Peculiar Tales
Welcome to Peculiar Tales the podcast where curiosity meets the creepy, the peculiar, and the downright bizarre. Your hosts, Dawn & Kristy are your guides through strange stories from history, eerie urban legends, ghostly encounters, and all things weird and wonderful.
Told in a captivating, story-driven style. Whether it's a long-lost mystery, a chilling haunting, or just something that doesn’t quite add up—we’re here to unpack the peculiar, one tale at a time.
So grab your headphones, maybe leave the lights on, and join us each episode for a new journey into the strange. Because normal is overrated.
Episodes
33 episodes
Ashes and Echoes of The Clark Airbase
After 90 years the base closed. The land had devastation,death, pride and growth. Once the largest airbase of itskind and then one of the largest volcanic eruptions of itskind buried it in ash. What was left was not just despair,
Mothers of Evil, did they know?
In the beginning they were mothers to children, and no motherever thinks that their name will be remembered because theirson or daughter became a serial killer.We will be looking at the parenting of these women, fromcoldness, an...
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Stay Quiet: The Legend of Charlie McCarthy
A ventriloquist dummy that felt a little too real…Strange stories. Unsettling rumors and a legend that refuses to die.This week on Peculiar Tales with Dawn & Kristy, we dig into the eerie myths surrounding Charlie McCarthy and th...
Radio silence, 1937. What happened to Amelia?
Amelia Earhart’s final words were clear—but what followed was silence.In this episode of Peculiar Tales, we trace Amelia’s rise as a pioneering aviator and unravel the chilling mystery of her 1937 disappearance. From her final f...
The Great Amherst Mystery
In 1878, a quiet home in Amherst, Nova Scotia became the center of one of Canada’s most chilling mysteries.In this episode of Peculiar Tales, we explore the story of Esther Cox and the strange events that surrounded her — violen...
Easter: The Stories We Don’t Tell
Easter is meant to be a time of light and renewal… but some stories suggest something darker lingers beneath the surface.In this episode of Peculiar Tales, we explore creepy, supposedly true Easter stories from the dead seen at their own...
The Yuba County Five: Missing in the Snow
In February of 1978, five men left Northern California to attend a basketball game and never made it home. Days later, their car was found abandoned deep in the Plumas National Forest, miles in the wrong direction and surrounded by snow....
Hy Brasil
Maps showed it to be a place to go to, west of Ireland, an islandthat could vanish and reappear at will every 7 years. Then asquick as it made its way on maps it was excluded after time, afterthe stories, after the expeditions. Is t...
An Irish true crime: Death of Innocence in Maamtrasna & Dublin 1882.
A family massacred while they slept. A village with it’s secrets and anger, a court determined to convict quickly, and an innocent man’s name that would take136 years to clear. This story is about, a heinous crime and the injustices that fo...
What lurks beneath the ripples? Myth or memory?
Okanagan lake is deep and calm, maybe too calm. Whispershave been heard of a shadow beneath the water, a shadow thatcomes to the surface long enough to remind us that the lake hassecrets, and by some accounts the whispers are nothin...
St. Valentines Day Massacre
On February 14th, 1929, seven men were lined up against a brick wall inside a Chicago garage and executed in broad daylight.No arrests. No convictions. No justice.In this episode of Peculiar Tales, we dive into t...
Peg Entwistle: Life, Death, and the Shadows of the Hollywood Sign
Some stories don’t end—they echo.Peg Entwistle was a promising young actress chasing success from Broadway to Hollywood. But behind the dream were heartbreak, rejection, and a future that never arrived. Her tragic death tied her forever ...
The Curious case of Charles Coghlan
When actor Charles Coghlan died, in 1899 his coffin was lost at sea- only to resurface years later in Prince Edward Island. Was this coincidence or maybe something else?
Madness has no Friends
Between the fine line of history and folklore, are threads of truth intertwined with fiction. There were warnings and there were deaths, and there was always the greed! Join us while we dive into the tale that has baffled many people for 155 pl...
The December Devil
In this episode we step into the shadow of the holiday season. Wherethe beautiful lights and the holiday songs are not enough to chaseaway the darkness of what some call an ancient creature. This is notthe usual Christmas tale that ...
The Original Gone Girl.
Before the bestselling novel. Before the blockbuster film. There was a real woman whose disappearance shocked the public.In this episode of Peculiar Tales, we explore the chilling true case often called the original “Gone Gir...
Twin Tales
Hooves, Hides and Hidden Creatures Winter legends of Wales and Iceland. Let’s go to worlds where winter nights echo with ancient footsteps, ritual songs, and creatures older than folklore itself. In This episode we are diving into u...
The Lawson Family Murders
On Christmas Day 1929, the Lawson family of rural North Carolina became the center of one of America’s most haunting tragedies. In this episode, Dawn and Kristy uncover the chilling story of Charlie Lawson a father who murdered his wife and six...
Legends Or Tales #2
In the dim corners of every town lurks tales that come out in the dark, some swear that the tales are true, while others say the tales are nothing more then folklore. Some tales will tell of an axe murderer,or a hook handed man out for revenge,...
Haunted Forts Echoes Of War And Madness
Across the landscapes of Ontario are the remains of19 th century military forts, they are solemn witnessesto what was a turbulent past. The barracks nowcarefully preserved once echoed with the sounds ofthunderous cannons, and th...
Abandoned at Sea: The Unsolved Mystery of the Mary Celeste
In this episode we tell the story of Mary Celeste a ship found drifting at sea her sails torn and tattered, no crew on board, no signs of struggle. What happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste? This question has puzzled and fascinated people f...
Chilling Tales & Haunted Cemeteries
In this eerie and chilling episode, we explore 2 cemeteries that have dark history and local legends. Graves, ghosts & grim tales is what make up these haunted cemeteries that awaits on this Halloween.
Tales Of Devil's Night
This Devil’s Night, we’re diving into where it all began. Before the fires and fear, there was Gate Night a night of harmless pranks that slowly transformed into something much darker. We talk about the legends behind Devil’s Night, ho...