The New Strangeland Podcast

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Join hosts Karyssa and Nikki on their weekly exploration of the weird, wicked and whimsy of New England.


    • Mar 13, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 48m AVG DURATION
    • 24 EPISODES


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    Tales of the Strange

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 59:03


    Join the duo this week as they talk about spooky experiences and stranger dreams. Also, watch out for 7/11 nightmare pizza, it'll get you every time.

    Episode 22 - Good Strangeland Hunting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 62:08


    On this weeks episode, Nikki gives a play by play of her favorite Bostonian movie, Good Will Hunting.    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Will_Hunting  

    Episode 21 - 2.3 Million Gallons of Molasses, Delivered at Your Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 38:07


    This week, surf the dark tidal wave of molasses with Nikki and Karyssa!  Plus many other ramblings as usual!   https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood   https://news.northeastern.edu/2019/01/15/heres-what-boston-looked-like-after-a-deadly-wave-of-molasses-swallowed-the-north-end/  

    Episode 19 - Practically Magical Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 53:08


    Hide your husband, hide your wife... because curses. Join Nikki and Karyssa this week while they discuss the film/book Practical Magic! Also; tequila, dead bodies, and not remembering how to end the podcast after almost 20 of them!   You can rent the film on Amazon Prime! (or buy it, like Karyssa did, because who actually plays DVDs anymore)   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120791/   https://practical-magic.fandom.com/wiki/Practical_Magic_(film)   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_Magic  

    Episode 20 - The Boston Brinks Robbery

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 45:18


    Join Nikki “The Nuisance” and Karyssa “Kalamity” as they talk about the infamous Brinks Robbery and all the colorful character nicknames that were involved!    https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/brinks-robbery   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Brink%27s_Robbery  

    Episode 18 - The Murderous Tale of Smuttynose Isle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 56:03


    On this weeks episode, Nikki and KARYSSA discuss the scenic isles of shoals located off the coast of NH and Maine, and also the terrible murders that happened on Smuttynose isle!    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isles_of_Shoals   https://newengland.com/today/travel/new-hampshire/portsmouth/smuttynose-murders/   https://youtu.be/3wJHtWvFQMo   https://youtu.be/SEq6P3IDnLw

    Episode 17 - Sabrina Explains it All

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 56:22


    Join us this week as Karyssa *hair flips* explains it all when it comes to Sabrina! Joe Man-tana; can you really climb a ladder to your friends bedroom; new Salem- yay or nay! This and so much more...   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Comics#Other_Titles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_the_Teenage_Witch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_the_Teenage_Witch_(1996_TV_series)#Cast_and_characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Montana https://adventuresofsabrina.fandom.com/wiki/Chilling_Adventures_of_Sabrina   Click to hear the songs invading Karyssa's mind... wake up, doris is this available  

    Episode 16 - The Very True Story of the North Pond Hermit... and Sex Squatch.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 50:25


    Happy New Year! This week the duo talk about the North Pond Hermit, one of the most unusual true stories straight out of Maine.    https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/news/2017/04/north-pond-hermit-maine-knight-stranger-woods-finkel     https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit/amp   https://www.michaelfinkel.com/the-stranger-in-the-woods/  

    Episode 15 - The Grinch: the myth, the man, the legend

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 64:32


    This week the dynamic duo team up again with CryptidBaddie to discuss holiday entities and if they're cryptids, aliens or... wizards?!

    Episode 14 - Mick Foley Vs Santa's Village

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 57:13


    Join the duo this week as Nikki waxes poetic about pro wrestling and the hardcore legend, Mick Foley's infatuation with all things Christmas, including a little spot in Jefferson, NH known as Santa's Village    https://411mania.com/wrestling/mick-foley-discusses-love-christmas-power-wearing-santa-suit/   https://m.soundcloud.com/wrestlezoneradio/mick-foley-christmas-interview   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley  

    Episode 13 - Bear Brook Murders and we're never leaving our houses.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 53:42


    Follow Nikki and Karyssa this week while they dive into 50 gallon drums of who-knows-what but also never leave their houses. Oh yeah, they also discuss the unsolved Bear Brook Murders and many other things as usual.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Brook_murders https://youtu.be/_XgvzYYgwEM  

    Episode 12 - The Pilgrims were assholes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 51:54


    This week, Nikki and Karyssa discuss how much the Pilgrims suck, how much they don't know about indigenous people and what they will eat on Thursday November 26, 2020.    https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/new-england-native-american-groups/#:~:text=The%20groups%20in%20southern%20New,plentiful%20forests%20of%20New%20England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)#Harvest_festival_observed_by_the_Pilgrims_at_Plymouth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squanto  

