The Haunted Theatres of LA are...strAInge

The Hopkinsville Goblins were...strAInge

Episode Description In August 1955, a family near Kelly, Kentucky, just outside Hopkinsville, claimed that strange small figures had surrounded their farmhouse after a bright object crossed the night sky. What followed became one of the most famous close-encounter stories in American folklore: hours of gunfire, terrified witnesses, police officers searching the property, and a legend that would later be remembered as the Hopkinsville Goblins case. Skeptics point to meteors, owls, stress, and panic; believers point to the number of witnesses, the duration of the event, and the sheer strangeness of the details. Either way, the case remains one of the most enduring American UFO stories of the 1950s. Keywords Hopkinsville Goblins, Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter, Kelly Green Men, Kentucky UFO, 1955 UFO case, little green men, Project Blue Book, Christian County Kentucky, Sutton farmhouse, alien encounter, UFO folklore, American cryptids, great horned owl theory, Joe Nickell, Hopkinsville Kentucky Sources and Further Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter] https://skepticalinquirer.org/2006/11/siege-of-little-green-men-the-1955-kelly-kentucky-incident/ [https://skepticalinquirer.org/2006/11/siege-of-little-green-men-the-1955-kelly-kentucky-incident/] https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2006/11/22164554/p12.pdf [https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2006/11/22164554/p12.pdf] https://skeptoid.com/episodes/331 [https://skeptoid.com/episodes/331] https://www.wkms.org/arts-culture/2016-08-19/a-hopkinsville-alien-tale-has-inspired-a-yearly-festival-a-musical-and-pokemon [https://www.wkms.org/arts-culture/2016-08-19/a-hopkinsville-alien-tale-has-inspired-a-yearly-festival-a-musical-and-pokemon] https://www.wbko.com/2025/08/21/70-years-later-revisiting-kelly-hopkinsville-encounter/ [https://www.wbko.com/2025/08/21/70-years-later-revisiting-kelly-hopkinsville-encounter/] https://www.wbko.com/2024/08/14/hopkinsville-residents-prepare-alien-invasion-day/ [https://www.wbko.com/2024/08/14/hopkinsville-residents-prepare-alien-invasion-day/] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/21/tales-from-the-path-of-totality-62-years-ago-today-they-say-little-green-men-invaded-this-kentucky-farm-town/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/21/tales-from-the-path-of-totality-62-years-ago-today-they-say-little-green-men-invaded-this-kentucky-farm-town/] This podcast is powered by Pinecast [https://pinecast.com].

The Battle of Los Angeles was...strAInge

EPISODE NOTES Battle of Los Angeles — Show Notes In February 1942, just weeks after Pearl Harbor and one day after a Japanese submarine shelled the California coast, Los Angeles erupted into panic. Air raid sirens screamed, searchlights crossed the night sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired more than a thousand rounds at something no one could clearly identify. Was it enemy aircraft, weather balloons, wartime nerves, or something stranger? This episode of StrAInge looks at the famous “Battle of Los Angeles,” the overreaction, the legend, and the possibility that something unidentified may have started it all. Links and Sources https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-1942-battle-la-20170221-story.html [https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-1942-battle-la-20170221-story.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-battle-la-20170221-gallery-photogallery.html [https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-battle-la-20170221-gallery-photogallery.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-010/h-010-6.html [https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-010/h-010-6.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/february-24-1942-the-battle-of-los-angeles-2/ [https://celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/february-24-1942-the-battle-of-los-angeles-2/?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://sfmuseum.org/hist9/aaf2.html [https://sfmuseum.org/hist9/aaf2.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles [https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi07s.php [https://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi07s.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-battle-of-los-ange/119137374/ [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-battle-of-los-ange/119137374/?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Los_Angeles_LATimes.jpg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Los_Angeles_LATimes.jpg] https://www.militarymuseum.org/BattleofLA.html [https://www.militarymuseum.org/BattleofLA.html] https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0704legend/ [https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0704legend/] https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/26/archives/army-says-alarm-real-roosevelt-calms-coast-blackout-hits-los.html [https://www.nytimes.com/1942/02/26/archives/army-says-alarm-real-roosevelt-calms-coast-blackout-hits-los.html] Keywords Battle of Los Angeles, Los Angeles air raid, 1942 UFO incident, World War II Los Angeles, California air raid panic, Japanese submarine Ellwood, Fort MacArthur, anti-aircraft fire Los Angeles, UFO history, wartime panic, searchlights over Los Angeles, February 25 1942, StrAInge podcast, paranormal history, unexplained aerial phenomena, military false alarm, Los Angeles Times UFO photo, World War II home front, California World War II, unidentified flying object, UAP history This podcast is powered by Pinecast [https://pinecast.com].

