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3 friends discuss cryptids, scifi, dungeons and dragons, the paranormal, and anything else that catches their imagination. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scrubmode/support

Julio AV


    • May 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Shaver Mysteries

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 56:58


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeToday we're talking the Shaver Mysteries! A proto-meme or creepypasta that prefigures everything from DnD's Underdark to PizzaGate.Sources​“Reality –Is it a Horror?”: Richard Shaver's Subterranean World and the Displaced Self, Gabe McKee, Journal of Gods and Monsters​Toronto, Richard, The Shaver Mystery. Fate, March 1998​Keel, John, "The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers" ; Fortean Times, 1983.​Dan Loxton's Junior Skeptic Hollow Earth coverage Part 1 and Part 2 ​Monstertalk Episodes 192 and 193​War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction Paperback – Illustrated, April 25, 2013

    Julio and Ryan Talk Games Some More

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 59:34


    Julio and Ryan sans Jon still.

    Julio and Ryan talk Video Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 54:30


    Jon's on vacation, so it's just Julio and Ryan today.

    Homunculi and Kenkus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 58:53


    It's a monster manual episode! We've made it to the homunculus and kenku!

    Indrid Cold and the Visitors from Lanulos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 74:19


    Today Jon tells Julio and Ryan about Indrid Cold.sources -Derenberger, W. W., Derenberger-Bowman, T., Colvin, A., Keel, J., & Barker, G. (n.d.). Visitors from Lanulos: My Contact with Indrid Cold.

    No Episode This Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 0:35


    Please stay tuned for your regularly scheduled programming

    Lamias Hydras and Minotaurs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 58:59


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeWe're talking Lamias Hydras and MinotaursSourceshttps://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Harpyiai.htmlhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3296813https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)https://www.theoi.com/Ther/Karkinos.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/DrakonHydra.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/Lamia.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/Akheilos.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Phasma/Empousai.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/Minotauros.html

    Dogs from Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 59:31


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This episode is for the dogs! We're talking about the dog-shaped monsters of DnD, as well as various black dogs, hellhounds and the like from English folklore. Even bad dogs are good boys. Sources https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/06/07/kludde/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(folklore) https://www.britannica.com/art/Barghest https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34369461 https://www.invisibleworks.co.uk/mapping-the-grim/ https://books.google.com/books?id=XLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=He+takes+the+form+of+a+huge+black+dog,+and+prowls+along+dark+lanes+and+lonesome+field+footpaths,+where,+although+his+howling+makes+the+hearer%27s+blood+run+cold,+his+footfalls+make+no+sound.&source=bl&ots=7dZz6WFOEj&sig=ZP1tSgFr1mAsvfAgh9hrWs3cdyc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW27ny_47fAhURDKwKHZM2CfAQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=He%20takes%20the%20form%20of%20a%20huge%20black%20dog%2C%20and%20prowls%20along%20dark%20lanes%20and%20lonesome%20field%20footpaths%2C%20where%2C%20although%20his%20howling%20makes%20the%20hearer's%20blood%20run%20cold%2C%20his%20footfalls%20make%20no%20sound.&f=false https://www.suffolklive.com/news/history/black-shuck-blythburgh-church-suffolk-5767807 https://www.spookyisles.com/shug-monkey-cambridgeshire/ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Shug_Monkey https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149434 https://urbanlegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Jinmenken https://tetzoo.com/blog/2022/8/13/legend-of-the-black-dog

    The Haunted Bunk Bed and Goblin Stove

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 62:25


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode We're back, with avengance! Today we're talking a couple strange haunted household items. sources- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unconscious-ventriloquism-the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-zaragoza-goblin https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/the-phenomenon-of-the-zaragoza-stove-goblin-was-blamed-on-unconscious-ventriloquism.html http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-stove-goblin-of-zaragoza.html https://q985online.com/wisconsin-tallman-home-ghost/ https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/unsolved-mysteries-tallman-house/ https://www.cultofweird.com/blog/haunted-tallman-house-horicon/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03975-7

    A Very ScrubMode Friendsgiving

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 56:01


    In this episode Julio, Jon and Ryan play some improv for this holiday season, it gets ridiculous.

    Tangent City

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 67:26


    We go on some crazy tangents with this one, we talk about the history and evolution of media, and go on some nostalgia trips.

