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 [email protected] (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

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Folks, welcome back in to Tall Tale Social Club, we're excited to spend another hour with you guys, talking strange. This one's about the moments when reality seems to skip. Real people, mostly anonymous, sat down and typed out the glitch in the matrix experiences they've never been able to explain. If you've ever arrived somewhere with no memory of the trip, felt a place go strangely familiar, or caught the world doing something it shouldn't for a few seconds, these are gonna resonate.

We also get into the real science of déjà vu, and the actual simulation argument.

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TIME STAMPS:

0:00 - Journey Down The Rabbit Hole…

0:48 - INTRO

2:22 - Jefferson Aeroplane

6:06 - STORIES: THE DRIVE THRU & VANISHING VEHICLES

9:40 - Long Drive Thru Times

13:00 - It Do Be A Hard Knock Life

15:00 - STORIES: DOPPELGANGÄR DOUBLE TROUBLE

19:20 - No Thank You Doppelgänger Daddy

24:00 - The Doppelgänger Intermission

24:30 - Christian's Got More To Say (Classic)

28:00 - Double Walkers, Omens & Death By Diarrhea

30:30 - STORIES: TRIPPY TRAVELS

32:00 - Cotton Eyed Joe / Should We Shorten The Intro?

38:00 - Breaking Down These Glitchy Travel Tales

41:30 - STORIES: THINGS THAT CAME BACK

44:00 - Bringing Back the Stephen King is a Pervert Bit

49:30 - STORIES: AURORA

55:00 - Wrong Place, Wrong Ritual Episode Coming Soon

55:50 - LISTENER STORY: THE VANISHING KEYS

62:00 - Tad's Through History: A Crash Course

64:04 - THOUGHTS & THEORIES

71:10 - Super Secret Code Word

71:44 - PEACE.

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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

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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 [email protected] for a chance to have your story read in an episode of Tall Tale Social Club!

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - RIP TFD 

3:38 - Intro

4:37 - One Last Deak Off

6:00 - 5 Terrifying True Encounters That Will Ruin Your Night

8:00 - STORY 1: Something in This House Is Leaving Scratches Everywhere

14:52 - Christian's Hogwash

17:05 - Hogwash Intermission

17:23 - The Black Magic / Demons / Evil Tangent (One Last Time…) 

25:30 - STORY 2: The Dorm

30:00 - Christian's Racist Again 

33:47 - STORY 3:  Barbara Bush adjacent

39:00 - Christian Defends The OnlyF*ns Platform (Of Course)

41:15 - STORY 4: Something Copied My Dad

49:00 - We Talkin' Mimic? 

53:30 - STORY 5:  Always Bring a Knife to a Ghost Fight

56:00 - Join Us On A New Adventure @talltalesocialclub

61:10 - So Long 

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His stories warned us about the future. He told us what was coming if we slept, and in our hubris we ignored the warnings and created the world we were afraid of. We were entertained. We thought deeply about the concepts. We found those we wanted to blame then we persecuted them.

We often talk about reality here. Is any of this real? Today’s little journey into the nature of reality begins in a chair. It is made to be comfortable but it never is. If this is your first time hearing this story about this chair you may be envisioning something sinister, something painful, and your thoughts are moving in the right direction. Your version of this sinister chair might be a bit extravagant. And I assure you it is simple.

Because in Philip K Dick’s reality it is simply a dentist chair, and a Pink Light. A light that opened his mind to a download of information. But where did it come from, and who sent it? Had he lost his mind, or was it a revelation illuminating a world that had been hidden to him and remains hidden to most of us?

We'll see you on the inside..

TIME STAMPS:

0:00 - That Didn't Take Long

2:21 - NEW INTRO (AGAIN)

3:21 - Welcome Back

6:00 - Should We Rename the Show?

8:45 - I Don't Want To Do Time Stamps, So I'ma Just Be Random

15:53 - Potty Break Intermission

16:45 - Philip K. Dick Has a Break In

23:00 - Part 2 Dropping This Thursday For After Dark Members

33:00 - Tinkering

35:00 - Diss Track For The Pope

37:15 - The Year Is Secretly 50 A.D.

38:24 - Apparently a 12 Year Old is Always In Christian

45:00 - Some Might Just Say "A Remembering", But Not This Guy

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Is this Proof Reality Is Breaking Down? these true glitch in the matrix stories explore unsettling moments where time loops, people duplicate, and reality seems to malfunction.

From unexplained disappearances to real-life simulation errors, we're back with more eerie firsthand accounts that will make you question whether we’re living in a programmed world, or simply losing our collective marbles.

We'll see you on the inside..

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TIME STAMPS:

0:00 - Proof Reality Is Breaking Down

0:26 - Intro

1:25 - It's a joke, chill.

2:46 - Bad News at Doctors. More on that later.

2:59 - STORY: Woman in the Window

6:00 - Clove & Other Smoke

8:00 - The Trash Can Dilemma

12:30 - STORY: Afternoon Delight

17:00 - Fast Doinkin', Little Intelligence & A Poop Cruise

19:53 - Juicing The Algorithm & Philip K. Dick

21:30 - Christian Derails The Episode to talk CURLING. tf?

26:53 - STORY: The Magic Screwdriver

30:00 - Let's Get Rid of Social Media Forever

33:00 - White Out

40:54 - STORY: Debbie Downer

48:00 - Old Man Yells at Sleep Token

50:00 - Should We Do Livestreams..?

52:39 - Outro

54:10 - Bad News at Doctors.

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You didn’t fall asleep, but you stopped moving. The room stayed the same, but something else stepped in to your reality. It doesn’t chase you, because it knows you can’t run. And whatever it is, it only shows up when you’re awake enough to remember it.. We're diving head first into some truly terrifying sleep paralysis experiences this week! We'll see you on the inside.

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TIME STAMPS:

0:00 - These Sleep Paralysis Stories Feel Wrong

0:37 - Intro

1:34 - (MOVED DEPRESSING TALK TO END)

1:35 - /////EPISODE STARTS HERE/////

3:00 - STORY: Clown Figurine & A Piano Wire

5:10 - Forgot to Turn Off The Heater

6:30 - Feeling Pain During Sleep Paralysis / Phantom Limb Talk

12:00 - STORY: That's Me In The Corner

18:50 - STORY: The Monster Wearing My Ex's Skin

22:50 - Bringing It Back 'Round to Dragons

24:00 - Obviously Leading to Noah's Ark, as is Tradition

25:00 - This Episode Feels Weird, Sorry Whoever is Reading This

28:05 - STORY: Saved By The Cat

29:38 - Where Do Our Nightmares Take Shape?

34:13 - STORY: Thanks, Gordon Ramsay

37:00 - Old Man Yells at Technology

38:00 - Scott Got Choked Out By a Shadow Man In Vegas

42:00 - The Moon is Rusting and Scott's Going to the Doctors

45:06 - OUTRO

46:40 - Depressing Bits & Whatnot, It's Fine.

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The Twilight Zone meets Mystery Science Theatre 3000 meets an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner conversation with your in-laws. TFD is a weekly paranormal comedy podcast featuring real ghost stories, Cryptid lore discussions, and true paranormal experiences hosted by believer/skeptic in-laws.

Recorded in an undisclosed location somewhere in the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska.

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