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We tell our children unsettling fairy tales to teach them valuable lessons, but these Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups – and they are all true. Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of “The Data Detective”) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, and hilarious fiascos. They'll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. New episodes every Friday.
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The Well Told Tale

The Well Told Tale

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Hi everyone. This is Robert. Welcome to The Well Told Tale. Every week I narrate a classic story; the greatest science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction stories ever written, not just in a small chunk at a time, but enough for you to really relax into. No adverts in the middle, just the story itself. All stories are pubic domain and free from copyright.
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Forensic Tales

Rockefeller Audio

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Not all stories have happy endings... A weekly true crime podcast with a forensic twist. Each episode features real stories highlighting how forensic science was used. From fingerprinting to criminal profiling to familial DNA, we have every investigative angle covered.
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Wisecrack

Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts

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He left home as the chubby kid with a dream, a decade later, he's a touring comic with a killer set. Literally. In Wisecrack, stand-up comedian Edd Hedges returns to his hometown for a charity gig, only to find himself headlining the most terrifying night of his life. The warm welcome quickly unravels into a chilling true crime tale of a downward spiral and a town shaken by murder. When TV crime producer Jodi Tovay stumbled across Edd’s comedy set, it did more than get a few laughs, it opene ...
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Tales From The Dark World

SpectreVision Radio

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Tales from the Dark World is a new anthology horror series from Malevolent creator Harlan Guthrie. Set in the grimdark reality of what awaits us after death, horrific vignettes (part fairy tale, part folklore) reveal stories from a variety of strange and mysterious perspectives, all painting one absolute truth: the dark world is death incarnate. Support the show on Patreon
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After-show Podcast for Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale series. Host & Producer Donna Ibale invite guest panelists every week to discuss the latest episode and the political, cultural & religious implications of The Handmaid's Tale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Do you love The Handmaid's Tale on HULU? So do we! Mayday is your source for all things Handmaid's Tale. Mayday breaks down every episode and keeps you up to date with the latest news and updates about the show! Plus interviews with the cast and crew, great Handmaid's Tale contests, giveaways and more! It's the podcast for Handmaid's Tale fans by Handmaid's Tale fans! Subscribe today! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themaydaypodcast/support
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Stories Fables Ghostly Tales Podcast

Stories Fables Ghostly Tales Podcast

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More than 900 Horror Episodes, and a NO ADVERT Podcast with original Horror narrated in Audio Drama format just for your earball's. Creepypasta, Nosleep, Project Gutenberg, Let's Not Meet, Old Time Radio, Personal Stories and so much more. There is literally a story for everyone on this Podcast and I can't wait to bring them to your lovely ears! 💖
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Drew Blood has a tale to tell. With immersive, full-production, and an indelible flavor all his own, you'll hear the finest horror in captivating fashion. For advertising opportunities please email [email protected] We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
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SAD OLIGARCH

Cool Zone Media and H11

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RICH RUSSIANS KEEP DYING IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so... Sad Oligarch is an investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, ...
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When you're focused on work, you don't expect your next hour on the clock to be the most horrifying in your life. In Tales from the Breakroom, folks from around the world send us their scariest workplace encounters and we narrate them to you. Enjoy, and try not to clock out forever... Submit your scariest work experiences at https://www.eeriecast.com/submit
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Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast

Kelly Anneken & Molly Sanchez

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Fake news, oppressive patriarchy, and an overall impending sense of doom: Join us as "Aunt" Kelly Anneken & Molly "Ofmitchell" Sanchez discuss this and more in Red All Over, a podcast that explores The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu, Alias Grace on Netflix, the works of Margaret Atwood and (weirdly) not current events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fairy Tale Fix