    Hags of DnD

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 65:58


    Spooky season dies hard as we talk about Hags and Nightmares tonight. From Baba Yaga to Yubaba, have smorgasbord of child-eating monsters on display. Also sleep paralysis, what the deal with that and why is associated with hags? And why the dip is a Nightmare a horse

    Worms of DnD

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 59:53


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we're talking about monster worms such as the Grick, the Purple Worm and the Remorhaz. Then we look at some worm-like cryptids, including a heavy-hitter: The Mongolian. Death. Worm. Plus other worm monsters like the Indus Worm and the Guh. Other talking points include brain worms, the Saw franchise, velvet worms and the Alaskan. Bull. Worm. Sources https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mongolian-death-worm https://web.archive.org/web/20100526160025/http://www.deathworm2009.com/?p=245 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4344 https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Were-worms https://mongolianstore.com/mongolian-death-worm/ https://abookofcreatures.com/2016/10/03/indus-worm/ https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/WormsIndos.html Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature Paperback by Loren Coleman Jerome Clark https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Guh https://archive.org/details/myoldpeoplesayet0000mccl/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater

    The Mystery of the Rocky Mountain Ranch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 67:22


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Happy Halloween! Tonight, we're going for 100%, unfiltered spook as we tell you the tale of a lesser known spooky ranch: The Rock Mountain Ranch. Folks, this one has it all: Ding-dong-ditching bigfoots, poltergeists that hate cars, and Aliens that hate bigfoots. "Multiple Phenomena on Colorado Ranch: Report on the Investigation of UFO Experiences on a Rocky Mountain Ranch" by John S. Derr and R. Leo Sprinkle, published by Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) in The A.P.R.O. Bulletin in July 1978 August 1978 (Volume 27, Number 2) September 1978 (Volume 27, Number 3) October 1978 (Volume 27, Number 4) November 1978 (Volume 27, Number 5) December 1978 (Volume 27, Number 6) January 1979 (Volume 27, Number 7)

    DnD Improv Game Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 36:30


    Today we're doing something a little different, improv, but not just regular improv! Well, ok, maybe it's just improv. Julio's DMing, so anything can happen in this episode of ScrubMode. https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

    DnD Improv Game Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 44:57


    Julio had so much fun we had to do some more of his improv "dnd" game.

    Gryphons and Hippogriffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 66:48


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This week we're taking a look at some classical, magical mounts, with our good buddy Spencer R. Schulman. We deep dive on griffins and hippogryphs, and along the way learn about where the term "California" comes from, Italian World War Hulk, and how to sea monster check your fiance. Sources https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Grypes.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riphean_Mountains https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Hyperborea.html https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Arimaspoi.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-etymology-black-queen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_sergas_de_Esplandi%C3%A1n https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/lake-george-monster-hoax/ https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/sea-monster-hoax-0205682 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippogriff And the 5th Ed Monster Manual

    Golems and Gorgons

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 58:34


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we're talking golems, an symbolically loaded monster. With thematic connections reaching back to ushabti and forward to robots and even Superman. Then we investigate a DnD mystery: why are gorgons scaled bulls instead of the serpentine monster girls of Greek myth? Other talking points include: Jack Kirby, Julio knows his Frankenstein, and the horngus of a dongfish (the nutte sac). Sources https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-golem https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/europe/11golem.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem https://quillette.com/2022/05/27/the-alchemist-emperor-of-prague/ https://www.jmberlin.de/en/topic-golem https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/origin-word-robot-rur/ https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/08/03/catoblepas/ https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Katoblepones.html#:~:text=THE%20KATOBLEPS%20(Catoblepas)%20was%20a,account%20of%20the%20African%20gnu https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A42668.0001.001/1:6.101?rgn=div2;view=fulltext https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/111271/why-is-the-dd-gorgon-a-metal-bull https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24626 https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/04/12/skeljaskrimsli/ Jacob Geller's wonderful video essay on the Golem and the Jewish Super Hero The horngus of a dongfish is attached by a scungle to a kind of dill sack And the 5th Ed. Monster Manual

    Goblins and Gnomes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 64:22


    On this episode, we're going GOBLIN MODE. We gush about our love for goblins, trace their weird fantasy history and learn about how Hobgoblins went from fireplace guardians to the meanest goblinoids on the block. Then we talk about gnomes, and that one time they destroyed a town in Switzerland. We also ramble about some of the weirder Germanic folklore characters, and that one time Santa's elves drank blood. You're gonne get GNOMED

