Stay ConnectedA podcast about the paranormal, the credibility of the creepy, and the science of the spooky, Superduperstitious is a podcast that looks at the mysterious world of the paranormal and says, “Wait. What?” Hosts Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee use their science backgrounds to tease apart possible explanations for bizarre, supernatural, and otherwise strange phenomena.
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Maybe the real Havana syndrome was the friends we made along the way.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s story
Episode 5: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/5-hooked-on-sonics
Episode 34: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/34-bah-hum-buzz
Episode 53: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/53-potc-part-a-billion
Episode 76: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/76-mos-scotia
Episode 142: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/142-still-sounds-bad
60 Minutes Russian conspiracy: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-russia-evidence-60-minutes/
NIH Study: https://bit.ly/4a1Dyxp
Scientific American article: https://bit.ly/3WnCzEv
Jake’s stories
Phantoms and Monsters 5/19/2023: https://bit.ly/3Urrpw7
Phantoms and Monsters 1/3/2023: https://bit.ly/3ws22Cd
Phantoms and Monsters 1/9/2023: https://bit.ly/3wszhoW
UFO Clearinghouse 1/16/2023: https://bit.ly/3y4dAfx
UFO Clearinghouse 1/17/2023: https://bit.ly/4dADKXJ
UFO Clearinghouse 2/7/2023: https://bit.ly/3UrrkIP
Phantoms and Monsters 11/10/2023: https://bit.ly/3UwafO2
Phantoms and Monsters 1/19/2024: https://bit.ly/4dnHag7
Bald eagle basics: https://avianreport.com/what-is-the-bald-eagle-size/
Bald eagle comeback story: https://bit.ly/4aXDpMF
Chicagoland eagle population growth: https://bit.ly/4aYRIRd
Winter bald eagle migration: https://bit.ly/4dmkpJu
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STOP LOOKING AT THE DATE.
Anyway, what a wild way for you to find out that Wyatt’s leaving the show.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Humanoid creature CCTV footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xNlnmhjj0
Contact form: https://superduperstitious.com/contact
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IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. WHATEVER THE HELL THIS IS.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
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The Gaykoslavie experience: https://englishrussia.com/2010/02/17/russian-gadget-hackwrench-religion/
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As the WCCW creeps ever closer to crowning an ultimate victor, what new and exciting ways can we find to totally ruin your bracket? There’s only one way to find out!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE BRACKET HERE: https://superduperstitious.com/march-madness
JOIN OUR CURSE EXPERIMENT HERE: https://forms.gle/vWJomLttdvXd7tmX7
I AM Come: https://vimeo.com/352872112
St. Germain: https://bit.ly/40B8SPd
Heaven’s Gate logo: https://bit.ly/42GFp8x
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The utter ridiculousness continues as we round out the WCCW regionals with all 16 contestants in the Global and Planetary Divisions of the NCAAA. These words and letters all mean something and make sense! You’re in the right place and everything is fine!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE BRACKET HERE: https://superduperstitious.com/march-madness
JOIN OUR CURSE EXPERIMENT HERE: https://forms.gle/vWJomLttdvXd7tmX7
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It’s a whole episode about the biology of The Last of Us in an attempt to tap into the zeitgeist! What’s the deal with Cordyceps? Could this happen in real life? Are we doing SEO right??
*Originally scheduled for release BEFORE the start of our whole March Madness series
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
FILL OUT YOUR MARCH MADNESS BRACKET HERE: https://superduperstitious.com/march-madness
Sources
Basic fungal biology: http://bit.ly/3ZRi4ie
Cordyceps controlling a cicada: https://youtu.be/FAVAVHAptyQ
Cordyceps controlling a beetle: https://youtu.be/EBQNpyAdmfc
Entomophthora muscae example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anxoresua/6867594070
Entomophthora muscae and its released spores: https://bit.ly/3EV6pXJ
Entomophthora muscae range map: https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Entomophthora+muscae
Snail with nematode parasite (PRETTY GROSS): https://youtu.be/Go_LIz7kTok
Parasitic barnacle: https://youtu.be/sCvTHrzI-Sk
Body temperature vs. fungi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19827944/
Climate change is selecting for heat-resistant fungi: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mBio.00061-10
Climate change is increasing fungal infections: https://www.wired.com/story/fungi-climate-change-medicine-health/
Not a lot of medical solutions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549129/
We breathe a lot of spores and it’s okay: http://bit.ly/3JusTkR
Most fungi aren’t infectious: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453709/
No spores for the show: http://polygon.com/entertainment/23562421/last-of-us-cordyceps-spores-tv-show-hbo
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No podcast about the strange and unusual would be complete without a month-long, four-part tournament of 32 different cults competing head to head! NOT ONE SUCH PODCAST. Here’s the first of those four parts!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
FILL OUT YOUR MARCH MADNESS BRACKET HERE: https://www.superduperstitious.com/march-madness
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Our ultimate March Madness cult competition, the WCCW, begins March 9th!
Submit your predictions here: https://www.superduperstitious.com/march-madness
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Momo money, Momo problems.
(Also Wyatt talks about Ohio.)
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Missouri Folklore Society on Momo: https://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/home/society/notes/momo/
Legends of America: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/momo-monster/
Missouri Department of Conservation: http://bit.ly/3YG2Lc1
Columbia Tribune: http://bit.ly/3lMfift
Old FATE Magazine article: http://bit.ly/3IyiKmR
Momo song: https://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/files/2015/06/Momo-the-Monster.mp3
Wyatt’s stories
Helltown: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/helltown
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Stuff dies all the time, and sometimes those dead things are weird looking! This is two of those times.
Wyatt leads with the Rhodope skull, the mysterious bone specimen that folks were only too excited to immediately label an alien. And don’t get him STARTED on the Adygea skulls! Jake then hops on the alien train with the Kovahsi creature, also known as Kesha. What’s little and desiccated and doesn’t have wings, no matter how many publications say otherwise? Google Translate will save us!
“Horn core” is pretty fun to say. And that’s about all I’ve got left in the tank for this episode description.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s stories
Ancient Code: https://www.ancient-code.com/the-rhodope-skull-the-mysterious-cranium-of-a-real-life-alien/
Rhodope skull explained: http://bit.ly/3YeiCO9
Jake’s story
Russian newscast video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UWUdNXrIX4
Image of Kesha: https://mustorage.blob.core.windows.net/images/2015/09/size-570x520.jpg
Russian chupacabra article: https://www.fern-flower.org/en/news/mythical-chupacabra-boguchany-was-st
Mysterious Universe article: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/09/strange-tiny-being-puzzles-scientists-and-scares-russians/
Daily Mail article: http://bit.ly/3jmnBO3
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Boy howdy, if this were the sort of podcast that had separate seasons, this episode sure would be the start of a new one! But it isn’t, so it’s not. Instead, enjoy two timely takes on some pervasive immunity myths! If you want to eat a lime or something, that’s fine.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Lymph: https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/difference-between-blood-and-lymph.html
Lymphatic system: https://theodora.com/anatomy/the_lymphatic_system.html
Immune system overview: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/immune-system-overview
Refuting the myth of “immunity debt”: https://bit.ly/3wtMdra
Unraveling the logic: https://bit.ly/3kKt8hS
RSV spikes: https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/research/rsv-net/dashboard.html
Episode 107: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/107-preventative-measures
Transfer of immunity at birth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12727640/
Recent strep throat deaths: http://bit.ly/3Dif05P
COVID before RSV: https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1602423960246829058
COVID’s effect on immune systems: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x
Wyatt’s story
Linus Pauling’s vitamin C madness: https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7547741/vitamin-c-myth-pauling
Some of Pauling’s beliefs: http://www.paulingtherapy.com/
Cancer treatment claims: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC431183/
But actually no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/384241/
For real, no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601965/
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October finally comes to an end, and holy wow another guest?! It must be time to celebrate Halloween the Superduperstitious way: by talking about apples!
Join the boys and special guest Casey Simpson of Artifact Cider Project to hear all about Jake’s regional seasonal frustrations, canals, and flashlights – the perfect Halloween trifecta! Oh and also a whole thing about the haunted house Casey’s grandparents owned for years, if you’re into that kind of thing.
All that, plus a surprise visit from Drew, a continuous dog presence, and all the weird clicking noises you could ever ask for! Stop reading this description and just listen already!!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Artifact Cider Project: https://www.artifactcider.com/
Bateleur eagle photo #1: https://live.staticflickr.com/8587/28759004652_9edc13dfab_b.jpg
Bateleur eagle photo #2: https://bit.ly/3sHywmL
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
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In spite of others’ efforts to the contrary, October just keeps happening! And so, too, do the guests (which are, yes, still of the special variety).
The final guest before Halloween is none other than the founder of Four Phantoms, the groovy brewery in western Massachusetts that combines— you know what? You probably know all that by now. In that case, grab a beverage of your choosing, don’t get your leg exploded, and learn all about the man responsible for this dumb show having an actual sponsor! (And don't worry, there's ghosts AND science in this one.)
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
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October continues! And the guests? Oh they’re special all right.
This week, the boys are joined by two thirds of the delightful podcast Monster Movie Happy Hour! Listen to four nerds talk about the spooky media that brings them the most joy, from classics of the silver screen, to camp-tastic sci fi offerings of the more recent past.
And be sure to follow the link below to check out the show! Get to know Scott Chesebrough, Dave Geister, and the unfortunately-dead-to-us Mary Challman as you enjoy a cocktail and learn what it truly means to be a monster kid. Cheers!
EPISODE LINKS
Monster Movie Happy Hour: http://www.monstermoviehappyhour.com/
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
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Episode 168 – Survival of the Storytelling-est (feat. Christa Adams)
October begins, and with it, a whole month of special guests! How else would we make this month stand out?
This first episode features the fantastic Christa, who weaseled her way into a podcast appearance by sheer will! Luckily she makes up for it with a fantastic discussion of the anthropological functions of scary stories and storytelling in general. So don’t pretend like this isn’t still a science show!
Grab some candy corn or whatever and buckle in, because October starts… a few days ago!!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Christa’s sources
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari: https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/
The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris: https://bit.ly/3M6sncw
“The Last Human” (from Kurzgesagt): https://youtu.be/LEENEFaVUzU
“When Time Became History” (from Kurzgesagt): https://youtu.be/CWu29PRCUvQ
“hahahrawrrahaha” (Ian Malcolm remix by FLIPSHOT): https://soundcloud.com/flip-shot/hahahrawrrahaha
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An episode coming out early?! That’ll be the day! And that day is in fact specifically today, as August Around the World reaches its exciting Caribbean conclusion. Put on absolutely all of the sunscreen and listen along!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
RPM Fest: https://www.rpmfest.org/
Wyatt’s stories
The douen: https://triniinxisle.com/2018/08/10/trini-folklore-douen/
More douen: https://bit.ly/3cvXyRa
The Gloria Colita: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/07/a-mysterious-vanishing-ship-in-the-caribbean/#
What happened to the ship?: https://jaybusbee.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-the-missing-mobile
Waves video: https://youtu.be/yLzgzvVxUV4
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The month marches on, and still no Wyatt?? Luckily additional assistance can be found at this next stop of August Around the World: Ireland!
Emma from Real Life Ghost Stories leads Jake on a tour of her homeland with a tale perfectly tailored to this show: a folkloric mystery with a very satisfying scientific conclusion! And also music and fairies – it’s the total package, really. Jake follows this with a bunch of cats.
Have you encountered our lost cohost out there somewhere? If you see something, say something! But in the meantime, enjoy what is surely this week’s ONLY episode of Superduperstitious.
EPISODE LINKS
Real Life Ghost Stories: https://www.reallifeghoststoriespodcast.com/
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
RPM Fest: https://www.rpmfest.org/
Emma’s story
Great Blasket Island: https://bit.ly/3CuEai1
“Port na bPúcaí” (fiddle version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3QEkc4hTw
“Port na bPúcaí” (vocal version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5QqFapcuw
Giving lyrics to the tune: https://bit.ly/3R6ljxR
Jake’s stories
Article from Joe.ie: https://bit.ly/3pG6N4n
Alien Big Cats (the Irish Post): https://bit.ly/3PQe3VE
The Beast of Oulart Hill: https://bit.ly/3KnjryK
Video of the Beast: https://bit.ly/3R1yHU8
Lynx in Ireland??: https://www.wildireland.org/lynx
Reintroducing lynx: https://bit.ly/3QQlkGj
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Mysterious circumstances have delayed the next episode's release! Wyatt's whereabouts: unknown. In the meantime why not head on over to www.patreon.com/superduperstitious just for fun and see what happens?
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August Around the World continues, though not without incident...
Wyatt is MIA after a SNAFU with the NCAAA, so it’s up to friend of the show and Taiwan expert Cece to lead the way through this week’s travels! Ever the professional, she brings a wealth of history and culture to the episode, AND delivers on the spooks with a trio of ghost stories. Jake talks about some gross bugs or whatever.
Take off your coat and grab a bubble tea as you settle in for another exciting episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s stories
Hermit crab in a doll head (article): http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/06/17/2003620916
Hermit crab in a doll head (photo): https://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2015/06/17/p05-150617-a2.jpg
Lake monster (article): https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202202150364.aspx
Lake monster (video): https://youtu.be/ryoXlvsh2g0
Horsehair worm (video): https://youtu.be/2yq9KJZf798
Horsehair worm (article): https://bit.ly/3PftiY7
Ribbon worm (video): https://youtu.be/vLB5rnw5CI0
Ribbon worm (article): https://on.natgeo.com/3vUsfpu
Cece’s stories
Quanfu Elementary School: https://bit.ly/3QjDW1a
Water ghosts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wc5wozmhhU&list=WL&index=2&t=388s
Surveillance screen scare: https://www.dcard.tw/f/marvel/p/234568180
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It’s once again that special time of year when the boys get their traveling shoes on (??) and start telling stories around the world! Everything is probably going to go exactly as planned!
The first stop on this month-long journey is Eastern Europe and More Specifically Hungary. Jake kicks it off with an all-purpose supernatural being called a lidérc, which is equally likely to do you favors while eating your butter and then killing you, or else sexing you so good every single night (and then killing you). It’s a chicken-tastic fun time! Wyatt then humors both hosts’ pet interests with a pale humanoid that is also apelike. Sometimes called the Woodcutter of Mátranovák, sometimes called the Treeskinner, this eerie beastie has one thing all cryptids strive for: BLURRY. PHOTOGRAPHIC. EVIDENCE.
Grab an entirely unspecified plane ticket and join in for the beginning of this year’s August Around the World!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
The lidérc: https://abookofcreatures.com/2021/03/22/liderc/
From Hungary with Love: https://bit.ly/3d4yrEY
SLEEP PARALYSIS CURE: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00028/full
Wyatt’s story
Blikk article: https://www.blikk.hu/aktualis/belfold/matranovak-fanyuvo-legenda-ujra-lattak/sxmqvcz
Treeskinner sightings: https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/guest-articles/2020/3/12/cryptids-of-hungary-guest-article-by
Uncle Gyula: https://www.nool.hu/helyi-kozelet/2021/05/elhunyt-a-magyar-jeti-a-matranovaki-fanyuvo
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The nationwide journey continues with ALMOST the last of the states Wyatt and Jake have specifically lived in (Maryland! Minnesota!) Also the boys come dangerously close to actually reviewing a beer.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s story
Dwayyo: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/dwayyo/
“Growling” deer: https://youtu.be/k6ewlw1TR18
Muntjac sounds: https://youtu.be/kQB0vO4aE6w
What was it?: https://jamesrada.com/where-did-the-dwayyo-away-go/
Additional lore: https://susquehannockwildelife.weebly.com/the-susquehanna-witchs-post/january-22nd-2020
Jake’s story
“The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan”: https://americanliterature.com/author/wb-laughead/short-story/paul-bunyan
The Peculiar Birth of Paul Bunyan: https://bit.ly/3oiujnb
Was There a Real Paul Bunyan?: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/real-paul-bunyan.htm
Bemidji statue: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Paul_Bunyan_and_Babe_the_Blue_Ox.jpg
Bangor statue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#/media/File:Paul_Bunyan_statue_in_Bangor,_Maine.jpg
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Hidden among two spooky eyewitness accounts each, Wyatt and Jake have respectively hidden a first-person tale that they themselves have fabricated. Can these intrepid cohosts successfully suss out the other’s diabolical decoy, or will they be fooled by the phony? I HAVE NO MORE ALLITERATIONS FOR YOU – just listen to the episode and find out!!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s stories
Real story A: https://bit.ly/3Rh72z9
Real story B: https://bit.ly/3RhPxPw
Wyatt’s stories
Real story A: https://bit.ly/3yGXjdh
Real story B: https://bit.ly/3P9dS89
Latest research article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03535-1
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EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s story
Bird superstitions: https://www.birdspot.co.uk/bird-numbers/bird-superstitions
More bird superstitions: https://ca.audubon.org/news/13-bird-superstitions
Magpie superstitions: https://www.birdspot.co.uk/culture/magpies-and-superstition
Jake’s stories
UFO Clearinghouse: https://bit.ly/3xVdTqL
Viral bird video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D2lrFemFig
Mexican bird flock crash: https://bit.ly/38uoyxU
Washington Post coverage of same: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/15/mexico-birds-falling-sky/
Jatinga bird suicides: http://www.mysteryofindia.com/2014/07/mystery-of-bird-suicide-at-jatinga.html
Jatinga bird updates: https://www.thestatesman.com/features/birds-decreasing-in-jatinga-suicide-spot-76791.html
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Don't worry, we're still trying real hard to actually make the damned show! It's happening, we swear!! And if you wanted to, say, HELP us make said show, well, we might just know of a way you could do that...
(Patreon. You could support us on Patreon, is what we're saying. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious)
Links to Stories from This Minisode
The Thing in the Basement is Getting Better at Mimicking People (Part 1 of many): https://bit.ly/3vlzWnT
Weird (and very coincidental) mimic encounter: https://bit.ly/3KU29Za
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Everything is exactly as originally planned in this final episode of March! And what exactly IS planned? Bugs.
From expert testimonial on an insect-adjacent and highly ponderable optical phenomenon (not to mention a book that Jake spent two actual dollars on), to a roundup of the creepiest of crawlies, this ep’s got it all! Specifically if those are the only things that there are.
Check your tergites for body horrors and have a listen!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Seeing Orbs in Your Digital Photos?: https://www.healyourlife.com/seeing-orbs-in-your-digital-photos
Orbs 101: https://www.healyourlife.com/orbs-101-what-do-orbs-in-your-pictures-mean
Clean room orb photo: https://bit.ly/3Dq8xog
Wyatt’s story
Weta: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-demon-grasshoppers/
Tree weta video: https://youtu.be/c_n0mbpX4KE
Twisted wing parasites: https://www.wired.com/2015/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-strepsiptera
Parasite life cycle: https://bit.ly/3NAdvDK
Wasp with parasites: https://bugguide.net/node/view/86409
Solifugae (camel spiders): https://youtu.be/j_tqyyQnFZk
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The boys are back, with another response to a nonsense prompt!
“Calendars” as a topic may have proved more of a challenge to pull off than expected, but don’t think for one instant that you won’t learn everything there is to know about Greek clocks and Corona, CA before this episode is over! Don’t even DARE.
EPISODE LINKS
Support Ukraine: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help
Support trans youth: https://www.transformationsproject.org/
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s story
The Antikythera mechanism: https://allthatsinteresting.com/antikythera-mechanism
Smithsonian article: https://bit.ly/3MZeRY2
Scientific American article: https://bit.ly/3iw3Y2h
Alexander Jones (not that one) article: https://bit.ly/3CRiIlG
Jake’s stories
Teaser article: https://backpackerverse.com/day-trips-in-california/
Hells Gate: https://bit.ly/3CPsGUj
Photo #1: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mONtwVM-vUk/maxresdefault.jpg
Photo #2: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gtr-LQtPe7U/maxresdefault.jpg
The true story (in the comments, at least): https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/hells-gate/
Photo #3: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/wp-content/uploads/206245-1.jpg
Photo #4: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/wp-content/uploads/206244-1.jpg
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An unprecedented SECOND consecutive week of very-nearly-SEO-friendly episode titles finds the boys examining… nouns, I guess?
Jake heads to the mountains of Tibet to uncover the mystery of the Dropa stones! Do they contain the secret history of a hitherto unknown people? Or did some white guy see a Liangzhu bi and then decide to get “creative”? Wyatt follows this with news of both outer space and spacing out.
All this – plus an unnecessarily aggressive intro – await you in this week’s Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Chris Aubeck’s take: https://www.dailygrail.com/2008/12/tuesday-blogscan-16-12-2008/
Bad Archaeology: https://bit.ly/3GuwryT
Dropa stone photo #1: https://i0.wp.com/www.badarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dropa.jpg
Dropa stone photo #2: https://i0.wp.com/www.badarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/stonedisc1.jpg
Wyatt’s stories
Magnetar: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220126122424.htm
The Devil’s rocking chair: https://www.newsweek.com/zak-bagans-closes-devils-rocking-chair-exhibit-1441871
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An impromptu prompt leads to a rare example of an episode whose title actually reflects its content!
Buckle in for tales of fairies and their snacks, perhaps too much history/science/folklore, and also a very important rat. It’s food time on this week’s Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s story
The Huldufolk: https://fairyroom.com/2012/12/the-huldufolk-of-iceland/
British fairies: https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2020/02/17/the-perils-of-fairy-food/
Construction issues in Iceland: https://bit.ly/3HsPBXn
Jake’s story
Avantika Bhuyan’s article: https://bit.ly/3HfXQFT
“The Lore of Simple Things”: https://bit.ly/3s4MWwg
Terri Windling blog post: https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2014/12/the-folklore-of-food.html
Evolution and Human Behavior article: https://bit.ly/3s3fBlj
Darwinian Gastronomy: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/49/6/453/229475
Food taboos: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711054/
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It’s an episode about darkness! Just, like, the general concept of it. But also stuff IN it!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Night shift at the cemetery: https://bit.ly/3qO2PIk
Fear of the dark: https://bit.ly/3rE9dkf
The worst pour: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9_zrJlvlA/
Wyatt’s story
Deep ocean water pressure: https://go.nasa.gov/3GPtKJh
Vampire squid: https://youtu.be/5J8eTT8xvaQ
Giant isopod: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/giant-isopod
Giant isopod shark face attack: https://youtu.be/O8sE0tvkpdY
Gulper eel: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/gulper-eel-video-deep-sea-fish-nautilus-news
Barreleye fish: https://youtu.be/RM9o4VnfHJU
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It’s donkey o’clock, motherf***ers.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s story
The Devil’s hooves: https://bit.ly/3pJhALI
Medium article: https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-truth-about-the-devils-footprints-465f2dc40642
David Castleton’s analysis: https://bit.ly/3pKCTN7
Squirrel prints: https://bit.ly/3pMX9Og
2007 incident: https://www.british-paranormal.co.uk/devons-devils-footprints/
Jake’s story
The Daily Yonder: https://dailyyonder.com/woodrow-derenberger-and-the-legend-of-indrid-cold/2021/12/03/
Derenberger interview: https://youtu.be/5HxY4suVjSo
The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings: https://bit.ly/3eDVxQt
The Lillys’ encounter: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/05/the-grinning-man-alien-apparition-or-mib/
Additional supposed Indrid Cold experience: https://bit.ly/3JsT7Cp
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What’s that sound? I mean, other than the whole “podcast” thing? Oh ho, it’s yet another episode ABOUT sounds!
Jake ventures into the Arkansas/Missouri woods in search of the Ozark Howler. Is it a monster? Is it animals? Yes! Wyatt then revisits New York for some Upstate acoustic oddities that are almost certainly better than a pair of cans on a string. ALMOST CERTAINLY.
Grab a whole bottle of wine and whisper something in the vague direction of Boston or Chicago, because it’s Superduperstitious time!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Only in Ark: https://onlyinark.com/culture/ozark-howler/
The Ozark Howler (escape room??): https://417escapeartist.com/living-legend-the-ozark-howler/
Animal sounds: http://www.unlocktheozarks.org/stories/folklore-legends-and-myths/ozark-howler/
Coyote yip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhzN5CUNnM
Hyena laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhzN5CUNnM
Ozark Howler composite goofitude: https://bit.ly/3DOGDki
Wyatt’s story
New York Upstate: https://bit.ly/3GCUWKE
Video of Lake George Mystery Spot: https://youtu.be/cpKE139qnXU
Whispering galleries: https://archive.org/details/scientificpapers05rayliala/page/n638/mode/1up?view=theater
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The saga continues, as your intrepid hosts continue not to venture outside of the American northeast!
Wyatt begins with the land of his alma mater, New York, to examine the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the legends that made that legend so legendary. Jake then heads very slightly north to Vermont for some swine-themed terror. What was (or IS) the Pigman of Northfield, and can it be an urban legend if it is neither urban nor legend? Discuss!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Wyatt’s story
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41/41-h/41-h.htm
Headless horseman symbolism: https://symbolsage.com/headless-horseman-symbolism/
Jake's story
Phantom of the Chicago update: https://youtu.be/_BCr8HYorbo
The Pigman of Northfield: https://www.werewoofs.com/monster-stories/pigman-northfield-vermont/
Seven Days article: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/local-legends/Content?oid=2138659
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Could these animals talk? Or was each one just another dumb ol’ Clever Hans? In any case, rest assured that both Alex the parrot and Koko the gorilla were every bit as cute as you might have thought.
