Episode 23 - Haunted Highways
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11/30/21 • 81 min
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This week, we’re diving headfirst into the liminal spaces connecting our towns and cities. We’re discussing the full range of strange encounters, close calls, and brushes with the bizarre reported on the roadways of America. The prevalence of myths, urban legends, and campfire stories that take place in this setting is undeniable. The question is why. Why is the act of transit such a magnet for Fortean phenomena? We get into stories of the Red Headed Hitchhiker, Bandage Man, and Hat Man. All entities with thousands of reported encounters. Could these really just be boogiemen created and perpetuated by parents in order to keep their children safe? With the vast numbers of reported incidents, it’s hard to say.
CREEP FACTOR: 10!
Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week.
This week’s episode includes the following sensitive content:
Extreme Graphic Violence
Car Crashes
Visual and Auditory Hallucinations
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Special Thanks:
Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic
Additional Music: “Alone With Your Voices” – Ghost Stories Incorporated
Additional Music: "Running From Deaath" - Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply
This week, we’re diving headfirst into the liminal spaces connecting our towns and cities. We’re discussing the full range of strange encounters, close calls, and brushes with the bizarre reported on the roadways of America. The prevalence of myths, urban legends, and campfire stories that take place in this setting is undeniable. The question is why. Why is the act of transit such a magnet for Fortean phenomena? We get into stories of the Red Headed Hitchhiker, Bandage Man, and Hat Man. All entities with thousands of reported encounters. Could these really just be boogiemen created and perpetuated by parents in order to keep their children safe? With the vast numbers of reported incidents, it’s hard to say.
CREEP FACTOR: 10!
Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week.
This week’s episode includes the following sensitive content:
Extreme Graphic Violence
Car Crashes
Visual and Auditory Hallucinations
Join the conversation on social media at
www.campfirepodcastnetwork.com
Instagram:
instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcast
GoodPods:
https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplb
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/campfiretotsau
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast
Special Thanks:
Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic
Additional Music: “Alone With Your Voices” – Ghost Stories Incorporated
Additional Music: "Running From Deaath" - Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply
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Episode 22 - The Aurora Incident
3 RecommendationsThis week, we’re headed into the heart of the Lonestar State where, in April of 1897, the small rural town of Aurora, TX was set upon by an extraterrestrial interloper in crisis. After a harrowing attempt at an emergency landing ended in absolute catastrophe, the death of at least one of the craft’s occupants left the modest midtown reeling. But the outstanding part of this tale is the handling of this matter by a community that found itself questioning the very nature of life on earth. In a time 50 years before the Roswell crash and six years before mechanized flight would be achieved for the first time in Kitty Hawk, this bizarre barnstormer crashed in a frontier town that was prepared to show as much respect as one could possibly muster. So, let’s play a game.
LITTLE GREEN MAN OR JUMP-PLANE JOCKEY?
Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week.
This week’s episode includes the following sensitive content:
Fire
Airplane crash
Join the conversation on social media at
www.campfirepodcastnetwork.com
Instagram:
instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcast
GoodPods:
https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplb
Twitter:
Facebook:
facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast
Special Thanks:
Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic
Story Music: 'Dreamlike' from Kevin MacLeod
Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply
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Episode 24 - The Lake Tahoe Monster
6 RecommendationsThis week, we’re exploring the frigid depths of one of the most popular tourist destinations in Northern California: Lake Tahoe. This favored vacation spot for the rich and famous, including The Rat Pack, JFK, and Marilyn Monroe is surrounded by a shocking amount of mystery. Dubbed Tessie by the locals over 50 years ago, the Lake Tahoe monster is seen half a dozen times a year by tourists and local business owners. This frequently found fiend is said to be between 10 and 80 feet long, having a large, serpentine body "as wide across as a barrel," and coloration ranging from jet black to turquoise. The lack of photographic evidence is offset by the incredible depth of native folklore that places it high in the pantheon of beings revered by the Washoe and Paiute tribes. Strap in for a wild ride with..
EVERY MOBSTER’S FAVORITE LAKE MONSTER!
Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week.
This week’s episode includes the following sensitive content:
Postmortem Mutilation
Drowning
Join the conversation on social media at
www.campfirepodcastnetwork.com
Instagram:
instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcast
GoodPods:
https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplb
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/campfiretotsau
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast
Special Thanks:
Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic
Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply
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