Back Porch Tales and Travels
Sit a Spell. The Past Isn't Finished Talking.
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A Different Kind of Story
Pull up a chair and sit a spell. The Past Isn’t Finished Talking. Somewhere between the velvet ropes and the exit signs, between the display cases and the official record, lives a different kind of story. The kind whispered by a stranger who couldn’t quite explain it. The kind passed down through generations, worn smooth by the telling. The kind too strange, too tender, or too true for any history book to hold.
Back Porch Tales and Travels is a storytelling channel where folklore, history, and superstition meet the unseen side of human experience. We travel the back porches, museums, hidden corners, and haunted edges of the world — sitting with the curators, guides, folklorists, and quiet keepers of legend who have spent their lives standing close to the past. Here, you’ll hear the legends handed down through time and the personal tales that never made it into any catalog or archive. You’ll meet the people who carry them — and together, we’ll uncover the layers of memory, mystery, and truth that linger just beneath the surface. So come on up.
The porch light is on. The rocking chairs are waiting. The past isn’t finished talking — and neither are we. Hosted by bestselling author John W. Peace and Melanie Davis, founder of Triumph Press book publishing.
Where the Stories Live
Back Porch Tales and Travels is a storytelling channel where folklore, history, and superstition meet the unseen side of human experience. We travel the back porches, museums, hidden corners, and haunted edges of the world — sitting with the people who have spent their lives standing close to the past.
The Keepers of Legend
We sit with the curators, guides, folklorists, and quiet keepers of legend — the ones visitors lean in to whisper to. The ones trusted, over and over again, with the stories that couldn't be told anywhere else.
Museum Curators
The guardians of artifacts and the untold stories hidden behind every display.
Guides & Folklorists
Those who walk the haunted edges and know every legend by heart.
Keepers of Legend
Quiet stewards of memory, mystery, and truth passed down through generations.
What You'll Hear
Legends Handed Down Through Time
Stories worn smooth by generations of telling — folklore and superstition that shaped communities and cultures.
Personal Tales from the Shadows
The stories that never made it into any catalog or archive — too personal, too strange, too real.
Layers of Memory & Mystery
Together, we uncover the truth that lingers just beneath the surface of the official record.
Meet Your Hosts
John W. Peace
Bestselling author and seasoned storyteller, John brings a writer's eye and a historian's heart to every tale told on the porch.
Melanie Davis
Founder of Triumph Press book publishing, Melanie brings a publisher's instinct for the stories that matter most and deserve to be heard.
The Porch Light Is On
"The rocking chairs are waiting. The past isn't finished talking — and neither are we."
Come on up. Whether you're drawn by the mystery, the history, or the simple human need to hear a story told right — this is your place. Pull up a chair and stay a while.