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The Tales We Tell Podcast A podcast about spooky stories, unsolved mysteries, and local lore! New episodes every Wednesday!
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Ep. 229: The Heol Fanog Haunting (link in bio!) 🏚️👹👻🐦‍⬛🇪🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Have you killed someone in a former (or current) life? O...
04/09/2024

Ep. 229: The Heol Fanog Haunting (link in bio!) 🏚️👹👻🐦‍⬛🇪🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Have you killed someone in a former (or current) life? Or, did you accidentally p**s off an Egyptian god while on vacation? Or maybe you just have ley lines crossed underneath your house? These are just some of the speculations as to what afflicted the Rich family in the early 90’s when they lived at Heol Fanog. This week, Hannah tells Katy about this wild haunting, which included things like bird-headed apparitions, a salad that was either really bland or mind-blowingly good, prophetic paintings, Anne Boleyn, and more!
So pour your drinks, light the sage, and join us for this Spooky Story!
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Ep. 228: The Gardner Museum Heist (link in bio!) 🖼️🚛🦅👮🏻👮🏻‍♂️In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, as several Bos...
28/08/2024

Ep. 228: The Gardner Museum Heist (link in bio!) 🖼️🚛🦅👮🏻👮🏻‍♂️

In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, as several Bostonians were still celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, two men easily conned their way into the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, and proceeded to steal 13 priceless works of art. This week, Hannah tells Katy about the infamous (unsolved) Gardner Museum Heist, the stolen works, and the authorities’ fruitless search for the thieves. The girls talk a little art history, organized crime, overcoming grief, black market art sales, and more! The pictures of the art alone are reason enough to listen, but we think you’ll also enjoy the twists and turns of this modern heist that stumped the FBI.
So pour your drinks, and join us for this Unsolved Mystery!
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Happy National Dog Day!! 🐕🐶🦮🦴🐾
26/08/2024

Happy National Dog Day!! 🐕🐶🦮🦴🐾

Ep. 227: The Weight of the Soul (link in bio!) 👻⚖️🪦🛏️🥼🐕For centuries, scientists and doctors have been asking the big qu...
21/08/2024

Ep. 227: The Weight of the Soul (link in bio!) 👻⚖️🪦🛏️🥼🐕
For centuries, scientists and doctors have been asking the big questions about the human body, and striving for ways to better understand these meat sacks we live in. Some, have asked less important questions than others. This week, Hannah tells Katy about Dr. Duncan MacDougal, who asked, “does the human soul have a measurable weight?” The girls discuss the validity of this question, MacDougall’s questionable experiences, other people’s opinions of dogs, a possible Reaper in disguise, and so much more! 
So pour your drinks, hug your dog, and join us for this Scientific Mystery!
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Ep. 226: F is for Frankenstein’s Monster (Tell We Tale!) 👨🏻‍⚕️🩻🧟‍♂️⚡️F is for Frankenstein’s Monster, crafted by hand! T...
16/08/2024

Ep. 226: F is for Frankenstein’s Monster (Tell We Tale!) 👨🏻‍⚕️🩻🧟‍♂️⚡️
F is for Frankenstein’s Monster, crafted by hand! This week, it’s a Tell we Tale, and Katy takes the driver’s seat to tell Hannah all about the origins of Frankenstein’s monster, and the real life scientific pursuits to reanimate the dead (there are way more than we thought!) This episode is full of fun historical facts, medical innovations (some brought about in less than ethical ways), and lots of electricity puns!
So pour your drinks, and get ready for this electrifying (see what I did there?) Creature Feature! 
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Ep. 225: The Haunting on Latabee Street (link in bio!) 🏡🛌👻👹Is it a poltergeist, a demon, a curse placed on you by a witc...
16/08/2024

Ep. 225: The Haunting on Latabee Street (link in bio!) 🏡🛌👻👹
Is it a poltergeist, a demon, a curse placed on you by a witch, or just the manifestation of your stress? This week, Hannah tells Katy about the haunting of the Tallman family on Larabee Street. There’s red or green-eyed monsters, a ghost who may or may not be in the mob, poor pet ownership, an unhinged pastor, magic communion, possibly a squatter, and so much more. This is a classic haunting with enough peculiar details to make it just a little bit funny. 
So get out those EMF detectors and dowsing rods, and join us for this Spooky Story! 
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Ep. 224: Room 1046 (link in bio!) 🏨🗝️🚪🚕🕵🏻‍♂️For less than $5/night you used to be able to get a room at a pretty nice ho...
07/08/2024

