Dark Winter Nights

Hear amazing true stories from Alaska told by the people who experienced them!

Young Love

Anne Lilley tries to sleep at night under an ant farm made of voles and Gwen Helms accidentally bearsprays her maid of honor.

09-27
29:01

A Step Too Far

Laura Reed gets rescued by the US Army and Melissa Shippey misses her exit while mushing in the backwoods of Alaska.

06-01
29:01

Exceeding Expectations

Dave Frey gets trapped in the wilderness with four boys from the Fairbanks Youth Facility medium security jail and David Bowen sees something in a reclusive student that no other teachers have seen.

04-27
29:01

Frontier Justice

Peggy Sullivan performs an exorcism so she can go to lunch and defense attorney Bill Satterberg ends up on the defense himself.

04-07
29:01

(Repeat) Origin Story

Ryan Peterson takes a DNA test to see if he’s predisposed to any health issues and ends up finding his birth family.

03-26
28:53

Live from Nome!

Burr Lemare, Patty Burchell, and Ken Hughes all share amazing stories from Nome, Alaska!

01-26
29:01

Pay Your Taxes if you Want to Live!

Jenny Brown gets a valuable lesson in wilderness survival and Dan Flodin learns where his tax dollars went.

01-05
29:00

Man-Made Disasters

Pat Levy tries to prevent the worst man-made disaster in Alaska and Chris Zwolinski almost starts one.

12-10
29:01

The Ghost in the Garage

Art Warbelow thinks he’s got a ghost in his garage, but his sister Cyndie knows better.

11-08
29:01

Awkward Encounters

Randi Carnahan discovers to her horror that she doesn’t know that much about beavers and Bruce Miller zips up more than he bargained for.

09-28
29:01

Car Trouble

Kaiti Ott turns her car into a fishbowl and Ashley Carrick breaks the cardinal rule of Alaska: Don’t Drive Naked.

04-28
30:31

America's Farthest North Little Free Libraries

Correspondent Ryan Peterson explores the little free libraries of Fairbanks and interviews their creators.

04-09
29:00

Ladder Dude!

David Rockney witnesses how a ladder truck can make a bad situation much worse and Jenn Jenkins’ friends think a ladder is going to literally eat her leg.

02-18
29:00

Squirrel, Squirrel, Bigfoot

Harper O’Brien’s grandfather gets scared by a squirrel in bear’s clothing, host Rob Prince discovers squirrels have an appetite for mushrooms and breaking and entering, and Glenner Anderson finds out why the Finding Bigfoot Reality TV show never finds Bigfoot.

01-27
29:00

Happy Mother’s Day 2023

Putt Clark’s mom makes her family to the most disgusting archaeological dig in history and Ryan Peterson tells the story of the Mother’s Day gift that refuses to quit giving.

05-28
29:00

Lessons Learned

Richard Dickman and his brother teach themselves how to fly WHILE FLYING, and Ryan learns how background checks work in Alaska.

05-11
29:00

Don’t Let Go

Jessica Thomas barely survives when her pickup truck goes through the ice, but it turns out to be just the start of her problems.

03-30
29:00

Silver Linings

Atileo Frizzera accidentally becomes the poster boy for chainsaw chaps and Karl Monetti takes advantage of a plane crash to recruit a rugby player.

02-27
29:00

Awkward Situations

Lorien Nettleton gets auctioned off in the Talkeetna Bachelor Auction Matthew Sturm decides the best way to make it through a tricky kayaking situation is to get naked.

02-18
28:59

Close Encounters of the Fuzzy Kind

Ray Smith runs with a pack of wolves and Jan Hanscomb finds it hard to rid her house of an uninvited bear.

02-17
29:00

English._with_.ANIL

OMG, this was FUNNY 🤣. really nice. I've never done such a thing but it was a funny and very terrifying story. Thank you for sharing this. I just finished this course called the craft of storytelling and I had to listen to the podcast to get the full experience, and I'm glad I did. I can't wait to here about the other stories.

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PotatoCouch

this episode is awesome

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PotatoCouch

amazing!

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monnie🤬

Sad.I would have definitely gotten rid of "Kevin" as my friend.It doesn't take that long to get a light.His little friend left him there to scream.I promise he was laughing his ass off about it the whole time he was yelling for him.........What an adult you were, Kevin.Hope your mom is proud.Twirp.

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monnie🤬

Oh, this made my heart hurt.Thank You for sharing your Life story and may they both always be with you.❤❤❤

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