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TELL ME A STORY: THE TRUE LIFE OF JAKOB STANLEY

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In October of 2011, 4 college students disappeared in the woods near Porter Township, Pennsylvania while researching a documentary on children’s author Jakob Stanley. Recently, their recordings appeared online. In an effort to aid in the...

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In October of 2011, 4 college students disappeared in the woods near Porter Township, Pennsylvania while researching a documentary on children’s author Jakob Stanley. Recently, their recordings appeared online. In an effort to aid in the investigation, the families of those missing have agreed to release the recovered sound files. ”Tell Me A Story: The True Life of Jakob Stanley” is a serialized, found-footage, horror podcast. /// The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the podcasters and participants, and do not represent the official policy or position of the Iphigenia County Police Department of Porter Township, Pennsylvania or its associates. ///

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Vision Quest Video Club • The River of Life Visualization

11/27/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 📼✨ Lost in the static of time, Vision Quest Video Club is back to guide you to discover your innermost self. Recently unearthed from a shuttered mail sorting facility in Cedar City, Utah, this 80s subscription service delivered personalized journeys of self-discovery, all from the comfort of your living room. Every month, members of VisionQuest Video Club would receive a handcrafted VHS tape, guiding them through meditative visualization exercises that promised to unlock their deepest truths. An uncomfortable blend of new-age philosophy and late-night public access television, accompanied by a synth-heavy soundtrack that could lull you into a dream or leave you questioning your sense of self. ⚠️ WARNING: This audio may induce dissociation, hypnagogic imagery, and existential discomfort. Contains distorted audio and subconscious triggers. Listen in solitude. Best experienced at night. 📺 VISION QUEST VIDEO CLUB 🎞️ New Episodes every 1st Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:13:54

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Whispering Winnie • Sleeping Beauty

11/20/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally broadcast between 1977 and 1986 on UK regional television, "Whispering Winnie" was billed as a gentle bedtime storytelling series for children. The premise? A young girl in a painted portrait would “come to life” and whisper fairytale bedtime stories to the viewer. But the tales were never quite right. 📺 WHISPERING WINNIE 🎞️ New Episodes every 2nd Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:19:20

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES • MISS ROBO

11/13/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally produced for classrooms between 1976 and 1985, this data collection program was part of the OTS (Office of Technical Services) behavioral guidance system for students aged 8–13. Designed to assess cognitive flexibility, emotional response latency, and subconscious susceptibility, the program employed animated hosts familiar to children through popular Saturday morning cartoons. ⚠️ NOTICE TO VIEWERS: This video was never intended for public broadcast. Restored and digitized for analysis only. 📺 OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES 🎞️ New Episodes every 3rd Thursday of the month. 📺 New Content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:17:28

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Lotho's Library of Classic Horrors • The Haunter of the Ring

11/6/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 📼 Broadcast in the dead hours of local cable during the early 1980s, Lotho’s Library of Classic Horrors aired several times a week on WGTH-13: The Velvet Signal, a goth-leaning public access channel based out of a low-watt station in upstate New York. The host, Lotho the Librarian, never appeared fully in frame. Just a sliver of a face and the soft, raspy whisper of forgotten nightmares. Each week, he read a different story pulled from the shadowed shelves of horror literature. Lovecraft, Bowen, Poe - all rendered in a hush meant only for insomniacs and creatures of the night. 📺 LOTHO'S LIBRARY OF CLASSIC HORRORS 🎞️ New Episodes every last Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:01:01:33

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🎃 Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Lotho's Library of Classic Horrors • The Fearsome Touch of Death

10/31/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃 📼 Broadcast in the dead hours of local cable during the early 1980s, Lotho’s Library of Classic Horrors aired several times a week on WGTH-13: The Velvet Signal, a goth-leaning public access channel based out of a low-watt station in upstate New York. The host, Lotho the Librarian, never appeared fully in frame. Just a sliver of a face and the soft, raspy whisper of forgotten nightmares. Each week, he read a different story pulled from the shadowed shelves of horror literature. Lovecraft, Bowen, Poe - all rendered in a hush meant only for insomniacs and creatures of the night. 📺 LOTHO'S LIBRARY OF CLASSIC HORRORS 🎞️ New Episodes every last Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:24:20