Ep. 224: Room 1046 (link in bio!) 🏨🗝️🚪🚕🕵🏻‍♂️
For less than $5/night you used to be able to get a room at a pretty nice hotel, complete with a bellboy to walk you up from the lobby. But that was 1935. And an affordable hotel doesn’t mean you’re safe from your past (or present). This week Hannah tells Katy about the mysterious death in Room 1046, the mystery man that stayed there, the less than helpful bellboy, and the shady characters who might be caught up in it all. There’s master skeleton keys, beautiful names, grease burns, anonymous phone calls, missing thumbs, and more! 
So pour those drinks, and join us for this Unsolved Mystery!
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Just a quick look at what we’ve been up to instead of updating our IG (mostly thrifting and taking pictures of Kelly) 🙃P...
06/08/2024

Just a quick look at what we’ve been up to instead of updating our IG (mostly thrifting and taking pictures of Kelly) 🙃
Promise we’ll do better!

Ep. 223: Jean Grenier (link in bio!) 🧒🏼🐺👹🇫🇷🧥When you send your teenage daughter out to keep an eye on your cows/geese, b...
24/07/2024

Ep. 223: Jean Grenier (link in bio!) 🧒🏼🐺👹🇫🇷🧥
When you send your teenage daughter out to keep an eye on your cows/geese, be prepared for her to face wolves, receive marriage proposals, and maybe even encounter a friend of the Devil himself. This week, special guest, Morgan, fills in for Katy, and Hannah tells her about Jean Grenier: the teenage werewolf. There’s wolves that look like Yorkies, a hell-house in the woods, magical animal hides that require a healthy slathering of Crisco, and one very unhinged witch-hunter. We love a good werewolf story, and this one does not disappoint. 
So pour your drinks, slip into that wolf-skin that Satan gave you, and join us for this spooky lore! 
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Ep. 222: Terry Lovelace (link in bio!) 👽🛸🌳✨🌖In 1977, in an isolated valley in Devil’s Den State Park, Terry Lovelace’s l...
18/07/2024

Ep. 222: Terry Lovelace (link in bio!) 👽🛸🌳✨🌖
In 1977, in an isolated valley in Devil’s Den State Park, Terry Lovelace’s life was changed forever. This week, Hannah tells Katy the infamous story of Terry’s incredible encounter, and the horrifying details he would later remember. From mysterious children wandering in the wilderness, to stalking alligators, to mantis-doctors, to shocking medical discoveries. Plus, Katy’s theories on dangerous brush fires and possible non-alien explanations.
This story is wild, and we had a blas recording it!
So pour your drinks, readjust your tinfoil hats, and join us for this spooky, extraterrestrial story! 
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It’s been a week (and it’s only Wednesday!) Episode pics coming soon!
17/07/2024

It’s been a week (and it’s only Wednesday!) Episode pics coming soon!

Ep. 221: Grigori Rasputin (link in bio!) 🧔🏻‍♂️🇷🇺🪆👸🏼🩸He featured in your favorite non-Disney animated princess movie, and...
10/07/2024

Ep. 221: Grigori Rasputin (link in bio!) 🧔🏻‍♂️🇷🇺🪆👸🏼🩸
He featured in your favorite non-Disney animated princess movie, and now you can learn all about the real man behind the creepy cartoon villain (spoiler: it’s not far off!) This week, Hannah tells Katy about Grigori Rasputin, the peasant-turned-holy-man who became a close confidant of the Russian Imperial Family in the early 1900’s. From Katy’s bloody mandolin accident, to security blankets (real and metaphorical), to dirty genitalia, this episode details the wild life of a man who convinced the Tsarina (and himself) that he was imbued with God-given powers, and was the only hope for her dying child; and it ultimately led to his completely unhinged (and likely exaggerated) assassination. You won’t want to miss this disaster of a biography.
So pour your drinks, put down the Aspirin, and join us for this macabre tale from one of the darker corners of history.
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We had SO much fun recording this week’s episode LIVE at ! Episode description and pictures to come!Listen and subscribe...
03/07/2024

