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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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!
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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.
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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!
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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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