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Tall Tale Social Club

Tall Tale Social Club
  • 4.7 (179)
  • Comedy
  • Updated Biweekly

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

  1. 4d ago

    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

    56 min
  2. My Toddler's BFF Has a Disturbingly Long Neck (BGH006)

    Jun 23 • Subscribers Only

    My Toddler's BFF Has a Disturbingly Long Neck (BGH006)

    This week the Butterscotch Gang breaks down five horror stories that all share one unsettling theme: the house was never really empty. We've got a toddler with an "imaginary" friend nobody wants to meet, a childhood home that wouldn't stop whispering, a locked room hiding something its realtor wouldn't explain, a 'flat' (right innit?) that seemed to actively hate the people living in it, and a quiet café where the tenants upstairs are long gone but apparently still singing. You know, stuff too unhinged for the main feed. Thanks for being a member, we love you 3 TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - We are Both Mike McDaniel..? 4:00 - Fat Wallet Talk 7:00 - How To Leave Us 8:51 - STORY - Mr. Longneck 17:35 - The Ghost-Dong Intermission 21:14 - STORY - That House 28:00 - Pets & The Paranormal 31:40 - STORY - The Padlocked Room (TRIGGER WARNING) 31:48 - The Story Title Crash Out 38:28 - The Higher Intermission (Allegedly) 39:00 - STORY - The Flat That Hated Us, Right, Innit? 50:00 - Half A White (Sorry) 52:59 - STORY - Three Years (TRIGGER WARNING) 55:19 - Christian Finally Believes In Ghosts (We Did It, Guys.) ----

    57 min

  3. 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

    1h 4m
  4. After Dark | One Creature… Many Forms (006)

    Jun 11 • Subscribers Only

    After Dark | One Creature… Many Forms (006)

    If you or someone you love has encountered a shapeshifter, you don't have to struggle alone. Dial 1(800) I-Saw-a-Shapeshifter-And-Have-Nobody-to-Talk-To-About-It. Or share your story by emailing it in to mothy@talltalesocialclub.com TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Christian Yaps (Classic) 3:00 - Glasses Talk 5:43 - STORY #1 - The Golden Horse Owl 15:00 - Interdimensional Demons v. Real Demons 17:00 - Christian's Dumbass Theory 20:00 - Christian's Rage Bait 23:00 - Bill & Ted & Bluey's Dad Bandit 24:00 - Follow Our Rogue AI Mothy Bot on X @heymothy 25:00 - STORY 2: ONE CREATURE, MANY FORMS 39:00 - Alex Jones Makes People Antsy 44:00 - The Gatekeeper 46:00 - Karate High School & Horse The Band 50:27 - STORY 3: PRIMORDIAL SCREAM OF THE HIVEMIND 56:55 - Here's The Thing… 58:00 - Ancient AI Demon ----- PSA: The Freaky Deaky Has Rebranded to Tall Tale Social Club. Please subscribe to the new channel @talltalesocialclub . While we work on building the audience over there, we will continue to release Members Only content on this channel until we are able to switch the memberships to the new channel. We love you. Thank you for the constant support. ----- Support The Show, Become a Member Today! https://www.youtube.com/@freakydeakypod/membership Join For Exclusive Monthly Shows, Early Access to Episodes, Exclusive Shorts, Extended Episodes, Future Livestreams & More. Memberships Also Available on Spotify & Apple Podcast Platforms. Follow on Social Media: @freakydeakypod Merch: www.talltalesocialclub.com/merch Cult: www.talltalesocialclub.com Producers: Eric Long & Marlene Olmos

    1h 2m

  5. Jun 2

    Real Wendigo Cases That Ended in Court (Or Worse!)

