Cryptopedia - A Paranormal Podcast

Latest Episodes:

The Bossburg Sasquatch - Christmasfoot - 14 Dec 24, 2018

Show notes

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, we've got a special gift cryptid for you this week!
What's got two large feet, is covered in hair and hides from cameras?
No it's not your overly Hirsute Uncle Harry, it's Bigfoot!
This week we're going to talk about a sighting out of Washington State!

Content Warning: An ableist slur is used in this episode, however, it is in historical context and heavily disclaimed.

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Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

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Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

Peter Byrne Account

Bossburg Washington Wikipedia

Article about Ivan Marx

Article Reproduction Rhodes

Sasquatch Book Archive.org

Ivan Marx Sasquatch Footage

Ivan Marx IMDB

The Devil’s Footprints - Hoofprints in the Snow - 13 Dec 17, 2018

Show notes

This week we travel back in time to the mid 1800s and Brandon tells John about a bizarre event. The theories on this one get pretty wild.

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Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

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The Devils Hoofmarks Source Material on the Great Devon Mystery of 1855

Missed in History Article

Skeptoid 31

Wikipedia

Australian Newspaper Article

Peter Moore's Blog

Grafton Monster - A Case of Chow Mein - 12 Dec 10, 2018

Show notes

John takes Brandon on a trip back to West Virginia and gives him an excuse to complain about teenagers again.

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Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

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The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

White Things: West Virginia's Weird White Monsters

Grafton West Virginia, Wikipedia

Mothman and Other Curious Encounters, Loren Coleman

Mothman wiki entry on the Grafton Monster

Sister Lakes Bigfoot

Mountain Monsters Grafton Monster

Am Fear Laith Mor - Shadow of the Shadowlosus - 11 Dec 03, 2018

Show notes

Spoiler Alert ending at 4:14 for the Ballad of Buster Scruggs (John sides with Liam Neeson).

Brandon takes John back to the Scottish Highlands to meet another one of Bigfoot’s possible cousins.This story is definitely a Scooby Doo episode.

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Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

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Skeptoid

Three Men Seeking Monsters:

Brocken spectre

James Hogg Wikipedia

Am Fear Liath Mor Wikipedia

White Things, Sheepsquatch - Gary Busey in a Fur Coat - 10 Nov 26, 2018

Show notes

This week’s cryptid hails from the hills of West Virginia and the era of dayglow fanny packs. Grab your cassette tapes and boomboxes an take a trip back to the nineties with us!

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Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

Patreon

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The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

White Things: West Virginia's Weird White Monsters

Ed Rollin's Personal Account

Cryptidz Wiki (unsourced)

Mountain Monsters "Evidence"

Singular Fortean Article

Creepypedia 01 - The Ballad of ShankDaddyX - Creepypasta, Bonus, GameFAQs Nov 22, 2018

Show notes

We hope you're enjoying your holiday (for our American listeners), we decided to give you a little bonus episode as a thank you for listening! John takes you through an old internet legend from the halcyon days of GameFAQs: The Ballad of ShankDaddyX.

This is a preview of things to come for Patreon Supporters too!

Produced By: John Dunham

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

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Kappa - Frank Kappa - 9 Nov 19, 2018

Show notes

Hang onto your butts people! This week's special Thanksgiving episode covers
a cryptid associated with flatulence and bone setting! Let's go noodlin' around
to learn a bit more.

Also, as an added bonus, we tackle the first listener submitted cryptid this week!

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Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

Patreon

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Fresno Nightcrawler

Loveland Frogman - The Hoax From the Black Lagoon? - 8 Nov 12, 2018

Show notes

Grab your magic wands and get ready for an amphibious story! This week we go back to America to explore a cryptid that still confounds your hosts as to how it’s so popular.

Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

Patreon

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The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology: Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish ... By Deena West Budd

Loveland Frogman Musical

Gasden Times 1985 Loveland Frog

Loveland Ohio, wikipedia

Loveland Frog shooting is a hoax

Snopes Article

It Came From Ohio, James Renner

Cryptidz wiki article (Not Sourced!)

2016 sighting (video included) (fox19 article)

Shoggoth Article on the Loveland Frogman

The Man-eating Tree of Madagascar - The Pineapple Distress - 7 Nov 05, 2018

Show notes

Brandon and John lament their first exposure to Rose Red and Brandon defeats John’s supernatural ability to guess cryptids. This week we delve into our first flora cryptid and take a trip to Madagascar! Is this story what it seems or is there something more lurking beneath the surface?

Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340

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Sources:

New York World Article

Answering a Question About a Tale of Human Sacrifice to a Tree

THE MAN-EATING TREK OF MADAGASCAR

Hoaxes Article

Rebuttal

Black Shuck - Scooby Facts - 6 Oct 29, 2018

Show notes

John starts the episode talking about his addictive personality and Brandon gets beat to the punch by the Simpsons and guesses his first cryptid! We explore an East Anglican legend this week and dig into the socioeconomic context which resulted in the tale being told to this day.

Produced By: Brandon Boyer

Art: Tom Hill

Website: cryptopediacast.com

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Sources:

Apparitions Of Black Dogs

Highways and byways in East Anglia

Shock! The Black Dog of Bungay