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Cryptopedia is an exploration of the myths and legends that haunt the human mind. Each week Brandon and John will take you on a journey exploring the mysteries of the world, tackling the tales with a dash of skepticism and an extra helping of humor. Topics include cryptids such as bigfoot or mothma…

Brandon Boyer, John Dunham


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    Bake-Kujira - Godzilla Talk - 181

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 95:54


    This week, we take something like 20 minutes to talk about the deep-sea fish in Godzilla Minus One.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast   --- Bakekujira and Japan's Whale Cults | 百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai (Yokai Series Book 1) The Book of Yokai Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore      Michael Dylan Foster Bake-kujira - Wikipedia 本当にいる日本の「未知生物」案内 最新版 |本 | 通販 | Amazon Kamishibai - Wikipedia Whale and Fish Cult in Japan: A Basic Feature of Ebisu Worship The Gods of the Sea

    Heol Fanog Witch Farm - Welsh Family Trauma - 180

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 95:38


    In a stealth series, we cover what more credulous individuals call Welsh Amityville. In contrast, we just call it sad. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast   --- The Haunting History of Heol Fanog part 2: The Witch Farm or The Welsh Amityville — StrangeOutdoors.com The remote farmhouse that's been called Britain's most haunted house | Wales Online The terrifying real story of the True Horror haunted house Spooky Saturday: The haunted legacy of Heol Fanog | brecon-radnor.co.uk Heol Fanog – Mark Chadbourn The 'true' horror of Heol Fanog: what really happened at the Welsh Amityville? At home with a power-hungry phantom | The Independent Not Seeing Ghosts – Straeon Rhyfedd Case Study of Recognition Patterns in Haunted People Syndrome - PMC

    The Falcon Lake Incident - Polish Man in the Woods - 179

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 117:33


    This week, two partial Poles make fun of the Polish people as we tell the legendary story of Stefan Michalak.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast   --- Falcon Lake incident is Canada's 'best-documented UFO case,' even 50 years later - CBC Population of Canada by province and territory - Wikipedia Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 5, Episode 8 - Full Episode Find a Grave - Stefan Michalak When They Appeared: Falcon Lake 1967: The inside story of a close encounter Under the cloud : the decades of nuclear testing : Miller, Richard L. (Richard Lee),  Stefan Michalak, Falcon Beach, Manitoba- Police Report - 26 May 1967  Gastrointestinal Acute Radiation Syndrome: Mechanisms, Models, Markers, and Medical Countermeasures - PMC The Winnipeg Tribune - 22 May 1967 - Police Report - 18 June 1967  - Police Report - 10 August 1967  The Iron Skeptic - Stefan Michalak

    The Hammersmith Ghost - Deja Vu - 178

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 66:54


    This week, Brandon makes John experience some baffling Deja Vu. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ ---   Hammersmith Ghost murder case - Wikipedia Hammersmith Ghost: An 1803-1804 Haunting - geriwalton.com The Case of a Ghost Haunted England for Over Two Hundred Years | In Custodia Legis The Newgate calendar : comprising interesting memoirs of the Apparitions; or, The mystery of ghosts, hobgoblins, and haunted houses developed London Ghosts

    The Man From Taured - The Man Who Needed an Editor - 177

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 72:11


    This week, we learn that lousy editing will cause people to move across dimensions.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Man from Taured - Skeptoid Japanese economic miracle - Wikipedia The Mystery of the Man from Taured | Snopes.com FRONTIER FORMALITIES (SIMPLIFICATION) (Hansard, 29 July 1960) Fortean Times 2021 June Issue Page 55 The Man from Taured - Julia Louis Article clipped from The Province - Newspapers.com™ The Directory of Possibilities - John Grant r/UnresolvedMysteries on Reddit: On July 1954, A man arrives at Tokyo airport in Japan. He's of Caucasian appearance but the officials are suspicious. On checking his passport, they see that he hails from a country called Taured. The passport looked genuine, except for the fact that there is no such country as Taured I'm doing some research about the "man from Taured" hoax, and need help searching newspapers articles : r/japan? r/japan on Reddit: I am Japanese. I researched an old newspaper about "man from Taured". Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 249-250 Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Issues 156-160 どこにもない国の、外交官の話〜「ネグシ・ハベシ国大使逮捕事件」から60年、ご存知でしたか? The Man From Taured, Solved: John Zegrus & How A Real-Life Event Became An Urban Legend

    Wisconsin Grab Bag: Mineral Point Vampire and Ridgeway Ghost - Tree Drunks - 176

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 79:47


    This week, Brandon read his copy out of order.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Wisconsin State Journal Mineral Point Vampire - The Capital Times Urban Plains - Dairy State Dracula The Mineral Point Vampire — Wisconsinology The Ridgeway Ghost of Wisconsin | Into Horror History | J.A. Hernandez Village History | Ridgeway WI Some Wisconsin Ghosts - New York Times Hunting the American Werewolf: Beast Men in Wisconsin and Beyond - Linda S. Godfrey

