Tall Tale Social Club

Tall Tale Social Club

Tall Tale Social Club is a paranormal comedy podcast from the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska. Every other Thursday we share true scary stories of ghost sightings, cryptids, UFOs, and unsolved mysteries, balancing genuinely creepy research with dry humor and the kind of funny tangents that derail every good ghost story. We also read a listener-submitted paranormal experience to cap off every episode. Have your true story shared, email mothy@talltalesocialclub.com or dial the Frightline 801-997-0051. Shop merch, cryptid-inspired streetwear and sticker packs at www.talltalesocialclub.com

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  1. 4d ago

    285 | Alien Encounters Too Strange To Report Anywhere Else

    This week we skipped the headlines and the documentaries and went straight into the forum archives, comment sections, and the places where only the most reliable of witnesses openly talk about the strangest night of their lives. These are (ALLEGEDLY!) firsthand alien encounters and abduction stories, told in the witnesses' own words. Grey aliens standing at the edge of your bed, ufo sightings witnessed by multiple people at the same time, saucers that stop a whole homeless shelter in its tracks over an Arizona highway on a not so average Tuesday night, and even a camper in the Sierras who woke up next to a dead fire after being plopped inside a craft and told the origins of humanity (finally, concrete evidence, amiright?) We can't verify any of these, but that's kind of the whole point. We got no news crews, and no proof, just people who were dead sure of what they saw and had nowhere else to say it. If you're a sucker for alien encounters, abduction stories, and obscure UFO accounts pulled from the deep corners of the internet, you're in for a treat. Seen an alien face to face? Let's talk about it. Send your story to mothy@talltalesocialclub.com ----- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - *raises hands to chest* "Aliens." 0:53 - INTRO 2:26 - Welcome Back, Amigos. 0:00 - Thank You For Your Stories 5:34 - STORIES: IT'S STANDING OVER YOUR BED 9:00 - Dreams or Something Darker? 13:06 - The Validity of Multiple Witnesses 14:00 - Christian Does Episodes Too 19:32 - STORIES: DOWN FROM ABOVE 22:53 - Known Different Alien Species 23:14 - ROAST COMMENT INTERMISSION 23:44 - Always Feed The Trolls In Our Comments, Folks 24:30 - How Many UFO Sightings Are Just Government Ops? 27:40 - STORIES: IT CAME TO THE DOOR 30:10 - STORIES: IN GOOD COMPANY 36:43 - Explaining To Christian Why UFOs Need Lights… 38:40 - ALIEN LIGHTS INTERMISSION 40:41 - STORY: THE ABDUCTION 51:00 - Episodes Coming Up & Stories Received 54:00 - Scott Tries To Close Out The Episode 30 Times But Christian Never Stops Talking 56:00 - Betty & Barney Hill, Grey Aliens & Whitley Strieber's Communion ________ Become a Member at www.talltalesocialclub.com Shop Merch at www.talltalesocialclub.com/merch Follow us on Socials @talltalesocialclub Follow Mothy on X @heymothy Submit your story → mothy@talltalesocialclub.com

  2. Jul 28

    Night Nurses Reveal What They See at 3 AM & More

    Every night shift nurse has one story they won't tell their family at Thanksgiving, and almost all of them happen at exactly three in the morning. Okay, that's a little theatrical, maybe not exactly 3 a.m., but you get it. The night shift is notoriously spooky by ambiance alone, and when you add the frightful, and often times completely unexplainable experiences shared by those brave enough to work the night shift, it's no wonder these folks make the big bucks. Just from posting clips leading up to this episode, we received countless first hand accounts from nurses all over the globe, sharing their experiences through comments and dm's. So much so, that we might just need to make a part two, filled with exclusively listener submissions. So if you're a nurse, or know a nurse that has experienced a thing or two they can't explain while on the job, please be sure to comment your story below, or send it in to mothy@talltalesocialclub.com (make sure you don't add an S at the end of TALE. It's singular, not plural.) and you might just be featured in the next installment. TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Night Shift Nurses Have Seen Some Crazy Stuff 2:30 - Florence Nightingale Believed In Spirits 3:22 - INTRO THEME 6:41 - How Do You Do's / Banter / New Merch Drop 8:45 - STORY: Room 827 12:00 - Christian Talks About The Twilight Zone 13:30 - Oscar The Therapy Cat, Steere House Nursing, 2007 15:33 - The Big Why? 17:57 - Christian Shirt Intermission 18:39 - STORY: The Boy In The Red Pajamas 25:30 - Return of the Wrinkled Ball Bag 26:28 - STORY: GEORGIE & THE ELEVATOR 30:55 - The Terminal Lucidity Phenomenon 34:01 - Shout Out Reliant K Intermission 35:15 - STORY: Man at the End of the Bed 39:00 - I Do Know Movies… 41:00 - LISTENER STORY: The Radio 45:20 - End of Life Dream Research & Other Studies 48:00 - OUTRO 49:40 - Talk To Your Family on Halloween / L8R G8R ________ Become a Member at www.talltalesocialclub.com Shop Merch at www.talltalesocialclub.com/merch Follow us on Socials @talltalesocialclub Follow Mothy on X @heymothy Submit your story → mothy@talltalesocialclub.com

