Brain SpankingMedia  ·  Est. 2017
Brain Spanking Media  ·  Minnesota  ·  Est. 2017

From imagination
to impact.

A Minnesota studio that makes shows, YouTube channels, websites and apps people cannot stop watching. Drag the logo. Then scroll.

01  ·  Shows

We make shows people binge.

28.6 million views. 8.3 million hours watched. Two channels, one podcast, published every week.

02  ·  Channels

We build YouTube channels from zero.

The InBetween went from a first upload in 2022 to 220,000 subscribers, on a schedule you can set a watch by. We can do the same math on yours.

03  ·  Websites and apps

We build the places your audience lands.

Cinematic, fast, static sites like inbetweentales.com, and apps from FrogWood Labs. Click any screen to watch it.

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Featured expert  ·  Season 1

Carol Ann on The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd

The host of The InBetween joins the new series as a featured expert, bringing her research on the strange and the unexplained to national television.

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The Studio

We spark curiosity and delight. We make shows for people who like to go deeper: the strange, the unexplained, the quiet work of a mind at rest. We research before we narrate. We would rather publish one thing that lasts than ten things that don't. And we build our own tools when the ones we need don't exist.

01Quality
02Trust
03Integrity
04Creativity
05Innovation
06Heart
Proof

Zero to 220,000, on purpose.

The InBetween's first upload was May 28, 2022. No paid promotion, no viral fluke, one episode every week. Real daily data: drag across the chart, switch between subscribers and views, jump to a milestone.

1:06:56Average view duration on the Antony Reed library. People stay for an hour.
51%Returning viewers on The InBetween. Half the audience comes back every week.
Sun · MonVideo every Sunday, audio every Monday, for four years without a miss.
In their words

What the audience says.

Real comments from two very different audiences, pulled straight from the channels. We did not write these.

The InBetweenParanormal and mystery documentaries
Antony ReedSleep hypnosis and guided meditation
Stages

What's on the air.

Two channels, one podcast, one clips feed. Published on a schedule you can set a watch by: video on Sunday, audio on Monday.

The InBetween, A Jogger, a Man, a Child. None of Them Were Human.
Stage 1  ·  Flagship

The InBetweenStrange · Unexplained · Real

Carol Ann turns high strangeness into campfire epics. Cryptids people swear they saw, time slips with paperwork, cover-ups with names attached, and the cases that never closed. Every episode researched, sourced and dated before a word is narrated.

  • Show 1True Encounters. Firsthand witness stories, told straight.Weekly
  • Show 2Case Files. Documentary investigations, one case at a time.Weekly
  • AudioThe InBetween Official Podcast. Its own show, not a re-cut.220+ eps
  • ClipsBite Size. One story, one sitting.Discovery
  • On TVCarol Ann, featured expert on The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd.Season 1
YouTube · 220K Spotify Apple Podcasts inbetweentales.com
Antony Reed, Deep Sleep Hypnosis
Stage 2  ·  The library that started it

Antony ReedSleep Hypnosis · Meditation · Affirmations

Three hundred and ten guided sessions written and voiced by a certified hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner. Eleven-minute daytime resets to eight-hour overnight tracks. Sleep, smoking, self-worth, focus, letting go. Free, and it stays free.

  • Reach7.9 million views, 8.3 million hours listened.Since 2016
  • HoldAverage view over one hour. People stay.1:06:56 AVD
  • Most playedDeep Sleep Hypnosis To Forget Someone.1.2M
YouTube · 69K
NO SIGNAL
Stage 3  ·  Reserved

Something is in development.Details withheld

A third stage is booked. Scripts exist. Nothing has aired. When it does, it will show up here first, and on this wall.

Selected work

The reel.

Twelve recent pieces we would put in front of anyone. Real view counts, pulled this week. Keep scrolling to roll the film, click a frame to watch.

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Case studies

Go deeper.

Two builds, start to finish: a channel we grew from its first upload, and the website we built to give it a home.

Case 01 · YouTube channel

The InBetween

From a first upload in May 2022 to 220,000 subscribers and 20.6 million views, one Sunday at a time.

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The Room, the homepage of inbetweentales.com
Case 02 · Website

inbetweentales.com

Seven rooms, a WebGL globe, a filing cabinet, an evidence board and 212 episode pages. Launched September 2026.

