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Camp Monsters
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Jenny Barber

Camp Monsters

These are the stories of impossible encounters with impossible creatures in the wildest corners of North America. We’ll travel the country, sit around campfires and talk about that thing that ran across the trail in the middle of the night, just beyond the beam of your flashlight. Come closer to the fire. Let’s hear the next legend.

Parent info: Camp Monsters is recommended for ages 11 plus. It's an Episodic show that can be listened to in any order. Made in the USA, it's about the Supernatural and Stories for kids. Launched in 2019, it has 7 seasons.

There are 83 episodes

Episodes
The most recent appears first.

  • BONUS: Season 7 Recap

    21 min Season 7 Episode 7 13 November 2025

    Go behind the scenes of Camp Monsters as host and writer Weston Davis teams up with sound designer Nick Patri to recap their favorite moments from Season 7 and reveal the creative process behind the stories and sound design.…

  • Crackle Hands: Part 2

    31 min Season 7 Episode 6 30 October 2025

    Claira wakes in a forest clearing, disoriented and alone. She must have been sleepwalking… right? But before she can make sense of where she is—or how she got there—a crashing sound erupts from the brush. Something is coming. Fast. Something wild. And it’s hea…

  • Crackle Hands: Part 1

    31 min Season 7 Episode 5 23 October 2025

    On North Carolina’s Hatteras Island, Claira thought she knew the way back to camp. But the trail twists into something unfamiliar—something watching, waiting, and older than the forest itself. What she finds in the dark might not let her leave...…

  • Mermaid of Moon Lake: Part 2

    37 min Season 7 Episode 4 16 October 2025

    Dean is gone, and Oren is left to face whatever lurks beneath Moon Lake. Trapped under an overturned boat, he’s dragged toward the depths by something massive beneath the surface.…

  • Mermaid of Moon Lake: Part 1

    33 min Season 7 Episode 3 9 October 2025

    On a quiet night at Moon Lake, Utah, Dean and Oren spot a figure standing on the rocks at the lake’s furthest point—small, still, and shadowy against the water.…

  • Hopkinsville Goblins: Part 2

    37 min Season 7 Episode 2 2 October 2025

    Police officers Rile and Aarons’ encounter with the goblin-like creatures in Hopkinsville raised more questions than answers. Now, a new listener tip has surfaced—strange, undeniable details that shift the story in an unexpected direction...…

  • Hopkinsville Goblins: Part 1

    37 min Season 7 Episode 1 25 September 2025

    Hopkinsville, Kentucky police officers Rile and Aarons encounter glowing, goblin-like creatures in a cabin in the woods. Was it aliens— or something stranger?…

  • Camp Monsters Season 7

    1 min Season 7 12 September 2025

    REI's Camp Monsters podcast returns Thursday, September 25th. Get ready for unexplainable sightings at Moon Lake, eerie encounters with goblin-like creatures in Kentucky and more...…

  • BONUS: A BTS Chat with Weston Davis

    14 min Season 6 Episode 9 7 November 2024

    Join host, Weston Davis, and Camp Monsters’ sound design magician, Nick Patri, as they dive into their favorite creatures from Season 6, reveal how Weston crafts his monster stories, and share a few behind-the-scenes surprises!…

  • The Rougarou

    34 min Season 6 Episode 8 31 October 2024

    Lucie’s visit to her friend Elodie’s hometown in Louisiana has been filled with vivid experiences: bold new flavors, lively conversations around the table, and day trips through the bayou behind Elodie’s family home. It’s been a great trip, but as her time the…

  • The Hodag

    34 min Season 6 Episode 7 24 October 2024

    In the quiet Northwoods of Wisconsin, a local taxidermist builds a bizarre, mish-mash creature to spark publicity and boost tourism. But when his odd creation mysteriously disappears, he suspects theft—until he uncovers the shocking truth of what really happen…

  • La Llorona

    39 min Season 6 Episode 6 17 October 2024

    A woman takes her young son, 'Nesto, to a riverside park in the Southwest, where they pass by an old woman dressed in black, weeping by the river...…

