{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fone-strange-thing-true-paranormal-mysteries.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-yule-cat-Ld9akIe5","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Yule Cat","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/145ce0/145ce036-0aac-40ad-acaf-1e6892451895/4842b116-5446-4b61-9aa7-205dd4eb8708/6aa4563f4cb0acc1bbf32307a20183764b803b43eebb0f0b6ee66e43484907ac5a8490c8b31a41d501edb139d20ab996407e20c3a03217be04b75f20dbbb613e.jpeg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/4842b116-5446-4b61-9aa7-205dd4eb8708\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Yule Cat\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Your holiday fun is here: for the first time on the main feed, we present The Yule Cat (premium episode 68). The holiday season has its fair share of critters, cryptids, and lore. Some of it is meant to frighten children into good behavior. In Iceland, the Yule Cat falls into the latter camp — but is a giant, child-eating cat monster actually as old, or as frightening, as it sounds?\n\n 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.\n\nDive 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\n\nHosted by Laurah Norton\n\nResearch by Melissa Gold and Maura Currie\n\nWritten, Engineered & Produced by Maura Currie\n\n \n\nWorks Cited:\n\nChristopher Mother, \"Forget Santa and...\" The Boston Globe, 2022.\n\nNA, \"Its Satan's...\" Daily Star, 2021.\n\nNA, \"We wish you a...\" Daily Star, 2019.\n\nDanny Lewis, \"Each Christmas, Iceland's...\" Smithsonian Magazine, 2016.\n\nSue Weaver, \"The Yule Goat,\" Hachette Book Group, ND.\n\nLauren Oster, \"Meet the Yule...\" Travel Channel, 2019.\n\nRegína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir, \"Grýla and Leppalúði...\" Guide To Iceland, ND. \n\nNA, \"All welcome when...\" Reykjavik.is, 2024 (TRANSLATED)\n\nHaukur S. Magnússon, \"The Christmas Cat,\" The Reykjavik Grapevine, 2008.\n\nDustin Jones, \"You've heard of Santa...\" NPR, 2023.\n\nÁki Guðni Karlsson, \"The Yule Cat,\" University of Iceland/Icelandic Folklore, 2020."}