But not Clever Hans. Man, f*** that guy.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Jake’s story
Alex the parrot (Northern Parrots dot com): https://www.northernparrots.com/alexs-legacy-blog522/
The first animal to ask an existential question: https://mymodernmet.com/alex-the-african-gray-parrot/
Alex’s math skillz: https://bit.ly/3DeKhV9
Alex demo video: https://youtu.be/ldYkFdu5FJk
Video of Alex’s general story: https://www.pbs.org/video/nova-sciencenow-profile-irene-pepperberg-alex/
Wyatt’s story
Koko the gorilla (WaPo): https://wapo.st/3Hjb84L
The Education of Koko pdf: https://bit.ly/3c4j0ZM
Koko selfie: https://i.natgeofe.com/n/54f15004-b163-4018-89f8-5a65b81bde66/kok-gorilla-selfie.jpg
Why tell Koko about Robin Williams’ death? (NYT): https://nyti.ms/3CcEGNN
The Wire article: https://thewire.in/the-sciences/did-the-worlds-most-famous-gorilla-ever-talk-like-humans-did
Robin Williams and Koko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9I_QvEXDv0&t=26s
The Onion video: https://youtu.be/CJkWS4t4l0k
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First-time listener? Probably don't start with this one 😅
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
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It’s Hallow-friggin-ween again, the time of year when dear friends and podcast cohosts gather around way too late at night, make several beeswax candles from scratch, try to read by said candles’ light, and generally just get real tired on mic. You know, the universal tradition!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
“They Bite”: https://talesofmytery.blogspot.com/2013/02/anthony-boucher-they-bite.html
Wyatt’s story
“Don’t Look Out the Window…”: https://bit.ly/3nMITCE
Old timey cartoon: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mGl0qpU8_RY/maxresdefault.jpg
“St. James Infirmary Blues”: https://youtu.be/aDATXtewPrg
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Fantastical exploits of the 19th century lead the boys on a slog through what can be best described as “ultraviolet prose”. And an unintentional amount of bat people!
Wyatt tackles the sluggish flotsam of a fully unabridged article from The Wilson World in 1895 to get to the bottom of a weird skeleton situation. Then Jake forsakes the shackles of his sublunary life for some extremely heavily abridged adventures on the dang ol’ moon!
That’s enough words for now. There were so many – TOO many – in those goddamned articles… Anyway, enjoy the show!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
Last of the Vampires: https://bit.ly/3CHFOK1
Jake’s story
The Great Moon Hoax: http://hoaxes.org/text/display/the_great_moon_hoax_of_1835_text/
Bat people of the moon: https://bit.ly/3EM6Vp9
Reverend Dick’s tortilla book: https://bit.ly/3kAX6lS
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Another tasty morsel from *behind the paywall*
Want more? You can find it at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious AND YOU WILL LIKE IT
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YOU do all the hard work so that WE can create one of our least accessible episodes for new listeners! Also a beer happens.
Send your own stories to contact@superduperstitous.com!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Hurricane Ida relief: https://time.com/6093916/how-to-help-hurricane-ida/
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
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All good things must come to an end, but also August Around the World has to as well. In any case, it’s Kenya time!
Their long TREK finally at an end, the boys celebrate by checking out some cool Kenyan creatures and a lake that will kill you. Wyatt leads the way with the Nandi bear. It is neither Nandi, nor is it a bear – discuss. Then after an overdue Phantom update that definitely wasn’t just a clumsy way to pad his segment’s runtime, Jake makes a meandering intro to what is ultimately just a bunch of photos, which are super practical in an audio-based show.
Listen to it right now, you common, hairy ant-bear!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Help Lebanon: https://helplebanon.carrd.co/
Help Haiti: http://www.haitiemergencyrelief.org/support-our-work/
Help Afghanistan: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028483700/help-afghanistan-refugees
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
Bob Gymlan on the Nandi bear: https://youtu.be/8w98_sall1A
Dinopithecus: http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/d/dinopithecus.html
Gelada: https://andywildlifesafari.com/uploads/0000/1/2020/03/13/img-20191212-110115-294-1.jpg
Jake’s stories
Simbi Nyaima: https://bit.ly/3zo1UzR
Legend of the village that sank: https://paukwa.or.ke/simbi-nyaima/
Lake Natron: https://www.livescience.com/40135-photographer-rick-brandt-lake-natron.html
Photos: https://bit.ly/38e9mBX
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The back half of August Around the World brings the show to Ecuador, where the animals are plentiful and the term “big boned” has a whole new meaning!
Jake pays a visit to some archeological sites of varying credibility to find lost golden libraries and curious skeletons. You don’t have to be 42 feet tall to laser a cave out of a mountain, but it helps. Then Wyatt walks through the possibilities of an unknown species (or two!) lurking in the rain forest. A predatory cat would probably be more successful in all black, but one does want a hint of color.
EPISODE DESCRIPTION OVER. Listen to the show and sign up for the friggin’ Patreon!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Help Lebanon: https://helplebanon.carrd.co/
Help Haiti: http://www.haitiemergencyrelief.org/support-our-work/
Help Afghanistan: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028483700/help-afghanistan-refugees
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s stories
New Infinity Explorers logo: https://bit.ly/3zb0oB2
Lost metallic library of la Cueva de los Tayos: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cueva-de-los-tayos
Móricz on his cave discovery: https://sagacreativa.com/en/tayos-cave-the-library-of-metal-books/
GIANT SKELETONS FOUND: https://bit.ly/3y8SGGe
Article on Russell Dement: https://bit.ly/2W5Dflv
But that’s maybe fake, too: https://bit.ly/3gFHD1J
Wyatt’s story
The Macas mammal: https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Macas_mammal
Angel Morant Forés: http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2009/06/angel-and-his-amazing-technicolor-dream.html
Coastal jaguars of Ecuador: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/56151
Marc van Roosmalen: https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/06/01/multiple-new-species-of-large-3
Feline vision: https://www.livescience.com/40459-what-do-cats-see.html
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August continues to go around the world or whatever, all thanks to a purely arbitrary programming decision two years ago!
It’s Russia o’clock mofos, so you KNOW the boys are bringing their A-game by way of dragons and radio stations. Wyatt pays a visit to Lake Brosno, where a monster the size of a sand mountain (the SI unit for dragon volume) has been swallowing everyone and everything that dares cross its watery domain. It’s real! It is not marmalade! Jake then takes to the airwaves with a look at numbers stations – mysterious radio stations involving numbers – and focuses on one station in particular: MDZhB, also known as UVB-76, also also known as The Buzzer.
There’s no time for additional cute references turned into calls-to-action: listen to the dang old episode!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
Almasty video: https://youtu.be/XhYxK2rjHI0
Mysterious Universe: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/03/the-mystery-of-the-lake-brosno-dragon/
Ancient Origins: https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/brosno-dragon-0011946
Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/brosno-dragon-russian-cryptid/erin-mccann
Jake’s story
BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170801-the-ghostly-radio-station-that-no-one-claims-to-run
Sample of The Buzzer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcv_cGLjxCY
Photos: https://bit.ly/3iGkRYM
Moar recordings of The Buzzer: https://bit.ly/3CLFjj2
Radar test example: https://youtu.be/wgwk_A2DPCk
The Lincolnshire Poacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poacher.ogg
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It’s this year’s first installment of August Around the World, and that means both alien and ghostly Thailand tales!
Jake kicks this globetrotting month off with a pretty lukewarm ghost encounter following a visit to a Buddhist shrine, but he rounds this out with a thankfully more colorful story. And that color? YELLOW. Talkin’ ’bout a weird little yellow thingy floating around and weirding out some farmers before exploding in the sky.
Wyatt then follows that yellow thing’s trajectory right out to the stars, with a not-quite-doomsday-cult but also not NOT a doomsday cult who specializes in receiving crucial telepathic communications from aliens. The world hasn’t ended yet, so maybe they’re onto something…
Infinity explorers assemble! And by that we of course mean listen in for another rousing episode of Superduperstitious.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s stories
Reddit Thailand trip: https://bit.ly/37lyUwv
Infinity Explorers: https://www.infinityexplorers.com/about-us-infinity-explorers
Flying yellow humanoid article: https://bit.ly/3CfuZzz
Photo of sketch of creature: https://bit.ly/3CoqK4z
Illustration of creature: https://bit.ly/3jIXNIn
Additional sketch: https://bit.ly/3xrBMCz
Wyatt’s story
Bangkok Post article: https://bit.ly/37nsrB9
Vice article: https://bit.ly/3AhtUp6
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This week’s episode features luminous ghost children and a bunch of visual content presented in an audio medium. We’re good at this!
Jake explores the night vision horribleness of modern day baby monitors and the many ghosts they capture on camera, but first, Wyatt examines what is so far the phenomenon most likely to get this show cancelled. Take your clothes off, start glowing, and enjoy!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
Angelyn Schmid post: https://angelynschmid.com/2012/10/27/ghostly-portent-the-radiant-boy/
Radiant boys on Mysterious Universe: https://bit.ly/2UYfgE9
Jake’s story
Time magazine article: https://time.com/5707088/ghost-baby-crib/
Baby monitor ghost baby: https://bit.ly/3ldn5kd
The history of baby monitors: https://mybabynursery.com.au/when-did-baby-monitors-come-out/
Nameless invisible bear friend: https://bit.ly/376CV7L
Less convincing baby monitor ghost #1: https://bit.ly/2US4bVi
Less convincing baby monitor ghost #2: https://bit.ly/3x6xCQd
Baby monitor ghost skull post: https://bit.ly/3rHKafK
Baby monitor ghost skull image: https://i.imgur.com/jNBhKv5.jpg
Baby monitor ghost baby conclusion image: https://i.imgur.com/IXyPvPm.jpg
The creepy video Wyatt found: https://youtu.be/l8oKZ2w0_eU
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What’s that sound? It’s either a signal of the End Times, metal stuff, a weird fish, various hoaxes, a microwave weapon, something completely psychological – or it’s the latest episode of Superduperstitious!
This week, learn all about the 2010s phenomenon of sky trumpets and their probably not-so-apocalyptic origin, and yet again revisit Havana syndrome, which was at first maybe some kind of sonic attack but also maybe just bugs, and then possibly mass hysteria, but now potentially an honest-to-goodness microwave weapon, or else still just mass hysteria. Good times!
Slap on a Magneto helmet and REPENT, it’s podcast time!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
BIGFOOT TITTY SLIDE: https://twitter.com/DashKwiatkowski/status/1416776691108749317?s=20
Sky trumpets: https://bit.ly/36W0foz
Lakeland, FL video: https://youtu.be/z9uO4N1poYA
Kiev, Ukraine video: https://youtu.be/vcUDYBIrWio
Midshipman fish mating call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNB-hoKwa0A
Allen, TX video: https://youtu.be/-dIG3sWhyuc
Queensland, Australia video: https://youtu.be/-Edn9GcfEAk
Wellington, New Zealand video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqd4IuEj7Q
Grader blade in British Columbia: https://bit.ly/3zxxWsZ
Slovakia mystery sound video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUG1xIOnqnc
Slovakia explanation video: https://youtu.be/EDeZTohP04k
Train brakes video: https://youtu.be/XvfC2WHV_LE
Wyatt’s story
Havana syndrome (May article): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/biden-cia-brain-injury.html
Havana syndrome (July article): https://nyti.ms/3y9QQGg
Super recent article: https://bit.ly/2UObH38
Maybe it’s psychosomatic: https://wb.md/3wXv2MB
Royal Society of Medicine article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0141076819877553
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YES you heard right: the much beloved recurring segment you all have been hankering for and definitely haven’t totally forgotten about is BACK.
In Part 2 of this lots-o-parts series, the boys head to the states where they were born in search of spooks! For Wyatt, this means an extremely haunted mansion in Pennsylvania that was not known for its still-attached heads. Did it really scare folks for decades and then get cratered, or is there nothing left to believe in anymore?
As for Jake, it’s monster time in the woods of Maine! What was the mysterious creature screaming in the night and mauling local pets? And did it died?
Protect your pog collection and I guess just avoid Pittsburgh as you settle into another edition of Home State Horrors!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
The House on Ridge Avenue: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/ridge
The real story: https://blog.historian4hire.net/2019/12/17/ghosts-and-gangsters/
Edison’s spirit phone: https://bit.ly/3wmcs0g
Jake’s story
The Androscoggin Creature: https://www.livescience.com/1018-mystery-monster-dogs-maine.html
Archived news article: https://web.archive.org/web/20061029122457/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14383883/
Moar Maine monster dog stuff: https://www.sunjournal.com/2006/08/16/mysterious-beast/
2020 sighting: https://bit.ly/3wv9kiy
PHOTOS: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRFQWA_FqGG/
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It’s once again time for the boys to take a break from trying!
This week, Wyatt and Jake take some big swings at explaining YOUR spooky experiences. That’s right: it’s another listener story episode! By simply sending an email to contact@superduperstitious.com, you, too, can finally learn the answers to all of your life’s creepiest mysteries. Whether that answer is clowns, trains, clowns driving trains, or ”other”, you’re sure to learn something and have a great time.
For now, you can have a great time by living vicariously though these listeners who already sent their stories in! Let’s go ahead and do that now…
EPISODE LINKS
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Hawai’i stuff: https://www.halehoolahamakua.org/
More Hawai’i stuff: https://bit.ly/3ygKhBi
Sound and sand: https://youtu.be/wvJAgrUBF4w
Our first mention of sonic attacks: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/5-hooked-on-sonics
Yamabiko Illustration: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Suushi_Yama-biko.jpg
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It’s long past time for another E.T.-centric episode, so this one features a pair of stories covering the whole UFOeuvre!
So it goes.
EPISODE LINKS
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/politics/ufos-sighting-alien-spacecraft-pentagon.html
Newly declassified stuff: Coming soon!
Jake’s story
APRO Bulletin article: http://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/APRO26-4.pdf
That other account Wyatt mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/BoSBeMqHnJx/
The robots and the Casio: https://bit.ly/3wTQVwT
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Cryptozoology, that beloved pseudoscience so full of bold hat choices, gets the rest of its comeuppance this week! But it’s not alone: conventional science also has had a long history of doing not exactly the right thing, and the conclusion of this Special Report offers some simple advice for all of the above: holy shit let’s do better.
EPISODE LINKS
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
All previous Special Reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/superduperstitious-special-reports
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life: https://bit.ly/3ghUqrm
Cameron Village Sewer Blob video: https://youtu.be/SQmFWYWqTZA
Mokele-mbembe revisited: https://bit.ly/35eTwoU
Is Cryptozoology Good or Bad for Science: https://bit.ly/3ixcL57
Support Mi’kmaw journalism: http://kukukwes.com/support-kukukwes-com/
Decolonizing field ecology: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333046168_Decolonizing_field_ecology
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The exciting conclusion to our ninth Superduperstitious Special Report will be comin' atcha next week – but in the meantime, why not enjoy some SUPER SECRET BONUS 'TENT??
Yes, in addition to the normal episodes we put out on a sometimes-regular basis, minisodes like these could be all yours EVERY SINGLE WEEK, alongside various other delightful treats – and all you have to do is support the show on Patreon! You'll help make this pod possible, and in return, we'll officially determine what monster you need to personally be wary of, we'll throw more audio content your way, and we'll even give you access to *exclusive stickers* not available to ANYONE else. Check it all out at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious and make us the happiest dorks around!
MINISODE LINKS
OUR PATREON DID YOU FORGET: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Humboldt's woolly monkey: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Lagothrix_lagotricha_%28male%29.jpg
Urban Ghosts Media: https://urbanghostsmedia.com/
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Another Superduperstitious Special Report? Another critical look at the pseudoscientific shenanigans of cryptozoology? BOTH?! What a day!
In this first half of another epic two-part deep dive, the boys examine some cryptozoological coattail riding, Europeans’ long history of “discovering” species that were new only to their white asses, and of course some super cool aminals. Also, apparently a shitload of feral cats were just unleashed upon Chicago, so that’s nice.
The difference between “cryptid” and “not yet known to science” isn’t as black and white as the critters discussed in this episode. Listen in and appreciate that wordplay!
EPISODE LINKS
Palestine resources: https://oc-palestine.carrd.co/
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: https://www.pchrgaza.org/en/
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
SDS PSA
Feral cats in Chicago: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/14/chicago-feral-cats-rat-crisis
Bullshit study justifying feral cat program: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5789309/
Process Church of the Final Judgment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_Church_of_the_Final_Judgment
Prolly a cult: https://bit.ly/3wAWv6L
Some actual science: https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/trap-neuter-release/
Wyatt’s story
Loren Coleman tweet: https://twitter.com/cryptoloren/status/1269359455122178051?lang=en
Collin Dickey’s article: https://lithub.com/the-monster-that-everyone-saw-and-no-one-cared-to-talk-about/
Guardian panda article: https://bit.ly/2SrCnFw
Coelacanth in Mountain Dew: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvEjnwqnuum/
Jake’s story
All previous Special Reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/superduperstitious-special-reports
1999 NOVA article: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/fantastic-creatures/
Sclater’s 1901 paper: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31590976#page/90/mode/1up
Okapi photo: https://bit.ly/3yPOKMv
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Gotta love the eps when you do all the work for us.
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Big Mouth Billy Bass: https://youtu.be/yd1XEkMotK8
Arielle’s heavily mirrored bathroom #1: https://bit.ly/3wlb4eT
Arielle’s heavily mirrored bathroom #2: https://bit.ly/3eKDU2a
Arielle’s heavily mirrored bathroom #3: https://bit.ly/2Ro2gWt
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Palm trees are amazing.
In this week’s episode, Jake and Wyatt get unintentionally introspective and also maybe call for a general strike? That, and they embark on a Bermudangle voyage to explore the mysterious disappearances of Flight 19 and the S.S. Cotopaxi. It’s a Bermuda Triangle episode, is what we’re getting at. Check it out!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
Flight 19: https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19
Possible explanations: https://exepose.com/2016/11/02/the-mystery-of-the-bermuda-triangle-solved/
Jake’s story
1958 article: https://bit.ly/3ucwYQH
Newsweek article: https://www.newsweek.com/ship-vanished-bermuda-triangle-century-ago-1484311
Live Science article: https://www.livescience.com/shipwreck-cotopaxi-bermuda-triangle.html
Post and Courier article: https://bit.ly/2PGOVI2
Ocean disappearance explanations: https://bit.ly/3gWo7yL
Bermuda Triangle explanations: https://on.natgeo.com/3xG7zkm
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Comedian, podcast host, and generally curious guy ALEX SCHMIDT joins the show to talk about some surprisingly creepy things!
Given such a straightforward prompt, Jake launches in with the “surprisingly” spooky story of Bloody Mary. You know, that thing you didn’t realize was scary? But what if we told you… IT’S ALL TRUE? KIND OF?? Wyatt follows up with an even more chilling topic: Tupperware.
Is there a supernatural conspiracy among newspaper comic strips? How do you know if you have too much sperm? And what is the best name for a large food storage container? Find out the answers to some of these questions and probably others, all on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: http://sifpod.fun
More Alex stuff: https://www.alexschmidty.com
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s stories
Bloody Mary ritual basics: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/
Bloody Mary legend #1: https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend
Origins of legend: https://home.iscte-iul.pt/~fgvs/Dundes%20bloody.pdf
Catoptromancy: https://occult-world.com/catoptromancy-divinations/
Bloody Mary legend #2: https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2012/10/bloody_mary_whales.html
Mirror/brain study press release: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/illusory-scenes-fade-in-out-view/
Mirror/brain study actual text: https://bit.ly/2QQDmOA
Wyatt’s story
Dr. Swan’s article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/books/review/shanna-swan-count-down.html
Phthalates: https://bit.ly/3sNpQsq
Moar BPA: https://mayocl.in/3eokv5H
Fertility study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028214023516
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This one’s about weird furniture.
Featuring: curses, Jake answering only in hums, and a return of The Quaff that comes dangerously close to actually reviewing a beer…
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
“The Quaff” bottle openers: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop/x7k2m1lj2h9vaifu5di7mdnsn2gemk
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
KY history: https://history.ky.gov/2019/10/30/new-details-about-the-cursed-chest/
The Conjure Chest: https://fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/the-conjure-chest/
Jake’s story
Medium article #1: https://bit.ly/3uRfI3m
Medium article #2: https://bit.ly/3mRXdZQ
The Northern Echo: https://bit.ly/3tmeSew
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The 2020 season was a wash. It’s been two long years and 72 episodes since the last time we did it. That’s right: it’s cult tournament time.
This week is the championship showdown between the Earth Division and the Planetary Division of cults, featuring all the doomsdays, owls, and former taxi drivers you could hope for! Fill out your bracket, charge up a spiritual energy battery, and join us as we get naked and blow stuff up on a March Madness episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Cult stuph
2021 NCAAA bracket: http://bit.ly/MarchMadderness
Chen Tao: https://d-nb.info/1115332651/34
The Brethren: https://www.religioustolerance.org/body_chr.htm
Crypto Bros: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crypto%20bro
The Aetherius Society: https://www.aetherius.org/
Freedomites: https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/religion-spirituality/sons-of-freedom
Congregation for the Light: https://bit.ly/31LomUu
Eckankar: https://www.eckankar.org/
Peloton: https://forward.com/news/459268/go-ahead-call-it-a-cult-im-grateful-for-my-peloton/
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Once upon a time, etc., etc., it’s a fairy tale themed episode of Superduperstitious!
Talkin’ ’bout ogres, talkin’ ’bout gnomes, talkin’ ’bout frustrating dialectic differences between the U.S. and the U.K. – it’s all here! So squeeze some salt, secure your dog door, and let’s all of us live happily ever after with this week’s episode.
EPISODE LINKS
Support victims’ families in Boulder: https://bit.ly/31pM8Fs
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
“The Boy and the Ogre”: https://bit.ly/3swFfOt
Psychology of ogre stories (sans paywall): https://bit.ly/3cunLNb
Ian Jobling is bad: https://religion.wikia.org/wiki/Ian_Jobling
Jake’s stories
Tammy’s tale: https://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2009/06/evil-little-man.html
Gnome background: https://bit.ly/2NXgBYe
1st gnome video from Ep. 17: https://youtu.be/4EQO0VfBpt4
2nd gnome video from Ep. 17: https://youtu.be/EAjyxdjDeUA
Charlie’s tale Part I: http://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2011/08/terror-of-evil-little-man-part-one.html
Charlie’s tale Part II: https://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2011/08/terror-of-evil-little-man-part-two.html
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Spook lights, baby! That’s the name of the game this week.
After an Oumuamua update from Wyatt, Jake ventures to the Mekong River for some fireballs that are either being puked up by a giant snake, stirred up by the river itself, faked for tourism purposes – OR PERHAPS ALL THREE. Wyatt then follows up on a listener lead for some equally intriguing flying light balls in Missouri. Find out some but most definitely not all of the answers to what the deal is with those!
Last one to the new ep is a Rotten Hank – listen in for another brand new Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Fight anti-AAPI hate: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
More resources: https://aapi-support.carrd.co/
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
Naga fireballs of the Mekong: https://www.wondermondo.com/naga-fireballs-of-mekong/
Photo of a fireball: https://www.ststworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Naga_Fire_Ball.jpg
Video of fireballs: https://youtu.be/JoilmoRHY_s
Goose's drawing and note: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMvDHiaHuFy/
Wyatt’s stories
Oumuamua update: https://phys.org/news/2021-03-scientists-extra-solar-oumuamua.html
First video of Senath lights: https://youtu.be/iJRyTktEhY0
Local news video of lights: https://youtu.be/GlXqhDgo-rc
Missouri Ghosts: http://www.missourighosts.net/arbyrdghostlightstories.html
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Old Nick is back with some more stories to share, which can only mean JUDGEMENT TIME.
Wyatt does the duty of evaluating listener Nick’s submissions for quality, and unsurprisingly finds them wanting. Then, following an apology for being upsettingly punctual, Jake delivers instructions on how to perform a séance! These instructions come from only the finest sources, seamlessly concatenated into a completely coherent step-by-step guide.
Submit your own stories to the show via contact@superduperstitious.com! And in the meantime, let’s all try our best to achieve Medium Level 5.
EPISODE LINKS
Support Black-owned businesses: https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/
Guide to the Unknown: https://www.gttupod.com/
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s stories
Phrogging tale: http://bit.ly/3bfo5yL
The other one: http://bit.ly/3kNxcKa
Jake’s story
wikiHow for performing a séance: https://www.wikihow.com/Perform-a-S%C3%A9ance
Cosmic Lady Six’s Guide: http://bit.ly/3rl97g2
Sims Online: https://sims-online.com/sims-4-paranormal-stuff-medium-skill-guide/
More Sims tips: https://www.gamepur.com/guides/how-to-perform-a-seance-in-the-sims-4-paranormal
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This week’s episode asks the question on all our minds: Is ideas bread?
The boys tell tales from their own home states to kick off a new recurring segment: Home State Horrors! Over the next eighty years or so, Superduperstitious is gonna cover all 50 U.S. states, plus probably some other places, too! In this initial installment, Wyatt and Jake learn some exciting news about their blood.
Jake leads the way with accounts of the Wood Devils of Coos County, NH (even though he’s not from New Hampshire), and then Wyatt discusses Massachusetts’ Bridgewater Triangle in the popular gameshow What is the Bridgewater Triangle? So Spooky?
