SkeleTales
175 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsA podcast that strives to answer the age old question, “Is my dead grandma watching me?” We share true tales of unexplained happenings, serendipitous events, ghost stories, near death experiences, psychic phenomena, unsolved mysteries, family secrets, bizarre tales and everything in between.
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Austin, You Are A Spooky SOB
February 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBThis week the girls venture over to Britt’s stomping grounds in the Lone Star State to talk about all the spooky stuff happening in Austin Texas. Alissa reveals her new super power of being able to see smells which she discovered by watching @celinespookyboo over at TikTok while she eats a blue snowcone. Sadly this means she no longer can look at her beloved photos of dog poo. The first story takes you into Britt’s very own neighborhood where a classic pioneer style homestead is said to b...
Spooky Sleepy Time Spirits
February 11, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBOh the cruel irony that this week's episode is about sleepy time spirits when publishing it resulted in a sleepless night for Alissa as she exorcised gremlins from her mac who apparently deemed these tales too terrifying for the world hear. Thankfully, fueled by the power of tech rage, coffee and the placebo effect of ordering all of the adapter cables available on Amazon, she was able to reclaim control of her computer, and release these stories of spooky slumber. One may assume that they ...
Haunted Houses Of Unknown Shape
February 03, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBThe haunted houses in this episode do have a shape, but somehow, despite descriptions intended to aid your dear hosts in envisioning these dwellings, they remain confounded. What is indesputable is the paranomal activity at work within these amorphous abodes. Our first story follows the saga endured by SkeleTales listener Dan, whose body, ears and soul were tormented by an entity seemingly determined to run him off of the circa 1775 homestead he purchased near Haunted Lake in Southern New H...
Military Hauntings
January 27, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBPut on your tactical gear because the gals are coming at you with Military Mysteries inspired by Heather Percy’s tale of her time at Hickam Airforce Base in Oahu, Hawaii. A mysterious presence at Camp Pendleton in California makes Britt want to throat punch a baby ghost while a story Alissa was told many years ago by a Vietnam veteran triggers a series of miraculous flashbacks. A baffling experience in a German military hospital blurs the lines between time and dimensions and an unsettlin...
Military Mysteries
January 27, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBPut on your tactical gear because the gals are coming at you with Military Mysteries inspired by Heather Percy’s tale of her time at Hickam Airforce Base in Oahu, Hawaii. A mysterious presence at Camp Pendleton in California makes Britt want to throat punch a baby ghost while a story Alissa was told many years ago by a Vietnam veteran triggers a series of miraculous flashbacks. A baffling experience in a German military hospital blurs the lines between time and dimensions and an unsettlin...
A Man And His Peanut - A SkeleTalk With Mitch Williams of Dirtfish Rally School
January 20, 2021 20:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBDespite the fates conspiring against us to muffle these tales of mystery and adventure, we are pleased to finally be publishing this very special SkeleTalk featuring Alissa’s darling husband, the very handsome and talented, Mitchell Williams. While it may appear that we just decided to interview whomever we had lying around our homes as a filler episode, you would be dearly mistaken because you are, in fact, in for a treat! Mitch is here to share tales from beyond the pale that he experienc...
Tales From The Facebook - Part 2
January 13, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBDear listeners, as promised, this week’s episode brings more Tales From The Facebook, where Britt and Alissa read stories sourced from their SkeleTales Community. So, if you are a member of the group and have shared a tale of mystery, horror, awe or otherwise, prepare accordingly because you just may hear your name and story beamed directly into your cochlea. Loyal listeners and newcomers alike will no doubt be entertained by the spooky anecdotes of ghouls, crypto’s, UFOs and more. We wan...
Tales From The Facebook - Part 1
January 06, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBIn this very special 13th episode of SkeleTales, Britt and Alissa read stories sourced from their SkeleTales Community on Facebook! So, if you are a member of the group and have shared a tale of mystery, horror, awe or otherwise, prepare accordingly because you just may hear your name and story beamed directly into your cochlea. Loyal listeners and newcomers alike will no doubt be entertained by the spooky anecdotes of ghouls, freaky farmhouses, fugitives and more. We want to hear your sto...
