Kraken Cove - The Podcast That Shines a Beacon onto The Bizarre!

Kraken Cove Podcast is back with a special episode dedicated to Matt's new career as a full time artist. Together we explore the landscape and studio of a new professional creative, what it takes to survive and the myriad influences and inspirations of everyday life. I hope you enjoy it! Matt

It's episode 77 of Kraken Cove! Yet again we struggle a bit to stay weeekly but hopefully we're still pretty regular! This week Benny and Matt take a pootle around Kraken Cove graveyard, and while there they ponder the opening of a mystery sarcophagus at Notre Dame, some scary scarecrow sexy action, The Sandown Clown, Rock and Roll ghosts, The Japanese Kappa and a brief look at English traditions including the Sheela na Gig! We're committed to creating new shows, but time isn't always with us and sadly we sometims struggle to stay weekly. Reviews and ratings really help and the more coverage the show gets, the easier it is to produce content! Please pop along and give us a rating. Thanks!

It's Episode 76 of KRAKEN COVE PODCAST and Matt and Benny find themselves in a bit of a pickle, and not of the egg variety! They're locked on the roof of the lighthouse with no way down, so will a bit of casting help them? Not likely, but it's worth a shout! In this episode the lads examine Virgin Boy Eggs, The Canoe Man's efforts to beat the Russians, a possible werewolf at an RAF base, Barry Chuckle's Ghost, some VERY sticky fingers leading to a huge fine, and much much more! Enjoy the show, and if you do, leave a review!

It's Episode 75 of Kraken Cove and Benny is out of isolation!! This week is a 'classic' show - daft news stories and lots of laughs, no set theme! This week Benny and Matt take in the warm air of a mild Spring at the Cove and discuss a lass with bloody massive eyebrows, a shot glass sex aid missing in action for four years, a woman in a sexual relationship with a huge toy aeroplane, a dog dirt dust up and Margaret Thatcher's hunt for Nessie! And, believe it or not, there's much much more! Tune in, tell your friends, spread the love! Find KRAKEN COVE on ALL podcast platforms and if you can, please leave a review on the Apple Podcast platform! Thanks!

It's episode 74 of KRAKEN COVE! This week, please bear with us... Benny got COVID and logistics were a nightmare. there's some rather odd background sounds for the more careful listener and rather stressful recording factors but we did our best! In this show we finally look at a proper big hitter - SPRINGHEEL JACK!!! But not just this super weird pouncer. we look at him in the context of other Phantom Attackers around the world, namely The London Monster, The Halifax Slasher, The Mad Gasser of Mattoon and the Dehli Monkey Man! This is a big one, folks, so please strap in!!

Welcome to episode 73 of Kraken Cove, the Podcast that shines a Beacon onto the Bizarre! This week Matt and Benny take to the Kraken Cove Fallout Shelter to avoid WWIII but don't spend theri time there foolishly! The remote operated lighthouse casts it's beacon onto many strange subjects. This week the lads look at the evicton of a massive swingers club, sentient microwave ovens, The Ghost of Kyiv and Test Pilot Bears, among many other mad rambles! Unfortunately this week, the antique computer used to record the show malfunctioned and we lost part of the show, but we chose to release it anyway! We do hope you still enjoy it and steps are being taken to ensure it doesn't happen again. Enjoy!

In this episode Matt and Benny kick back with a mixed bag of stories from the local rag, the Kraken Cove Clarion. It's a great paper, full of nothing but strange stories and bits of fun. No huge standout dives this week, just a catch up on headlines, silly stories and some listener input to send Matt and Benny down the usual convoluted warren of rabbit holes! A few links. First, a big thank you to Leanne's Beauty Blog for our sweetly scented gifts! Find her on YouTube at Leanne's Beauty Blog We discuss conclusive proof of Rogue Waves - the simulated clip from buoy evidence can found at Newswire.ca

Yes, you heard it right, GNOMES!!! You know what they are.... or do you? An essential item in the 70's garden, also a kitsch addition to the modern garden perhaps, but what is a gnome, and why are we even interested in them? Dive into the world of these wonderful little people with Matt and Benny, find out what the Hell is going on at the bottom of the garden, and perhaps solve some very mundane mysteries closer to home! Youtube links to the freaky gnome footage can be found here: https://youtu.be/08DnYPGTpmI and here: https://youtu.be/RBCd3w3192Y And if YOU have seen a gnome, let us know at krakencovepodcast@gmail.com    