    Leonora Piper - The White Crow - 175

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 120:29


    This week John covers the "world's most tested medium," and questions the validity of those tests.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death Resurrecting Leonora Piper: How Science Discovered the Afterlife - Michael Tymn Leonora Evelina Simonds Piper (1857-1950) - Find a Grave Memorial Piper, Leonora E. - An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural - James Randi A FURTHER RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS OF CERTAIN PHENOMENA OF TRANCE - Richard Hodgeson Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research : Sage, Michel, 1863-1931 Etymology of chlorine by etymonline Different Types Of Psychic Mediums & Their Psychic Abilities, Explained | California Psychics Radical Spirits Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America - Ann Braude The Emancipation of Mrs. Piper - Andrew Lang The Life and Work Mrs Piper - Alta Piper Essays in psychical research : James, William, 1842-1910 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Can Telepathy Explain?: Results of Psychical Research - Minot Judson Savage Spiritism, Hypnotism and Telepathy - Clark Bell, Thomas Hudson The question: "If a man die, shall he live again?" a brief history and examination of modern spiritualism - Edward Clodd Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Is spiritualism based on fraud ?: the evidence given by Sir A.C. Doyle and others - Joseph McCabe Studies in Spiritism - Amy Tanner

    The Tsarichina Hole - Wet Cold Bulgarian Winter - 174

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 132:07


    This week Brandon channels John as he talks about psychics channelling aliens.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Operation Sunray | Hunting the Entity in the Tsarichina Hole Inside Bulgaria's Skinwalker Ranch | The Tsarichina Hole The Tsarichina Hole (Bulgaria; 1990s) | The Forteana Forums Tsarichina - Wikipedia Феноменът Царичина - Цялата история (Част Първа) - Пътеводител на Забравената България

    Jiangshi, Chinese Hopping Vampires - Tummy Troubles - 173

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 120:42


    This week, John takes a trip back to China and proves someone can be immersed in a new language for practically a month and learn nothing.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Amazon.com: The Shadow Book of Ji Yun: The Chinese Classic of Weird True Tales, Horror Stories, and Occult Knowledge eBook Religious system of China vol.5 - De Groot Hop on pop: jiangshi films in a transnational context - Stephanie Lam Analects: The Sayings of Confucius, Translated by D. C. Lau Zibuyu, “What The Master Would Not Discuss”, according to Yuan Mei (1716 - 1798): A Collection of Supernatural Stories (2 vols) A Brief History of Qi - Yu Huan Zhang, Ken Rose Qi | Definition & Facts | Britannica Yinyang | Definition, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica Hun & Po Ethereal & Corporeal Soul In Taoism What Does the Yin-Yang Symbol Mean? https://www.willbuckingham.com/virtuous-cats/ The Afterlife of Corpses: A Social History of Unburied Dead Bodies in Qing China (1644–1911) - Joohee Suh The custom of "driving corpses" in western Hunan A temporary grave, by a concrete bridge | Historical Photographs of China Jiangshi: Daoist Cosmology in Mr. Vampire - Max Templeman Mr. Vampire - Wikipedia A look at the ghoulish tradition of ancient Chinese corpse-walking The Corpse Walker. Real-Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up : Liao Yiwu : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Walking dead: old China practice of corpse herding, transporting bodies to hometown for burial using long bamboo poles

    Lake Worth Monster - Tire Discus Discourse - 172

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 106:36


    This week we get to the bottom of the real mystery and provide a recommendation to scout masters.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Goatman's Summer of Celebrity (Part 1): The Glamour Boy of Greer Island Mystery Still Engulfs Lake Worth Monster Lake Worth Monster: The True Story of the Greer Island Goatman: Blackburn, Lyle: 9781734920666: Amazon.com: Books Greer Island's Goatman - Lake Worth Monster The Lake Worth Monster | TPW magazine | October 2003 Once Upon a Python: When Pete Went Hither, Slither, and Yon

    America's Legally Haunted House - Dutchussy - 171

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 125:04


    This week, we open talking about praxis, and John reads a bunch of legal documents.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Rosie O'Donnell Show June 1999 Pt 3 Our Haunted House on the Hudson - Helen Ackley The History of the Ackley House, America's Legally Haunted Home 1 La Veta Pl, Nyack, NY 10960 | Zillow Rockland County Property Check LA99-01004751 - Deed (1967) LA99-01004772 - Mortgage (1967) LA99-00726030 - Carol assumption of deed (1949) Legal-Ease: One dollar and other good and valuable consideration - LimaOhio.com Ancestor Search - Margaret Perry Helen Ackley Obituary (2003) - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Times-Union Helen Ackley Nyack People & Places: Skirmish Krew Relives Revolutionary War in Upper Nyack Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 AD 2d 254 - NY: Appellate Div., 1st Dept. 1991 Lawsuit Didn't Have a Ghost of a Chance - Timothy Clifford, Newsday, Combined editions Long Island, N.Y. 16 Mar 1991 18 rms. riv vu. ghosts. - Ronald Sullivan, Marchi 16, 1990, New York Times Spirit of Law Recognizes 'Haunted House' - Los Angeles Times Caveat Specter | Skeptical Inquirer How a House Becomes Legally Haunted: Stambovsky v. Ackley, The “Ghostbuster” Ruling | In Custodia Legis caveat emptor | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute Phones Ringing (Eerily?) For Nyack Spook Home - James Barron, March 20, 1990, New York Times Singer/rapper Matisyahu selling Nyack home; former occupants include Ingrid Michaelson and maybe, a ghost Don't Be Scared! Home at Center of Haunted House Legal Case Available for $1.9M Stambovsky v. Ackley - Wikipedia The History of Nyack, New York Margaret Perry Obituary Ghosts In Japan—Buying A Haunted House

