Hometown Tales
Introduction

 

***Hometown Tales*** began as a [Public\-access television](/wiki/Public-access_television "Public-access television") [cable TV](/wiki/Cable_TV "Cable TV") program in the [New Jersey](/wiki/New_Jersey "New Jersey"), [New York](/wiki/New_York_%28state%29 "New York (state)") and [Pennsylvania](/wiki/Pennsylvania "Pennsylvania") area in 2002\. It was created by a producer from [New Jersey](/wiki/New_Jersey "New Jersey"), Gene Fitzpatrick and a writer from [New Mexico](/wiki/New_Mexico "New Mexico"), Bryan Minogue. It soon expanded into a popular [podcast](/wiki/Podcast "Podcast"),BBC radio program and website.

*Hometown Tales* focuses on urban legends, folklore, historic oddities, [ghost](/wiki/Ghost "Ghost") stories and local culture from towns all over.site All this is done with a light hearted twist and friendly exchange by the hosts. Gene Fitzpatrick plays the role of the [skeptic](/wiki/Skeptic "Skeptic") while Bryan Minogue is frequently fearful of the [paranormal](/wiki/Paranormal "Paranormal") stories. Emphasis is put on the tales, and not their veracity; therefore a pure urban legend will be treated on equal ground with a true story.

The television program resulted in nine 30 minutes episodes which still air on many Public\-access television channels like Patriot 8 from Patriot Cable in Somerset, NJ, [Cablevision](/wiki/Cablevision "Cablevision") of Morris and others. Many of those segments have been re\-purposed in a [vidcast](/wiki/Vidcast "Vidcast") feed as well as on the Hometown Tales website.

Hometown Tales began producing a podcast to support the TV show. It was one of the earlier podcasts on the scene Podcast Alley and peaked in the Top 10 of most popular podcasts on Podcast Alley. For a brief period of time the program aired on [Sirius Satellite Radio](/wiki/Sirius_Satellite_Radio "Sirius Satellite Radio") as part of [Dawn and Drew](/wiki/Dawn_and_Drew "Dawn and Drew") Presents. Even though the program was used by Dawn and Drew during their block of air time on Sirius courtesy of [Adam Curry](/wiki/Adam_Curry "Adam Curry")'s [Podshow](/wiki/Podshow "Podshow"), Hometown Tales was never actually contracted by [Podshow](/wiki/Podshow "Podshow") later known as [Mevio](/wiki/Mevio "Mevio"). They were also featured heavily on KYOU Radio in San Francisco. While the shows decreased to a bare minimum during 2012 and 2013, they returned in November 2014 and release new recordings inconsistently.4


What are some common characteristics of the towns featured on Hometown Tales?