TELL ME A STORY: THE TRUE LIFE OF JAKOB STANLEY – Details, episodes & analysis

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 found-footage horror podcast.

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartradio, Amazon, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/jakobstanleypod

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

The following is the podcast description as written by its creators: /// TELL ME A STORY: THE “TRUE” LIFE OF JAKOB STANLEY is a documentary about the life of beloved 1980s children's author Jakob Stanley, whose collections of horror short stories and poems outsold every other children’s book for almost two decades. As his mainstream popularity waned, Stanley's work, now out of print, reached cult status among a community of die-hard horror fans. The reclusive Jakob Stanley seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth ... until a short two-line death announcement appeared in a small town Pennsylvania paper. ///END/// 

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Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

/// Episode 10 Notes: THX Chuck, love the team work. | BIG NEWS. Whitaker got confirmation that there IS an unpublished Stanley manuscript! We don't seem to have it in our stuff from Jane's, but it friggen exists. /// END ///

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Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

ATTENTION

Upon learning that we received new audio from our podcast tip line, the police have formally requested time to review the new material before we share it with the public. I have informed the Iphigenia county police department that they have until September before I release these newly recovered sound files.

We will return with these new episodes starting September 7th. In the interim, we will be updating this podcast feed with messages received via our tip line and any additional developments. So, stay tuned.

We will soon be releasing a special bonus episode courtesy of the television program “America Unanswered.” The show's producers are allowing us to re-air the episode “Following The Light: Pennsylvania’s Croatoan” in the hopes it will help provide insight into the relatively unknown religious sect The Light, who ran Porter Township's Mendenhall Institute.

We are breaking from the recovered files of “Tell Me a Story: The True Life of Jakob Stanley” to share a bonus episode of the 1985 investigative TV series “America Unanswered.” The show’s producers have granted us permission to re-air the program in the hopes that the episode entitled “Following The Light - Pennsylvania’s Croatoan,” will aid in the investigation by providing insight into the relatively unknown religious sect "The Light" who ran Porter Township's Mendenhall Institute.

Please rate, review and subscribe on your podcatcher of choice. 

Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/jakobstanleypod

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

This week we are breaking from the recovered files of “Tell Me a Story: The True Life of Jakob Stanley” to share an episode of the 1985 investigative TV series “America Unanswered.” The show’s producers have granted us permission to re-air the program in the hopes that this episode entitled “Following The Light - Pennsylvania’s Croatoan,” will aid in the investigation by providing insight into the relatively unknown religious sect "The Light" who ran Porter Township's Mendenhall Institute.

https://www.inappropriatefilm.com/america-unanswered

Special thanks to the team of “America Unanswered”: Adam Files, Hope Cartelli, Jeff Lewonczyk, Morgan Zipf-Meister, Stephanie Cox-Connolly & Basil Lewonczyk-Cartelli

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Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

 /// Episode 11 Notes: Tired. | All right. We may have it. (Hard stress on the "may".) We are so friggen tired right now I just don't even know anymore, we haven't been to bed in so long. We are getting out of Porter. It's not safe. /// END ///

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Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

 /// Episode 12 Notes: We haven't slept, we haven't eaten. | Friggen cops. We need to leave as soon as possible, but can barely function right now. Thank jeebus Wallace is coming over with dinner. We are so getting the hell outta here. /// END ///

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Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

 /// Episode 13 Notes: In the car. Getting out of town. | Wallace still has all the stufff from Janne's. So we are going there to get alll gthe stuff andajhf jjkj\ka;hgiW /// END ///

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Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

 /// Episode 14 Notes: ambulance. /// END ///

Please rate, review and subscribe on your podcatcher of choice. 

Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.

/// Episode 15 Notes: PLEASE SEND HELP - MENDENHALL INSTITUTE /// END ///

Please rate, review and subscribe on your podcatcher of choice. 

Produced by: Silvia Whitaker, Jessi Gotta & Patrick Shearer in association with Strange Midnight AV.

Sound Design by: Patrick Shearer

Written by: Jessi Gotta

Research Team: Iracel Rivero, Rocio Mendez, Jordan Tierney, Christopher Yustin, Alyssa Simon, Rebecca Comtois, Adam Files & Pete Boisvert

► Website: www.jakobstanley.com/

► IG: www.instagram.com/jakobstanleypodcast/

► Support: https://ko-fi.com/strangemidnightav

► Transcripts: www.jakobstanley.com/

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.