Campfire Adventures

How many of us love a good urban legend? What about one that actually turns out to be based on a true story? Well, have you ever heard the one about The Green Man? Or maybe you know him as Charlie No Face. If not in this episode we talk about the myth of a cryptid that walks up and down the night roads of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I'm not sure if a run in with these creatures is ideal, but sur...

Kicking off a new year of stories I thought it might be a good idea to go down to Mexico and South America. No we didn’t get a chance to take a trip out to these countries, but I did find a story involving them all. Have any of you ever heard of  a creepy crawler known as La Mano Peluda? It translates to The Hairy Hand, and if you haven’t heard of it then no worries because we got you covered. The...

Happy 3rd Birthday Campfire Adventures! We’ve made it another full year! Thank you to everyone out there in podcastland for listening to our Crazy, Creepy, but Cool stories. It’s been a fun year and I can’t wait to share more adventures and episodes with you for the next year. For this week's episode I wasn’t able to find a story about an Irish Vampire like I've done for the last 2 years,...

In a world full of scary stories it might seem inconceivable that a monster can be laying dormant in our technology. This week I am going to share the story of a family who experienced cyberbullying in 2007. For months this family lived in terror as the bully raged on. Take a listen to this week's episode and hear all about what happened. 

Have you ever heard the story about the witch named Helen Duncan? No, well let me share some of her story. She was a medium who performed seances and used ectoplasm to connect with spirits. Traveling across the UK she helped a lot of people, but not everyone was a fan. In, enter the legal system, take a listen to this week's episode to find out everything that happened. Enjoy!

We've heard about haunted houses, haunted chairs, but now about a haunted road. In Missouri there is a road that has been known as the most haunted road in America. To the locals it is known as Zombie Road. So there's a zombie, the spirits of an old woman and even Native American specters. Take a listen to this weeks episode and let me know if your ready for an adventure.

Recently we’ve talked about curses like James Dean’s car Little Bastard. In that episode we broke down the characteristics of a curse and how they come to be. For this week's episode we are going to hear about another curse, only this one is about a series of paintings known as The Crying Boy. This painting's connection to destruction, emotion and the supernatural is both believable and qu...

In the Cherokee community there is a creature that has been born from fear. Now we are human so we have plenty of fears, but the one in particular that our cryptid is born from is the fear we have of death. This being is a shapeshifter that takes the form of a raven in order to search for its next victim. Once that victim is found then all bets are off. Take a listen to this week's episode to...

When you're searching for Luxury Apartments in New York then you should look into a complex known as The Dakota. When you're searching for haunted apartments in New York you should look up The Dakota. Yup the very same, this building was built in the 1800's and its connection to both luxury and paranormal are well known. According to reports there are at least 5 ghosts that call this c...

This week I think it's about time we delve into the idea of curses. So I got this book and while looking for ideas I stumbled across a story about James Dean and his Porsche Little Bastard. After reading about the history of these two I don’t think we can call it anything other than a curse. Take a listen to this week's episode and find out how the purchase of this Porsche changed the cour...

When you think of giants what do you envision? Did you think of those large human looking creatures that say fee-fi-fo-fum? Well that's what I would have thought they looked like too, but after researching this week's story I question if they might actually resemble Bigfoot. I recently heard about an island that's filled with giants, its located off the east coast of Papua New Guinea....

This week we are going to dive into another mystery and this one remains unsolved almost 50 years after the events took place. Let me set the scene, there was a group of 10 skiers in Russia going to mountains never explored before. They gave themselves about two weeks to accomplish their goal, but then tragedy struck. In this week's episode we break down the events that took place and the theo...

In this week's episode we attempt to solve a mystery that has puzzled Americans for over 500 years. Ok well maybe we don’t actually solve anything, but we are definitely going to talk about it. So our story takes place on Roanoke Island, North Caroline back in the late 1500’s. There was a group of over 100 English settlers who tried to call the land home, until someone came looking for them an...

As the new year gets closer and closer,I thought it might be a good idea to share a more heart warming story. The story I have for you this week is one about a house spirit known to live in the homes of Slavic people. These spirits are definitely the ones you'd want to have in your house to hold things down and protect you. In the episode we talk about what these spirits want and exactly how t...

Merry Christmas Early Campers! Are we all ready for the holidays or do we need another minute or two? Well in the meantime we have another holiday episode ready for you all and this time we are telling a story from Iceland. Do you remember the episode we did about the Yule Cat? Well the cat has a whole Yule family! There is a mother named Gryla, her husband and 13 children known as the Yule Lads....

You know how Santa has his elves to help him get ready for the holidays? Well guess what we have during the holidays? Starting Christmas Day for the 12 Days of Christmas these little trolls known as the Kallikantzari emerge from hibernation. These trolls call Greece home and they go house to house causing mischief and havoc. Check out this week's episode and find out how to protect yourselves...

We made it to the Christmas season and you know what that means! It’s time for Holiday themed cryptid stories. This week I’d like to tell you the story of a Christmas Witch named Frau Perchta. She has been known to the locals of Germany and Austria for the past few centuries. Her M.O. is traveling around during the 12 days of Christmas, looking to wreak havoc on those she deems deserving. Take a l...

As promised, here is part 2 of our episode released this week. I appreciate your understanding and support and hope you enjoy this episode. I looked into an exorcism performed on a family living in Gary, IN. The premise is that in 2011 the Ammons family moved into a new house and things started to escalate supernaturally from day 1. Let me know what you think and oh at the eng Lory and I share a f...

Did you get a chance to listen to my birthday episodes yet? No worries if not, but I did promise for there to be a two episode release for the festivities and I'm ready to keep my word. In this episode Lory takes over and shares the story of a movie named Pilgrims, which is all about the horrors that can go wrong with Thanksgiving. She also adds a spin to the info. Take a listen to part 1 of o...

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! Well that's what they say at least, but for this week's episode we are completing our birthday shenanigans with sharing an episode we recorded about Las Vegas! Have you ever heard of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel? Well Lory has, and in this week's episode the two of us are going to explore the life of Bugsy and also what people believed he did after he...

Guess what Campers?! It was just my birthday and because of that I recorded a bonus episode for all of you. For the beginning of my birthday shenanigans we ended up in Zion National Park. And in addition to the various hikes, the beautiful scenery and animals there is also a paranormal side. In this week's episode I’m going to share a few stories that gave me a light fright while I explored th...

In this week's episode we are taking things back to urban legends and the one we talk about today is known as The Killer in the Backseat. Now just as the name alludes to, we are going to learn about potential threats that one can find in the backseat of their car. I myself haven’t heard this legend before, but I have had an experience or two so take a listen because I'll share them with yo...

To wrap up our series of the true stories behind scary movies for the Halloween season we are going to look into the movie Poltergeist. We didn’t just find the true story, but we uncovered an alleged curse haunting the cast. So in this episode we learn about how the Herrmann family went through their own version of a poltergeist. And then there's this curse, so apparently the cast has been aff...

In this week's episode we are going to cover the true story behind the Netflix movie Things Heard & Seen. The story used is of an ax murder that happened in Brighton, New York in 1982. It was a 40 year old cold case that as of recent has been solved or has it? The premise of this murder is that a man named Jim returned home from work on February 19th of 1982 and what he found was his wife...

In this week's episode we are going to dive into the idea of evil being something that is created and not born. Have you ever heard of The Gainesville Ripper? He is a man that grew up in an abusive household which in turn led him to a life of crime. Within this episode we are going to touch on some sensitive topics like abuse, murder and sexual violence. If you feel like this might be too hard...