The Eiffel Tower has been one of the defining landmarks of Paris for more than a century. It has survived wars, political changes, technological revolutions and the passing of generations. But in 1925, a businessman was persuaded to believe that the tower had a very different future. In this episode […]

People disappear in the wilderness every year. Most cases have explanations. Some do not. In this episode of The Storytelling Podcast, we enter the world of Missing 411, the name given by researcher David Paulides to a collection of strange and unexplained missing-person cases, many involving national parks, forests and […]

Imagine opening an app and asking it to choose your next destination. Just a random point on a map. That was the basic appeal of Randonautica, an application that became an internet phenomenon during the pandemic. Users could generate random coordinates within a chosen area and then travel to see […]

There is something different about a strange sound coming from an abandoned building than from the room next to yours. An abandoned house can be frightening because it is empty. When something unexplained happens there, it becomes much harder to dismiss. For this episode of The Storytelling Podcast, listeners from […]

There is something unsettling about an old book. Perhaps it is the age of the paper, the handwriting, the faded ink or the knowledge that someone sat down centuries ago and carefully decided that these particular words were worth preserving. But some historical books carry an additional weight. They were […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 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 […]