  • The Curse

    30 min Season 6 Episode 5 15 October 2024

    A pair of film buffs stumble upon an old western movie set hidden deep in the desert outside Los Angeles. But as they explore the abandoned remains, strange noises start to echo through the empty set...…

  • The Dover Demon

    32 min Season 6 Episode 4 3 October 2024

    Lena was taking a shortcut through the woods in Dover, Massachusetts, when something caught her eye—a pale figure with two round, black eyes, crouched on a wall, staring right at her...…

  • The Portal

    38 min Season 6 Episode 3 26 September 2024

    Mysterious disappearances have plagued the remote Beaver Dunes in Oklahoma's panhandle for years. Could it be the Devil’s Stovepipes—or something even more unsettling? Reports of eerie lights, voices of the vanished, and a mysterious creature emerging from the…

  • The Taos Hum

    41 min Season 6 Episode 2 19 September 2024

    Since arriving in Taos, New Mexico, Frank has been plagued by a persistent, irritating hum. Hoping to escape it, he drives to Santa Fe to revisit old memories—but the hum follows, culminating in a strange and unsettling experience.…

  • The Sea Ape

    36 min Season 6 Episode 1 12 September 2024

    Sailing through the majestic waters of southeast Alaska, the crew spots something lurking in the water—like a seal, but not. What starts as a curious sighting soon becomes a chilling fight for survival.…

  • Camp Monsters is Back for Season 6

    1 min Season 6 5 September 2024

    Camp Monsters podcast returns this September! This season, we’re venturing into the shadowy woods of Wisconsin, chasing an unexplainable hum in the Southwest, exploring an old haunted movie set near Los Angeles, and so much more……

  • Augerino

    32 min Season 5 Episode 5 8 November 2023

    BONUS EPISODE from the Camp Monsters live show at the REI Flagship store in Denver, Colorado.…

  • Fresno Nightcrawler

    33 min Season 5 Episode 4 25 October 2023

    One night in Fresno, California, Mateo's security camera caught strange, pale, billowy, disembodied legs walking across his front lawn. But when he looked out the window, there was nothing there...…

  • The Mujina

    29 min Season 5 Episode 3 18 October 2023

    Honolulu in the late '50s was changing about as fast as a place can change. People and money were pouring in as quickly as the new jets could fly them— so no one remembers what had once occupied the spot that was paved and set up as the Waialae Drive-In Movie …

  • Tommyknockers

    34 min Season 5 Episode 2 11 October 2023

    Lara just moved into a new house in an old coal-mining town in West Virginia. One night, she begins to hear sounds behind the walls of her basement bedroom. Knocking, knocking……

  • Tailypo

    34 min Season 5 Episode 1 4 October 2023

    An old man at his cabin in Appalachia finds a dried-out old relic of a strange experience long ago. A hunt in the nearby woods that ended in a terrifying, near-fatal encounter. All these years later he'd found the old relic again, where he'd tucked it in the b…

  • Camp Monsters is Back for Season 5

    1 min Season 5 27 September 2023

    Camp Monsters is back for season 5, and the monsters are more mysterious than ever. Tune in to hear tales of peculiar creatures wandering through neighborhood yards, a strange relic discovered in a cabin in the woods, unexplained knocking in the basement and m…

  • Behind the Scenes of Camp Monsters

    26 min Season 4 Episode 17 9 November 2022

    Join host Weston Davis for a behind the scenes look at the who, how and why of the Camp Monsters podcast! This is a BONUS EPISODE from Wes' interview on REI's Wild Ideas Worth Living podcast with host, Shelby Stanger. He spills the spooky tea and you don't wan…

  • Mothman

    41 min Season 4 Episode 16 26 October 2022

    Donald and Lydia moved into their first home together a little outside of Point Pleasant, West Virginia when Lydia started noticing strange occurrences— like the two skinny things, casting shadows in the light that streams under the front door. Shadows that l…

