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 auction at the end of October with a starting bid at $800,000.

Perhaps we should start a Kickstarter campaign.  Did y...

We are sick of pumpkin-flavored everything !  We don't want pumkin scones, pumpkin cereal, pumpkin toothpaste, pumpkin sushi or pumpkin egg salad and 98% of the pumpkin beers are just sorrowful swill !  There are thousands of other flavors we can be enjoying...

We were one of the first podcasts to exist dating back to early 2005.  Check out our archive and hear how we've grown.  From podcasting in the dining room of Gene's condo to broadcasting over KYOU-FM in San Francisco and SiriusXM Satellite Radio, you can hear everythin...

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 to create a picture of hell in your head (forget about the bible and all those lost and tormented souls). Now, slap that image down...

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, wooden roller coaster built in the classic figure eight design. It was named “Leap the Dips” by designer E. Joy Morris back when it w...

It is no secret that there are colonies of rats roaming the New York City Subway tunnels.  But are they getting more aggressive ?  Are they preparing for a massive war with New York City sewer alligators?  We predict yes.  Recently the Huffington Post uncovered a...

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 Atom Strange and all the coaches at Heroes Journey Crossfit Lake Parsippany.  Please donate to the ALS Foundation.

I was heading on a cruise to Alaska that left from Seattle.  Well, guess who lived in Seattle? Hometown Tale listener/celeb Paul "Fruit Trees" Orchard, the guy who supplied daily news links to HT from all over the world every day for like... years !

So natur...

Well, trying to at least.  There's been a ton of things that have happened in the world over he last few months.  In addition, Bryan and I have our hands full.  Real jobs, families, other activities, etc..   It's great but awful at the same time because I certianly mis...