Best Campfire Compendium Podcasts (2024)

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Rodney Recommends: Pale Crawlers 36:20

19m ago36:20

36:20

Every soldier has a story. Some, they try to forget. Others, they can’t stop thinking about — stories that no one else would believe happened. Something that terrified them. Something they cannot explain. From Ballen Studios, and hosted by Marine Corp Reconnaissance veteran, Luke Lamana, this is Wartime Stories. A weekly podcast that is a mix of ho…

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The Monsters of Grunch Road Pt. 2 33:36

1h ago33:36

33:36

In part 2, Rodney’s new friend Evie decides to help him escape. While fleeing both the Outsiders and the Broussard family, the pair uncover the unsettling truth behind the longstanding feud between the warring families.By Ballen Studios

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The Monsters of Grunch Road Pt. 1 35:56

7d ago35:56

35:56

A young Rodney visits the Grunches, a freakish tribe who live in the Louisiana swamps, after his laptop is stolen by one of them. When the group’s matriarch discovers he’s trespassing, she decides Rodney must be fed to the bloodthirsty monster that protects them.By Ballen Studios

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The Shaman’s Portal 33:44

4h ago33:44

33:44

Lauren’s soulmate, Brian, is swallowed whole by a mysterious portal while the couple is picnicking at Beaver Dunes Park in Oklahoma. Every year on the anniversary of Brian’s disappearance, Lauren returns to the same spot in hopes of finding answers, and then one day, she’s confronted with an existential question.…

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Plat-Eye Pt. 2 38:11

7d ago38:11

38:11

In part 2, as the trio gets closer to finding the treasure, they’re confronted by tortured souls who’re trapped between worlds and doomed to haunt the burial site.By Ballen Studios

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Plat-Eye Pt. 1 33:38

14d ago33:38

33:38

Three friends set out to find treasure buried on a little island off the coast of South Carolina. They traverse swamps and avoid traps, oblivious to what lurks in the shadows.By Ballen Studios

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The Night Marchers 34:08

26d ago34:08

34:08

Kam returns to Hawaii, where he spent much of his childhood, for spring break with a few college friends who make a mockery of the ancient tribal warriors and protectors of the land. He initially joins them to fit in, but has to make a difficult decision when the crew is confronted by the Night Marchers.…

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The Slide-Rock Bolter 34:48

28d ago34:48

34:48

When a subsidized housing complex in a Colorado mining town collapses, Trish Manners’s company is accused of corporate negligence. She hires a renowned geologist to figure out what happened and learns the destruction may have been caused by monsters lurking in the mountain.By Ballen Studios

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The Possessed Drone 29:02

2M ago29:02

29:02

A drone is possessed by the spirit of a North African date-farmer who, along with his pregnant wife, was targeted because he was believed to be a high-priority “insurgent.” Now the drone haunts the airman who operated it.By Ballen Studios

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Introducing: Wartime Stories 7:42

2M ago7:42

7:42

From Ballen Studios, and hosted by Marine Corp Reconnaissance veteran, Luke Lamana, this is Wartime Stories. A weekly podcast that is a mix of horror, mystery, and awe inspiring tales. Where the strange, dark & mysterious meets the battlefield and beyond. New episodes every Monday. Listen now: https://ballen.lnk.to/Fz9J66…

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The Night Folk, Pt. 2 30:24

2M ago30:24

30:24

In Part 2, Rachel learns the factory workers behind the gruesome attacks are actually ancient, vampiric creatures who’re preparing to massacre everyone. She needs to get out of there, but leaving her town to the wolves doesn’t sit right with her.By Ballen Studios

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The Night Folk, Pt. 1 30:25

2M ago30:25

30:25

A failed journalist moves back home to take care of her sick mom. She considers her town dull as dirt until she finds a flattened corpse hanging from a tree and uncovers what’s behind the gruesome attack.By Ballen Studios

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Fingernails Freddie 35:02

3M ago35:02

35:02

When a counselor is bullied by her peers and struggles to fit in at Camp Harmony, she summons the spirit of an old man who was burned alive by campers’ fire to get revenge.By Ballen Studios

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The Trash Pit 34:05

3M ago34:05

34:05

A lab develops a chemical spray that shrinks trash as part of an effort to curb New York’s waste problem. But the plan backfires when the spray inadvertently spawns a ravenous, filthy monster.By Ballen Studios

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Skinwalkers, Pt. 2 37:47

3M ago37:47

37:47

After the neighbor and her cat show up dead, Jaya feels that something terrifying was responsible. And that thing might be living in her house.By Ballen Studios

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Skinwalkers, Pt. 1 30:57

3M ago30:57

30:57

A married couple from Maine visits a ranch on a Navajo reservation and leaves with a mysterious stray dog. Except the dog isn’t really a dog.By Ballen Studios