  • Gumberoo

    33 min Season 4 Episode 15 19 October 2022

    Up in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, you can smell a Gumberoo before you hear it– a smell just like woodsmoke: faint at first, then thicker and thicker, like a campfire gone wild. If you’re smart you’ll get out of the woods right then– because…

  • Lizard Man

    30 min Season 4 Episode 14 12 October 2022

    Something feels off about this raining night in South Carolina. You can't put your finger on it. Driving through the intersection, you catch something in the rearview mirror. Something bathed in the red of your brake lights, something moving fast, close behind…

  • Alkali Lake Monster

    41 min Season 4 Episode 13 5 October 2022

    Along the shores of Walgren Lake State Park in Nebraska, the wind is chilly and something seems off in the water. Little whirlpools are starting to form, like something is pushing the water around…something deep down in the lake...something far too big...…

  • Sharlie

    36 min Season 4 Episode 12 28 September 2022

    Iris was ice fishing on Payette Lake in McCall Idaho when suddenly, with an impact she could feel through her feet, something struck the ice beneath her...something greenish gray, and dark…and tipped with snapping teeth.…

  • Skunk Ape

    35 min Season 4 Episode 11 21 September 2022

    Molly, an adventurous dog visiting the Gulf Coast of Florida with her owner, realizes she may be in trouble when she finds herself in tall thick grass, thicker reeds, mud, and deep water. A perfect trap for the Skunk Ape.…

  • Hogzilla

    38 min Season 4 Episode 10 14 September 2022

    Beyond the high school football end zone, through that little gap in the fence, and all the way down the hill into the trees is where locals believe the legendary ghost hog lives. Landry, the small town football star, may find himself running from more than hi…

  • Melon Heads

    40 min Season 4 Episode 9 7 September 2022

    Across Fairfield County, Connecticut, whispers grow that back in the trees and forests, along lonely country lanes, live the “Melon Heads” — dangerous creatures known to lure and attack wayward outsiders. Trevor, a new mail carrier, found himself on an unfamil…

  • The Top Bunk

    34 min Season 4 Episode 8 10 August 2022

    You arrive late to camp and get placed in a room with a single bunkbed all by yourself. The idea of having your own space sounds nice, until you realize you’re not alone... and someone or something is occupying the top bunk……

  • The Shadowman

    33 min Season 4 Episode 7 3 August 2022

    You’re tucked away in your bunk at Camp Whileaway when you notice a shadowy figure in the corner of your room. You can’t take your eyes off it. You wish you could run, scream and cry out for help, but you know you won’t be able to… that’s one of the powers of …

  • The Signal Cabin

    34 min Season 4 Episode 6 27 July 2022

    A light in the darkness is usually a sign of a good thing—especially when you’re walking in the rain down a lonely old railway line in Tennessee. In this case, the light ahead is calling you toward something much less comforting.…

  • The Stowaway

    36 min Season 4 Episode 5 20 July 2022

    Your dim lantern casts a thousand shadows down here in the low, soggy hold of the sail-training ship Amphion. But there is only one moving shadow that interests you. As you approach it, you begin to wonder who or what you have cornered, because it's not what y…

  • Spirit Lake

    36 min Season 4 Episode 4 13 July 2022

    You’re supposed to be alone out here in the dark waters of Spirit Lake— the ranger ensured you there was nobody else. So why is there a strange glow across the lake? What is it coming from? Tonight you’ll find out.…

  • Thin Air

    34 min Season 4 Episode 3 6 July 2022

    We’re taking flight this week. Far up above the clouds where we come face-to-face with something we wish we hadn’t.…

  • The Cavern

    33 min Season 4 Episode 2 29 June 2022

    To battle the summer heat we're going underground. Where things are cool and quiet. A place where you might run into something that's been trapped for far too long.…

  • The Snipe

    40 min Season 4 Episode 1 22 June 2022

    This week we're heading to a summer camp in Mississippi. Where a group of campers decide to pull a prank on their bunk mate and something goes wrong. Horribly wrong.…

