We Always Lie to Strangers: An Ozarks Podcast
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We Always Lie to Strangers: An Ozarks Podcast
@waltspodcast.bsky.social
A podcast about Ozarks history, folklore and beyond!
On the finale of our October miniseries we find out the easiest route to home ownership in Fayetteville, Arkansas is finding Bigfoot. A story of comment section drama escalating into a wager that would catch the eye of Bigfoot hunters in Episode 4: BIGFOOT HOUSE. Listen now where the podcasts grow.
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On part three of our miniseries we travel to one of the most popular destinations on the Buffalo River to find Bigfoot, but find some fines instead. Sasquatch and event permits contend this week in Episode 3: BIGFOOT CREEK, the Expedition of Steel Creek. Available where the podcasts grow!
October 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In this episode of our October Miniseries, WE ALWAYS LIE ABOUT BIGFOOT,we switch gears from the history of Bigfoot in the Arkansas Ozarks and into the history of hunting Bigfoot in the Arkansas Ozarks. Episode 2: BIGFOOT MEN- a primer on hairy bipeds hunting hairy bipeds. Out now where podcasts are!
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Gus takes over the podcast this October and explores the history of Bigfoot and the hairy bipeds who hunt him in the Arkansas, Ozarks. WE ALWAYS LIE ABOUT BIGFOOT. A Four Part Miniseries from We Always Lie to Strangers!
October 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At the Razorback game Saturday, one of the Jumbotrons had some technical issues after a non-visible daytime firework went off
September 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We keep pushing this blue sky account but don’t use it very much. I’ll try to change that!
September 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This week on WALTS! The giant cross that stands over Branson Missouri has a history and it’s weird! Find out more about it and other Ozark curios on We Always Lie To Strangers. Available where the podcasts grow.
August 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We actually didn’t see this before we recorded a Special Report on it!
August 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This week on WALTS, a crossover with our friends over at @beyondthebreakers.bsky.social as we contend with the Cobra Invasion of Springfield, Missouri! Available now where the podcasts grow.
August 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This week on WALTS we ask how much of a town can be built on speed traps alone? Damascus Arkansas has an answer.

We explore The Infamous Speed Traps of Damascus on We Always Lie to Strangers, available wherever podcasts are found.
July 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This week on a We Always Lie To Strangers! Episode 64: The 1974 Ozark Music Festival. Organizers promise a nice time at the Missouri State Fairgrounds and deliver something closer to Woodstock 99. Available where the podcasts are!
July 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
From Summer of Fear (sometimes titled A Stranger in Our House) a 1978 tv movie directed by Wes Craven.
June 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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just listened to the excellent cashew chicken episode of @waltspodcast.bsky.social - on the topic of Minor League weekend re-brands, our local Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have a particularly unsettling one when they become the Udder Tuggers
June 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This week on We Always Lie to Strangers we hit episode 60! The story of a Chinese immigrant becoming an icon of the Ozarks! This week we explore the origins of David Leong’s Springfield-style Cashew Chicken. Available on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts!
June 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
WALTs planning sessions are well represented in the historical record.
May 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Episode 153 - The I-40 Bridge Disaster ft. @waltspodcast.bsky.social

Some helpful maps for visualizing the towboat Robert Y. Love's allision with the I-40 bridge near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

(images from the NTSB report on the accident)
May 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
You can find us this week as guests on @beyondthebreakers.bsky.social covering the I-40 Bridge disaster that happened 23 years ago today. Also make sure to give their whole catalog a listen for stories of shipwrecks and other maritime disasters.
Episode 153 - The I-40 Bridge Disaster ft. @waltspodcast.bsky.social - out now for everyone

23 years ago today, the towboat Robert Y. Love's barges impacted Pier 3 of the I-40 bridge near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

The resulting bridge collapse took the lives of 14 motorists
May 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You can find us (yes all of us) on this special episode of Beyond the Breakers. Gunna have to check out @beyondthebreakers.bsky.social’s Patreon to figure out what a very landlocked podcast is doing guesting on a show about shipwrecks and maritime disasters!
May 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Alright, we are going to try and be active on here. Anyway, this is the Ozark Theatre in Webster Groves, Missouri and it’s the northeastern boundary of The Ozarks (unofficially but correctly)
March 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trying to use this app more! Episode 45 just dropped. A partial history of Jefferson City, Missouri, and a lot of talk about birds. Also, no Ray this episode! (Scattered applause)
January 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM