
Paranormal notes from the strange cellar.
The gist
The Strange Sessions is a long-running paranormal and odd-history conversation built around ghosts, urban legends, mysteries, and side tangents. Its appeal sits as much in the warm, rambling housekeeping as in the strange topic of the week.
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About The Strange Sessions
The Strange Sessions is a paranormal and odd-history hangout built around strange cases, internet lore, haunted places, and whatever conversational detours happen before the topic starts. It is not a brisk documentary. The show often spends time on housekeeping, weather, taste tests, listener notes, recording mishaps, coffee, holidays, and side projects before moving into the prepared subject. That looseness is part of the design. Recent episodes have covered Antarctica mysteries, the Warrens, Dead Internet Theory, the Ariel School incident, Minnesota legends, carnivals, the Jejune Institute, unpopular opinions, Tarrare, and broken arrows. The tone is curious, skeptical, and amused. A conspiracy screenshot can turn into a discussion of grounded ice, glaciology, katabatic winds, and jokes from Reddit. A haunted-house topic can sit beside memories of other paranormal podcasts, TV investigations, and disappointment that no full-body apparition appeared at work. The show is comfortable admitting uncertainty. It checks sources, laughs at itself, and leaves space for ordinary reactions like hunger, cold basements, tech problems, and forgetting the format after time away. Side Sessions widen the lane into carnivals, Stephen King connections, Dr Pepper ads, subscriber-funded ghost gear, and video-production fatigue. The Christmas and finale episodes lean even harder into banter, listener appreciation, survival talk, and recurring guest energy from Corey. Its strange stories can get dark, especially with historical medical material, alleged hauntings, fraud, and disaster scenarios, but the delivery stays casual rather than sensational. The show works best for listeners who enjoy paranormal research as a friend-group ritual: topic notes on the table, jokes interrupting the read-through, and a willingness to spend twenty minutes in the warm-up. It feels lived in. The final-season framing adds a bittersweet layer, with the speakers openly talking about endings, possible future phases, and the long habit of telling strangers to stay strange.
Made for: For listeners who like ghosts, legends, conspiracies, odd history, and internet weirdness delivered through relaxed banter. It especially suits people who enjoy the pre-topic chatter as much as the case itself.
What sets it apart: The show's identity comes from the mix of strange topics and deliberately unpolished basement conversation. It keeps timestamps for topic-skippers while also making the rambling opener a main attraction.
In their own words
Kurt and Krista are seasoned paranormal investigators who also happen to be good friends. Their love of all things strange turned into a podcast.
Why you'd press play
Strange Cellar 1.5 is your seat for haunted dolls, weather gripes, and Wisconsin supper-club plans.
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- Kurt-and-Krista banter, complete with taste tests, before the strange stuff begins
- listener stories where a bed visitor can share space with a possible UFO
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Episodes
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Season 10 Episode 4: Antarctica Mysteries
Strange Sessions hosts Krista and Kurt open with roughly 20 minutes of housekeeping and a KFC-flavored jelly bean taste test before covering Antarctica.
Apr 12, 2026·1h 45m·5 clips - 2
Season 10 Episode 3: Strange States - Washington
Mar 29, 2026·2h 1m - 3
Season 10 Episode 2: Side Sessions Preview - Carnivals & Dr Pepper
Hidden gemKurt and Krista devote this Side Sessions episode to carnivals and carnies, tying the theme to their Strangers Book Club pick, Stephen King's Joyland.
Mar 15, 2026·1h 37m·5 clips - 4
Season 10 Episode 1: The Warrens
Strange Sessions hosts Krista and Kurt open their final-season premiere with over half an hour of housekeeping, listener gift unboxing, and pitches for possible spin-off shows before diving into a researched biography of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Mar 1, 2026·1h 44m·5 clips - 5
Season 9 Episode 20: Christmas Episode Q&A
Strange Sessions hosts Krista and Kurt welcome guest Corey Konechny for their annual Christmas Eve listener-questions episode, opening with a taste test of a durian lava pastry that both hosts describe as smelling like dirty feet but tasting like a bad Fig Newton.