    The Wizard Civil War

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 60:06


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we talk about the founding of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, all the places it cribbed stuff from, and its hilarious and tragic collapse into WIZARD CIVIL WAR. Alchemists, mages, poets, revolutionaries and maybe the fattest drop kick of all time. We got it all. Thank you Jesse Sanders for making our music. Partisan Review 1948 Witches and Witchcraft, by Dean Miller https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/william-butler-yeats-aleister-crowley-magic-duel https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/aleister-crowley-william-butler-yeats-get-into-an-occult-battle.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/1997/sep/07/biography.wbyeats https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Blythe_Road https://brewminate.com/secretly-metaphysical-the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-in-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/ https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article_print.php?article=4697 https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article/35 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/36-blythe-road https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-eb0ab552f3b3

    Gibbering Mouthers and Gnolls

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 56:50


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we talk about Gibbering Mouthers, a montrous tool box with a ton of cool abilities. Then we talk about their Lovecraftian inspiration, dunk on HPL, and voice our support for Shoggoth freedom. Plus, the Indie reverse-horror game Carrion. Next we talk about Gnolls, why you shouldn't sell rope to them, the voice stealing Leu/crocutta, tar divers, and real life Dire animals. At the Mountains of Madness, https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70652 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/12/lovecraft-joshi-shoggoth-ai-meme.html https://d-infinity.net/posts/fiction/man-who-sold-rope-gnoles  The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles, by Margaret St. Clair, as found in the following collection: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781907222740/appendix-n/  https://www.amazon.com/Appendix-Eldritch-Roots-Dungeons-Dragons/dp/190722274X https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Leukrokotai.html http://dnd.etherealspheres.com/eBooks/DnD_3.5/Faerun%20Setting/11832%20-%20Monster%20Compendium%20-%20Monsters%20of%20Faerun.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocotta https://abookofcreatures.com/2021/02/22/corocotta/ And the 5th ed Monster Manual. The Views of HP Lovecraft do not reflect the views of the podcast.

    Giants

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 66:59


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode The gang talks about Giants in this one. The five true giants of DnD, the Giant Cheez-it, and some giants from around the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/201708/what-are-the-creative-origins-of-the-storm-giant Spooky Archaeology by Jeb Card. https://archive.org/details/LovelockCaveLoudAndHarrington1929 http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Mi-Ni/Monsters.html https://archive.org/stream/senecalegendymyth00curtrich/senecalegendymyth00curtrich_djvu.txt https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow73.htm https://yokai.com/umibouzu/ https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/gentiles/ar-62712/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olentzero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ispolin https://medium.com/five-guys-facts/carnivorous-plants-d347b9706179 And the 5th Ed Monster Manual

    Jinn and Jinn accesories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 57:42


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This episode we're talking the hidden ones, the beings of smokeless fire, genies AKA the Jinn. Fascinating creatures with huge folkloric foot print reach from Morocco to Indonesia, everywhere inbetween and many more places and cultures.. We talk about traditional ways placating or defending against the Jinn, compared to some more 'tactical' Jinn hunting techniques found on YouTube. We also look at specific types of Jinn in DnD and folklore, such as the Efreet, Marid, Hinn and Ghoul. Sources Big thanks to our main source Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn Amira El-Zein. https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/316/islam-arabs-and-intelligent-world-of-the-jinn/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/9k7ekv/what-are-jinn-arab-spirits https://www.islamawareness.net/Jinn/hyjinn.html https://www.birgun.net/haber/ankara-mayor-gokcek-gulen-has-jinns-he-controls-people-with-them-121670 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1181833/ https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofun0000curr/page/196/mode/2up?view=theater And the 5th Ed Monster Manual Some Modern Jinn Defense Techniques https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlCBHMWg1bw https://youtu.be/Gb2BKjebQjI?si=tHvF3Mr7ichmPMnV&t=393 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtq-4iXJaMQ

    Grab Bag of Weird and Spooky Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 65:42


    Jon needs a little more time to research the next episode so we're going to the grab bag for cool monsters and tales that're too short to be their own episodes. We talk about a gurgling tree dolphin, a brain eating bear, friendly vampires, a real-life super villain, and a real-life Scooby Doo case with tragic consequences. For more on the vampires be sure to check out the great CM Kosemen's full lecture on them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxs4dgiItwA

