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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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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