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The study of the paranormal has a long, fascinating, and controversial history. Best friends and hosts Ryan and Jordan explore the depths of metaphysical phenomena, ufology, cryptozoology, and all manor of unsolved mysteries through a time-honored tradition: the campfire story. If you’re fascinated by all things Fortean; if you love stories of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, and the occult this show is for you.

Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling

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The study of the paranormal has a long, fascinating, and controversial history. Best friends and hosts Ryan and Jordan explore the depths of metaphysical phenomena, ufology, cryptozoology, and all manor of unsolved mysteries through a time-honored tradition: the campfire story. If you’re fascinated by all things Fortean; if you love stories of ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, and the occult this show is for you.

    Return to the Bellaire House Haunting

    Return to the Bellaire House Haunting

    This week, we return to one of the most terrifying homes in the US; purportedly the Bellaire House in Ohio. Residents, guests, and neighbors have made allegations of paranormal phenomena such as apparitions, curses, psychic assaults, and ghoulish brutality almost since it was built in 1847. This week, we’re diving in with both feet into one of the most notorious hauntings in the history of Ohio.
     
    Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. 
     
    This week’s episode includes descriptions/sound related the following sensitive subjects. 
     
    Mental Health Issues
    Sudden Death
    Spiritual Attack
    Sleep Terrors
    Drowning
    Child Death
    Mine Collapse

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    Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GA

    Additional music: "Neverending Nightmare" - Ghost Stories Incorporated

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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Camp Divination: The Death of Cindy James

    Camp Divination: The Death of Cindy James

    Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get to the bottom of this!
    This week, we return to the truly tragic death of Cindy James. After seven long years of supposed stalking, a series of brutal assaults, and near-constant harassing phone calls, she was found dead behind an abandoned house in Richmond, British Columbia. Unfortunately, the torment that she was enduring was systematically ignored by the police. It is a truly fascinating case study on the effect of established mental health conditions on the investigative process. How was the truly harrowing series of events that punctuated the final years of her life related, if at all, to her terrible end?
    Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. 

    This week’s episode includes descriptions/sound related the following sensitive content:
    Murder
    Torture
    Binding
    Kidnapping
    Extreme Violence
    Stabbing
    Mental Health Crises
    Gaslighting
    Domestic Violence
    Child Abuse
    Sexual Abuse
    Forced Isolation
    Self-Harm
    Suicide
    Fire
    Description of Corpses
    Sexual Violence


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    Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GA

    Additional music & SFX provided by Artlist.io 

    Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply 
     
    Jonathan Dodd for merch design! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd
     
    Easton Chandler Hawk! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/eastonhawkart
     
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    Todd Purse at Create Magic Studios! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/Createmagicstudios

    • 1 hr 29 min
    Return to the Death of Cindy James

    Return to the Death of Cindy James

    This week, we return to the truly tragic death of Cindy James. After seven long years of supposed stalking, a series of brutal assaults, and near-constant harassing phone calls, she was found dead behind an abandoned house in Richmond, British Columbia. Unfortunately, the torment that she was enduring was systematically ignored by the police. It is a truly fascinating case study on the effect of established mental health conditions on the investigative process. How was the truly harrowing series of events that punctuated the final years of her life related, if at all, to her terrible end?
     
    Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. 
     
    This week’s episode includes descriptions/sound related the following sensitive subjects. 
     
    Murder
    Torture
    Binding
    Kidnapping
    Extreme Violence
    Stabbing
    Mental Health Crises
    Gaslighting
    Domestic Violence
    Child Abuse
    Sexual Abuse
    Forced Isolation
    Self-Harm
    Suicide
    Fire
    Description of Corpses
    Sexual Violence

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    Visit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info:
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    Special Thanks:

    Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GA

    Additional Music & SFX Provided By Artist.io

    Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply 
     
    Jonathan Dodd for merch design! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd
     
    Easton Chandler Hawk! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/eastonhawkart
     
    Christina at The Crescent Hare! Support everything she does at https://thecrescenthare.bigcartel.com/products
     
    Todd Purse at Create Magic Studios! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/Createmagicstudios

    • 2 hrs 10 min
    Camp Divination: Return to the Golden Eagle

    Camp Divination: Return to the Golden Eagle

    Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get to the bottom of this!
    In 1962, a car rolled off the Chrysler assembly line that would lead to untold amounts of suffering. This particular Dodge 330 would come be known as the Golden Eagle. Over the course of 40 years this vehicle would be connected to the deaths of over 30 people. From several bizarre suicides to lightning strikes and outright poltergeist activity, this vehicle that served as the inspiration for Stephen King’s Christine has wreaked havoc on the countryside of Maine for nearly half a century.
    Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. 