We had SO much fun recording this week’s episode LIVE at ! Episode description and pictures to come!
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Ep. 219:  New Fears Unlocked (link in bio!) 🔥⚾️🧣🍬What are you scared of? Baseball? Long scarves? Murphy beds? Well if yo...
26/06/2024

Ep. 219: New Fears Unlocked (link in bio!) 🔥⚾️🧣🍬
What are you scared of? Baseball? Long scarves? Murphy beds? Well if you weren’t, you should be, because all of those things can kill you. This week, Hannah unlocks new fears for us all, a la several Final Destination-esque deaths that have been caused by seemingly innocuous things. The girls talk sleepwalking, The Sims, the dangers of claw clips, and which candy you should definitely not be eating a bag and half of every day. You might want to take notes.
So, pour your drinks, make sure all sharp or breakable items are put away, and join us for this listacle of horrors. 
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Ep. 218: Humanzee (link in bio!) 🐒🦧🦍👶🏼🧪Hannah was super busy fending off water bugs 🪳🪳🪳 this weekend, and apparently for...
19/06/2024

Ep. 218: Humanzee (link in bio!) 🐒🦧🦍👶🏼🧪
Hannah was super busy fending off water bugs 🪳🪳🪳 this weekend, and apparently forgot to email herself the notes she’s prepared for this week’s episode (and didn’t realize that fact until 2 minutes before Katy arrived for recording.) So, this week is kind of a cobbled together, last minute, pulled from the archives of Evernote, episode. And, to keep with the chaotic theme of recording, we picked a chaotic topic: the humanzee (aka: the hypothetical human—chimpanzee crossbreed). Is it real? Is it possible? Is it ethical? The girls discuss all the questions while sipping on milkshakes (sorry) and wine. From adorable (real) crossbreeds like zonkeys and grolar bears, to scientific questions that probably shouldn’t have been asked in the first place (and definitely shouldn’t have been answered), you’ll be a little smarter whether you want to or not, by the end of this.
So pour the drinks, or go out and get a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup milkshake from wherever makes the best milkshakes in your town, and join us for this weird, and a little bit creepy, episode!
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Ep. 216: George R. Kelly (link in bio!) 🕵🏻‍♂️🔫💰🏦🤷🏻‍♂️Get ready for a new drinking game! Play along with Katy as Hannah t...
05/06/2024

Ep. 216: George R. Kelly (link in bio!) 🕵🏻‍♂️🔫💰🏦🤷🏻‍♂️

Get ready for a new drinking game! Play along with Katy as Hannah tells her the story of George Barnes (aka: George Kelly) and the spectacular, if not poorly planned, kidnapping he pulled off during America’s Gangster Era. And see if you can figure out which infamous figure we’re talking about before Katy does (no cheating!) From smooth talking bank robbers, to fumbled kidnappings (with IOU’s), to an unnecessarily complicated ransom-exchange plan, the girls cover it all, and go through a whole bottle of wine.
So pour your own drink of choice, sit back, and join us for this indulgence in Hannah’s 1930’s fixation.
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Ep. 215: The Wampus Cat (link in bio!) 🐈😺🌳🍆Have you ever been out in the woods alone and felt like someone (or something...
29/05/2024

Ep. 215: The Wampus Cat (link in bio!) 🐈😺🌳🍆
Have you ever been out in the woods alone and felt like someone (or something) was watching you? Was that thing a cat/human hybrid with six legs? This week, Jarek joins the podcast to tell Hannah about the infamous Wampus Cat that lurks in the Appalachian wilderness. It’s always a weird one when the Partsches get together, and this one is no exception—elephant seals, giant dongs, furries, and more! It’s a shorter one, but you don’t want to miss the man behind the production making a rare appearance behind the mic!
So pour your drinks, and join us for this spooky tale! 
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Ep. 214: Doppelgängers (link in bio!) 👯‍♀️👻👩🏼‍🏫⚓️⚰️Have you ever seen someone who looks just like someone else you know?...
22/05/2024

Ep. 214: Doppelgängers (link in bio!) 👯‍♀️👻👩🏼‍🏫⚓️⚰️
Have you ever seen someone who looks just like someone else you know? Have you ever seen someone who looks just like yourself? This week, Hannah tells Katy about the phenomenon (and/or paranormal experience) of doppelgangers. From regular people discovering their “twin stranger”, to benign astral projection, to omens of death, and more! The girls talk Snapchat filters, their own doppelganger encounters, crouching shadow people, spooky pranks, and more! 
So pour your drinks, make sure you know who’s in your house, and join us for this Spooky Story!
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Ep. 212: The Mad Stone (link in bio!) 🪨🐕🦝🦇☠️Summer safety tip: if you see a racoon acting drunk during the day, avoid it...
08/05/2024