Fantastic Worlds Productions

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Welcome to Fairy Tale Fix! A podcast for the modern maiden, clever lad, evil witch, frog prince, mischievous faerie, or what have you. Tune in every other Tuesday for fanciful tales between two friends.
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Welcome to the Wise Crone Cottage podcast with storyteller, Kathy Shimpock. Here we'll meet the crone and uncover her wisdom as found, in fairy tales, folktales and myths. New episodes are released each month. All rights reserved.
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Storyland is a captivating podcast that opens the door to enchanting tales for young listeners of all ages. Step into a world where imagination knows no bounds, filled with thrilling adventures, magical realms, and unforgettable characters that come to life through the power of storytelling. Storyland offers a treasure trove of audio experiences. Each episode is designed to entertain, inspire, and ignite children's imaginations while providing a clean, family-friendly environment. Join us on ...
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Do you recall your parents saying "Wise Up?". This is the BEST way to increase your intellect, grow your vocabulary, and broaden your view of history and culture. Take the "wise up!" challenge and listen to any 5 of these narrated stories and give your brain a treat! (It works for all ages, including TV-bound seniors). Enjoy listening to well-narrated tales from writers like Jack London, Guy de Maupassant, Edith Wharton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, ...
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Erotic Stories

Sexuality and Erotica

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💋 Welcome to Erotic Stories Podcast. I’m Mia, your guide into a world of sensual escapism. Every single day, I bring you a brand-new erotic tale — from slow-burn seductions to wild fantasies — crafted to ignite your imagination and satisfy your desires. This is your safe space to indulge, unwind, and explore. Whenever you’re in the mood, I’ll be here with a story just for you. Want to hear your own fantasies come to life? Send your stories to: [email protected]
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The Creep Dive

Tall Tales

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Welcome to the Creep Dive, a podcast in which hosts Sophie White, Jen O’Dwyer and Cassie Delaney investigate and report on the lesser known details of that bizarre stories that made the headlines. From con artists to encounters with the supernatural, we delve deeper than any normal person has time for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tales from the Stinky Dragon is an actual-play D&D comedy podcast that features four foolish friends and their (very patient) dungeon master. Join along for an auditory adventure with a fully-voiced cast of characters, immersive sound design, a catchy soundtrack, and gripping stories of exotic lands and strange creatures. Tales From The Stinky Dragon is a fun and easy award-winning podcast for all ages, and is the perfect experience for both seasoned D&D players and those just getting into t ...
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Knifepoint Horror

SpectreVision Radio

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Tales of supernatural suspense written, produced, and narrated by Soren Narnia. The text of these stories is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA. Listen ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia Introductory music for Spotify videos: 'Flare Star' by Michael Vignola, all rights reserved. SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creati ...
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Sleep With Me

Silver Sleeper Productions LLC

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Insomnia? Mind racing at night? Worries keeping you up? Tune in for a bedtime story that lets you forget your problems and progressively gets more boring until you fall to sleep. So get in bed, press play, close your eyes, and drift off into dreamland.
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Chilling Tales for Dark Nights is a horror fiction anthology podcast, with each weekly episode featuring several creepy tales from talented authors, brought to life by professional voice actors, and accompanied by SFX and music. For advertising opportunities please email [email protected] We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy.
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A video games podcast where Dave Jackson and guests break down and discuss the games they play. Each episode looks at one game in depth, focusing on mechanics, story, music and other aspects, with no spoilers until a clearly marked spoiler wall in the middle.
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GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

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We tell the stories and history of haunted places, ghost encounters, cryptid encounters, the paranormal, preternatural, and every oddity imaginable. And we do it with a comedic twist and don't take anything, including ourselves, too seriously! Join your hosts Adam & Matt in their discussions of these topics and email them your thoughts at [email protected] We thank you for joining us in the GraveYard!
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It's Grimm fairy tales like you've never heard before! On every episode of Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest, bestselling author Adam Gidwitz retells a classic fairy tale to a group of inquisitive kids, who anticipate plot twists, crack jokes, and share their own perspectives on these very Grimm tales. Every episode is rated on a scale of Grimm, Grimmer, or Grimmest, so you can choose your level of spookiness! A multi award-winning storytelling podcast, this Parent's Choice Gold Winner features stori ...
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A Dungeons & Dragons actual-play series from Sonoro. Tales Unrolled: Alma is out now and tells the story of four villagers who must come together to save their town - and those they love that live there - from a mysterious curse. New episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.
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We are a group of storytellers, performers, and musicians. We tell Irish myths to a live audience with live music. Candlelit Tales was founded by brother-sister storytelling duo Aron and Sorcha Hegarty. Driven by a passion for Irish mythology, we started retelling the stories to a near-empty room upstairs in a Dublin pub one rainy evening in November. The next week, the room was a lot less empty, and we were joined by musician Ru O’Sé. By the fourth week, the room was full, and so was the ha ...
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The podcast where watch talk feels like late-night café conversation. Join Chris—a U.S.-based watch writer, poet, and comic book creator—and Iman, a playwright from London, as they navigate time zones, trade horological hanky-panky, and share stories about everything from writing to dog ownership.
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Peculiar Tales