  • Introducing: Camp Monsters, Season 4

    2 min Season 4 Trailer 26 May 2022

    At the end of June 2022, we're kicking off our Camp Monsters Summer Camp. We've collected some of the best camp stories to create our first series of legendary summer camp creatures. You can take these episodes with you to the campfire, bunkhouses or whatever …

  • Char Man

    31 min Season 3 Episode 8 28 October 2021

    In our final episode of Camp Monsters, season three we're heading to Ojai, California. Unlike our usual campfire, we're gathering around an electric lantern because the hills surrounding us are tinder-dry, a fire waiting to happen. Once a wildfire gets started…

  • The Chicago Wolfman

    34 min Season 3 Episode 7 21 October 2021

    Back in 2014 in the midnight alleys in Chicago, people began to encounter something larger than the raccoons and coyote that are sometimes seen around the area. Something like a dog—or a wolf—but larger. Something that should walk on four legs but was seen wal…

  • The Sunnyvale Haunting

    17 min Season 3 18 October 2021

    In this bonus episode we're gathering around a digital campfire in the new REI Co-op store in Sunnyvale. What's so special about this store? We're glad you asked. This store has a haunted reputation. Previous tenants have complained of flickering lights, unusu…

  • The Black Horse Dog

    34 min Season 3 Episode 6 14 October 2021

    The eastern part of Montana is flat, empty and full of a subtle kind of beauty. It's a place where the sky is big and the silence is bigger. A place where your mind can play tricks on you if your car happens to break down on the side of the road in the growing…

  • Colossal Claude

    36 min Season 3 Episode 5 7 October 2021

    Imagine that you're huddled on the deck of a ship with the wind and rain beating down on you. The waves are crashing and it feels like the boat is going to vibrate apart beneath your feet. We're offshore of the Oregon territory a place called the graveyard of …

  • The Mill Thing

    37 min Season 3 Episode 4 30 September 2021

    Tonight we're camping out in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Surrounded by fall colors, woodsmoke and the sound of a distant river. A river that holds more than just fish and cool water. If you follow that river a few miles downstream, you'll come upon a…

  • The Traveler

    35 min Season 3 Episode 3 23 September 2021

    Airports at night can be a bit... unsettling. When the shops are closed and the concourse is mostly empty — dark corners and abandoned corridors. The Denver airport may be the most unsettling of them all. There are as many stories about this airport as there a…

  • The Firwood Reflection

    33 min Season 3 Episode 2 16 September 2021

    Can you see your reflection in the window? Like a ghost standing just outside in the night, looking back at you. It’s a trick the light plays, when you’re inside looking out on a night as dark as this one. One of many tricks light can play — some stranger than…

  • The Beast of Truro

    42 min Season 3 Episode 1 9 September 2021

    Here we are on Cape Cod, around a crackling fire on one of the only beaches on the Cape where fires are allowed: Head of the Meadow Beach, just outside Truro. A pleasant and welcoming place, in my opinion. I shouldn’t spoil a night like this with a story as fr…

  • Sasquatch - Part Four

    19 min Season 3 19 August 2021

    Our third full season of Camp Monsters will start in September, thanks to our sponsors at YETI. In the meantime, we figured we'd give you a short bonus series to tide you over. And while you think you might know everything there is to know about Sasquatch, thi…

  • Sasquatch - Part Three

    20 min Season 3 15 July 2021

    Our third full season of Camp Monsters will start in September, thanks to our sponsors at YETI. In the meantime, we figured we'd give you a handful of stories to tide you over. And while you think you might know everything there is to know about Sasquatch, thi…

  • Sasquatch - Part Two

    13 min Season 3 17 June 2021

    Our third full season of Camp Monsters will start in September, thanks to our sponsors at YETI. In the meantime, we figured we'd give you a handful of stories to tide you over. And while you think you might know everything there is to know about Sasquatch, thi…

  • Sasquatch - Part One

    16 min Season 3 27 May 2021

    Our third full season of Camp Monsters will start in September, thanks to our sponsors at YETI. In the meantime, we figured we'd give you a handful of stories to tide you over. And while you think you might know everything there is to know about Sasquatch, thi…