    Mud Mermaids of the Ohio River - A New Euphemism - 170

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 57:34


    This week, we discover a euphemism and introduce a new segment on accident.   Also, yes, we know the Onion story is still pending a judge hearing, but let us have this one.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Mud Mermaids Were Allegedly Spotted in Ohio River - HubPages Mermaids, Giant Turtles, and Wild Men…Oh My! – The Indiana History Blog Mud Mermaids - Newspapers.com™ Akron Evening Times - Mud Mermaids 2 Ep 147: The Mud Mermaids of Indiana Mermaids in the Susquehanna River? Yes, fishermen once claimed Seal finds unlikely home 100 miles up Hudson River – The Hill Three Historic Explorers Who Were Captivated By Mermaid Sightings

    50 Berkeley Square - The Nameless Episode - 169

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 128:51


    John tried to do a shorter episode this week. Tried is the operative word here. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- BERKELEY SQUARE, Non Civil Parish - 1000516 | Historic England Charles I (r. 1625-1649) | The Royal Family Lord John Berkeley, Royalist General, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland & Ambassador-extraordinary - Twickenham Museum Notes and Queries 4th Series, Volume 10 - 372 Victorian Spiritualism The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill Notes and Queries 4th Series, Volume 10 - 398 Notes and Queries 4th Series, Volume 11 - 85 Fortean Times - The Most Haunted House in London by Jan Bondeson - Christmas 2015 Notes and Queries 5th Series, Volume 12 - 87 (Reproduction of May 10, 1879 Mayfair Article) Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 417 Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 435 Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 452 Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 471 Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 514 Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 3 - 151 Cornishman May 28 1908 - A City Full of Ghosts Ghosts, Helpful and Harmful - Elliott O'Donnell (171-181) Ghosts of London - Elliott O'Donnell (26-40) https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?37736 Haunted Houses - Charles Harper (106-) The Grey Ghost Book - Jessie Middleton (16-50)  Screaming Skulls: 101 of the World's Greatest Ghost Stories - Daniel Cohen (80-82) Mysterious Universe Article Notes and Queries archives (We pull from a lot of volumes)

    The Walker House - Ghostly Roundhouse Kicks - 168

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 97:49


    Halloween is this week, and Brandon is bringing ghost stories. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Ghosts of Mineral Point | Wisconsin Haunts Tavern Spirits: The Legend of Walker House Tavern Spirits: The Legend of Walker House, part two Ghosts - The Walker House  

    The History of Gorillas - The Gorillaz - 167

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 110:38


    In memoriam to the bad shows we found along the way, John talks about Gorillas way too much. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths , Naish, Darren  The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave Etymology of zoology by etymonline When the World's Population Took Off: The Springboard of the Neolithic Demographic Transition | Science The Internet Classics Archive | The History of Animals by Aristotle Galen's Analogy: Animal Experimentation and Anatomy in the Second Century CE Galen's “errors” - The Lancet Rocky Road: Conrad Gesner Historical Anatomies on the Web: Conrad Gessner Home Historiae Animalium | ODD SALON Zoology Timeline First Voyage of Captain James Cook | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History The Nature of Systematics - Blackwelder and Boyden Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids  A Carthaginian Exploration of the West African Coast. Gorilla Biology - Taylor and Goldsmith Les betes humaines d'Afrique by Heuvelmans, Bernard; [Mackal, Roy] - 1980 The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell by Andrew Battell. Skeptoid: Tracking the Elusive Pongo The missionary and the gorilla | Features | Yale Alumni Magazine 1. From Satyr to Pongo: Discovering the Red Ape An account of the diseases, natural history, and medicines of the East Indies / Translated from the Latin of James Bontius  Notice External Characters Habits Troglodytes Gorilla - Savage and Wyman  The Metaphysics of Apes Explorations and adventures in Equatorial Africa  - Paul B. du Chaillu. Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature The Cryptid Zoo: Pongo Example of male orangutans displaying the two alternative reproductive Species Information - Orang Utan Republik Foundation Comparing Mountain Gorillas vs Eastern Lowland Gorillas — Gorilla Trekking Safaris Africa African mythology : an encyclopedia of myth and legend - Jan Knappert  Do Mythic Creatures Exist? Show Me the Body | Scientific American How many extant pinniped species remain to be described? Cuvier, Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Globe On the track of unknown animals : Heuvelmans, Bernard

    The Beast of Brunei, Giant Grasshoppers - Bugging Out - 166

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 71:37


    This week, we're talking bugs, hoaxes, and technical difficulties.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Spotting | Project Noah The Beast of Brunei ShukerNature: TRILOBITE BEETLES, CETI EELS, AND THE BEAST OF BRUNEI Trilobite Beetle Facts: Essential Information for Insect Enthusiasts Warhammer Tyranids Tutorial DIY ShukerNature: THE GIANT GRASSHOPPER OF WISCONSIN - FOCUSING UPON A PHONEY PHOTOGRAPH

    The History of Zoology - Capuchin in a Mask - 165

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 106:25


    This week, John begins to tackle the definition of cryptozoology as a discipline.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths , Naish, Darren  The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave Etymology of zoology by etymonline When the World's Population Took Off: The Springboard of the Neolithic Demographic Transition | Science The Internet Classics Archive | The History of Animals by Aristotle Galen's Analogy: Animal Experimentation and Anatomy in the Second Century CE Galen's “errors” - The Lancet Rocky Road: Conrad Gesner Historical Anatomies on the Web: Conrad Gessner Home Historiae Animalium | ODD SALON Zoology Timeline First Voyage of Captain James Cook | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History The Nature of Systematics - Blackwelder and Boyden Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

