Episodes

  • Wildcard Wednesdays from r/stories: The Restaurant That Wasn't

    Wildcard Wednesdays from r/stories: The Restaurant That Wasn't
    Jun 24 2026
    Avery Reed explores a light r/stories memory from u/ImpressionLess8410 about a 2001 first date that never happened because one English word turned into an imaginary restaurant. Source credited: https://www.reddit.com/r/stories/comments/1twlheb/my_first_date_got_ruined_by_one_english_word. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or r/stories.
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    31 mins
  • True Off My Chest Tuesdays: The Mod Queue Marriage

    True Off My Chest Tuesdays: The Mod Queue Marriage
    Jun 23 2026
    Avery Reed explores a r/TrueOffMyChest confession from u/SilverMedalss about a husband who treated subreddit moderation like a job while his marriage strained under unemployment, housework, and the need to be reachable offline. Content note: relationship strain and unemployment. Source credited: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/r2w9qb/my_husband_is_the_moderator_for_a_few_different. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or r/TrueOffMyChest.
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    10 mins
  • Storytime Mondays: The Purple Sticky Notes

    Storytime Mondays: The Purple Sticky Notes
    Jun 22 2026
    Avery Reed explores a fiction-tagged r/stories post from u/glitchy_thefnaffan about a young wife, a loving husband, and the sister-in-law whose smallest habits reveal a much larger emotional conflict. Content note: unhappy marriage, romantic longing inside a family relationship, financial dependence, and legal or social barriers around same-sex marriage. Source credited: https://www.reddit.com/r/stories/comments/1tzxcit/i_wish_i_wouldve_married_my_sisterinlaw. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or r/stories.
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    12 mins
  • Scary Story Sunday: The Name in the Woods

    Scary Story Sunday: The Name in the Woods
    Jun 21 2026
    Avery Reed explores a r/scarystories post from u/Affectionate_Let_172 about a teenage hunting trip, a silent Ontario forest, and a memory that refuses to stay explainable. Content note: hunting, animal death, blood imagery, and an unsettling supernatural encounter. Source credited: https://www.reddit.com/r/scarystories/comments/1tzmnpd/a_bad_memory. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or r/scarystories.
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    13 mins
  • No Sleep Saturdays: The Audience Clause

    No Sleep Saturdays: The Audience Clause
    Jun 20 2026
    Avery Reed explores a r/nosleep story from u/SapphireLion15 about a too-good house-sitting job, a mansion with strict nightly rules, and two silent dolls who demand an audience. Source credited: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1tnspm1/i_found_a_weird_housesitting_ad_it_might_be_the. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or r/nosleep.
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    11 mins
  • Fictional Fridays: The Dragon's Bargain

    Fictional Fridays: The Dragon's Bargain
    Jun 19 2026
    Avery Reed explores a compact r/fiction fantasy premise from u/CompotePossible2145 about King Creed, a dragon's empire, and four cursed warriors whose gifts become prisons. Source credited: https://www.reddit.com/r/fiction/comments/1tx89hu/the_start_of_a_kingdom. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or r/fiction.
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    11 mins
  • AITA Thursdays: The Dad Question

    AITA Thursdays: The Dad Question
    Jun 18 2026
    A longtime friend helps raise his ex's daughter as an honorary uncle, then has to decide what to do when the six-year-old introduces him as her dad. Avery Reed walks through the boundary, the child's hurt, and why honest family language still has to be kind. Source: r/AmItheAsshole post "AITA for telling a little girl that I'm not her dad?" by u/Throwaway4PrivacyYe1, credited at https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/1txlebg/aita_for_telling_a_little_girl_that_im_not_her_dad. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or the subreddit.
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    12 mins
  • Wildcard Wednesdays from r/stories: A Life Worth Carrying

    Wildcard Wednesdays from r/stories: A Life Worth Carrying
    Jun 17 2026
    A 67-year-old poster named Thomas looks back on childhood abandonment, love, sudden loss, military service, injury, regret, and the late peace he found through family and grandchildren. Source: r/stories post "My name is Thomas. I am 67 years old, and I believe I have lived a life worth living." by u/zwengato, credited at https://www.reddit.com/r/stories/comments/1u0omie/my_name_is_thomas_i_am_67_years_old_and_i_believe. Tales From The Web is not affiliated with Reddit or the subreddit.
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    13 mins