Spooky Furry Beasts
December 30, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBFrom a bizarre roadside creature spotted near Devil’s Backbone, Texas, to a dog who stares at ghosts in Minnesota, this episode of SkeleTales is woven of yarns involving animals in some shape, form... or spirit. A disturbing sight on a remote road in the Texas wilderness leaves Britt’s friends Natalie and Lindsay questioning reality, while a dog, a pack of batteries and a disembodied voice help Alissa’s friend Lori bust her bare-assed ex-boyfriend in a compromising situation. Then Cat-lov...
Just Say ‘No' To Ouija - A SkeleTalk with Melanie Allison
December 23, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this week’s episode the ladies delve into the terrifying and mysterious realm of podcast interviews. Melanie Allison, an Austin based Artist, Model and Magazine Founder bravely volunteered to be the SkeleTales lab rat and share her spooky tales of torment with hosts Britt and Alissa. Still haunted by her experiences as a child, Mel tells of how her family’s brand new dream home in Mesquite, Texas, became a house of horrors after a spin on an Ouija Board invited a menacing ghost into the a...
Just Say ‘No' To Ouija - A SkeleTalk with Melanie Allison
December 23, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this week’s episode the ladies delve into the terrifying and mysterious realm of podcast interviews. Melanie Allison, an Austin based Artist, Model and Magazine Founder bravely volunteered to be the SkeleTales lab rat and share her spooky tales of torment with hosts Britt and Alissa. Still haunted by her experiences as a child, Mel tells of how her family’s brand new dream home in Mesquite, Texas, became a house of horrors after a spin on an Ouija Board invited a menacing ghost into the a...
Wintery Tales
December 16, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBPour yourself a hot toddy, light a fire and settle in while Britt Kilpatrick and Alissa Williams tell you tales from a time when the days are short and the nights are long. Thats right folks, this week the gals are telling wintery tales. Alissa's great-grandfather puts the H.V. into Holiday Vibe with a story of his Santa antics at the old homestead outside of Buffalo, NY. Maybe H.V. could also put the ‘V' in Veteran’s day, which is the day on which, years later, Alissa’s grandmother and cous...
Hotel Hauntings Y’all!
December 09, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBThis episode will have you thanking your lucky stars that you can’t travel right now. Pretty much all hotels are haunted by spirits who are itching to creep your holiday right up. Britt introduces us to the ghosts of Samantha Houston and Colonel Jesse Driskill who inhabit the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas and who are known to haunt guests and employees alike. The girls then have a good laugh about dead baby paintings before Alissa tells a quick anecdote of her time at the Genessee Valley C...
Premonitions
December 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBThis week the ladies discuss the mysterious and confounding phenomena of premonition, precognition, deva ju, intuition... all the ways people are given glimpses into the future. Britt’s family is all about seeing them future babies and shares a tale of yet another Ben saving her Grandmother from disaster. Alissa is really out to solve the case on this one and it goes as one would expect but does share some interesting theories on the phenomena, including a highly scientific experiment invol...
Haunted Homesteads Y’all
November 25, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBIn this episode Britt and Alissa both happen to have found stories that occur at idyllic homesteads on opposite sides of the country. Britt’s tale describes the night a dark energy stalked and poorly serenaded her mother Debbie during a visit to MawMaw's house in Splendora, Texas in the 1970s. Was it a ghost? A demon? A vampire? You be the judge. Alissa then reads a story sent in by Katie, a dear listener and friend, who tells of strange experiences at her grandparent’s house at the base of...
Tales of the Oldie Times
November 18, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBIn this week's episode Britt and Alissa tell tales of the days of yore, of souls who roamed the earth in centuries past, yet whose stories, and spirits, live on. An old timey letter from Alissa’s friend Mandy, the curator of Vintage Scrapbooks and Ephemera over at Paper of the Past, really puts the skeletal into SkeleTales with a disturbingly descriptive account of a macabre Victorian errand. Britt pulls us out of the 1890s creepfest with a delightful tale of her friend Mel getting the be...