I’m not gonna write some cute little coda on the end of this one. Listen to the episode!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Texas mutual aid
https://www.gofundme.com/f/kick-the-cold-austin-mutal-aid
https://linktr.ee/dfwmutualaid
https://linktr.ee/Rgvmutualaid
https://feedthepeopledallas.com/
https://linktr.ee/trinitymutualaid
Jake’s stories
Account sent to Stan Courtney: https://stancourtney.com/the-stick-breakers/
The Wood Devils of Coos County: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/sbs/coos.htm
Eyewitness sketch: https://bit.ly/3bwIdLz
GCBRO account: http://www.gcbro.com/NHcoos0001.html
Jake’s moose expedition video: https://youtu.be/6qhJ2X3Id48
Wyatt’s story
Bridgewater Triangle: http://bit.ly/2NVKkAw
Dighton Rock: https://newengland.com/today/travel/massachusetts/the-mystery-of-dighton-rock/
WCBV News UFO story: https://youtu.be/OXaB8sy9wxA
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It’s another cursèd object roundup on this week’s Superduperstitious!
Having narrowly survived a run-in with the creepiest goddamned teddy bear ever, Mr. Dr. Shell introduces Harold the Doll in all his probably-very-haunted glory, followed by audio from some equally evil Elmos. Jake, meanwhile, is just really hung up on this one vase that makes you die.
Remember: when in doubt, throw it out (over the roof of your house). And enjoy this week’s episode!
EPISODE LINKS
Deadly Debbie’s Creepy Files: https://www.deadlydebbie.com/
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s stories
Harold the Haunted Doll: http://haroldthehaunteddoll.com/
OVILUS demo: https://youtu.be/xyB4inRu08k?t=543
“Kill James” Elmo: https://youtu.be/mEwqdlg_ZnY
SciShow episode: https://youtu.be/MyQT78Bjt04
Jake’s EVP: http://bit.ly/JakeFakeEVP
“Who wants to die?” Elmo: https://youtu.be/ApG5s3PlSvc
Papa John: https://www.reddit.com/r/PapaJohns/comments/e6w006/like_tears_in_rain/
Jake’s story
The Basano Vase: https://www.thegypsythread.org/curious-tale-basano-vase/
Vase photo: https://bit.ly/3aEqPoR
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The boys once again sing the unprompted praises of Annihilation in this thinly-veiled excuse for Jake to talk about cave stuff!
First up, it’s a look at scary cave movies and how they compare to real life cave science. Could horrific creatures really lurk in the darkness, waiting to attack? And does any of that matter to a good spooky tale?
Wyatt then answers that question (“no”) with one such decidedly spooky tale: an ancient relic of the early 2000s about Ted the caver! And we do mean ancient: it’s from a literal Angelfire site.
Don’t let the length of this week’s episode scare you: the story contained within will take care of that for you. Now turn out the lights and respectfully cook up some crawfathers while you enjoy these stygian funtimes!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Radical news outlet: https://itsgoingdown.org/
Jake’s story
The Descent crawler image 1: https://bit.ly/3pxOlZU
The Descent crawler image 2: https://bit.ly/3t2W83Y
Passive nutrient flow into caves: https://bit.ly/36pqnbK
Cave food webs are weird: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/52/6/473/240329
Cave fish coolness: https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/astyanax-mexicanus/?sfw=pass1611980457
Olm: https://critter.science/olm-the-salamander-not-the-chant/
Cave crayfish factz: http://bit.ly/3j0PLJS
The Cave creature image 1: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/2f/b2/492fb2ac433e64601a053577bc1126e9.jpg
The Cave creature image 2: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/6c/53/7a6c53dd6e5d38b5e5674d232cc32b01.jpg
The Cave giant mole thingy: https://monsterlegacy.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/cavemole5.jpg
Wyatt’s story
Ted the Caver: https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
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The start of a new year means some time talk on Superduperstitious!
After a bit of rambling that might be more appropriate in a different, more popular genre of podcast (the lucrative road not traveled), the boys dig into some stories that roughly fulfill the prompt of “it is now a different year than it was”. For Wyatt, this means tales from alleged time travelers! And for Jake, an annual Arkansas NYE tradition of having a bunch of dead birds fall from the sky.
Could 2021 bring a much-needed fresh start after the horrors of 2020? Could this be the year I stop spending so damned long on episode descriptions that no one will read? Hop on the Beebe Blimp, set your singularities spinning, and we’ll find out together!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Fight white supremacy: https://indivisible.org/resource/standing-indivisible-against-white-supremacy
Support Black-owned businesses: https://www.miiriya.com/
Wyatt’s stories
John Titor: https://psmag.com/environment/the-mystery-of-john-titor-hoax-or-time-traveler-57001
Thrillist article: https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/john-titor-time-traveler-predictions-story
Time traveler from 2154: http://bit.ly/35unJkn
Jake’s story
NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/us/04beebe.html
ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-blackbirds-fall-sky-beebe-arkansas-years-eve/story?id=15269793
Smithsonian Mag: http://bit.ly/38x8f11
“Where Are They Now? Beebe Blackbirds”: http://bit.ly/35ssxa5
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The boys are back again, with some kooks and spooks for the books! (For the purposes of this description text, pretend that those three words rhyme.)
After a truly surprising visit from a Spring Heeled old pal, Jake leads the way with more of what he does best: crawler bullshit. Cut him some slack – it’s Christmas! And this time it’s served with a tasty side of cave ecology.
Wyatt then pays a FOURTH visit to a topic first covered three years and 119 episodes ago: sonic attacks. Even more unexpectedly, he finds himself in the rare but exciting position of doing whatever the opposite of debunking is (re-bunking?). This now four-installment-and-counting saga takes us from the early conclusion of “it’s probably just bugs” hard into the realm of “it’s definitely real”. Hold onto your axons!
On this cozy December morning, slap on a Magneto helmet, eat altogether too much candy in your PJs, and settle in for a surprise Christmas-timed but not Christmas-themed ep of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Support unhoused Minneapolitans: https://www.zacah.org/minneapolis-sanctuary-emergency-res
Jake’s story
“Something is stalking outside my house”: http://bit.ly/37Nk8zG
Update post: http://bit.ly/37LkE0P
“A scientist’s view on crawlers”: http://bit.ly/38wJscl
Wyatt’s story
GQ article: https://www.gq.com/story/cia-investigation-and-russian-microwave-attacks
NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/business/economy/havana-syndrome-microwave-attack.html
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It's that time of the year again! Time for us to be busier than we've ever been before (a bar we wish would stop getting inexplicably raised) and to consequently just post some existing content. "What 'tent is this you give to us?" you festively ask to the tune of Greensleeves. And we answer you, to the tune of the verse part of "Burning Down the House": Here's some outtakes! Take a peek. They're all found on Patreon. What not sign up and get more? *Bum bum bum BAHHH*
Do I maybe regret writing myself into a corner by choosing the song completely at random before having any idea what I was gonna write next? Yep. But gosh darn it, it's worth it for how much we think you'll love the bonus content and other cool perks we've got for you! It's all there waiting, if you support this silly little spooky and science-y podcast on Patreon.
Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Otherwise feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts FOR FREE! :D
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After a particularly rough fortnight of PhDing, Wyatt deserves a break. This episode is that!
Due to a major backlog of listener stories (i.e. exactly four stories from two people), there’s plenty of material to fill this week’s ep without the boys having to even really try! Jake takes the wheel and leads us all through tales of forest witch legal action, lava fields, and making out. Kick back, put a bow on your favorite goat, and join in for this laid back fun time!
EPISODE LINKS
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Pine Barrens “cedar water”: https://nj1015.com/is-the-pine-barrens-cedar-water-safe-to-swim-in/
Pic-a-lilli Inn: http://picalilli.com/
Pineys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_(Pine_Barrens_resident)
Pine Barons (very rad band): https://pinebarons.bandcamp.com/
“It Had Human Hands”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/jjjtx8/it_had_human_hands/
Mi’kmaq update 1: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/first-nations-chief-calls-1-billion-clearwater-deal-a-generational-acquisition-1.5181778
Mi’kmaq update 2: https://globalnews.ca/news/7452416/mikmaq-coalition-nova-scotia-clearwater-seafoods/
Support unhoused Minneapolitans: https://www.zacah.org/minneapolis-sanctuary-emergency-res
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Well wouldn’t you know it, there IS one more guest appearance in store this month, just in time for Halloween itself!
The boys welcome back to the show friend, bartender, tour guide, and expert on all things Chicago, JONATHAN KNOTEK. Together, the three enjoy a drunken ramble through some scary stories, some haunted history, and some very breaking news RE: a certain city’s bat monsters. Just how many people has Oprah killed? And did Jake prep two other stories only to read neither of them? Grab your costume, a very specific autumnal cocktail, and a spot on the couch as you listen along to The 4th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!
EPISODE LINKS
Catch us on Instagram live: https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_UfgzFE1k/
Chicago Prohibition Tours: https://www.prohibitiontours.com/
Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
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October has one last meandering interview up its sleeve, and this one is all Halloween all the time!
Comics writer and artist CHRIS HASTINGS generously wastes his entire evening talking with Wyatt and Jake about the spookiest of holidays. Does sugary cereal turn children into maniacs? How haunted can a family-made bathtub get? And what type of architecture is required to achieve a successful Krang costume? Find out some of this and also more, all on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Chris’ work: https://www.drhastings.biz
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
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As Halloween draws ever closer, it’s time for Wyatt and Jake to once again show their directionless interviewing chops!
This week, writer/podcaster/designer/chef JORDAN SHIVELEY stops by to talk about his current projects in weird fiction, as well as a series of Halloween-adjacent topics that come up. Learn the joys of watching entire horror franchises in release order, how to get officially labelled a heretic, plus some Creative Cloud inside baseball – all on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jordan’s work: https://www.jordanshiveley.com
All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
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Another Superduperstitious Special Report concludes, this time with a whole buncha psychology, neurology, and cultural history FACTZ. So what, in the end, is the ultimate reason folks like scary stories? In short, it’s because they’re GOOD FOR YOU.
And in case you’re worried that this episode will be TOO informational, rest assured that it’s crammed full of the most possible nonsensical recurring segments and corresponding bossa nova you could ever ask for.
EPISODE LINKS
Indigenous land: https://native-land.ca/
Land reparations: https://abcn.ws/36IBCwH
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Life lessons in ghost stories: https://bit.ly/2GCJTb5
Australian Aboriginal folk tales: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/12/telling-ghost-stories-just-part-our-dna
The psychology of scary media: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-58515-001
What monsters mean: https://bit.ly/3jDFX8k
Voluntary arousing negative experiences: https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0000470
(Summary of that, but without a paywall): https://bit.ly/34CTzdu
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What better way to kick off October than with another Superduperstitious Special Report! This edition seeks to answer the age old question: why come scary stories?
Jake and Wyatt start this two-ep deep dive with a variety of sample ghost stories past and present, and a look at the cultural and psychological factors that contribute to humanity’s timeless love of being frightened. Listen along to hear two 30-somethings get creeped out by a children’s book, and to wonder why some guys who are SO EASILY SCARED by damned near anything would choose to host this genre of podcast. It’s all here in Part I of this salute to spookiness itself!
EPISODE LINKS
Support BLM Louisville: https://linktr.ee/BLMLouisville
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s stories
The Weekly Irish Times, 1888: https://bit.ly/2HKSlVY
Letter from Pliny the Younger: https://bit.ly/3leLliH
Wyatt’s story
Harold: https://scary-stories.fandom.com/wiki/Harold
The psychology of being scared: https://bit.ly/3ipFRji
A few more points from the Scandinavians: https://bit.ly/3il02Pb
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Autumn: a thing that happens, as far as we know, every single year. North of the Equator, it’s happening RIGHT NOW. This episode is about that!
After a classic and arguably needless SDS PSA, Wyatt explains the German tradition of Feldgeister (“field spirits”), also known as Korndämonen. These corn demons are believed to be responsible for the wellbeing of each field’s crops, so you’d best respect them or you might get beaten with some boobs.
Next, Jake rattles off a series of ghostly encounters from followers of the blog GaijinPot. Which of these readers can prove themselves to be THE MOST INTO JAPAN? And how relevant to the week’s theme even is this entire segment?
Embrace the fall spirit, make it into a doll, and summon forth this episode from the thickest air available (the internet) to join in for another week of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Support Mi'kmaq fishing communities: https://bit.ly/3kRM7Sl
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
The Feldgeister: http://www.heathenhof.com/feldgeister-harvest-spirit-land/
The historical basis of Lycanthropism: https://www.scribd.com/document/192578736/Wettstein-Werewolf
Jake’s story
GaijinPot stories: https://blog.gaijinpot.com/true-japan-ghost-stories-from-gaijinpot-readers/
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What do a scary forest hag legend and a weird stretch of Venezuelan road have in common? Nothing. Except that they’re both featured in this week’s potpourri episode!
After some Venusian news, Jake introduces Wyatt to Penelope, a horrific monster woman who roams the Sierra Nevada eating everyone and everything she can. Can radioactive waste really turn a car crash victim into a superwitch? Why the hell not!
Wyatt then takes a trip down memory lane to the late ’80s and early ’90s, but use caution as you follow, dear listener: this Caracas route, plagued by something called La Mancha Negra, is known for killing, just, EVERYBODY (on account of the blob).
This ep’s got everything you could ever want in a podcast: cracker chewing sounds, meatstriders, asphalt – the total package. So why not drive off the road and straight into another episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Super Patron: https://www.superpatron.org/
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
RV sighting: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2012/08/penelope-sierra-nevada-mountains.html
Spooky face picture: https://bit.ly/2ZN8qQU
Monster Spotter's Guide to North America: https://bit.ly/33EUDNI
Second sighting: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2016/01/has-penelope-been-seen-again.html
Repeat account: https://www.reddit.com/r/skinwalkers/comments/3z8khf/crawling_cryptid_sighting/
Video of forest screams: https://bit.ly/2HaFxaZ
Wyatt’s story
Phosphine on Venus: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1174-4
La Mancha Negra: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-08-30-1992243008-story.html
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It’s the Randonautica episode! Who CARES if the hosts aren’t in the same physical location as one another?
Using the random coordinates suggested by the cryptic app, Wyatt and Jake tried their best to find stories tangentially related to what they found. All right, “best” is a strong word. But they certainly tried! Or, well… there are some stories, anyway? From the nosleep subreddit to famous cookie moguls, this episode runs the gamut of what qualifies as “audio content”. Spooky tales in the woods, a fair amount of honest to goodness history – there’s something for everyone! Or for someone, probably!
You, the listeners, chose the topic this week. And so, you, the listeners, are also to blame for this episode. Enjoy!
EPISODE LINKS
Hurricane Laura relief: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/28/how-to-help-those-affected-by-hurricane-laura.html
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
Forest Search and Rescue stories: https://bit.ly/3lUy006
Blueberries for Sal: https://bookshop.org/books/blueberries-for-sal/9780140501698
Jake’s story
Randonautica corpse story: https://bit.ly/3bz3LXB
Juliette Gordon Low House: https://bit.ly/334bCJ4
Smithsonian Magazine article: https://bit.ly/3h0m9tm
The Radical Monarchs: https://radicalmonarchs.org/
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August Around the World concludes with an excursion into Scandinavia, and this time, WE’VE GOT COMPANY.
Specifically, that company is DEREK SWORD of the podcast Monster Crush! Jake, Derek, and Wyatt bring bullshit, history, and science, respectively, as they tackle all manner of Scandinavian spookums, including ghost kinks, un-animals, and surprise steamed hams. If you scatter some phantom rose petals and avert another nuclear doomsday, who knows? You might just find cryptozoological love faster than you can say Storsjöodjuret!
EPISODE LINKS
Jacob Blake GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justiceforjacobblake
Monster Crush podcast: https://anchor.fm/monstercrush
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
The Bloody Monk of Nidaros Cathedral: https://bit.ly/3aYK1MR
Derek’s stories
Storsjöodjuret: https://adventuresweden.com/storsjoodjuret-the-great-lake-monster/
Moar Storsie: https://new-cryptozoology.fandom.com/wiki/Storsj%C3%B6odjuret
Seljordsormen (Selma): https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Seljordsormen
Wyatt’s story
Original spiral video: https://youtu.be/YIDIZRE1jEk
Norwegian spiral anomaly: https://bit.ly/3b15iW4
Russian missile tests: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34362960#.X0dIMdNKjUI
Good job, Doug: https://youtu.be/Zx8i5EfmYU4
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In this installment of August Around the World, things are getting every bit as spooky and mythology-y (?) as they are Latin American!
An extra-interrupty Jake infects Wyatt’s mind with cetacean madness while the latter tries to tell the tale of a shape-shifting monstrosity known for terrorizing dark corners of northern Mexico since pre-Columbian times. Said to be what happens when black magic practitioners turn themselves into hellish pseudo-animals, these naguales sure do have a colorful horoscope.
Then, in a segment so connected you’d think it was planned that way even though these hosts most definitely don’t have the wherewithal, Jake introduces the cadejo. If this Mesoamerican monster dog sounds familiar in a British kind of way (or indeed British in a familiar kind of way), then isn’t that something! Spooky tales AND cross-cultural folkloric common themes? What a podcast!
Let’s just put a moratorium on all non-indigenous usage of the term “spirit animal” from here on out, shall we? Great. And while we’re at it, let’s gesture religiously into the air, protect the monkey, and check out this ep of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Iowa derecho relief: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2020-08-14/how-can-i-help-iowans-who-need-it-right-now
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
The Nagual: https://mexicounexplained.com/the-nagual/
Cultura Colectiva article: https://bit.ly/329zdre
Mayan zodiac: https://mymayansign.com/
Video #1 (many flashlights): https://youtu.be/vTaVjX3DGbM?t=120
Video #2 (creepy scuttling): https://youtu.be/MuOUQ58yOFs?t=61
Video #3 (VERY creepy): https://youtu.be/MuOUQ58yOFs?t=88
Video #4 (issa dawg): https://youtu.be/L9zgbHIusfY
Jake’s story
Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America: https://www.hoap.co.uk/pbdla.pdf
Cadejo Brewery: http://www.cervezacadejo.com/
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August Around the World continues, this time in the bigger of the oceans! You know the one.
Jake begins with cool rocks, just like you always hoped he would. Why? Because they’re what make up Nan Madol, a series of tiny, real nifty artificial islands in Micronesia built around a millennium ago! How exactly were they constructed, and why? IT’S A MYSTERY. And will white people ever give other cultures credit for their engineering chops? Not if this weather-controlling lost city has anything to say about it!
Wyatt then takes one for the team (and fulfills a recent-ish promise) by finally giving an obligatory rundown on Rapa Nui. Also known as Easter Island, this bad boy’s got actually a lot of really cool and surprising history regarding its famous big ol’ heads. So stop thinking about yams and listen up!
There’s plenty of world traveling still to come, so drop on by for this hour of Pacific island Superduperstitious fun!
EPISODE LINKS
“Masquatch” stickers: https://www.etsy.com/listing/851274835/masquatch-sticker
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
Columnar basalt: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/volcanoes-create-towering-columns-rock/
(Important): https://youtu.be/yecJLI-GRuU?t=147
Historic Mysteries article: https://www.historicmysteries.com/nan-madol/
Khan Academy article (with photos): https://bit.ly/3aoOW9F
Smithsonian Magazine article: https://bit.ly/3fRdMQl
Wyatt’s story
Easter Island: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-mystery-of-easter-island-151285298/
Soil fertility: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/mystery-easter-island-revealed
Freshwater sources: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-ancient-mysteries-easter-island.html
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This is our one hundred and eleventh episode. We are eleventy-one today! What better way to celebrate than to kick off AUGUST AROUND THE WORLD!
The first stop on this month-long journey is the Middle East, or rather, the Greater Middle East, beginning with an upright hairy hominid tale from Mr. Shell. Did somebody say, “On brand”? Or perhaps they said “Barmanu”? Either way, this trip across Afghanistan and Pakistan in the footsteps of a departed Spanish cryptozoologist truly does involve boobies.
Jake then defies expectation by NOT talking about ghuls/ghouls – and then 1000% meets expectation by trawling Reddit. Djinn, or jinn, are a nifty thing, turns out! And Geico commercials are annoying.
Beware slumber parties at spooky houses you’ve dreamed about and watch out for ape junk as you settle into this Middle Eastern episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Lebanon disaster relief: https://helplebanon.carrd.co/
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s story
The News article: https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/555751-search-elusive-creature
Barmanu (including sketches): https://paranormalfact.fandom.com/wiki/Barmanu
Magraner’s publication: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/biology/jordi.htm
Jake’s story
“The Guardian of the Valley”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/go6t0b/the_guardian_of_the_valley/
Djinn/Jinn on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn
Sleepover djinn scare: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/93dxx4/djinn/
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Space. The eventual thing we sometimes get around to. These are stories from the podcast Superduperstitious. Their infinite-year mission: to give up on this bit halfway through the paragraph. Just listen to the thing.
After a frankly embarrassing 54 episodes (the span, not the episodes), the boys are finally talking about outer space again! Specifically, stuff being built out there. Jake leads the way with the very earnest beliefs of a fella who just can’t take “no, those are visual artifacts because the photos are almost 60 years old” for an answer. Wyatt then journeys to the very catchily named KIC 8462852, where weird light stuff has been happening. Could it be a whole shitload of floating dust? Or could it perhaps be the work of the most insufferable British appliance company of all time?
Buckle in, Planet Hunter, and get ready for giant Martian Boy Scouts, ploonets, and the definitive answer to an 80-episode-long mystery – all on a brand new ep of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Keep up the fight: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
NASA moon photo: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS11/42/6276.jpg
Alien city on the moon: http://www.etdatabase.com/2020/06/alien-city-found-on-moon-in-nasa-photo.html
Lunar Orbiter photo gallery: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/
Structures on the moon: https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/p/under-construction-i-call-this-set-of.html
Example photo #1: https://bit.ly/3fdLSxA
Example photo #2: https://bit.ly/2CRxK09
Example photo #3: https://bit.ly/30blekV
Scott’s website: https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/
Pocket knife on Mars: https://youtu.be/5GuqcCT82Fo
NASA’s shrinking budget: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/NASA-Budget-Federal.svg
Wyatt’s story
Planet Hunters: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/457/4/3988/2589003
TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tabetha_boyajian_the_most_mysterious_star_in_the_universe
Ploonets: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/489/2/2313/5542731
Syfy Wire: https://bit.ly/3hQiuQ0
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(Not to be confused with any other podcast’s IP.) Many thanks to Shawhan, [REDACTED], Casey, and Michelle for submitting these super cool stories! See? We do EVENTUALLY read the stuff people send us!
EPISODE LINKS
Portland bail fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fund
Showing Up for Racial Justice: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
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We’ve only just begun. We can’t slow down.
Ways to help:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
News:
https://www.patreon.com/UnicornRiot
Yemen:
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We might all still be stuck inside for a while, but there’s plenty of traveling in this week’s ep!
A solid 78 episodes after their first foray into far flung frights, the boys are once again exploring mysterious locations. Jake’s up first, with a notorious lost American town that is… not really a big deal? It seems like? Find out what exactly happened to Dudleytown, CT and how cursed it wasn’t.
Wyatt then takes us all on a road trip! Where to? Some roads, of course! The most haunted in the U.S., if this highly esteemed car rental blog is to be believed. Buckle in and find out if this spookometer really goes all the way up to 5, baby.
If those horrifying creatures creeping down out of the woods by your house get to be too much, accelerate your car to at least 230 mph and join in for an all-new Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Donate to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network: https://bit.ly/2ydVp8x
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’ story
Dudleytown, CT: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/dudleytown
The Shadowlands: http://theshadowlands.net/famous/dudleytown.htm
Dudleytown photos: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/connecticut/dudleytown-ct/
Wyatt’s stories
Car Rentals dot com: https://www.carrentals.com/blog/haunted-roads/
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Sometimes, pseudoscience and conspiracy theories are just some goofy, harmless fun. This is not one of those times.
Today’s episode is all about giving due diligence to some big names in fringe medical “science” whose dangerous misinformation has caused lasting harm. Meet Andrew Wakefield, the British former doctor who is the sole reason anyone has ever believed in a link between vaccines and autism. How did he reach that conclusion? By lying. For money. Joining him is Judy Mikovits, retrovirus enthusiast who decided to yes-and Wakefield’s work by linking vaccines not only with autism, but with CFS and just about every imaginable cancer, too. Her secret? Also lying.
It’s a fraud free-for-all, with some helpful vax facts to boot — all on this week’s Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s stories
Andrew Wakefield: https://bit.ly/2WZTM6X
Refuting Wakefield #1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/
Refuting Wakefield #2: https://bit.ly/3cD4UwX
Refuting Wakefield #3: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub4/full
Jake’s story
Judy Mikovits (fake bio): https://scientists4wiredtech.com/dr-judy-mikovits-primer/
Mikovits (real bio): https://retractionwatch.com/2020/05/06/who-is-judy-mikovits/
Donate to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network: https://bit.ly/2ydVp8x
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You are simply NOT ready for this one, friends!
Emma and Dan, hosts of Real Life Ghost Stories, join the show to talk about ghost stories! Real life ones! From creepy household occurrences to Black Mirror knockoffs, they’re bringing the goods. And that, of course, can only mean that Jake and Wyatt are bringing the bads. Listen along and see how much the group can withstand before completely losing their minds! And don’t forget to stick around until the very end for an extra treat…
Questions? Answered. Attic doors? Open. Weeks? Three days long. It can all be found on a brand-new Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Real Life Ghost Stories: https://play.acast.com/s/reallifeghoststories
Dan's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/miloskiba
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s stories
Monsters under the bed (Quora): https://bit.ly/2SJlm6T
Blue light bridge: https://bit.ly/2YFPYdp
Emma’s stories
The attic door: https://bit.ly/2zf0m12
Doppelgängers: https://bit.ly/2YHGuhU
Dan’s stories
“Grizzly Treats”: https://bit.ly/3fra6WG
“Girl on Swing”: https://bit.ly/2zdzPRV
Wyatt’s story
“Elves, some freaking duendes”: https://bit.ly/3ftCaZm
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Remember that time in Episode 62 when Wyatt and Jake picked three random creatures apiece to take turns talking about? Yeah, neither do they. So it’s weird artifacts time instead, and not as many of them!
