*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 23:05. Welcome to Season 7 of The Strange Sessions! Around 360 BC, the Greek philosopher Plato wrote about the island of Atlantis. In the last few centuries, people have speculated about whether or not it actually existed. In this episode, the Season 7 opener, Krista and Kurt dive into Atlantis! And, as always, we do a taste-test, answer listener questions, and open some packages from our lovely listeners!
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 57 min•Season 7Ep. 1
In this prologue to Season 7, Krista and Kurt talk over Skype about how their hiatus went, how life is going, discuss some housekeeping, and take a look at the upcoming season!
Feb 12, 2023•51 min•Season 6Ep. 26
In this bonus Side Sessions preview recorded in July 2022, Krista, Kurt, and guest co-host Kory talk about their favorite nostalgic foods that aren't available anymore. The Side Sessions episodes feature non-paranormal topics that we just feel like talking about, and they are only available for our monthly Ko-Fi subscribers. Season 7 is just around the corner! See you soon! :)
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 25
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 15:25. Happy holidays, Strangers! In this bonus Christmas episode, Kurt and Krista are once again joined by Kory for some holiday cheer and mini-mysteries! Krista looks into the strange story of The Warminster Thing, Kurt discuses the theories about Avril Lavigne and Taylor Swift being clones, and Kory discusses the story of the mysterious and otherworldly Valiant Thor! And, as always, a taste-test! Thank you so much for listening and for being a part of o...
Dec 24, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 6Ep. 24
It’s the Season 6 finale, and we are joined by popular guest co-host Kory Konecny to take a look back at our past 130 episodes!! We do a few updates on stories, talk about memories of doing the episodes, and discuss our favorites. And, as always, a taste-test! Thank you SO much, all of you, for listening to us, for caring about us, and for being a part of this strange, wonderful family. We love you. We will see you in late January for Season 7!!!
Dec 04, 2022•2 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 23
NOTE - The topic discussion starts at 21:46. Plus, some of the true crime stuff might be a little much for Strangelings, so parental guidance is suggested! It’s the second-last episode of the season, and this is an end-of-the-season leftovers episode! We had some stuff that didn’t make its way into the episodes for whatever reason, so in this episode we look into some missing people/true crime stories from Wisconsin and then we look into the strangeness of stories about “The Wheel”. Plus, a few ...
Nov 20, 2022•2 hr 38 min•Season 6Ep. 22
NOTE - The topic discussion starts at 20:44. In this Strange States episode, Krista and Kurt look at haunted areas around Wisconsin! Spooky cemeteries, haunted concert halls, urban legend-ish roads, bars with weird shots, fiery portals to hell, it’s all here! And, as always, a taste-test and we forgot to do a listener question. Whoops.
Nov 06, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 21
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 21:42. It’s time again for one of our most popular episodes…Listener Stories! Once again, you folks really came through. There’s a little bit of everything here, from ghosts to UFOs to creepy things in the woods. And, as always, a taste-test and listener stories! Thank you SO much for all the stories you sent in. We love each and every one of you.
Oct 23, 2022•2 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 20
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 21:11. On June 14, 1969, 6-year-old Dennis Martin was hiking with his family in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Helping the other children play a prank, Dennis stepped into the brush, intending to jump out and help scare the adults. That was the last moment when anyone saw Dennis. In this “Missing 411 Spotlight” episode, we look into the lore, circumstances, and strange details about the disappearance of Dennis Martin. And, as always, a taste-test...
Oct 09, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 19
*NOTE* The topic discussion starts at 20:41. It's another My Favorite Mini-Mystery episode! In this episode, Krista looks at the puzzling disappearance of 19-year-old Brandon Swanson, and Kurt looks at the sad case of Tina Resch and the Columbus Poltergeist. And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions!
Sep 25, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 6Ep. 18
*NOTE* The topic discussion starts at 21:36. With the new school year starting, Kurt is kind of swamped, so this episode will be a collection of spooky stories about woods! Strange creatures, strange noises, strange voices, and just a whole lot of strangeness! And, as always, a taste-test and we answer listener questions!!
Sep 11, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 17
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 23:00. Coined in 1838, the word “poltergeist” has come to mean a noisy or destructive ghost. Are they ghosts, though, or could they be something else? In this episode, Krista and Kurt dive into the world of poltergeists, and look at a few famous poltergeist cases. And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions!
Aug 28, 2022•2 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 16
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 28:56. It’s another Strange States episode! This time, we are looking at The Empire State…New York! Spooky floating blobs, haunted train stations, lake monsters, and creepy abandoned asylums…it’s a little bit of everything. And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions!
Aug 14, 2022•2 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 15
In this episode, Krista and Kurt look at the fascinating lives and theories of paranormal researchers John Keel (made famous by “The Mothman Prophecies”) and Jacques Vallee. And, as always, a taste-test and we answer listener questions!
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 59 min•Season 6Ep. 14
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 18:46. For this My Favorite Mini-Mystery episode, Krista and Kurt are once again joined by popular guest co-host Kory Konecny! Kory discusses The Circleville Letters, where a mysterious writer waged a terrifying mail campaign in an Ohio town, and Kurt discusses the Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter, where a Kentucky family is terrorized for hours by alien creatures. And, as always, a taste-test and we answer listener questions!
