About US

Small Town Monsters began as an independent film series exploring lost and bizarre history around the United States.

Focusing on small town folklore, our team tells stories through the words and experiences of those who were most affected by them - residents and witnesses.

Seth Breedlove started Small Town Monsters following the 2015 release of "Minerva Monster", which was the first film in the series, and explored strange occurrences in 1970's Minerva, OH. Several years later, Seth and the rest of the STM crew have released over twenty films, several investigative series, web series, podcasts, and has launched a membership platform with exclusive content. 

In 2022 Small Town Monsters Publishing was also added, which publishes books on a variety of topic by various authors hand picked by STM.

In addition to all of this, Small Town Monsters also attends events throughout the year to screen their movies and talk about these strange tales.

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Seth Breedlove, founder of STM

Seth Breedlove is an Ohio filmmaker. He has written, edited, produced and directed shorts and features about a variety of topics but is best known for his production company and the films they've produced under the Small Town Monsters banner. Before film, Breedlove wrote for a number of websites, newspapers and magazines and learned some of the skills he employs as a director while working as a reporter. Breedlove has also appeared on numerous television and radio programs.

In 2013, Breedlove began working on the concept for a series entitled Small Town Monsters. In general, he set out to capture true accounts from tiny communities often forgotten by the larger media outlets, and from the era (1960s and 1970s) of high intensity monster encounters. These cryptid sightings and stories were perfect for a documentary production company with a history of working in the Midwest. Seth Breedlove achieved his goal with sterling results. He was able to document cryptozoology by interviewing the original witnesses and re-creating/re-discovering elements of the cases at the ground level.