Ep. 212: The Mad Stone (link in bio!) 🪨🐕🦝🦇☠️
Summer safety tip: if you see a racoon acting drunk during the day, avoid it (and probably call Animal Control). This week, Hannah tells Katy about the legendary Mad Stone that might be able to help you if you ignore that advice, and get bitten by a rabid animal. The girls talk about werewolves, science, more reasons to distrust birds, vaccination efforts, and what to do if you wake up to find a bat in your room. The tangents are plentiful, but the story is a fun one (plus, free medical advice!) 
So pour your drinks, check your pets’ vaccination records, and join us for this tale of Local Lore!
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Ep. 211: Juliane Koepcke (link in bio!) 🛩️🌳🇵🇪🌊🦴If you’re about to take a trip involving any kind of air travel, maybe sk...
06/05/2024

Ep. 211: Juliane Koepcke (link in bio!) 🛩️🌳🇵🇪🌊🦴
If you’re about to take a trip involving any kind of air travel, maybe skip this episode. This week, Hannah tells Katy about the remarkable story of Juliane Koepcke: an amazing young woman who faced one of the worst things that can happen to a person (a plane crash) and survived. It’s not our usual stuff, but if you’re scared of flying and/or being alone in a huge rainforest facing certain death, you might find it spooky. 
So pour your drinks (even if it’s just the leftovers from two opened bottles of wine) and join us for this incredible tale! 
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Ep. 210: The Bloody Benders (link in bio!) 🏠🔪🪤🦴💀Once upon a time, the trapdoor used to be a key element in many a serial...
24/04/2024

Ep. 210: The Bloody Benders (link in bio!) 🏠🔪🪤🦴💀
Once upon a time, the trapdoor used to be a key element in many a serial killing. This week, Hannah tells Katy the story of the Benders—a family of serial killers wreaking havoc on the prairies of Kansas in the 1870’s. From an old nursery rhyme that was possibly inspired by the wildest (fictional) story of would-be Sweeney Todds running a rural inn, to the very real tale of the family that lured travelers into their roadside BNB before murdering them and dropping their bodies down a trapdoor. It’s a little bit backwards, but with no lack of twists and turns. The girls talk missed cannibalistic opportunities, family resemblances, why you shouldn’t elaborate your lies, Newsies, bleeding Jesus statues, and why everyone just needs to leave the animals alone. 
So pour your drinks, and join us for this Unsolved Mystery!
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Ep. 209: The Milgrim Experiment (link in bio!) ⚡️💡🎛️🕹️🥼How far would you go under the instruction of an authority figure...
17/04/2024

Ep. 209: The Milgrim Experiment (link in bio!) ⚡️💡🎛️🕹️🥼
How far would you go under the instruction of an authority figure? Would you hurt someone? Kill them? The answer is (unfortunately) pretty surprising. This week, Hannah tells Katy about the Milgrim experiment, and its rather horrifying implications. The girls get a little in the weeds discussing the Holocaust, WW2, and horrible people (aka: N***s), but it’s all relevant, we promise! This experiment was directly inspired by the horrors of the Holocaust, and even though no one got hurt in the Yale basement in 1961, what we learned about a person’s ability to be driven to harm someone is disturbing.
So pour the drinks, prepare for chaos, and join us for this uncomfortable tale of American history.
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Ep. 207: The Lindbergh Kidnapping, pt. 2 (link in bio!) 👶🏼🪜🧑🏻‍⚖️💵💰It was the Crime of the Century, and the whole world w...
03/04/2024

Ep. 207: The Lindbergh Kidnapping, pt. 2 (link in bio!) 👶🏼🪜🧑🏻‍⚖️💵💰
It was the Crime of the Century, and the whole world was invested in finding out who kidnapped (and murdered) the Lindbergh baby. This week, Hannah takes Katy through the rest of the story: how the police tracked down a suspect, the evidence, the witnesses, and the Trial of the Century. The girls talk about what made sense, what didn’t, and what could have been/definitely was missed. If you’re looking for closure, look somewhere else because all the questions don’t get answered just because a man was put to death.
So pour your drinks, break out your notes from last week, and join us for the conclusion to this Unsolved Mystery.
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Ep. 206: The Lindbergh Kidnapping, pt. 1 (link in bio!) ✈️👶🏼🪜📝🕵🏻‍♂️We’re still celebrating our birth-aversary (happy 4 y...
27/03/2024