Welcome, one and all, to Kraken Cove Episdoe 70!! Benny and Matt hit the beach for an unseasonal picnic, and while they sip a beer and snaffle a scotch egg, they indulge in a spot of casting! In this episode they focus the lighthouse lamp onto more Ty Delorean news, rumours of outer space sea beasties, a giant forest for the Flat Earthers, some VERY sexy beasts and some wonderful poetry about strange horses! Many thanks to Deep Dive Dave for his contribution with his soundscape and reading of the incredibly atmospheric poem The Horses by Edwin Muir. To find more of Dave's work please go to www.occasionalglimpses.com      

The Beast is prowling down The Cove! Luckily Benny and Matt are tooled up and ready to take on the monster. This week in episode 69 of KRAKEN COVE PODCAST the chaps cast the lighthouse beam onto Ty Delorean and his three wheeled wonder, the epic tale of The Beast of Gévaudan and the incredible story of Shavarsh Karapetyan! If you enjoy the podcast, please spread the word! Rate and review on whichever platform you listen on, and more importantly, tell a friend!

Welcome to episode 68 of Kraken Cove, the MANLY Podcast! Yes, the manliest men on the island, Benny and Matt, flex their Fortean muscles to find you fun facts, strange stories and mindbending mysteries! This week the lads look at Men of War Crucible, a testosterone fuelled sausagefest for the terminally inadequate - they cast their light over a long overdue cryptid, THE MONGOLIAN DEATH WORM! They study a not-so-famous case of dead hikers in Russian mountains and they gaze deeply into dark mysteries of Dr John Dee's Spirit Mirror! So tighten your jockstraps, butter your biceps and cry into your pillow, it's time for KRAKEN COVE PODCAST!!!!

It's another edition of Kraken Cove Radio! As Benny nurses a wounded testicle, Matt spins the wheels of steel once again, regailing you, dear listener, with four tales of mystery! We look at the shadowy Irish Vehicular menace, Mr Prawo Jazdy! The Curious and Sinister disappearance and reappearance of Nicholas Barclay! The Valley of Headless Men, Canada's Nahanni Valley! Edward Leedskalnin and the Magical Magnetic Coral Castle! If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, tell you friends, spread the word!

It's the night after the night after the night after New Year at Kraken Cove and Matt & Benny emerge from their New Year's Eve-Proof Shelter into the weird world of 2022! The lads discuss Britain's Hannibal the Cannibal, The Devil's Bible, Dishbrain, The Baltic Sea Anomaly, Utsuro-Bune and a brief history of USO's! All this and more at KRAKEN COVE!!

Merry Christmas one and all from the crew at Kraken Cove Lighthouse!! It's episode 65 and Matt & Benny are dry and warm by the fireside at Kraken Cove while the winter winds howl, and the light pours out across the bay. But we cast that light in other directions too! This week we look at the job vacancy for a King of Piel Island, there's Nana Baubles and her record breaking danglers, the totally tragic Mr Christmas, there's a TV celebrity who's jarred surprises might be the perfect gift for that special someone, Gemma Collins mum and her alien encounter, and finally we travel the world looking at those weird Yule traditions other cultures find perfectly normal at this time of year! So raise a glass, tear of a drumstick and have a vicious drunken argument with your nearest and dearest, because it's time for CHRISTMAS KRAKEN COVE!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Cove! Join Ben And Matt as they discuss a poorly pup who has a guilty secret, a massive secret of a different sort in the cellar of an abandoned mill, the 1561 Nuremberg Sky Battle, how astronauts cure Squashed Eye Syndrome and the leaking bones of Santa Claus!! All this and much, much more in Episode 64 of KRAKEN COVE!!

It's Episode 63 of Kraken Cove and Benny is back! After wandering the island for two weeks, lost cold and blind, the lazy lad has finally found the lightlhouse so Matt can crack on with some casting! This week the lads look at a rather embarassing Bomb in a Bloke's Bum, Yvette Fielding's near death horse ouija board mash-up, the possibility of multiple AI Bennys, The Toronto Clown vs Firemen Riot and much more! If you enjoy Kraken Cove, please tell your pals, and if possible leave a review! Believe us, it really, really helps!

