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Every town has one
The pioneer podcast featuring your town's favorite legends, ghost stories, historic oddities or strange tales. Gene and Bryan have been telling tales since podcasts were invented. Over 3.5 million downloads and featured by the BBC as one of the best independent podcasts - enjoy Hometown Tales.
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Krampusnacht- Podcast #363
On the beast's eve, we got together to cast. How could we not? Hear tales of St. Nick saving the boiling children, Marian apparitions,...

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Dec 4, 2015


Tales of Twins -Podcast #359
This gets creepy. Tales of Twins including the crazy Serbs running repeatedly in traffic, The Nazi and the Jew, The Silent Sisters and...

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Mar 11, 2015


Tales of Texas ! -Podcast #357
Surely, one show can not tell all the tales of the Lone Star State but we give it a go. Thanks to so many people that emailed in about...

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Mar 11, 2015


VA - Ales of the Revolution
Each town's tale can be very unique. It's not always a ghost story or local freakazoid. Sometime your town's best feature is a local...

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Nov 20, 2014
Hometown Tales Podcast #356
After nearly a year, we've got a new show. Why so long? Well, we explain it a little bit in the show. Life gets in the way sometimes. ...

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Nov 17, 2014


Tale Highlight #2 - BBC lists HT as top Independent Podcast
When podcasting was in its infancy, around 2005, Hometown Tales was there. We were probably one of the first 1000 podcasts to ever exist...

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Oct 26, 2014


Lubbock, TX - The Lubbock Lights
Lubbock, TX. - While the town seems somewhat unassuming, Lubbock, TX always had a draw. Ancient people were hunting and cooking bison...

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Oct 24, 2014
Buy Us A Ghost Town
Johnsonville, CT - The entire town is for sale. And it's a ghost town. It hasn't been inhabited in years and it's coming up for...

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Oct 9, 2014


Other Flavors for Fall
We are sick of pumpkin-flavored everything ! We don't want pumkin scones, pumpkin cereal, pumpkin toothpaste, pumpkin sushi or pumpkin...

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Oct 7, 2014
Cambridge, MA - The Deadly Molasses Flood
In 1919 molasses was the primary sweetener used in the United States. When fermented, it was great for producing rum and other alcoholic...

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Aug 30, 2014
Towns & Tales: The Town On Fire
Centralia, PA Just a couple of hours drive from NJ (west on I-80) is a little slice of hell: fire, brimstone, smoke, ruin. Take a moment...

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Aug 25, 2014
Towns & Tales: The World's Oldest Roller Coaster
Altoona, PA Beyond the tilt-a-whirl, merry-go-round and salt & pepper shaker at the Larchmont Family Amusement Park is a 48-foot high,...

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Aug 20, 2014
New York City, NY - Rats Attack in Subway but Sewer Gators Still Rule
It is no secret that there are colonies of rats roaming the New York City Subway tunnels. But are they getting more aggressive ? Are...

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Aug 19, 2014
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
In memory of Rich Stueber, who Bryan and Gene both worked with and passed away from #ALS. Gene calls out Bryan as well as Rick Dunn from...

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Aug 15, 2014


Tale Highlight #1: Having a Fish Sandwich with Fruit Trees
I was heading on a cruise to Alaska that left from Seattle. Well, guess who lived in Seattle? Hometown Tale listener/celeb Paul "Fruit...

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Aug 15, 2014
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