This week, Wyatt’s got a mysterious manuscript and a forgotten language, while Jake describes a weird hammer and struggles to pronounce Aztec names. Presenting the Codex Gigas, the coolest giant old book since the Voynich manuscript, but also older! And don’t get us started on the London Hammer. Is it 100-million-year-old proof of human civilization? 400-million-year-old? And does that make it also proof that the Earth is NOT old? Don’t expect to find any answers on Easter Island, where the potential language Rongorongo remains indecipherable beyond potential 1990s hit song lyrics. Also, terrifying whistles and a cute bird happen.
Don’t cry for me, next-door neighbor — listen to this brand new episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Wyatt’s stories
Codex Gigas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas
Big ol’ Devil illustration: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Codex-Gigas-Devil-enhanced.jpg
Rongorongo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo
Jake’s stories
The London Hammer: http://www.badarchaeology.com/out-of-place-artefacts/very-ancient-artefacts/the-london-artifact/
Photo with shell: http://paleo.cc/paluxy/hammer2b.jpg
Earth’s history as a football field: https://youtu.be/M8V_glRW1hA
Aztec Death Whistles: https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/death-whistle
1988 NYT article: https://nyti.ms/2W5QiPK
Xavier Quijas Yxayotl: https://www.yxayotl.com/
Death whistle video: https://youtu.be/I9QuO09z-SI
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Listen, we’ve been over this before, but it bears repeating: not EVERY episode has to have a theme.
Unless of course that theme is random crap! Jake tackles underground spookums, while Wyatt gets a bit more metaphysical on this week’s ep. We’re talking ghosts, we’re talking ghouls, we’re talking rats in Massachusetts making rats in Australia smarter for some reason. A delightful mix of ghost stories, some interesting biology, and a whole pile of steaming hot pseudoscience — we’ve got it all baby!
Grab a pickaxe and exactly one hundred monkeys and meet us in an hour — it’s time for Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
Things That Go Bump in the Coal Mine Part I: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/ee25pl/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine/
Part III: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/eewrpy/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_part/
Part IV: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/egxnu1/things_that_go_bump_in_the_mine_part_3/
Part V: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/enijhi/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_4/
Wyatt’s story
Morphic resonance: https://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance/introduction
The Skeptic’s Dictionary: http://skepdic.com/morphicres.html
Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/cgzlck/how_should_i_as_a_nonscientist_think_about_rupert/
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It’s the second half of this special look at superstitions!
What actually IS the deal with our weird ol’ brains, and how do they make so many of us believe the darnedest things? Worries over numbers (hotel-wise and otherwise), pigeon OCD — it’s all part of being alive! Stories of the strange? Yeah, you’ll be hearing the science behind 'em. And questions? Oh you KNOW they’re gettin’ answered! All on this salt-sprinkled conclusion to the most on-brand Superduperstitious Special Report yet!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com
Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Magical thinking: https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/magical-thinking
Placebo effect: https://www.healthline.com/health/placebo-effect#real-examples
Moar placebo effect: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect
Unlucky 13: https://www.history.com/news/whats-so-unlucky-about-the-number-13
Folklore Thursday: https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/spilled-salt-bad-luck-protection-dark-side/
Morton Salt: https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/salt-history/
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It’s Special Report time, mofos! And also long past time that the podcast looked into its namesake.
That’s right: this latest two-parter is all about superstitions! And you’d be amazed how hard it is now to type that word normally, without the “duper”. In Part I, Jake covers good luck, Wyatt covers the bad, and they both hit the ugly. On the good luck side, it’s all about salt and how it can ward off evil! But not meta-demons, whatever the goddamned hell those are. Good times! Also: lucky snack bags in Taiwan.
On the bad luck side, CURSES. Mummy ones, puberty ones, and all the signs to determine if an evil wizard has given you one. Sorry, not a wizard, a practicer of black majique. Is there any reason NOT to assume that every small inconvenience in your life is connected? We may never truly know.
It’s time to start exploring the beliefs we all believe and why we believe them, in Part I of this Superduperstitious Special Report!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
Ghostly Activities article (salt): https://www.ghostlyactivities.com/salt-a-ghostly-protection-go-to/
Kuai Kuai culture: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3762991
Less helpful translation: http://www.netadmin.com.tw/netadmin/zh-tw/viewpoint/5C5F7FE8ACFE402897093FB8F5631F9C
Wyatt’s story
Mummy’s curse: https://www.livescience.com/38670-famous-historical-curses.html
12 Classic Signs You’ve Been Cursed: https://www.becomealivinggod.com/newsletter/12-classic-signs-youve-been-cursed.php
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It’s a new beginning for this here podcast, which we assume means literally doing everything over again from the beginning.
In this episode, Wyatt and Jake talk about their favorite cryptids, which they DEFINITELY HAVEN’T already talked about before and SURELY not in the first episode of this show. Rest assured: you’re guaranteed to learn new stuff this time around, like the fact that everything in history is somehow connected to Atlantis, and that when you see an unknown creature, you should check not only its genitals (as discussed many times by now), but also its flaps. That, and you’ll get some pretty straightforward forensic science and predator biology to boot.
Episode 200, here we come!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s story
Bigfoot in Australia: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/aussie_report.htm
Bernardo Giant: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/bernardo.htm
Jake’s story
Russian chicken killings: https://www.rt.com/news/311331-voronezh-chupacabra-chickens-dog/
Recent chupacabra sightings: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/chupacabra-sightings-this-year/
Ben Radford’s website: http://benjaminradford.com/
The chupacabra explained: http://amzn.to/muluYb
Lividity: http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/rigor-mortis-and-lividity.html
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Wait, are we still doing this? Wasn’t last week’s the big finale?? Oh jeez, didn’t really prepare anything for this, uhhh…
Join Jake and Wyatt as they look over their first hundred episodes — and the life choices that brought them here — with a small selection of topics to revisit from the first few years of the show’s run! And stick around for the next hundred eps. They’ll probably be good, too!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s stories
Grand Canyon bullshit: https://www.crystalinks.com/grandcanyon.html
“Glowing Eyes?”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e0a7vm/glowing_eyes/
“Crawler” video: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/dfiotn/possible_source_for_some_crawler_sightings/
Wyatt’s stories
Fast radio bursts: https://futurism.com/the-byte/powerful-radio-signal-from-distant-galaxy-seems-to-have-a-pattern
Sacsayhuamán (bonkers): https://www.ancient-code.com/ancient-technology-ancient-cultures-soften-stone/
Sacsayhuamán (factual): https://www.ancient.eu/Sacsayhuaman/
Jack’s back: https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9546587.terrified-banstead-family-confronted-by-dark-figure-on-bypass/
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That’s it! We did it! This is the last episode of Superduperstitious! That is double digits!
You heard right: it’s the 99th episode! And what better way to celebrate this milestone than with an episode topic befitting the episode number? ’99 was a big year for a big movie that changed all of our lives forever, probably. So this episode is obviously full of clothing history and stuff like that.
Learn kung fu real quick and wear some sick shades while you’re at it, because you’ve got some Superduperstitious to listen to!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Phantom of the Chicago photo: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/01/large-dark-winged-being-encountered-on.html
Wyatt’s story
History of the trench coat: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trench-coat-made-its-mark-world-war-i-180955397/
Mustache law: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/01/mustache-law/
The Matrix style trench coats: https://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Matrix_Style_Trench_Coats
Medicinal capsule history: https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/scherer-robert-pauli
More capsule history: https://capsuleconnection.com/blog/the-history-of-capsules/
Jake’s story
Nick Bostrom paper: https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.pdf
Simulation theory: https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory
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We humans sure do make a lotta STUFF, and we like scary stories, so naturally there are plenty of scary stories ABOUT stuff. That’s right, it’s antiquing time on this episode of Superduperstitious!
For starters, Jake has the tale of a weird wooden idol found in the Catskill Mountains that seems to be attached to some kind of evil entity. Is The Crone really up to no good and all the time conjuring pond water and shit out of the blue? What, really, is it’s DEAL?
Wyatt then slowly cranks up the creeps with a series of cursed paintings, each more unpleasant than the previous. From a flameproof Crying Boy that WAY too many people own, to two successive paintings that have no excuse for existing, the world of household art seems to for sure be a weird place. And maybe the whole justification for eBay’s existence.
Ghost stories abound, unexplained occurrences inconvenience various art owners, and Wyatt and Jake reveal a shameful secret about themselves, all in this brand new ep!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s story
Original Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/408hde/me_and_a_friend_found_this_creepy_statue_while/
Photos of The Crone: http://imgur.com/a/IiFo9
Reply from u/nuekerk: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/408hde/me_and_a_friend_found_this_creepy_statue_while/cysy3to/
Followup post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/4rkz4x/remember_those_hikers_who_found_the_cursed_statue/
Episode 9: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/9-bek-2-the-childrenening
Curse of the Crone: http://weekinweird.com/2016/07/02/the-crone-of-the-catskills-this-cursed-carving-brings-visits-from-a-terrifying-paranormal-entity/
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2PJv5LnLA
Video 2: http://weekinweird.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13576492_10154662388635730_1958135138_n.gif
Wyatt’s story
The Crying Boy Pinterest page: https://www.pinterest.com/jodisue333/the-crying-boy/
The story of The Crying Boy: https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Crying-Boy
Crying Boy fire video: https://youtu.be/AyRL-yIIVH0
The Hands Resist Him: http://latenighthorrorhotel.blogspot.com/2010/06/hands-resist-him-real-or-fiction-we-try.html
The Anguished Man: http://weekinweird.com/2012/11/27/mail-bag-torturous-cries-the-anguished-man/
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It’s adventure time once again on Superduperstitious, but that doesn’t mean that those adventures have to have any firm grounding in REALITY.
After a quick UK check-in with some genuine archaeological coolness, Wyatt heads to Arizona's Superstition Mountains to examine the Legend of the Lost Dutchman. Sure, all evidence of this particular goldmine is 1000% apocryphal, but why would that stop multiple real people from dying actual deaths in their attempts to find it? This is GOLD we’re talking about!
Jake then takes things unintentionally nearby to the Grand Canyon, where, it turns out, all ancient civilizations came from. You want Egyptian mummies? You got ‘em! A generic mishmash of a dozen or more distinct eastern and southern Asian cultures? Coming right up! A whole bunch of scientists in 1909 studying these incredible finds while avoiding a haunted snake pit? Check. It’s all for sure a real thing that happened, and that’s why we all remember it so well!
Start reconciling those geological discrepancies, watch out for snipers, and settle in to yet another fine ep o’ Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/
Chicago Prohibition Tours: https://www.prohibitiontours.com/
Wyatt’s story
Havering Hoard news: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/feb/10/french-bracelet-among-surprises-in-mysterious-havering-hoard
Superstition Mountains: https://www.superstitionmountain.com/History-of-the-Superstition-Mountains-13C19.html
Legend of the Lost Dutchman: https://azstateparks.com/lost-dutchman/explore/the-dutchman
More Lost Dutchman: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/63-a-map-to-the-lost-dutchman-gold-mine
Jake’s story
Arizona Gazette article: http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/nov2/gazette.htm
Incredibly reputable source: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/egipto/esp_egipto_grandcanyon01.htm
More of that: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_orionzone_8c.htm
Smithsonian myths: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/urban-legends-about-the-smithsonian-135407460/
Grand Canyon caves and karst: https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/cave.htm
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Mountains: you can be on them, near them, and maybe even under them if things aren’t going great for you. Here’s an ep about that!
Jake’s up first, with both a PSA about not believing every viral video you see AND a story about ghostly experiences in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Is The Presence of Mount Washington real, or are people just freaking themselves out on a windy peak? Nail down a pair of boots and find out!
Following an especially visceral round of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt describes the Sheppton Mine disaster, complete all the popes that were definitely there and the Louises who definitely weren’t. But who among us hasn’t wanted to make at least A FEW burgers out of our friends and coworkers, I mean REALLY.
What even are release dates, anyway? Nobody knows! Here’s a new episode of Superduperstitious.
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Ball lightning nonsense: https://youtu.be/IwR14D3NA8c
Jake’s story
Article on The Presence: https://www.outdoors.org/articles/appalachia-journal-blog/slamming-doors-cries-for-help
Jake’s Lakes of the Clouds video: https://youtu.be/XTLtYiELVj8
Episode 76: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/76-mos-scotia
Rime ice: https://www.instagram.com/p/BP7paBwAylX/?utm_source=ig_embed
Final story: https://www.nhmagazine.com/new-hampshires-most-haunted-places-2/
Wyatt’s story
Sheppton Mine disaster: http://www.eastuniontownship.com/thrones-account-of-the-sheppton-mine-disaster
Citizen’s Voice: http://bit.ly/39fkhJU
Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/05/the-trapped-miners-holy-visions-investigating-the-sheppton-miracle/
Interview with Maxim W. Furek: https://nepascene.com/2016/01/new-book-digs-up-dark-secrets-sheppton-mine-disaster-nepa-greatest-urban-legend/
Song: https://youtu.be/OqDu5LBT8_Y
Interview with Henry: https://youtu.be/NLm-AWrbLtc?t=1304
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Listener stories are always welcome at Superduperstitious, but not without raising the immortal question: are these stories GOOD?
Listener Nick Smith kindly provides a pair of personal accounts of the spooky, so Wyatt and Jake kindly provide feedback on their quality, since that’s what Nick was surely wanting. And they of course achieve this by comparing to some top notch stories from the Website of Only Good Writing, Reddit!
Wyatt begins by revisiting sleep paralysis. From ticked off Anubises to cuckolding ghosts, this segment’s got it all. Jake then goes Full Pedantic™ with grammar as he looks into some haunted house happenings. NOTHING is more terrifying than verb/subject agreement.
Strap in for some good listening, and consider sending your own tales to contact@superduperstitious.com!
EPISODE LINKS
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Contact form: https://www.superduperstitious.com/contact
Nick’s website: https://www.nixmith.com/
Wyatt’s stories
Sleep paralysis AskReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1u83wz/victims_of_sleep_paralysis_what_was_your_runin/
Response: http://bit.ly/38FyT5a
More sleep paralysis: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/ert9xr/sleep_paralysis_sucks_man/
Sleep paralysis question: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/er0w9y/i_get_sleep_paralysis_where_i_can_barely_move_or/
A very good story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/erll6u/my_sleep_paralysis_cucked_me_wtf/
Jake’s stories
Halloween ep of Project Science: https://youtu.be/mQZm2RVNo6c
Dog groomer story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/e8b4bq/a_night_alone_in_a_very_haunted_house/
Haunted Scottish house: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/cfnw0g/my_very_haunted_house/
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The Boiz are back, just as you’ve always known them and going by that one name you’ve always called them!
Thanks to a listener suggestion, this week is one full of not-quite-vampires, and their amazing similarities across cultures! After a positively thrilling update from the show’s official Field Correspondent, Jake starts with the Aswang, one of several billion terrifying mythological creatures to come out of the Philippines. Although both Jake and Wyatt learn that they had totally the wrong idea about what the Aswang is, they are able to at least continue to be creeped out by that damned tongue. So I guess fetuses are safe for now?
Wyatt then turns to Romania, not for your standard Transylvanian fare, but instead for some background on the strigoi, a pre-vampire with far more complicated rules and apparently much more involved methods of disposal. And thankfully, there is hope that these undead creeps may become functioning members of society again (at least once they stop stealing cattle).
Keep away from any lickholes in your domicile and be prepared to pry open your dead loved ones with a pitchfork while you tune in to another fun episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
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Firekiller Report: https://www.superduperstitious.com/field-reports/fire-killer-3
Jake’s story
The Aswang Project: https://www.aswangproject.com/what-is-an-aswang/
The Culture Trip: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/aswang-the-terrifying-vampire-ghouls-of-the-philippines/
Aswang encounter: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/4bvk5q/my_encounter_with_an_aswang/
Wyatt’s story
Petre Toma account: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jun/19/theobserver
Strigoi: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/vampire3.htm
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It’s a brand new year! And what better way for Superduperstitious to start that year than by biting off more than it (or at least Jake) can chew?
That’s right, the boys have lost their entire minds and brought you a full FORTY stories throughout one ludicrously jam-packed TWO-HOUR episode, all in overzealous service to a convoluted “2020” theme. You want ghosts? Crawlers? Sasquatches? Gnomes?! They’re all here, baby. And if this ep doesn’t scare you, it’ll at least astonish you with how quickly it loses its way. We’re talking, five stories deep TOPS.
Crank up the volume and settle in for some well-deserved bonus content (or bone ‘tent) to kick off another year of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s stories
Tree-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ehktwy/tree_like_creature/
Yellow smiley balloon: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ecl9xn/the_yellow_smiley_balloon_was_more_than_that/
Black-eyed kids: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/egvbxw/personal_blackeyed_kid_encounter_2009/
Li'l doodle: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/eeobro/im_the_guy_from_rome_someone_in_the_comment_asked/
Creepy gnome-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/dnwqsn/creepy_gnomelike_creature/
Billy Corgan shapeshifter: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e8eden/billy_corgan_shapeshifter/
Tree People of Maine: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/bvrdf4/tree_people_of_maine/
Creature on the roof (VIDEO): https://www.reddit.com/r/veryspookyvideos/comments/e7ab4v/strange_creature_with_glowing_eyes_on_the_roof_of/
The Devil Scratched Me: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ehltib/the_devil_scratched_me/
The White Thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e5zu3p/the_white_thing/
Bigfoot soundz: https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=63324
Dream about weird rabbit-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ejq282/dream_about_weird_rabbit_like_creature/
This shit keeps haunting me: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/9wg3vk/this_shit_keeps_haunting_me/
Who is in the tree? https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e2c6o5/who_is_in_the_tree/
Child observes "gorilla": https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=3075
Survivalist board: https://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=57236&highlight=creep&page=151&=1&utm_source=amp
Man or ape?: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2017/01/man-or-beast.html
Jake’s stories
(Links coming... eventually? Maybe? Does anyone REALLY care at this point?)
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What was meant to be a Boxing Day episode is now a day later, but you know what? It’s still all winter stories, friend!
After another installment in the endless tide of Chicago bat goofness, Jake finally yields some ape ground with a few yeti accounts. He may be pretty damned skeptical of it all, but perhaps there is SOME plausibility in them thar hills. However, a bunch of big fish stories from a bunch of overexcited Europeans is ALWAYS something to take with a bunch of grains of salt.
Wyatt then takes a page out of Jake’s book and turns to Reddit for some backyard spooks. What horrible shadow creature has glowing yellow eyes and can glide through snow toward your back porch? Could it be a horny mountain lion?
This ep is full of goose flesh, people on mountains indistinctly seeing other people on mountains, and all the moose howls you could ask for. Check it all out on the last Superduperstitious of the year!
EPISODE LINKS
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s story
Mysterious Universe article: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/07/a-monster-on-the-glacier/
Live Science article: https://www.livescience.com/25072-yeti-abominable-snowman.html
Russian video: https://youtu.be/Zz0Ypv6F0aI
Wyatt’s story
Reddit story: http://bit.ly/2t6TFLz
Moose hauling ass through snow: https://youtu.be/jOLF2d09GKE
Bull moose dropping an antler: https://on.natgeo.com/34WtyUI
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Finally, an episode in December! Is it any surprise that it’s about cryptids?
After a lengthy but important update on the Phantom of the Chicago, Wyatt kicks off with the tale of Zana, a supposed ape woman held captive in the most difficult to pronounce reaches of the 19th-century Western Caucasus. Was she really a bipedal ape creature, or were these people just HOLY SHIT THE MOST RACIST MONSTERS IMAGINABLE? Could the answer possibly be anything BUT the latter?
Jake then gets German with the Rat King, a ball o’ rat phenomenon believed to occur all the damned time. But are rats REALLY as gross as people want to believe? And are they that bad at being alive and not fusing together? FOLLOW THE MONEY.
Don’t let the stats from the time of recording fool you: take it from America’s 225th most popular Natural Sciences podcast, Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s story
The story of Zana: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/zana.htm
Kwhit’s skull: https://sites.google.com/site/noxgigasstudy/home/zana-and-the-black-plague
Possible human subspecies: http://bit.ly/2ScdJq7
Calling bullshit 1: http://bit.ly/2Q4Kt1W
Calling bullshit 2: http://bit.ly/2rbrvOG
Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2014.1712
Jake’s story
Medium article: https://medium.com/@Naturalish/rat-kings-what-are-they-really-ef67359ad34e
Squirrel King video: https://youtu.be/vDbs-0b8zAU
Mental Floss article: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/506504/almost-comprehensive-history-rat-kings
Estonian Rat King: http://www.kirj.ee/public/Ecology/2007/issue_1/bio-2007-1-7.pdf
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It’s Thanks-friggin-giving, and Wyatt and Jake are thankful for one thing above all else — being together again in the same room! The most obvious way to celebrate this is of course by telling some vaguely holiday-appropriate stories, so that happens.
After some much-needed bat updates, Jake hits us with a pair of paranormal accounts that kinda sorta maybe REFERENCE Thanksgiving? Whatever. Just watch out for disappearing, creepy kids in red shirts and horrific, inhuman, staggering grey masses that whisper to you at night.
Wyatt heads in another direction entirely, with the history of the fringe Christian belief in the rapture. Are all the good folks gonna get poofed away? Why come everyone don’t believes that? The answers to some of that and more can all be found in this binder (and these twelve thumb drives).
Keep eating stuffing and NEVER, EVER STOP — it’s Superduperstitious time!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Katy’s work: https://www.instagram.com/after_artist_/
Jake’s story
First story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/bi0cv2/the_red_man/
Second story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/dp9yn7/old_gray_thing/
Creepy artwork: https://imgur.com/KwKaOBi
Wyatt’s story
The rapture: https://psmag.com/news/why-are-so-many-christians-obsessed-with-predicting-the-rapture
Marsha Kuhnley’s books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19656617.Marsha_Kuhnley
Rapture binders: http://marshakuhnley.com/category/make-a-binder/
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They’re apes. We KNOW. But how often do you hear anyone say “aping around”? I mean REALLY.
But yeah! It’s an ape ep for the ages. Wyatt leads off with the story of De Loys’ Ape, and the spooky photo that gave it such staying power. Are there really giant, bipedal humanoid primates lurking in the forests of South America? Just as surely as humans from different continents somehow evolved from different species! (No.)
Jake then hops on the hominid fraud train with Piltdown Man, the U.K.’s unfortunate contribution to a European paleontological pissing contest. Sometimes, if you’re looking hard enough for a Missing Link, you’ll accept ANY EVIDENCE that suggests you found it. Even if it comes from a non-scientist known for faking shit.
Cut the tail off a monkey, slap some unrelated bones together, and tune on into a history- and science-filled episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Blue-headed black bear: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Headed_Black_Bear
Wyatt’s story
De Loys’ Ape: https://bigfootbase.com/blog/geologists-odd-ape-history-de-loys-ape
Breaking down the fraud: http://bit.ly/2riz7hX
Jake’s story
Science Magazine article: http://bit.ly/2OafMsz
BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/piltdown_man_01.shtml
Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.160328
Wyatt’s Royal Society article: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1815
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Canine-adjacent stories keep piling up, so it’s time to release the hounds! Except the “hounds” are those aforementioned stories, and “releasing” them is telling them. It’s good!
This week, you’ll hear a series of encounters with mysteries dog-looking things, mostly on the side of the road at night, including Wyatt’s own experience! Then, you’ll tuck into a ghastly tale of douchebags and coal furnaces, complete with audio accompaniment. And rest assured, you’ll get a very important PSA about responsible cat ownership, and learn Jake’s least favorite internet zeitgeist-y way of referring to this overall genre.
Pennsylvania listeners, hold onto your butts! It’s time for Superduperstitious.
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Bucko: https://www.instagram.com/designsbybucko/
Jake’s story
Creature chasing coyotes: http://bit.ly/2Qh5MyZ
“Huge Roadside Wolf-Like Creature”: http://bit.ly/2Oa3Wxp
Motorcycle poopin’: http://bit.ly/2O4cfdO
“I saw a small humanoid running on the side of the road!”: http://bit.ly/2qOyywi
Animals not looking normal: http://bit.ly/2NMDIlB
Wyatt’s story
The Hounds of Colebrook: http://bit.ly/33Q2nLy
Origin story: http://www.pajack.com/stories/pennsylvania/hounds.html
Dogman Encounters: https://dogmanencounters.com/broome-county-ny-encounter/
The Hound of Cold Hollow documentary: http://thehoundofcoldhollow.com/
Wolf howls: https://youtu.be/1VvymrNYoU8
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No new ep?! Never fear! There’s still plenty of Superduperstitious content to go around, and what better way to debrief on a chock-a-block full October than with a full set of outtakes from that very month? BONUS PATREON outtakes, no less?
It’s another preview of what could be yours if you decide to help support the show on Patreon! Hear some of the inner workings of how recurring segments come to be, laugh at how truly helpless Jake and Wyatt are at every turn, catch some fun behind-the-scenes interview context, and find out what exactly the hell Jake was talking about at the beginning of Episode 87.
If you like it enough, go to Patreon for more! And if not, well, there will be another normal episode next week. So I guess just wait until then and continue to only KIND OF like the show.
EPISODE LINKS
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It’s Halloween! And it’s a Thursday! The show’s Halloween special finally gets to come out ON the holiday itself! Holy damn!
