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544 episodes transcribedWelcome back to the Campfire! Tonight, I’m sitting down with a legend of the outdoors, Steven Rinella from MeatEater. We swap stories in the Montana w...
Today’s podcast will feature 4 stories about how a single decision changed the lives of the people in these stories, as well as millions of others’ li...
Today, I'm going to tell you three stories about people who tried really hard to be something that they were not. And not only do they get caught, but...
In the fall of 2009, a college student sat in a crowded lecture hall in Southern California, listening to his professor. Suddenly, the doors swung ope...
Welcome back to the Campfire! Tonight, I have two very weird and equally creep stories to share... perfect stories to be told at the fire. Be sure to...
One summer day, a man named John Randolph was hiking through a remote forest in Colorado when he began to smell something terrible. Intrigued, he foll...
Today, I'm going to tell you three stories about people who thought they'd come up with the perfect plan, but instead, they actually planned out their...
Today’s podcast will feature 4 stories that prove the line between life and death can disappear in an instant. The audio from all four stories has bee...
Today, we have three stories about people who found a really amazing pastime that they thought had changed their lives for the better, but ended up re...
In the fall of 2010, a detective dug through a dresser in a bedroom near Paris. He was looking for evidence, and when he pulled open the last drawer,...
Welcome back to the Campfire! I have a great story to tell. It's a classic ghost story – and not only are the elements in the story quite unnerving, b...
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about divers who underestimated what was waiting for them beneath the surface. The audio from all three stories...
Today, I'm going to share four stories about people who took big career risks in order to be as successful as possible. But, in each case, the risk di...
In January 1988, the clerk of a sporting goods store in a small town in Canada looked up as a man walked into his shop. It was below freezing outside,...
Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 346. On a cold winter night in 1999, a man drove down a dark street towards h...
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 4 stories that demonstrate that. The audio from all four stories has been p...
Today, I am going to tell you three stories about people who were just trying to do their jobs... and ended up facing an extremely unexpected – and da...
On a cold night in November 2013, a woman sat in a hospital waiting room, wondering if her new husband would survive until morning. It was a cruel rev...
Welcome back to the Campfire! I have two awesome stories to share tonight. The first is about a woman in Japan in the early 2000s who has a totally bi...
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about people who are willing to do just about anything to get what they want. The audio from all three stories...