    Gargoyles and Ghosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 58:59


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This week we have some paranormal hot goss for you (at least at time of recording). Then we're talking about gargoyles and their weird path from hyper-local french dragon to DnD monster. We also talk about ghosts. Are these spooks really universal? Also the oldest haunted house story ever recorded, and it's weird connection to Red Lobster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle_(monster) https://ascholarlyskater.com/2013/12/02/la-gargouille-the-evil-dragon-gargoyle-of-rouen/ https://lainhart.medium.com/legend-of-the-gargoyle-5c30e063a37f https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Gargoyle https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20211253  https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70288/pg70288-images.html https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/12476/shakespeare-in-the-bush https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/725072?turn_away=true

    We Finally Watch the DND Movie

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 67:41


    The three of us finally talk about the DnD movie, and what we thought about it.

    SMOKE VALLEY

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 76:02


    In this special episode we play-test a TTRPG system made by Julio. Thanks to Jesse Sanders for making our music.

    valley smoke ttrpg jesse sanders
    Flumphs and Such

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 62:59


    We have a jam packed episode ready for you. We talk about the new and unsurprising government report on UFOs before jumping to Flumphs, either the best or worst monster in DnD depending on how cool you are. We pair them with some of the dumbest but most beloved cryptids ever to spookily creep across the screen of a dusty old CRT TV: Rods and Fresno Nightcrawlers. Then we try to talk about Fomorians in DnD and Irish Myth before we pour one out for Dragon Ball Mangaka Akira Toriyama. Plus, Gundam, 2003 condensed down to its purest form, and is your cat's butthole haunted?!

    [Insert Sponsor Here] Sponsor Us!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 64:28


    Talking about Julio's interests leads us down some bummer rabbit holes, plus talking about fast food! Thanks to Jesse Sanders for making our music, @jseonthebeat https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

    jesse sanders
    "IRL" Super-Soldiers with Tim Baksh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 70:26


    We're joined again by Tim Baksh to talk about something really unhinged: "real life" super soldiers. Thrill as we discuss claims of outer space heroism, alien alliances, Reptoid fighter pilot school, space Infidelity, and several plot points clearly borrowed from popular sci-fi franchises! https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Sources https://www.wired.com/2012/01/obama-mars/ https://evelorgen.com/ https://evelorgen.com/wp/news/whistleblower-randy-cramer-tells-about-secret-military-operations-on-mars/ https://formspal.com/surfingtheapocalypse/ https://spacecapn.com/pendragon/ https://books.google.com/books?id=z7YSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7eky8/pentagon-scientists-discuss-cybernetic-super-soldiers-that-feel-nothing-while-killing-in-dystopian-presentation?utm_source=vicenewstwitter https://sm4csi.home.xs4all.nl/nwo/MindControl/project_superman.htm https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2020/04/09/richardson-police-arrest-man-for-murder-of-college-acquaintance/

    Dragon Turtles and Elementals

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 67:35


    Today we talk about dragon turtles, various sea monsters pretending to be islands and elementals. Yes, all elementals. Then we dip into the elemental theory of alchemy, and we promise, it makes just as much sense as anything else in alchemy!  We also discuss Disney movies, pig milk, and plague king Johnny Boss/Ianibeg. https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Sources https://archive.org/details/fourtreatisesoft00para/page/n17/mode/2up https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/08/16/aspidochelone/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidochelone Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis, book 9, ch. 4 (Latin) https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667228/ (the original document!) https://www.getty.edu/education/kids_families/do_at_home/artscoops/sea_creature.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element Treatises of Theophrastus von Hohenheim Called Paracelsus. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 213–254. ISBN 0-8018-5523-3. Seeber, Edward D. (1944). "Sylphs and Other Elemental Beings in French Literature since Le Comte de Gabalis (1670)". PMLA. 59 (1): 71–83. doi:10.2307/458845. JSTOR 458845. S2CID 163381869. https://www.scribd.com/document/662798793/A-Book-on-Nymphs-Sylphs-Pygmies-and-Salamanders-and-on-the-Other-Spirits-Paracelsus-Henry-E-Sigerist Early Galeb Duhr art, our beloved.

