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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 manor 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.
 
Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of folklore, where you can uncover thrilling tales of heroic feats, dastardly villains, and even the enigmatic Bigfoot. Immerse yourself in the myths and legends of various genres, from fantasy to horror and science fiction. Our stories are guaranteed to ignite your imagination, so buckle up and get ready to embark on an unforgettable adventure. Campfire Creatures - Keep the fire lit.
 
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This week, we decided to experiment with AI. Each of us sat down with ChatGPT and attempted to create the scariest stories possible. And so, we have for you two terrifying tales generated by our future overlords. Our first story, Beneath the Surface: The Horrors of Ashford, follows a young woman as she attempts to fit into a small town with more se…
 
The story of Sam, a man who embarks on an unforgettable journey through the wild in search of the mysterious Sasquatch. Along his quest, he discovers that these creatures may be closer to us than we think and learns how to stay open-minded when exploring life's wonders. Through his personal experience, Sam is reminded that life should be lived and …
 
The indigenous people of the DRC and other parts of West Africa have, for generations, passed down blood-curdling tales of the J'ba Fofi. Also known as the Congolese Giant Spiders, it is an enormous species of arachnid that is said to inhabit the forests and prey on wildlife as well as villagers. Strap in for a skin crawling ride. Seriously. We’re …
 
This week, we had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with the author of A Place Between Time and Space: A true story of Ghosts, UFOs, and Florida's Strangest Home and Paranormal Expeditions: Hunt for the Friendship and Paranormality Magazine mainstay, Chaz CMP. We discuss the childhood experience that first lit the Fortean fire under him and dis…
 
Since ancient times, the vast Lake Baikal has been known as deeply mysterious, but in the closing years of the Soviet era, and since, it has been the location of a number of alleged sightings of aliens and UFOs. Even more, sightings of bizarre beings who have come to be known as the Lake Baikal Swimmers. Nine-foot-tall silver-clad beings who have b…
 
This week, we had a great time sitting down with solo paranormal investigator Laura Jean Lehmann. We take a deep dive into some very strange occurrences from her childhood, her spooking-than-average upbringing, and some of the most spine-tingling tales from her experiences exploring haunted locations on her own! Go support Laura in all that she doe…
 
This week, we’re sitting down to listen to a series of three incredible and terrifying listener stories. Our first tale comes from an ICU nurse who encounters a seemingly cursed room in her unit and the mysterious entity that appears to occupy it. Our second story comes to us from rural Wisconsin where a young couple, just trying to enjoy a rare fa…
 
In this, we have for you a very important community project. Strange Semantics is an in-depth look at the language that we use to describe this incredible field that we find ourselves in. Terms like paranormal, supernatural, otherworldly, supranatural, supernormal, paraweird, and Fortean are examined through the input of 30 of the most fascinating …
 
This week, we are talking about an absolute classic. The Pascagoula Abduction is a touchstone in the ufology community, and for good reason. On the evening of October 11, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hickson and 19-year-old Calvin Parker told the Jackson County, Mississippi Sheriff's office they were fishing off a pier on the west bank of the Pascagou…
 
This week, we had the honor of chatting with professional folklorist, Luke Greensmith. He is a horror writer, video game developer, and the mastermind behind the Lukelore podcast. We discussed his unique upbringing in the UK in order to find where his fascinations with horror, fantasy, and folklore come from. This guy is completely fascinating, and…
 
This week, we’re discussing one of the most famous encounters in the cryptozoological canon. It was on a summer night in July 1924 that a group of gold prospectors in the Mount St. Helens area of Washington state found themselves face to face with a group of “mountain devils” on the trail ahead of them. After a harrowing chase through the trails th…
 
Tonight’s first story follows two youngsters as they explore the storage unit of their recently deceased and very famous great-grandmother. We get a glimpse of the price that some pay for fame and fortune. A deal struck is not always a deal kept. Our second tale is soaked in nostalgia. In a mid-90s video store, we meet Melissa, a 20-something emplo…
 
This week, we’re shaking things up! We recently put a call out on social media for Campers all over the world to send us their questions, comments, and curiosities! In this episode, we answer each and every one of them! From requests for our take on various Fortean phenomena to personal takes on everyday life situations, we’re getting into it. Camp…
 