  3. Jun 30

    Park Rangers STILL Can't Explain These 4 Things

    Park rangers work in some of the most remote places in the country, and over the years, a surprising number of them have shared stories they still can't explain. In this episode, we look at four real accounts from named park rangers. You'll hear from members of the Navajo Rangers' Special Projects Unit, whose investigations included reports of Bigfoot, UFOs, hauntings, and shape-shifters, including one case where coins reportedly fell from nowhere during an investigation. We also cover the story of a backcountry ranger in North Carolina who watched a man hike up a mountain in the middle of the night and silently stare at a campground full of sleeping children until sunrise. Then there's Yellowstone ranger Bob "Action" Jackson, who described seeing a tall, two-legged, fur-covered figure moving through the backcountry, and Galen Clark, America's first park ranger, who claimed he once heard the cries of a drowned child coming from an empty lake in Yosemite. We also take a look at several well-known national park disappearances, including Dennis Martin, Stacy Arras, and Trenny Gibson, along with the Missing 411 phenomenon and the strongest arguments both for and against it. Some of these stories have reasonable explanations. Others are a little harder to dismiss. Everything in this episode is based on real people, documented cases, and firsthand accounts. Whether you think there's something strange happening in the wilderness or not, these are stories that have stuck with the people who experienced them. Get your thick hiking socks ready, we're going off trail. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - We're Going Off Trail.. 1:13 - INTRO 3:40 - The Tangent Disclaimer 5:37 - A Vast & Untouched Wilderness 6:55 - STORY: THE RANGERS WHO GOT THE OTHER CALLS 12:00 - Don "The Rain Man" Decker 15:12 - INTERMISSION: Christian Is Snarky / Get Off Your Soap Box 16:21 - Creepy Human's Episode on the Horizon? Yes or Yes? 17:15 - STORY: MOUNTAINTOP WATCHER 22:00 - No Xbox in the Wilderness 23:16 - The Disappearance of Dennis Martin 25:30 - Christian Forgets His Granddaughters Name (he's elderly, it happens) 27:00 - A Lot of Fire Lookout's Hit Us Up 29:00 - You Guys Are Insane, btw 31:24 - STORY: IT RAN ON TWO LEGS 36:00 - Discussing Bob Jackson's Yellowstone Bigfoot Encounter 40:05 - INTERMISSION: Does Bigfoot Have Pockets? 40:39 - Supernatural Was a Great Show 42:00 - STORY: THE BOY IN THE LAKE 45:00 - Do You Trust The Locals or Your Ears? 48:00 - David Paulides & Missing 411 50:00 - Sensing Danger While Isolated & Third Man Syndrome 51:00 - The Staircases In The Woods Verdict 52:00 - OUTRO 53:39 - 4 THA H8Rs ________ Become a Member at www.talltalesocialclub.com Shop Merch at www.talltalesocialclub.com/merch Follow us on Socials @talltalesocialclub Follow Mothy on X @heymothy Submit your story → mothy@talltalesocialclub.com

  4. Jun 16

    281 | Things Fire Watchers See That No One Else Believes

    Imagine being alone in a glass box on top of a mountain, a hundred feet in the air, with nothing but a radio, a pair of binoculars, and a single ladder going up, and at 2 a.m., something starts climbing the ladder. In this episode we're taking you inside the strange, lonely, and quietly haunted world of America's fire lookouts. This week we unpack real, first-person accounts from people who spent their summers alone in fire towers across the Pacific Northwest and the Canadian boreal forest, including the legendary Fire Tower Road encounter, a documented BFRO report from Oregon's Ochoco National Forest, the eerie radio voice heard by writer Trina Moyles, and the unsolved 2006 disappearance of fire lookout Stephanie Stewart. Whether you believe in Bigfoot, Missing 411, or just the slow, weird power of isolation on the human mind, this one will keep you up at night. Subscribe to catch all new episodes every other Thursday. Send your own wild and crazy experiences in to mothy@talltalesocialclub.com for a chance to have your story read in an episode of Tall Tale Social Club! ----- TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - This Week on Tall Tale Social Club 2:03 - We Are Climbing The Ladder 3:08 - Theme Song 4:41 - Fire Lookout Stories Coming In Hot 7:15 - What Are Fire Lookouts? 10:45 - STORY: Something's On The Ladder (Washington) 15:00 - Lil Bit Of Squatchy Nip Action (Y'like That?) 21:10 - Oregon Intermission 22:07 - Intentionally Cringy Thumbnail Photos 22:56 - STORY: The Thing Under Tower Point (Oregon) 29:10 - Literary Hotspots For Famous Authors 35:37 - STORY: The Voice On The Radio 40:44 - Camera Reset Intermission (Edit This Out) 43:10 - Go Play Flight of the Mothman | www.talltalesocialclub.com 45:12 - STORY - The Woman Who Vanished From Her Tower 50:00 - No Listener Story Today (Or Is There?) 51:08 - Don't Answer The Voice 53:51 - Recreation.gov - AirBnB Stay In an Old Fire Tower 55:35 - THEORIES, YO. ________ Become a Member at www.talltalesocialclub.com Shop Merch at www.talltalesocialclub.com/merch Follow us on Socials @talltalesocialclub Follow Mothy on X @heymothy Submit your story → mothy@talltalesocialclub.com

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Tall Tale Social Club is a paranormal comedy podcast from the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska. Every other Thursday we share true scary stories of ghost sightings, cryptids, UFOs, and unsolved mysteries, balancing genuinely creepy research with dry humor and the kind of funny tangents that derail every good ghost story. We also read a listener-submitted paranormal experience to cap off every episode. Have your true story shared, email mothy@talltalesocialclub.com or dial the Frightline 801-997-0051. Shop merch, cryptid-inspired streetwear and sticker packs at www.talltalesocialclub.com

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