2023 Year-End Review

It’s 2024! Happy New Year! 2023 was a fantastic year for us as a show and as people! We’ve gathered here to discuss all of our favorite parts of it! Movies! Music! Games! Podcasts! Everything that we loved from this year. Everything that made our lives better this year. And, of course, we discuss each of our top five Campfire episodes from the year and talk about our experience researching each of them. We had a great time breaking the year down. Enjoy! Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week.  This week’s episode includes descriptions/sound related the following sensitive subjects.  None TOPS! Movies Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieveshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2906216/ The Killerhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136617/ The Holdovers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194/ Killers of the Flower Moonhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002/ Asteroid Cityhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/ Super Mario Bros.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6718170/ Strayshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt15153532/ No One Will Save Youhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt14509110/ The Pope’s Exorcist https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13375076/ The Exorcist: Believer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12921446/ Evil Dead Risehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt13345606/ Talk to Me https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10638522/ Albums Tyler Childers – Rustin’ In The Rainhttps://open.spotify.com/album/7rSObXhKazzmeZFHuGX1mx?si=Y3kXycv2REuzwB_exeNk-Q Colter Wall – Little Songshttps://open.spotify.com/album/4l1JW9aV2fmAxnH9TeeK82?si=YW6NExfXQYCkyhoglehlKg Shipwreck Karpathos – Being Human https://open.spotify.com/album/0IwXO9lbW6GXN0iHH2r8AM?si=uclUItf1TJWb9o7Alo4GUg Nolan Taylor – Life & Lovehttps://open.spotify.com/album/6kHaj9UYr9j0WB3XgtvZkO?si=Xje8Yb4ARpelXGcHJQ-I6Q Jason Isbell – Weathervaneshttps://open.spotify.com/album/2gL0IM5SYhCxJebPaKdDkx?si=cgjZHxH5QMmLY6uGr-OejQ Owl City – Coco Moonhttps://open.spotify.com/album/6ZKh1FlIKBeDJYVSuvF2LM?si=pF_832XBRBGfOuFwOtUpcA Paper Planes – Losing Streakhttps://open.spotify.com/album/43EyO2vtEM7Zhthq08TQTt?si=VTtg66BIQZmWI1Tkwe2UkQ 408 – Generationalhttps://open.spotify.com/album/0KjcU59seFJaLu75xJJgBv?si=qHCiEg4hS8a0myTm6sRULw Firewoodisland – As Long As I Gohttps://open.spotify.com/album/30pns5zQfLTyW64o1K4wbm?si=QCct4vFJQNO41RYuM3gxAg Knucklepuck – Losing What We Lovehttps://open.spotify.com/album/71Zbf3k0m4bM7GySIh2erI?si=0WQZicvcTm2ymcUc-bdq0g Games Fortnitehttps://www.fortnite.com/?lang=en-US Dredgehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/ Lies of P https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627720/Lies_of_P/ Octopath Traveler IIhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1971650/OCTOPATH_TRAVELER_II/ Coral Islandhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1158160/Coral_Island/ Lorcanahttps://www.disneylorcana.com/en-US Greyhill Incidenthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1905020/Greyhill_Incident/ Resident Evil 4: Remakehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2050650/Resident_Evil_4/ Hogwarts Legacyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/990080/Hogwarts_Legacy/ Spider-Man 2https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/marvels-spider-man-2/ Zelda: Tales of the Kingdomhttps://zelda.nintendo.com/tears-of-the-kingdom/ Podcasts Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultrahttps://open.spotify.com/show/3ImqTb6CcfZINTgByeAThh?si=e70c9b8eb2944557 Some Place Under Neithhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7CpYtkWmYGM9HGxfFaGRDj?si=9f947ac95b0c468a Datelinehttps://open.spotify.com/show/3MGn724Y6BOSQzfmk3TyuY?si=f9c5b2b865f84e85 The Lore You Knowhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4ia7fZzgYnGFrCDfgIz90O?si=33e23b929f5044a6 Detectives Don’t Sleephttps://open.spotify.com/show/5m6eis9cWSFWPJ3Rnmp9cv?si=fb8b788d6b9649aa Tower 4https://open.spotify.com/show/4YChJfyufByaRzekQVKNGG?si=b0f94d28d5564fa1 Bridgewaterhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7aTEmK0Vvwa5L4ZKBsmPyJ?si=432996c1d1b24fef National Parks After Darkhttps://open.spotify.com/show/5AenIJ6TA3JjWkqacYEBWL?si=63d2e92d425c49e0 Smartless https://open.spotify.com/show/0Yzd0g8NYmn27k2HFNplv7?si=bd7dd110c5ff4afd Pod Meets Worldhttps://open.spotify.com/show/11BA5Y1PBaleEjJAFAP8MG?si=3c1b704daa244b82 Abroad in Japanhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1dbguTBIriCwhJXlxTITFe?si=365f70c570a24fa9 Check Out Our Friends! Karly Lathamhttps://linktr.ee/Thevillagetarotwitch BeneBenPlayinhttps://www.youtube.com/@benebenplayin Mothmen 1966https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755030/Mothmen_1966/ Bigfoothttps://www.bigfootplay.com/  Adverts! Support Campfire on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/campfiretalesofthestrangeandunsettling Satisfy All of Your Merch Needs:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/campfire-tales-of-the-strange-and-unsettling?ref_id=25702 Join the conversation on social media atwww.campfirepodcastnetwork.com  Discord: https://discord.gg/43CPN3rz Instagram:instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcast GoodPods: https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplb Twitter:www.twitter.com/campfiretotsau  Facebook:www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcast Visit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info: https://linktr.ee/Campfirepodcast Special Thanks: Gregg Martin for music contributions! 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