    St. Augustine Monster - John Gets a Soundboard - 164

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 94:21


    This week, Brandon does his take on the St. Augustine Monster as John discovers the ability of his new mixer to be a soundboard. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- St. Augustine Monster - Wikipedia The Saint Augustine Monster | Smithsonian Institution Archives Gigantic Octopus A gigantic cephalopod on the Florida coast On the Giant Octopus (Octopus giganteus) and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill

    Underwater Abominable Snowman and Lusca - Vaporeon's Hole - 163

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 116:02


    Hey guys, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is the most compatible Pokémon for humans?   This week, we really earned that explicit content rating despite the fact that most of the episode is about academic beef. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Without a Trace : Berlitz, Charles Lusca | A Book of Creatures Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths: Naish, Darren Blue hole - Wikipedia Blue Hole (Red Sea) - Wikipedia Colossal squid - Wikipedia Giant Pacific octopus - Wikipedia Three adventures: Galápagos, Titicaca, the Blue Holes : Cousteau, Jacques  Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology: 9791576072836: Eberhart, George M.: Books Bernard Heuvelmans - Annotated Checklist of Apparently Unknown Animals With Which Cryptozoology Is Concerned St. Augustine Monster - Cryptidz Verrill, Adison E., A Gigantic Cephalopod on the Florida Coast. A merican Journal of Science and the Arts, Ser. 4, Vol. 3: 79. Verrill, Adison E., Additional Information Concerning the Giant Cephalopod of Florida. American Journal of Science and the Arts, Ser. 4, Vol. 3 : 1 62-63 Verrill, Adison E., The Supposed Great Octopus of Florida: Certainly not a Cephalopod. American Journal of Science and the Arts, Ser. 4, Vol. 3: 3 5 5-56. Diving Into the Blue Holes of the Bahamas St. Augustine Monster - Wikipedia Distinguished Alumnus Forrest G. Wood, Class of 1936 An Octopus Trilogy Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales. Biological Bulletin 206: 125-133.  The Lair of the Lusca - Robert Palmer Où l'on reparle du Triangle des Bermudes Of Sea and Shore, Vol 19, No 1 Of Sea and Shore, Vol 7, No 2 The American Naturalist 1872-12: Vol 6 Iss 12  Of Sea and Shore, Vol 18, No 1  

    Werevolves and Bigfoot - Ohio Grab Bag - 162

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 72:54


    This week, we take a trip to Ohio, only to get sidetracked by how Brandon feels about paper towels on his fingernails. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Un-loch the Mysteries of Ohio's Cryptids The Werewolf of Defiance – Mercer County Outlook Deadspin | Ohio Police Capture Drunken Local Werewolf Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Werewolf Case in Defiance Not Taken Lightly By Police Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Defiance Werewolf Case Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Defiance Residence Suspicious of Their Werewolf The Charles Mill Lake Monster Orange Eyes and the Charles Mill Lake Monster Charles Mill Lake Monster | Cryptid Wiki Orange Eyes | Cryptid Wiki Weird Ohio - Bigfoot of Cedar Bog

    The Northfield Pigman - Woods Pervert - 161

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 85:16


    What's worse than a pigman in the woods? Pretty much anything, if I'm being honest. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Green Mountains, Dark Tales - Joeseph Citro Weird New England - Joseph Citro Northfield, Vermont - Wikipedia Sam Harris | Cryptid Wiki Newspapers.com - Pigman Search NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: The Pigman of Northfield, Vermont Strange USA Sam Harris Post

    Giant Ground Sloths - GORP Without the Rasins- 160

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 89:55


    This week we are talking about bears, I mean sloths. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Ground sloth | Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology Gorp | Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology Beasts of Sherman | Cryptid Wiki Swamp Ape Search Finds Giant Sloth

    The Rake - The Internet Hate Machine - 159

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 99:09


    This week Brandon invents a new month-based band (The Novemberists), and John gets buried in the minutia of 4chan.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Horror Theater – The Rake Know Your Meme - The Rake Creepypasta x/ Creepypasta Archive : Anonymous Creepy Resistance Viral Spooks Media Possible Fallen Angel in Catalonia (subtitled) Hounds of Tindalos - Wikipedia Mystery Alien/Zombie Louisiana Hunting Pic Debunked: It's A Fake  

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    Hoaxes - The Doctor is In - 158

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 89:46


    We're back again, this time with a good old-fashioned hoax grab bag!   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/   100 Miles (Skinbone) -  https://youtu.be/tesr1OyymXo John's Dissertation - https://youtu.be/QRAqnvCLADo?si=qxntMgiI_KdKueqT   --- Sources: The Nantucket Sea Monster | American Experience | Official Site | PBS The Summer of Nantucket's Sublime Sea Serpent | Smithsonian Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Do not Believe Everything about Science Online: Revisiting the Fake Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus in an Introductory Biology College Course Pacific Northwest tree octopus - Wikipedia Honolulu Star Bulletin Flying Saucer Found Here Gigantica fibicus (April Fool, 1941) 10 Animals That Turned Out to Be Hoaxes or Spoofs - Listverse Largest Fish Ever Caught (April Fool's Day - 1939)