    This week’s episode includes descriptions/sound related the following sensitive content:
    Extreme Graphic Violence
    Suicide
    Spousal Violence
    Violence against Children
    Hallucination 
    Lightning Strikes


    Check it Out!

    FOLLOW THE VILLAGE TAROT WITCH!

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    Books:

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    Facebook:
    www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast
     
    Visit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info: 
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    Special Thanks:
     
    Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GA

    Additional music & SFX provided by Artlist.io 

    Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply 
     
    Jonathan Dodd for merch design! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd
     
    Easton Chandler Hawk! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/eastonhawkart
     
    Christina at The Crescent Hare! Support everything she does at https://thecrescenthare.bigcartel.com/products
     
    Todd Purse at Create Magic Studios! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/Createmagicstudios

    • 46 min
    Camp Divination: Return to The Mysterious Death of Olivia Mabel

    Camp Divination: Return to The Mysterious Death of Olivia Mabel

    Every Friday we pack our unanswered questions into the canoe and paddle across the lake to see if our friend, The Village Tarot Witch can help us get to the bottom of this!
    This week, we’re discussing a peculiar case from 1994 in Celina, Texas. Following the tragic loss of their beloved son, Travis and Olivia Mabel went their separate ways. Travis moved to Boston in hopes of moving forward, but Olivia went inside. Receding from the world in a four year period of grief-stricken seclusion that would culminate in her bizarre death. However, this is not a simple case of unexplainable circumstances. Olivia was found to be dabbling in esoteric magick ostensibly in hopes of creating a physical manifestation of her lost son. Could she have accomplished this incredible force of will and mental focus? Could Olivia Mabel have created a genuine tulpa; a thought form of her son? Moreover, could that tulpa have shirked her control and ultimately turned on her?
    Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. 

    This week’s episode includes descriptions/sound related the following sensitive content:

    Child Death
    Drowning
    Depression
    Seclusion
    Agoraphobia 
    Corpses
    Autopsy
    Occult Ritual

    Check it Out!

    FOLLOW THE VILLAGE TAROT WITCH!

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    Books:

    Dark Village 
    https://a.co/d/c0A9BHo

    Support Campfire on Patreon:
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    Satisfy All of Your Merch Needs:
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    Join the conversation on social media at
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    Discord: 
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    Visit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info: 
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    Special Thanks:
     
    Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GA

    Additional music & SFX provided by Artlist.io 

    Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply 
     
    Jonathan Dodd for merch design! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd
     
    Easton Chandler Hawk! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/eastonhawkart
     
    Christina at The Crescent Hare! Support everything she does at https://thecrescenthare.bigcartel.com/products
     
    Todd Purse at Create Magic Studios! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/Createmagicstudios

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Return to the Golden Eagle Haunting

    Return to the Golden Eagle Haunting

    In an effort to continue to answer our unanswered questions through Camp Divination, we are returning to one of strangest haunted object cases that we have covered thus far. In 1962, a car rolled off the Chrysler assembly line that would lead to untold amounts of suffering. This particular Dodge 330 would come be known as the Golden Eagle. Over the course of 40 years this vehicle would be connected to the deaths of over 30 people. From several bizarre suicides to lightning strikes and outright poltergeist activity, this vehicle that served as the inspiration for Stephen King’s Christine has wreaked havoc on the countryside of Maine for nearly half a century.
    Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. 

    This week’s episode includes the following sensitive content:
    Descriptions/Sound related to the Following:
    Extreme Graphic Violence
    Suicide
    Spousal Violence
    Violence against Children
    Hallucination 
    Lightning Strikes

    Adverts!

    Support Us on Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/campfiretalesofthestrangeandunsettling

    Satisfy All of Your Merch Needs:
    https://www.teepublic.com/stores/campfire-tales-of-the-strange-and-unsettling?ref_id=25702

    Join the conversation on social media at
    www.campfirepodcastnetwork.com 

    Discord: 
    https://discord.gg/43CPN3rz

    Instagram:
    instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcast

    GoodPods:
    https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplb

    Twitter:
    www.twitter.com/campfiretotsau 

    Facebook:
    www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast

    Visit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info:
    https://linktr.ee/Campfirepodcast

    Special Thanks:

    Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GA

    Additional Music: "Ominous Compulsion" - Ghost Stories Incorporated

    Elias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply 
     
    Jonathan Dodd for merch design! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd
     
    Easton Chandler Hawk! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/eastonhawkart
     
    Christina at The Crescent Hare! Support everything she does at https://thecrescenthare.bigcartel.com/products
     
    Todd Purse at Create Magic Studios! Support his work at https://linktr.ee/Createmagicstudios

    • 1 hr 9 min

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