    Before the Wendigo became every horror movie's favorite antlered skeleton boy, it was a real fear in real communities, and people kept ending up in actual courtrooms over it. We pulled four documented Wendigo encounters spanning almost 400 years, from a Jesuit missionary's letter in 1636 to a Wisconsin bow hunter who emailed a paranormal blog in 2019. Somewhere in the middle is a guy named Swift Runner who confessed to being possessed by one before they hanged him. Court records. Trial transcripts. Witness testimony. No anonymous Reddit posts, no creator fan-fic, and the cases get worse the closer you read them. If you're into Wendigo lore, Algonquian folklore, true paranormal encounters, cryptid deep dives, or the general genre of "North America has older monsters than the country itself," this one's for you. We cover the origin of the Wendigo legend, Wendigo psychosis as a documented phenomenon, the Swift Runner case, the Jack Fiddler trial, the Manitowoc County sighting, and one of the earliest written paranormal accounts on the continent. Headphones recommended. Daylight also recommended. Drop a comment if any of these happened in your backyard, because at this point we're collecting. New episodes weekly on Tall Tale Social Club, your home for true cryptid stories, paranormal history, and weirdos who can't leave well enough alone. TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Origins of the Wendigo / A Masterclass in Mispronunciations 5:50 - INTRO THEME 7:15 - Is Marilyn Manson a Wendigo? (Probably, Yes) 13:10 - STORY: Swift Runner's Confession — Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, 1879 12:44 - Similar Community Hive Mentality to the Witch Trials? 21:10 - It Was Sylvester The Cat, Guy (The Intermission) 21:35 - STORY: The Trial of Jack Fiddler — Sandy Lake / Norway House, 190 31:10:37 - STORY: David W. — Nipissing Swamp, Wisconsin, 2019 34:05 - Nipissing Intermission BRB 40:10 - STORY: Paul Le Jeune's Letter — Quebec, 1636 50:05 - LISTENER STORY From Jessica 54:55 - Top 5% Of Podcasts Worldwide = D-List Podcaster 57:35 - Wendigo Sighting in Alaska's Seward Peninsula 58:35 - Christian Derails Yet Another Outro 59:30 - Goodbye ________ 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

    1h 1m
  6. Partake In Some Much Needed Afternoon DeFRIGHT!?

    May 28 • Subscribers Only

    Partake In Some Much Needed Afternoon DeFRIGHT!?

    Christian has old man tendencies, a clueless Redditor needs help figuring out if they're haunted , and a mimic spirit makes itself known after a couple finishes doinkin'. ----- Time Stamps: 0:00 - Take 2 / Christian's Old Man Tendencies 6:45 - STORY 1: Marking Her Territory 13:00 - Sleepy Nap Time Boy Man 15:30 - STORY 2: Afternoon DeFRIGHT! 22:00 - These Youths Ain't Loyal 22:41 - SHAMAN INTERMISSION 24:00 - Inside Baseball & Fartcoin 26:49 - STORY 3: AM I HAUNTED?! 35:00 - Scott Is Confused (Classic) 37:15 - STORY 4: Schoolyard Shadow Bully 40:00 - I forgot to track the rest of this (oopsie) ----- PSA: The Freaky Deaky Has Rebranded to Tall Tale Social Club. Please subscribe to the new channel @talltalesocialclub . While we work on building the audience over there, we will continue to release Members Only content on this channel until we are able to switch the memberships to the new channel. We love you. Thank you for the constant support. ----- Support The Show, Become a Member Today! Join For Exclusive Monthly Shows, Early Access to Episodes, Exclusive Shorts, Extended Episodes, Future Livestreams & More. Memberships Also Available on Spotify & Apple Podcast Platforms. Follow on Social Media: @talltalesocialclub Merch: www.talltalesocialclub.com/merch Cult: www.talltalesocialclub.com Producers: Eric Long & Marlene Olmos

    47 min

  7. May 19

    279 | Realtors Can't Escape These Paranormal Experiences!

