Stay ConnectedA podcast about the paranormal, the credibility of the creepy, and the science of the spooky: Superduperstitious is a comedy podcast that looks at the mysterious and scary world of the weird and says, “Wait. What?” Hosts Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee use their science backgrounds to tease apart possible explanations for unexplained, supernatural, and otherwise strange phenomena.
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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
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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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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious
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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
MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop
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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