Tales Trails and Taverns Podcast

Tales Trails and Taverns Podcast

Welcome to the Tales, Trails and Taverns Podcast! join us as we explore the eerie, the abandoned, and the downright creepy. From haunted trails to forgotten taverns. we dive headfirst into the mysteries that linger in the shadows. Each Episode, we share our firsthand experiences, uncover the rich history of these places, and bring you the chilling ghost stories that make them unforgettable. So grab your flashlight, lace up your boots, and pour yourself a drink- adventure awaits in the unexplored corners of the past. This is Tales, Trails and Taverns, where the stories are as haunted as the places we visit. Hiking Stories by "Tales Trails and Taverns" Written and Produced by Joseph Gelinas Additinal writing by Robert Travers Get the book, Haunted New England. https://amzn.to/41LJASe visit the Blog. www.talestrailsandtaverns.com Join the Supporters club for ad free shows https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tales-trails-and-taverns-podcast--6437578/support

Episodes

February 2, 2026 63 mins
In this episode, Rob takes the lead on a deep dive into Profile Rock in Assonet, Massachusetts—one of the most iconic and symbolically charged landmarks in the region.
Often referred to as the “Old Man of the Bay,” Profile Rock has long been tied to Native American history and is deeply connected to the events of King Philip’s War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in early New England history. Rob explores the legend of Metacomet (Kin...
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In this solo episode, Joe ventures into the eerie history and living legend of Charles Island in Milford, Connecticut—a place only reachable by a vanishing land bridge and steeped in centuries of curses, pirate lore, and whispered warnings.
Drawing from firsthand experience, Joe recounts his journey across the tombolo at low tide, exploring the island’s overgrown trails, forgotten wells, and crumbling remnants of past settlements. A...
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Rob takes Joe deep into one of the darkest and least-discussed crime sprees in Massachusetts history: the Carl Drew murders. Between 1979 and 1980, a series of brutal killings unfolded in and around Fall River and the Freetown State Forest Reservation—an area already steeped in violent history, whispers of cult activity, and long-standing paranormal lore.
Rob lays out the timeline of the crimes, the victims, and the disturbing patte...
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January 12, 2026 72 mins
In this episode of Tales, Trails & Taverns, Joe sits down with longtime friend and fellow podcaster Dayvid Salinas—host of Dayvid Don’t Know and co-host of Won Nothing Podcast, Weird Java in the Morning, and The Reel Verdict.
What starts as a catch-up between two creators quickly spirals into a wide-ranging, late-night conversation steeped in high strangeness. Joe and Dayvid trade stories of haunted taverns, ride-share encounter...
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In this episode of Tales, Trails and Taverns, the hosts pull back the curtain between science fiction and conspiracy as they dive deep into Stranger Things and its real-world inspiration: the Montauk Project. What begins as a discussion about the emotional pull of the series quickly spirals into darker territory—psychic experiments, alleged mind control programs, government secrecy, and unsettling theories surrounding time travel.
T...
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December 29, 2025 57 mins
In this episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Joe and Rob journey deep into the Amazon—and deeper into one of exploration’s greatest mysteries: the disappearance of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett. A disciplined British Army officer turned obsessive explorer, Fawcett became convinced that an ancient civilization—known only as the Lost City of Z—once thrived in the heart of the jungle.
The hosts explore Fawcett’s background, his reli...
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December 22, 2025 63 mins
In this episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Rob takes Joe down one of the darkest rabbit holes in modern American history — Project MKUltra.
Together, they explore how the CIA’s secret mind-control experiments began, what the agency claimed to be studying, and how far those experiments may have gone behind closed doors.
From government-sanctioned psychological warfare and drug testing to the disturbing involvement of figures like ...
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December 15, 2025 56 mins
In this episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Joe takes Rob deep down the rabbit hole of the GATE program—an educational initiative originally designed to challenge and support gifted students. But along the way, the conversation takes a much darker and more unsettling turn.
Why do so many former GATE students, across different states and decades, report strikingly similar memories? Being pulled from class into darkened rooms. Men ...
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December 8, 2025 53 mins
This week on Tales, Trails, and Taverns, things get a little darker than usual—because Rob is taking us deep below the surface of the internet and into the shadowy corridors of the dark web.
Joe sits back as Rob explains what the dark web actually is, how it works, and why it exists—far beyond the myths, urban legends, and Hollywood exaggerations.