    Sewer Alligators - Interior Crocodile Alligator - 157

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 67:16


    After a bit of a scheduling nightmare, Brandon and John are back! This time, they talk about a cherished Manhattan urban legend.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures: Coleman, Loren: 9781416527367 American alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Chinese alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Comparison of bite‐force performance between long‐term captive and wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) - Erickson Alligator - Wikipedia Can You Really Escape an Alligator if You Run in a Zigzag? | HowStuffWorks American Alligator | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Sewer alligator - Wikipedia The Truth About Alligators in the Sewers of New York - Corey Kilgannon Alligator in the Sewer Day 2020 Alligator Ad 1934 - Popular Mechanics Live Baby Alligator - FREE! : r/vintageads Behind the Alligator Pet Trade - Fast Company Women with baby alligator - Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection Fear or revere: Virginia Tech researcher dives into the complex history of the American alligator 526 Mailable Live Animals | Postal Explorer Surprise at U.P.S.: Alligator-in-the-Box - The New York Times Breaking Fad: Alligators becoming the new pit bulls for drug dealers, cops say - Washington Times Guard alligator 'El Chompo' protected drugs for Pennsylvania dealers, prosecutors say More on Alligators in the Sewers - George Fergus

    Haunted Paintings - Sad Bois - 156

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 78:55


    This time, we're talking about paintings and Britain's obsession with crying boys.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- List of reportedly haunted paintings - Wikipedia The Crying Boy - Wikipedia The Curse of the Crying Boy. “I'll tell you why the paintings never… | by Emily | Medium A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the '80s - Atlas Obscura Flight 1 And The Curse Of Arshile Gorky - Artlyst The Real Story Behind The Cursed "Woman Of The Rain" Painting - The Ghost In My Machine The Untold Story Of The Anguished Man Painting - Cumbria, England

    The Sykesville Monster - Bears, Conspiracies, and Escapees - 155

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 104:07


    This time, John follows the story of the Sykesville Monster through the reporting of the Baltimore AFRO. Meanwhile, Brandon torments his mom. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Sykesville, Maryland - Wikipedia Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte - Wikipedia Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Hunts for Hairy Monster 7ft. Tall -  Bill Rhoden and Fletcher Roberts Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Monster Interest Spreads - Bill Rhoden The Baltimore Sun - Dr. W. Ted Roth Obituary  Baltimore AFRO - Similar Monster Seen Last Year in Missouri Baltimore AFRO - Local citizen saw a monster, joins hunt in Sykesville Baltimore AFRO - Is monster eating Balto. kids? Baltimore AFRO - Sykseville monster the real thing Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville monster joins urban set! Show To Feature Tale Of Maryland Monster - CBS Baltimore Monsters of Maryland: Mysterious Creatures in the Old Line State  Pulse of the Paranormal: 'Sykesville Monster' Encounter Bigfoot: The Sykesville Monster w/photos, Md, Carroll County Sykesville Monster | Odyssey Paranormal Research

    The Real Aswang - As[s]wang Part 3: Rise of the Wang - 154

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 59:37


    The Aswang is back, and this time, we have CIA sources that tell us the events actually happened.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/   False Fang: When the CIA Staged a Vampire Attack CIA Vampires: US Meddling in the Philippines - Grey Dynamics How the CIA Used 'Vampires' to Fight Communism in the Philippines | HowStuffWorks Killing Hope US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II – Part I William Blum Ed Lansdale's Black Warfare in 1950s Vietnam The Aswang Project

    Mysterious Madness - Cryptid Deathmatch - 153

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 106:49


    This week, the madness has spread to Cryptopedia as we pit some of our favorite cryptids against one another in a single-elimination tournament.  Brandon and John debate over the finer points of blood-draining and soul-sucking in this weird installment of the podcast.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/

    Varginha UFO (III) - Brazil's Roswell - 152

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 72:42


    The saga of Varginha comes to a close this week.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- A história oficial do ET de Varginha - ISTOÉ Independente Varginha UFO incident - Wikipedia 1996 UFO Case The Varginha, Brazil Tale of Stinky Extraterrestrials Stirs Up UFO Crowd in Brazil - WSJ Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO

    The Cumberland/Solway Spaceman - English White - 151

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 83:25


    This week, John tried to do a short episode, but three hours in Blender had other plans.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The mystery of the Solway Spaceman - BBC News - May 23, 2014 Solway Firth Spaceman - Wikipedia Solway Firth Spaceman - RationalWiki The Real Cumberland Spaceman Woomera Blue Streak Incident The 1964 Solway Spaceman Photograph: Case Report Australian Government Record Search UFOs at close sight: The Solway Firth photograph, 1964 The Men In Black Visit Jim Templeton Security Meeting on marsh 'a joke' - Cumberland News - September 4, 1964  The Solway Spaceman photograph - Dr David Clarke 1964: Cumberland Spaceman / Solway Firth Photograph - Think AboutIts The Draconian / Saurian War Conspiracy 1 - Think AboutIt - Aliens File:Mercury Suit Gordon Cooper.jpg - Wikipedia Captain Jack's Contax/Pentacon Page Car forum discussion about the photo Debunked  The Solway Spaceman   The One Show 2017