Good evening, friends, and welcome to the first edition of KRAKEN COVE RADIO, a show that will occasionally replace the usual style of show when Benny isn't able to make it to The Cove due to blindness, plague, gout or wankstroke. This week Matt treats all you podballs to some smooth tunes and even smoother casting. we've no listings, just a fun pot luck of odd topics, strange snippets and weird events. So slip into a kaftan, pour yourself a sweet glass of chilled Liebfraumilch and rest your ears on the dulcet tones of Matt, your host for the evening. Ciao, baby...

Welcome back to Kraken Cove, and we're at Episode 61! After a brief spot of bother involving one of Benny's aquatic amorous encounters, Benny and Matt settle in the safety of the scullery for a spot of casting. And what a selection we have! There's a Mandela Effect missing Thunderbird photo, PornHub casting cars in a sleepy country town, two different kind of monsters and their evil coastal shenanigans, we have Saddleworth Giants and finally the place where spacecraft go to die... All this and more, at KRAKEN COVE PODCAST! And please, please, if you enjoy the show and listen on an Apple platform, leave a star rating and review! I know it's a cliche but it's the only way the show can rise up through the ranks. It costs nothing but helps hugely. Give a little love back to the Cove, guys!

Welcome to Episode 60 of KRAKEN COVE PODCAST and here we are at Halloween! Unfortunately Matt has contracted the Plague ( COVID-19) so Benny is keeping him at bay with hammer, nails and the trusty Lighthouse Luger! When the dust settles, we also settle down for a spot of casting! We have a terrifying Dogman encounter, strange lights in a local spot of high strangeness, a lost road that briefly reopened, a chilling UFO encounter, a sinister artist, A School Haunting, Benny's own investigations and a Whitby Terror! One of our contributors, Marty McGowan is also a film maker, so please take a look at his work. He's made a film called Mockingbird and it's on YouTube for everyone to enjoy! Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2LK2stXtlA Happy Halloween everyone!

Welcome to our mini Halloween Special! In this Lite House Edition, Matt tells the tale of a very real, yet very strange  occurence in the Far East... It's only a taster to set you on for Halloween though! The main show will be released on Sunday!

Welcome to the third of our four Halloween episodes! In this episode, Matt and Benny huddle around an increasingly dubious campfire and examine a whole swathe of unusal tales... We have AFRICAN WEREHYENAS, RUSSIAN DOLL STYLE PARISATOIDS, THE WATCHER and STRANGE CORPSE DETECTORS!!! We also have some chilling folk music. Here's links to the tracks you'll hear. If you like the music, please BUY a track. it always helps all musicians on any level. Keep creatives creating!! The Unthanks - Died for Love Shirley & Dolley Collins - The cruel Mother Siobhan Miller - The Unquiet Grave Bob Dylan - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll The Imagined Village - Cold Hailey Rainy Night Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Knoxville Girl Fairport Convention - Matty Groves Rising Apalachia - Oh Death Frank McConnell - Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire Christy Moore - On Morecambe Bay Thanks for listening folks and please remember to give us a rating wherever you can. Krake Cove is still a tiny fish in a fathomless pond, so any help you can give helps immeasurably. It's also not too late to get in touch with your strange tales for the final show! Contact us at krakencovepodcast@gmail.com See you soon!

Welcome to KRAKEN COVE, episode 58, and another Halloween special! This is a shorter show, but hopefully still a tantalising treat! Benny is out searching for ghost stories so I'm joined by a much loved friend of the show, Deep Dive Dave! Dave researches and discusses a superb case, a chess game specially arranged between Russian grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi and Hungarian grandmaster Geza Maroczy. The twist? Geza Maroczy had been dead for 34 years! Listen to Dave's gripping narrative of these turn of events at the podcast that ALWAYS shines a Beacon onto the Bizarre, Kraken Cove!!!! Remember, if you have a strange story of your own, please get in touch! Send it to krakencovepodcast@gmail.com in either written or recorded form and it might get on the show and be in with a chance of winning a copy of Damnable Tales by Richard Wells!

We're excited to begin Spooky October at Kraken Cove with some casting around the camp fire! Join Benny and Matt as they sizzle sausages on sticks, and take a look at a sinister stabby doll behind a wall, the bizarre Tsuchinoko, The Deadliest Stretch of River in the World, The werewolves of Ireland, and finally Swift Runner, the Real Life Wendigo! Have you got a Spooky Story of your own? Want to hear it on the show? Then get in touch! Reach out to us on Instagram @krakencovepod on Twitter @KrakenCove or email krakencovepodcast@gmail.com You can either write down your strange experience or even better, record a voicemail and tell us exactly what happened!! Reach out on any of the above media and you could be in with a chance of winning an amazing prize, a copy of Damnable Tales, a Folk Horror Anthology illustrated and curated by Richard Wells! Do get involved and help us make Halloween extra spooky!

