Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling

Camp Divination: Black Eyed Kids

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Return to Black Eyed Kids

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Black Eyed Kids are a legend of paranormal creatures that resemble children between the ages of six and sixteen. These creatures with pale skin and bl...

Camp Divination: The Bellaire House Haunting

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Return to the Bellaire House Haunting

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we return to one of the most terrifying homes in the US; purportedly the Bellaire House in Ohio. Residents, guests, and neighbors have made...

Camp Divination: The Death of Cindy James

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Return to the Death of Cindy James

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we return to the truly tragic death of Cindy James. After seven long years of supposed stalking, a series of brutal assaults, and near-cons...

Camp Divination: Return to the Golden Eagle

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Camp Divination: Return to The Mysterious Death of Olivia Mabel

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Return to the Golden Eagle Haunting

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In an effort to continue to answer our unanswered questions through Camp Divination, we are returning to one of strangest haunted object cases that we...

Return to The Mysterious Death of Olivia Mabel

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In an effort to continue to answer our unanswered questions through Camp Divination, we are returning to one of our favorite cases that takes place in...

Camp Divination: The Monroe House

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Episode 138 - The Monroe House

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1892 the Berger family moved into their new Victorian home with high hopes for their future. Unfortunately, their time was cut short when a fire er...

Camp Divination: Return to Demon House

06 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Return to Demon House

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we return to one of the more intense stories that is from our very own home state of Indiana. In an effort to continue to restore some of o...

Camp Divination: The Cash-Landrum Incident

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Episode 137 - The Cash-Landrum Incident

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In December of 1980, Betty Cash and Vickie Landrum witnessed something incredible. Something that they would instantly recognize as a craft from anoth...

Camp Divination: The Return to The Yuba County Five

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

The Return to The Yuba County Five

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are returning to one of our favorite mysteries. We have remastered the episode, updated music, SFX, and cleaned up the debrief. This is ...

Camp Divination: The Disappearance of Steven Koecher

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Episode 136: The Disappearance of Steven Koecher

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At midday on December 13, 2009, Steven Koecher (born November 1, 1979) parked at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Anthem neighborhood of Henderson, Ne...

Camp Divination: Waverly Hills Sanatorium

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Episode 135 - Waverly Hills Sanatorium

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this chilling episode, we embark on a journey to the infamous Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a place steeped in darkness and tragedy. Once a tuberculosi...

Camp Divination: Dyatlov Pass

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get ...

Dyatlov Pass: Reimagined

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have decided to return to one of our favorite and most intriguing and mysterious cases we have discussed to date, Dyatlov Pass. Like we ...

Camp Divination: The Lynda Jones Encounter

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready for a night of Aliens, Hybrids, and Tarot!Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if ...

Episode 134 - The Lynda Jones Encounter

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we delve deep into one of the most compelling and chilling UFO encounters of the 20th century. On a cold night in 1979, Lynda Jones, a youn...

Fireside Chats: Time Slips and the Men in Black with The Crescent Hare

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with someone who has become a close friend of the show and the designer behind our Jersey Devi...

Stardust Ranch: Reimagined

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two years ago this month, we lost a true giant in the world of modern American folklore. John Edmonds was a true badass and a brilliant storyteller. I...

Camp Divination: The Fouke Monster

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready. We're talking Bigfoot...of the south!Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if ...

Tales From Ravenbrook Announcement

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we discuss the future of Ravenbrook!

Episode 133: The Fouke Monster

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we venture into the shadowy realms of Fouke, Arkansas, to uncover the legend of a mysterious creature that has haunted this small town for ...

Camp Divination: The Poona Poltergeist

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready for a night of Ghosts, Curses, and Tarot!Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if o...

Episode 132 - The Poona Poltergeist

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this gripping episode, we delve into the eerie and perplexing Poona Poltergeist case, a tale that has baffled paranormal experts and skeptics alike...