In their specially provided haunted digs courtesy of PPMTV, Jake sets the table with a giant candle and some crawler creeps. Next up, it’s listener tales, XKCD encounters, and assorted spooks before Wyatt serves the main course: an excellent short story from earlier this year that will send shivers down your spine (right before it’s wrung out like a towel).
Devil mirrors! Cursed family members! Billie Jean! Plus some honest-to-goodness middle-of-recording maybe-paranormal activity? This ep’s got everything your little heart could desire (again, pre-towel-wringing). Check it all out on the 3rd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!
EPISODE LINKS
Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
PPMTV: https://ppmtvnh.org/
Roxie’s episode: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/44-seacoast-see-ghost
Crawler sketch: http://bit.ly/2BOtom9
Crawler video: https://youtu.be/BmRSanzInks
Katie’s website: https://www.bespoketoyou.com/
“The Quiet Boy”: https://www.guernicamag.com/the-quiet-boy/
SciShow episode: https://youtu.be/MyQT78Bjt04
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It’s the final Thursday of October before Halloween itself! And you know what that means: there’s time for one last special guest before pulling out all the spook stops next week.
Wyatt and Jake are joined by JESS COLE, who tells tales of her own personal haunting experiences and of her five-year tenure with The Atlantic Paranormal Society. Hear all about how she helped hold down the fort while the others were off shooting Ghost Hunters, and just what it takes to scare a pro (hint: it would likely prompt the rest of us to burn down our house and maybe all other houses just as a precaution).
Jess offers tips for getting into the field of paranormal investigation, Wyatt digs into the necessary skepticism one has to maintain in this non-science discipline, and Jake loses his entire mind to ’80s movie references.
Throw out the K2 meter and grab a fly swatter — it’s T.A.P.S. time on Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
T.A.P.S.: http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/
Jess’ book, Part I: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-1-Episode-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01MTOC09U
Jess’ book, Part II: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-Episode-II-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01N5ERTA0
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Another week in October means another exciting guest, but this episode is doing things a bit differently…
The boys head to Springfield, MA to join Italian scholar and Wyatt’s old pal THERESA BERARD, who shares a Dino Buzzati sea monster tale right in Wyatt’s haunted childhood home (see Episode 3). He and Jake are used to doing the reading, but now it’s THEIR turn to have a story read to THEM! And by someone far better prepared than they’re used to being.
You’ll hear all about a relentless shark thing that follows its unlucky victim FOREVER, and you’ll marvel at Theresa’s ability to power through in spite of Wyatt’s and Jake’s increasing attempts to derail. And then all three take part in an extra-cursed round of Shadowlands Roulette!
Halloween draws ever closer, and the guest appearances get ever more fun — grab some iron or some balls and listen in to this sea-centric ep!
EPISODE LINKS
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Il Colombre: https://www.amazon.com/Colombre-Italian-Dino-Buzzati/dp/8804670207
Opel (Theresa’s band): https://opel.bandcamp.com/
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The October interviews continue, as does the unintentional “alcohol and spooky stuff” theme of the month so far!
For this ep, Wyatt and Jake pay a visit to their favorite brewery (Earth Eagle of Portsmouth, NH) to talk to ALEX and SHERIDAN about their own personal paranormal experiences. And about beer, because duh. Was this whole thing just a thinly-veiled excuse to hang out and drink beer with the people who make it? Or will you be CHILLED TO THE BONE by tales of jingling bells and planking? You’ll just have to listen and find out!
Also Jake turns 30 when this is released so that’s cool and not a big deal and certainly not something he would explicitly allude to in the episode description (but like, do you people even read these?).
Anyway, crack open a jet-black fortune cookie, try a gruit already, and enjoy another October episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Earth Eagle Brewings: https://www.eartheaglebrewings.com/
Monarch School of New England: https://www.monarchschoolne.org/donate/
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It’s officially the Spooky Times™, and that means the beginning of a full month of awesome guests with tasty tales!
First up is JONATHAN KNOTEK, co-founder of Chicago Prohibition Tours and Chicago history guru. You’ll learn all about the city’s mobster-filled past, some of the ghosts that have resulted, and Jonathan’s own potential run-ins with the supernatural. From a banging bust of Harry Caray, to phantom forest lights, to a possible final solution to what actually goes into an Irish Crocodile, this episode’s got it all!
Point your dog out of the bathroom, ignore all that moaning in the trees, and help yourself to a glass of the straight juice as you tuck into a slice of deep dish — and the beginning of October with Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Chicago Prohibition Tours: http://www.prohibitiontours.com/
Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/
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After much ado, it’s time for the science-packed conclusion of this movie-monster-centric Superduperstitious Special Report!
We got genetics, we got behavioral ecology, we got functional responses — everything you never thought you wanted to know about how animals work, and now you can apply it all to movies like a weirdo.
All that, plus a very important beer, Cthulhu surprises, and A FREAKING WEB SHOP, all in the conclusion to another two-parter!
EPISODE LINKS
MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Episode 69: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/69-nice
The cocktails (Instagram post): https://www.instagram.com/p/ByXjqSkn3q_/
IBU Syracuse: https://ibubrewing.com/
Stalk eyed fly: https://youtu.be/DNgeaiEuFc0?t=12
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Our Special Report on movie monsters concludes next week! In the meantime, here's another preview from BEYOND THE PAYWALL.
Supporters of our Patreon at the $10 level or higher receive an entry into our PANDER raffle, access to monthly curated outtakes (see the preview from two weeks ago), exclusive quarterly stickers available nowhere else (here's the most recent one: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CbX7Dn-kP/), and this: a couple mini episodes every month!
We have plenty more stories to tell you than just what makes it into the main eps, and we're happy to do it in this freeform, goofy as h*ck way! Minimal editing, no specific prompt — just a couple of goofs and a whole lotta spooks. In this minisode, Wyatt presents a 1970s UFO encounter from Japan, and Jake leads us on a journey through the most well thought out and believable 'squatch-spiracy you ever did hear.
If you'd like to get access to all this and more, please consider helping support the show at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious. Thank you!
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Superduperstitious goes to Hollywood in Part I of another Special Report!
After a very important and then suddenly completely pointless PSA, Wyatt leads in with a discussion of mutation in movies. So often the crutch of screenwriters who want a monster and want it NOW, mutation tends to follow a few very specific beats in movies, all of them fun and giggle-worthy.
Jake then heads in a more behavioral direction, examining the often biologically illogical ways monsters tend to act in order to serve their narrative purpose. And he manages to do this through somehow mostly dinosaur examples.
Have your popcorn handy, keep away from that glowing purple stuff, and get ready for the beginning of a goofy, science-y, and cinematic deep-dive with Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s story
District 9: https://youtu.be/waYpKWiNI5A?t=204
The Island of Dr. Moreau: https://youtu.be/N6d4LJWldM0?t=191
Them!: https://youtu.be/v4URRp39XOo?t=63
Ant sounds for babies: https://youtu.be/G2TMZoURwYQ
TMNT: https://youtu.be/cmXGQq46hLc?t=115
Jake’s story
Jurassic Park III: https://youtu.be/X1hMXIWl8Dw
King Kong (2005): https://youtu.be/fOolxUEFCBo
CDC rabies info: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/specific_groups/veterinarians/clinical_signs.html
Anaconda: https://youtu.be/yQmAdY-jIpI?t=194
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There will be a full, new episode out next week, but in the meantime, here's some bonus content from beyond the paywall!
We offer a variety of fun rewards on our Patreon, including curated outtakes like these clips from Episodes 69 through 72. As you'll find, they're not just random mistakes that didn't make the cut: these are deliberately selected and carefully edited together clips presented for the amusement of any patron at the $5 level or higher.
That's right, for just $5 a month, you can get access to all of our outtakes (new batches are released each month) AND be entered for the chance to be featured in PANDER, the weekly segment where we determine the personalized cryptid matches of our individual patrons!
If you've enjoyed the show so far and want to help it grow, please consider contributing at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious. Thanks for listening!
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All good things must come to an end, and also so does August Around the World. For the last leg of this particular journey, it’s time to head to Australia!
To be fair, this is hardly the show’s first visit to this particular continent (or even its third), but this IS the first trip to Australia that is exclusively about ghost stories! Jake leads off with another Reddit find, because he truly is the worst at finding ghost story sources. Listen to the actually fairly heartwarming tale of a little girl and her perhaps not-so-imaginary friend, and find out whether ghosts die when hit by trucks.
Then, after the most chilling round of Shadowlands Roulette to date, Wyatt discusses the Monte Cristo homestead, a place where everyone and their baby gets thrown down the stairs to their death. Does this schmancy old house turned bed and breakfast live up to its reputation as Australia’s most haunted sandwich-named building? For a couple hundred dollarydoos a night, you can find out firsthand!
The month-long world tour may be ending, but never fear! There are plenty more adventures ahead. So grab some bleach, turn on a relaxing vacuum cleaner, and tune in to this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Kaijin depiction: http://bit.ly/2ZvJVsK
Jake’s story
“Potential Lifelong Haunting”: http://bit.ly/2PjPdDE
Imaginary friends: http://bit.ly/30JdEM2
Wyatt’s story
Monte Cristo background: http://bit.ly/346KLvC
Monte Cristo website: https://www.montecristo.com.au/history.html
Monte Cristo hauntings: http://bit.ly/2ZxwIj1
Reviews: http://bit.ly/2UapfkU
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August Around the World won’t stop until August does! YOUR MOVE, AUGUST.
This installment finds the boys in Canada! But not literally. (Although, depending on how close to the release date you happen to catch this episode, Wyatt actually MIGHT be actively in Ontario, so there you go.) ANYWAY, guess what’s back? The Phantom of the Chicago! And guess what it probably still is? Birds!
Once the regional fun begins in earnest, Wyatt kicks things off all the way up in Nunavut, with a Baffin Island Inuit creation tale involving familiar lycanthropic imagery. Try to ignore the implications of a human-canine marriage long enough to follow the trail south to Quebec, where Europeans bring… tales of the very same creatures? Remember: the first rule of being a loup-garou is you do NOT talk about being a loup-garou.
Jake then heads west all the way to the Pacific, with a Vancouver ghost story that’ll scare the blankets right off of you. If you’re house sitting all alone and start to get creeped out, you’d be wise to leave the lights on — but that may not be enough. Redditors really know how to deliver, don’t they?
Keep your tuque on tight so your ears don’t get sickle sliced, and stay away from your aunt’s swimming pool — it’s all aboot the Great White North on this episode of Superduperstitious. So don’t miss it, ya hoser!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s story
The origin of the Adlet and of the Qadlunait: https://test.ilcesare.it/bae-ar06-15/
The Miller and the Loup-Garou: http://bit.ly/2ZjCkgW
Loup-garou: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/loup-garou
News accounts: http://weekinweird.com/2011/11/08/beastly-burdens-werewolf-quebec/
Jake’s story
“The Nanny Tried to Warn Me”: http://bit.ly/2ZogIfm
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Wyatt and Jake are determined to stick to their month-long prompt of finding stories from all around the world, even if they’re terrible at it. This week, it’s India!
Following a quick PANDER session for patrons, Jake continues to use Reddit as a crutch as he just kinda dumps out a series of random stories vaguely connected to the country in question. Haunted objects? Haunted houses? Very tall women? This segment’s got ‘em all, plus a horrible humanoid creature sighting for extra good measure.
It’s then time to face the dreaded wheels in a long overdue round of Shadowlands Roulette, but that doesn’t deter Wyatt from proceeding onward to tell the story of some bugs and some music. Turns out, when there are more people around to spread rumors, those rumors spread very effectively. But, like, nobody ENJOYS getting randomly scratched in the face at night, so, you know.
Be cautious of any unpainted decorations brought home by family members, and try not to repeat “sanedo sanedo sanedo laal sanedo” TOO many times if you can avoid it. Superduperstitious is not liable if this episode causes you to become possessed/cursed. Batteries not included. Some restrictions apply. Results may vary.
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s story
First story: http://bit.ly/304LwCP
Assortment of stories: http://bit.ly/3058PfE
“This One Time in India”: http://bit.ly/2N5uOzI
Xtro GIF: https://imgur.com/gallery/9nx6vhv
Wyatt’s story
Muhnochwa 1: http://bit.ly/2Z4ZvYb
Muhnochwa 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2205194.stm
Muhnochwa 3: http://bit.ly/2NamSNk
Muhnochwa 4: http://bit.ly/33BHKmq
Weird cricket: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrP5ouiVYAImZB9.jpg:large
Cursed songs: http://bit.ly/2YNKXko
“Jhalak Dikhla Ja”: https://youtu.be/vnlk8V-q0oU
“Sanedo Sanedo (Lal Sanedo)”: https://youtu.be/61waqncU_9M
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August Around the World continues, this time in Africa!
After a bit of clarification RE: the Fire Killer (namely the fact that Wyatt and Jake are not him), Wyatt takes off into the forests of the Congo River basin in search of an elusive ape. And this time, it’s not even an upright one! This is the story of how sometimes the legends really ARE true. And at the end of the journey, you find a creature that poops just SO big.
Jake heads in a different direction, with some botanical buffoonery, namely the so-called Madagascar Devil Tree. Is anyone really surprised that a bunch of white people would totally eat up a story about a tree that totally eats up people? The tale itself may be absurd, but you won’t leave empty-handed! Jake also provides some half-assed science about the world’s REAL carnivorous plants, and then fails to remember the verb “to taper”.
Get ready to meet your smash-y cousins, and don’t drink anything from any flailing plants as you tuck into this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Fire Killer reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/fieldreports
Wyatt’s story
Gorilla legend: https://theglyptodon.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/the-gorilla-500-bc-1861-ad/
Ufiti: http://www.occultopedia.com/u/ufiti.htm
Andrew Battell: http://bit.ly/2KpHrE2
Bili ape mystery: https://www.karlammann.com/bili.php#.XUxk85NKjUI
Bili apes found: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/jul/14/conservation.internationalnews
Oliver the chimpanzee: http://bit.ly/OliverChimpanzee
Jake’s story
Crinoid: https://cedarvalleyrockclub.org/siteImages/Crinoids/Image14b.jpg
Devil Tree of Madagascar: http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/man_eating_tree_of_madagascar
Moar spooky tree: http://lostcities.weebly.com/articles/first-post
Sheep-eating plant: https://theextremehorticulturist.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/338.jpg
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Watch out for rogue waves and try to outrun your shadow, it’s time for some international tales! (Note: If the episode prompt is “the British Isles”, don’t be surprised when both hosts just pick Scotland.)
After a noisy revisit to what was once believed to be bugs, Jake mounts an expedition to the Cairngorms, the favored haunt of An Fear Liath Mòr, The Big Grey Man. There are many opinions on what this frightening figure lurking atop Ben Macdui might be, but one thing’s for sure: finding out will involve a lot of embarrassing impersonations.
A brand new recurring segment follows, in which Wyatt and Jake find a new use for the NCAAA, the arcane computer they built/summoned back in Episode 60. After that, Wyatt takes us to the Outer Hebrides (pronounced HEE-bryedz) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the lighthouse keepers of Eilean Mòr. Hear the century-old tale of how, if you go outside without a coat, you’ll catch a cold so bad that three guys die.
You CANNOT be ready for the amazing adventure that is AUGUST AROUND THE WORLD. It all starts here, on Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Sonic attacks update: https://nyti.ms/2KhcoZB
“Mos’ Scocious”: https://youtu.be/YdjjxT25_5A
Jake’s story
Am Fear Liath Mòr: http://bit.ly/AmFearLiathMòr
The Scotsman article: http://bit.ly/2Kal97C
Alastair Borthwick’s accounts: http://bit.ly/32Y2C7n
Brocken spectre photo #1: http://bit.ly/2K6sUNa
Brocken spectre photo #2: https://i.redd.it/sbtjp2u2z8a21.jpg
Reel by Calum Stewart: https://youtu.be/h5Wa19uohBM
Wyatt’s story
The Eilean Mòr lighthouse mystery: http://bit.ly/2OtDsKp
Historic UK: http://bit.ly/2YHIAPi
Theories as to what happened: http://bit.ly/2YB8bJq
Microburst GIF: https://www.weather.gov/images/bmx/Daily/microbursts/animation.gif
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If you thought this podcast was above exploiting the cuteness of a baby animal for attention, think again! And while you’re at it, here’s an episode all about dog-related stuff.
Exhausted new puppy parent Wyatt begins with a few accounts of the White Things of West Virginia, also known as Sheepsquatch (and also apparently sometimes called Devil Dogs, but you won’t find that out until well after the fact). Is it a bear? Is it a different, older bear? Whatever it is, it’s got some stank.
Following a definitely-not-pre-recorded segment of The Quaff, Jake treads some familiar ground on just two legs. That’s right: even more upright canine tales! Gird your car’s loins as you fumble for your keys, and when in doubt, make a break for the tree line.
This episode contains puffing and swimming, swimming and puffing, and some cuddly cameos from the too-cute Kuma, the Official Dog of Superduperstitious! Grab a suggestively-labelled beer and listen in.
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Kuma video: https://www.instagram.com/superduperstitious/
Wyatt’s story
Cryptopia: http://bit.ly/Sheepsquatch
Visit Cryptoville: http://bit.ly/Cryptoville
WV Explorer: http://bit.ly/WVExplorer
The M’thm’n: https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/White_Things
Jake’s story
Episode 16 – Don’t Have a Cowman, Dogman: http://bit.ly/CowmanDogman
Episode 36 – Howlers, Whistlers, and Cabin Smashers: http://bit.ly/2ManyCoroners
The Beast of State Line Road: http://bit.ly/2Y0Ar8M
Uncle’s encounter: http://bit.ly/DogmanThoughts
Phantoms and Monsters: http://bit.ly/2y8ATlY
Mt. Pisgah puffin’: http://bit.ly/PisgahDog
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It was only a matter of time before Superduperstitious submitted to the siren song of frontier folktales, so at long last, it’s a full episode of fearsome critters!
Hold on tight for this breathless thrill ride through the utter lunacy that is American lumberjack mythology (and also learn way more science than this topic could possibly warrant). You’ll hear all about the boob-loving German ancestor of a western staple, you’ll witness an abomination so pathetic that it just kinda melts when looked at, and you’ll even get some diet advice that involves driving your head through trees.
Also, if you’ve ever wondered how hard you’d have to slap somebody to instantly turn them to a gas, that, too is all covered in this hoot — nay, this dungavenhooter — of an episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Lumberwoods tales: http://www.lumberwoods.com
Jackalope: https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/
Wolpertinger: http://hoaxes.org/animals/comments/wolpertinger
Goofus bird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofus_bird
Splinter Cat: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/splintercat.html
Teakettler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teakettler
Central American Whintosser: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/whintosser.html
Squonk: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/squonk.html
Tripodero: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/tripodero.html
Hodag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodag
Dungarvon Whooper: http://bit.ly/DungarvonWhooper
Dungavenhooter: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fc/dungavenhooter.html
Physics help: http://bit.ly/DungavenhooterPhysics
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Superduperstitious is back at it again! And “it”, in this particular instance, means “supernatural/ghosty stories”. Superduperstitious is back at supernatural/ghosty stories again. It works.
Wyatt leads in, first with a PSA about being Satan (don’t), then with the SOUL-WRENCHING TERROR that is the Hotel Monte Vista. This Arizona getaway contains very nearly a dozen ghosts, and all of them DO STUFF, which is of course, just, so scary. And all the staff are great with babies.
Then, following an extra special update on the Phantom of the Chicago (featuring none other than the Fire Killa himself), Jake explores the phenomenon of the witching hour. Can ghosts and demons tell time? What time is it right now? Shit, that late already? Am I still up writing this thing? Damn.
Hang some steaks on the chandelier and get some damned sleep, it’s Superduperstitious time!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Virginia PSA: http://bit.ly/SDSPSA1
Superduperstitious Field Reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/fieldreports
Wyatt’s story
Hotel Monte Vista: https://www.hotelmontevista.com/site/page/view/ghostStories
TripAdvisor: http://bit.ly/MonteVistaReviews
Jake’s story
Early morning cat stare down: http://bit.ly/fuzzy_lanius
Scratching and knocking on my door at 3 am: http://bit.ly/green_thumb_witch
First usage of “witching hour”: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/witching-hour
Significance of 3: https://www.tuftandneedle.com/resources/what-is-the-witching-hour/
Significance of 3 is maybe bullshit: http://www.icysedgwick.com/witching-hour/
International Journal of Dream Research: http://bit.ly/Luke-Zychowicz-2014
Final witching hour story: http://bit.ly/Static42069
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The world is full of weird, and Superduperstitious is determined to visit it all! To that end, here are a couple more stops along that journey through the strange.
First, Jake takes us to Siberia, 1989, where Soviet scientists dug a hole ALL THE WAY TO HELL. Did their borehole really reach something infernal? The intense heat they encountered might have something to say about it, as would the screaming OH DEAR GOD THE SCREAMING. But also fact-checking is a thing, though surely that has no relevance here. At any rate, stay tuned for a surprise non-appearance by special guest Tom Waits!
Following a hearty beer review that was definitely not pre-recorded, Wyatt ventures to Nevada, home to the most famous of all top secret locations: Area 51. Full of aliens, secrets, and secret aliens, Area 51 sure is a secretive, alien-ful place! That, or maybe experimental military technology is just something that it makes sense to hide from the general public? Nah, it's for sure all aliens.
Have a nice trip, see you next HELL — and tune in for this brand new episode!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s story
Screams of the damned (SO LOUD): http://bit.ly/VOLUMEDOWN
Squirrel Nut Zippers palate cleanser: https://youtu.be/yS2IBMQIjDo
Rich Buhler's Well to Hell article: https://www.truthorfiction.com/drilltohellfacts/
Weekly World News: http://bit.ly/OilHell
Wyatt’s story
Live Science: http://bit.ly/LiveScience51
Popular Mechanics: http://bit.ly/PopMech51
SETI opinion: https://www.space.com/ufos-real-but-not-alien-spaceships.html
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/area51/
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Part II of this Superduperstitious Special Report seeks to finally answer the age-old question: Why come all these peoples be missing?
Last week, we heard about the disappearance of a small child and the watertight case for his having been abducted by a Sasquatch, instead of something real happening to him. We also heard the account of one teen’s near miss when he almost got 411’d SO HARD by a phantom woman in the woods. Luckily, a former police detective is on the case, gathering just the facts and definitely not fabricating a conspiracy in order to sell books. And now this week, it’s science time!
In this conclusive installment, Wyatt and Jake break down the mythos behind the Missing 411 phenomena, examine real Search and Rescue protocol, and try in vain to enjoy a beer without being interrupted by haunted casino game paraphernalia. All this, plus a final evaluation of the man, the mustache, the legend: David Paulides — on this episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
FBI Bigfoot report: https://vault.fbi.gov/bigfoot/bigfoot-part-01-of-01/view
CanAm Project/Missing 411: https://www.canammissing.com
Maine Search and Rescue: http://mainesearchandrescue.org/
Real SAR opinion: http://bit.ly/411SAR
Paulides interview: https://youtu.be/oEoW12BInDA
“Florida Man” phenomenon: http://bit.ly/FLConfirmationBias
Wansink scandal: https://nyti.ms/2RsGJYy
Aeon essay on rationality: http://bit.ly/RationalityAeon
The 10 Most Deadly National Parks: http://bit.ly/OutsideDeadly
Search and Rescue protocol: http://bit.ly/OutsideSAR
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You ever find some people get really lost? David Paulides sure notices, and so came the Missing 411 book series and general conspiracy phenomenon. And so begins this deep dive!
In the first installment of this Missing 411 two-parter, Wyatt recounts the tragic case of Dennis Martin, a young boy who seemingly vanished into thin air. That is, unless he was ABDUCTED BY A SASQUATCH. Or by a deranged, non-speaking hill person? Certainly no other, more rational explanations exist.
Jake then presents one man’s account of what happened to him on a camping trip some twenty years ago, and it MAY HOLD THE KEY TO THE MYSTERY OF WHAT EVIL LURKS OUT IN THOSE WOODS. But if you shake your dad real good it’ll go away. Could we be one step closer to understanding what is happening to all these missing folks?
Try very hard to smell, and come and ride a bear in Part I of this Superduperstitious Special Report!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s story
Dennis Martin case: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm
Bob Gymlan’s YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/GymlanTube
AMA with the reporter: http://bit.ly/411ReporterAMA
Jake’s story
First person account: http://bit.ly/ForestSmile
Similar account: http://bit.ly/IllinoisScares
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Things were feeling just TOO SANE around here, so it’s once again conspiracy time on Superduperstitious!
Following a few words from some podcast pals, Jake leads in with a story he thought had been put to bed, but which instead proved to be decidedly still up and about and wanting a glass of water and a midnight snack and SOME ANSWERS, DAMN IT. How did the 2008 appearance of a dead raccoon on a beach on Long Island cause over a decade of freaking out? Because it looked weird and it was in Montauk — what more reason do you need?
Then, after a mandated segment of drinking godawful cocktails, Wyatt tells the story of David Icke, former footballer and conspiracy theorist extraordinaire. Yep, he’s the “lizard people control the world” guy. Yep, a whole damned lot of people believe his stuff. The least we can do is see what he’s on about!
