Storytelling: Telling Simple (bare-bones style)

Two deer hunters get lucky in the woods.  It's in the same woods where its sounds like a ship is sailing around.  And something was buried, waiting to be found. But what?

This story takes place along the coast of Humboldt County, California

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Joanne E.

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  "Arpy"  

Song #1  "Slowly Until We Get There" by Joey Pecoraro
Song #2  Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Song #3  "Dusk" by DivKid
Song #4  "Eternal Structures" by Asher Fulero

Ever been in a river, where it felt like something was pulling you down and you wondered if there was something, under the water? Others wondered the same thing until one day, when they saw something coming at them, twisting down the river. And then they became believers in something that sounds unbelievable.

This story takes place outside of Auburn, California, along a river at a spot called Murderer's Bar.

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Mary M.

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Song #1   Prelude No. 20 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Common.  Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes/.  Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Song #2  "English Country Garden" by Aaron Kenny

Song #3  FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons.  Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).  Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html isrc=USUAN1100232.  Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Song #4  Prelude No. 3 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes.  Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Song #5  Friday Morning by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).  Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100224
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Song #6  "Drunken Sailor" by Cooper Cannell

Song #7  Luminous Rain by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons. Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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There was something wrong about the body, with the way it was looking ---- back.

The story in this episode really happened.  It comes from California's past, and took place south of Half Moon Bay, in the town of Purisima, that no longer exists.  

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Colleen M.

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Song #1   "Friday Morning" by Kevin MacLeod
Song #2   "No 2 Remembering Her" by Esther Abrami

Every hear about the Great Flour Sack robbery?  Well, me neither until I came across this story.  I don't know how the thief didn't see it. Maybe he didn't have an eye for crime.  

The story in this episode really happened.  It comes from California's past, and took place outside of Angel's Camp. 

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Elizabeth R.

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Song #1   "Land of My Fathers" by The 126er's
Song #2   "Edge of Eternity" by Norma Rockwell

How far would you go to get the bottom of a mystery?  This episode contains a legend, a ghost story from California's past that took place, off the coast of Point Lobos, near Carmel by the Sea. 

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Victoria S

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Song #1   Lurking Shadows by Myuu
Song #2   No 8 Requiem by Esther Abrami
Song #3   Classic Horror 3 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100469Artist: http://incompetech.com/

How old is old?  And what do you do when the old don't die?  This episode contains a tall tale that floated around in California's past, a story that takes place in Oakland. 

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Melinda Wilson

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Song #1   "Easy Day" by Kevin MacLeod
Song #2   "Tupelo Train by Chris Haugen

It is against the law to Base-Jump in National Parks.  Those that do it say it's safe.  Those that run the National Parks say it's not.  To prove that it is safe, 5 base jumpers climbed El Capitan to jump.  But something happened, something they didn't expect.  This episode contains a story from California's past, one about a tragedy that took place at Yosemite National Park in the 1990's.

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Mary Dahl

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Song #1 "Checkmate" by Nathan Moore
Song #2 "A Face In A Cloud" by Nathan Moore

They smashed and dashed and crashed their shovels on the ground.  They charged with tiny scissors. They released the Gobblers.  But something kept coming, on their short, short legs.  This episode contains a farming tale, about a battle that took place in California's past, near Fresno.  It is a battle that could happen, anywhere in the world.

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Cathy Scoto

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Song #1 "Epic Battle Speech" by Wayne Jones

Stage Coaches that fly.  Hero's that help others not to die.  And bankers turned bandits, who don't want to get caught in a lie.   This episode contains two stories from California's past, one about a robbery gone wrong in the town of Placerville.

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Joanne E.

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig
Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Music, Story # 1          The Plan Is Working by Cooper Cannell 
Music, Story # 2          Sprightly Pursuit by Cooper Cannell

Some roads have dead ends. Other roads have ghosts.  And some roads have tiny ghost hands that will help out a car in trouble.  This episode contains a ghost story from California's past, about a haunted road near the city of Livermore.

Produced by:  Squeaky Metal Stool Productions

Narrator:  Eric Hurtt

Telling Simple Guest Announcer:  Ruth B.

Production Voice:  Special thanks to Julia H.

Theme Music by Dan Henig

Music Entitled:  Arpy  

Story music:  Childrens Theme - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Artist: http://incompetech.com/