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Fact or Fable · Fact or fiction?

Mystery audio stories where you get to play detective

Fact or Fable tells you strange stories to listen to: vanished ships, unexplained lights, voices that shouldn't exist. And at the end of every story, it's your turn.

Mystery audio stories where you get to play detective

Mystery you listen to, not scroll past

A lot of mystery content lives on fast cuts and loud effects. Fact or Fable does the opposite. One voice tells the story, calm and unhurried, and leaves your mind room to paint the pictures.

Each story runs 6 to 10 minutes. Long enough to sink in, short enough for a train ride or the last minutes before sleep.

The twist: you decide what's real

Half the stories really happened, backed by newspaper reports, records or research papers. The other half are invented, but told just as concretely, with places, dates and details.

After each story the app asks: fact or fable? Only then do you get the reveal. So you don't just listen; you listen closely.

What you're in for

Lonely farms, lighthouses in a storm, radio calls out of nowhere, villages where everyone suddenly experiences the same thing. The stories span every continent and many decades. Eerie, but never gory.

A few of the stories

True or made up? We won't tell you here. Listen and decide for yourself.

The Party Line

A blizzard in eastern Montana, a remote ranch, and a man who can no longer breathe. And on the other end of the telephone line, every neighbor is listening.

6 min

The Cave That Breathes

An ancient traveler wrote of a cave whose breath killed every animal that came near. Two thousand years later, archaeologists went looking for it.

6 min

The Teacher's Notebook

A mountain village in the Bohemian Forest, February, deep snow. In the middle of the night, a schoolteacher wakes with a weight pressing on her chest. By morning, she learns she wasn't the only one.

6 min

FAQ

How long is each mystery audio story?

Between 6 and 10 minutes. The reveal afterwards takes about a minute.

Can I read the stories too?

Yes. Every story comes as text and audio, and you can mix both.

Got plans tonight?

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