Some recordings become frightening only after you know how they end. Elliot Mercer is spending a stormy night alone at Blackwood Forest Station, covering an overnight shift after another worker calls in sick. The Last Broadcast from Blackwood Forest is an original supernatural mystery from The Storytelling Podcast, exploring memory, identity, […]
Sultan’s Palace: A Party That Ended In Death
In the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter stands a beautiful nineteenth-century mansion with a story that sounds like it belongs in a gothic novel. At 716 Dauphine Street, the Gardette-LePrete House became known in folklore as the Sultan’s Palace, supposedly the home of a mysterious Ottoman prince who arrived […]
Waverly Hills Sanatorium: The Hospital Where History Became a Ghost Story
High above Louisville, Kentucky, stands a building whose history has become almost inseparable from its legends. Waverly Hills Sanatorium was built during the height of the tuberculosis epidemic in America. Long before paranormal investigators carried cameras and recorders through its corridors, the building was filled with patients hoping for something […]
Napoleon vs the Rabbits: The Battle He Didn’t Win (S03x72)
Napoleon Bonaparte was accustomed to seeing enemies retreat. His armies marched across Europe, defeated powerful coalitions and forced rulers to reconsider the future of their kingdoms. By the early nineteenth century, his name had become synonymous with military ambition, rapid victories and an almost frightening ability to control events. Then […]
The Incredible Story of Papillon: The Prisoner Who Refused to Give Up (S03x71)
There are prison escapes… and then there is Papillon. For more than half a century, the story of Henri Charrière, better known by his nickname Papillon, has fascinated readers around the world. His memoir tells of wrongful conviction, brutal imprisonment in the infamous French penal colonies, daring escape attempts, and […]
The Storytelling Podcast – Ep 70 – The Birmingham Six
Today we are continuing a story that began in Birmingham on a cold November evening in 1974, when two bombs exploded in crowded city-centre pubs and changed dozens of lives forever. Make sure you have listened to part 1! YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/95zUu3LqXI0 Spotify episode: Available on all Podcast platforms. […]
The Storytelling Podcast – Ep 69 – THE BIRMINGHAM PUB BOMBINGS
The Birmingham Pub Bombings remain one of the most significant terrorist attacks ever carried out on the British mainland during the period known as The Troubles. For those who lived through it, the memory never truly faded. For younger generations, it remains an important chapter in British history. Today, we […]
The Storytelling Podcast – Ep 68 – Histórias Reais dos Ouvintes (PT)
Hi guys, this next episode will be in Portuguese, so if you’re listening on any podcast platform and you don’t understand, please switch to YouTube, and there you can choose your language. Bem-vindos de volta ao The Storytelling Podcast, o vosso cantinho acolhedor para histórias que nos fazem pensar, arrepiar […]
The Storytelling Podcast – Ep 67 – THE HALIFAX SLASHER
What if fear is the real threat? Today’s episode takes us to Halifax, a market town in West Yorkshire, England, where during a few remarkable weeks in late 1938, ordinary people became caught up in a wave of panic so powerful that it transformed everyday life. But what if it […]