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The Colorado Switchblade

Jason Van Tatenhove
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The Colorado Switchblade, led by Jason Van Tatenhove, blends satire with gonzo-style storytelling and sharp political insight, featuring local stories, engaging fiction, and podcasts from Colorado.

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Latest Issues

The Woman Whose Footprints Lie: Chasing La Ciguapa on a Dominican Beach

I broke our own rule this week. The Colorado X-Files is supposed to be about Colorado. This one isn't.

On a recent trip to the Dominican Republic, I did what I always do when I travel. I went looking for the stories people don't tell the t...

2 days ago

Something Followed Him Home: The Pentagon's UFO Chief, Skinwalker Ranch, and the Hitchhiker Effect

Illustration based on the account in Stratton’s memoir.

Last week Kenny and I spent a night in a haunted barbershop in Estes Park. When you pack up the gear and drive home after something like that, there’s a question ghost hunters half-jo...

12 days ago

My First Ghost Hunt: A Night in Estes Park's "Vortex" Barbershop

Kim Shoemaker's stories, our night with the meters, and a sighting the next morning. The companion piece to our Halloween special.

On October 13, Kenny Collins and I walked into a barbershop in downtown Estes Park with an EMF meter, a spir...

15 days ago

The Blue Mist of Estes Park: What the Legend Says, and What the Records Say

A glowing mist, three-toed tracks, and a prospector above Fall River. The Campfire Story is the legend. This is the history behind it.

If you’ve watched our second Campfire Story, you already know the legend. A prospector high above Fall R...

19 days ago
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One Month of The Colorado X-Files: Radar, Bigfoot, a Pentagon File, and a Shop

When I wrote here last, The Colorado X-Files was one episode old. I promised a longform companion piece after every episode, and then the show ran faster than my typing could keep up with. So consider this me catching you up, all at once, a...

a month ago

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