The Haunted Theatres of LA are...strAInge

EPISODE NOTES Haunted LA Theatres Show Notes This episode of Strainge explores the haunted theatres of Los Angeles, from the grand downtown movie palaces to Hollywood landmarks where celebrity, tragedy, architecture, and ghost stories overlap. We look at reported hauntings at the Palace Theatre, Los Angeles Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Pantages, Avalon Hollywood, and other legendary spaces where the audience may not always leave when the curtain falls. Sources and Links Los Angeles Conservancy, Historic Theatre District https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/broadway-theater-and-commercial-district/ [https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/broadway-theater-and-commercial-district/] Los Angeles Conservancy, Palace Theatre https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/palace-theatre/ [https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/palace-theatre/] Los Angeles Conservancy, Los Angeles Theatre https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/los-angeles-theatre/ [https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/los-angeles-theatre/] Los Angeles Conservancy, Orpheum Theatre https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/orpheum-theatre/ [https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/orpheum-theatre/] Los Angeles Theatres, Orpheum Theatre https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/02/orpheum-theatre.html [https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/02/orpheum-theatre.html] TCL Chinese Theatre History https://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/history/ [https://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/history/] Ghost City Tours, Haunted TCL Chinese Theatre https://ghostcitytours.com/hollywood/haunted-hollywood/chinese-theatre-haunted/ [https://ghostcitytours.com/hollywood/haunted-hollywood/chinese-theatre-haunted/] Locations of Lore, Ghosts at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre https://locationsoflore.com/2022/01/17/ghosts-at-graumans-chinese-theatre/ [https://locationsoflore.com/2022/01/17/ghosts-at-graumans-chinese-theatre/] Hollywood Pantages Theatre Official Site https://www.hollywoodpantages.com/ [https://www.hollywoodpantages.com/] LA Ghost Tour, Hollywood Pantages Theatre https://laghosttour.com/hollywood-pantages-theatre/ [https://laghosttour.com/hollywood-pantages-theatre/] Classical California, Haunted Halls and Theaters of California https://www.classicalcalifornia.org/articles/the-haunted-halls-and-theaters-of-california [https://www.classicalcalifornia.org/articles/the-haunted-halls-and-theaters-of-california] Fox News, World’s 10 Creepiest Haunted Theaters https://www.foxnews.com/travel/worlds-10-creepiest-haunted-theaters [https://www.foxnews.com/travel/worlds-10-creepiest-haunted-theaters] Britannica, 8 Hollywood Haunts That Are Seriously Haunted https://www.britannica.com/list/8-hollywood-haunts-that-are-seriously-haunted [https://www.britannica.com/list/8-hollywood-haunts-that-are-seriously-haunted] SFGate, Inside LA’s Dying Movie Palaces https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/rare-movie-palace-downtown-la-21081711.php [https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/rare-movie-palace-downtown-la-21081711.php] SFGate, The Mayan Theatre https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/mayan-theatre-downtown-los-angeles-19954908.php [https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/mayan-theatre-downtown-los-angeles-19954908.php] This podcast is powered by Pinecast [https://pinecast.com].

The Hollywood SIgn & Griffith Park is...strAInge

Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Ghosts Peg Entwistle was a stage actress with real Broadway credentials before Hollywood transformed her into legend. Born in Wales in 1908, she built a promising theatrical career and later appeared in Thirteen Women, the film most often associated with her name. Over time, public memory reduced her to a tragic symbol, but the historical record shows she was a working actress with serious ambitions and genuine talent. The Hollywood Sign also began as something very different from the myth people know now. In 1923 it was erected as “Hollywoodland,” a giant real estate advertisement for a housing development in the hills above Los Angeles. It was never meant to be an eternal landmark, much less a global emblem of fame, glamour, and movie stardom. But over time the sign outgrew its commercial origin and became one of the most recognizable and emotionally loaded images in American culture. Peg Entwistle’s death in 1932 fused her story permanently to that hillside. She made her way to the Hollywoodland Sign, climbed behind the first “H,” and fell to her death at just twenty-four years old. The press quickly sensationalized the event, and her identity became bound to the landmark in a way that has lasted for generations. From that point forward, the Sign was no longer only a symbol of ambition. It was also a symbol of failure, despair, and the darker side of Hollywood fantasy. That tragedy became the foundation for one of Los Angeles’s most enduring ghost stories. Later accounts claimed that Peg Entwistle’s spirit haunted the trails and slopes near the Sign. In the most common version of the legend, she appears as a pale blonde woman in old-fashioned clothing, often glimpsed in fog or dim evening light. Some stories add the scent of gardenia perfume, a detail that helped give the haunting an even more eerie, cinematic quality. What makes the story last is the collision between fact and folklore. Peg Entwistle was real. Her death was real. The Hollywoodland Sign was real. The ghost story grew afterward, shaped by retelling, atmosphere, and the city’s love of transforming human tragedy into myth. Whether taken as a paranormal account or a symbolic Hollywood legend, the haunting remains one of the best-known ghost stories in Los Angeles history. This episode explores both the documented life of Peg Entwistle and the supernatural legend that followed. It looks at how a working actress became a permanent part of Hollywood lore, how the Hollywoodland Sign became the Hollywood Sign, and why that one death still casts such a long shadow over the hills above Los Angeles. SEO Keywords Peg EntwistlePeg Entwistle ghostHollywood Sign ghostHollywoodland Signhaunted Hollywood Signghosts of the Hollywood SignLos Angeles ghost storiesold Hollywood tragedyHollywood paranormal legendstrainge podcast Episode Tags straingePeg EntwistleHollywood SignHollywoodlandghost storiesLos Angeles historyparanormalhaunted placesold HollywoodCalifornia legends Meta Description A look at Peg Entwistle, her 1932 death at the Hollywoodland Sign, and the ghost legend that still haunts the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles. Sources https://www.hollywoodsign.org/history/sign-of-the-times-tragic-suicide-off-the-h [https://www.hollywoodsign.org/history/sign-of-the-times-tragic-suicide-off-the-h?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.hollywoodsign.org/history-timeline [https://www.hollywoodsign.org/history-timeline?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/behind-the-sign-the-lost-meanings-of-the-original-hollywood-sign [https://www.pbssocal.org/history-society/behind-the-sign-the-lost-meanings-of-the-original-hollywood-sign?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-wanderer/5-best-haunted-hiking-trails [https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-wanderer/5-best-haunted-hiking-trails?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.tcm.com/articles/182349/thirteen-women [https://www.tcm.com/articles/182349/thirteen-women?utm_source=chatgpt.com] https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/3187 [https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/3187] This podcast is powered by Pinecast [https://pinecast.com].