This week, we’re sitting down to discuss a series of videos released by Carol Rainey, the wife of Budd Hopkins, that has had a massive impact on our view of the Linda Napolitano abduction case. Linda Napolitano was a simple New York housewife, at least until November 30, 1989, when in the middle of the night she was abducted by aliens and made to f…
 
In October 1872, a small Georgia community was bursting with visitors and curiosity seekers in an attempt to discover the truth behind mysterious happenings at the family home of Allen Powell Surrency. In what many consider to be one of the most documented ghost story in American history, the Surrency family home seemingly became the epicenter of a…
 
This week, we have a very special guest. You will probably recognize his voice from the gone but never forgotten Paratopia podcast that he hosted alongside the late great Jeff Ritzmann. He is also the sometimes host of Dreamland with Whitley Streiber. He is also the author of a handful of fantastic books like I Am to Tell You This and I Am to Tell …
 
In August of 1925, a Polish family went on what they thought would be a simple weekend hike. Unforeseen weather conditions and a series of bizarre events led them down a path no one would have ever expected. A lone survivor would tell a tale that tested the boundaries of reason. What happened on that fateful day that left a childless widow to mourn…
 
This week, we finally pinned down the elusive Oscar Romo, host of the Induced Fear podcast. We have a thrilling talk about what we have most in common, mainly an unquenchable thirst for storytelling. We talk about how that love was handed down to us so graciously through our respective families’ oral traditions. We also discuss hauntings, poltergei…
 
Linda Napolitano was a simple New York housewife, at least until November 30, 1989, when in the middle of the night she was abducted by aliens and made to float above the Manhattan sky until she entered a UFO. Believe it or not, events only get more strange from there! Join us as we try to make sense of this tangle of bizarre incidents. What is tru…
 
This week’s first tale explores the nature of self-definition. What is it to be a human being? What are we capable of? How do we reconcile the ends of the spectrum of human potential? These deep philosophical questions are explored through the medium of urban legend games and the brutality that they can create within us. Our second story speaks to …
 
In the late 1970s, the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) received a report from a family in Eastern Colorado. Reports detailed over a year of near-daily encounters with everything from alien encounters and UFO sightings to Bigfoot attacks and shadow people. Not to mention the almost constant back track of an unidentifiable metallic hum …
 
This week, we had the distinct pleasure of welcoming a new friend to show. It isn’t very often that you come across someone with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering that is assessing Forteana through a sociological lens but Chris Cogswell, the host of the Mad Scientist Podcast, is just that. We had an amazing talk about the development and societal imp…
 
This week, we’re discussing the Pukwudgie, a humanoid creature of Wampanoag folklore, found in Delaware, Prince Edward Island, Indiana, and Massachusetts’ Bridgewater Triangle! These fearsome little beasties are said to be 2-to-3-foot-tall with pointed noses and ears, and a thick patch of porcupine-like quills covering their backs! We examine this …
 
This week, we sat down with blogger and lifelong Fortean, Stephanie Quick. We discussed the influence of growing up in the midst of the Bay Area’s early-80s art scene, some of her early paranormal experiences, her near-death experience, and the meeting place between Western spiritualism and ritual magick. Stephanie is a brilliant and intoxicating p…
 
The Rake is a creature believed to be a humanoid in appearance, with several references in folklore and horrific urban legends, originally appearing on the internet as a Creepypasta. The creature reportedly attacks humans for unknown reasons and often causes its victims great psychological trauma. Several theories as to its development Rake point t…
 
This week, we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Fred Andersson. He is the head editor of Sweden’s most streamed show, Spökjakt (Ghost Hunt), and takes a special interest in rarely discussed Swedish UFO sightings. In this episode, we really just wanted to find out what makes Fred tick. Turns out that may be the biggest mystery we’ve tac…
 
Edward Mordrake is the subject of an urban legend who was born in the 19th century as the heir to an English peerage who was born with a rare form of Craniopagus parasiticus called Diprosopus. He was born with a fully formed additional face on the back of his head. According to legend, unlike confirmed instances of this malformation, the face appea…
 
