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Autumn's Oddities

Autumn Grube

322 episodes

4 days ago

If it's creepy and weird, you'll find it here! This is a podcast for the strange and unusual, made by the strange and unusual.

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The Watseka Wonder

Autumn's Oddities

47 minutes

3 weeks ago

The Watseka Wonder

At the height of the spiritualist movement of the late 19th century, an obscure teen in a small Midwest town became a celebrity. Whether it was the effects of mental illness, an undiagnosed sleep disorder, or an actual case of possession, Mary "Lurancy" Vennum was thrust onto a national stage by true believers who were convinced that she had special powers to talk to the dead.

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