  • Season Three Trailer

    1 min Season 3 Promo 14 April 2021

    Camp Monsters will be back this September with a full third season, sponsored by our friends at YETI. To keep you entertained until the full season launches, we are releasing a four-part series about the legendary Sasquatch starting in May.…

  • Mini Monster: Krampus

    20 min Season 2 23 December 2020

    This Mini Monster episode takes us to the country of Austria, and the year 1709. It's the night before Christmas in a forgotten valley high in the mountains of Carinthia. It's a black, cold night. And we're about to learn about the creature that haunts the cas…

  • The Dark Divide: Sasquatch

    20 min Season 2 18 November 2020

    We're sure you’ve all heard of the Sasquatch. Possibly the best-known legendary creature of all time, with entire groups dedicated to finding it. There have even been scientists who have dedicated their life to proving that Bigfoot does indeed walk this earth.…

  • Boo

    29 min Season 2 Episode 8 28 October 2020

    Down along the coast of South Carolina, the people of the Sea Islands have a name for that dream that some of them have. They call it the “Boo,” and it’s been around for a very long time. As long as anyone can remember. And the strange thing is that, just i…

  • Hidebehind

    32 min Season 2 Episode 7 21 October 2020

    What is the Hidebehind supposed to be? Just what it sounds like: a creature you never see directly, that always ducks back behind the nearest tree or rock when you turn to look at it. It sounds harmless enough, but so does any nightmare once you’re awake. A…

  • Mole

    28 min Season 2 Episode 6 14 October 2020

    Bring a flashlight. Or a headlamp, if you have one. Bring a sweater, no matter what the weather is like outside. The further we go, the cooler and darker it will get. Bring boots too, the higher the better. The walls and ceilings drip and ooze, the floors…

  • The Letiche

    30 min Season 2 Episode 5 7 October 2020

    You’re out swimming when you feel a pinch on your leg. Is it a harmless fish or something a bit more sinister? Meet this week’s Camp Monster… The Letiche. A creature that lurks in the swamps and bayous of Louisiana.…

  • Shunka Warakin

    30 min Season 2 Episode 4 30 September 2020

    In this episode we’re going out right to the very edge of the firelight, watching and listening. We’ll go out where others swear they’ve seen something, heard something … something ancient, large, and threatening. Something from those dark old times when some…

  • Mogollon Monster

    27 min Season 2 Episode 3 23 September 2020

    If you’re looking for a beautiful sunset, go to the Mogollon Rim in Arizona. They call it the Rim because that’s what it is: the rim of the giant Colorado plateau, where it drops off into the pine forest lowlands below. Most of the Rim is National Forest, so…

  • Creature at Owl Creek

    33 min Season 2 Episode 2 16 September 2020

    You've probably heard the fairy tale about the troll under the bridge, but have you heard of the creature at Owl Creek? This monster is rumored to haunt an abandoned train track in the Kentucky wilderness.…

  • The Dark Watcher

    34 min Season 2 Episode 1 9 September 2020

    There are certain places around the country where you can never feel sure. The central coast of California is one of those places — a desolate, rugged, beautiful area where there have long been whispers about something haunting the cliffs. An outline, a figure…

  • Season 2: New Monsters Starting September 9th

    1 min Season 2 27 August 2020

    This season we'll go to the coast of the Carolinas and the cliff edges of California. From underground creatures lurking beneath New York City to a monster that sneaks up on you while you're fast asleep... it's a lineup you won't forget. Gather 'round the fire…

  • Mini Monster: Chupacabra

    19 min Season 2 5 August 2020

    We’re very excited to announce that YETI, known for their ridiculously strong and durable coolers, bottles, bags, chairs, and other much-needed outdoor gear, is this season’s sponsor.…

  • Mini Monster: Basilisk

    22 min Season 2 8 July 2020

    This month we are traveling to Europe, to tell the story of a creature that has haunted that continent for centuries. Nowadays it is the stuff of legend, the kind of thing you see on old coats-of-arms or hear about in the colorful tales of local folklore. Bu…