It's our first episode going into Halloween, so we're going in easy with a classic case - the strange abduction, and reappearance, of ZIGMUND ADAMSKI! Adamski was a Poish born coal miner from Tingley, West Yorkshire, who disappeared under strange circumstances in June 1980. His reappearance five days later was even stranger, and far more sinister... And what of Alan Godfrey, the stalwart policeman who was first on the scene? Could his experiences possibly be any weirder? Press PLAY to find out! Over the Halloween month of October we hope to do at least one episode of true life spooky stories, and we'd like to either interview YOU or here your story on voicemail. it's dead easy! Just record your experience, and email your story to krakencovepodcast@gmail.com. Alternatively message us on twitter @KrakenCove and let us know you've been spooked, or on Instagram @krakencovepod to get on the show! We have a special prize for the best story too!

Welcome back to KRAKEN COVE!! In episode 55 we look at folk who got rather too familiar with the animal kingdom ( Benny included), but more importantly we take a look at the Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot Tape, arguably both the most famous AND controversial Bigfoot film footage on the planet.  Benny thinks it's genuine, Matt is sure it's fake... LET BATTLE COMMENCE!! Either way it's a pretty fascinating subject! Can we also say that it's nearly the Spooky Month, October, the run up to our favourite feast, HALLOWEEN!! Please get in touch with any stories, sightings or anecdotes, and our favourite story will receive a very special prize!! You can contact us on Instagram at @krakencovepod, Twitter @KrakenCove, Facebook @Kraken Cove Podcast and email @krakencovepodcast@gmail.com. Drop us a line!

It's time to pop on a tin foil hat because the world has gone a bit crazy! Yes, at Kraken Cove we're feeling a bit overwhelmed by the madness, but never fear! A bit of casting out the lighthouse light can illuminate the world a little bit. This week we look at little people again - real, or imagined? We roll straight into the Gremlins of WWII, we cover a few Strange Deaths, we examine a lady who claims to be married to the ghost of the kiddy fiddling King of Pop, and we FINALLY examine the peculiar tale of the Niner's Quarry Thing! So crack out the tinfoil, fashion yourself a thought-proof fedora, and listen to KRAKEN COVE!

Ahoy hoy! It's time for Episode 53 of KRAKEN COVE PODCAST and this week Ben and Matt land some absolute whoppers off the fair shores of Kraken Cove lighthouse. In this episode they cover the ongoing saga of the Boscombe Bay Marine Monster, stem cells acting in very creepy ways, A Krankies vs Paul Daniels bar fight, The Soap Mummies and the strange mystery of the North American Stick Indians... So buckle up, cast your line out and hope to catch this latest episode of KRAKEN COVE!

The lads land a whopper off The Cove's shores today, but when Matt gets casting, all the whoppers are chucked back in the sea! In this episode Matt and Benny look at the strange case of Edward Mordake, they peak under a porch and find a very oddball collection, they try to fathom what the hell a Time Crystal is and revisit the unsettling cases of Havana Syndrome cropping up in Vienna, among other subjects! In this episode we refer to a superb resource for cryptids around the world. The map is called Deborah Hatwells Cryptid Creatures and provides excellent first hand accounts of unusual encounters, and where & when they occured. We hope Deporah doesn't mind our referring to this excellen archive but please do check it out here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1s1zOmmdM216PMftPUM9K1qqGrFg&ll=53.989795577498484%2C-2.4844191566707385&z=10 We'd like to apologise for the slightly less regular releases of Kraken Cove - this is a temporary thing and weekly episodes will resume very soon! Cheers!

After a short break, Matt & Benny settle down in Kraken Cove Lighthouse and cast it's light out over the weird news stories, cryptozoological conundrums and occurences of high weirdness that catch their eye. This week we have more Musk news, a mystery bird that puzzled 1920's Manchester, a feathered flying ant frenzy, a flying pig, Stinky Bay and the notorious Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey! Follow us on Twitter @KrakenCove, Instagram @krakencovepod, email krakencovepodcast@gmail.com and find us on iTunes, Apple Podcast, Spotify or wherever you get your sounds. I know everyone says it, but please leave a review and rating wherever possible - every little helps!