Dec 24, 2025·1h 30m·5 clips - 6
Season 9 Episode 19: Season Finale - Tarrare & Broken Arrows
Hidden gemIn the Season 9 finale of The Strange Sessions, Kurt, Krista, and returning guest host Corey open with trivia contest results, a tie for first between Roland Montgomery and Stephanie Blakey, plus heartfelt Christmas letters and cash gifts from listener Scott.
Dec 7, 2025·1h 28m·5 clips - 7
Season 9 Episode 18: Strange Appalachia
Nov 23, 2025·1h 51m - 8
Season 9 Episode 17: MFMM - The Nuremberg Incident & Spirit Communication Discussion
Nov 9, 2025·2h 6m - 9
Season 9 Episode 16: More Creepy Internet Stories
Oct 26, 2025·1h 54m - 10
Season 9 Episode 15: The Kecksburg Incident & The Nazi Bell
Oct 12, 2025·1h 30m - 11
Season 9 Episode 14: Side Sessions Preview - The Jejune Institute & Unpopular Opinions
Hidden gemIn this Side Sessions episode, Kurt walks through the JeJune Institute, an elaborate 2008-2011 San Francisco alternate reality game he discovered via a Tubi documentary called The Institute, reading firsthand accounts from participant Elizabeth Toby's blog.
Sep 28, 2025·1h 31m·5 clips - 12
Season 9 Episode 13: Listener Suggestions - Dead Internet Theory & Ariel School Incident
Hosts Kurt and Krista open with a roadmap for the rest of the season, including a Nazis-and-the-occult research episode, a Halloween spooky-stories episode, and a season finale with Corey, plus a taste test of Amish-store roast beef chips and English pumpkin-spice soda.
Sep 14, 2025·1h 50m·5 clips - 13
Season 9 Episode 12: Strange States - Minnesota
Remer turned Bigfoot sightings into Bigfoot Days, complete with hash browns, Olympics, and a 25-foot statue.
Aug 31, 2025·1h 42m·2 clips - 14
Season 9 Episode 11: Listener Stories
This Strange Sessions Listener Stories episode features anonymous listener-submitted accounts, starting with a teenager named Lucas who watched what looked like his brother's double grin, laugh, and sprint off into the woods while the real brother was miles away with friends.
Aug 17, 2025·1h 46m·5 clips - 15
Season 9 Episode 10: Annabelle Death & The Buga Sphere
Hidden gemKurt and Krista announce that their upcoming tenth season will be the show's last regularly scheduled one, with a final episode planned for May 14, 2027, exactly ten years after their first release.
Aug 3, 2025·1h 47m·5 clips - 16
Season 9 Episode 9: Campbellsport Investigation
Hidden gemKrista and Kurt open The Strange Sessions from Krista's new five-and-a-half-acre property before revisiting a May 24th ghost investigation at Campbellsport's former Amber Hotel.
Jul 20, 2025·1h 7m·5 clips - 17
Season 9 Episode 8: Side Sessions Preview - Summer Road Trip Edition
Strange Sessions hosts Krista and Kurt open this bonus side session with banter about camera equipment failures, ghost-hunting shows like Ghost Adventures, and their favorite paranormal creators like Hellier and Haunted Objects.
Jul 6, 2025·1h 59m·5 clips - 18
Season 9 Episode 7: The Illuminati & The New World Order
Kurt and Krista devote this Strange Sessions episode, recorded in their final session before moving out of the strange cellar, to a survey of Illuminati and New World Order conspiracy claims.
Jun 22, 2025·1h 35m·5 clips - 19
Season 9 Episode 6: Strange Countries - Argentina
Hidden gemKurt and Krista launch The Strange Sessions' first 'Strange Countries' episode, covering Argentina using research a listener named Alejandro sent them in a PDF.
Jun 8, 2025·1h 44m·5 clips - 20
Season 9 Episode 5: Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Deathbed Visions
On this Strange Sessions episode, hosts Kurt and Krista cover a Haunted Librarian article on why hospitals are haunted, a hellocare.com piece on ghosts in aged-care facilities, and a searchforlifeafterdeath.com piece on deathbed visions.