Tales From Ravenbrook: "Communion" & "Mysthaven Isle"

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Tales From Ravenbrook, we’re setting off on a treacherous journey through the dark corners of history and faith. These stories will lea...

Episode 131 - The Ghosts of Slaughterhouse Canyon

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Explore the chilling legend of Slaughterhouse Canyon in this gripping episode of Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling. Nestled in the heart o...

Tales From Ravenbrook: "The Harlan Abduction" and "The Hum"

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Ravenbrook. A town in northern Maine where mystery grows like a crop, monsters lurk at every tree line, and phantoms travel through more sh...

Episode 130 - Sam the Sandown Clown

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are venturing into the deep waters of true high strangeness. Sam the Sandown Clown was a strange being encountered by two young children...

Tales From Ravenbrook: "The Thing of Whispering Grove" & "The Gardener"

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Ravenbrook. A town in northern Maine where mystery grows like a crop, monsters lurk at every tree line, and phantoms travel through more sh...

Episode 129: The Impossible Death of Peter Gibbs

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Peter Gibbs, often referred to as the Great Mull Air Mystery, took place on Christmas Eve of 19...

Fireside Chats: A Whole New World with Karly Latham

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re catching up with dear friend of the show, Karly Latham. Since we last spoke she has been very busy, launching not only a brand new ...

2023 Year-End Review

02 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s 2024! Happy New Year! 2023 was a fantastic year for us as a show and as people! We’ve gathered here to discuss all of our favorite parts of i...

Tales From Ravenbrook: "Home" & "The Legend of the Yulefiends"

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Ravenbrook. A town in northern Maine where mystery grows like a crop, monsters lurk at every tree line, and phantoms travel through more sh...

Episode 128 - The Pope Lick Monster (Reimagined)

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of the holiday season and us working on going back to add sound design to previous episodes, we have have decided to revisit and create a rei...

Campfire Classics Collection Volume 13: Smee

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s addition to the Campfire Classics Collection, we have decided to bring back the timeless pastime of telling scary stories around the...

Episode 127: Haunted Holidays

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Since the early days of European culture, winter tradition involved the telling of spooky tales while huddled around the fire. This oral tradition qui...

Fireside Chats: Them Old Ways Never Died with Joshua Cutchin

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are graced with the presence of a dear friend of the show and one of our absolute favorite authors in this space. Joshua Cutchin has est...

Episode 126 - The Falkville Metal Man

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On October 17th, 1973, the young Falkville Chief of Police, Jeff Greenhaw, was likely hoping for a quiet evening at home after a long day of work. Ins...

Patreon Preview: Lights Out Experience 3

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the new year around the corner, we thought it was a great time to remind out listeners of what they are missing out on by not subscribing to our ...

Episode 125 - The Yowie

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From snakes to scorpions, the Australian Outback infamously contains a wealth of fearsome animals. But legend also states that this vast wilderness is...

Tales From Ravenbrook: "Weatherby House" & "The Meteor"

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Ravenbrook. A town in northern Maine where mystery grows like a crop, monsters lurk at in every tree line, and phantoms lurk in more shadow...

Episode 124 - The Girlstown Possession

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It all started in 2006 with what else but an Ouija board. Two girls at a prestigious catholic school in Mexico City led a group of peers in their firs...

Campfire Classics Collection Volume 12: The Masque of the Red Death

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We will be continuing the Campfire Classics Collection throughout the season. For this addition to the collection, we have a tale from one of the true...

Episode 123 - Gary Michael Hilton: The National Forest Killer

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re taking a look at a bit of an outlier in the psychological profiles of serial killers. Gary Michael Hilton, known as The National Fo...

Tales From Ravenbrook: "Mr. Phantom" and "The Doll"

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Ravenbrook. A town in northern Maine where mystery grows like a crop, monsters lurk at in every tree line,  and phantoms lurk in more sha...

Episode 122 - The Disappearance of Judy Smith

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In April of 1997, Judy Smith vanished from Logan International Airport. Five months later, her remains were found hundreds of miles away in Asheville,...