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Eastern State Penitentiary 29:40

4M ago29:40

29:40

Ghosts of the departed prisoners come alive, ready to feast on the living, and a security guard fights for his life inside the fortified walls and stone arches of the notorious penitentiary.By Ballen Studios

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Hotel Monte Vista, Pt. 2 29:17

4M ago29:17

29:17

After Rodney’s life flashes before his eyes, he learns why his friend Lottie turned on him and failed to fulfill her promise to help the ghosts of Hotel Monte Vista.By Ballen Studios

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Hotel Monte Vista, Pt. 1 31:21

4M ago31:21

31:21

Rodney’s high school friend Lottie invites him to a haunted hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lottie helps trapped ghosts crossover to whatever comes next, but not every spirit wants her aid.By Ballen Studios

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Black Aggie 31:28

4M ago31:28

31:28

One of the most insidious, abhorrent creatures comes after Rodney's grandmother Estelle and changes the way she sees the world forever.By Ballen Studios

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The Montauk Project 30:31

4M ago30:31

30:31

Rodney is at a glitzy industry party in the Hamptons when he uncovers a treasure trove of horrors hidden behind the extravagance and all hell breaks loose.By Ballen Studios

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The White Lady Tree 29:53

5M ago29:53

29:53

Three friends take a late-night trip into a dimly lit park in New Jersey to look for a rumored ghost. Their lives would never be the same again.By Ballen Studios

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The Mothman 23:07

5M ago23:07

23:07

Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http://www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_People_Say_They_Saw_'Creature' https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San…

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La Llorona 29:42

5M ago29:42

29:42

New parents Anya and Rafa move to a secluded house in rural Texas and get a visit from a mysterious elderly woman who’s hellbent on tearing their family apart.By Ballen Studios

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Lone Pine Mountain Devil Pt. 2 34:11

5M ago34:11

34:11

In part 2 of Lone Pine Mountain Devil, a journalist sets out to uncover what really happened to Maxine and Shane faces something far more dangerous and bloodthirsty than some monster.By Ballen Studios

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The Beast Of Bray Road 28:14

5M ago28:14

28:14

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkhorn,_Wisconsin https://www.milwaukeemag.com/the-legend-of-the-beast-of-bray-road/ https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/St._Coletta_Feeble-Minded_School https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-bray-road https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2018/08/beast-of-bray-road/ https://en.wikipedia.org/w…

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Lone Pine Mountain Devil Pt. 1 31:07

5M ago31:07

31:07

In part 1 of Lone Pine Mountain Devil, an internet rabbit hole leads Rodney to the social media channel of a cryptid hunting couple. Shane and Maxine are on the verge of internet fame when tragedy strikes.By Ballen Studios

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The Snallygaster Gang 32:08

6M ago32:08

32:08

A kid from a broken home falls in with the wrong crowd. Driven by a desire to belong, he becomes more of a monster than the one he encounters.By Ballen Studios

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The Mermaid 31:33

6M ago31:33

31:33

A grieving man returns to a resort where his wife had drowned to get some closure and finds himself allured by an ancient sea creature who preys on people yearning for a connection.By Ballen Studios

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Haunted Dolls 40:34

6M ago40:34

40:34

Sources: 1. https://allthatsinteresting.com/annabelle-doll 2. https://www.historydefined.net/annabelle-doll/ 3. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-doll 4. https://allthatsinteresting.com/robert-the-doll 5. https://moonmausoleum.com/okiku-the-haunted-doll-of-hokkaido/ 6. https://www.curiousarchive.com/okiku-haunted-japanes…

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The Vampire of Mercy Notch Pt. 2 26:58

6M ago26:58

26:58

In the second and final episode of this horror mystery, Sheriff Bill's investigation leads him to an unlikely suspect and uncovers an assortment of body parts belonging to imprisoned kids.By Ballen Studios

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Betty and Barney Hill 38:10

6M ago38:10

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Sources: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill_incident 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconia_Notch 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pemigewasset 5. https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/betty-barney-hill-take-long-strange-trip/ 6. https://www.mentalfloss.com/art…

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The Vampire of Mercy Notch Pt. 1 21:05

6M ago21:05

21:05

In the first episode of this horror mystery, a Maine teen vanishes in the middle of the night and the town's sheriff is determined to track him down before it's too late. But each new clue leads to more questions than answers.By Ballen Studios

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Bigfoot 32:11

6M ago32:11

32:11

In our inaugural episode we'll be discussing the all-time hide and seek champion of the Pacific Northwest; Bigfoot. Sources: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Rivers_National_Forest 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson–Gimlin_film 3. (Patterson Gimlin FIlm) https://youtu.be/lOxuRIfFs0w?si=I6Y9eP4w_TlfS7gF 4. (Patterson Gimlin Film Stabiliz…

