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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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.
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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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