This week is full of reptilian royals, Montauk monsters, secret cover-ups, and The Unbearable Icke-ness of Being. Are you happy now, Collin?! It’s time for Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
That’s Weird: http://www.thatsweird.org/
Jake’s story
Montauk Monster: http://www.montauk-monster.com/
Alternate link: http://bit.ly/MontaukAlt
Monster photo #1: http://bit.ly/MMphoto1
Monster photo #2: http://bit.ly/MMphoto2
The Hour article: http://bit.ly/MontaukHour
Loren Coleman’s take: http://bit.ly/ColemanRaccoon
Comment section: http://bit.ly/MontaukComments
Raccoon solution illustration: http://bit.ly/AGoddamnedRaccoon
Wyatt’s story
David Icke: https://www.davidicke.com
Reptilian NWO: http://bit.ly/ReptilianNWO
Royal family: http://bit.ly/RoyalFamilyLizards
More Icke-ness: http://bit.ly/Ickeness
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There’s no time like the present for getting back on our shit, and that shit, of course, is monsters.
After another rousing edition of The Quaff (AND another audio-based update), Wyatt has some frogs for us. And not just any frogs — it’s the Loveland Frogmen! Or possibly a weirdly upright iguana. But most likely a Sleestak. Just whatever you do, watch out for their wand (???).
Jake then takes us into a stranger’s backyard to be stared at for four years. It’s ABSOLUTELY CHILLING. And apparently not something a game camera can pick up.
Burn your Satanic sheds and walk that way that frogs do on over to this week’s shiny new episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Worldwide Hum update: http://bit.ly/Microseisms
Wyatt’s story
Loveland Frogmen: http://bit.ly/LovelandFrogmen
Weird U.S.: http://bit.ly/WeirdOhio
2016 Pokémon Go sighting: http://bit.ly/PokemonFrogman
Giant salamander video: https://youtu.be/sCMZGPcRSOQ
Jake’s story
Something in the woods: http://bit.ly/SomethingInTheWoods
Yard photo: https://imgur.com/GQBmlKJ
Update post: http://bit.ly/30SujNM
Photo of the eyes: https://imgur.com/TgRALgO
Final update: http://bit.ly/2Kduv4s
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We all make mistakes. They don’t always involve depleting all breathable oxygen from a living space or disappearing forever into the jungle, but still. Accordingly, this ep is all about science mistakes!
After a buzzy update from Cuba/Wyatt, Jake tells the tale of the ambitious but ill fated Biosphere 2, an early ’90s experiment (read “publicity stunt”) that actually could have been really cool. Sadly, a lack of adequate technical consideration kept the habitat from realizing its full potential, and that’s how you get ants. And cockroaches. And almost suffocate everybody.
Wyatt then takes us back in time to the antics of Percy Fawcett, who simply couldn’t get enough of that tasty, tasty Amazon rain forest. So much so that he is STILL THERE TO THIS DAY. He may have brought back numerous reports of patently ridiculous animals, and vanished while searching for the so called Lost City of Z, but at least he wasn’t secretly doing something WEIRD, like attempting to help humankind ascend to a higher plane by initiating with transdimensional beings… right? Also, Jake and Wyatt discuss the key differences between poison and venom, and their plans for an upcoming stage play production.
Stick your hand in a thresher and give your son to the Earth Guardians as we venture into this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Sonic attacks update: http://bit.ly/SonicAttacks
First sonic attack episode: http://bit.ly/HookedOnSonics
Second sonic attack episode: http://bit.ly/BahHumBuzz
Jake’s story
Biosphere 2 photo: http://bit.ly/Biosphere2Aerial
Environment and Ecology: http://bit.ly/EnvNEcol
Discover Magazine: http://bit.ly/DiscoverBiosphere2
Mental Floss: http://bit.ly/MentalFlossBiosphere2
NewScientist: http://bit.ly/NewScientistBiosphere2
Nelson’s reflection: http://bit.ly/NelsonDartmouth
Wyatt’s story
Fawcett expedition: http://bit.ly/FawcettStuff
Poison vs. venom: http://bit.ly/Poison-Venom
Project Science: https://youtu.be/aD0bjh1uBnY
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Pyramid power! Greek robots! Other Ancient Aliens bait! It can mean only one thing: tech tales from antiquity on Superduperstitious!
Wyatt kicks it off with a perhaps less well known conspiracy surrounding the Great Pyramid of Giza. And it’s not even the Daniel Jackson kind! Instead, it’s the one where the pyramid is actually a giant electrical power plant, one that a future David Bowie character could be proud of. And the weirdest part? There is a downright stupid amount of plausibility to this one.
Jake then gives us robots through the ages — Italian robots, a boat that totally doesn’t just sink, Hero’s high-speed porn tower — all the hits! And these babies are fully programmable, with not one sign of Skynet crap.
You’ll get all that, plus the introduction of an informative new segment (The Quaff™), all on this historically riveting new episode!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s story
Great pyramid: https://www.ancient.eu/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
Pyramid cross section: http://bit.ly/PyramidDiagram
Pyramid power plant: http://bit.ly/TeslaPyramid
Dendera light: http://bit.ly/DenderaLight
Glow discharge bulb: https://youtu.be/tcncjlKWe4Y
It maybe works: http://bit.ly/EMPyramid
Jake’s story
NewScientist article: http://bit.ly/AncientRobots
Da Vinci’s lion: http://bit.ly/DaVinciLion
Hero’s robot: http://bit.ly/HeroBot
Robot video: https://youtu.be/xyQIo9iS_z0
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Spooky spots! Again! Kind of! This week is all about visits to mysterious locations and the mysterious mysteries that happen there — MYSTERIOUSLY.
After some requisite bat shit, Jake leads off with the curious case of Devil’s Kettle Falls in Minnesota, where half of a river apparently falls into oblivion. Where does all that water actually go? Can any natural phenomenon explain its apparent failure to reappear? How many cars do we have to cram into the thing to solve this?!
Wyatt then covers something ALMOST as chilling as disappearing water: disappearing people. Travel to Black Mountain in Queensland, Australia (but don’t) to see what happens if you wander inside this spooky pile o’ rocks (but probably don’t). What could possibly go wrong in a mountain that moans?
Here at Superduperstitious, we know just what sort of entertainment you crave from a podcast: high quality geology content. So listen to this brand new ep!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s story
UnMuseum: http://www.unmuseum.org/devils_kettle.htm
Devil’s Kettle photo: http://bit.ly/DevilsKettlePhoto
Video inside the kettle: https://youtu.be/oUCnRA7MbVQ
Lost Lake in Oregon: https://youtu.be/N_rm8Mlb94Y?t=8
Wyatt’s story
“Don’t go there”: https://youtu.be/IfXhGqQKlQM
ABC Australia: http://bit.ly/Black_Mountain
Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/MysteriousUniverseBlackMtn
Robbie Shone cave photography: https://www.instagram.com/shonephoto/
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It’s always bugs o’clock here at Superduperstitious, because why the hell not?
After some passing yeti news, Wyatt opens with an increasingly uncomfortable tale of giant spiders in Mozambique. Is the j’ba fofi really out there? If so, it may bite your butt and make you die. And if not, you can still learn about all the other unholy arachnid abominations that definitely DO crawl across our world right now AND PROBABLY RIGHT BEHIND YOU OH GOD DID YOU FEEL THAT ON YOUR LEG AHHHHHH.
Jake then takes to the air with rods, also known as sky fish, also known as solar entities, also known as SUPER REAL. Follow these mysterious creatures from their discovery in the mid-nineties all the way to their journey’s end approximately ten years later. It’s a good time. And definitely not a flying squid.
Guys, just because you caught someone eating a bird ONCE doesn’t give you the right to make that name follow them forever. Crank up your shutter speed and tune in for this week’s Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Wyatt’s story
J'ba FoFi: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/J%27ba_FoFi
Purported footage: https://youtu.be/QgGEeDPWBeo
Camel spider photo: http://bit.ly/CamelSpider
Camel spider face in profile: http://bit.ly/SolifugaeProfile
Camel spider being awful: https://i.redd.it/6h65tj056c0z.jpg
Jake’s story
Daniel Tarr’s site (photos, video, animation): https://www.tarrdaniel.com/documents/Ufology/rods.html
Cave of Swallows video: https://youtu.be/hajkV7tQtZY?t=54
C60 Purple Power: https://c60purplepower.com/meet-the-founder/
Underwater rods?!: https://youtu.be/fvXR6h4Wt2Q
Escamilla interview: https://youtu.be/iQHC6ARNzzg?t=33
MonsterQuest full episode: https://youtu.be/XCkOudqp8IQ?t=2341
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Rainy day doldrums got you down? That’s no reason not to disrespect the dead!
This week’s theme is seemingly paranormal medical phenomena, and Jake opens with a description of near-death experiences. What happens if you go toward the light? IS there really a light to go toward? And is Macho Man Randy Savage really waiting for you at the end of it?
The boys then pay their respects to the late medium/demonologist/book and movie mogul Lorraine Warren (and the even later Ed Warren) in very, very tasteful fashion. It’s a struggle not to cry as they recount their favorite Warren cases, how totally real those cases were, and how much they’ve always seen the Warrens as upstanding members of society.
Wyatt finishes things off with the frightening and mysterious phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion. Can you really just suddenly become on fire? How long has this been happening to you? Is there a history of bursting into flames in your family? I’m going to recommend that you take two lit cigarettes to bed and telegraph me in the morning.
Grab a box of tissues and a fire extinguisher and STAY WITH US — IT’S NOT YOUR TIME YET! Instead, it’s time for another episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s story
HowStuffWorks: http://bit.ly/HowNDEsWork
Warren Retrospective
Their greatest triumphs: http://bit.ly/WarrenFrauds
Penney allegations: http://bit.ly/PenneyAllegations
Wyatt’s story
Florida cargo shorts: http://bit.ly/CargoShortsFire
Spontaneous human combustion: http://anomalyinfo.com/Topics/fires-paranormal
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It’s inexplicably deli time at Superdupersitious!
Wyatt and Jake take turns telling a bunch of random-ass cryptid tales, each one more chilling than the last. Did we say “chilling”? We meant “bonkers banana sandwich kookytown”. Learn all about a killer pancake; the completely logical thing you get when you combine an ape, dog, bear, lion, and rhinoceros; more bat stuff; and of course, the Grunch. Also bugs and a moat monster. And Shadowlands Roulette.
Get the best combo meal value you’ll ever find in a podcast, on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
The Stories
Crptidz Wiki: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cryptid_Wiki
1940s article: http://bit.ly/FlyingWhatsIt
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Any strange story is fair game this week, so the boys tackle some slightly more famous freak occurrences.
Jake kicks it off with some obligatory updates on the bat problems of the midwest, followed by a decidedly offbeat creature encounter from that same region in the 1970s. Meet the Enfield Horror, a creature of improbable anatomy and ill temper that terrorized a tiny Illinois town for a few weeks before vanishing forever, unless it’s still lurking there to this day (it’s not), because it was totally real the whole time (it wasn’t). You can shoot it, but it will just come back and loiter in your yard.
Wyatt then takes us to Siberia at the turn of the 20th century, where a massive explosion leveled enormous swathes of forest and baffled scientists for decades to come. Was it a meteor that exploded before landing? Did real scientists actually suggest that it was a miniature black hole magically appearing? And did they really publish that theory in the most respected journal in the world?
Keep an eye out for three-leggèd footprints, and don’t show any fear or surprise in Russia: it’s Superduperstitious time!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
Jake’s story
Ranker article: http://bit.ly/EnfieldHorror
Cryptozoonews: http://www.cryptozoonews.com/ill-ass/
Sociology study: http://bit.ly/EnfieldStudy
Wyatt’s story
Forbes article: http://bit.ly/TunguskaForbes
NASA article: http://bit.ly/TunguskaNASA
Chelyabinsk video: https://youtu.be/dpmXyJrs7iU
Russian nonchalance: https://youtu.be/6m0sPed-d_g?t=111
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A two-year record-iversary, a 60th episode, AND the launch of a Patreon? That’s cause for celebration! Ideally in the form of a single elimination bracket championship tournament between cults (obviously).
That’s right, this ep is devoted entirely to the NCAAA championship showdown between the World and Global Divisions’ top cults, each vying to reign supreme. Join Wyatt and Jake as they explore the backgrounds of these bizarre and fascinating religious movements and determine whether each group has what it takes to win (after being forced into a cursed simulator, to iteratively exist in constant conflict, living and dying again and again over the course of 10,000 years).
Fill out your brackets and prepare for Templar relics, diaereses, secret planets, and much, much more on this Very Special Episode™ of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Patreon! *airhorn noises*: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
NCAAA Championship Bracket: http://bit.ly/NCAAA
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Another year of podcasting means Jake and Wyatt are eager to get fully back on their bullshit. And back on their bullshit is exactly where they go this week.
Wyatt feeds his Sasquatch addiction with another trip Down Under, this time to look at the yowie of Australian lore. The eyewitnesses seem credible, the phylogeography has Jake more open minded, and you’d best believe everyone’s looking for that penis.
Next, Jake gets ghoulish once again, with a pair of related sightings posted to Reddit. While you refrain from calling anyone a copper nanotube, ponder this: what the goddamned hell was outside that window every night? And can we all agree to just put trail cameras everywhere at all times?
All this, plus a very important missive by a certain Fire Killer, on this episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt’s story
News Dot com Dot AU: http://bit.ly/YowieNews
Ancient Origins: http://bit.ly/YowieAncientOrigins
Rex Gilroy: http://bit.ly/RexGilroy
Interview: https://youtu.be/OIM6T_-YN1k?t=23
Weird roar: https://youtu.be/zFMjs3Cn2DY?t=149
Freaky scream: https://youtu.be/uM3V0anXlq8?t=110
Sighting footage: https://youtu.be/En_5tsc_GgQ
Gary interview: https://youtu.be/pe5_smSBhnU
Demon tree Jake mentioned: http://bit.ly/DemonRootBall
Jake’s story
“Footsteps” account: http://bit.ly/FootstepsNosleep
Shadow drawing: https://i.imgur.com/myIxzSE.jpg
Second account: http://bit.ly/FollowingMe
Various images: https://imgur.com/a/o4Ubfk1
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What’s the point believing in spirits and such if it doesn’t involve those spirits being super scary and wanting to mess with us? Thankfully, that’s what demons are for — and what this ep is all about!
Jake attempts to break the mold a bit with a non-Christian take on these dark forces, paying a visit to an Algonquin reservation and its spooky run-in with a malevolent entity a few years ago. Call it a kokogi, call it a window-tapping jerk — just don’t expect it to wipe that smug grin off its face. And feel free to just lock it in your cabin I guess.
Wyatt then digs into the history, psychology, and prevalence of the positively marvelous phenomenon that is demonic possession. Not “marvelous” in the sense of “wonderful” — unless it’s “wonderful” in the sense of “astounding”. And definitely “astounding” in the sense of “incredible”, but not “incredible” in the sense of “awesome”, except if it's “awesome” in the sense of “marvelous”.
Learn about Native Canadian approaches to dealing with the paranormal, a story you’ve maybe heard before, and hard truths about doughnut franchises, all on this week’s Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Owl from below: http://bit.ly/OwlFromBelow
Jake’s story
Clickhole piece: http://bit.ly/ClickholePrinceCharming
Something Terrorized My Town: http://bit.ly/Kokogi
Spooky illustration: http://bit.ly/2TP2gio
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It’s a weird world out there, full of rocks and clouds that want to eat you. But you’ll be safe with us here on Superduperstitious!
Wyatt talks up the Bennington Triangle, a decidedly non-triangular region in Vermont known for some creepy disappearances, with likely ties to the Big Bad Wolf and some lethal hugs. Never leave your children unattended while your pigs are unfed.
Jake then reads another overwritten account of a kooky occurrence in Florida, but this time it involves a carnivorous pink mist floating around and eating everything. Nobody knows what really happened back then, but everyone will happily follow that assertion with an explanation of exactly what happened back then.
Venture into the unknown, identify some unidentified bones (they’re human), and perhaps finally solve the show’s longest running mystery (What is That Fog?), all on today’s episode!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt’s story
Obscure Vermont: http://bit.ly/BenningtonTriangle
Jake’s story
Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/CarnivorousCloud
Lake fly midge clouds: https://youtu.be/dUFNzHy9dXM?t=43
Gnat cloud in slow motion: https://youtu.be/Q3roLSEF0aw
Operation Drop Kick: http://bit.ly/OperationDropKick
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Space! There’s an awful lot of it, and yet we practically never talk about it on this friggin’ show. But this episode aims to remedy that!
Did you know that you can get a degree in intergalactic politics? Incidentally, did you also know that you can go on long weekend retreats to one of Jupiter’s moons? And did you know that humans are descended from 12 or more different extraterrestrial races? Jake didn’t know any of that, but if you believe it, he’s got a xendra to sell you!
Wyatt then cranks up the excitement by talking about a really neat rock. It’s great, this rock. ’S from a couple years ago. We barely saw it at all, but it’s fast and small and OH SNAP IT MIGHT BE A SPACESHIP WHAAAAT.
Learn all about how to start your career as an exopolitician and how to tell different space debris apart while Jake takes the Lawd’s name in vain entirely too many times, all on today’s episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Loch Ness GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times
Jake’s story
Quora responses: https://goo.gl/wKQNHT
Exonews article: https://goo.gl/msJNqv
Exopolitics Institute: https://exopoliticsinstitute.org/
Rational Wiki: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michael_Salla
Wyatt’s story
Quanta article: https://goo.gl/4BD4cu
Space dot com: https://goo.gl/K5dezo
Loeb interview: https://youtu.be/rDZyI83Bj2w
Oumuamua photo: https://goo.gl/Y9ccfP
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If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today, you’ll hear from two nerdy guys — it’s another forest-centered episode of Superduperstitous!
Wyatt leads the way with some alarming encounters had by various survivalists in the great outdoors, and learns that Jake has terrible survival instincts. What would YOU do if your flashlight revealed the reflection of a pair of eyes in the darkness? Freeze in your tracks? Try to get closer? Poop?
Next, Jake recounts some currently ongoing terror in the taiga with one teenage Redditor’s tale of SOMETHING chasing her through the woods near her house. Tall, grey, humanoid, and accompanied by the sound of rattling chains, Glitter Sprinkles is not likely be her new best friend anytime soon. That said, if you absolutely have to get murdered by a monster, it’s best to at least keep the internet apprised.
Hear all this, plus an unexpected return from a hopping horror, some useful tangents about proverbs and idioms, and a listener-submitted story about an abomination near Maryland, all on this brand new episode!
EPISODE LINKS
Loch Ness GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times
Dave Paulides’ Missing 411 accounts: https://youtu.be/QezIejUhDT4
Wyatt’s story
Survivalist Boards: https://www.survivalistboards.com
Jake’s story
HermesNorth’s post: https://goo.gl/qEdydZ
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It’s spooky in the bedroom once again on Superduperstitious! Jake leads off by describing an entity seen around the world by people who mostly just want to get some damned sleep. Who is the mysterious Hat Man? Why is he wearing a hat? What kind of hat is it? Were trench coats really THAT popular in the 1700s?
Then, after a quick ethological look at the well known instinctive flight or fuck response, Wyatt asks for Jake’s help in rating a series of answers to the age old question, “Have you ever woken up randomly in the middle of the night, feeling the presence of someone or something else with you in the room?” Which of these answers will receive a “Negative Boo”, which will just get a 3 or something, and which will get the coveted “Yikes”?
Find out the answers to these questions about answers, why your brain be so scary, and where Jake draws the line on randomly singing in a podcast, all on this week’s episode!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake’s story
The Hat Man Project: http://thehatmanproject.com/my-story-by-duncan-conner/
The Bogeyman (1973): https://goo.gl/WjrLDq
Babadook origin: https://goo.gl/GLGVux
The Man in the Beaver Hat: https://goo.gl/SFi2Ym
Reddit post: https://goo.gl/4cnuYW
Mirror neurons article: https://goo.gl/DTzGxR
SLEEP PARALYSIS CURE: https://goo.gl/23x5Ev
Baland Jalal IS the Hat Man: https://goo.gl/DjAzuq
Wyatt’s story
Quora post: https://goo.gl/GdjTaz
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Holy crap, it's another episode! This show truly is still a thing that exists. The boys have a lot of catching up to do together, and it involves revisiting some interesting past stories of the spooky and strange.
For starters, Wyatt aims to put the Cuban sonic attack conspiracy to bed once and for all, but the plot insists on continuing to thicken. With so many technologies out there for microwaving heads and looking at babies (but ideally not for microwaving babies), it seems like anything could be possible. Or, again, maybe it's bugs.
Jake, meanwhile, is as on-brand as ever with an entire full-length segment devoted to America's favorite winged flesh-like creature, The Phantom of the Chicago. People around Lake Michigan haven't stopped seeing the giant humanoid bat monster, so these updates are going to JUST. KEEP. COMING.
The long wait is over, old stories have new twists, and Superduperstitious is back! So fully turn to look at your friend before you scream, and enjoy this all-new ep.
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt’s story
Chicago Tribune: https://goo.gl/FRsJgu
New York Times: https://goo.gl/zcHWnp
Live Science: https://goo.gl/ziuZT5
JAMA: https://goo.gl/FtrvFS
The New Yorker: https://goo.gl/WBtcRe
Crickets: https://goo.gl/NMMsMA
Jake's story
UFO Clearinghouse: https://goo.gl/41jX5g
Phantoms and Monsters #1: https://goo.gl/yBazCW
Phantoms and Monsters #2: https://goo.gl/Xe16z1
Phantoms and Monsters #3: https://goo.gl/Pd2MWt
Nexus Newsfeed: https://goo.gl/BrhQZg
Phantoms and Monsters #4: https://goo.gl/HTZVdz
Phantoms and Monsters #5: https://goo.gl/9ubXBy
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We’re entering parallel universes and hidden worlds galore on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious! But probably not. But maybe!
First we hear from Jake, with the story of a bizarre encounter in a Japanese airport in the 1950s. Flying was so much less strict back then: you didn’t have to take your shoes off when you went through security, you could smoke on the plane, and you could have a passport from a country that doesn’t exist (unfortunately, the latter MIGHT cause you to be detained and then to vanish into thin air).
Then, following a long overdue round of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt tells of the Green Children of Woolpit. Who were these mysterious children who spoke a different language and had no idea how beans work? Aliens? Extradimensional beings? Malnourished immigrant children who were lost? Nah, that last one is too farfetched.
We’ve got good news! That gum you like is going to come back in style, on an all-new episode of Superduperstitious.
EPISODE LINKS
Jake’s story
Anomaly Info: http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/1954-man-taured
Week in Weird, The Man from Taured: https://goo.gl/yWikrQ
Wyatt’s story
Anomaly Info: http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/11351154-green-children-woolpit
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What better way to end the year than with the conclusion of this Superduperstitious Special Report? There are better options? Never mind, just listen to the damned podcast.
Jake and Wyatt recap paranormal investigations and then lay down the sciencey law (not to mention define what a “law” actually is in science). Learn more than you ever wanted to know about the scientific method, and go ahead and continue to consider donating $12,000.
The boys are then joined by SHARON A. HILL, spooky geologist and aficionado of paranormal culture. Sharon is the author of Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Paranormal Researchers, and she gives some tips on how to make the field more legitimate. She also gives some fun insider info on Centralia, for a throwback to Episode 48, because who DOESN’T want to hear more about a town being sucked into Hell?
Forget about your grainy photos, take off your foil hat, and find out why you can’t just rely on the machine that goes “PING”, all in this fact-packed episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times
Sharon’s website: https://sharonahill.com/
Scientifical Americans: https://goo.gl/ob3Ccx
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Halfway to a hundred eps, and it’s time for the boys to bite the hand that feeds them with another two-part deep dive! Specifically, it’s a look at the pseudoscience behind everything this show is about. It’ll be fun!
Wyatt kicks off Part I with some cryptozoology goodness. Whether it's reputable publications gleefully fanning the flames of belief, or fancy-ass websites touting their fancy-ass research tools, monster hunting has some major methodological mishaps. But at least they sell cool hats.
Jake then takes things in a ghostlier direction with a look at paranormal investigations. Luckily, it’s an easy field to get into, as long as you have gadgets. Doesn’t matter what they do. Just have ’em. You’ll do fine.
Learn about the important differences between real science and TV science, give Wyatt and Jake $12,000, and enjoy the sound of people looking at websites, all on the start of this Superduperstitious Special Report!
EPISODE LINKS
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times
Wyatt’s story
NYT Champ article: https://goo.gl/WVPMQp
Smithsonian magazine article: https://goo.gl/jkhMWM
Surgeon’s photo: https://goo.gl/dw9JLo
Loch Ness Hunters: https://www.lochnesshunters.com/
SIR: http://sasquatchinvestigations.org/
Almasty footage: https://youtu.be/XhYxK2rjHI0?t=20
Jake’s story
International Paranormal Society: https://www.intparanormal.net/mission.html
Other Jake’s post: https://goo.gl/euRzhN
Fife Paranormal: https://www.facebook.com/FifeParanormal/
List of NH paranormal societies: https://goo.gl/oQFVCj
Paranormal Reactions: http://www.paranormalreactions.com/
The Devil Hunter: http://devilhunter.simplesite.com/
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If we know one thing at Superduperstitious, it’s that animals are weird. They act weird, sometimes they look weird, and frequently they sound weird. So imagine how weird CRYPTIDS must sound! Or just listen to this episode, because that’s what it’s about.
But first, it’s another update on that pesky Midwestern bat thing, the Phantom of the Chicago! The saga seemingly never ends, to the point where the boys may just have to take matters into their own hands.
After that, however, you’d better believe there are some spooky forest sounds afoot, and Knightsbridge Consulting is here to take care of them! Travel with Jake to British Columbia, routinely insist on calling a town by the incorrect name, and maybe, just maybe, track down the creature behind all this. At the very least, aim to briefly look like Ziggy Stardust.
