Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 56 - The Gurning Man of Scotland
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the spring of 1976, the sleepy community of Crosshill began experiencing a series of terrifying encounters. Soon, the Gurning Man captured the...
Fireside Chats: Folk Art of the Lumberwood with Cassie Marozsan
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the great pleasure of sitting down with Fortean folk artist extraordinaire, Cassie Marozsan. We had a fascinating chat about her per...
Episode 55 - The Mysterious Death of Christopher Case
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1990s a Seattle executive with a passion for ancient music would have a run-in with a strangely seductive woman while on a business trip ...
Fireside Chats: A Fresh Start with Karly Latham
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know this week’s guest as the village tarot witch. Karly is the host of Painting, Tarot, and True Crime on YouTube, a divination specialist, and...
Episode 54 - The Smurl Haunting
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re discussing the inspiration for the 1986 book The Haunted and the 1991 TV movie of the same name. The Smurl Haunting is a classic tal...
Fireside Chats: The Magic of Creation with Todd Purse
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re sitting down with Todd Purse. He’s an artist, a musician, and host of Create Magic Pod. Most of our chat focused around exploring...
Episode 53 - Penteli Cave
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re exploring the fascinating history of a little-known gem in the Greek countryside, Penteli Cave. Fifth Century Athenian marble quarr...
Fireside Chats: The Gaia Hypothesis with Vuk
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re catching up with our first return guest! Vuk is the creator and host of Tracing Owls and Darwin’s Deviations. He’s a biologist,...
Episode 52 - The Hill Abduction
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss one of the landmark UFO abduction cases of all time. In September of 1961, Barney and Betty Hill claim to have been abducted by ...
Fireside Chats: A Peek Through the Veil with Lady Ann Selene
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is a Reiki Master and Intuitive Tarot reader. She is the owner of KPNL Radio and the host of The Caravan, Library of Lore podcast....
Episode 51: The Crosswick Monster
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the years straddling the turn of the last century, a series of sightings and encounters with an enormous, seemingly amphibious beast that actively ...
Fireside Chats: The Bizarre Life of Mark Austin Steele
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode, Jordan had the pleasure of catching up with one of his oldest and dearest friends. Mark Steele is a writer, a brilliant musi...
Episode 50 - The Bennington Triangle
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1940s, a series of mysterious disappearances brought to light a devastating phenomenon that had been plaguing the residents of Southwestern Ver...
Fireside Chats: Spiritual Alchemy with Julie Ann Guthrie-Smulson
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we sat down with Julie Ann Guthrie-Smulson. She is a healer, medium, reiki master, and spiritual alchemist. She’s the author of Master In...
Episode 49 - The Santa Catarina Flyers
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Flying humanoids have been reported hovering in the skies above cities both small and large throughout human history. This week, we discuss a series o...
Fireside Chats: Shadow People and the Nature of Bigfoot with Gregg Martin
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we caught up with Gregg Martin. He is a very old friend. We came up together in Indiana’s hardcore scene. He’s one of the few people th...
Episode 48 - Haunted Highways Pt. 2: The Uniondale Ghost
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Precipitating from a tragic motor accident in 1968, a series of bizarre and frightening encounters with a ghostly young woman near Uniondale, South Af...
Fireside Chats: UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Ghost of Betty Washington with Jonathan Dodd
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we managed to pull one of our favorite people of all time away from his busy schedule long enough to sit down for a Fireside Chat. He is a ...
Episode 47 - David Booth and Flight 191
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
May 25, 1979, was one of the worst days in American aviation history. It was the day when American Airlines Flight 191 crashed minutes after taking of...
Fireside Chats: Saving the World One Curse at a Time with Greg Morrill
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is a very special human. The man behind All the Weird. The fearless leader of the Cryptocasters on Clubhouse. One Jordan's fel...
Episode 46 - The Perron Family Haunting
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we dig into the story that inspired the major motion picture The Conjuring. In 1971, Roger and Caroline Perron moved into the Arnold Esta...
Episode 45 - The Ozark Howler
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we are discussing one of the most fearsome and under-discussed cryptids in the American pantheon: The Ozark Howler! Opening with a 27-minut...