Terror In The Night
November 11, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBIn this week’s episode Britt ties up some loose ends on the spirits (or jackalopes), that haunted her and her brothers at their home on Rodeo Drive in Denton, Texas. All the talk of roof monsters reminds Alissa of a time where the line between urban legend and reality became blurred thanks to the Kaboony Boy. The crown jewel of this episode comes in the form of a listener story sent all the way from New Zealand, the homeland of Alissa’s fake boyfriend, Flight of the Conchords star, Jemaine ...
Brushes With Death
November 04, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBAlissa tells Britt about being introduced to her Spirit Guide who tries to warn her of the troubles that will befall her this week. The ladies go on to discuss occassions whence the grim reaper took a swing at them - but missed. From Britt’s mechanical incompetence as a teen, to Alissa’s questionable judgement on an evening run in Boston, to a truly miraculous rescue on Ray Roberts Lake in Texas, this episode will have you laughing, gasping and will no doubt lead you to thinking about your o...
Family Lore
October 28, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode Britt and Alissa tell the ghost stories and tales of haunted places that shaped them and their family members. Britt recalls how a ghost interrupted a hot toothy makeout session in her childhood home in Denton, Texas and how her brother was tormented by a spirit residing in the The Lovelander Hotel in Loveland, Colorado. Alissa relays how her mother suffered many sleepless nights in Denville, New Jersery thanks to her older sister, an ouija board and the spectre of a plaid cl...
Family Lore
October 28, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode Britt and Alissa tell the ghost stories and tales of haunted places that shaped them and their family members. Britt recalls how a ghost interrupted a hot toothy makeout session in her childhood home in Denton, Texas and how her brother was tormented by a spirit residing in the The Lovelander Hotel in Loveland, Colorado. Alissa relays how her mother suffered many sleepless nights in Denville, New Jersery thanks to her older sister, an ouija board and the spectre of a plaid cl...
Introducing SkeleTales
October 21, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBGet to know your hosts Alissa Williams and Britt Kilpatrick as they reflect on questionable childhood choices, why they are interested in ghost stories, true crime, psychic phenomena and tales of the weird. Alissa relays an unexplained story that has haunted her her entire life while Britt tells of the ghostly outcome of violating the laws of feng shui. We want to hear your stories! E-mail us your questionable childhood choices, signs from the universe, near death experiences, hauntings, g...
A Series of Fortunate Events
October 21, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBBritt and Alissa discuss their unlikely origin story, their stint as rally racecar drivers and an extra colorful Fourth of July. Alissa relays the wild series of events that culminate in the amazing discovery in an old abandoned pharmacy. This ones got a bit of everything; crazy coincidences, signs from the universe and treasure! We want to hear your stories! E-mail us your stories of finding treasure, signs from the universe, near death experiences, hauntings, ghostly encounters, crazy c...
Introducing SkeleTales (If you are a new listener read *Disclaimer*)
October 21, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB*Disclaimer* The ladies have really tightened up their podcasting game since this inaugural episode; better audio, less intro chat; think Season 1 Simpsons vs. present day Simpsons. Soooo, you might wanna give a newer episode a listen if your goal is to see if SkeleTales is the right choice for you. (It is.) Thanks and Haunt Ya Later! Get to know your hosts Alissa Williams and Britt Kilpatrick as they reflect on questionable childhood choices, why they are interested in ghost stories, true ...
Is My Dead Grandma Watching Me?
September 07, 2020 23:38 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBIntroducing SkeleTales, Alissa Williams reflects on questionable childhood choices, why she is interested in ghost stories, true crime, psychic phenomena and tales of the weird and relays an unexplained story that has haunted her her entire life. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
SkeleTales Trailer
September 07, 2020 23:38 - 1 minute - 826 KBIntroducing SkeleTales, a lighthearted podcast that seeks to answer the age old question of, “Is my dead Grandma watching me?" Support the Show. Remember to share the podcast with friends and we want to hear your stories! Please e-mail them to us at [email protected] or leave a message at 302-689-DEAD (3323). Subscribe to our YouTube here: www.youtube.com/@skeletalespod Join our SkeleTeam over at Patreon here: www.patreon.com/Skeletalespodcast Buy some haunted shit over at...