  • Re-Release: Batsquatch

    30 min Season 2 16 June 2020

    Summer is right around the corner which means it’s time for campfires, s’mores and spooky tales. Even if it’s just in your own backyard, there’s something very special about gathering around the fire to tell stories late into the night.…

  • Mini Monster: The Brooklyn Beast

    21 min Season 2 26 May 2020

    This month, we’re doing something a bit different. Our friends over at West Elm—you know, the ones with all the great furniture and home decor—reached out and asked us if we could find out more about a creature that washed up near their corporate headquarters …

  • Kids' Edition: The Batsquatch

    6 min Season 2 30 April 2020

    One of Camp Monsters biggest fan, a 4.5-year-old named Albie, was given the opportunity to record his version of season one's Batsquatch, a creature that was born from the ashes of the Mt. St. Helens explosion. While somewhat unintelligible, this version of a …

  • Mini Monster: Kongamato

    10 min Season 2 20 April 2020

    Deep in the wilds of Zambia, Tanzania, and Congo, there are stories of a creature that exists beyond the furthest bounds of known science. First-person accounts trickle out of something fearsome, something prehistoric, that calls the skies over the rivers and …

  • Mini Monster Episode: Am Fear Liath Mor

    12 min Season 2 6 March 2020

    We're back! Well sort of. Because we know monsters are an all year interest, we're bringing you our mini-monster series; a new story every month that'll keep you spooked until our new full-length season launches in September.…

  • The Jersey Devil

    36 min Season 1 Episode 8 24 October 2019

    There are more than just birds and shadows in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. For centuries, legends have told of a cursed, winged creature that haunts the Barrens by night, terrifying visitors and residents alike.…

  • The Snallygaster

    30 min Season 1 Episode 7 22 October 2019

    In the 1700s the United States was full of mysterious creatures that kept people wary of dark woods and unexplored territories. And for good reason. In the woods of the North East there were rumors about a mysterious creature that was haunting the local reside…

  • The Ozark Howler

    29 min Season 1 Episode 6 17 October 2019

    Hiking through the Ozarks will lead to breathtaking views and comforting silence. But when the silence if broken by the eerie call of the Ozark Howler, you’ll find yourself running for safety. This story is for anyone who has caught sight of something out of t…

  • Loveland Frogman

    25 min Season 1 Episode 5 15 October 2019

    Down by a river in Loveland, Ohio you’ll find the typical things: birds, frogs, crickets and the smell of the evening air. And then you’ll get a whiff of something that doesn’t smell right—something sweet and dry and … not pleasant. Local rumors state that the…

  • Thunderbird

    33 min Season 1 Episode 4 10 October 2019

    The Great Plains are known for their flat lands and big skies. There’s no place for a mysterious creature to hide in that great wide open … or so you thought. There’s something hiding in the flashing lightning and rumbling thunder at the very heart of the stor…

  • Slide Rock Bolter

    30 min Season 1 Episode 3 8 October 2019

    The mountains of Colorado have always been a quiet and rugged place but in the 1880s it drew a crowd with the promise of silver. Mining is dangerous work, but these men ran into more than the usual hazards. They stumbled upon something with fire-red eyes and a…

  • Tahoe Tessie

    23 min Season 1 Episode 2 3 October 2019

    When you go to Lake Tahoe, chances are you’ll see Tahoe Tessie. She’s a sea monster and a minor mascot for the area—pasted on the sides of buses, restaurant menus and adorning knick knacks in every gift shop.…

  • The Batsquatch

    28 min Season 1 Episode 1 1 October 2019

    After the blast of Mount Saint Helens, the area around the mountain was filled with ash and silence. And then something began to appear in this barren landscape. It always came at night and it was always accompanied by a terrible silence. This week’s tale is f…

  • Camp Monsters: Coming October 1, 2019

    1 min Season 1 6 September 2019

    Join us by the fire as we try to scare each other with stories about those things you hear pass too close to your tent late at night or what made that sudden rustle in the bushes as you walked by. Every part of the country has its own legends to explain what i…

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