    A Very ScrubMode Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023 51:14


    In this special holiday episode we're playing the game! Julio's tabletop system! We are joined by Lardonova! Follow him on twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/lardonova https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

    Ettins and Empyreans

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 64:22


    Today the trio is talking Ettins and Empyreans! It's a ride https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Sources https://mauikayakadventures.com/maui/legends-of-maui/ https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/27619/maui-and-his-grandfather https://www.tourmaui.com/blog/maui-demigod/ https://sacred-texts.com/pac/maui/maui08.htm https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Ettin https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ettenmoors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Ettin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderdell https://library.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/magellan-strait/patgonian-giants.html https://www.wired.com/2014/09/fantastically-wrong-giants-of-patagonia/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/kap-dwa/ And of course, the 5th ed Monster Manual

    Julio and Ryan Talk Video Game Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 63:37


    It's just Julio and Ryan in this one, and they're talking everything video games. https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

    Drow and Driders

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 63:15


    This week we talk about drow, dark elves, and the unseelie court, before pivoting to driders, ettercaps and spidery yokai. Why is every evil creature in the underdark a paranoid purple-skinned slaver? Why are there so many goshdarn elf civil wars? and HOW DO I SHOT WEB? Subscribe to Dungeon in a Box's Wondrous One-Shots before November 30th to play the holiday-themed adventure co-written by Jon. https://dungeoninabox.com/products/wondrous-one-shots?selling_plan=948011178&variant=44859857076394 https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/the-seelie-and-unseelie-courts/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifications_of_fairies The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) Paperback – Illustrated, January 31, 2006 by Snorri Sturluson (Author), Jesse L. Byock (Editor, Translator, Introduction) Silver, Carole G. (1999) Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6kk%C3%A1lfar_and_Lj%C3%B3s%C3%A1lfar https://www.pbs.org/video/jorogumo-the-deadly-spider-woman-from-yokai-lore-2g9su3/ Mayer, Mathew. (2015) The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai And of course the 5th Ed Monster Manual.

    Dryads and Duergar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 66:36


    More Monster Manual Mayhem! Our sources for this episode https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/Dryades.html Grimm, Jacob. Teutonic Mythology. (J.S. Stalleybrass edition) George Bell & Sons, London, 1883. Dr. Curran, Bob. Vampires: A Field Guide to the Creatures That Stalk the Night. Weiser, 2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonside_Dwarfs http://faeryfolklorist.blogspot.com/2009/05/duergars-of-simonside.html https://www.icysedgwick.com/simonside-dwarfs/ And of course, the 5th ed Monster Manual

    Halloween Spooktacular '23!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 68:55


    Happy Halloween! As a Halloween special we tell you about one of the creepiest and most recent poltergeist cases of all time. Sources An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting by Barry Conrad An Unknown Encounter Documentary Tangled Tales From the Crypt? : For 3 Years, Jackie Hernandez Says She Was Followed by a Pair of Puzzling--and Persistent--Ghosts - LA Times San Pedro Poltergeist - The Haunting of Jackie Hernandez California's Creepiest Ghost Story: Barry Conrad On The San Pedro Haunting

    Conversation Starters with Rachel, Ryan, and Julio

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 58:06


    Today we're talking conversation starters sourced from parade.com, and go on some tangents. It's a great time! https://linktr.ee/scrubmode thanks to Jesse Sanders for making our music! Follow him on instagram @jseonnabeat https://parade.com/969981/parade/conversation-starters/

    Dragons part 2 - Dragon Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 70:56


    Ryan, Julio and Jon talk about dragons in myth and symbol. We look at dragons (and briefly kaiju) as symbol for destruction, climate change, greed, national pride and more. Then we bring the most DnD-ass dragon myth we could find, before introducing you to some dragons you might have heard of from Ghana and New Zealand. linktr.ee/scrubmode Sources PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on bandcamp A Book a Creatutes - a wonderful resource with amazing art from the author The Myth Of Bida God Of The Kingdom Of Wagadu, Portail Soninké. 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-13. History of the Soninke people La légende du Ouagadou Bida - with beautiful illustrations by Svetlana Amegankpoe Tearra.NZ.Gov PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on bandcamp A Book a Creatutes - a wonderful resource with amazing art from the author The Myth Of Bida God Of The Kingdom Of Wagadu, Portail Soninké. 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-13. History of the Soninke people La légende du Ouagadou Bida - with beautiful illustrations by Svetlana Amegankpoe Tearra.NZ.Gov