    This week on Tall Tale Social Club, the boys are cracking open four true stories from realtors, home inspectors, and appraisers who walked into empty houses and walked out shaken. Of lesser importance, Christian attempts to mansplain the economy and Scott call out Mickey Mouse for being conceited af. ________ TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - This Week on Tall Tale Social Club 2:00 - THEME SONG BOP 3:30 - It's Unbecoming 4:52 - STORY 1: No Denying It's Haunted 8:00 - Oopsie Daisy, I'm Sorry Son / BRB 9:36 - We're Back 11:27 - STORY 2: The Old Lady & The Young Bride 18:13 - BRB 18:48 - Mickey Mouse is Conceited 20:00 - Comment Your Thoughts 22:09 - STORY 3: Silence & Static 26:20 - There's Something Scary In That Static 32:00 - Christian Mansplains The Economy / Fighting The Power 32:45 - STORY 4: The Closet Pushed Back 37:30 - Christian Loses The Audience w/ Moisturizer 40:20 - LISTENER STORY from Garrett (Thanks, G) 42:00 - The Rest is Tangents. You're Welcome. 44:00 - Music now, I guess? 45:15 - K love you bye. 47:26 - After party ________ Follow us on Socials @talltalesocialclub Follow Mothy on X @heymothy Get Your Official Club Merch at talltalesocialclub.com

    52 min
  8. After Dark | Aliens Fondled My Boy Bits (005)

    May 14 • Subscribers Only

    After Dark | Aliens Fondled My Boy Bits (005)

    In today's episode, we turn our gaze skyward, into encounters where control is taken without consent and memory itself becomes unreliable. A child vanishes from a locked house and returns hours later soaked in an unplaceable substance, carrying drawings and messages about hybrid beings already living among us, and a timeline for their arrival. Another account crosses into disturbing physical territory, detailing invasive experimentation that leaves behind scars, markings, and sensations that refuse to fade. These stories aren’t about sightings from a distance, they’re about being taken, examined, and returned changed (and sometimes with a sore bum, y'know?). The episode deepens into long-term contact and altered perception. A narrator awakens repeatedly with unexplained symbols etched into their body, an unquenchable thirst, and the unsettling comfort of familiar grey visitors who seem less like captors and more like overseers. Finally, an encounter in a high-rise apartment expands beyond the greys entirely, revealing something larger, older, and far less human, beings that observe, extract, and retreat without explanation. Together, these stories explore abduction as an ongoing relationship, not a single event, and leave one question hanging in the dark: if they’re already here… what are they waiting for? STORIES: 0:00 - Shoutout to Double Shovel 6:53 - STORY: Aliens Are 10 Years Out 11:42 - Christian's Old Age is Showing 15:54 - STORY: Aliens Fondled My Boy Bits 23:00 - Horny Aliens and Sex Magic 24:45 - STORY: Memory Wiped by a Funny Grey 30:20 - Aliens, Cattle Mutilations & The Government 33:20 - STORY: Beyond The Grey 40:00 - Are We Being Hybridized? Probz. 42:30 - Are Aliens Just Cosmic Frat Bros on Vacation? TFD: After Dark is where The Freaky Deaky shows its teeth. This series trades casual retellings for carefully crafted, third-person narratives. True stories rewritten with the pacing, tension, and atmosphere of classic horror fiction. Think less “read off a screen,” more slow-burn dread, where every detail matters and silence is used as a weapon. Each episode unfolds over an immersive, original soundtrack that carries across the series, pulling listeners deeper into the story until it feels less like a podcast and more like being trapped inside someone else’s memory. Uncensored and unapologetically intense, After Dark also explores true accounts that are too disturbing, too adult, or too psychologically heavy for the main feed. These are stories about obsession, fear, violence, grief, and the moments people don’t talk about in polite company. It’s refined, deliberate, and meant to be experienced late at night, alone, with the lights low and your guard down. Listener discretion is advised. This is NOT a show for little ones.

    48 min
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4.7
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179 Ratings

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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

Information

  • Creator
    Tall Tale Social Club
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    295
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Tall Tale Social Club
  • Show Website
    Tall Tale Social Club
  • Provider
    Scott Walker

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