Welcome back to the Ghost Bites Campfire Stories miniseries, where hosts Mike and JT broadcast from a deeply unsettling, acoustically dead forest. This week, they are joined by special guest Jayme—the mastermind behind the show’s haunting theme song—who shares a chilling tale of the gig economy gone cosmically wrong. Set in 2014, the story follows a desperate garage rock trio called The Neon Veins who accept a suspicious five-thousand-dollar gig at an unmapped Cascades slaughterhouse known as "The Sanguine Room". The band soon realizes their silent, translucent audience isn't there to listen, but rather to feed on their creative life force as interdimensional "audio vampires". To escape being completely drained by the sinister promoter Mr. Vale and his shadow-creature patrons, the band must weaponize pure, ear-splitting punk rock feedback.

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Pull up a log and pass the flask! The woods are getting colder, the crickets have suspiciously stopped chirping, and nature is holding its breath as we continue our Campfire Stories miniseries.

This week, Mike and JT are joined by the master of retro-horror himself, Ed from the incredible Octoberpod. Ed brings a terrifying tale from 1981 Oakhaven, Maine, where a down-on-his-luck drifter named Silas takes a farmhand job at the isolated Miller Farm. When the obsessive Old Man Miller decides to fertilize his prize-winning pumpkin patch with crushed meteorites he found in a gorge, the harvest yields something far worse than oversized gourds.

Get ready for glowing teal vines, pulsing produce, cosmic horror, and a monstrous, unearthly amalgamation that will make you rethink your entire autumn aesthetic.

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Pull up a log and grab a roasting skewer! We're back around the fire for another chilling installment of our summer series, Campfire Tales. This week, Mike and JT are joined by our friend from up north, the host of the incredible Dark Poutine podcast Mike.

JT has always been deeply suspicious of how polite Canadians are—convinced it's an elaborate cover for something far more sinister—and this episode's story might just prove his paranoia completely right. We’re heading into the dense, dark woods of Northern Ontario to uncover the unsettling legend of "The Curds of Orono Creek." What starts as a simple, mouth-watering local dish takes a horrifying turn in this bizarre tale of culinary curses, strange town secrets, and a haunting that will make you think twice before ordering your next plate of fries and gravy.

Episode Highlights:

JT explains his complex theory on why you can never truly trust a country whose national animal is a beaver.

A guest appearance by the host of Dark Poutine, bringing authentic Canadian chills and true-crime expertise to the campfire.

The terrifying legend of Orono Creek, proving that sometimes, the local comfort food bites back.

A deep dive into the bizarre and paranormal side of culinary history.

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Welcome back to the fire for the second installment of our summer series, Campfire Tales! JT is taking the ambiance very seriously this week, having brought his own cedar firewood—even if it makes our digital campfire smell like a gerbil cage.

For this episode, we’re thrilled to be joined by Jen one of the hosts of Our True Crime Podcast (OTCP). As experts in the worst of humanity, they brought a deeply unsettling story that perfectly blends true crime with the paranormal.

What starts as an innocent conversation about hobbies takes a very dark turn. Lanie and Camille introduce us to Elias Thorne, a quiet Ohio man with a terrifying talent for taxidermy. Elias didn't mount typical game animals; instead, he targeted the neighborhood's missing pets, stuffing them and posing them in bizarre, human-like scenarios. But his twisted "Stuffed Menagerie" escalated far beyond the local cat population. When a teenager named Chloe went missing, a police search of Elias's home uncovered a hidden room and a horrifying Victorian parlor scene.

Episode Highlights:

JT reveals his primary hobby: aggressively organizing his Tupperware.

A dive into a macabre collection that JT accurately describes as "'Dogs Playing Poker' but a felony."

The chilling discovery inside Elias Thorne's hidden room, and the chilling note he left behind after disappearing.

The eerie paranormal activity reported by the home's new owners, featuring scratching, tiny bells, and a girl's voice asking, "More tea?"

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Welcome back to Ghost Bites! It's officially summer, and we are kicking off our very first special series: Campfire Tales. Even though JT believes camping is just "voluntary homelessness with expensive gear," we are enjoying the spirit of the campfire from the comfort of our air-conditioned studio.

For this series, we're outsourcing our fear to our favorite podcasting friends. In this episode, we are joined by Brandon, the host of The Southern Gothic Podcast and Fear Daily. He brings us a modern urban legend from the edges of the Bible Belt about a vehicle locals call "The Benevolent Bus".