Wyatt rounds out the ep with a series of crazy and creepy animal sounds from around the world, to show just how easy it would be for your imagination to run wild in the woods at night. He also revisits Awee Kids for a series of increasingly questionable animal sound demonstrations. Beat up some hunters and watch out for sky whales — spooky sounds await you on Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake’s story
Unusual sound in Witset: https://youtu.be/25lzRlwz_u4
Strange noises in Oregon woods: https://youtu.be/wq7K01O9HMc?t=56
Knighstbridge Consulting: https://www.knightsbridgeconsulting.co.uk/
Witset case: https://goo.gl/26ktoK
Elk bugle: https://youtu.be/orSIhYAI3VI
Coyote sounds: https://youtu.be/0ga0i1FSXZQ?t=18
Wyatt’s story
Elk bugle: https://youtu.be/TSpGd9p17n0
Whirly tube: https://youtu.be/CuGnsW0ysrA
Screech owl: https://youtu.be/RiQrP4U6zBk?t=100
Great potoo: https://www.xeno-canto.org/189719
Howler monkeys: https://youtu.be/xxzbqmFkXwU
Coyotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGiGjs0U1U
Weird British sounds: https://youtu.be/LXreezdyYdU
Sky trumpets: https://youtu.be/_NQRGaqR6Ls?t=257
Bird sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/9A7VrX-gkyo
Squirrel sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/h-GytVbcZWM
Ant sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/G2TMZoURwYQ
Horse sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/b8vYrJmvjQM
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You asked for lost cities, so we give you… towns! That’s right: this week on Superduperstitious, it’s all about vanishing villages and missing municipalities.
Wyatt leads with a Pennsylvania town that is actively disappearing to this very day. No matter how festive you’re feeling, maybe just don’t set that much stuff on fire, yeah? Also catch Wyatt’s eerie firsthand experience passing through the location that influenced one of the most popular survival horror video game franchises ever! Or at least the dumb movie spinoff thereof.
Jake then confuses buttons and rings as he attempts to tell the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, which may in fact be not so much “lost” as “misplaced”. For all the mess they’d eventually make, Europeans sure had a hard time colonizing at first.
Carve your messages into a tree and DAMN IT JUST MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE ALREADY — Superduperstitious is about to start
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt’s story
Centralia: https://www.centraliapa.org/
Jake’s story
The Lost Colony: https://goo.gl/WawVeJ
Maltese cross: https://goo.gl/bA56ia
Smithsonian Magazine article: https://goo.gl/uMxZiB
New World apocalypse: https://goo.gl/X9Ab68
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The lights are all out. Your candy is within reach. You’ve got your flashlight, and you’re tucked inside your freshly secreted tent. You’re ready for some spooky stories from the Superduperstitious Halloween special!
You want stories about nighttime bedroom visits? We got that! You want cursed casino games? We got that! You want even more creepy Sasquatch stories? No? Well Wyatt’s got that. Halloween means thrills, chills, unlikely head injuries, and all the bossa nova you could ever ask for.
All that, plus a very, very special guest, all on The 2nd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!
EPISODE LINKS
Blue sparks advice: https://goo.gl/5KRsY4
“The Strangest Story Ever Told”: https://goo.gl/vmgjBR
AskReddit: https://goo.gl/Krctbq
“Bad Vibes in Paradise”: https://goo.gl/nY5o8y
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For October’s final guest, Superduperstitious is visited by SARA JONES, host of the podcast Laughing in the Dark! Sara shares some strange experiences had on her own show, plus a pair of eerie stories from her childhood (did you know that she can sense boobs?).
Sara and Wyatt also set aside some time to shit on Jake for calling a piece of ghost hunting gear a K2 meter, despite the fact that THAT’S WHAT IT’S ACTUALLY CALLED, GUYS.
Finally, Jake and Wyatt each share a couple of incredibly stupid stories from Reddit, because for every treat, there is an equal and opposite trick. Get up for school or else get down like a sphere man — Halloween is almost here on Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Laughing in the Dark
Libsyn: http://litdarkpodcast.libsyn.com/
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sara-jones/laughing-in-the-dark
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/15bgvQpROyURFgZD0DFBVu
Jake’s story
“Our First House”: https://goo.gl/cfzk61
Wyatt’s story
Sphere man story: https://goo.gl/SNTzgB
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The October Interview Spectacular™®© is still going strong on Superduperstitious, and this time, it hits a little closer to home! But also it was an hour drive to do it? But yeah. It’s good.
Guest KAYLA GODDU carries the episode today with a chronology of ghostly occurrences in her house growing up, which was also Jake’s house growing up, because she is his sister. THRILL as a series of seemingly innocuous but strange goings-on gradually give way to complete, Wyatt-chilling terror! REJOICE as a Chad gets his just desserts! WONDER why Jake has never brought any of this up!
Throw out that old bracelet and keep your corduroys quiet — it’s full-on ghost story time on this week’s Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Kayla’s website: https://www.icingonthekake.net/
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October continues, and so do the guests! This week, author, historian, folklorist, tour guide, and all-around cool person ROXIE ZWICKER joins the show to recount hauntings around Portsmouth, NH. That, and a story about a cow that will change your life forever.
Wyatt then chimes in with his own dark tale of the Seacoast region, the Smuttynose murders (which is definitely not pre-recorded). While not quite supernatural itself, it’s still creepy and true-crime-y, and you people like that stuff, don’t you? Listen along to a story of betrayal and axe hackin’ — or, if you prefer, a tragedy about a man who was unable to extract money from his former friends’ heads.
Jake then concludes with the famous story of Ocean Born Mary (also not pre-recorded), a pretty fanciful local legend that may or may not be full of holes. At least her ocean-born-ness still seems to hold up. Dig up the whole backyard, and for goodness’ sake, give that lady your fish — it’s time for another episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
New England Curiosities: https://newenglandcuriosities.com/
Wyatt’s story
Isles of Shoals Murders: https://goo.gl/9p3pJz
The Smuttynose Murders: https://goo.gl/UxyM1f
Jake’s story
Haunted States of America: https://goo.gl/REH63C
Concord Monitor: https://goo.gl/f7iKZX
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October on Superduperstitious can mean only one thing: desperately trying to create Halloween content that stands out from the rest of the year! The solution? A whole month’s worth of special guests, with their own spooky tales to tell!
Up first is dear friend of the show LINDSAY, who has four ghostly encounters to share. Shadow men? Spectral watchers? Cats with bowling balls? You decide!
Jake then follows with a short account that will make your skin, shall we say, CRAWL? Because… it’s a thing about… a Crawler? Do… do you get it? Not to be out-predictable-ed, Wyatt then draws a Sasquatch story completely by chance. Basically everything you should expect when you ask these chumps each to pick a story to share. All that, plus some casual references to Episodes 3, 22, 6, 10, and 33 — all without actually SAYING which episodes were being referenced! A whole year deep, and these guys are almost ready to start getting the hang of this.
Hide under the covers and don’t drop your mail, because Halloween Month on Superduperstitious is just getting started!
EPISODE LINKS
Supernatural collective nouns: http://wondermark.com/566/
Jake’s Reddit Crawler story: https://goo.gl/qVyjZm
Wyatt’s dumb luck Reddit Bigfoot story: https://goo.gl/KRv5Da
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It's another one about urban legends. What more do you need to know? If you want another whole elaborate, silly teaser thing, I'll write it, but like, you could just be listening already, you know? Fine.
This week, Wyatt digs into the several-centuries-long mystery of Canada's Nova Scotia's Oak Island's Money Pit, also just called "The Oak Island Money Pit" apparently. What exactly the hell is buried down those hundreds of feet of now constantly flooded tunnel, and will it prove once and for all that Shakespeare's plays were originally written in Wingings? Jake then heads west to Turnbull Canyon, where either a nightmarish cacophony of constant paranormal horrors has been happening for ages, or nothing at all is or ever was happening other than it being a pleasant place for a hike. Kinda seems to be the way of things on this show, huh?
The pumps have exploded, the children have been tenderized, you've read all the nonsense — now go and listen to the latest episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Oak Island Money Pit: https://goo.gl/UAfkTW
Jake's story
Backpackverse article: https://goo.gl/ve5hga
Water tower photos: https://goo.gl/QMftQw
CelicaSupra forum post: https://goo.gl/uK2EXw
Drifting forum post: https://goo.gl/gWjqCE
Unexplained-Mysteries: https://goo.gl/4arVbf
Sharon Hill shout-out
Scientifical Americans: https://goo.gl/HQiPBP
15 Credibility Street: https://goo.gl/gZmA2t
Spooky Geology: https://spookygeology.com/
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The boys have finally gone out and done something interesting! Or at least, kind of interesting. Either way, they're sure gonna share it with you! But not before a long awaited update on those creepy bat monsters in the Chicago area — Jake walks us through Lon's overarching theory, and why that theory is so phantom-shit crazy as to ALMOST make these updates no fun anymore. ALMOST.
Wyatt shares a first look at some of the Fearsome Critters with the legend of the Gumberoo, which is, if possible, actually EVEN dumber than its name might suggest. Wyatt and Jake are also plagued by not one but TWO rounds of Shadowlands Roulette, and conclude the ep with a recap of their trip to the 3rd Annual International Cryptozoology Conference in Portland, ME (and a plea for $12,000).
It probably says a lot that a "freeform" episode of this show is the most structured, properly segmented episode yet. In any case, you're in for one fun episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Phantom of the Chicago sighting: https://goo.gl/krraLN
1981 sighting: https://goo.gl/NZ4t8F
Gumberoo: https://goo.gl/ZorDEt
GoFundMe: https://goo.gl/MrRmWi
The Tomb of Nick Cage: https://goo.gl/UzHCVd
Documentary: https://cryptozoologist.org/
Cryptozoology Informational Blog: http://cryptid-wendigo.tumblr.com/
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We sure do fall for some goofy stuff, don't we? I wonder if there's, like, a reason why or something? Well hottest dog, wouldn't ya know it, the boys have some answers for us!
After a recap of last week's spooky pants and conspiracy balloons, Wyatt and Jake dive right into the psychological and neurological explanations for why exactly the h*ck we can be so easily convinced. Take off your magical thinking cap and put on your critical thinking cap — it's time to finish what last episode started, on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
ParaBreakdown video: https://youtu.be/xvIPNYTzGuA
Erik Vance interview: https://goo.gl/7umvsk
Karl K. Korff article: https://goo.gl/R5K9Kt
Ulric Neisser experiment: https://goo.gl/XrEy3P
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Here at Superduperstitious, it's our goal to separate fact from stupid ol' poopy dumb stuff, but it's not always so simple. Sometimes phenomena can be all but completely debunked, and folk'll still cling to beliefs no matter how much evidence there is against them. To that end, it's time for another Superduperstitious Special Report!
In the first installment of this two-parter, Wyatt talks up the disembodied pants that are the Fresno Nightcrawlers. Behold the 5 or 6 pixels of video evidence and decide for yourself if these legs are ALIEN legs! Jake then tries his hand at describing the biggest, famousest, tiredest U.F.O. tale of them all, and why everyone's so hung up on this one town in New Mexico in spite of there being no story and no interest until 30 years after the inciting incident. But maybe this one's aliens, too.
And there's a whole lot more in store next time — aliens are just the beginning on this week's deep dive into bogus beliefs!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Fresno Nightcrawlers: https://youtu.be/fMv85lRAmuk
Yosemite video: https://youtu.be/ziB35K9shuI
Fact or Faked: https://youtu.be/b4XDcJoiXuY
Carmel Area Creature: https://goo.gl/2h3ThJ
Statues: https://goo.gl/zfeGTj
Jake's story
Roswell Daily Record article: https://goo.gl/yXQKjh
Fort Worth Star Telegram article: https://goo.gl/VrqrZq
"A Roswell Requiem": https://goo.gl/rB3qas
Marcel's bullshit: https://goo.gl/D9Hss4
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It's gross bug week on Superduperstitious, because why the hell not? Both Jake and Wyatt independently and accidentally land on stories involving giant, creepy, wormlike creatures, and by some additional coincidence, these creatures also happen to both be found in the general vicinity of eastern Asia.
First up is Jake with a deadly worm in the Gobi Desert, which either murders the crap out of anyone or anything unlucky enough to encounter it, or it's a different thing that doesn't do those things, or it doesn't exist. At least it won't interfere with your spice mining. Wyatt then leads us out into the ocean to hunt for either a terrifying marine arthropod, or else some kind of cursed walrus. At any rate, keep the family jewels away from the seafloor and/or the bottom of your aquarium.
Wow, we really went all-in on gross, squirmy creatures this week, didn't we? Yes. Yes we did. Why? Because damn it, it's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
Karl Shuker blog post: https://goo.gl/BufbPi
Goyo photo: https://goo.gl/bMvMYZ
Electric eel: https://goo.gl/MLCJ9v
Electrocytes: https://goo.gl/dVujGz
Worm lizard photos: https://goo.gl/kojz59
Amphisbaena photo: https://goo.gl/SNNjGj
Wyatt's story
Con Rit #1: https://goo.gl/SR2ANU
Con Rit #2: https://goo.gl/ycQL2d
Dunkleosteus: https://goo.gl/PRL1p3
Oarfish: https://goo.gl/DpRFLE
Annelid swimming: https://youtu.be/DhS3TpXnkdc
Bobbit worm swimming: https://youtu.be/refnOdW49rw
Bobbit worm being horrible: https://youtu.be/K_7ByiYbCYM
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Superduperstitious is splashing into summer with some sea-inspired stories! Or at least, that was the plan.
Wyatt starts us off, covering a just kind of vaguely water-adjacent topic: a series of monsters in Australia that may all be one and the same, and not just in the "sticking them all together into one mess of an animal" way that some of the tales might suggest. Plus Jake invents the very worst cocktail and then conflates Irish and Scots Gaelic consonant pronunciations like some kind of IDIOT.
As consolation, he offers the account of the doomed S.S. Ourang Medan, along with possible explanations as to what may have happened to the crew — and aided briefly by musical friend of the show, Tom Waits. As we prepare this episode for takeoff, please keep your elbows inside the vehicle and out of the mouths of any otters, and please make sure your sulfuric acid is safely stowed. It's time for another week of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Masterton Monster: https://goo.gl/u2VpRk
Euroa Beast (Bunyip): https://goo.gl/A2YfUZ
Dobhar-chú: https://goo.gl/xWiMAz
Moar Dobhar-chú: https://goo.gl/evNBkQ
Ice age in Australia: https://goo.gl/pqrULQ
Jake's story
Leif Erikson article: https://goo.gl/8R1K3h
Skittish Library article: https://goo.gl/fkRNQa
Old newspaper article: https://goo.gl/jgAm1p
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This week, it's an adventure into the woods for some ridiculous rigatoni! Jake leads Wyatt through the rambling yet flowery tale of "The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes and Specifically the Forest but in Kentucky", or whatever it's called. Never fear: a dozen or so coroners are here!
Wyatt then follows up with a much more sober series of accounts dealing with a race of apelike creatures around Mount St. Helens over the range of a century. When in doubt, sing, damn it, sing! Though it won't make your cabin any less flammable.
Thrill as an expert skier vanishes without a trace! Throw up a completely unnecessary number of times! Learn what the word "mordant" means! It's all on this forest-themed episode of Superduperstitious.
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
The Beast Between the Lakes: https://goo.gl/1RWM4A
Who actually goes to a crime scene: https://goo.gl/hPdgUG
Wyatt's story
Diary of Elkanah Walker: https://goo.gl/3RV7wm
Cabin attack: https://goo.gl/7z6pmf
Disappearance at Ape Canyon: https://goo.gl/ps9oGP
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It would be a rare day indeed that Superduperstitious would fail to pay lip service to some ancient reptilian friends. Luckily, one such creature made it even easier by paying a visit of its own, in this case to the town of Van Meter, Iowa. Wyatt's got it covered, with a complete account of those strange few nights back at the turn of the century, along with a pretty good idea of what bees probably taste like.
Then, another accursed round of Shadowlands Roulette hangs heavy on the boys' souls, but after a narrow escape, Jake is ready to recount a Redditor's rendezvous with something freaky somewhere south of the border. Best to keep some partial glasses of water all over the house for good measure. Have your shotted gun at the ready and put your fingers in someone's mouth — there's a new episode of Superduperstitious to listen to!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
The dumb version: https://goo.gl/goMCdt
The less dumb version: https://goo.gl/9AZwzc
Interesting interpretation: https://goo.gl/rSNhZE
Jake's story
Original account: https://goo.gl/39tAJA
Creature drawing: https://imgur.com/a/aRm9zou
Birthday scene: https://youtu.be/2nvnk4cooxU
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29 more episodes deep since their first sound adventure and Wyatt and Jake are again reminded that podcasts are in fact an audio-based medium. In that case, it's time for some more auditory strangeness!
Jake opens with talk of a persistent, mysterious rumbling heard all around the world — though only by 2% or so of the population. What is the source of The Hum? Is there any way to stop it? Does it just not know the lyrics or something? One harrowing game of Shadowlands Roulette later, Wyatt revisits the Cuban sonic attacks, which are still probably not sonic attacks and now also not in Cuba. Are folks just hitting their heads left and right, or is something more espionage-y going on?
Pack your righty and lefty scissors and look out for horny bugs — Bowie and Jagger are waiting to see your dance moves on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
Glen MacPherson's article: https://goo.gl/9WtXUE
Hum example #1: https://youtu.be/3WXUOLHp54w
David Deming paper: https://goo.gl/Ddnq6z
World Hum Map: http://thehum.info/newhum/
MacPherson video: https://youtu.be/3VBT_-Z1tk4
Hum example #2: https://goo.gl/CfEFCp
"Hum" example #3: https://youtu.be/G6Mv0FKBcJ0
Wyatt's story
NYT article: https://nyti.ms/2M5EsiB
Vox article: https://goo.gl/8aG7dy
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Without a specific theme to this week's episode, ANYTHING can happen! But really just two things happen.
Wyatt hits us with an abduction experience that he initially thought would be a Springheeled Jack encounter (Jack was of course too busy eating Scully Joes with the Devil to bother these specific fishermen in Mississippi). Don't believe the eyewitnesses? Just ask Puddin'! Puddin's dead now, but he was a fine man.
Jake then relays three creepy, unique nighttime encounters with some horrifying monsters. Watch as white people jump to conclusions. All that, plus a listener's creepy clown surprise! Please practice proper high beam etiquette as you join us for a good old fashioned regresh sesh on this week's Superduperstitious.
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Pascagoula abduction: https://goo.gl/jhNKcn
Jake's story
"I think I almost hit a skinwalker": https://goo.gl/jMXEuM
"My personal experience with a skinwalker": https://goo.gl/iHkPkW
"Skinwalker? Wendigo? What the f*** did I see?": https://goo.gl/pRVbm3
Sighting video: https://goo.gl/zoy5a5
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Would it really be an episode of Superduperstitious without some monsters? Perhaps. But it wouldn't be THIS episode. That's because this episode is full of chlorophyllic creepers and a whole dang family of Sasquatches!
Out of the gates, Jake recounts a history of sightings involving a mysterious mossy individual in Florida. An ancient elemental being? Pop culture inspired mass hysteria? A sentient farmer's market? You decide! Wyatt then recites Albert Ostman's very sober account of a completely bonkers experience. Then again, maybe nothing phases you when you routinely carry 80 pounds of gear into the Canadian wilderness alone to go on a prospecting "vacation". This episode is best enjoyed while being stalked in a bayou or while eating an entire box of snuff — try it out right now!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
"The Moss Man Cometh": https://goo.gl/MbtkZq
Gumbo Limbo trail example: https://goo.gl/CNgC5G
Wyatt's story
Edible plants of the Pacific Northwest: https://goo.gl/dHbXg7
Albert Ossman account: https://goo.gl/e98GNV
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It's high time Superduperstitious took another look skyward, so this week's episode once again handles those interplanetary interlopers, extraterrestrials!
Wyatt's up first, with the truly astonishing account of a visit to a Russian park that 40 or so locals would never forget. From documentaries full of comically overacted accents to some silent miming on an audio-only format, this story really has it all. Certainly it has those two things.
Jake then brings us into the present with a somewhat unique abduction event from only a couple of months ago. Have you recently rendered yourself sterile because you didn't care whether or not you rendered yourself sterile? These helpful aliens might just have a solution for you! Try not to overheat your big rig, and don't be too afraid of geometry — an all-new Superduperstitious starts right now!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Voronezh encounter: https://goo.gl/Vs4VqD
NYT article: https://goo.gl/TBBw4c
Testimony video: https://goo.gl/q5w9Jd
Jake's story
NUFORC account: https://goo.gl/weJuQe
Quora article: https://goo.gl/muq8BW
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The world sure does seem to have a lot of haunted places in it, huh? Like, at least several. And not all of them are even houses or abandoned prisons!
This week, the boys look at two such creepy locales. First, however, Jake dives into an extra-long and extra-horror-movie-ish update on the Phantom of the Chicago, which has made its way to Wisconsin in order to cockblock some college kids. From there, it's off to a stretch of road in Mission, Texas, where bicyclists don't care for vehicular manslaughter and sometimes people nap in strange ways. We're looking at you, Casey.
Next, we visit the Lowlands of Scotland as Wyatt describes a creepy castle and its dark, ghoulish secret. The type of secret that ultimately seems like way more trouble to keep than not, but that's really up to the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Stay out of the secret passages and tell us: What is That Fog? It's time for another episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Giant bat video: https://youtu.be/qucx6DCRaVI?t=19s
Jake's story
The Most Haunted Road in Texas: https://goo.gl/tGR3x3
La Home Road street view: https://goo.gl/eFRHNY
Wyatt's story
Glamis Castle timeline: https://goo.gl/kBDZUm
Ghosts of Glamis: https://goo.gl/gnSScm
Kim's account: https://goo.gl/H5VxzS
The Monster of Glamis: https://goo.gl/ohCDgS
Mike Dash's Smithsonian article: https://goo.gl/gbFMBo
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For us humans, it stands to reason that oodles of spooky stories focus on beings that are MOSTLY human, but not quite enough for comfort. It's certainly the case on this week's episode!
Wyatt first tries his hand at a Crawler update, and it's as creepy as should be expected for those pale, lanky bastards. Then in his main story, Wyatt covers encounters around the world with an entity whose heels might be described as decidedly... spring-like? Sleeping under the stars just got a whole lot scratchier.
Jake follows up with the curious case of the Bunny Man, a tale that is part strange-but-true, part decidedly false, and part "oh God why is it walking like that OH NO IT SEES ME". Listen, if everyone who goes under a specific bridge at midnight on Halloween always dies gruesomely, maybe don't do that? Pay close attention to what's behind your daughter's head and beware of flying hatchets on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Crawler sighting: https://goo.gl/67nFUh
Monkey man 1: https://goo.gl/eh3nFQ
Monkey man 2 (with police sketches): https://goo.gl/LbWw1X
Solway Spaceman 1: https://goo.gl/NcjyKy
Solway Spaceman 2: https://goo.gl/p7K46Y
Solway Spaceman 3: https://goo.gl/o3zTQY
Jake's story
The Bunny Man: https://goo.gl/vvroYg
Encounter with the Bunny Man: https://goo.gl/Kp8jGC
The true story: https://goo.gl/bXcXUd
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Somehow it took 28 episodes to finally get around to covering lake monsters, but here we are! And don't you worry: this one's got more logs and waves and misidentified loons than you can shake a moose at.
Jake starts off with a famous serpentine creature from a British Columbia lake, and while he may not be so convinced of its supernatural origins, he ends up a true believer in its power to make videos of its likeness vanish from the internet. Then, on the other side of a thrilling game of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt takes us into the deepest reaches of the Congo Basin to search for a legendary relic from a lost world. There's dinosaurs in them thar hills!
Also, huge bats are still apparently doing stuff in Chicago, so that comes up, too. Dive right in, because it's a wet and wild and science-y good time on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
N'ha-A-Itk: https://goo.gl/G8twRj
Ogopogoquest: https://goo.gl/K8hb5a
Live Science article: https://goo.gl/NNFMVc
Ogopogo video: https://youtu.be/5q9qgSn1QGE?t=16s
Very loud video: https://goo.gl/HDUUkx
Wyatt's story
Mokele Mbembe 1: https://goo.gl/CXLAQP
Mokele Mbembe 2: https://goo.gl/SSaUj8
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It's a health-conscious week as the boys embark on a superstition-fueled journey into New England's past. After an apropos Springheeled Jack update in Cape Cod, Wyatt retells the listener-suggested story of a vampirism scare during the 19th century. However, these vampires just make you cough and die. And are also already dead? And not real.
Jake then follows the specific account of a supposedly possessed teenager who was a perfect case study for why proper mental health treatment compels you far more than the power of Christ does. And don't even START on witches. All this, plus a complete failure to say the actual word that the show's title is based on — this week on Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Springheeled Jack in New England: https://goo.gl/CPJFgk
Provincetown Advocate (1939, October, 26): https://goo.gl/tfETko
Wyatt's story
Vampires in New England: https://goo.gl/K15rS7
Syphillis: https://goo.gl/2g93eH
Jake's story
"Devils in the Root Cellar": https://goo.gl/8mm2hp
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This week, it's all about them artifact facts! The mysterious relics in question have some pretty far out stories behind them, and the boys are determined to dig in deep.
First up, Jake tells the tale of a crystal cranium thought to be sacred to the Mayans, or maybe not. Part of a supposed set of thirteen skulls scattered across the globe, could this polished piece of quartz be the key to immense cosmic power? What does 19th century Germany have to say on the matter?