A deal is going down at Kraken cove, and Benny plays it cool while Matt's knees tremble! Later, the lads calm down with a bit of casting. This week they check out a massive coffin fire, The Flintstone House, DENTASLIM, the Umarells of Italy, The Stick Boy, and the strange deaths of the Star Wars Scientists! And much more! Thanks for listening to episode 50! Please rate and review us wherever you can!

It's Episode 49 of Kraken Cove Podcast, and Benny and Matt are all at sea... literally! Matt hopes a bit of casting will get them out of this pickle, so while they drift out to sea they examine Elon Musk's plan to nuke Mars, a murder case blamed on the Djinn, squids in space, a very reluctance accidental billionaire, acid attack priest, and monks adrift for God! So pop on your lifejacket and join us at KRAKEN COVE!

Welcome to episode 48 of KRAKEN COVE! In this episode, Matt and Benny discuss the phantom islad of Hy Brasil, Noah's Ark that isn't seaworthy, actual portals between countries, Odin's Skull amulet, Ambergris and much, much more!!

It's a KRAKEN COVE SPECIAL! Join Benny and Matt beneath the waves as we delve into the weird and wonderful world of the cephalopods. Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, and the vast mythical cousin of all these creatures, THE KRAKEN, we investigate the myths, legends and even stranger truths of these marvelous denizens of the deep. So get into your diving gear and climb aboard our mini sub as we explore the mysterious deeps around KRAKEN COVE!!!

It's holiday time at Kraken Cove, so Matt & Benny go to their favourite holiday destination... KRAKEN COVE! In their caravan, they discuss the TikTok boss who quits to do more daydreaming, another exploding fanny candle, The Mount Owen Claw, a fake Stegasaurus tragedy, The Poison Garden and much, much more! So slap on that Factor 50 and join us at KRAKEN COVE!!

It's the annual migratory bird count at Kraken Cove but the boys get an eyeful of more than they bargained for! Whilst settled in the heather with a hip flask, they decide to do a spot of casting! This week, Matt and Benny, the Kraken Cove Lighthouse keepers, examine Oxygen Enemas, chicken brains, the exhumation os Somerton Man, the Púca of Ennistymon, Yasuke the Slave, Horror Express and so much more!! So settle in for a rollercoaster ride of trivia and nonsense at KRAKEN COVE!!

It's touch and go at Kraken Cove as a gantry gives way and Matt has to save Benny in a VERY unconventional manner! Cating resumes, however, and the lads study The Gorbals Vampire! Screaming Basement Fresh News! Genital Grabbing! Shattered Glass Bridges! Nuclear Madness! All this, and much more, at KRAKEN COVE!!!    

It's time for Episode 43 of Kraken Cove, and the lads are rattled by what seems to be an earthquake on the island! When everything calms down, they settle in for a good old spot of casting! This week Matt shines a light on yet another Gender Reveal, a couple of creepy cottages, a robotic trunk that can learn, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Lake, a bloke who's had the same supper for 10 years, and we wonder, WAS DRACULA REAL?? All this and more, at KRAKEN COVE!!!

The boys are mourning the passing of a great man....  but as usual are on the wrong page! down at the storage sheds, Matt & Benny cast out across the Cove for some more weirdness, and arent disappointed! They cover facts about Prince Philip you won't find on the 24 hout coverage, religious zombie warnings, Suez Canal Erotic Fan fiction, tripping phone apps, and much much more! Strap into your bamboo aeroplane, give praise to the insestuous royal gods, and dive into KRAKEN COVE!!!

The tyrannical rampage of the Easter Bunny is brough to a dramatic end at Kraken Cove this week, and Matt & Benny brew up a well earned pot of tea before cracking on with Kraken Cove! This week, the lads examine MORE gender reveal carnage, yet MORE angry octopus aggro, a tiny tot with triple todger troubles, China's attempt to whitewash genocide through the mediums of song and dance, the moral quandary of artificial life, and much, much more! So tighten up your shoe laces, pop some safety glasses on and prepare your ears for a rollercoaster of rampant rudery, it's KRAKEN COVE!

The boys are enjoying what frugal snacks they can muster while Rowboat Pete blocks the shipping lanes! To pass the time, Matt casts his light out and examines the weird stories behid the Evergreen's Ever Given cargo vessel's stranding, a Satan Shoe scandal, a lack of sex arses, venomous humans and a sweet offer to eat cheeses! So get your tug boats in place, team, we're gonna need a Hell of a lot of tugging!

