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The Uncanny

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Latest episodes

  • Sanctuary

    October 5, 2026 · 25 min

    A cavernous dark building and an isolated country road can both hold unpleasant surprises.

  • A quick update and announcement

    March 10, 2026 · 1 min

    In case you don't have time to listen: the titles and descriptions were all screwed up but they should be fixed now. If they aren't, email me at utopologist@protonmail.com! Also, more Uncanny is coming! I'm working on some things and I…

  • Visitor

    July 21, 2022 · 17 min

    The warmth and light promised by a house on a winter night aren't always comforting.

  • Impostor

    April 2, 2022 · 28 min

    In 1895, a woman in Ireland was murdered by her husband. At his trial, he claimed that the person he had killed wasn't his wife, but someone pretending to be her.

  • The War Prayer

    January 30, 2022 · 8 min

    written by Mark Twain (1904)

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  • Commute

    November 2, 2021 · 14 min

    There are places only minutes away from the lights of the city that can feel completely isolated.

  • Emergency Alert

    June 15, 2021 · 18 min

    It changes depending on where in its elliptical rotation it is, but the average distance the moon is from Earth is 382,500 kilometers, or 238,855 miles. With gratitude to Kris Straub of Local 58.

  • Bolter

    January 12, 2021 · 15 min

    If we knew all the legends about our area, we might feel differently about home.

  • Traffic jam

    November 1, 2020 · 15 min

    written by Gabriel Costantino Mountain roads at night sometimes feel like they don't follow the same rules as the rest of the world.

  • Urban exploration

    October 18, 2020 · 15 min

    In any metropolitan area, there are any number of abandoned buildings just full of secrets and surprises.

  • Pull

    October 2, 2020 · 9 min

    One of the things people can experience if they move away for school might be confusion and unease at returning to what used to be their home.

  • Night drive

    September 6, 2020 · 8 min

    The average running speed of a human in good shape is between 10 and 15 miles per hour. People have been documented sprinting short distances at almost twice that speed.

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About the show

Short, unsettling stories about things that seem a little bit off. If you enjoy the show and want to help incentivize episodes to come out faster, go to https://ko-fi.com/utopologist and send me a few dollars. utopologist@protonmail.com