Fireside Chats: Conscious Contact with Doc Side Media
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the privilege of sitting down with Chris and Tyler from Doc Side Media. They are a pair of film makers that have been putting out Fo...
Episode 44 - The Lonnie Zamora UFO Encounter
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In April of 1964, a police officer in New Mexico named Lonnie Zamora halted a high speed chase when he saw something strange fall from the sky. As he ...
Fireside Chats: The Beast of Bray Road with Eric Mintel
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we got to sit down with band leader of the Eric Mintel Quartet and paranormal investigator, Eric Mintel. We talk through the most recent re...
Episode 43 - The Mysterious Death of Olivia Mabel
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re discussing a peculiar case from 1994 in Celina, Texas. Following the tragic loss of their beloved son, Travis and Olivia Mabel went...
Fireside Chats: Attachments and Apparitions with Ryan Moore
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we sat down with one of our dearest friends, Ryan Moore. We dig into his brushes with multiple full-body apparitions, ouija board attachmen...
Episode 42 - Wendigo
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re discussing one of the most terrifying entities from Native American folklore: The Wendigo. Tales of a perpetually starving monster ...
Fireside Chats: Paranormal Museums and Blue Avians with Alex Dougherty
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re releasing one of the first interviews that we conducted for the show! It’s a great chat with an old friend: Alex Dougherty! This ...
Episode 41 - The Tsarichina Project
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On December 6, 1990 a military battalion led by Colonel Tzvetko Kanev rolled into the small Bulgarian village of Tsarichina. Under the auspices of a l...
Fireside Chats: Strange History with The Wicked Side
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, he sat down with the brother and sister pair responsible for the fantastic strange history podcast, The Wicked Side. Brenna and Tom are int...
Episode 40: The Kecksburg UFO Incident
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On December 9, 1965, a mysterious and shocking image streaked across the skies from Ontario to Kentucky. Hundreds of reports flooded into radio and po...
Fireside Chats: Creative Integrity and Hoax Fish with Darwin
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the chance to sit down with the creator behind the brilliant gonzo comedy cryptozoology podcast, Darwin’s Deviations. We discussed...
Episode 39 Maritime Mysteries Part One: The Ivan Vassili
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we dive into the deep end of mystery with our first foray into a world of nautical nightmare. The Ivan Vassili was a Russian steam freighte...
Fireside Chats: Appalachia and Academic Rigor with Heather Moser
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Heather Moser. Heather is a writer, a classics professor, a top tier researcher for Small Town Mon...
Episode 38 - The Varginha Alien Encounter
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In January of 1996, a series of sightings and encounters struck the city of Varginha, Brazil. Reports of cigar-shaped crafts, diminutive alien creatur...
Fireside Chats: Jordan and Ryan: A Paranormal History Pt. 2
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re once again sitting down to discuss the incredible history of paranormal encounters endured by our very own co-host, Ryan. In part t...
Episode 37 - Dogman
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Strap in for a terrifying tale of one man’s encounter with the single most terrifying cryptid ever encountered. Dogman is the second most reported c...
Fireside Chats: Strange Days with Jeff Foran
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the honor of chatting with our friend Jeff Foran! He’s the brilliant and fascinating host of the Strangeology podcast, the front m...
Episode 36 - The Yuba County Five
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we discuss one of Northern California’s most enduring mysteries. In February of 1978 five friends attended a basketball game at UC Davis....
Fireside Chats: Minor Possession and Magical Literature with Aaron Deese
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with our friend and fellow Fortean philosopher, Aaron Deese! He hosts the Hey, Strangeness podcast alon...
Episode 35 - The Warrington Silver Man
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In March of 1978, a 39-year old service engineer named Kenneth Edwards had an alarming run in with an anomalous entity. This hulking humanoid stood ne...
Fireside Chats: Cryptids and Close Encounters with Jeremiah Byron
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with our dear friend, Jeremiah Byron. He is a beloved member of the Fortean podcasting community. He is...
Episode 34 - The Golden Eagle Haunting
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1962, a car rolled off the Chrysler assembly line that would lead to untold amounts of suffering. This particular Dodge 330 would come be known as ...