Greedy capitalists are trying to build a new pier at Kraken Cove but the dolphins are having none of it! Matt and Benny watch on from the beach, enjoying delicious pickles, and Matt casts his light out over a bumper batch of wierdness. They examine who would win in a fight between the common cold and COVID, who ate the Rockefeller heir, how a Wild West outlaw became a pair of shoes, how pollution is making penises shrink and the Last Lost Tourist, among others! You'll have a whale of a time down at Kraken Cove!

It's Episode 38 of Kraken Cove Podcast! After 2 weeks off due to Matt making a ton of beer, the lads are back, and they hit the ground running! This week Benny and Matt discuss Potato Head, massive wolves, a Lunar Wank Bank, The Chronovisor, gathering wind power with a wobble, and many more subjects! So put your life jackets on and man the lifeboats, becasuse were sinking deep into the mad world of KRAKEN COVE!

Rowboat Pete drops Benny off at the landing platform after a tough few weeks at the docks, and Benny does a bit of casting of his own! Afterwards, Matt gets down to business. In this episode, the lads examine pirate skeletons, the discovery of disturbing dolls at a paranormal hot spot, more gender reveal party pandemonium, a butt bit by a bear, The Great Lentini, and a dive into the weird musical world of The Eccentronic Research Council! Put on your lifebelts and hold your noses, it's time for KRAKEN COVE!

It's pancake day at Kraken Cove, and Benny watches Matt toss one off in the kitchen before they settle down to a lovely bit of casting.In this episode we look at fresh Dyatlov Pass news, a diamond worth $24 million, Death Whistles and ancient horns, dinosaur theories, cocaine hippos and cocaine tortoises, ways to die in 17th century London, Zoom Goats and much, much more!

Down at Kraken Cove, Matt & Benny prepare for The Beast from the East!They settle down in front of a roaring fire, and Matt casts his light out, shining on Monkeys with Musk mind chips, pricey space rock auctions, mummies with golden tongues, Whittie heckler's punishment, spiteful octopus aggro and much, much more!So download Kraken Cove, tell your pals and please leave a five star review wherever possible!

There's nothing like a bracing walk along the shores of Kraken Cove, but watch your step! There's some weird things that wash up on those wind whipped beaches...Amongst the Flotsam & Jetsam of this week's episode, the boys pick apart the worldwide problem of ghost vilages, a 17 year high in cicada emergence, Biblical Bongs and the strange tale of the Kyshtym Dwarf! And much, much more!So pull on your wellies, make sure your Tetanus shot is up to date, and join us at KRAKEN COVE!

After a few Gremlins got into last week's episode, Benny has a crack down and we find the last of the Kraken Cove wild indigenous Gremlins...After the bloodbath, Matt and Benny discuss Ball Checking Machines! Lost Seals! Flat Earth Sailors! Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo! Persistent Crab Evolution! Magical Cheese! And much, much more! 

In this episode, Matt & Benny are excited about the presidential inauguration, but they dfinitel have their wires crossed!They get back on track with stories about Bison Cowboys, bog pythons, fanny candles, self harming space robots, BALLDO and sausage miners!Let the new regime begin!

the Kraken Cove lighthouse is under siege! Luckily, Benny has an unusual method of dispersing crowds and Matt is more that relieved!In this episode we look at madness around the world. From crazed conspiracy theorists storming the Capitol, to sex arse madness at the British borders, and a bleak outlook for 2021 courtesy of Nostradamus, there's never been a better time to hunker in the bizarre bunker that is KRAKEN COVE!

It's New Year's Day in the Kraken Cove lighthouse kitchen. Benny and Matt test each others wits with some games, before Matt casts out his light to see what he can see.And what a cast!We find extinct species rediscovered, some mixed predictions for 2021 from a dead Bulgarian mystic, a dinosaur that looks to be sleeping, a Star Trek officer going where no man has gone before, limitless power, Roman snack bars, AND MORE!!So bring in the New Year with some cheer, sod dry January, crack a cheeky beer and chill out with KRAKEN COVE!!

It's Christmas at Kraken Cove, and Matt & Benny exchange dubious gifts before casting their light across wild seas, to see what weirdness is out there!We meet the sinister Mari Llwyd, we discuss Sin Eaters, human hibernation, a terrifying White Christmas in Australia, and we find a man who lived as a turkey for two years, before we round things off with a scary Christmas story from Matt.You've pulled a cracker, down at Kraken Cove!