Hometown Tales Podcast

For years Gene has searched for the ancestry of his family.  Just in time for St. Patrick's Day he found a cousin he didn't know he had. Hear the uncanny similarities and connections on this special episode.

Everything you could possibly want to know about Tigers but nothing about the Tiger King. Sabertooths, tiger attacks, terrorizing an entire town and much more.

We are back and recording with only a wall between us. UFOlogy is back and better than ever, mummies, the Blood Bridge & crytbaby bridges of Ohio, being dull is not trendy, Thrashers fries and food of Ocean City Maryland & Gene's expertise on the Brady Bunch

Intro music by If Thousands. We cover smoking cessation, vertigo and other pandemic ills. Wild lab animals are wreaking havoc in India. The dark history of these United States and how long it went on. Plus greasy food and other internet scams.

The bizarre tales and strange origins of our favorite Nursery Rhymes

The ghost monster that keeps you safe from the rona, Bloody Mary, the Hookerman, Alien caves, Sargel 18s portal, the flat earth and much more

We are all mutants but yet some are better than others. The Finish Olympic skier that really was a mutant. Is Usain Bolt? Lance Armstrong wanted to be. Nuclear mutants do exist so do stomach of steel, breakless bones, sleepless people & more

We talk to Michael Dey, owner of Weenies and Fatties Restaurants which specialize in the wildest hot dog combinations you can imagine and more. Explore the value of Michael's unapologetic "branding" and success in an increasingly health-conscious world.

The Beasts of Winter. The Yeti, Wendigo the cannibal, Aklut, Polar Man, Icelandic elves, Rimthurs, Bigfoot, The Devil's footprints in the UK and NJ and much much more.  Intro music from If Thousands and Polar Man Theme sang by BobbyJo Sanchez.

Getting together on Krampusnacht and discussing St. Nick and the boiled children, Marian apparitions, France and more strange tales.

We get back together and hear about Bryan's tale-telling trip to France, the North Pond Hermit, Mysterious Explosions in RI, Sharks and much much more.

Rock n roll, strange apparitions, spring time tales and much more.

We reflect on 10 years of podcasting including our favorite moments and some of our favorite episodes.  But it's not just a greatest hits show with clips, it's an hour of tale-talking with Gene and Bryan.

We discuss some creepy tales about twins.  The Crazy Serbs, The Jims, the Silent Twins, The Nazi and the Jew and some interesting analysis on these tales.

We chat about riding in pick-ups and the old days as well as witches taking albinos for spells and potions.  But most of all, the eerie story of the psychotic twins in the UK that went nuts and continuously ran into traffic getting hit by cars.

We barely scratcht the surface of Texas tales.  UFOs, Donkey Lady, Headless Horseman, Hauntings, 10-2-4 Ranch, Cowboy Coffee, Galverston and much much more.

Back after almost a year.  Witches, Looose Cats, Haunted Houses, Irish Ghost, Bigfoot Prints, Scientists create paranormal, New Jersey, East St. Louis and much much more.

We reunite after over a year and talk about what we've been doing. In addition, kidnapping by elves, aliens, kepler62, russian, china city, exorcisms, krampus and much much more.

Checking in from Hurricane Sandy in NJ.  Visit http://www.sandynjrelieffund.org

Talking with Wrestler, the Jersey Devil and the famous incident when Gene lost his finger.  As well as other wrestling and devil tales.

Tales of Armageddon, The End of the Word, The Apocalypse, EndDays and so much more.

After a long hiatus, Gene and Bryan return with tales of what they've been up to.  As well, they discuss the Leper Colony, Big Canadian Wreck, Tattoos and much more.  Intro music from Drew Vics.

We explain our hiatus.  Gene's town was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Irene and Bryan has a big annoucement.  What is next for Hometown Tales.

The car/boar, what type of car would Hometown Tales be and many other tales of cars.

The towns that made them, the first one, Germany, VW, Porche, Flying Car, Bad cars, Ford, the DeLorean, Ireland and NJ and much more.

