Totally Made Up Tales

Apr 24 2022 19 ep. 19 mins 13
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Totally Made Up Tales is improvised storytelling for the Internet. We record completely new stories without any advance planning, assembled into episodes of sinister, touching and whimsical tales for the discerning listener.

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Lockdown Season, Episode 4

Apr 24 2022 17 mins  
Lockdown may be over, but our store of lockdown tales is not. Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. Here are some Totally Made Up Tales brought to you by the magic of the internet. Try placing your hands on my thighs and then rub. Language makes it easy to understand other people and animals. Friends don’t listen to moaning. Friends tell each other to shut up. One day, Maisie

Lockdown Season, Episode 3

Jul 22 2020 19 mins  
Another set of tales improvised during lockdown. Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. Here are some Totally Made Up Tales, brought to you by the magic of the internet. Put your faith away. It will hold you later. Try rubbing me. I'll pop out of my clogs. Hardly anyone from Germany likes thinking hard about warfare. It was a bright Tuesday morning and Linda was making her

Lockdown Season, Episode 2

Jul 10 2020 21 mins  
Another set of tales improvised during lockdown. Content warning: bit sweary! Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. Here are some Totally Made Up Tales, brought to you by the magic of the internet. Grass never grows twice. It always leaves a stain. Refresh your browser often. It will speed everything up. Marry wisely, lest you fall badly into debt. Eliminate waste from your lif

Lockdown Season, Episode 1

Jun 06 2020 14 mins  
During the Covid-19 lockdown, we started getting together on Zoom to improvise. Here are some stories we told. Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. Walking home, Phillip observed children playing on the swing. He pushed them off. Mark put a wimple on and started singing like he was Sister Act. Morning had broken in South Sussex. The animals were awake and violent. Opening his prese

Episode 15: The Sailor's Wife, The Ship Awakes, and other stories

Jun 18 2017 15 mins  
Our third and final episode of maritime tales. Among some lighthearted shorts, we meet a sailor's wife, and then witness the birth of the ship that's we've heard so much about. Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. James: Here are some Totally Made Up Tales, brought to you by the magic of the internet. Alternating: Jump over small hoops. It's better than going through them. Sweeten y

Episode 14: The Stowaway

May 30 2017 20 mins  
Another episode of tales at sea. Following on from the mysterious tales of the Dark Gentleman, we find another curious passenger on board…although will they turn out to be any less disturbing to the crew? Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. Andrew: Here are some Totally Made Up Tales, brought to you by the magic of the internet. This week: The Stowaway. James: Martin, the First Mat

Episode 13: An episode of maritime tales

May 15 2017 19 mins  
Our first episode of tales set at sea and among sea-going folk: The Captain's Log, The Dark Gentleman, and other stories. Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. James: Here are some totally made up tales brought to you by the magic of the internet. First this episode: The Captain's Log. James/Andrew (alternating) Once, the Captain was writing a log entry when he noticed out the window t

Episode 12: The Cavalier of Saint Ignacio

Jan 31 2017 17 mins  
The second of our Tales of Orange, following last episode's The Queen and the Orange. Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. James: Here are some Totally Made up Tales, brought to you by the magic of the internet. Andrew / James (alternating): Mist covered the land, and from the recesses of the valley came a new sound. Bwaaaaaaah, it went. This startled the villagers, who gathered at t

Episode 11: A Tale of Orange, followed by The Capture of the Elements

Jan 20 2017 18 mins  
After a couple of word at a time shorts, we begin with the first of our Tales of Orange (a second will follow in episode 12). Then, we join Freddie as he embarks on a difficult adventure in The Capture of the Elements. Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. Andrew: Here are some Totally Made Up Tales brought to you by the magic of the internet. James: Make. Andrew: Cinema. James: Intere

Episode 10: Airlock #6

Jan 08 2017 18 mins  
For our first episode of 2017, we go into…space! An experimental stretch for us, and there are times where you can almost hear us reaching for words to describe things we're not familiar with. Hope you enjoy it! Music: Creepy — Bensound.com. James: Here are some "Totally Made Up Tales" brought to you by the magic of the Internet. In this episode, "Airlock Number Six". Andre