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Camp Monsters

Camp Monsters

Jenny Barber

History, Kids & Family, Drama, Fiction, Folklore, Legends, Spooky, Halloween, Stories For Kids, Monsters, Thriller, Society & Culture, Family Friendly, Personal Journals

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

Overview

These are the stories of impossible encounters with impossible creatures in the wildest corners of North America. We’ll travel the country, sit around campfires and talk about that thing that ran across the trail in the middle of the night, just beyond the beam of your flashlight. Come closer to the fire. Let’s hear the next legend.

75 Episodes

BONUS: A BTS Chat with Weston Davis

Join host, Weston Davis, and Camp Monsters’ sound design magician, Nick Patri, as they dive into their favorite creatures from Season 6, reveal how Weston crafts his monster stories, and share a few behind-the-scenes surprises!

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2024

The Rougarou

Lucie’s visit to her friend Elodie’s hometown in Louisiana has been filled with vivid experiences: bold new flavors, lively conversations around the table, and day trips through the bayou behind Elodie’s family home. It’s been a great trip, but as her time there draws to an end, Lucie finds herself increasingly restless, as if something is lingering beneath the surface—a secret she can’t quite grasp...

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2024

The Hodag

In the quiet Northwoods of Wisconsin, a local taxidermist builds a bizarre, mish-mash creature to spark publicity and boost tourism. But when his odd creation mysteriously disappears, he suspects theft—until he uncovers the shocking truth of what really happened…

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2024

La Llorona

A woman takes her young son, 'Nesto, to a riverside park in the Southwest, where they pass by an old woman dressed in black, weeping by the river...

Transcribed - Published: 17 October 2024

The Curse

A pair of film buffs stumble upon an old western movie set hidden deep in the desert outside Los Angeles. But as they explore the abandoned remains, strange noises start to echo through the empty set…

Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2024

The Dover Demon

Lena was taking a shortcut through the woods in Dover, Massachusetts, when something caught her eye—a pale figure with two round, black eyes, crouched on a wall, staring right at her...

Transcribed - Published: 3 October 2024

The Portal

Mysterious disappearances have plagued the remote Beaver Dunes in Oklahoma's panhandle for years. Could it be the Devil’s Stovepipes—or something even more unsettling? Reports of eerie lights, voices of the vanished, and a mysterious creature emerging from the sands suggest there's much more to this story.

Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2024

The Taos Hum

Since arriving in Taos, New Mexico, Frank has been plagued by a persistent, irritating hum. Hoping to escape it, he drives to Santa Fe to revisit old memories—but the hum follows, culminating in a strange and unsettling experience.

Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2024

The Sea Ape

Sailing through the majestic waters of southeast Alaska, the crew spots something lurking in the water—like a seal, but not. What starts as a curious sighting soon becomes a chilling fight for survival.

Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2024

Camp Monsters is Back for Season 6

Camp Monsters podcast returns this September! This season, we’re venturing into the shadowy woods of Wisconsin, chasing an unexplainable hum in the Southwest, exploring an old haunted movie set near Los Angeles, and so much more…

Transcribed - Published: 5 September 2024

Augerino

BONUS EPISODE from the Camp Monsters live show at the REI Flagship store in Denver, Colorado. Join host, Weston Davis, as he shares a personal story of his encounter with the Augerino, a wormy-snake-like creature attracted to water who bores tunnels through the earth...

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2023

Fresno Nightcrawler

One night in Fresno, California, Mateo's security camera caught strange, pale, billowy, disembodied legs walking across his front lawn. But when he looked out the window, there was nothing there...

Transcribed - Published: 25 October 2023

The Mujina

Leilani was just trying to catch a movie at the local Honolulu drive-in when she walked into the bathroom and found a redheaded woman peering suspiciously into the mirror.

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2023

Tommyknockers

Lara just moved into a new house in an old coal-mining town in West Virginia. One night, she begins to hear sounds behind the walls of her basement bedroom. Knocking, knocking…

Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2023

Tailypo

An old man at his cabin in Appalachia finds a dried-out old relic of a strange experience long ago. It brought back a lot of memories. And, as it turns out, that isn't all it brings back.

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2023

Camp Monsters is Back for Season 5

Camp Monsters is back for season 5, and the monsters are more mysterious than ever. Tune in to hear tales of peculiar creatures wandering through neighborhood yards, a strange relic discovered in a cabin in the woods, unexplained knocking in the basement and more.

Transcribed - Published: 27 September 2023

Behind the Scenes of Camp Monsters

Join host Weston Davis for a behind the scenes look at the who, how and why of the Camp Monsters podcast! This is a BONUS EPISODE from Wes' interview on REI's Wild Ideas Worth Living podcast with host, Shelby Stanger. He spills the spooky tea and you don't want to miss it.

Transcribed - Published: 9 November 2022

Mothman

Donald and Lydia moved into their first home together a little outside of Point Pleasant, West Virginia when Lydia started noticing strange occurrences— like the two skinny things, casting shadows in the light that streams under the front door.

Transcribed - Published: 26 October 2022

Gumberoo

Up in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, you can smell a Gumberoo before you hear it-- a smell just like woodsmoke: faint at first, then thicker and thicker, like a campfire gone wild.

Transcribed - Published: 19 October 2022

Lizard Man

Something feels off about this raining night in South Carolina. You can't put your finger on it. Driving through the intersection, you catch something in the rearview mirror. Something bathed in the red of your brake lights, something moving fast, close behind your car.

Transcribed - Published: 12 October 2022

Alkali Lake Monster

Along the shores of Walgren Lake State Park in Nebraska, little whirlpools are starting to form, like something is pushing the water around…something deep down in the lake...something far too big...