Ep. 206: The Lindbergh Kidnapping, pt. 1 (link in bio!) ✈️👶🏼🪜📝🕵🏻‍♂️
We’re still celebrating our birth-aversary (happy 4 years to us!) so, of course, Hannah had to bring the mood down with a truly awful story. This week, the girls dive into part one of a two-parter exploring the infamous Lindbergh kidnapping. From the problems with Charles Lindbergh himself, to the disappearance of “Little Lindy”, and all the ransom notes, strange clues, and horrific discoveries made along the way, the girls talk about the crime that rocked the world in 1932. Find out how being beloved by the world doesn’t protect you from the evil that lurks in some people. 
Content warning: violence to a young child (not talked about in detail, but disturbing nonetheless).
If you drink the drinks, pour a strong one, and join us for part one of this (unsolved?) case! 
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Just a little 2024 recap so far! We’ll try to get better at posting more than just episodes here 🙃             #2024
26/03/2024

Just a little 2024 recap so far! We’ll try to get better at posting more than just episodes here 🙃
#2024

Ep. 205: Alexander Pearce (link in bio!) 🍖🦴🍗🇦🇺🦘Happy birth-aversary to us!! To celebrate FOUR years of telling spooky st...
20/03/2024

Ep. 205: Alexander Pearce (link in bio!) 🍖🦴🍗🇦🇺🦘
Happy birth-aversary to us!! To celebrate FOUR years of telling spooky stories, unsolved mysteries, and local lore, we've decided to go back to what we do best: WTF stories. This week, Hannah tells Katy the story of Alexander Pearce, a man unfairly imprisoned in Tasmania who broke out prison, and did what he had to do to survive in the Australian bush. This one is wild, and the girls had to use a felt board to keep all the characters straight, so you may want to take notes.
Pour your drinks (19 Crimes wine would be an appropriate one here), and join us for this weird AF story! 
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Ep. 204: Moon-Eyed People (link in bio!) 🌕🌳🪨🙎🏾🙎🏾‍♀️🙎🏼‍♂️🙍🏾‍♀️🙎🏽‍♂️Deep in the heart of Appalachia, there’s a legend of a...
13/03/2024

Ep. 204: Moon-Eyed People (link in bio!) 🌕🌳🪨🙎🏾🙎🏾‍♀️🙎🏼‍♂️🙍🏾‍♀️🙎🏽‍♂️
Deep in the heart of Appalachia, there’s a legend of a pale race of cave-dwelling people, who only come out at night, and who may or may not have been driven to extinction. This week, Hannah tells Katy about the Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia (thank you Amanda, for the suggestion!). The girls talk problematic white history, blind Pelicans, gay whales, genetics, Welsh pronunciations, and whether or not the Moon-Eyed People actually existed (and whether they still exist today!) It’s a great follow up to the Giant Skeletons episode (ep. 199) and the whacky history white settlers tried to impose to justify colonization; plus a few fun facts about Indigenous Americans and their very long, rich history.
Pour those drinks, grab a snack, gather your kids (it’s a kid-friendly one), and join us for this tale of Local Lore!
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Ep. 203: You Are What You Eat (link in bio!) 🦴🐄👋🏼💀🩸🐑🐖What’s the most exotic meat you’ve ever tried? Gator sausage and sc...
06/03/2024

Ep. 203: You Are What You Eat (link in bio!) 🦴🐄👋🏼💀🩸🐑🐖
What’s the most exotic meat you’ve ever tried? Gator sausage and scorpion have nothing on this episode. This week, Hannah tells Katy the legend of the Demon Butcher of Palos Park, and the horrifying (and stomach-turning) truths in it. The girls revisit a few cannibals from Ep. 24, find a great movie recommendation, and dive headfirst into how the sausage was made back when our great grandparents were buying it from the grocery store. This one is a bit of a roller coaster, both in that the “stories” vary wildly, and in that it might make you puke.
So choose your drinks carefully, avoid food at all costs, and join us for this gross tale of Local Lore.
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