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RUN, FOOL!

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Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney!  Out of the terrifying mind of Rodney Barnes comes RUN, FOOL!, a weekly compendium of grisly and harrowing tales guaranteed to make you scream. Pull up a seat at the campfire and lean in for a new breed of modern ghost story. If you get too scared ... RUN, FOOL! From the page to the screen – and now straight to your ears – Rodney Barnes has created genre defining stories about monsters, demons, vampires, and the occult. With RUN, FOOL!, every week he’ll tell a new story, each of a different place and period, all equally frightening - and all brought together with gripping and immersive sound design. New episodes every Tuesday. RUN, FOOL! is presented by Ballen Studios, Campside Media, and At Will Media.

Episodes

The Phantom Hitchhiker

When Rodney was trying to break into Hollywood in his early 20s, he'd often drive from Maryland to LA through the barren, dusty backroads of the Southwest. Then he had an inexplicable encounter with a hitchhiker that convinced him to avoid the desert route. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 06, 202430 minEp. 13

The Monster of Chesapeake Bay

A father and son go out on a routine crabbing excursion in the Chesapeake Bay when their boat begins to rock violently. They initially write it off as some rogue wave, but then they see the shadow of a massive snake-like creature glide by. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 30, 202428 minEp. 12

Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp

Rodney meets Hank, a blogger who’s made a career out of debunking local legends, at the annual Lizard Man Festival in Bishopville, South Carolina. The pair head into the nearby swamps to uncover the truth behind one of the most lethal monsters. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 23, 202428 minEp. 11

Boo Hags

Miri begins to have terrible nightmares and sleep paralysis when she moves into a new house in rural Georgia. She isn’t too concerned about it at first, but then she encounters something that literally gets under her skin. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 16, 202432 minEp. 10

Goatman

Rodney revisits a story his grandma used to tell him about a local goat farmer who was taken in the night and hanged off the Kootenai County Bridge. Although that night was the end of the farmer’s life, it was the beginning of something far more terrifying. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 09, 202436 minEp. 9

Dead Children’s Playground

Rodney drives to an eerie playground in Huntsville, Alabama where he encounters a pediatric nurse seeking solace. When she’s lured into a spectral world, she finds herself grappling with the boundary between the living and the dead. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 02, 202429 minEp. 8

The Jersey Devil

When a master poker player gets unlucky in a seedy underground gambling ring, a couple of mobsters drop him deep in the woods of New Jersey. Then he hears a tortured shriek. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 19, 202335 minEp. 7

The Little Girl on Knock-Knock Road

Roger finds himself wrestling with a dark secret when he decides to take the long way home from dinner with his wife. Suddenly, a chilling knock on their car’s window changes everything. Turns out, Roger isn’t the only one hiding a secret. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 12, 202335 minEp. 6

Rougarou

Helene, Leon and Davey are known as the arrogant, cool kids at their New Orleans Catholic school. When the teens choose to give up nothing more than an eye roll for lent, the town turns dark, as does their fate. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 05, 202330 minEp. 5

Hopkinsville Goblins

A group of former college friends meet for a reunion in a small Kentucky town called Hopkinsville. The drinks start to flow, the laughter spreads – until something violent and angry descends from the sky. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 28, 202335 minEp. 4

Voodoo Village

Jacob Henderson is desperate to be liked by his high school classmates. So desperate that he accepts a dare to visit a cursed place known as Voodoo Village. What he finds inside will make him question his sanity, his faith – and his assumptions about good and evil. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 202334 minEp. 3

The Resurrection Man

Rodney attends a wedding in Georgia, near the site of an old medical college. There, he learns about the centuries-old legend of Grandison Harris, an enslaved man once tasked with obtaining corpses for white doctors. What became of the so-called "Resurrection Man" – and does his ghost still haunt the halls of the school? Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 202331 minEp. 2

The Wendigo

In the pilot episode of RUN, FOOL!, our host travels to Minnesota, where he encounters an Ojibwe woman who claims to have survived an encounter with the bloodthirsty snow beast called the Wendigo. But nothing is what it seems. Subscribe now at joinrunfool.com to get access to extended and ad-free episodes, and even an AMA with Rodney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 202337 minEp. 1

Introducing: RUN, FOOL!

Out of the terrifying mind of Rodney Barnes comes RUN, FOOL!, a weekly compendium of grisly and harrowing tales guaranteed to make you scream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 23, 20232 min