TELL ME A STORY: THE TRUE LIFE OF JAKOB STANLEY
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. ///
Episodes
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Introducing Strange Midnight AV • OTS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TAPES • BRELF
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Thursday Aug 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.
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Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Introducing Strange Midnight AV • Whispering Winnie • Rapunzel
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Thursday Aug 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.
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Thursday Sep 04, 2025
Thursday Sep 04, 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.
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5 days ago
5 days ago
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.
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TELL ME A STORY:
THE TRUE LIFE OF JAKOB STANLEY
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.
"Tell Me A Story: The True Life of Jakob Stanley" is a serialized horror podcast.
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
a strange midnight production