Wyatt then details the curious Voynich manuscript, a dense and illustrated scientific textbook or possibly an early version of Playboy that, either way, has baffled linguists and cryptographers for ages. Practice your Jerry Lewis impression and keep the jungle cats out of your study as you listen to this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Bald eagles in Chicago: https://goo.gl/ZvvBW9
Jake's story
Strange Mysteries from Around the World: https://goo.gl/sQNqqv
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World: https://goo.gl/Uuu59n
National Geographic: https://goo.gl/Pz4kby
True origins of the crystal skull: https://goo.gl/hZDWg5
Wyatt's story
Voynich manuscript: https://goo.gl/quqnB7
Amateur theories: https://goo.gl/V3T9qp
AI solution: https://goo.gl/uTm5DT
Hauer & Kondrak solution: https://goo.gl/GCLqyW
Gibbs solution: https://goo.gl/eudLp3
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Has it really been a whole year? No? Well the boys have an anniversary of sorts to celebrate nonetheless, and they do it with a return to some spooky favorites! Wyatt takes us down Sasquatch Lane with some convincing accounts of Florida's Myakka skunk ape. Now you, too, can learn it's snappy catchphrase!
Jake then finally cuts to the chase with all his weeks of ghoul talk by covering the actual ghoul of Arabian folkore. Ultimately, cultures around the world just aren't super into eating people, okay guys? Stay out of the swamp! Stay out of the desert! Stay out of your backyard! Maybe just stay inside and listen to this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
BFRO report: https://goo.gl/t6VbLw
Skunk ape video 1: https://goo.gl/ggExQH
Skunk ape video 2: https://goo.gl/kzbJSP
Myakka photos: https://goo.gl/TBkVUY
Letter: https://goo.gl/L7SjLY
Bob Gymlan's videos: https://goo.gl/PPBHyB
Jake's story
Something Under the Streetlight: https://goo.gl/PPBHyB
Creature drawings: https://imgur.com/a/td4tC
Ghoul folklore: https://goo.gl/iwRGFV
Ghoul video 1: https://goo.gl/RWbNN3
Ghoul video 2: https://goo.gl/wnw4BR
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The legends are true! Specifically the ones about there being a new episode of Superduperstitious. After checking in again on the British Invasion (the Spring Heeled Jack one, that is), the boys examine some longstanding, almost elemental legends from different parts of the world.
First, Jake describes the mysterious Dark Watchers who lurk on ridges in Big Sur, being dark, and watching stuff. No clue what they are, but at this point, there's no ruling out even urRu as a possibility. Then Wyatt takes a plunge into the history and biology of a well known but never-not-awesome sea monster. THE sea monster, really. Plus a squid in an ice cream cone! It's all there, along with some Steinbecks and a rousing game of Shadowlands Roulette, all on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Spring Heeled Jack in America: https://goo.gl/NkquFk
Shadowlands Roulette: https://goo.gl/dk9BRr
Jake's story
"Such Counsels You Gave to Me": https://goo.gl/XqHWJp
The Dark Watchers: https://goo.gl/8isgwh
Image 1: https://goo.gl/QzSw5T
Image 2: https://goo.gl/DS1z7b
In Search of the Dark Watchers: https://goo.gl/Jrt5D4
Eyewitness accounts: https://goo.gl/R9pBNg
Wyatt's story
The Kraken: https://goo.gl/tV5W4M
Cameroceras trentonense: https://goo.gl/c9nAaG
Parapuzosia seppenradensis: https://www.theartistation.com/2015/05/the-giant-ammonite/
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Well if it isn't another new episode! This week, Wyatt jumps on that opening-update-segment-train with some ghastly tales of Spring Heeled Jack's move to America, where he gets into some very specific routines. Wyatt then segues into a series of sightings involving a weird little monstermajig that is equally at home in the Massachusetts and Ontario suburbs as it is in Native American mythology. Just keep your cats away from the river.
Jake's then proves that he hasn't told his dumbest story yet, because he hasn't told THIS story yet. Specifically, he talks about some giant stick figures that are apparently just walking around in the world. All that, plus a series of children's videos that could only be part of a dadaist art project — all on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Spring Heeled Jack in America: https://goo.gl/3TSkZS
Wyatt's story
The Dover Demon: https://goo.gl/k1psxy
The Toronto Tunnel Monster: https://goo.gl/VXuY4u
Memegwesi (Mannegishi): https://goo.gl/ADYnVB
Dragonfly wing sounds: https://goo.gl/vzgtdZ
Terrain Walker article: https://goo.gl/CB8QbB
Jake's story
67 Not Out: https://goo.gl/RXcjsL
Listverse article: https://goo.gl/4iDxap
Above Top Secret post: https://goo.gl/K9Nb6P
Russian wall crawler video: https://goo.gl/L4w66g
SPIRIT Seekers: https://goo.gl/EBkH6W
Sticklyman: https://goo.gl/5cmqqg
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Phantoms abound in this fright-filled episode! After a correction to last week's story that makes it somehow even more upsetting to the boys, Jake discusses a bandage-covered spook that haunts a lonely Oregon road. Whether it's attacking cars while young couples are tryna smash, or crabwalking in and out of your kitchen at night, you're gonna have a bad time.
Wyatt then takes us on an enlightening trip to Victorian London to learn all about a plague of encounters with a fiendish high jumper. Who's that devilish, ghostly bear who scratches and takes off into the air? (Jack!) You're damned right. This episode has spooks, but don't worry — it's all over in approximately 243 Lord's Prayers. Hop onto a brand new Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Crawler encounter update: https://goo.gl/6s52vg
Jake's story
Bandage Man: https://goo.gl/kw6HNK
"The Crawling Man in My Kitchen": https://goo.gl/aNQ5yB
Wyatt's story
Spring Heel'd Jack: https://goo.gl/nZX4Gr
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It's another week, and the boys' fascination with the not-quite-human never ceases! First up, Wyatt describes the legend of a monster terrorizing Maryland, the sounds that a man-goat might make, and the angst inherent in being a human. He also expresses his deep passion for classic science fiction and fantasy.
Next, Jake gets back on his shit again, recounting even more encounters with gaunt, pale humanoids stalking the roads of the American northeast, including a child's drawing that REALLY doesn't help make these things less creepy. All this, plus some more Chicago Phantom shenanigans, and a brief appearance from a very special musical guest, on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Sean Daly's article: https://goo.gl/8HU8Py
The greatest people: https://goo.gl/7W39GL
Goatman folklore: https://goo.gl/FKSjqq
Anansi's goatman story: https://goo.gl/NkwmF3
Talking cat: https://goo.gl/SVWn9P
Jake's story
The Christmas encounter: https://goo.gl/CoundA
Artist's rendering: https://goo.gl/oYgqTV
Correct artist's rendering: https://goo.gl/6s52vg
Creature drawing: https://goo.gl/g1Rkun
Police account: https://goo.gl/xtdrQq
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The conclusion of this New Age deep dive finds our intrepid dorks ready to revisit last week's topics, but this time with a heaping helping of science to accompany each and every bite of that crunchy granola. From real-life crystal properties, to the less than lofty origins of ley lines, prepare to get a good old fashioned science learnin'.
And you won't leave empty-handed either, because these prog-fessional podcasters also found the best deal for life energy generators on the market! Strap in for some earth science, some balls-to-the-wall physics, and some extremely convoluted memory hacks while you get the orgone placebo-ed out of you in Part II of this Superduperstitious Special Report!
EPISODE LINKS
Crystal properties: https://goo.gl/r82gma
Quartz: https://goo.gl/Qw7M4L
Ley lines history: https://goo.gl/HRQBYm
Orgone generator: https://goo.gl/KRocf7
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As we start another two-part Superduperstitious Special Report, we ask you to open your mind to the oneness of all, to let the natural energy surround you, and also to listen to two punkass scientists try describing New Age beliefs verbatim without losing their damned minds. Jake's up first, with some rock talk — specifically, the curious case of Death Valley's sailing stones in its famed Racetrack Playa. He then segues into crystal energy, and the two subjects almost make sense together when heard in context, seriously.
Wyatt follows Jake's energy lead to describe ley lines, and then goes cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs with an account by someone who has lived on one such line for a number of years. Don't worry — there are photos. As we begin our descent into this two parter, we ask that you keep your tray tables up and your feet firmly planted on the albatross. Get ready for some curious natural phenomena on this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
Museum of Unnatural History: https://goo.gl/1hbCn7
Footprints: https://goo.gl/oFuMtX
Rock video: https://goo.gl/ZVamRV
Healing Crystals for You: https://goo.gl/VHSa25
Wyatt's story
Ley lines: https://goo.gl/SSgd4Q
Moar ley lines: https://goo.gl/G16UZC
Forever Conscious: https://goo.gl/nVuZKi
Joanna's epic tale: https://goo.gl/69L6iL
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There once was a dorky podcast that discussed paranormal phenomena from a scientific perspective. The two hosts never really nailed that logline, but they always at least half tried. One night, they decided to discuss urban legends again, since there are, like, a billion of those.
First, after another bat interruption, Wyatt laid down some short tales from Japan, before launching into the story of the infamous Alice Killings. "Why," he asked, "are you being so serious?" Next, Jake spun a yarn about one of the most famous campfire ghost stories out there. But then it turns out it basically came true and a bunch of people died and it was really dark and depressing.
Legend has it that these two podcast hosts are still out there to this day, waiting for unsuspecting listeners to wander over to their show on a night/day just like tonight/today. Not everyone encounters this fabled duo, but if you're feeling brave, hit play right now! However, be warned: you, too, might just become another listener to Superduperstitious! *Thunder noises*
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
The Alice killings: https://goo.gl/C4jPYd
The Playing Card Killer: https://goo.gl/Jd1eto
Jake's story
Voices article: https://goo.gl/yTxkaQ
Creepy hospital: https://goo.gl/XYBtSe
Andre Rand: https://goo.gl/SWyHXQ
Rand photo: https://goo.gl/5XL9gj
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What the folk? It's a new episode! And it's goofy as all get-out. This week, the boys are examining legends and folktales that seemingly are true even today. Off the top, Jake covers the demonic hellhounds seen across the English countryside and beyond, sometimes appearing as an omen of doom, sometimes arriving just to totally MESS. A. CHURCH. UP. As you value your life or your reason, keep away from the moor.
From there, Wyatt talks about a whole class of mythical humanoids, including goblins, gremlins, pukwudgies, gnomes, and bodybuilders. He even brings not one, not five, but FOUR pieces of potential video evidence to the table! Beware of soccer games in Argentina. Aw Shuck, it's time for some more Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
A Straunge and Terrible Wunder: https://goo.gl/o8iFKa
Black Shuck skeleton: https://goo.gl/Tgg75P
Demon of Dartmoor: https://goo.gl/XQ7aA2
Troy: https://goo.gl/oiDnfc
Unexplained Mysteries hell hound sighting: https://goo.gl/f8tkJS
Wyatt's story
Pukwudgies: https://goo.gl/RYijfG
Bodybuilding forum: https://goo.gl/asi8bd
Gnomes: https://goo.gl/KfgXEU
Video 1: https://goo.gl/wBDiv2
Video 2: https://goo.gl/nb6zid
Video 3: https://goo.gl/Hc7p8x
Video 4: https://goo.gl/eJhSEo
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Monsters! Everyone likes those, right? Well there are two of 'em in this week's episode, and no, they're not the hosts (DO YOU SEE WHAT WE DID THERE?!).
After Jake finds yet another update tangent story thing to get bogged down by (now it's those ghoulish humanoids from Episode 10), Wyatt recounts the suspenseful and downright creepy story of the Cowman of Copalis Beach. It's utterly chilling, unless you're exactly four years old.
Next, Jake walks us through the fake background but possibly real foreground of the Michigan Dogman. Horror pranks are the best pranks, and doubly so when they're accidentally true. Stop your kid from talking to the creature outside his window, and let's all agree to just stay out of old barns, okay? It's time for another episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
"The Cowman of Copalis Beach": https://goo.gl/Sd8Sj1
Creature sounds: https://goo.gl/K8Ut5m
Russian Sasquatch video: https://goo.gl/gtzYXU
Jake's story
"The Legend '97": https://goo.gl/GZYppC
Paw print photo: https://goo.gl/fN1UDt
Gable film: https://goo.gl/2s5vgj
Additional encounters: https://goo.gl/iAjQqf
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Wyatt and Jake crank up the spooks once more with some tales of hauntings! Wait, didn't they get, like, abducted at the end of the last episode? It's probably fine. Jake starts off with the first-person account of a woman whose family was plagued for years by a maybe-demon that was terrifying to behold and enraged by folks borrowing roller skates.
Then Wyatt leads an off-the-walls journey through the story that inspired the movie The Conjuring. Those unlucky Perrons chose a house where, just, EVERYBODY went to die. Break in through the back window and watch out for Old Lady Beehive Head, it's time to return to a familiar, spooky well (and not just the one hidden in the basement) with this week's episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
"Growing Up in a Haunted House": https://goo.gl/WgqJNQ
Wyatt's story
Perron family haunting: https://goo.gl/k9nTRD
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In the second half of this extraterrestrial spectacular, Wyatt and Jake science at you, and they science at you HARD. Get ready for the story of life on Earth, Goldilocks zones, organisms living in improbably harsh conditions, DNA, GNC, moss piglets, James Cameron — this episode's got every piece of context you could ever need to understand life in the Universe AND SO MUCH MORE. Mind your scoop marks, shut the blinds, and enjoy the conclusion of this Superduperstitious Special Report on U.F.O.s!
EPISODE LINKS
Zanfretta recap: https://goo.gl/zgUoj1
John E. Mack investigation: https://goo.gl/Xi5AtB
Extremophiles: https://goo.gl/6NNxWU
Tardigrades: https://goo.gl/G7FcZZ
Drake Equation calculator: https://goo.gl/NkZahs
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The boys kick off 2018 with the first half of an epic two-part investigation into the weird world of encounters with extraterrestrials! But don't expect either of them to say that word correctly on the first try.
After a foreword about the very recently declassified aerial footage released by the U.S. Department of Defense, Wyatt tells the tale of an Italian security guard whose experience was just one fire flower short of being the strangest thing to ever happen to an Italian person. Next, Jake talks of eerie house calls from mysterious men in suits who are not as likely to say, "Oh HELL no" as you might expect. Keep your eyes to the skies, try not to step on too many cockroaches, and listen to an all-new episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Declassified video #1 (Gimbal): https://goo.gl/yRmDjH
Declassified video #2 (FLIR1): https://goo.gl/nokaEG
Zanfretta case: https://goo.gl/zgUoj1
The creature: https://goo.gl/sfcgcE
Hypnosis video: https://goo.gl/jJK7SH
Jake's story
MIB story compilation: https://goo.gl/u1PRvn
HuffPo article: https://goo.gl/Gb6u7z
WeirdWorm article: https://goo.gl/oR9cCv
Nick Redfern article: https://goo.gl/PciDXE
The Gods Have Landed: https://goo.gl/vKzPQ7
Robot video: https://goo.gl/upP15s
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As the temperature keeps dropping, the boys take refuge in stories of more tropical climes, beginning with a herpetological journey through a century of astounding claims from the Amazon. After being repeatedly told that this particular creature "don't want none", Jake is determined to get to the truth.
Then, in the absence of any additional Phantom of the Chicago sightings this week, Wyatt decides to try his own hand at giant bat stories. This inevitably leads to a tangent on scary animal sounds to hear in the woods at night. Be sure to bring a huge tape measure into the jungle, and don't let your head get attacked — it's time for some tropical Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
Major Fawcett: https://goo.gl/Hkn83j
Anaconda size: https://goo.gl/D97SFL
Jesus' dissertation: https://goo.gl/dW6stg
Titanoboa: https://goo.gl/bg6H3A
Mark O'Shea: https://goo.gl/B29wEJ
Wyatt's story
Ahool: https://goo.gl/Km17dv
Brown wood owl: https://goo.gl/gWR4g7
Brown would owl: https://goo.gl/WUg4Mp
Olitiau: https://goo.gl/94e2in
Jeholopteris: https://goo.gl/kYczx4
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Brrrr! It's the winter solstice up in the Northern Hemisphere, so it's time for some tales of cold weather creepiness to fit the mood. First up, Wyatt presents a real-life psychological phenomenon that may be behind stories of a famously cannibalistic First Nations folk monster, as well as reasons why this is totally fine to tell children.
Next, Jake misses an obvious opportunity for a Jabu-Jabu joke and plows straight into a description of a marine behemoth potentially lurking in the waters of the southern seas, where it is decidedly not winter. Could the Japanese government be keeping this huge, aquatic, Antarctic humanoid a secret? Does that sentence even make sense? Eat your whole family, do some shots in an ice tube, and give a listen to this week's episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt' story
Scary for Kids: https://goo.gl/uWkUzd
Knowlegenuts: https://goo.gl/AyhDbt
Executed Today: https://goo.gl/8R98jT
Rampage (p. 67): https://goo.gl/tX4AVa
Jake's story
Mysterious Universe article: https://goo.gl/dCMSp7
Google Maps image: https://goo.gl/s5oSzp
Photo 1: https://goo.gl/i57sWG
Photo 2: https://goo.gl/rFui2J
Photo 3: https://goo.gl/Lbqynw
Underwater video: https://goo.gl/pzCrxm
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Wyatt and Jake are back on it again with another foray into cryptozoology — and what a foray it is! After yet another update on that pesky Phantom of the Chicago, Jake gives Wyatt every single heebie and all of the jeebies with multiple tales of some weird, large, fast, pale, creepy four-legged humanoid creatures.
Then Wyatt digs into the history of a very famous U.S. monster, and finds out that it's actually all Ben Franklin's fault. All that, plus B.E.K. 2 II: The Childrenening Followup (The Sequel), and a whole bunch of useful information about pine trees. If you want monsters, you got 'em on this week's episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
B.E.K. story 1: https://goo.gl/5HQPid
B.E.K. story 2: https://goo.gl/fiEojS
Sighting in Big Bear: https://goo.gl/Uu8TmS
Creepy-ass video: https://goo.gl/igw6cY
Sightings at ranch (w/photos): https://goo.gl/BTFS1D
Sightings in Latin America: https://goo.gl/WNVenF
Wyatt's story
The monster: https://goo.gl/8jrdq8
Sighting stories: https://goo.gl/tsGUKX
Crane soundz: https://goo.gl/jfMSkw
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After a gap week spent finding themselves, the boys are ready to crank up them spooks! First off, Wyatt dives into the background of the creepy doll Annabelle that inspired the 2014 movie by the same name, and the child prodigy who owned her. Never trust a Warren to tell a ghost story.
Next, Jake discovers the multiband compressor and his life is forever changed. He also tells a spooky story, but you're all here for the audio engineering stuff, right? Whatever. Some little kids with completely black eyes want to be allowed into your car/house. Probably don't let them do that. Back your car into a gravestone and ignore the ominous notes around your apartment, because it's all supernatural all the time on this episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Mysterious Universe article: https://goo.gl/sa2MUw
Doll comparison: https://goo.gl/CxbA7x
Jake's story
Brian Bethel's article (scroll down): https://goo.gl/BNe9Y9
Cemetery sighting: https://goo.gl/Jj8ejL
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Who said you can't make an episode of a paranormal podcast Thanksgiving-themed? After the boys weigh the finer points of shape-shifting goblin logistics (you guessed it: Chicago), Jake takes us to the Isle of Man, if not with his accent then at least with his story. There, a family in the 1930s was terrorized/entertained for years by a mysterious entity in their home calling himself Gef (he is the fifth dimension, in case you were wondering).
Next, Wyatt tells a story that starts in 1999, a completely unremarkable year with no major cultural touchstones or noteworthy occurrences. Listen as a French acupuncturist snaps and maybe kills his whole family, but all over the ocean, but really confusingly, but maybe didn't. Gather round with your friends and family, chow down on that turkey and stuffing, and leave some chocolate out for the mongoose. It's time for Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
Bee Wilson's review: https://goo.gl/mHyfXa
Creepy Corner: https://goo.gl/5DmFDa
Gef the Mongoose sketch: https://goo.gl/Yj9z6i
Wyatt's story
Godard family disappearance: https://goo.gl/DPTxJD
Horrible family photo: https://goo.gl/LY3jkh
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Are you prospiracy or conspiracy? This week, Wyatt explores two famous cases of bizarre military experimentation that led to a perhaps popular Netflix series, all while he and Jake overcome some past Muppet trauma. Then, Jake discusses a perplexing tragedy in the mountains of Russia and all the amazing, astounding things that definitely didn't cause it. Put on your aluminum foil hats and gimp suits and approach the radioactive computer crystal — it's time for an all-new episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
The Philadelphia Experiment: https://goo.gl/XxiB6z
Banana peel antenna: https://goo.gl/GAh2UB
Muppet song (not actually Sweetums): https://goo.gl/QUkqGk
Time travel interview: https://goo.gl/6zYwiH
Jake's story
St. Petersburg Times article: https://goo.gl/SXqx8R
Tent photo: https://goo.gl/UEsZgf
Dubinina autopsy report: https://goo.gl/eBiPUY
Kármán vortex street: https://goo.gl/VLx9km
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Did you hear about the latest episode of Superduperstitious? I didn't listen to it, but I know this one guy whose cousin totally did and OH MAN. That's right — this episode is about urban legends!
This week, Jake wants to make a Decemberists reference only to totally miss the 20-minute opportunity he has to make an entirely different Decemberists reference. Instead, he discusses how one internet scary story found its way into real life. Next, Wyatt explores an elusive yet ubiquitous bird bigger than any muppet, with all the taxonomy lessons you could ever ask for in a podcast. Get ready for some spooky spaghetti (that's what it's called, right?) and give a listen to this week's Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
The Rake: https://goo.gl/i1Vwvr
Game camera photo: https://goo.gl/RGKdYF
Sleep paralysis: https://goo.gl/pqzb6j
Wyatt's story
Thunderbird account: https://goo.gl/8XXWBn
Haast's eagle: https://goo.gl/H6K4ix
Moa size chart: https://goo.gl/vYBt7f
Photo 1: https://goo.gl/8v4Kwz
Photo 2: https://goo.gl/dw5X82
Photo 3: https://goo.gl/LuH2Vb
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Is it a sea monster? Is it bugs? No, it's a new episode of Superduperstitious! Listen to Wyatt and Jake as THEY listen to some weird sounds — so meta! The boys try and get to the bottom of several mysterious auditory phenomena, some of which could be DEADLY.
Also featured: Halloween weekend discoveries, an almost exciting update in the saga of The Phantom of the Chicago, and absolutely no Nixon impressions. Headphones? Speakers? Those weird bone conducting earbud things? Grab your audio setup of choice and give a listen to this short, scientific foray into some auditory mysteries!
EPISODE LINKS
The Phantom of the Chicago photos: https://goo.gl/gMDGgb
Wyatt's story
Guardian article on sonic attacks: https://goo.gl/cRSZyV
Guardian article on mass hysteria: https://goo.gl/k36Crk
Cuba reveals source: https://goo.gl/5LptGX
Snopes article: https://goo.gl/w7yhkg
Jake's story
Underwater sounds: https://goo.gl/HtGtXF
Blue whale sounds: https://goo.gl/5mhpFg
R’lyeh map: https://goo.gl/6RAXyT
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It's time again to talk about spooky stuff — but now in a SEASONAL way! After a brief update of the winged goings-on in Chicago, Wyatt and Jake serve up a tasty spookwich of scary stories for your Halloween delight! Legal documents, 19th century history, bathrooms — this episode's got it all. Only check your beaver traps with the help of a friend and DON'T MOVE INTO THAT NEW HOUSE — it's the Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!
EPISODE LINKS
Phantom of the Chicago drawing: https://goo.gl/xKkvxg
The Watcher lawsuit: https://goo.gl/BmTh6g
Roosevelt's "goblin story": https://goo.gl/NLZ1SY
Reddit story: https://goo.gl/WmmmHa
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Wyatt spins a spooky tale of some unexplained experiences he had after moving into an old house in western Massachusetts — you'll never guess how much mail and lady bones are hidden in that place! Later, Jake lays out the full history of the Ouija board, its invention, and the bored Victorians who got us there. Turn down the lights and turn up the fog machine — or whatever it is you do to get in the mood for spooky stories — and enjoy this week's episode of Superduperstitious!
EPISODE LINKS
Smithsonian article: https://goo.gl/SkwUyh
American Spiritualist Magazine quote: https://goo.gl/fuzDdA
The Spirits' Book passage: https://goo.gl/ZureuP
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This week, Jake walks us through a surprisingly recent and ongoing epidemic of giant bat creature sightings in Chicago. Then, Wyatt discusses an ancient South American terror that may be more rooted in fact than in fiction. And it smells, just, real bad. Grab a beer of indeterminate brand and get ready to RIDE THE SNAKE.
EPISODE LINKS
Jake's story
Phantoms and Monsters: https://goo.gl/Dd3u8y
Singular Fortean Society sighting timeline: https://goo.gl/VK15iM
Owl eye shine: https://goo.gl/tuV2jR
Boston sunfish: https://goo.gl/k59pi1
Wyatt's story
Discover article: https://goo.gl/r9ufGX
Sighting video: https://goo.gl/CVPhQD
Statue and NYT article: https://goo.gl/jEv8Hu
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In the inaugural episode of Superduperstitious, Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee talk about their favorite cryptids. Wyatt recounts the sworn affidavit of a man who saw SOMETHING in the woods on a mountain one fateful day in the 1950s. Jake ruins his own childhood, but, like, in a fun way.
EPISODE LINKS
Wyatt's story
Sasquatch/Bigfoot "Doodle": https://goo.gl/e2846s
Jake's story
Original Chupacabra sketch: https://goo.gl/F4vvxe
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