    Varginha UFO (II) - The Mad Pooper of Varginha - 150

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 77:49


    We continue the Varginha UFO saga this week and dissect Brandon's scatological hypothesis.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- A história oficial do ET de Varginha - ISTOÉ Independente Varginha UFO incident - Wikipedia 1996 UFO Case The Varginha, Brazil Tale of Stinky Extraterrestrials Stirs Up UFO Crowd in Brazil - WSJ Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO

    The Roc - Can You Smell What the Roc(k) Is Cooking? - 149

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 103:47


    An episode almost literally four years in the making, the birb of mythical proportions and size: Dwayne Johnson.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Quarterly Journal Of The Mythic Society : THE BIRD AND SERPENT MYTH Kalipada Mitra Handbook of Hindu Mythology - George M. Williams Garuda - Wikipedia 'Roc': An Eastern Prodigy in a Dutch Engraving | Journal of the Warburg Institute: Vol 1, No 3 Aeon the Terrible | Christmas Specials Wiki | Fandom The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian Marco Polo - Wikipedia Golden Eagle | The Peregrine Fund Harpy Eagle | The Peregrine Fund The Ultimate Utility Helicopter Comparison - Skycore Aviation Sinbad the Sailor - Wikipedia Fairy tales from the Arabian nights - Wikisource, the free online library Nāga - Wikipedia

    Travelouge Asia - No Caster - 147.5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 68:11


    This week, we had to clean snow, so we just took an hour to talk about our holiday season. Brandon gets a new guitar, and John goes to Asia to get sick. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Spoiler for next week: https://youtu.be/T5mefArAw4Y  

    Eels Reloaded - Wait That Was Two Years Ago? - 147

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 39:03


    Happy 2024! John was in Asia for a month doing stuff and is only just recovering from jet lag, so Brandon recorded this episode with his wife.       Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Spontaneous Generation in Antiquity — TAPA 51:101‑115 (1920) Where Do Eels Come From? Why Nobody Knows How Eels Reproduce Nature Notes: The Journey of the Eel As American as ... the American Eel - Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket Japan researchers collect wild eel eggs for first time

    Varginha UFO - Six Player X-Men -146

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 90:22


    The lost episode is back, this time with both of our voices. Don't worry; we forgot nearly everything from the last time we recorded.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- A história oficial do ET de Varginha - ISTOÉ Independente Varginha UFO incident - Wikipedia 1996 UFO Case The Varginha, Brazil Tale of Stinky Extraterrestrials Stirs Up UFO Crowd in Brazil - WSJ Brazil's Roswell: The Varginha UFO

    The ”Great” Brontosaurus Hoax - Deep Web Dinos - 145

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 116:10


    Time to talk Dinosaurs again! Surprisingly YEC free this week.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Dog and the Dinosaur A Tale from Africa. The Times, November 17, 1919 Dragon Of The Prime. The Times, December 12, 1919. Malayan tapir - Wikipedia Triceratops: Facts about the Three-horned Dinosaur | Live Science. Brontosaurus - Wikipedia Structure and Relationships of Opisthoccelian Dinosaurs Part I. Elmer S. Riggs, 1903 The Brontosaurus Tale. Daily Mail, December 12, 1919. Brontosaurus Hunt. Daily Mail, December 17, 1919. War Dog to Track Brontosaurus. Daily Mail, December 15, 1919. Sauropod tails: up or down? | Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings Manospondylus: Diplodocus: A history of reconstructions - Part 1 Old Lady's Appeal for Monster's Life, Daily Mail. December 24, 1919 The Brontosaurus. Daily Mail. December 16, 1919 Brothers of the Brontosaurus. Daily Mail. December 17, 1919 The Brontosaurus. The Times. February 23, 1920. The Brontosaurus. Daily Mail. December 22, 1919.

    Acambaro Figures - It's Over 9000 - 144

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 79:56


    Brandon tries to get John angry this week with some YEC stuff, but it's laughably fake.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Acambaro Figures - Famous Fakes and Frauds World Site of Dinosaur Figurines of Mexico: evidence that dinosaurs and humans coexisted! The Immense Collection of Strange Acambaro Figurines: Evidence of Dinosaurs Living Among Us? | Ancient Origins Acámbaro Figures - Fake Archaeology Expedition Magazine | Mystery at Acámbaro, Mexico: Did Dinosaurs Coexist with Humans?

    Hawaiian Bigfoot - John Gets Wet - 143

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 74:09


    We're back to Bigfoot, kinda. Hairy hominids, giant feet, and weird mockumentaries are on the menu as we take a trip to the tropics.   John as an epic describing his experiences in New York City; Skip to about 20 minutes or so if you want the Hawaiian Bigfoot gos.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Bigfoot Sightings and Density of the US with Biomes John's Version of the Bigfoot Map In Search of Hawaiian Bigfoot

    Con Rit - The Internet is Terrible - 142

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 83:03


    This week, John begins the podcast by talking about Dilbert,  shock images, and the nightmare that is the internet culture of the aughts. Then we get to Brandon's bread and butter: globsters and dolphin sex chains.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Con Rit | New Cryptozoology Wiki What Are The Con Rít? Hebrides Blob | Cryptid Wiki Hebrides blob - EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki Marine mammals of Vietnam: a preliminary checklist : Smith et al. Inside Vietnam's Whale Temples | Travel | Smithsonian Magazine

    Not Deer - Protein Nightmare - 141

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 90:07


    This week we almost have a perfect segue, but John was derailed by a card game.  The true horror though is the explanation for this week's creature.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Not Deer | Cryptid Wiki Have A Magical Day — What do you mean by That's Not A Deer in the… Not Deer, or a Deer? | Skeptical Inquirer i don't think that's a deer #notdeer #paranormal #creepy #fypシ | deer | TikTok Some Nightvale Shit - Tumblr More about the Not-Deer! #cryptid #cryptidencounter #NotDeer #deor #wo... | TikTok Not Deer stories : r/Appalachia These deer will not let me have a normal cemetery experience.

