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Strange Places

Strange Places

By: Billie Dean Shoemate III
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Strange Places is a study of odd occurrences, paranormal and supernatural events that have happened in history, as well as the modern day. Hosted by Billie Dean Shoemate III of the No Disclosure Podcast, Strange Places is an exploration into the surreal.Billie Dean Shoemate III Social Sciences
Episodes
  • S5E200 - The Kongamato
    Aug 24 2025

    In the swamps and skies of Africa’s remote river valleys, locals tell of the Kongamato — a massive, red-winged creature said to resemble a prehistoric pterosaur. From colonial explorers to modern-day eyewitnesses, this legend refuses to die, blurring the line between folklore and paleontology. Is it a living fossil, a misidentified bird, or something far stranger??


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    Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!


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    This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.


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    If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:


    https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex


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    Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!


    patreon.com/asylum817


    Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!


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    37 mins
  • S5E199 - A Deep Conversation
    Aug 17 2025

    I had a very, very strange conversation recently.....


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    Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!


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    This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.


    -----------------


    If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:


    https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex


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    Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!


    patreon.com/asylum817


    Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!


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    33 mins
  • S5E198 - North Brother Island
    Aug 10 2025

    North Brother Island is a small, abandoned island in New York City's East River, between the Bronx and Rikers Island. Once home to Riverside Hospital, it was used to quarantine patients with contagious diseases like smallpox and typhoid—most infamously "Typhoid Mary" Mallon. After the hospital closed, it briefly housed WWII veterans and then drug rehab programs before being completely shut down in the 1960s. Today, it's off-limits to the public and overgrown, a decaying time capsule of crumbling buildings, medical history, and urban isolation. Some say it is haunted. Is it? Or is there another explanation entirely?


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    Head to the Strange Places home website, asylum817.com to keep up with all things Strange Places, as well as the host. Billie Dean Shoemate III is an author with over 40 novels published, a master-trained painter, and multi-instrumentalist musician with multiple albums released. To check out Billie's books, albums, paintings and other artistic ventures, head to asylum817.com. Official Strange Places merch is now available as well!


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    This podcast can also be heard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, and wherever you get your Podcast listening experience.


    -----------------


    If you like what you hear and wish to donate to this podcast to help keep it going, visit:


    https://www.fiverr.com/s/WEY9lex


    -----------------


    Visit us on Patreon for ad free early access and exclusive content!!!


    patreon.com/asylum817


    Shout-out to our top tier patrons, Summer Rain Zen, DILLIGAF and Old School!


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    Show More Show Less
    37 mins
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