{"podcast":{"title":"The Strange and Unusual Podcast","slug":"the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-879598","podcast_index_feed_id":879598,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/9ABWT3pm","website_url":"https://the-strange-and-unusual-podcast.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3c9c3c2a-a53f-40bd-9d24-bdb387b03fb1/df2245c4-7799-4186-bb52-3922c095ccde/3000x3000/sxm-cover-morbid-strange-and-unusual-3000x3000-final.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Alyson Horrocks | Morbid Network","episode_count":125,"summary":"The unknown. It lies at the root of all fear, and has inspired legends, superstition, folklore, customs, hysteria, and even murder throughout history. Still today we feel the shadowy presence of our ancestors' struggles to explain the mysterious in almost every facet of our lives. Whether it be in the form of religion, urban legends, pop culture, ghost stories, superstitious rituals, and so much more we are still just fighting to keep our monsters in the dark. Welcome to The Strange and Unusual Podcast.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-879598"},"episode":{"title":"10 Things in the Appalachian Woods That Shouldn’t Be There","slug":"10-things-in-the-appalachian-woods-that-shouldn-t-be-there","published_at":"2026-05-31T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-879598/10-things-in-the-appalachian-woods-that-shouldn-t-be-there","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-879598","url":"https://the-strange-and-unusual-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/10-things-in-the-appalachian-woods-that-shouldnt-be-there-bZwvJpFn","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/633f5501-1981-4880-943c-f8e8e4168569/episodes/be29840f-736e-46f6-a7b2-c049a028c8c9/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=633f5501-1981-4880-943c-f8e8e4168569&awEpisodeId=be29840f-736e-46f6-a7b2-c049a028c8c9&feed=9ABWT3pm","summary":"There’s an old rule in the Appalachian Mountains, if you hear your name called from the woods, don’t answer. This week, we’re delving into the hills to find out why. We cover folklore from a 200-year-old Tennessee haunting that killed a man, to a 10-foot creature that emerged in West Virginia in 1952, to the thing in the trees that learns your voice.","meta_description":"There’s an old rule in the Appalachian Mountains, if you hear your name called from the woods, don’t answer. This week, we’re delving into the hills to fi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4310,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-879598/episodes/10-things-in-the-appalachian-woods-that-shouldn-t-be-there/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-879598/10-things-in-the-appalachian-woods-that-shouldn-t-be-there.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}