Strange Outside

Strange Outside Podcast

Welcome to the Strange Outside podcast! This podcast is perfect for lovers of mystery, murder, survival, and adventure in the great outdoors. I'll be telling true stories of death, disappearances, and survival against all odds, with an undertone of conservation and a deep rooted love for nature and wildlife. Make sure to mind your step, stick to the trail, and sleep with one eye open as you explore the strange outside... Instagram: @strangeoutsidepod Email: strangeoutsidepod@gmail.com read less

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7: Episode 7: The Golden Spruce

7: Episode 7: The Golden Spruce

This week we take a ferry across the treacherous Hecate Strait from the mainland of British Columbia and alight on the Haida Gwaii archipelago. We follow a tumultuous story of greed, eco-activism, and terrorism as a native island legend is murdered. Sources: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed by John Valliant https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/gwaiihaanas/nature/faune-wildlife https://wiki.ubc.ca/The_impact_of_continued_logging_operations_in_Haida_Gwaii_%E2%80%94_ecological_and_social_impacts_for_the_Haida_Nation https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/sitka-spruce/

Episodes

7: Episode 7: The Golden Spruce

7: Episode 7: The Golden Spruce

This week we take a ferry across the treacherous Hecate Strait from the mainland of British Columbia and alight on the Haida Gwaii archipelago. We follow a tumultuous story of greed, eco-activism, and terrorism as a native island legend is murdered. Sources: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed by John Valliant https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/gwaiihaanas/nature/faune-wildlife https://wiki.ubc.ca/The_impact_of_continued_logging_operations_in_Haida_Gwaii_%E2%80%94_ecological_and_social_impacts_for_the_Haida_Nation https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/sitka-spruce/

6: Episode 6: Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm

6: Episode 6: Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm

In spring of 1943 rations were tight as World War II raged across Europe. In the UK, four boys resorted to poaching from the Hagley estate to find eggs. In the tangled branches of a wych elm in Hagley Wood, the boys found far more than they bargained for. Sources: https://www.hagleyhall.com/ https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2019/04/04/who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vchJnrZgz-4

5: Episode 5: The Bloody Benders

5: Episode 5: The Bloody Benders

This week we head onto the Osage Mission Trail of Kansas, traveling through open prairie with few rest stops between Cherryvale and Independence. The road can be a dangerous place, with even places of apparent safety harboring dangerous secrets. Sources: Hell's Half Acre by Susan Jonusas; Lady Killer by Tori Tefler

4: Episode 4: The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass

4: Episode 4: The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass

This week we head into Russia and the Ural Mountains as we follow a group of young, but experienced adventurers as they hike and ski into the wilderness. Sources: Don't Go There: True mystery of the Dyatlov Pass by Svetlana Oss

3: Episode 3: The Girl Raised by Monkeys

3: Episode 3: The Girl Raised by Monkeys

Marina Chapman was kidnapped from her home at a young age and abandoned in the jungle by her captors. She spent years living alongside monkeys, learning their way of life.

2: Episode 2: The Worst Bear Attack in Japanese History

2: Episode 2: The Worst Bear Attack in Japanese History

The most famous and most horrific animal attack in Japanese history. This week we visit the Japanese island of Hokkaido and travel back in time to the early 20th century in the village of Sankebetsu. When a Ussuri brown bear was first sighted near a farm, the villagers had no one of knowing the terror and bloodshed that awaited them.

1: Episode 1: Chris McCandless

1: Episode 1: Chris McCandless

Chris McCandless felt the call of the wild ever since he was young. Upon graduating university, he shed away his old life and embarked on a grand adventure. He changed his name and traveled across the United States and south into Mexico, before ultimately following his dreams and hitch hiking north to the Alaskan wilderness. Sources: Into the Wild by John Krakauer The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless