Tales of Terror Vol. 9
Our ninth annual Tales of Terror brings you three stories that will send shivers down your spine. From ghost-like figures walking silently through the snow, to shadows lurking in a backcountry hut and canyon, these stories will keep you peering over your shoulder. First, we’ll follow Amy England down a snowy forest road in the middle of winter. Then, we’ll cozy up in a deserted New Zealand Alpine hut with Audrey Howarth and Alex Clingman. And finally, we’ll travel deep into a desert canyon in southern Utah with Trevor McEntire. Happy Halloween!
Music: Live @ Bazillus by Aidan Baker • If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Paranoia III by The Fucked Up Beat • She Wolf In My Heart by Sergey Cheremisinov • Original Score by Amy Stolzenbach • Anxiety by Kai Engel • Imminence by Kai Engell • Somnolence by Kai Engel • Halloween Dance Macabre by David Beard
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive and with permission from the artists.
Moto Gypsy
“I’m in this weird reality where I’m using my voice and my status as a woman traveling alone on a motorcycle as a way to talk about conservation to people who otherwise might not care or listen,” says Janelle Kaz.
For the past five years, Janelle has traveled on her motorcycle fighting against the worldwide problem of wildlife trafficking. This journey has brought her from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the mountains of Colombia. Although this massive problem can be overwhelming at times, Janelle has found ways to stay positive and in the process built an unlikely bridge between the conservation and motorcycle culture. Travel along, as she follows jungle roads into the incredible indigenous culture of the Kogi.
Follow Janelle on Instagram @motogypsy to keep up with her work.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Beg Me to Stay by Hopeless Jack • The Deal by Hopeless Jack • 1_4 by The F*cked Up Beat • Snowmen by Kai Engel • Night Without Sleep by David Mumford • Daemons by Kai Engel • Nogales by Cleod9
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Anti-Gravity
“I have really good reason to believe that if I hadn’t have been walking down the strip and found that 72-foot tower to climb, that I would be dead or in prison. I have no doubts about that,” says Juan Rodriguez.
Juan is an American citizen, an immigrant and a climber. Today, we follow Juan’s journey from Mexico to climbing shop owner, through illegal border crossings and to the first rock wall he ever climbed on the Las Vegas strip–a chance encounter that altered the trajectory of his life.
Check out Juan’s climbing shop, AntiGravity Equipment.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • Nogales by Cleod9 • Slum Canto by Kai Engel • Manly Nunn Steps Out by Doctor Turtle • The Deal by Hopeless Jack • Oh Josephine by Vienna Ditto • Conviction by Little Glass Men • I Dare You by Little Glass Men • The Undefeated by Vienna Ditto
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive and with permission from the artists.
Hootin’ & Hollerin’
“I was certain I was paralyzed. My legs were totally limp, I was hanging upside down and the only thing stopping me from falling 160-feet headfirst into the talus below, was this rope that was wrapped around my foot,” remembers Craig Gorder. In November, 2016, Craig took a fall in Indian Creek that injured him badly, and dramatically altered the course of his life. “But I don’t really identify with the story of the accident. As intense as it was, it’s just this thing that happened. What does matter is: what happens after you get hurt? What happens after you lose your identity and your sense of self?” In this episode, we follow Craig through the first year of his recovery through a series of updates and reflections that document the day to day questions and decisions, setbacks and victories, mini-crises and mini-epiphanies that really make up the recovery process.
Note: In the credits, we asked you to consider donating to Craig’s GoFundMe. Craig contacted us after the episode came out to say that he’s currently caught up on his medical bills and to ask that that people not donate to his GoFundMe, but save their money for some more urgent cause. Thanks!
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • sleep! by The F*cked Up Beat • Live at Bazillus by Aidan Baker • Monsanto Fields II by The F*cked Up Beat • Manly Nunn Steps Out by Doctor Turtle • Your Ghost by Richard Smith • Save My Soul by MC Cullah • Long Way Down by Vienna Ditto • Whatever Comes My Way by Vienna Ditto • Prowl by Hopeless Jack • Moontime by The IMG • nostalgia! by The F*cked Up Beat • Conviction by Little Glass Men • Lau by Richard Smith
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Ethan and G-Pop
“I have a pretty young grandfather, but he was starting to get old and knew he had one or two more big expeditions in him,” says Ethan Roebuck. “He wanted to put together a big trip, because he’s getting older, but also because I’m getting older, these are skills that he thinks are important, and he wants to make sure I have them too–a handing off of the baton, I suppose.”
So when Ethan’s grandfather proposed that they go on a two-month, five-hundred mile, tandem kayaking expedition along the Canadian coast the summer before Ethan’s senior year of high school, Ethan was onboard.
Producer Cordelia Zars brings you the story of a wild adventure, a passing of the torch, and the special bond that emerges and evades the constraints of words.
Music: If Walls Could Talk by Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto • A Language of It’s Own by Publish the Quest • Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men • The Waltz by Jason Tyler Burton • On the Road by Amy Stolzenbach • Ghost Dance by Ken Christianson • Firediary5 by Ken Christianson • Daemons by Kai Engel • The Next Ones to Come by Publish the Quest • The Architect by Cleod9
Tracks provided by Free Music Archive and with permission from the artists.