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Vision Quest Video Club • The Abandoned House Visualization

10/30/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 📼✨ Lost in the static of time, Vision Quest Video Club is back to guide you to discover your innermost self. Recently unearthed from a shuttered mail sorting facility in Cedar City, Utah, this 80s subscription service delivered personalized journeys of self-discovery, all from the comfort of your living room. Every month, members of VisionQuest Video Club would receive a handcrafted VHS tape, guiding them through meditative visualization exercises that promised to unlock their deepest truths. An uncomfortable blend of new-age philosophy and late-night public access television, accompanied by a synth-heavy soundtrack that could lull you into a dream or leave you questioning your sense of self. ⚠️ WARNING: This audio may induce dissociation, hypnagogic imagery, and existential discomfort. Contains distorted audio and subconscious triggers. Listen in solitude. Best experienced at night. 📺 VISION QUEST VIDEO CLUB 🎞️ New Episodes every 1st Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:14:24

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Whispering Winnie • The Princess and the Pea

10/23/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally broadcast between 1977 and 1986 on UK regional television, "Whispering Winnie" was billed as a gentle bedtime storytelling series for children. The premise? A young girl in a painted portrait would “come to life” and whisper fairytale bedtime stories to the viewer. But the tales were never quite right. 📺 WHISPERING WINNIE 🎞️ New Episodes every 2nd Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:19:03

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES • CYBER SKULL

10/16/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally produced for classrooms between 1976 and 1985, this data collection program was part of the OTS (Office of Technical Services) behavioral guidance system for students aged 8–13. Designed to assess cognitive flexibility, emotional response latency, and subconscious susceptibility, the program employed animated hosts familiar to children through popular Saturday morning cartoons. ⚠️ NOTICE TO VIEWERS: This video was never intended for public broadcast. Restored and digitized for analysis only. 📺 OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES 🎞️ New Episodes every 3rd Thursday of the month. 📺 New Content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:16:57

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Lotho's Library of Classic Horrors • In the Court of the Dragon

10/9/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 📼 Broadcast in the dead hours of local cable during the early 1980s, Lotho’s Library of Classic Horrors aired several times a week on WGTH-13: The Velvet Signal, a goth-leaning public access channel based out of a low-watt station in upstate New York. The host, Lotho the Librarian, never appeared fully in frame. Just a sliver of a face and the soft, raspy whisper of forgotten nightmares. Each week, he read a different story pulled from the shadowed shelves of horror literature. Lovecraft, Bowen, Poe - all rendered in a hush meant only for insomniacs and creatures of the night. 📺 LOTHO'S LIBRARY OF CLASSIC HORRORS 🎞️ New Episodes every last Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:34:19

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Vision Quest Video Club • The Ancient Tree Visualization

10/2/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 📼✨ Lost in the static of time, Vision Quest Video Club is back to guide you to discover your innermost self. Recently unearthed from a shuttered mail sorting facility in Cedar City, Utah, this 80s subscription service delivered personalized journeys of self-discovery, all from the comfort of your living room. Every month, members of VisionQuest Video Club would receive a handcrafted VHS tape, guiding them through meditative visualization exercises that promised to unlock their deepest truths. An uncomfortable blend of new-age philosophy and late-night public access television, accompanied by a synth-heavy soundtrack that could lull you into a dream or leave you questioning your sense of self. ⚠️ WARNING: This audio may induce dissociation, hypnagogic imagery, and existential discomfort. Contains distorted audio and subconscious triggers. Listen in solitude. Best experienced at night. 📺 VISION QUEST VIDEO CLUB 🎞️ New Episodes every 1st Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:14:51

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Whispering Winnie • The Tortoise and the Hare

9/25/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally broadcast between 1977 and 1986 on UK regional television, "Whispering Winnie" was billed as a gentle bedtime storytelling series for children. The premise? A young girl in a painted portrait would “come to life” and whisper fairytale bedtime stories to the viewer. But the tales were never quite right. 📺 WHISPERING WINNIE 🎞️ New Episodes every 2nd Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:18:15