    Dragons Part 1: Collectible Bards

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 72:10


    Ryan, Julio and Jon take you through the dragons in the Monster Manual. Some are good, some are evil, but a lot of em are just gaga for bards. Thanks Jesse Sanders for our music! @jseonnabeat Sources The Monster Manual

    Momo: The Dog-hating Bigfoot

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 56:49


    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode We take a break from the Monster Manual today to dive into the weirdest hairy hominid yet: the Missouri Monster AKA MoMo! Join us for the story of a bigfoot that hates dogs, its UFO and poltergeist friends, and a lot of threatening gurgling sounds. A prequel to our upcoming series on Window Areas and Weird Ranches. Source: Momo: The Strange Case of the Missouri Monster by Lyle Blackburn Thank you Jesse Sanders for our music @jseonnabeat

    Dopplgängers and other Spooky Doubles

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 49:23


    Jon and Julio talk about Doppelgangers, both the spooky shapeshifters of DnD and the bad-omen phantoms of European folklore. We explore some even weirder doppelganger variants from other cultures, and then go over some of the weirdest Doppelganger sightings in recorded history. Are Doppelgangers the ghosts of living people? Psychic projections? Time echoes? Or something even more sinister? https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Sources "The Psychology of the Doppelganger." Dragon #80. TSR, 1983. Robert Dale Owen (1860). Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World. New York: J.B. Lippincott & Company. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570557/ The Vardogr, Perhaps Another Indicator of the Non-Locality of Consciousness. https://web.archive.org/web/20100107170553/http://www.scientificexploration.org/journal/jse_16_4_leiter.pdf Night Side of Nature; or Ghosts and Ghost-Seers by Catherine Crowe Haunted England: A survey of English ghost-lore by Christinia Hole The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1980.

    Displacer Beast and other Big Cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 60:35


    Today we talk about Displacer Beasts, an OG D&D enemy with a surprising origin story that directly ties it to a beloved Final Fantasy Monster and the Alien Xenomorph. Then we talk about the Alien Big Cats, which are disappointingly not literal aliens but just big cats where there shouldn't be big cats. Is the UK home to an escaped population of black panthers? A relict group of cave lions? Magical Ghost Cats? Or is monkey brain just big afraid of cat? Grab a hot cup of phosphorous and join us to find out here, on ScrubMode! https://linktr.ee/scrubmode?utm_source=linktree_admin_share Thank you Jesse Sanders for our music! @jseonnabeat sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_big_cats https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Displacer_beast Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt. Chasing Shadows by the Biome Project https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/definitive-proof-huge-black-panthers-29951838 Fortean Times, Issues 78-83 https://archive.org/details/canadiansciencef00davi http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/895643.stm https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/mar/23/patrickbarkham http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4370893.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7802874.stm https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-says-attacked-through-window-2441636 Alien Big Cat Sightings in Britain: A Possible Rumour Legend? by Michael Goss. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260889 Dunning, B. "Tracking the Wild Big Cats of Britain." Skeptoid Podcast. Skeptoid Media, 21 Sep 2021. Web. 5 Jun 2023. - https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4798 http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/02/british-big-cats-how-good-or-bad-is.html The sad zoo escape and suicide we mentioned briefly at the end of the pod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Zanesville,_Ohio_animal_escape

    Devils p2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 60:23


    Devils Part 2! The Story of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, the Glatzels and the Warrens was too big for just one episode. We dive into the possession of Arne Johnson, the murder of Alan Bono, and the subsequent court case where a young lawyer planned to prove that demons were real. How'd it go? Probably not how you expect! We then discuss some other crazy US court cases involving ghosts, and whether or not they exist, including the ‘Ghostbusters Ruling' and that time Warner Bros tried to prove ghosts are real. It's gonna be a devilishly good time! linktr.ee/scrubmode Sources: The Devil in Connecticut by the Warrens and Gerald Brittle https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/23/nyregion/defendant-in-a-murder-puts-the-devil-on-trial.html https://people.com/archive/in-a-connecticut-murder-trial-will-demonic-possession-prove-nine-tenths-of-the-law-vol-16-no-17/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/arne-cheyenne-johnson https://people.howstuffworks.com/arne-johnson.htm https://www.courant.com/2021/06/02/was-the-12-year-old-connecticut-boy-featured-in-conjuring-3-really-possessed-his-brother-says-no-and-the-true-horror-story-has-been-his-familys-exploitation/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/09/13/by-demons-possessed/3479fa6b-eee3-4233-a2fc-b9defa403504/?utm_term=.05907102cbcf https://apnews.com/article/c758c33ba4756f757e1dfec4f0abd39e https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/647247/the-conjuring-the-devil-made-me-do-it-true-story https://people.howstuffworks.com/arne-johnson.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stambovsky_v._Ackley https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-settles-900m-lawsuit-conjuring-1067445/ https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-settles-crazy-conjuring-lawsuit-in-very-bo-1821277340