Read the case →
The Lab

FrogWood Labs.

Our app department. Built in-house because the tools we wanted did not exist, then shipped to the people who watch our shows.

First title  ·  Live on Google Play

GiftFlow

A gift planner that remembers everyone. Track ideas through bought, wrapped and given, plan the whole year of occasions, and keep it all on your own phone. No account. No cloud. No ads.

  • Christmas Mode and Occasions ModeTwo modes
  • Local-first, your data never leaves the devicePrivate
  • Free tier plus a one-time premium unlockNo subscription
  • iPhone release in progressiOS soon
GiftFlow site Google Play App Store · soon
Why a media company builds software

Every show we run generates the same problems: research that will not stay organized, publishing pipelines held together with tape, and audiences who ask for things no app store sells. FrogWood Labs is where we answer those problems with code instead of workarounds.

The lab is small by design. One builder, modern tooling, and the same standard as the shows: ship it when it is good, keep it when it is useful.

frogwoodlabs.comsupport@frogwoodlabs.com
Crew

The call sheet.

A husband and wife in Minnesota and two collaborators in the Philippines. That is the whole studio.

Brain Spanking Media · Daily call sheetDay 1 of production
No.NameRoleCallNotes
001Antony Reed
Antony ReedCEO · Executive Producer · a.k.a. Mr. InBetween
Strategy, analytics, thumbnails, audio, SEO, community, apps05:30 CTCertified hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner. Weaving video narratives since 2016. Builds the tools, runs the numbers, voices the library.
002Carol Ann Reed
Carol Ann ReedHost · Writer · Researcher
On camera, script, research, edit oversight07:00 CTThe voice of The InBetween. Hundreds of strange but true tales since 2017, and a featured expert on The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd. The reason people stay for the whole episode.
003Teo Legaspi Jr.
Teo Legaspi Jr.Executive Operations Coordinator
Operations, logistics, publishing20:00 PHTKeeps the schedule honest. If it shipped on Sunday, Teo is why.
004Gen Nadayao
Gen NadayaoCreative Editor
Edit, pacing, b-roll, graphics20:00 PHTCuts every episode of The InBetween. Retention is the whole job.
Sunday: video · Monday: audioRosemount, MN and Cavite, PHEst. 2017 · LLC 2023
How we work

Four moves. No mystery.

The same playbook we run on our own channels every week, pointed at yours.

  1. 01

    Listen

    One working session. What you make, who it is for, what has worked, what has not, and what you are not willing to do. We do not pitch in this call.

  2. 02

    Map

    A written plan you own: positioning, format, cadence, title and thumbnail system, and the first ninety days. Concrete enough to act on without us.

  3. 03

    Build

    Channel, site or app. Static, fast, yours to keep. We show work early and often, and we do not hide behind mockups.

  4. 04

    Measure

    Six to eight weeks of real data before anyone declares victory. Then we adjust. Growth is a rhythm, not an event.

Work with us

We did it on ours first.

We take a small amount of outside work, and only the kind we have already proven on our own channels. No editing services.

01

Channel consultation

A working session on your channel, new or established. Positioning, packaging, retention and the publishing rhythm that compounds. Not a generic audit.

  • 90 minutes, recorded
  • Written follow-up within 48 hours
  • Your analytics, our eyes
Book a session → 02

Launch and strategy

Starting from zero, or restarting. We map the first ninety days: format, cadence, titles, thumbnails, and what to ignore.

  • Positioning and format
  • Title and thumbnail system
  • 90-day publishing plan
Plan a launch → 03

Website builds

Cinematic, fast, static sites for shows and studios. Like this one, and like inbetweentales.com. Hosted on Cloudflare, no monthly platform fee, yours to keep.

  • Custom design, real 3D when it earns it
  • Loads in under a second
  • No subscriptions, no lock-in
Start a site → 04

Thumbnails

Limited availability. Tested against our own record of what earned the click on a 220K-subscriber channel.

  • Small batches only
  • Two directions per title
  • Built for the TV screen, not just the phone
Ask about availability →
Front desk

Make it so.

Tell us why you are here and we will route you to the right person. Sponsorships go to our agency. Interviews, guest spots, collaborations, press and projects come straight to the studio.

Prefer a full page? Open the contact page.

Let's make something people cannot stop watching.

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