Fireside Chats: A New World Explorer with Cole Herrold

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have a very special treat. After two years of attempts to line our schedules up, we finally managed to get today’s guest to sit down ...

2023 Halloween Hellscape Listener Story Extravaganza

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The culmination of this year’s Spooky Season has arrived! The Halloween Hellscape Listener Story Extravaganza is our chance to truly revel in the fu...

Friday Night Fright 19

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, in our AI story hour, we have two tales of Ravenbrook. First, we follow two young friends as they venture toward the dark heart of a haunte...

Campfire Classics Collection Volume 11: The Spectre Bride

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s addition to the Campfire Classics Collection, we have a story from a lesser known, but equally as monumental a writer of the Victori...

Episode 121 - The Bunny Man

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For at least 30 years, the story of a man dressed as a bunny has haunted the residential neighborhoods around our nation's capital. In the final i...

Friday Night Fright 18

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this installment of the AI Story Hour, we have two tales of Halloween havoc. For our first story, we follow young Lily on what just may prove to be...

Episode 120 - The Woman in White

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our third installment of our Urban Legends series, we have a truly fascinating study in the process of myth-making in the Americas. The Woman in Wh...

Campfire Classics Collection Volume 10: The Body Snatcher

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week’s addition to the Campfire Classics Collection, we have one of the most famed contributors to English Literature dipping his toes into...

Friday Night Fright 17

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Now, deep into Spooky Season, we are continuing our experiment with ChatGPT’s ability to compose short horror stories. For our first story, we ventu...

Episode 119 - Bloody Mary

10 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the second installment of our Urban Legends Spooky Season series, this week, we’re diving into a legend that all of us here in the West grew up w...

Friday Night Fright 16

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are continuing Spooky Season with our first official Friday Night Fright of October! From now, until the end of October, we will be cont...

Episode 118 - The Hook Hand

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s finally Spooky Season, and we are diving into the deep end of our October series on Urban Legends! This week, we have an absolute classic. We a...

Friday Night Fright 15

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are officially beginning Spooky Season! From now, until the end of October, we will be continuing our experiment with ChatGPT’s abilit...

Episode 117 - Ted Bundy

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ted Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered dozens of young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. Afte...

Fireside Chats: History and Mystery with Joy Johns

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are joined by author, diviner, amateur historian, and all-around lovely human being, Joy Johns. We talk about the influence of geography...

Episode 116 - Haunting at Hinsdale House

19 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Clara and Phil Dandy lived in the Hinsdale House along with their children in the early 1970s. The paranormal activity became so frequent and so menac...

Fireside Chats: UFOs over Chautauqua with Matt Schang and Jon Dodd

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have a very special treat. Jonathan Dodd and Matt Schang sat down with us to discuss an absolutely incredible encounter that they recent...

Episode 115 - The Watcher

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In November 2018, New York Magazine published “The Watcher,” which chronicled an affluent New Jersey family being stalked by a mysterious, threate...

Fireside Chats: Personal Legend Tripping with Jordan Cline

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are joined by friend of the show and host of Fireside Paranormal Podcast, Jordan Cline. He’s an old-school paranormal radio guy who ha...

Episode 114: The Disappearance of Mary Cousett

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In April 1983, Mary Cousett from Alton, Illinois disappeared after leaving her home with her boyfriend Stanley Holiday Jr. Holiday was arrested and wo...

Fireside Chats: Figuring Forteana with Rob Kristofferson

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are joined by friend of the show and host of Our Strange Skies podcast, Rob Kristofferson. He’s been at this a long time and it shows....

Episode 113: The Possession of Roland Doe

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 1940s, in the United States, priests of the Catholic Church performed a series of exorcisms on an anonymous boy, documented under the pseu...

Friday Night Fright 14

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are continuing our experiment with ChatGPT’s ability to compose short horror stories. Our first story follows a young reporter as she ...