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES • BUBBLE GUM DAN

9/18/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally produced for classrooms between 1976 and 1985, this data collection program was part of the OTS (Office of Technical Services) behavioral guidance system for students aged 8–13. Designed to assess cognitive flexibility, emotional response latency, and subconscious susceptibility, the program employed animated hosts familiar to children through popular Saturday morning cartoons. ⚠️ NOTICE TO VIEWERS: This video was never intended for public broadcast. Restored and digitized for analysis only. 📺 OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES 🎞️ New Episodes every 3rd Thursday of the month. 📺 New Content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:16:06

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Lotho's Library of Classic Horrors • Hop Frog

9/11/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 📼 Broadcast in the dead hours of local cable during the early 1980s, Lotho’s Library of Classic Horrors aired several times a week on WGTH-13: The Velvet Signal, a goth-leaning public access channel based out of a low-watt station in upstate New York. The host, Lotho the Librarian, never appeared fully in frame. Just a sliver of a face and the soft, raspy whisper of forgotten nightmares. Each week, he read a different story pulled from the shadowed shelves of horror literature. Lovecraft, Bowen, Poe - all rendered in a hush meant only for insomniacs and creatures of the night. 📺 LOTHO'S LIBRARY OF CLASSIC HORRORS 🎞️ New Episodes every last Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:38:38

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Vision Quest Video Club • The Disguised Mask Visualization

9/4/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. 📼✨ Lost in the static of time, Vision Quest Video Club is back to guide you to discover your innermost self. Recently unearthed from a shuttered mail sorting facility in Cedar City, Utah, this 80s subscription service delivered personalized journeys of self-discovery, all from the comfort of your living room. Every month, members of VisionQuest Video Club would receive a handcrafted VHS tape, guiding them through meditative visualization exercises that promised to unlock their deepest truths. An uncomfortable blend of new-age philosophy and late-night public access television, accompanied by a synth-heavy soundtrack that could lull you into a dream or leave you questioning your sense of self. ⚠️ WARNING: This audio may induce dissociation, hypnagogic imagery, and existential discomfort. Contains distorted audio and subconscious triggers. Listen in solitude. Best experienced at night. 📺 VISION QUEST VIDEO CLUB 🎞️ New Episodes every 1st Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:15:35

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Whispering Winnie • Rapunzel

8/28/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally broadcast between 1977 and 1986 on UK regional television, "Whispering Winnie" was billed as a gentle bedtime storytelling series for children. The premise? A young girl in a painted portrait would “come to life” and whisper fairytale bedtime stories to the viewer. But the tales were never quite right. 📺 WHISPERING WINNIE 🎞️ New Episodes every 2nd Thursday of the month. 📺 New content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:21:24

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES • BRELF

8/21/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. Originally produced for classrooms between 1976 and 1985, this data collection program was part of the OTS (Office of Technical Services) behavioral guidance system for students aged 8–13. Designed to assess cognitive flexibility, emotional response latency, and subconscious susceptibility, the program employed animated hosts familiar to children through popular Saturday morning cartoons. ⚠️ NOTICE TO VIEWERS: This video was never intended for public broadcast. Restored and digitized for analysis only. 📺 OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES 🎞️ New Episodes every 3rd Thursday of the month. 📺 New Content weekly. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG.

Duration:00:17:29

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Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Lotho's Library of Classic Horrors

