Podcast: Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling

The study of the paranormal has a long, fascinating, and controversial history. Best friends and hosts Ryan and Jordan explore the depths of metaphysical phenomena, ufology, cryptozoology, and all manner of unsolved mysteries through a time-honored tradition: the campfire story. If you’re fascinated by all things Fortean; if you love stories of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, and the occult – this show is for you.

73: Episode 73: Charterhouse: Remastered

This week, we revisit and rework a classic story from way back in August of 2021. Sit back and let updated sound design and a new approach to mastering transport you… …deep in the craggy bluffs of the Mendips in Southwest England, to the isolated hamlet of Charterhouse. Standing in stark contrast to this area’s…

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Fireside Chats: A Paranormal History with Kenzie Gleason

This week, we had the distinct honor of sitting down with podcaster and Fortean enthusiast Kenzie Gleason. She is the host of the Cryptochats Podcast and one of the minds behind the Manic Pixie Dream Ghouls. We discuss her remarkable background, 20 years of ghost hunting, and the remarkable social changes that have taken place…

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72: Episode 72: The Mothman Phenomenon Part Six – The Conclusion

In this, the much anticipated conclusion of the Mothman Phenomenon, we discuss the madness that took over in 1967 culminating in the largest bridge disaster in West Virginia history. Take this ride with us through UFO sightings, Mothman encounters, Men in Black encounters, poltergeist activity, and prophetic dreams all amounting to far more questions than…

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Fireside Chats: Cryptid Round Table

This week, we’re beginning a new and exciting tradition. We have an honest to goodness round table prepared for your listening pleasure! Our guests? None other than beloved folk artist Christina Baker, or as you know her the Crescent Hare, Podcaster, Comic Book Artist, and actual human ray of sunshine Todd Purse, and the enigmatic…

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71: Episode 71: The Mothman Phenomenon Part Five – Battle for Point Pleasant

Beginning in mid-November of 1966, a series of rapid fire encounters with the Mothman lit West Virginia on fire with speculation and controversy. From Marcella Bennet’s parental nightmare to Connie Joe Carpenter’s full body trance, this week, we explore some of the strangest and most compelling encounters with everyone’s favorite mothy horror.  DON’T WORRY! HE’S…

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Halloween Spooktacular Listener Story Extravaganza 2022

We are celebrating Halloween in style with six of our favorite Spooky Story Submissions! Some fictional! Some true! All terrifying! Get cozy and settle in for a murderer’s row of terrifying tales, and a rather lengthy discussion of our favorite Halloween treats! Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only….

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Campfire Classics Collection Vol 9: The Oval Portrait

For this week’s addition to the Campfire Classics Collection, we are returning to the mind of the undisputed master of horror. In this, the shortest of his short stories, he guides us through the final days of a forlorn bride. The neglected wife of an artist lost in his passions. The passions that filled his…

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Friday Night Fright 5

This evening’s first tale gives us a rare window into the life of the world beyond our own. One lonely girl, trapped in a world in between. Will she find the companionship she so greatly desires, or will her attempts be confused with a poltergeist terror? Our second story follows two young boys as they…

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70: Episode 70: The Mothman Phenomenon Part Four – Harbinger of Doom

On 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukranian SSR in the Soviet Union, one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven, the maximum severity, on the International Nuclear Event Scale took place when, while running a…

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Campfire Classics Collection Vol. 8 – Fear

This week’s addition to the Campfire Classics Collection was made though the brilliant works of renowned French author, Guy De Maupassant. Known for his intricate wording, Naturalist writing style, and focus on the middle and lower class alike, Maupassant is able to weave a terrifying tale that is beautifully told. Today, we will be telling…

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