    La Mancha Negra - Goo Talk - 140

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 46:35


    It's a GOOd thing we had time in our schedule to record an emergency episode. Here's a shorter one this week because technical difficulties is our tagline at this point. Also we're talking about goo.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- BAFFLING BLACK BLOB BUSHWHACKS UNWARY MOTORISTS Fakta La Mancha Negra, Zat Hitam Misterius di Jalanan Venezuela Blob of sticky goo spreading on roads terrifies Venezuelan drivers The Mystery Of The Deadly Black Blob | The Seattle Times Venezuela's Mysterious La Mancha Negra Is Still Unexplained La Mancha Negra - Wikipedia

    Cryptid Lost Media - Bring the Thunder - 139

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 97:57


    I hope you're ready to hear John talk about Ontology and falsifiability for half an hour this week because that's what you'll get.  Brandon and John explore the concept of lost media concerning cryptids, revisiting a topic from this podcast's past.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Guide to Cryptid Lost Media : r/Cryptozoology The Lost Media Wiki O parádivé Sally aka "Clock Man" (found Czech animated short film; 1976) - The Lost Media Wiki Cracks aka "Crack Master" (found animated "Sesame Street" short; 1975) - The Lost Media Wiki Nonexistent Objects (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Karl Popper (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) ThunderbirdPhoto - YouTube  The Cryptid Lost Media Iceberg - Truth is Scarier Than Fiction Tombstone Epitaph Article Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Thunderbirds SAGA. May 1963. Thunderbird art by John McDermott | A classi… | Flickr Weird Arizona  - Thunderbird Tombstone Thunderbird Photo| Lost Media Wiki The Citizen, May 31, 1901 Prasad, Deepasri, and Wilma A. Bainbridge. "The Visual Mandela Effect as evidence for shared and specific false memories across people." Psychological Science 33.12 (2022): 1971-1988. Jack Pearl Author Bio http://www.strangemag.com/strangemag/strange21/thunderbird21/thunderbird6_21.html Ivan T. Sanderson - Wikipedia Abominable Snowmen Index A New Routine Tool?: Direct Methods in Crystallography. M. M. Woolfson. Oxford University Press, New York, 1961. viii + 144 pp. Illus. 30s. | Science Bigfoot at 50 Evaluating a Half-Century of Bigfoot Evidence Two feet from Clearwater's past, father's funny legacy leaves a deep impression  Ancient Astronauts  The lost thunderbird photo 2: A bird by any other name, father(s) of cryptozoology, and Propaganda : r/UnresolvedMysteries Interview with a Cryptid Hunter | Canada History and Mystery A GUIDEBOOK TO HIDDEN ANIMALS ShukerNature: THE SPINY-BACKED CHIMPANZEE – A CONGOLESE CHUPACABRA CHIMP!

    The Newark Holy Stones - Non-human Biologics - 138

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 106:30


    We open this week to talk about being too high and why the UFO hearings were lame. For the story, Brandon has something a little different for us this week as we take a detour into alternate histories with the Newark Holy Stones.   As a warning, we talk about some pretty flagrant racism in this episode as it relates to the episode topic.   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Newark Holy Stones - Episode 7 — Pseudo-Archaeology Bush: The battle over the Newark holy stones' story The Newark, Ohio Decalogue Stone and Keystone Lost Tribes? A Jewish Look at the Berkshires' Original Residents. Newark Holy Stones - Wikipedia Hebrew in America? | Mormon Heretic ICT - Conspiracy theories threaten Native sacred sites Genesis and Polygenesis | Encyclopedia.com  

    The Jackalope - You Don't Know Jack - 137

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 88:33


    We're back on that fearsome critter grind this week. John finally covers the namesake of one of the Patreon tiers. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Fearsome Critters Man and beast in American comic legend - Richard Dorson Chasing the jackalope Jackalope Hunting Licenses! The Legend of the Jackalope | Douglas, WY - Official Website Douglas Herrick, 82; on a Whim He Created 'Jackalope' - Myrna Oliver  Jackalope - Wikipedia Fantastically Wrong: The Disturbing Reality That Spawned the Mythical Jackalope | WIRED Douglas Herrick, 82, Dies; Father of West's Jackalope - Douglas Martin. Jackalope fans, take note: Your mythical beast really does exist Life-histories of northern animals : an account of the mammals of Manitoba - Ernest Seton INFECTIOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS OF RABBITS - PMC Lepus, Hase; Lepus Cornutus; Cuniculæ porcellæ Indicæ, Kaninich, Kuniglein. - NYPL's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search Do horned rabbits really exist ? - Papillomatosis Plate 47: A Hare, Jackalope, a Rabbit, and a Spotted Squirrel  Image 132 of The Wonders of Creation.  Śūraṅgama Sūtra - Wikipedia Wolpertinger Wolpertinger - Wikipedia INFECTIOUS PAPILLOMATOSIS OF RABBITS | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press The rabbit papillomavirus model: a valuable tool to study viral–host interactions | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences  

