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Just A Story: Urban Legend Podcast

A weekly podcast taking a look at the stories that we tell over and over again. What our myths and misdeeds, fears and fables say about us as humans.

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Ep 119: For The Good Of All: Hell Town

Ep 119: For The Good Of All: Hell Town

Have you heard of that abandoned town in Ohio where absolutely every urban legend ever happened? No seriously. According... Read more

13 May 2018

2hr 28mins

Ranked #2

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Ep 101: Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Ep 101: Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Somewhere between the bayou and the Bywater; somewhere between Congo Square and the Cathedral; somewhere between Bourbon... Read more

22 Oct 2017

3hr 5mins

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Ep 89: Forty Whacks: Lizzie Borden

Ep 89: Forty Whacks: Lizzie Borden

We all know that Lizzie Borden took an axe. We know she gave her father forty whacks; her mother forty-one; and that she... Read more

30 Jul 2017

2hr 29mins

Ranked #4

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Ep 108: Hi Walter...It's The Zodiac Speaking

Ep 108: Hi Walter...It's The Zodiac Speaking

Playing detective is all fun and games until you uncover a real clue. Story-lovers have few universal traits. But for th... Read more

10 Dec 2017

2hr 44mins

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Ep 112: Edgar Allan Poe, Evermore

Ep 112: Edgar Allan Poe, Evermore

Most of the authors we meet in school don’t stick with us as personalities. We remember the stories they create more tha... Read more

28 Jan 2018

2hr 40mins

Ranked #6

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Ep 4: You Will Believe in The Amityville Horror

Ep 4: You Will Believe in The Amityville Horror

Just A Story: The Urban Legend PodcastControversial since its first public telling, the events that took place at 112 Oc... Read more

13 Dec 2015

43mins

Ranked #7

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Ep 121: Death and Loving It: Necrophilia

Ep 121: Death and Loving It: Necrophilia

First of all, spoiler alert... content warning ... ick alert, we are actually going to be discussing necrophilia and its... Read more

3 Jun 2018

2hr 13mins

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Ep 111: Larger Than Life: Giants

Ep 111: Larger Than Life: Giants

Why do we like to imagine that the world was once full of giants? All cultures seem to have a version of a myth or legen... Read more

7 Jan 2018

2hr 14mins

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Ep 104: A Light in the Attic: Lemp Mansion and Other Hidden Monsters

Ep 104: A Light in the Attic: Lemp Mansion and Other Hidden Monsters

Once upon a time a very rich beer brewer had a son and locked him away in the tippy top floor of his mansion. He didn't ... Read more

12 Nov 2017

1hr 40mins

Ranked #10

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Ep 81: Grave Concerns: Ancient Indian Burial Grounds

Ep 81: Grave Concerns: Ancient Indian Burial Grounds

Do you know why that house, school, building, fairground, place, etc. is haunted? It's because it was built atop an anci... Read more

4 Jun 2017

2hr 48mins

Ranked #11

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Ep 84: Betcha on Land They Understand: Mermaids

Ep 84: Betcha on Land They Understand: Mermaids

Join us this week for a special broadcast from under the sea! We will be exploring the long history of people who live u... Read more

25 Jun 2017

2hr 17mins

Ranked #12

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Ep 3: Satanic Panic

Ep 3: Satanic Panic

In the 1980s a fear of all things occult and demonic sweptAmerica. Everything from role playing games to preschool wasde... Read more

7 Dec 2015

39mins

Ranked #13

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Ep 56: Snuff Films Do Not Exist!

Ep 56: Snuff Films Do Not Exist!

We've all heard whispered rumors about snuff films, films so dark, so depraved, that real actors were actually killed on... Read more

11 Dec 2016

2hr 49mins

Ranked #14

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Ep 27: Campfire Tales: Are You Afraid Of The Dark

Ep 27: Campfire Tales: Are You Afraid Of The Dark

How do you remember summer camp? What stands out most for you? Is it the memory of mosquito bites? Winning that year's c... Read more

22 May 2016

1hr 2mins

Ranked #15

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Ep 116: I Want To Believe: Alien Abductions

Ep 116: I Want To Believe: Alien Abductions

So, how do we go from seeing disc in the sky (I hear it was all the rage in 1947); to spending time with aliens on their... Read more

22 Apr 2018

3hr 1min

Ranked #16

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Ep 66: Bigfoot: The Case for the Missing Link

Ep 66: Bigfoot: The Case for the Missing Link

Is there any more well known cryptid in modern lore than Bigfoot? The elusive forest dweller must have one incredible ag... Read more

19 Feb 2017

2hr 57mins

Ranked #17

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Ep 57: Am I Pretty? The Slit Mouthed Woman

Ep 57: Am I Pretty? The Slit Mouthed Woman

The legend of the Slit Mouth Woman has captured the imagination of people around the world. Many are surprised that the ... Read more

18 Dec 2016

2hr 5mins

Ranked #18

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Ep 49: Death Becomes Her: Halloween, The Day of the Dead, and Santa Muerte

Ep 49: Death Becomes Her: Halloween, The Day of the Dead, and Santa Muerte

Halloween is often described as the one night of the year when spirits can return to the earth and interact with the liv... Read more

22 Oct 2016

1hr 47mins

Ranked #19

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Ep 36: Hello, Is It Me You're Looking For?

Ep 36: Hello, Is It Me You're Looking For?

The legend of "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs" is one of the most widely circulated, well known urban legends in mo... Read more

23 Jul 2016

1hr 3mins

Ranked #20

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Ep 117: What Dreams May Come: This Man

Ep 117: What Dreams May Come: This Man

When we close our eyes at night, we all become mysteries. Dreaming is one of the most miraculous and least understood th... Read more

29 Apr 2018

2hr 7mins

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