May 25, 2025·1h 40m·5 clips - 21
Season 9 Episode 4: MFMM - The Voynich Manuscript & Streetlight Interference Phenomenon
Hosts Krista and Kurt discuss their recent concert experiences before introducing topics on the Voynich Manuscript and Streetlight Interference Phenomenon.
May 11, 2025·1h 30m - 22
Season 9 Episode 3: Havana Syndrome
Apr 27, 2025·1h 31m - 23
Season 9 Episode 2: Television Weirdness
Apr 13, 2025·1h 35m - 24
Season 9 Episode 1: The 2024 Drone Sightings
Mar 30, 2025·1h 37m - 25
Season 8 Episode 26: Side Sessions Double Preview - Nostalgic Scents & KFC
Mar 2, 2025·1h 39m - 26
Season 8 Episode 25: Updates & James Dean’s Cursed Car
Krista and Kurt give personal updates and introduce the topic of James Dean's cursed car.
Jan 10, 2025·53m - 27
Season 8 Episode 24: Christmas Episode - Q&A
Dec 24, 2024·1h 50m - 28
Season 8 Episode 23: Season Finale - Musical Mysteries
Dec 1, 2024·2h 4m - 29
Season 8 Episode 22: Caves
Nov 17, 2024·1h 34m - 30
Season 8 Episode 21: Missing 411 Spotlight - Patric McCarthy & Todd Sees
Nov 3, 2024·1h 57m - 31
Season 8 Episode 20: Mimics
Oct 20, 2024·1h 54m - 32
Season 8 Episode 19: More Listener Stories
Oct 6, 2024·1h 54m - 33
Season 8 Episode 17: Gifted & Talented Education Weirdness - Part 1
Sep 22, 2024·1h 32m - 34
Season 8 Episode 18: Gifted & Talented Education Weirdness - Part 2
Sep 22, 2024·1h 41m - 35
Season 8 Episode 16: Strange States - Michigan
Sep 8, 2024·2h 5m - 36
Season 8 Episode 15: Listener Suggestions - The Nodolf Incident, The Wackers, and Haunted Toys R Us
Kurt and Krista introduce a listener suggestion episode covering the Nodolf Incident, the Wackers, and Haunted Toys R Us, with banter about recording schedules and shout-outs.
Aug 25, 2024·1h 26m - 37
Season 8 Episode 14: Whitewater & The Flannel Man
Aug 11, 2024·2h 14m - 38
Season 8 Episode 13: The Fae
Jul 28, 2024·2h 6m - 39
Season 8 Episode 12: Strange Creatures - Whistlers & The Faceless
Jul 14, 2024·1h 56m - 40
Season 8 Episode 11: Side Sessions Preview - Mitch Weiser & Bonnie Bickwit
Mitch and Bonnie chat about their week, including a severe storm and upcoming orientation for new sixth graders.
Jul 7, 2024·58m - 41
Season 8 Episode 10: Even More Nature Of Reality
Jun 23, 2024·1h 56m - 42
Season 8 Episode 9: Strange States - Pennsylvania
Jun 9, 2024·2h 28m - 43
Season 8 Episode 8: MFMM - The Third Man Factor & Ghost Writer
May 26, 2024·2h 9m - 44
Season 8 Episode 7: Listener Stories
May 12, 2024·2h 26m - 45
Season 8 Episode 6: Chatting With Blaine Rezach
Apr 28, 2024·2h 12m - 46
Season 8 Episode 5: Project MKUltra
Apr 14, 2024·2h 3m - 47
Season 8 Episode 4: Strange States - More Wisconsin Weirdness
Mar 31, 2024·1h 59m - 48
Season 8 Episode 3: Listener Suggestions - Don Decker, Houska Castle, Mystery Vending Machine, and Sunblinks
Mar 17, 2024·2h 8m - 49
Season 8 Episode 2: Glenbeulah School Investigation & The Estes Method
Mar 3, 2024·2h 1m - 50
Season 8 Episode 1: Tunnels
Feb 18, 2024·2h 17m