But that’s just the beginning. From there, we dive into chilling, real accounts from pe...
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In this episode, Rob and Joe head deep into one of Massachusetts’ most storied—and unsettling—historical sites: Tewksbury State Hospital. Once a sprawling almshouse and later one of the state’s largest medical institutions, Tewksbury’s history is layered with hardship, controversy, and thousands of forgotten lives.
Joe takes listeners through the 150-year history of the hospital—from its beginnings as an overcrowded refuge for the p...
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In this Thanksgiving episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Joe and Rob dive deep into two of the Northeast’s most mysterious and myth-soaked locations: Camp Hero in Montauk and Plum Island, just off the coast of Long Island. Both places have rich, complicated histories—military experiments, secret research, Cold War paranoia—and both have sparked some of the wildest conspiracy theories of the last half-century.
Joe explores the ori...
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In Part Two of our conversation with Erica—lead villain of The Rez, urban explorer, and paranormal investigator—we go even deeper into the shadows that followed her home.
Joe and Rob pick up where they left off, as Erica reveals chilling details about the aftermath of filming inside the haunted Freetown State Forest—including the unsettling presence she believes may have attached itself to her after production wrapped.
From strange s...
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In this special two-part episode of Tales, Trails & Taverns, Joe and Rob sit down with Erica — the lead villain from Rob’s upcoming horror film The Rez — to dive into the real-life darkness behind the role. Erica isn’t just an actress with a talent for unsettling performances… she’s also an avid urban explorer and seasoned paranormal investigator with stories that blur the line between acting and authentic terror.
Together, the ...
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November 10, 2025 50 mins
In this special episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Joe and Rob — both proud U.S. Marine veterans — raise a glass to the birthplace of the Corps: Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They dive into the history of the legendary tavern, where on November 10, 1775, the Continental Marines were first recruited under Captain Samuel Nicholas.
The episode explores how this unassuming colonial tavern became the cornerstone of Marine...
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November 3, 2025 21 mins
In this eerie solo episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Joe takes listeners deep into the shadowed halls of one of New England’s most legendary haunted destinations — The Omni Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
From its lavish beginnings in the early 1900s to the tragic tale of its original owners, Joe explores the hotel’s rich and sometimes chilling history. He tells the story of Caroline Stickney, the elegan...
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In the chilling conclusion to this two-part Tales, Trails, and Taverns special, Joe welcomes paranormal investigator and urban explorer Heather Lopez to discuss what unfolded during the investigation of his family’s 150-year-old Cape Cod homestead.
Heather shares her firsthand experiences inside the Baker house — the heavy, watchful energy that filled each room, and the unmistakable presence of Nellie Baker and other spirits who sti...
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In this emotional and eerie first part of a two-part Tales, Trails, and Taverns special, Rob and Joe turn their attention to a deeply personal investigation — the Baker family homestead on Cape Cod. Standing for over 150 years, this once-proud house has sheltered six generations of Joe’s family, but time and neglect have left it weathered, broken, and shrouded in mystery.
Joe opens up about what it felt like to step back into the ho...
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In this festive Halloween episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Rob and Joe trade candy for commentary as they share their must-see and must-not-see Halloween movies!
From cult classics like Halloween and Trick ‘r Treat to seasonal favorites like Hocus Pocus and The Nightmare Before Christmas, the guys dive into what makes each film a hit—or a total miss.
They also debate the hidden charm (or chaos) of Hubie Halloween and the nostal...
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In this episode of Tales, Trails, and Taverns, Joe takes Rob deep into the heart of the Bridgewater Triangle to uncover the mysteries surrounding Dighton Rock, the strange, carved boulder that has puzzled historians, explorers, and locals for centuries.
Nestled along the banks of the Taunton River in Berkley, Massachusetts, this ancient rock bears mysterious inscriptions whose origins remain hotly debated—were they carved by Indigen...
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This week, things didn’t go as planned—and that might be an understatement. Rob and Joe had a full episode ready to go… until a technical nightmare hit. Rob’s entire audio file refused to download, disappearing into the digital void without explanation.
So rather than leave listeners hanging, Joe hit record solo and took you deep into one of New England’s most quietly haunted landmarks: the Hornbine School in Rehoboth, Massachusetts...
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