Catching up on Tales from around the world as well as just some personal tales of jaw operations & crazy things. Registering vampires, life on another planet, strange big sea creature, woman sacrifices kid, scary blond ghost in Ohio and more.

Some of the most famous Haunted Bars including White Horse Tavern, Ancient English Ruins, Morristown's famous haunt, Haunted New Jersey, Maggies, Cranberry Inn, Publick House, Absinthe House, St Annes Pub Witch, Devil's Inn and much more

The world is always ending, the core of the earth is melting, Holzminden Germany bomb hits house, Giant snake escaping, Looking for someone to eat in the Czech, falling poodle, hole in Basking Ridge, NJ and much more

Tales of Washington DC. It's history, it's oddities and much more.

Gene lost a finger to the Jersey Devil.

In memory of our friend from Haunted New Jersey, Garrett Husveth.

Strange news, best April fools jokes, the haunted Coronado, Alien files in New Zealand, Aliens took over LA and much much more.

Throughout history there have been some prominent people that have had some dark secrets. Hear the tales of addictions.

Libyan tales, Steven Decatur the birth of the Navy, meowing aliens in Russia, Magnet Boy in Serbia, strangeness falling from sky, UFOs shooting at LA and much much more.

Tales of Norway. Well at least some discussion of some things about Norway. Ok, we confess, Gene was horribly sick and very out of it but we barrell through.

Catching up with the strangest and oddest news from your hometowns across the world including the saugeen stripper, punky doodles, what do we do for the end of the world, Al Capone's hideout, vampire mania in Idaho, the most popular house in the world was really mean

Weird stuff the government does. Conspiracy thoeries. Fluoride in water. Spends lot of money on odd things and much much more.

Discussing some of your town's strangest tales another pointless chupacabra, dead birds,  Skullbone Tennessee,  Alien Airport in France, fluoride in the water and other government craziness.

Tales of Blizzards. 1993, 1888, 1899, Iran, England, New York, one that created NASA, one that created the Army COE and much much more.

Half way to 666. Some of the oldest stories we've talked about triggered by some emails. Suitcase with elephant tales,chicken blood and tails found on a plane in DC,haunted campus tour guides,space ferry,NASA conspiracies,werewolves,lost civilization and more.

Sometimes Bryan and Gene don't have time to prepare for a show and just shoot from the hip and BS. The result is usually still plenty of hometown tales.

Tales of the Circus- how it began, the players and stories behind it.

Bizare idol in Newton, CT, King Louis blood, the hiccup murderer, town in China overtaken by King Kobras, Crocodile crashed plane and much much more.

Catching up on some strange news and tales from around the world including; Jim Thorpe's remains, Dakota plague, Bourbon, Denville, Jonas Brother, Life on Asteroids and much more.

TWhile 30 minutes hardly does it justy, We discuss tales of Mexico include UFOS, hauntings, the isle of dolls, the haunted cemetery, Tabasco, Mexican witches and much much more.

Tupac and the Illumnati, Labor Day, Molly Maguires, Cleveland Indians, Unions, Anarchists, Man v Food, Gangsta Rap, Mystery Monkey, Bearded Lady Reunited, Wagga Wagga UFO and much much more.

Cape Code, Sharks, Belize, Monsters in NJ, Howard Hughes, Gene's Alien Baby and much much more.

Building the suspense on UFO crashes, heat wave, brain freeze, living with husband and sister's corpse in CA, the cat torturer of Scotland, Giant race, stick in the mud and much much more.

From 2000 BC to 2007 there have been some suspected UFO crashes. Hear about Texas in the late 1800s, the famous New Mexico crashes, some mysterious Las Vegas ones and even one from New Jersey.

Amityville home for sale, more on meat, the town of the broken bridge, some other tales of England, dwinkleflunking, the first hamburger of Rome, UFO crash in Kecksberg, PA and much more.