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Strange but true is a phrase often used in tabloid newspaper columns.

Strange but true may also refer to:

Literature

  • Strange but True, an 1856 poem by Hugh Miller
  • "Strange, But True", a pre-1909 short story by Anthony Hope
  • A series of books began in the 1960s by Ace Books
  • Strange But True: Stories of Many Things, a 1970 book by Phyllis Fenner and Mary McCrea, ISBN 0-381-99832-0
  • Strange But True: Twenty-Two Amazing Stories, a 1974 book by Donald J. Sobol, ISBN 0-590-03528-2
  • Strange But True: A Collection of True Stories from the Files of Fate Magazine, a 1997 book about the magazine's paranormal encounter stories since the late 1940s, edited by Corrine Kenner and Craig Miller, ISBN 1-56718-298-4
  • Strange But True: Mysterious and Bizarre People, a 1999 book by Thomas Slemen, ISBN 0-7607-1244-1
  • Strange But True, a 2000 book by Alison Baxter, ISBN 0-19-423201-8
  • Strange but true, a 2005 novel by John Searles, ISBN 0-688-17571-6

Music

  • Strange but True, 1998 indie rock album by Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo where every song is based upon a story from the "Strange but true" sections of newspapers
  • "Strange But True", a ~1988 song on the album X2 by Times Two

Television

  • Strange but True?, 1993–97 documentary television series hosted by Michael Aspel
  • "Strange but True", the 2004 pilot episode of the Weird U.S. reality television series