Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we head back to the tired and sullen streets of Gary, Indiana to check out a grand old school on its last legs and a decaying, mildewy “old school” department store, as well as relate a “bando foodie” experience in a city where cuisine is hard to come by. As always, tales and history abound, so snap open an i...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. This week, we head back to the place where the Monongahela, Alleghany and Ohio Rivers come together, the Rust Belt steel town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to tell a tale of three forgotten and decaying churches and the secrets that lie within their dim and crumbling walls, as well as look at the final resting place of a 1980’...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, responding to a listener who asked: “Mr. P., how DID you get into exploring?” I relate my “origin story” of how I got into this weird, utterly fascinating and unquenchable need to explore and document abandoned and odd locations out in the world. From my roaming in and around my hometown as a kid to some late...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we again go back to the questions asked by listeners over the last few weeks and drop some answers and stories in return! Q and A has become one of my favorite types of episodes as your questions always jog loose stories and memories that I’ve completely forgotten about! We'll look at thoughts on being an...

Hey all! Happy New Year and welcome to another episode of Mr. P. 's Tales from the Road, the first episode of SEASON THREE! What do a massive abandoned bridge, a grisly 1930's serial killer's crimes and 1960's race riots all have in common? In this episode, we’ll find out as we head over to Cleveland, Ohio’s near East Side to check out an abandoned suspension bridge that is steeped...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P. 's Tales from the Road. Happy New Year’s Eve! Hard to believe we’re on the edge of yet another year and at the beginning of a new one! In this episode, I’ll chat up ten of my favorite explores/ situations from this year, and toss out a few New Year’s resolutions for 2024. So, pour some solid champagne for you and yours, eat a ton of greasy-yet-tast...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P. 's Tales from the Road. This week, we recount our recent jaunt along the borders of Appalachia, returning to the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the home of the enigmatic Mothman, for some exploratory and photographical adventures. Nighttime missions to (and high strangeness within) the “TNT Area” north of town, an abandoned Navy shipy...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. This week, we continue to talk up those places that we discover when we aren’t looking for them, usually when we are on our way to someplace else, and which turn out to be amazing exploratory gifts that we weren’t expecting at all. This week, we turn to an amazing and mysterious four story behemoth of a factory that was fille...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. This week, we dive into the uncomfortable and rather personal subject of mental health. As winter closes in, seasonal depression and anxiety are ramping up, and many of us turn to urban exploration and photography to keep the worst of it at bay through the darkest time of the year. Depression is far more common than anyone mi...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. This week, we regale those places that we discover when we aren’t looking for them, usually when we are on our way to someplace else, and which turn out to be amazing exploratory gifts that we weren’t expecting at all. We’ll be hitting two places; one this week and one the next. In this first part, we get into the absolutely...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road, and a Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. listeners! This week, I tell a recent tale about an encounter with Detroit's boys and girls in blue (sort of), a spark off a brief revelation about the homeless who inhabit many of the places we explore, and also share all of the things I'm thankful for in this crazy adventure we ca...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. This week, we roll in with a theme focusing on places where people of all ages flock to cool off in the hot swelter of summer. I’m talking about waterparks, or in this case, abandoned waterparks, and in this episode, we’ll dive into three separate adventures I’ve been fortunate to have had exploring them, for better or worse....

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. Happy Halloween (late, I know…), Blessed Samhain, and a wonderful Dia De Los Muertos to you all out there! In this edition, we head to one of the most unique places in Cleveland, Ohio; a once abandoned Gothic style funeral home that was (and still is) famous for its history, architecture, decor and the forward-thinking attitu...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. In this edition, we return to the tired, summer heat shimmering streets of Lorain, Ohio to talk about the dim and moldy recesses of the abandoned (and now sadly demolished) St. Joseph’s Hospital, as well as creep up on the mysterious and rather intriguing “Ghost Ship of Lorain.”  As always, tales abound, so snag a cold one ou...

Hey all, and welcome to the fourth episode of a special seasonal series called Mr. P.’s Rust Belt Mythology, which features some short stories about ghosts, murders, legends and tales of high strangeness in and around the Rust Belt cities of the Great Lakes. Mixing a love for these industrial towns, a deep catalog of weird goings-on, and a desire to tell their stories, I’ll be offering up short ep...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. In this edition, we drive out to East Cleveland, Ohio and into to one of the saddest examples of what economic collapse can do to a place; enter the crumbling and rotting remains of Chapman Avenue, once part of a thriving Post-World War II neighborhood and now a shattered urban wasteland where ghosts of the past are to be see...

Hey all, and welcome to the third episode of a special seasonal series called Mr. P.’s Rust Belt Mythology, which features some short stories about ghosts, murders, legends and tales of high strangeness in and around the Rust Belt cities of the Great Lakes. Mixing a love for these industrial towns, a deep catalog of weird goings-on, and a desire to tell their stories, I’ll be offering up short epi...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road. In this edition, we go into some personal observations about burnout in the hobby of exploration and photography, and also dive into thoughts and research on the always-present toxicity that sadly threatens the tranquility and well-being of the urban exploration community from time to time…with a little help from ChatGPT.  He...

Hey all, and welcome to the second episode of a special seasonal series called Mr. P.’s Rust Belt Mythology, which features some short stories about ghosts, murders, legends and tales of high strangeness in and around the Rust Belt cities of the Great Lakes. Mixing a love for these industrial towns, a deep catalog of weird goings-on, and a desire to tell their stories, I’ll be offering up short ep...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this edition, we again go back to the questions asked by listeners over the last few weeks and drop some answers and stories in return! Q and A has become one of my favorite types of episodes as your questions always jog loose stories and memories that I’ve completely forgotten about! We'll look at thoughts on being an...

Hey all, and welcome to the first episode of a special seasonal series called Mr. P.’s Rust Belt Mythology, which features some short stories about ghosts, murders, legends and tales of high strangeness in and around the Rust Belt cities of the Great Lakes. Mixing a love for these industrial towns, a deep catalog of weird goings-on, and a desire to tell their stories, I’ll be offering up short epi...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this episode, we meander on down the Ohio and PA Turnpikes to where the the Ohio River begins; the Steel City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where we’ll take a look at some curious, historical and unique Westinghouse industrial ruins and chat about a modern day cabinet of curiosities on the tree-lined streets of the Swissvale...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this episode, we travel out to an abandoned chain bakery complex that used to be a major institution in Cleveland, Ohio; Hough Bakeries. Remembered fondly for delicious cakes and confections by generations of Clevelanders, this place was sadly closed down and abandoned in 1992. We’ll talk about the history of the place, an...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this episode, we visit a location that I refer to as my “Great White Whale,” a beautiful and gargantuan factory in Northeast Ohio that was the center of an obsession in my early days of exploration! We all have that one location that we simply can’t let go of and let get under our skin, and sometimes, the waiting pays off!...

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road! In this episode, we take a hike down into the Cuyahoga Valley National Park between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio to visit a location that is rife with rumors, legends and insane internet stories; a place that many have sought out over time and which often renders different results than what was expected. Come with us as we journ...