Jul 17, 2022•2 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 13
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 20:08. Within the last 5 years, there has been an explosion of sightings, information, and disclosure of unidentified alien craft. From officially released videos to congressional hearings, this has been an unprecedented era of UFO information. In this episode, Krista and Kurt look at the recent state of unidentified flying object research. And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions!
Jul 03, 2022•2 hr•Season 6Ep. 12
It’s Part 2 of our Smiley Face Killers episode! In this episode, Krista and Kurt look at theories (hoo boy, a LOT of theories…) about whether or not a person or a group is possibly going around and killing/drowning college-age males. And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions!
Jun 19, 2022•2 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Since the mid 1990’s, hundreds of young men, mostly college students, have disappeared after leaving a bar or a party, only to strangely turn up dead later in a local lake or river. Are these all just drunken accidents, or is there someone (or something) systematically killing these people? In this episode…the first of two parts…Krista and Kurt look at some of these strange cases where Missing 411 meets true crime. And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions!
Jun 05, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Krista is recuperating from her operation this week (she’s doing well!!!), so this week’s episode is a short Side Sessions preview that was released for Ko-Fi subscribers last November. In 1971, George Cockcroft (under the pseudonym Luke Reinhart) released a novel called The Dice Man. This novel set the stage for “dice living” or making all of your decisions based on a roll of the dice. In this episode, Kurt and Krista look at Rhinehart’s novel and the idea of living your life on the path of cha...
May 22, 2022•38 min•Season 6Ep. 9
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 10:16. On April 15th, 1982, the body of 22-year-old Lora Snedegar was discovered in a farmer’s field, dead from gunshot wounds to the head. What followed the discovery of the body was a bizarre tale of mysterious phone calls, strange maps, letters buried in coffins, and ultimately, the deaths or strange disappearances of at least 5 people. In this Skype episode, Krista and Kurt look into the death of Lora, and the bizarre circumstances that followed. Due t...
May 08, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 8
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 20:08: In this episode, Krist and Kurt follow-up on three stories from previous seasons! They revisit time-traveler John Titor, the strange sounds and other weirdness coming from underneath the Tait house in Wales, and they look at The Mothman and its recent visits to Chicago’s O’Hare airport! And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions!
Apr 24, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 6Ep. 7
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 17:44. It’s another Strange States episode!!!! This time, we are looking at cryptids and haunted locations in The Grand Canyon State, Arizona! From drunken cat creatures to goat-suckers to ghostly miners, Krista and Kurt take a strange look at The Copper State! Due to an error, the taste-test wasn't recorded correctly for this one. Sorry!
Apr 10, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Season 6Ep. 6
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 19:45. In this My Favorite Mini-Mystery episode, Krista talks about Summerwind, the Wisconsin mansion that has a history of being haunted, and Kurt talks about the mysterious Belmez Faces, ghostly faces that appeared on a concrete floor in a small Spanish village in the 1970s. And, as always, a taste-test and we answer listener questions!
Mar 27, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 5
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 21:35 In previous episodes, including the Missing 411 episodes, Kurt and Krista have discussed stories of people who have been in the woods or inside their homes and have seen a being that appears to be somehow cloaked and partially invisible, like the creature from the movie "Predator". This creature or being has been witnessed more and more and has come to be known as "The Glimmer Man". In this episode, Krista and Kurt look at stories about the Glimmer M...
Mar 13, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Season 6Ep. 4
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 20:27. On August 10, 1991, freelance investigative journalist Danny Casolaro was found dead in a bathtub in a West Virginia hotel bathroom from an apparent suicide. Casolaro had been investigating something he called “The Octopus”, a conspiracy theory that spans decades and touches on dozens of other conspiracy theories. Was it suicide, though, or something else? In this episode, Krista and Kurt look into the strange death of Danny Casolaro. And, as always...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Season 6Ep. 3
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 20:26. It's another My Favorite Mini-Mystery episode! For the first story, back in an episode in season 4, we talked about people who were receiving cryptic letters from someone named Matthew Thornton. Well, we received three letters (and two voicemails) from him! And in the second story, we discuss the bizarre event that happened in 1987 to William and Minnie Winston and their Atlanta home.
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 2
*NOTE* - The topic discussion starts at 28:02. Throughout history, there have been stories about people seeing their exact doubles, or seeing perfect replicas of people they know. Turning up often in literature, these twins are often seen as being symbolic of our dual nature. Are these doubles just a work of fiction, or do they really exist? In the Season 6 premiere, Krista and Kurt look at doppelgängers. And, as always, a taste-test and we answer listener questions!
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 6Ep. 1
In this final bonus episode of season 5, Kurt and Krista talk about the fascinating topic of hobo or van life. This is another sneak peek at the Side Sessions available to monthly subscribers on their ko-fi page. Enjoy!
Jan 16, 2022•57 min
*NOTE* – The topic discussion starts at 9:50. In August of 1979, Kit Williams published the book “Masquerade”, where readers could follow the clues in the book to a location where they could dig up a jeweled golden hare. This book launched what would become known as armchair treasure hunts. …
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 5Ep. 24
*NOTE* – The topic discussion starts at 16:42. It’s the Season 5 finale!!! In this episode, Krista and Kurt read some awesome (and spooky) listener stories, look back on Season 5, and look ahead to Season 6! And, as always, a taste-test and listener questions! Thank you all SO much …
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 5Ep. 23
