. L. Sterling’s World of Stories! LINK BELOW: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lGZT38I0SMKBg9BkmFkj1

They vanished. An entire English colony, gone without a trace — no bodies, no battle, no sign of struggle. Just one word carved into a post: CROATOAN. For more than four hundred years, the mystery of Roanoke has haunted history books and ghost stories alike. But what if we’ve been looking at it the wrong way? In this episode of Strange Places, we try to dig into the evidence that might finally explain what really happened. Lets see if we can finally put this mystery to bed and find out what happened to the colonists. Was it paranormal? Or something normal . . . hiding in plain sight? ----------------- Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well! ----------------- This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience. ----------------- If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit: https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex ----------------- Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!! patreon.com/asylum817 Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School! ----------------- This episode is brought to you by J. L. Sterling’s World of Stories! LINK BELOW: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lGZT38I0SMKBg9BkmFkj1