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The Atlas Obscura Podcast — Places & Travel
The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Your guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Kelly McEvers and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters transport you to a new wonder every day. Along the way, you’ll meet fascinating people and hear their stories.

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Weed Week: Get Inside the CannaVan Nov 04, 2024

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Cannabis is now legal in more than half of U.S. states, but it remains federally illegal – which makes doing research on the plant extremely difficult. Today, we meet a clever group of scientists who found their way around these laws… by literally driving around them.

Learn more about the CannaVan, and check out some of Rasha and Emma’s original reporting.

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Spooky Week: The Gray Man (Classic) Nov 01, 2024

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A South Carolina ghost story is a harbinger of hurricanes and a window into history. Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/south-carolina-hurricane-ghost

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Spooky Week: The Story of the Mad Gasser with Colin Dickey Oct 31, 2024

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In 1944, a strange spate of “gas attacks” in a small Midwestern town reveals what was really lurking in mid-century America. Read Colin Dickey’s article about the mad gasser, and check out his Monster of the Month series.

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Spooky Week: Places That Give Us the Creeps Oct 30, 2024

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Listener stories about places that give off big creepy vibes – from an abandoned ice factory to a haunted university music building.

If you want to hear more about Luz Fleming’s ghost story, there’s a whole episode about it called Bennington Ghost Stories on a podcast called Yard Tales.

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Spooky Week: No More Scary Stories at Camp Oct 29, 2024

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To avoid traumatizing kids, many summer camps are banning scary stories. But can a little fun with fear be a good thing?

Check out Roxanne Hoorn’s article about this fading tradition.

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Spooky Week: Elmer McCurdy’s Nine Lives Oct 28, 2024

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In 1976, a television crew filming an episode of the show “The Six Million Dollar Man” descended on a rundown funhouse in Long Beach, California. While filming, they accidentally broke the arm off a wax dummy. Except...it wasn't a wax dummy. It was a real body. The body of a notorious train robber from the early 1900s, named Elmer McCurdy. Check out the Atlas entry for Elmer McCurdy’s grave.

For more information on Elmer, we recommend Mark Svenvold’s book “Elmer McCurdy: The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw.”

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The Smallest Mollusk Museum (Classic) Oct 25, 2024

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The Smallest Mollusk Museum in New York City is part of a fleet of tiny museums that might just have a big impact on the world.

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Living on Mars Oct 24, 2024

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Kelly and Zach Weinersmith walk Dylan through the practicalities of making a home on the red planet.

Check out their book A City on Mars everywhere books are sold.

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The South's Hidden Confessional Oct 23, 2024

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Outside the French Quarter lies Hidden South, an antique shop like any other. And hidden amongst the oddities is a bathroom full of secrets.

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Aftel Archive of Curious Scents Oct 22, 2024

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Producer Alexa Lim visits a collection of natural aromas in Berkeley, California. She gets a whiff of some of the world’s lesser known smells, and stumbles down the rabbit hole of the hidden world of scents.

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