Dawn & Kristy

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Welcome to Peculiar Tales the podcast where curiosity meets the creepy, the peculiar, and the downright bizarre. Your hosts, Dawn & Kristy are your guides through strange stories from history, eerie urban legends, ghostly encounters, and all things weird and wonderful. Told in a captivating, story-driven style. Whether it's a long-lost mystery, a chilling haunting, or just something that doesn’t quite add up—we’re here to unpack the peculiar, one tale at a time. So grab your headphones, mayb ...
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Welcome to our brand new game ran by Jen Peters of the Paradox: A Mage the Ascension Podcast (https://paradoxmagepodcast.podbean.com/). In episode fourteen, the characters make it back into space and things go from bad to worse. #magetheascension #m20 #onyxpath #actualplay #worldofdarkness #mage #mage20 #technocracy === Jen Peters as Storyteller St…
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This story was originally written as a 'Bush Ballad" or poem-story by Henry Lawson, and it describes how two competing farm families finally unite while trying to prevent a wildfire from destroying their farms. Check out our new 'Found In The Footnotes' every Wed at 4pm ET at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast- short, AMAZING stori…
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This is the final installment of my interview with Nathan Werner. Nathan discusses a life altering paddling accident in Mexico and his physical and mental recovery from it. Today's episode's sponsors: 4Corners Riversports 4Corners Riversports is located in Durango, Colorado. They are a full service paddlesports retail and rental store! If you are l…
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Some families pass down heirlooms. Others pass down secrets. In this season premiere of Drew Blood’s Dark Tales, a single story unfolds into a vast and unsettling nightmare—one where thought itself becomes a battleground, memory is a weapon, and unseen forces wait patiently just beyond human understanding. When a man discovers that the strange abil…
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This time we bring you Pt. 2 of the Listener Stories! Some more amazing stories this time! Thank you for sending in your stories this year. And if you didn’t get your story in by the deadline, I’m saving it for the next Listener Stories Episode. And you can send us a story any time you want for the next listener stories episode… just put “Listener …
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Claude Shannon was brilliant. He was the Einstein of computer science... only he loved "fritterin' away" his time building machines to play chess, solve Rubik's cubes and beat the house at roulette. If Shannon had worked more diligently - instead of juggling, riding a unicycle and abandoning project after project - would he have made an even greate…
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In this episode of Young Tales, the aftermath of the Holy Grail quest brings forbidden love, accusation, and bloodshed as Sir Agrivain exposes the affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. Lancelot rescues the queen, brothers fall, and Arthur's realm is torn apart by war. The narrative follows loyalty, mercy, and the tragic consequences of b…
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Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server- https://discord.gg/kAqSBb6jH2 Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi- https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson All paid patrons can listen to a bonus episode about our favorite non-2025 games that we played this year! https://www.patreon.com/posts/our-favorit…
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In this episode we step into the shadow of the holiday season. Where the beautiful lights and the holiday songs are not enough to chase away the darkness of what some call an ancient creature. This is not the usual Christmas tale that you might remember, this is a walk through the dark side of the holiday. From the Alpine region villages to North A…
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It’s been a minute! While we were taking the Autumn off , our guest Side to side in Da Kitchen has been hard at work in Toronto. Hailing from Japan, Yoshi has been living in Toronto for the past 6 years and started showcasing his cooking skills online. We chat with him about his origin story and life in Toronto in this episode. Follow Yoshi @sideto…
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#313 - This week, we’re revisiting one of the most downloaded episodes of 2025. The death of UK spy Gareth Williams in 2010 has become one of the most high-profile unsolved mysteries in years after his naked body was discovered padlocked inside a duffel bag. Described as a genius mathematician who the intelligence service had recruited, Gareth’s ex…