Fireside Chats: Friendly Ghosts and Phantom Pets with Addey Lloyd
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Addey Lloyd. She is the Administrative Manager for one of our favorite podcasts in the world: Mons...
Episode 33 - The Haunting of Building 2283
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following one of the bloodiest battles in United States Military History, the Battle of Okinawa, a minor air strip was acquired by Allied forces. Yara...
Fireside Chats: Shadow People, Haunted Houses, and Campfire Stories with David Chastain
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with close friend of the show and real life camp counselor, David Chastain. He describes his first enco...
Episode 32 - The Ruwa UFO Incident
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 1994, the private Ariel School in The Ruwa region of Zimbabwe was set upon by three amorphous alien crafts. A group of 62 school child...
Fireside Chats: Ghost Lights, Cryptids, and Community Spirit with Matthew Schang
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the honor of sitting down with one of our favorite new friends: Mothboy Matt! Matthew Schang is one-third of the Mothboys Podcast, a...
Episode 31 - The Eilean Mor Lighthouse Mystery
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we have for you another grand mystery! The lighthouse at Eilean Mor was constructed in December of 1899. In that first year, it was manned ...
Fireside Chats: A Very Paranormal Life With Kenneth Torres
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had the honor of sitting down with the West Coast Regional Director for the Warren Legacy Foundation for Paranormal Research, Kenneth To...
Episode 30 - The Jersey Devil
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re headed into the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey to discuss a legend as American as apple pie. The Jersey Devil, a chimera that ...
Fireside Chats: Ghosts, Ghouls, and Tarot with Karly Latham
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this week’s Fireside Chat! This time, we had the pleasure of catching up with our local village tarot witch and co-host of The Haunted Ho...
Episode 29 - The San Pedro Poltergeist
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we find ourselves in a beautiful beach-side Los Angeles suburb. These beautiful sand-swept coastal streets are juxtaposed by one of the gna...
Fireside Chats: Jordan and Ryan: A Paranormal History Pt. 1
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our inaugural Fireside Chat! This week, we’re sitting down together to discuss the incredible history of paranormal encounters endured by...
Episode 28 - The Ilkley Moor Encounter
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the early morning of December 1, 1987, Phillip Spencer was on a leisurely stroll through the moors between his home and that of his father-in-law. ...
Bonus Episode - 2021 Year End Wrap Up
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! 2021 has been an incredible year for us, so we decided to take a little time to look back on the ups and downs, the experience of maki...
Episode 27 - The Van Meter Visitor
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we find ourselves once again in the beautiful state of Iowa. In the autumn of 1903, a series of close encounters with a bizarre flying huma...
Episode 26 - The Villisca Axe Murder House
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the early morning hours of June 10, 1912, Josiah and Sarah Moore, along with their four children and two house guests were brutally murdered in ...
Episode 25 - The Mysterious Disappearance of Granger Taylor
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In November of 1980, local eccentric and mechanical genius Granger Taylor vanished during the most intense storm in the history of Vancouver Island. T...
Episode 24 - The Lake Tahoe Monster
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re exploring the frigid depths of one of the most popular tourist destinations in Northern California: Lake Tahoe. This favored vacati...
Episode 23 - Haunted Highways
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re diving headfirst into the liminal spaces connecting our towns and cities. We’re discussing the full range of strange encounters, ...
Episode 22 - The Aurora Incident
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This 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 extrater...
Episode 21 - The Headless Men of the Nahanni River Valley
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nestled deep in the heart of Canada’s Northwest Territories and the McKenzie mountain range, Nahanni Valley has some of the most remarkable landscap...
Episode 20 - The Haunting of Leap Castle
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re venturing into the rolling emerald hills of central Ireland. A land once ruled by Druidic tribes saw the takeover of western forces...
Episode 19 - The Lead Masks of Vintém Hill
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just east of the sun-drenched beaches of Rio de Janeiro, in the city of Niterói, sits the windswept bank of Vintém Hill. It is here on this hillside...
Halloween Spooktacular Listener Story Extravaganza 2021
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Halloween! Samhain! All-Hallows Eve! No matter what you call it, it’s our absolute favorite time of year and this year, we’ve decided to begin a n...