8/14/2025
Here is an audio preview of one of the new shows coming out on our Strange Midnight AV YouTube channel. In all of our stress disappearing we basically created 4 different 80s Found Footage Horror ASMR(-ish) TV series. First, there’s Lotho’s Library of Classic Horrors, an ’80s goth public access show where Lotho the Librarian whispers eerie tales pulled straight from classic masters of horror. Then we have Vision Quest Video Club, a series of unsettling guided meditations that feel like they’ve been beamed in from a dream you don’t quite remember. There’s also the OTS Student Assessment Tapes, inspired by those hearing and vision tests from school. The ones that may (or may not) have been a CIA experiment. And finally, Whispering Winnie, where a painting of a little girl springs to life to tell you twisted, uncanny versions of your favorite fairy tales. We will be putting out one episode on YouTube a week, the shows alternate, one week Vision Quest, next week Winnie, OTS, and Lotho and so on. But the first drop will be one of each, coming out Thursday August 14th at 6pm. As we mentioned in the intro, we don't wanna overload your feed, just wanted to share a few of them with you guys. @StrangeMidnightAV on YouTube, TikTok & IG. ____________________________ Tonight belongs to Lotho. 📼 Broadcast in the dead hours of local cable during the early 1980s, Lotho’s Library of Classic Horrors aired several times a week on WGTH-13: The Velvet Signal, a goth-leaning public access channel based out of a low-watt station in upstate New York. The host, Lotho the Librarian, never appeared fully in frame. Just a sliver of a face and the soft, raspy whisper of forgotten nightmares. Each week, he read a different story pulled from the shadowed shelves of horror literature. Lovecraft, Bowen, Poe - all rendered in a hush meant only for insomniacs and creatures of the night. 📺 LOTHO'S LIBRARY OF CLASSIC HORRORS 🎞️ New Episodes every last Thursday of the month.

Duration:00:38:12

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No Folder: Final File Collection | Ep16

11/30/2022
No notes found. Files assembled based on metadata. [Season Finale] Please rate, review and subscribe on your podcatcher of choice. *If you have had your own unexplainable experiences in Iphigenia County, Pennsylvania, we want to hear from you. Please submit your story via our website's tip line to be used in future episodes. Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert ► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/ ► Twitter: www.twitter.com/InappropriateF ► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/ ► Support: https://ko-fi.com/jakobstanleypod ► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/transcripts ► Submit your story: www.jakobstanley.com/tip-line ► Try Audible Premium Plus for one month free! Use our affiliate link: www.audibletrial.com/n15DaA to start your free trial! ► Got a doggo and wanna support the poddo? Use our affiliate link: www.barkbox.com/JakobStanley and sign up for Barkbox! The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the podcasters and participants, and do not represent the official policy or position of the Iphigenia County Police Department of Porter Township Pennsylvania or its associates.

Duration:00:33:28

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Folder Labeled: “015 Rough Files | Ep15”

11/2/2022
/// Episode 15 Notes: PLEASE SEND HELP - MENDENHALL INSTITUTE /// END /// Please rate, review and subscribe on your podcatcher of choice. *If you have had your own unexplainable experiences in Iphigenia County, Pennsylvania, we want to hear from you. Please submit your story via our website's tip line to be used in future episodes. Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert ► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/ ► Twitter: www.twitter.com/InappropriateF ► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/ ► Support: https://ko-fi.com/jakobstanleypod ► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/transcripts ► Submit your story: www.jakobstanley.com/tip-line ► Try Audible Plus for one month free! Use our affiliate link: www.audibletrial.com/n15DaA to start your free trial! ► Got a doggo and wanna support the poddo? Use our affiliate link: www.barkbox.com/JakobStanley and sign up for Barkbox! The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the podcasters and participants, and do not represent the official policy or position of the Iphigenia County Police Department of Porter Township Pennsylvania or its associates.

Duration:00:25:34

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Folder Labeled: “014 Rough Files | Ep14”

10/19/2022
/// Episode 14 Notes: ambulance. /// END /// Please rate, review and subscribe on your podcatcher of choice. *If you have had your own unexplainable experiences in Iphigenia County, Pennsylvania, we want to hear from you. Please submit your story via our website's tip line to be used in future episodes. Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert ► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/ ► Twitter: www.twitter.com/InappropriateF ► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/ ► Support: https://ko-fi.com/jakobstanleypod ► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/transcripts ► Submit your story: www.jakobstanley.com/tip-line ► Try Audible Premium Plus for one month free! Use our affiliate link: www.audibletrial.com/n15DaA to start your free trial! ► Got a doggo and wanna support the poddo? Use our affiliate link: www.barkbox.com/JakobStanley and sign up for Barkbox! The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the podcasters and participants, and do not represent the official policy or position of the Iphigenia County Police Department of Porter Township Pennsylvania or its associates.

Duration:00:24:23