    Episode 11 - The Allagash Abduction feat. Kenzie aka CryptidBaddie

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 56:33


    Join the duo this week as they welcome their very first guest Kenzie from CryptidBaddie. The gang talks about the Allagash Abduction, and how to profit off of getting probed by aliens.    Visit Kenzie here:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCks7XYsAIt0XF4SS5UwPIUA   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCks7XYsAIt0XF4SS5UwPIUA   Links:   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allagash_abductions   https://youtu.be/67NU60Y4DD8   https://youtu.be/vV2I3KIZyn8   Kenzie's links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allagash_abductions   https://fiddleheadfocus.com/2016/09/10/news/community/top-stories/subject-of-1976-ufo-incident-casts-doubt-on-allagash-abductions/   https://occult-world.com/allagash-abductions/

    Episode 10 - Spider Gates Cemetery's white goo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 45:49


    This week, follow Nikki and Karyssa as they talk about Spider Gates Cemetery and what seeps up through the ground.   http://www.boudillion.com/SpiderGates/spider.html   https://www.trytoscare.me/legend/spider-gates-cemetery-leicester-massachusetts-2/   https://terrordaves.com/2012/06/13/spider-gates-cemetery-truly-haunted-probably-not/   http://www.strange-new-england.com/2015/10/22/spider-gate-cemetery/   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Cemetery_(Leicester,_Massachusetts)  

    Episode 9 - Old doughface Frank P - a Lifetime original

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 53:00


    Nikki gives Karyssa a history lesson about one of the worse presidents elected, that god damn doughface Franklin Pierce.    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend_Manifesto   The tragic life of Franklin Pierce video -  https://youtu.be/owi0kopvmeo

    Episode 8 - Nikki likes lists and Stephen Kong

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 61:22


    Join Nikki and Karyssa on this spooky week as the dive into Nikki's undying love for Stephen King!    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King   Don't forget to shop small at all your local bookshops!   Salem's Lot   The Shining   IT   The Stand    Pet Sematary    The Dark Half 

    Episode 7 - The Biltmore Hotel and fringe loin cloths

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 26:57


    On this week, Karyssa and Nikki learn about the sort is past of the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, RI and the questionable work uniforms worn there.    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/providence-biltmore-graduate   https://amyscrypt.com/biltmore-hotel-ghosts-providence/   https://themobmuseum.org/blog/ninety-years-ago-thomas-fatty-walsh-died-as-he-lived-by-the-gun/  

    Episode 6 - Axe safety 101 with Lizzie Borden

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 43:40


    Join Karyssa and Nikki as they learn about the infamous Lizzie Borden, how many whacks she actually gave, and her aloof neighbors.   Lizzie Borden house for sale: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/2020/09/10/lizzie-borden-house-for-sale-maplecroft/   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/   https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/lizzie-borden   https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/lizzie-borden/  

    Episode 5 - Vampire Panic, at the Disco

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 53:26


    Join us this week as we talk about New England's vampire panic, why vampires are easily disorientated, and the grave of the very last vampire, Mercy Brown.  

    Episode 4 - The Abduction of Barney and Betty Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 48:36


    On this week's episode, join hosts Karyssa and Nikki as they explore the first widely publicized alien abduction of New Hampshire locals Betty and Barney Hill   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill   https://www.library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/betty-and-barney-hill-papers-1961-2006   https://www.history.com/news/first-alien-abduction-account-barney-betty-hill

    Episode 3 - Jumanji

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 39:33


    On this weeks episode, join Hosts Karyssa and Nikki as they talk about the childhood favorite movie Jumanji starring Robin Williams feat. Keene, NH   https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/j/Jumanji.php   https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71007/10-magical-facts-about-jumanji     https://www.eightieskids.com/20-facts-you-probably-didnt-know-about-jumanji/

    Episode 2 - Madame Sherri's Forest

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 42:08


    On this week's episode, Karyssa and Nikki explore the history of Madame Sherri's Forest. A mysterious woodland area in western New Hampshire with a staircase that leads to nowhere. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/madame-sherris-castle http://www.chesterfieldhistoricalsociety-nh.org/notable-chesterfield-citizens/madame-sherri/ http://madamesherri.com/ https://newengland.com/today/travel/new-hampshire/madame-sherri-new-hampshire/ https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2014/03/madame-sherri-and-early-20th-century-nyc-show-business/ https://www.nephotographyguild.com/2014/03/mystery-madame-sherris-castle-2/            

    Episode 1 - Fun facts across New England!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 51:29


    In our very first episode, New Strangeland hosts Karyssa and Nikki take a look at the weird quirks and fun facts from across the 5 states. Whether you are a diehard New Englander or wayward visitor, we hope you enjoy!    Besides our everyday lives, here are some links that we got our facts from:     https://www.satelliteinternet.com/resources/states-with-the-most-ufo-sightings/   https://vinepair.com/articles/map-states-drink-beer-america-2020/   https://www.movoto.com/guide/ma/new-england-facts/   https://www.boston.com/culture/new-england-travel/2012/09/26/fun-facts-about-new-england    

    Greetings from New Strangeland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 0:19


    Join hosts Karyssa and Nikki on their weekly exploration of the weird, wicked and whimsy of New England!!!   

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