Shasta Stories

A community-centered documentary series highlighting the humanity, history, humor, and fortitude of Siskiyou County locals and culture.

S2 Ep14 | 19m 42s | Two men of different ages share that the best way to understand America is to walk across it. (19m 42s)

S2 Ep10 | 12m 39s | Past stories and current feelings of what it means to be a hippie in Mount Shasta. (12m 39s)

S2 Ep15 | 16m 8s | Mike & Tana left a life at Disneyland to build a log cabin & have babies, but were always gardeners. (16m 8s)

S2 Ep11 | 20m 41s | Two women from Germany tell of surviving WWII and how they remain playful even in their old age. (20m 41s)

S2 Ep9 | 41m 9s | Firsthand stories of skiing at Mount Shasta's Snowman's Hill, the Ski Bowl, making of the Ski Park. (41m 9s)

S2 Ep3 | 8m 9s | Dianna plays piano, while Scott tells how they met in a pool and now live in an octagon home. (8m 9s)

S2 Ep6 | 20m 55s | A third-generation logger tells of his near-death experiences. (20m 55s)

S2 Ep7 | 18m 45s | A gypsy tarot reader shares her world travels and how she escaped her Hollywood life. (18m 45s)

S2 Ep4 | 18m 28s | President of the Eagle’s Lodge in Dunsmuir, a gold panner, and Bar-room Olympian. (18m 28s)

S2 Ep8 | 12m 12s | A jovial carpenter straddles various decades amidst his trains, phones, and automobiles. (12m 12s)

S2 Ep2 | 15m 21s | The rise & fall of Mount Shasta’s video rental store, Couch Critics, and its owner’s memory control. (15m 21s)

S2 Ep13 | 15m 45s | A mayor who makes sushi at his facetiously eponymous pub. (15m 45s)

S2 Ep12 | 16m 15s | Recently-deceased vet talks about working at a mortuary, sharpening knives, his own death sentence. (16m 15s)

S2 Ep5 | 9m 8s | Owner of The Crystal Room plays singing bowls and minds the universe. (9m 8s)

S2 Ep1 | 8m 59s | Owner of the Weed Mercantile since 1996 and part of Weed’s active history. (8m 59s)

S1 Ep10 | 10m 56s | A blind man from the Cherokee's Bird Clan plays a flute, throws tomahawks, and chops wood. (10m 56s)

S1 Ep5 | 10m 58s | New York born spiritual author shares his journeys and conversations with Saint Germain. (10m 58s)

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