Storyteller Podcast

Beneath Gatlinburg’s neon lights, pancake houses, and souvenir shops lies a chilling true story that most visitors will never hear. In 1986, a confession letter left in a phone booth in Maggie Valley unraveled one of Tennessee’s most brutal crimes — the murders of Melissa “Missy” Hill and Troy Valentine at the Rocky Top Village Inn. What began as an ordinary night for a young dispatcher and his wi...

Grab your marshmallows and settle in by the fire—because this week on Storyteller, we’re taking you deep into the haunted woods of Ohio to uncover one of Appalachia’s creepiest legends: Red Eyes, The Mad Man of Camp Manatoc. But this episode isn’t your average campfire ghost story… we’ve got special guests—our husbands—joining us around the fire as we swap spooky tales, suspicious noises, and more...

In the latest installment of our Spooky Season series, we’re headed to southwest Virginia, once again recording from the deck...at night...in rural Appalachia—to dig into the story behind America’s loudest founding father… and his darkest secret. Everyone knows Patrick Henry as the man who shouted “Give me liberty, or give me death!” But few know the story of Sarah Shelton Henry , his wife who was...

Welcome to Storyteller , where every episode is a new chapter of mystery, wonder, and the unexpected. In this spine-tingling kickoff to our Appalachian spooky series, Courtney and Teresa trade mountain mist for moonlight as they record from deep in the Blue Ridge—where legends breathe through the fog and the past never really rests. This week, we check into one of Virginia’s most haunted and stori...

Love is in the air… or maybe that’s just the flapping of enormous wings. 👀 In this episode of Storyteller, Courtney and Teresa step onto the Cryptid Connection Dating Game stage to uncover the truth about West Virginia’s most infamous legend—the mysterious, red-eyed heartthrob known as Mothman. Is he a harbinger of doom or just a misunderstood romantic with a killer wingspan and a bad reputation?...

In this episode of Storyteller , Courtney and Teresa dive into the daring true story of Nellie Bly—the 23-year-old journalist who faked insanity to go undercover inside New York City’s notorious Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum in 1887. What began as whispers of abuse, neglect, and overcrowding turned into one of the most groundbreaking investigations in American journalism. Listeners will follow...

On Christmas Eve, 1985, a Nebraska farmer stumbled upon a heartbreaking mystery: the frozen body of a little boy in blue pajamas, forever known as Little Boy Blue . But who was he—and how did he end up abandoned in a roadside ditch? This episode unravels the shocking story of Eli Stutzman, a former Amishman whose charm hid a dark and violent truth. From a troubled childhood in Ohio to a string of...

In our very first episode of the Storyteller Podcast , we’re taking you to Twin Bridges, Montana—home of the Montana State Orphanage, also known as the Montana Children’s Center. For decades, thousands of children passed through its doors, many carrying stories of hardship, resilience, and heartbreak. But behind the institution’s well-meaning beginnings were darker practices and a haunting legacy...