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 making the show, and the progress we’ve made throughout. Thanks so much for your love and support. Here’s to another fantastic year! Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audi…
 
Tonight’s first story deals with death, mediumship, automatic writing, and the ethical considerations within each, from a perspective rarely explored. Our second tale is a deep dive into the joys and dangers of lucid dreaming. Is an ability like precognitive dreaming a blessing or a curse? In this story, we explore the line between reality and drea…
 
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 black eyes have reportedly been seen hitchhiking, panhandling, or at the doorsteps of residential homes. That’s just the beginning of the terror. Join us as we discuss one of the most horrifying legends…
 
This week, we had the pleasure of sitting down with writer and true Fortean, AP Strange. We discuss some of the most formative moments from his childhood, a few of his experiences with precognitive dreams, and his general outlook on Forteana. Enjoy! Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and d…
 
As detailed in her in 1996 book Encounter, Ms Cahill's case had all the hallmarks of the classic alien abduction story of the era: lost time, strange spaceships, bright lights, inhuman creatures and inexplicable marks on her body. But her story had something other alien visitations didn't. Independent witnesses who could back up her story. Along wi…
 
This week, we have another favorite guest of the show; new father, author, podcaster, and editor-in-chief at Paranormality Magazine, Aaron Deese. We talk Dogman, authorship, the future of Paranormality Magazine, and the joys of fatherhood. This was a fantastic chat with an old friend. Please go and support him in everything that he does, but first …
 
Just twenty years after the founding of our nation, General David Bradford, also known as "Whiskey Dave" of the Whiskey Rebellion, fled the United States to avoid arrest and imprisonment. Bradford arrived at Bayou Sara, then a Spanish Colony, and obtained a land grant of 650 acres from the Baron de Corondelet to begin a new life. This was the begin…
 
This week, we have a returning guest; one of our favorite people to have around the campfire, Lady Ann Selene. She is the author of Aperture In the Veil: Born In a Preternatural World, the owner and operator of KPNL Radio, and the host of Caravan: Library of Lore podcast. We pick up where we left off last time, and spend a lot of time discussing he…
 
In June of 2011, Peter Lindberg, Dennis Åberg and their Swedish OceanX diving team discovered a feature visible on an indistinct sonar image while treasure hunting on the floor of the northern Baltic Sea at the center of the Gulf of Bothnia. The seemingly remarkable circular shape of the object led to tremendous amounts of speculation. Everything f…
 
This week, we are beyond blessed to have Joy Johns, Bizzy Blank, and Karly Latham sitting down to discuss all things divination! We go deep on tarot, Oracle, rune casting, the Akashic records, bibliomancy, and something that Joy has taken to calling chaos readings! We also take a dive into the ladies’ personal histories with divination and discuss …
 
This week, we discuss another piece of grade A choice Americana. The Gowrow is a twenty foot long reptilian monstrosity with ten-inch claws, giant tusks, and a spine lined with bony spikes leading to a razor sharp tail! According to Arkansas legend, these beasts roam the forest of the Ozarks looking for cattle to eat, men to smash, and flat bars to…
 
Tonight’s first tale is a spin on one of the most popular creepy pastas of all time. A group of young friends find themselves in a remote cabin for the weekend and our leading man wakes from a drunken slumber to find something that no one would ever have expected. Our second story dives into the psychological trauma of experienced by a set of twins…
 
This week, we discuss the Aswang; a shapeshifting monster usually possessing a combination of the traits of either a vampire, ghoul, or witch, in Filipino folklore. Many accounts describe a being possessing an amalgamation of some or all of them. We get into some shockingly modern accounts that include events that involved missing children, monster…
 
This week, we’re sitting down with fellow podcaster and hot new star on the voice acting scene, James Alexander. This guy has a wealth of incredible paranormal stories from his life and the life of his immediate family. It was an honor to get a tour of just the tip of the iceberg this time. I hope that this will be the first of many appearances to …
 
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 serene natural beauty is it’s penchan…
 
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 within the Fortean co…
 
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 questio…
 
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 eastern block mys…
 
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’…
 
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. The …
 
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 mind, blinding him to the terrible truth…
 
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 make an otherworldly discovery. The only probl…
 
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