Episode 112 - The Aveley Abduction

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On 27th October 1974 John and Alain Avis (pseudonyms) were driving home to Aveley with their three children when they ran into a green fog. They drove...

Fireside Chats: Liminality and Language with Vuk

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome back an old friend. Host of the Tracing Owls podcast and the mastermind behind the infinitely replayable Darwins Deviations, Vuk...

Episode 111 - The Vanishing of Emanuela Orlandi

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On June 22, 1983, 15-year-old girl and citizen of Vatican City Emanuela Orlandi vanished without a trace. Did being the daughter of chief clerk to Pop...

Fireside Chats: The Tip of the Iceberg with Jeff Foran

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down once again with the mastermind behind Strangeology, Jeff Foran. We discussed art, business, the UAP dis...

Episode 110 - The Big Sur Murders

08 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In October of 2003, Jacqueline Toves and Abigail Tapia were found side-by-side on a bed at an oceanside resort in central California, and chaos ensued...

Fireside Chats: My Dog Is the Only Person Here with Jonathan Dodd

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome a dear friend back to the podcast. Artist extraordinaire, Jonathan Dodd. We talk about 90s comic books, discovering art as a chi...

Episode 109 - El Chupacabra

01 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In March 1995, the first reported attack attributed to the Chupacabra occurred. Eight sheep were discovered dead in Puerto Rico, each with three punct...

Friday Night Fright 13

29 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are continuing our experiment with ChatGPT’s ability to compose short horror stories. Our first story documents the journey of four in...

Episode 108 - The Abduction of Travis Walton

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On November 5, 1975, Travis Walton was working with a timber stand improvement crew in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. ...

Fireside Chats: Spinning a Yarn with Dasos Crowsong

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we sat down with someone who is without a doubt one of the most fascinating human beings that we have ever encountered. Dasos Crowsong is a...

Episode 107 - Edmund Kemper

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Edmund Emil Kemper III, known as the co-ed killer, is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people. From May 1972 to April 1973, Kemper murdered e...

Fireside Chats: Everything is Perfect with Todd Purse

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we sat down with illustrator, cartoonist, host of the Create Magic Podcast, and dear friend of the show, Todd Purse. We discuss approaches...

Episode 106 - Robert the Doll

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 1904, the grandfather of an eccentric Florida artist, Robert Eugene Otto, purchased a doll at a caravan in Germany. He brought the doll home with h...

Fireside Chats: Faith and Forteana with Rick Belcher

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re sitting down with one of the 38 hosts of Spooks, Creeps, and Assorted Devilry; Rick Belcher. We got together for one reason and one...

Episode 105 - The Sodder Family

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re diving into one of the most enduring mysteries in American history. On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire tore through the home of George ...

Friday Night Fright 12

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are continuing our experiment with ChatGPT’s ability to compose short horror stories. With the theme of zombie apocalypse in mind, we ...

Episode 104 - Maritime Mysteries III The Franklin Expedition

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Franklin Expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin in May 1845. The expedition consisted of 24...

Fireside Chats: The Bigfoot Algorithm with Jeremiah Byron

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have none other than the host of the Bigfoot Society podcast, Jeremiah Byron. He’s an absolutely brilliant and sweet dude who is witho...

Episode 103 - The Lake Morena Phantom

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re exploring a famously haunted area in Southern California, the Lake Morena Campground. Just an hour outside San Diego, in Campo, Cal...

Fireside Chats: Mashing Monsters with Camalon Xavier

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week is very special. We had the absolute pleasure of catching up with life-long friend and fellow podcaster, Camalon Xavier. He is one of the ho...

Episode 102 - Buffalo Ranch

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re diving into another insane story about another insane ranch in the American west. For nine years, Jeff Sailors managed 15,000 acres...

Fireside Chats: Hey, Hat Trick with Aaron Deese

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have one of our best friends back for a third appearance on the show. Fresh off the whirlwind experience that was Monster Fest, he talks...