Campfire Classics Collection Vol. 4 - The Red Room
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s addition to the Campfire Classic Collection, the father of Science-Fiction takes a turn toward the terrifying. H.G. Wells tries his a...
Episode 18 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth and final installment in our Halloween Monsters series ends with a bang: Vampires. We dive into the terrifying tale of a family living in t...
Campfire Classics Collection Vol. 3 - Pickman's Model
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Campfire Classics Collection Volume 3: Pickman’s ModelIn the third installment of the Campfire Classics Collection, in honor of the Halloween season...
Episode 17 - The Curse of Julia Brown
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In week three of our super special spooky season series on Halloween monsters, we discuss the fascinating and wild world of witches! Was Julia Brown a...
Campfire Classics Collection Vol. 2 - The Story of William Wilson
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second installment of the Campfire Classics Collection we have the conclusion of “The Story of William Wilson” (1839). In this odd tale of ...
Episode 16 - Zombie Apocalypse: Subject Zero
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second installment of our Super Special Spooky Season Series on Iconic Halloween Creatures, we sit down to discuss all things Zombies. This wee...
Campfire Classics Collection Vol. 1 - The Story of William Wilson
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first installment of the Campfire Classics Collection, in honor of the Halloween season, today we’re reading “The Story of William Wilson”...
Episode 15 - The Werewolf of Gevaudan
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our special spooky season episodes, we dive headfirst into the world of werewolves. This week’s terrifying tale concerns a possibly ...
Episode 14 - Dyatlov Pass
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the winter of 1959, nine experienced hikers died in a remote section of the Ural Mountains. The mysterious nature of these deaths was compounded by...
Episode 13 - The Possession of Michael Taylor
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re headed back across the pond this week to the small town of Ossett, West Yorkshire. During the recession of the 1970s, the financial and emotio...
Episode 12 - Demon House
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just 25 miles southeast of Chicago, Gary, Indiana is an post-industrial city on the shores of Lake Michigan. This week’s tale is one of terror, econ...
Episode 11 - Stardust Ranch
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just an hour Southwest of Phoenix, Arizona, on the edge of Rainbow Valley, sits a small 10-acre property named Stardust Ranch. What it lacks in size i...
Episode 10 - The Pope Lick Monster
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re headed back to the North-Kentucky brush country where just 20 miles east of Louisville sits the small township of Pope Lick. Beneat...
Episode 9 - Charterhouse
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deep in the craggy bluffs of the Mendips in Southwest England, sits the isolated hamlet of Charterhouse. Standing in stark contrast to this area’s s...
Episode 8 - The Flatwoods Monster
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the autumn of 1952, a group of children and one chaperone had an encounter that would come to define not only their lives, but an entire West Virgi...
Episode 7 - Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since the late 1980s, Central South Carolina has had reports of a seven-foot scaly monstrosity with a large tail and a penchant for vandalism. Mu...
Episode 6 - Polybius
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 1980s and the arcade is the center of life for a group of young chaps in Portland, Oregon. But those lives would be forever changed with th...
Episode 5 - Estefania Gutierrez Lazaro
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the true story behind Netflix’s Veronica, a young girl’s attempt to contact a fallen friend leads to the most harrowing five years imaginable f...
Episode 4 - The Black Forest Haunting
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1990, a Colorado family began experiencing unexplainable phenomena in their dream home. Poltergeist, rainbow vortex, or secret government experimen...
Episode 3 - The Kushtaka
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deep in the wilderness of Southwestern Alaska, it is rumored that a race of surreptitious shapeshifters lay in constant wait for the chance to lure un...
Episode 2 - The Kentucky Goblins
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a story investigated by Project Bluebook in the summer of 1955, a Hopkinsville family spent most of a day in an armed conflict with a gang of extra...
Episode 1 - The Wolf Girl of Devil's River
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In mid-nineteenth Century Texas, Molly Dent’s pregnancy ended in an emergency delivery during a once in a lifetime thunderstorm, followed by a strin...
Episode 0 - Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They say first impressions are everything. Well, here it is. Coming to every platform you can imagine very soon, an adventure in thought experiment an...