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The Dark Watchers 31:38

7M ago31:38

31:38

Rodney takes a writing trip to a secluded cabin in Big Sur, but is unsettled by what he learns happened to the last writer who visited that eerie place for some inspiration.By Ballen Studios

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Introducing The Campfire Compendium 1:04

7M ago1:04

1:04

Hey, I’m dad! When I was a kid I was enthralled with stories of monsters, aliens, ghosts and any fanciful paranormal story I could get my hands on. Now I’m passing the stories, history and the reality on to my own kids (Lila and Nora). Every week we’ll explore something new. From Bigfoot to haunted dolls. Aliens to lost civilizations. And every odd…

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La Mala Hora 29:26

7M ago29:26

29:26

An old evil spirit finds a new way to lure victims. When Jay gets on the dating app Moment, following a pretty bad breakup, he inadvertently swipes right on the date from hell.By Ballen Studios

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The Phantom Hitchhiker 29:34

7M ago29:34

29:34

When Rodney was trying to break into Hollywood in his early 20s, he'd often drive from Maryland to LA through the barren, dusty backroads of the Southwest. Then he had an inexplicable encounter with a hitchhiker that convinced him to avoid the desert route.By Ballen Studios

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The Monster of Chesapeake Bay 27:37

7M ago27:37

27:37

A father and son go out on a routine crabbing excursion in the Chesapeake Bay when their boat begins to rock violently. They initially write it off as some rogue wave, but then they see the shadow of a massive snake-like creature glide by.By Ballen Studios

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Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp 28:07

8M ago28:07

28:07

Rodney meets Hank, a blogger who’s made a career out of debunking local legends, at the annual Lizard Man Festival in Bishopville, South Carolina. The pair head into the nearby swamps to uncover the truth behind one of the most lethal monsters.By Ballen Studios

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Boo Hags 31:35

8M ago31:35

31:35

Miri begins to have terrible nightmares and sleep paralysis when she moves into a new house in rural Georgia. She isn’t too concerned about it at first, but then she encounters something that literally gets under her skin.By Ballen Studios

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Goatman 35:49

8M ago35:49

35:49

Rodney revisits a story his grandma used to tell him about a local goat farmer who was taken in the night and hanged off the Kootenai County Bridge. Although that night was the end of the farmer’s life, it was the beginning of something far more terrifying.By Ballen Studios

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Dead Children’s Playground 29:21

8M ago29:21

29:21

Rodney drives to an eerie playground in Huntsville, Alabama where he encounters a pediatric nurse seeking solace. When she’s lured into a spectral world, she finds herself grappling with the boundary between the living and the dead.By Ballen Studios

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The Jersey Devil 34:35

9M ago34:35

34:35

When a master poker player gets unlucky in a seedy underground gambling ring, a couple of mobsters drop him deep in the woods of New Jersey. Then he hears a tortured shriek.By Ballen Studios

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The Little Girl on Knock-Knock Road 35:14

9M ago35:14

35:14

Roger finds himself wrestling with a dark secret when he decides to take the long way home from dinner with his wife. Suddenly, a chilling knock on their car’s window changes everything. Turns out, Roger isn’t the only one hiding a secret.By Ballen Studios

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Rougarou 30:12

9M ago30:12

30:12

Helene, Leon and Davey are known as the arrogant, cool kids at their New Orleans Catholic school. When the teens choose to give up nothing more than an eye roll for lent, the town turns dark, as does their fate.By Ballen Studios

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Hopkinsville Goblins 35:15

9M ago35:15

35:15

A group of former college friends meet for a reunion in a small Kentucky town called Hopkinsville. The drinks start to flow, the laughter spreads – until something violent and angry descends from the sky.By Ballen Studios

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Voodoo Village 33:46

10M ago33:46

33:46

Jacob Henderson is desperate to be liked by his high school classmates. So desperate that he accepts a dare to visit a cursed place known as Voodoo Village. What he finds inside will make him question his sanity, his faith – and his assumptions about good and evil.By Ballen Studios

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The Resurrection Man 30:41

10M ago30:41

30:41

Rodney attends a wedding in Georgia, near the site of an old medical college. There, he learns about the centuries-old legend of Grandison Harris, an enslaved man once tasked with obtaining corpses for white doctors. What became of the so-called "Resurrection Man" – and does his ghost still haunt the halls of the school?…

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The Wendigo 37:02

10M ago37:02

37:02

In the pilot episode of RUN, FOOL!, our host travels to Minnesota, where he encounters an Ojibwe woman who claims to have survived an encounter with the bloodthirsty snow beast called the Wendigo. But nothing is what it seems.By Ballen Studios

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