What seems like a harmless church bus with cheerful red lettering is actually something far more sinister. Targeting vulnerable populations under overpasses and in tent camps, the clean-cut drivers offer hot meals and warm beds with "no strings attached". But as one firefighter discovers while investigating the disappearances, those who board the bus vanish without a trace. His search leads him to an abandoned warehouse smelling of bleach and char, hiding a dark, black-edged drain. As JT points out, this predatory bus acts like an anglerfish, using trust and charity as a deadly lure.

Episode Highlights:

JT files a formal grievance against the concept of camping.

Brandon from The Southern Gothic Podcast shares the chilling tale of the "Benevolent Bus".

A deep dive into an insidious urban legend where the scariest monsters hide in plain sight.

Why JT insists that a church bus is essentially a "prison transport van that learned to sing alto".

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Pull up a log (we know what we said) and keep your safety whistle handy! This summer, Mike and JT are heading deep into the woods for a brand new collaboration miniseries: Campfire Stories.

We’re gathering some of our absolute favorite true crime, paranormal, and storytelling podcasters around the fire to share original, terrifying tales. Is it a terrible tactical decision to invite a bunch of people who literally study how to get away with things into the dark woods at night? JT certainly thinks so!

Get ready for a chilling lineup of stories, including The Stuffed Menagerie, Imposter in the Static, The Brick and the Bureaucrat (which might just be as scary as the DMV), and The Barn, the Brothel, and Aunt Rosie’s Couch.

We are thrilled to be joined by an absolute ambush of premium audio talent. This summer's campfire collaborators include:

Southern Gothic

Our True Crime Podcast

Dark Poutine

Octoberpod

Jayme McDonald (Chatterless)

2 and Out CFL Podcast

Barn Owl Brewery

Javier (The Pretend Podcast)

CJ (Rainbow Crimes)

Grab your bug spray, don't let the politely suspicious Canadians make the s'mores, and join us for Ghost Bites: Campfire Stories all summer long, wherever you get your podcasts!

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To close out the season, Mike and JT take on the heavyweight champions of paranormal litigation: Ed and Lorraine Warren. Mike details the origin of these "original Ghostbusters," from Ed’s Navy days to the 2-billion-dollar Hollywood franchise built on a foundation of 1970s polyester and absolute skepticism. JT delivers a sharp critique of Lorraine being the "Diet Coke of mediums" and mocks Ed’s "Occult Museum," where a "dangerous dark tome" turned out to be a Dungeons & Dragons expansion book from a comic shop. Between the Amityville "wine-fueled hoax" and the realization that the real Annabelle was just a plush Raggedy Ann doll with red yarn hair, this finale proves that the Warrens’ greatest haunting was simply a very profitable story copyrighted for the masses.

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In this installment, Mike and JT venture into the "Happiest Place on Earth," a pressure cooker of forced joy built directly on top of an ancient, cursed Florida swamp. Mike explains the architectural deceit of the "Utilidors," detailing the subterranean labyrinth where cast members take off their mascot heads to eat sad sandwiches under your feet. JT finds it hilariously corporate that Disney has "canon ghosts" on the payroll, like Redd the Pirate, and suggests that Walt Disney’s specter is actually the park's biggest rule-breaker for violating his own non-smoking policy on Main Street. From HVAC systems being mistaken for 19th-century poltergeists to corporate lawyers threatening to sue any unauthorized phantoms, this episode proves that at Disney, the only thing scarier than a ghost is the price of a twelve-dollar churro.

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Rogue Transmissions--the edgy, semi-annual anthology of indie podcasts--is invading your podcast feed with DUNGEONPUNK PART 2 ... a symphony of 80s nostalgia, dystopian cyberpunk, and savage swords drawn against both super sorcery & super science. Featuring an adventuring party of your indie podcast favorites!

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Mike and JT head to Fairfax County, Virginia, to investigate the "Bunnyman Bridge," a stone archway that looks like the exact spot a bridge troll would ask you a riddle about your property taxes. Mike clears the air on the fake 1904 asylum lore, only to reveal a much weirder reality involving a man in a white rabbit suit who threw hatchets through car windows in the 1970s. JT critiques the Bunnyman’s tactical choice of weapon, noting that it is impressively difficult to maintain peripheral vision in a mascot head while attempting primitive woodworking assault. Ultimately, the Bunnyman was just an anti-development activist funnelling his suburban rage through a Spirit Store costume, proving that there is no bridge creepy enough to make us believe in a six-foot-tall, hatchet-wielding Easter icon.

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