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Alright my absolute legends of the lantern-lit lane 💜 Welcome! As we all wobble toward this coming Wednesday — New Year’s Eve — I wanted to pop my head out of the shadows, dust off the trench coat, and give you a proper Patreon cuddle in words. Because you lot aren’t just “supporters”… you’re my mates. You’re the campfire crew. The ones who stick a…
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What is more reliable, Scoots’ memory of watching “A Christmas Story” on VHS or the actual movie? Does Ralphie or Mikey want a fun machine for Christmas? What year is it? Sleep as this is more swirly and less surly, like a loosely defined treat. This is a special release from the SWM Vault. It’s been remastered and re-edited, but it might be a litt…
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Iman and Chris embark upon setting the standard for horological award shows with their first Wristy Awards! A sincere 'thank you' to everyone who has been with us during this first calendar year... we look forward to providing more entertainment and watch goodness in 2026! The Death of Bunny Munro Down Cemetery Road Britt Pearce Q&A 10:50 - Wrist C…
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Brutaliteam explores the rest of the Sora's Stump mines and stumbles onto a nefarious plot of peril. Support us directly on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/stinkydragon - get access to ad-free episodes, bonus content like Stinky Dragon Adventures & Second Wind, our patreon-exclusive discord, and more! Check out the Deck of Dungeon's Here! Check out…
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In the 1980s, Cabbage Patch Kids weren't just a toy—they were a cultural phenomenon that sparked shopping frenzies, made headlines, and became one of the most sought-after gifts in American history. But few people know that the epicenter of this craze was right here in West Hartford. Join West Hartford Town Historian Mary Donohue and me as we explo…
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Conas taoi? How are ye?Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast, where we tell Irish myths set to original music. We recorded some of our live shows from the Harbour Bar earlier this year.Join us as Sorcha & Aron tells the tale of The Death of Cú ChulainnPlease note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners. Please take c…
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A little festive themed episode to see out 2025 with some Lancashire traditions of Christmas and New Year taken from Lancashire Folklore by John Harland & T.T. Wilkinson, published in 1867 by Frederick Warne & Co of Covent Garden. There will be two full episodes on this title later in the new year. Wishing all listeners a very merry Christmas and a…
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The Legend of Poinsettia & Twelve by the Mail and The Snail and the Rosebush It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Come gather around the yule log and listen to some holiday tales: one with a big dose of colonialism (boo) before our favorite sad bisexual Victorian boy (yay!), Hans Christian Andersen brings the mood up for a change. Abbie tells …
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A.D. is a member of the Pawnee Nation and he joins us today to share his personal experiences with the strange and paranormal. He shares various stories that include a creature pulling a cow into a tree, Little People riding deer, a Little People Pipe, Bigfoot at the Sundance, Little People at a Peyote meeting, and a ghost cabin. Learn more about y…
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CW: Death, Religion, Violence Tales from the Dark World is a new anthology horrorseries from Malevolent creator Harlan Guthrie. Set in the grimdarkreality of what awaits us after death, horrific vignettes (part fairy tale,part folklore) reveal stories from a variety of strange and mysteriousperspectives, all painting one absolute truth: the dark wo…
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When Brady and Everly returned home with their magical rings, their wildest wishes started coming true: monster trucks, rocket ships, even a sparkly horse! But as the chaos grew, they learned a powerful lesson about what really makes magic meaningful. Storyland is a podcast that brings kids' stories to life for children of all ages. Dive into new w…
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In a Very Special Beanus Episode of the otherwise-dormant Tales from the Pit, Michael links up with longtime Small Beans community member nekomander to pick her brain about her father's recent passing. This is done for totally selfish reasons, but that doesn't mean you won't also benefit from the conversation. Please consider donating to neko's kic…
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This week we have a classic American short story by Nathanial Hawthorne. Best known for his novel " The Scarlet Letter". Feathertop was the final story Hawthorne ever published, a moral story about human character. Mother Rigby's final musings are a lesson for us all... You can support the channel via our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltol…
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