The Hollywood Roosevelt is...strAInge

STRANGE — THE GHOSTS OF THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL The glamour was real. So are the ghosts. In this episode of Strange, we step inside one of Los Angeles’ most iconic landmarks: the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Opened in 1927 at the height of Hollywood’s Golden Age, the Roosevelt has hosted legends, scandals, and—according to countless witnesses—something far more unsettling. From the spirit of Marilyn Monroe lingering in a mirror… to the restless energy of Montgomery Clift pacing the halls… to unexplained phone calls, cold spots, and shadowy figures… the Roosevelt may be one of the most haunted buildings in California. This is not just a ghost story. This is Hollywood history that refuses to stay buried. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE OVERVIEW * The founding of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and its connection to early Hollywood * The first Academy Awards ceremony held inside the hotel in 1929 * The life, career, and tragic presence of Marilyn Monroe * The strange and persistent hauntings linked to Montgomery Clift * Reports from guests, staff, and paranormal investigators * The psychology of hauntings vs. something more unexplained * Why the Roosevelt continues to attract believers—and skeptics ---------------------------------------- KEY HAUNTINGS FEATURED MARILYN MONROE’S MIRROR Guests and staff have reported seeing the reflection of Marilyn Monroe in a full-length mirror that once hung in her suite. Witnesses describe her appearing briefly, then vanishing when approached. MONTGOMERY CLIFT’S ROOM (ROOM 928) Clift stayed at the Roosevelt while filming From Here to Eternity and was known to rehearse intensely. Guests have reported: * Hearing a trumpet playing when no one is there * Footsteps pacing the room above * Sudden cold spots and unseen presences THE BLOSSOM BALLROOM Site of the first Academy Awards, the ballroom is said to host shadow figures and unexplained movements, particularly late at night. THE CINEGRILL Now closed, but once a hotspot for sightings. Staff reported disembodied voices, objects moving, and a lingering presence believed to be a former performer. ---------------------------------------- REAL HISTORY BEHIND THE HAUNTINGS * Opened in 1927 by a group that included Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Louis B. Mayer * Hosted the first Academy Awards on May 16, 1929 * Marilyn Monroe lived in the hotel early in her career * Montgomery Clift resided there during a pivotal moment in his life and career ---------------------------------------- SOURCES & FURTHER READING Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Official Sitehttps://www.thehollywoodroosevelt.com/ [https://www.thehollywoodroosevelt.com/] Haunted Hollywood Roosevelt Overview (Visit California)https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel/ [https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel/] Los Angeles Conservancy — Hollywood Roosevelthttps://www.laconservancy.org/locations/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel [http://www.laconservancy.org/locations/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel] Haunted Rooms — Hollywood Roosevelt Hotelhttps://www.hauntedrooms.com/california/los-angeles/haunted-places/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel [http://www.hauntedrooms.com/california/los-angeles/haunted-places/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel] The Lineup — Haunted Roosevelt Storieshttps://www.the-line-up.com/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel-haunted [http://www.the-line-up.com/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel-haunted] Atlas Obscura — Hollywood Roosevelthttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel [http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel] ---------------------------------------- WHY THIS STORY ENDURES Hollywood is built on illusion—but the Roosevelt blurs the line between performance and reality. These aren’t just ghost stories. They’re echoes of fame, pressure, tragedy, and the people who lived too brightly, too briefly. And maybe… never left. ---------------------------------------- NEXT EPISODE Next time on Strange:The Hauntings of the Hollywood SignA symbol of dreams… and the tragedies hidden behind it. ---------------------------------------- CREDITS Written by ChatGPTNarrated by SpeecheloMusic by Mureka This podcast is powered by Pinecast [https://pinecast.com].