    The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary - Lambgate - 136

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 84:51


    This week we're talking Zoophytes and a multi-century game of telephone. Stay tuned until the end for details on a new venture that Brandon has been heading up for the podcast!   Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary: A Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant - Henry Lee Animal or Vegetable? Legend of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary - Scientific American Blog Network

    Ariel School UFO Incident - The Greate Tuckshop Heist - 135

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 98:57


    Today we talk about the greatest tuckshop heist of all time in Ruwa, Zimbabwe 1994. Also, there are some aliens?   Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The 1994 Ruwa Zimbabwe Alien Encounter Ariel School - Three-Dollar Kit Demystifying Zimbabwean Newspaper and Television Content Available to the Children of Ariel School in September 1994 - Giddierone MUFON December 1994 UFO AFRINEWS 11 UFO AFRINEWS 12 Ariel School UFO Landing Incident - Ruwa, Zimbabwe Drawings Compilation v2 - Album on Imgur Arielphenomenon.com The Ruwa Incident - 62 pupils witness ufo landing Demystifying Zimbabwean Newspaper and Television Content Available to the Children of Ariel School in September 1994 - Giddierone Mack's Harvard Tenure Reportedly Threatened By Faculty Investigation Rencontre rapprochée à Ariel School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe 1994 ? Ariel Case, Zimbabwe (1994): A neglected Hypothesis or disregarded Assumption... (In French). The Ariel School UFO: A Dust Devil? Abduction - John Mack Passport to the Cosmos - John Mack Rencontre rapprochée à Ariel School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe 1994 ? Quelques Contre-Tons... The Mysterious Events at Ariel School, Zimbabwe - 16 Sept 1994 - Giddierone The Mysterious Events at Ariel School, Zimbabwe - 16 Sept 1994 - Part 2 - Giddierone   Salvaging Salyut 7 Risky Mission in Space : Pravda Says Cosmonauts Revived ‘Dead' Salyut 7  

    The Salyut 7 Incident - Angels in the Ionosphere - 134

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 55:57


    This time, Brandon's computer is in flames, and we talk Soviet era space stations.   Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Russian Cosmonauts Saw 30-Meter Tall-Aliens Smiling At Them In Space During 1980 Flight Of Salyut-7 - Journal News Salyut 7: Space Angels Sighted by Russian Cosmonauts - Space Angels: Aliens or Sign of the Apocalypse? Salyut 7 - Wikipedia The Salyut 7 Incident – Space Hallucinations, Or The Watchers? - UFO Insight Angel-Like UFOs seen near the Sun by NASA SOHO » Cryptoworld The little-known Soviet mission to rescue a dead space station | Ars Technica The Salyut 7 Incident – Space Hallucinations, Or The Watchers? - UFO Insight Salvaging Salyut 7 Risky Mission in Space : Pravda Says Cosmonauts Revived ‘Dead' Salyut 7  

    Megalodon - MegalaDONG - 133

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 108:06


    It's Shark Week on Cryptopedia, as we talk bad "documentaries" and shark penis.   Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/   --- Megalodon: the truth about the largest shark that ever lived | Natural History Museum Megalodon - Wikipedia Megalodon (bivalve) - Wikipedia Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives | Shows | Discovery+ School bus - Wikipedia Full article: The size of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), revisited The extinct shark Otodus megalodon was a transoceanic superpredator: Inferences from 3D modeling | Science Advances This is What Michael Phelps' Olympic Diet Was Actually Like Livyatan - Wikipedia Sharks' teeth are falling! Sharks' teeth are falling! The Revolution in Geology from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed' clade: Historical Biology Age of Carcharodon megalodon? HMS Challenger (1858) - Wikipedia “Recent” Otodus megalodon teeth – Incertae Sedis Does Megalodon Still Live? The Megalodon | M/C Journal Radiocarbon dating - Wikipedia The absence of sharks from abyssal regions of the world's oceans - PMC Megalodon Bites Back -- How the Discovery Channel Sank Its Credibility | HuffPost Impact It Came From Basic Cable Discovery Channel defends Shark Week 'Megalodon' special | CNN Discovery's Megalodon Defense? ‘We Don't Know,' Or ‘We Don't Care' Shark evolution: a 450 million year timeline | Natural History Museum Sharks: Denizens of the Deep | Answers in Genesis  

    Cadborosaurus - Corn Talk - 132

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 68:43


    This week we're talking Cadborosaurus and it has surprisingly little talk about Young Earth Creationism.   Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Case of the Cadborosaurus Carcass: a Review — Tetrapod Zoology Without a specimen, Cadborosaurus remains a myth, scientist says - Victoria Times Colonist Cadborosaurus Gulf of Alaska Carcass | It's Something Wiki

    Grafton Monster - A Case of Chow Mein (Rerun) - 12'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023 61:22


    Easter and anniversaries foiled our schedule this week, so here's an older episode to fill the feed and as a refresher for White Things. Back when we recorded two episodes in a recording session and had things like time. --- Produced By: Brandon Boyer Art: Tom Hill Website: cryptopediacast.com Patreon --- The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales White Things: West Virginia's Weird White Monsters Grafton West Virginia, Wikipedia Mothman and Other Curious Encounters, Loren Coleman Mothman wiki entry on the Grafton Monster Sister Lakes Bigfoot Mountain Monsters Grafton Monster

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