Transcribed - Published: 5 October 2022

Sharlie

Iris was ice fishing on Payette Lake in McCall Idaho when suddenly, with an impact she could feel through her feet, something struck the ice beneath her...

Transcribed - Published: 28 September 2022

Skunk Ape

Molly, an adventurous dog visiting the Gulf Coast of Florida with her owner, finds herself in tall thick grass, thicker reeds, mud, and deep water. A perfect trap for the Skunk Ape.

Transcribed - Published: 21 September 2022

Hogzilla

A small town football star in the Arkansas hills finds himself running from more than his opponent this Friday night.

Transcribed - Published: 14 September 2022

Melon Heads

Across Fairfield County, Connecticut, whispers grow that back in the trees and forests, along lonely country lanes, live the “Melon Heads” — dangerous creatures known to lure and attack wayward outsiders.

Transcribed - Published: 7 September 2022

The Top Bunk

Getting a room at camp with a single bunkbed all to yourself sounds great... until you begin to suspect that you’re not actually alone... and that someone— or something— is up in the top bunk…

Transcribed - Published: 10 August 2022

The Shadowman

You’ve seen it before: a shadowy figure in the corner of your room at Camp Whileaway. You want to run, scream, cry out for help... but you know you won’t be able to. That’s one of the powers of the Shadowman.

Transcribed - Published: 3 August 2022

The Signal Cabin

You're walking in the rain down a lonely old railway line in Tennessee when you see a light in the signal cabin up ahead. Usually a light in the darkness is a sign of safety, help and rescue but that may not be the case this time.

Transcribed - Published: 27 July 2022

The Stowaway

Your dim lantern casts a thousand shadows down here in the low, soggy hold of the sail-training ship Amphion. But there is only one moving shadow that interests you. You're convinced it's a stowaway because, what else could it be?

Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2022

Spirit Lake

You're supposed to be alone on the dark waters of Spirit Lake. But across the way you see the glow of a fire and hear strange sounds. Who or what could it be?

Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2022

Thin Air

On your first solo flight, a mile above the earth, you discover a silver glint way off in the sky. What could it be? As it draws closer, you realize it's something you don't want to encounter, but now you have no choice.

Transcribed - Published: 6 July 2022

The Cavern

There's a cave that's off limits for campers. It's a hazard — place where people easily get lost. At least that's what the counselors tell them.

Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2022

The Snipe

What started out as a prank on one of their fellow campers turns into something much more sinister.

Transcribed - Published: 22 June 2022

Introducing: Camp Monsters, Season 4

The newest season of Camp Monsters is right around the corner and this year, we're doing something special — two back to back seasons with stories from summer camp and a fall season with the legendary creatures you've come to know and love. We'll see you around the campfire...

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2022

Char Man

Fire has always been a danger in certain parts of southern California. And in Ojai, fire isn't the only thing you need to be concerned about.

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2021

The Chicago Wolfman

There have been sightings of a wolf in Chicago. And something about that doesn't seem quite right... So what could the giant beast roaming the streets be?

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2021

The Sunnyvale Haunting

This bonus episode is celebrating the new REI Co-op store in Sunnyvale. A store with a very haunted reputation.

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2021

The Black Horse Dog

On Highway 87 in Montana there's a lot of road, sky and not much else. Unless you saw that someone (or something) walking along the side of the road…

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2021

Colossal Claude

In this episode, we're going to travel back in time. Into the middle of a black night in 1875. Aboard a sailing ship called the Olympus where you'll meet a creature who is determined to make this night your last.

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2021

The Mill Thing

The old abandoned mill has stories attached to it — stories of a creature without a name. Something the mill workers used to call Him or It or The Mill Thing. Whatever its name, it's the reason this place is left alone.

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2021

The Traveler

There are plenty of interesting stories about the Denver airport — from mysterious arsenals to underground tunnels, there's something eerie about the place. Something a bit haunting.

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2021

The Firwood Reflection

There's nothing scary about your own reflection, right? Perhaps if you take a trip to Portland's Laurelhurst Park and look in Firwood Lake you would be a bit more wary of what's staring back at you.

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2021

The Beast of Truro

There's a legend of something haunting the town of Truro, Massachusetts. Rumors of an unmarked grave and a warlock who unleashed something... evil.

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2021

Sasquatch - Part Four

In the last episode of our Sasquatch series you'll learn whether or not our narrator followed Roger into the darkness or made his way back to the streets of San Francisco. If you haven't listened to part one, two and three, turn back and listen to those episodes first for the entire Sasquatch story.

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2021

Sasquatch - Part Three

In the third episode of our Sasquatch series you'll find out if the narrator followed Roger into the night. If you haven't listened to part one and two, turn back! Start at the beginning and follow along to see what happens next.

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2021

Sasquatch - Part Two

In the second episode of our Sasquatch series you'll find out if Roger stayed quiet or said hello to the creature. If you haven't listened to part one, start there and then follow along to see what happens next...

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2021

Sasquatch - Part One

This episode features a very familiar creature — the Sasquatch, the Bigfoot, the Wild Man of the Northern Woods. But this story isn't like any story you've ever heard...

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2021

Season Three Trailer

Camp Monsters will be back this September with a full third season, sponsored by our friends at YETI.

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2021

Mini Monster: Krampus

It's the holiday season! At Camp Monsters, our version of holiday cheer is tracking down Krampus, the opposite of jolly old Saint Nicholas. Enjoy.

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2020

The Dark Divide: Sasquatch

Just when you thought season two was over we’re back with a very special bonus episode. An episode about the legendary Sasquatch.

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2020

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