Strangerville

This time in Strangerville, Meg and Eli are very bad at business. And a woman has a terrifying experience navigating a highway. Story: Manhole, by Laney Hawes (Music by Jackson F. Smith [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag] ) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive Join our Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/StrangervillePodcast] https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_155_Manhole_2.mp3

This time in Strangerville, Meg and Eli are now at a point in their lives when the gifts that make them cry the biggest tears of joy are wooden spoons and snow blowers. And a woman recounts her wild journey that started with an adoption and ended with a secret. Story: To Be A Secret, by Kelsey music by Gillicuddy [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/Plays_Guitar_Again/01-adventure-darling] Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter Join our Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/Strangerville

This time in Strangerville, doggy dental care is stressful, Eli and Meg are personally close with all of the Peloton instructors, and a woman remembers taking an Amish family on a camping trip nearly two decades ago. Story Amish, by Rachel Harris (Music by Michael Chapman [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Michael_Chapman/Live_on_WFMUs_Surface_Noise_with_Joe_McGasko_-_September_25_2014/Chapman_Michael_-_01_-_Strangers_Map_Of_Texas] ) Produced by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsy

This time in Strangerville, Valentine’s Day is a perfect opportunity for Eli’s husband to scam Eli, Meg was the kind of girl in high school who watched I Love The 80s on VH1, and a woman recounts her harrowing journey visiting an unconventional dentist. Story: The Butchar, by Jesslyn Poulson (Music by Jackson F. Smith [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag] ) Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville

This time in Strangerville, Meg’s children thinks she might be having an affair with Eli, why do people work so much?, and Eli recounts a memory of seeing locals show up on early reality television programs. Story: Utah’s Reality Pioneers, by Eli McCann (music by Loco [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/Salad_Mixed/allright-in-louisiana-instrumental-id-1303] ) Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_151_Utah_Reality_Pioneers_2.m

This time in Strangerville, someone shared a recipe for “Just In Case” cookies online and Meg and Eli are very upset. A man has a run in with a dangerous cartel in Mexico. And Meg and Eli are lucky to have survived several close calls while living in eastern Europe. Story Cartel, by Tim Stricklan, music by Gillicuddy [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/Plays_Guitar_Again/01-adventure-darling] Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Eip

This time in Strangerville, there was an inauguration and it was peaceful, Meg and Eli discuss career crises, and Rebbie Brassfield shares her experience of feeling very unqualified to create an ad campaign for Pepsi. Story Selling Sex As A Virgin, by Rebbie Brassfield (Music by Less Hayden [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Les_Hayden/Proverbs_1720/Les_Hayden_-_Proverbs_-_09_Three_1479] ) Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_149_Sell

This time in Strangerville, it’s our fifth birthday! Eli tries to convince a skeptical Meg that we are in for more peaceful times. And a woman deserves the Purple Heart for surviving what must be the worst dates that have ever happened. Story Four Dating Rules, by The Suzzzz Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_148_Four_Dating_Rules_3.mp3

This time in Strangerville, how was your Insurrection Day? Meg and Eli discuss it. And Eli shares a story about what it felt like to close out 2020. Story A New Kind of Peace, by Eli McCann (music by Our Friendly Beasts [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Some_Serious_Folk_and_the_Pernicious_Pennywhistle] ) Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_147_A_New_Kind_of_Peace_3.mp3

This time in Strangerville, please please please do not take any medical advice from Strangerville. Please. We don’t know what we’re talking about and we don’t want anyone to die because of things we’ve said. Also, enjoy Eli’s story about how he tried to get his husband to believe in ghosts. Story: The Mink Creek Ghost, by Eli McCann (music by Loyalty Freak Music [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/Hello_Regan_] ) Production by E

This time in Strangerville, Meg and Eli are pro Big Brother and hereby welcome government surveillance into their lives. Also, a woman finds herself in a bind when her mother sets her up for a sleepover with a girl from school she barely knows. Story Sleepover, by LRE (music by Ayla Nereo [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ayla_Nereo/By_the_Light_of_the_Dark_Moon/Ayla_Nereo_-_By_the_Light_of_the_D_3] ) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/str

This time in Strangerville, a crime has been committed and it involves ice cream and marital tension. And a man shares his recipe for smoked oregano and college hijinks. Story: Rocky Mountain High, by Scott (music by ProleteR [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ProleteR/Curses_From_The_Past/ProleteR_-_01_-_April_Showers] ) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_144_Rocky_Mountain_High_2.mp3

This time in Strangerville, 2020 has ruined our ability to actually gauge our own productivity, Meg is terrified for her child to become a teenage boy one day, and a woman ends up at the center of a police investigation after stumbling upon a shocking scene in her college apartment. Story Dead Cow, by Laney Hawes (Music by Jackson F. Smith [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag] ) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://tra

This time in Strangerville, Eli urges you not to take prescription medications that aren’t for you. Meg agrees, and is disappointed. And a roll down memory lane in Utah’s musty skating rink. Story Classic Skating, by Eli McCann (music by Gillicuddy [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/Plays_Guitar/03-pony]) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_142_Classic_Skating.mp3

This time in Strangerville, we discuss Four Seasons Total Landscaping and our attempts to disconnect from the news of the day for our own survival. Plus, a story from Eli about playing the recorder in fourth grade. Story: The Beehive State, by Eli McCann (music by Gillicuddy [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/Plays_Guitar/03-pony]) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_141_The_Beehive_State_2.mp3

This time in Strangerville, Meg visits Skinwalker Ranch and it is CREEPY. Also, two women recount the terrifying experience of trying to expel a ghost from their house. Story: Smoking Photograph, by Emily Clark and Karen Peterson (music by Loyalty Freak Music [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/Hello_Regan_] ) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_140_Smoking_

This time in Strangerville, the British tabloids are eating Meg and Eli alive this week. And a man goes on a journey to solve a mystery after visiting a haunted house in Idaho. Story Haunted House Mystery, by Kyle Treasure (music by Loyalty Freak Music [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/Hello_Regan_] ) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_139_Haunted_House_M

This time in Strangerville, Eli thinks you should probably vote to retain your judges, Meg gave some bad medical advice and now you all have tuberculosis, and a woman receives a postcard from beyond the grave. Story: Haunted Postcard, by Emily Tsitrian (music by Loyalty Freak Music [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/Hello_Regan_] ) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, & The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangervil

This time in Strangerville, Meg and Eli did not do well in gym class. And Eli tells the story of plowing through the Boy Scout manual with his mother to get his Eagle as quickly as possible. Story: Boy Scouts of America, by Eli McCann (music by Gillicuddy [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/Plays_Guitar/03-pony]) Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, and The Beehive https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_137_Scouting_2.mp3

This time in Strangerville, the entire government has covid, Meg and Eli recall Eastern European superstitions, and a woman recounts the gripping tale of being awake for an emergency appendectomy in Latvia in 2003. Story Latvian Hospital, by Laney Hawes Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/strangerville/Episode_136_Latvian_Hospital_2.mp3