Louisiana is home to many things: some of the United States' finest cooking, seemingly endless stretches of marshy land, and one particularly smelly, web-toed creature known as the Honey Island Swamp Monster. This is a full mainfeed release of Premium Episode 45: The Swamp. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Researched by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria Written, Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing 2025 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast & The Fall Line Podcast LLC Works Cited Meghan Holmes, "The Honey Island Swamp Monster." Country Roads Magazine, 2021. Richard Boyd, "Honey Island Tale Recounted." The Times-Picayune, 2000. Richard Boyd, "Author Thinks Sighting. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2000. Richard Boyd, "Close Encounters of. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2000. Jane Triola, "Swamp Monster Is. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2006. Joni Hess, "What is the. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2022. Hal Ledet, "Swamp Creature Sighted." The Morning Advocate, 1981. N/A, UPI, "Man Claims Creature. . ." The State Times Advocate, 1973. Richard Adams, " Louisiana Man Has. . . " The Sun, 1981. Joni Hess, "Is There Really. . ." The New Orleans Advocate, 2022. Experience New Orleans Tourist Site Official Gulf Coast Heritage: Mississippi Cajun Encounters Tourist Site Pearl River Tours PBS: Primates Harlan Ford Footage
Louisiana is home to many things: some of the United States' finest cooking, seemingly endless stretches of marshy land, and one particularly smelly, web-toed creature known as the Honey Island Swamp Monster. This is a full mainfeed release of Premium Episode 45: The Swamp.
One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines.
Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive
Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton
Researched by Laurah Norton and Anna Luria
Written, Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie
Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/
Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus
episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607
Subscribe to our Substack: https://substack.com/@onestrangething
We have partnered with Libsyn to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or click the link below to get started. https://advertising.libsyn.com/OneStrangeThing
2025 All Rights Reserved One Strange Thing Podcast & The Fall Line Podcast LLC
Works Cited
Meghan Holmes, "The Honey Island Swamp Monster." Country Roads Magazine, 2021.
Richard Boyd, "Honey Island Tale Recounted." The Times-Picayune, 2000.
Richard Boyd, "Author Thinks Sighting. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2000.
Richard Boyd, "Close Encounters of. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2000.
Jane Triola, "Swamp Monster Is. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2006.
Joni Hess, "What is the. . ." The Times-Picayune, 2022.
Hal Ledet, "Swamp Creature Sighted." The Morning Advocate, 1981.
N/A, UPI, "Man Claims Creature. . ." The State Times Advocate, 1973.
Richard Adams, " Louisiana Man Has. . . " The Sun, 1981.
Joni Hess, "Is There Really. . ." The New Orleans Advocate, 2022.
Experience New Orleans Tourist Site