    Devils p1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 44:57


    We continue our journey through D&D's Monster Manual with Devils! Malignant entities that prefer to do their evil via shady deals, tyranny and worst of all bureaucracy! We pair it with the so-called ‘The Devil made me do it' haunting and subsequent murder trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson. What're the best devils for your campaign? Does Satan hate landlords? How many demons can you cram into a boy? The answers to all this and more on Scrubmode! Sources: The Devil in Connecticut by the Warrens and Gerald Brittle https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/23/nyregion/defendant-in-a-murder-puts-the-devil-on-trial.html https://people.com/archive/in-a-connecticut-murder-trial-will-demonic-possession-prove-nine-tenths-of-the-law-vol-16-no-17/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/arne-cheyenne-johnson https://people.howstuffworks.com/arne-johnson.htm https://www.courant.com/2021/06/02/was-the-12-year-old-connecticut-boy-featured-in-conjuring-3-really-possessed-his-brother-says-no-and-the-true-horror-story-has-been-his-familys-exploitation/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/09/13/by-demons-possessed/3479fa6b-eee3-4233-a2fc-b9defa403504/?utm_term=.05907102cbcf https://apnews.com/article/c758c33ba4756f757e1dfec4f0abd39e https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/647247/the-conjuring-the-devil-made-me-do-it-true-story https://people.howstuffworks.com/arne-johnson.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stambovsky_v._Ackley https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-settles-900m-lawsuit-conjuring-1067445/ https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-settles-crazy-conjuring-lawsuit-in-very-bo-1821277340

    Death Knights Demiliches and DoubleDowns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 50:28


    We're going down the monster manual some more! The music was provided by Jesse Sanders, check him out on instagram @jseonnabeat. https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

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    Metal Gear Solid and the Roundtable Foundation w: Tim Baksh

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 73:33


    We welcome Tim Baksh, one of the organizers of Memes, Genes & Snakes Con to gush about Hideo Kojima's auteur game series. We then look at Dr. Andrija Puharich, The Roundtable Foundation and The Nine. A spooky story reminiscent of MGS, complete with cold war tensions, hypnosis, child soldiers, psychic spies, and how maybe the closest real world analogue to La-li-lu-le-lo received instructions from an alleged psychic AI construct, teaching them how to achieve peace through constant war. IT'S A STORY WITH EVERYTHING BUT THE NANO-MACHINES, SON. https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments https://www.urigeller.com/ https://unredacted.com/2010/04/23/document-friday-project-artichoke-or-the-cia-attempt-to-create-a-manchurian-candidate/ http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/The_Council_of_Nine.pdf The Men Who Stare At Goats, by Jon Ronson Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into ESP and Psychokinesis By Annie Jacobsen An Evaluation of Remote Viewing: Research and Applications by Michael D. Mumford, PhD, Andrew M. Rose, PhD, David A. Goslin, PhD https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments https://www.urigeller.com/ https://unredacted.com/2010/04/23/document-friday-project-artichoke-or-the-cia-attempt-to-create-a-manchurian-candidate/

    Hand of Glory, and the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 57:53


    We go down the monster manual some more, completing the Cs and starting the Ds. The music was provided by Jesse Sanders, check him out on instagram @jseonnabeat. https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

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    Demonology According to the Warrens

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 65:17


    Today Julio and Ryan learn about the Warrens from Jon, and talk about some demons in the monster manual. The music was provided by Jesse Sanders, also known as JSE MY, you can find him on Instagram @jseonnabeat. Buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/scrubmode We'd really appreciate it.

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    The Snake Cult of Glycon

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 65:08


    Jon tells Julio about the ancient snake cult of Glycon. The music was provided by Jesse Sanders, also known as JSE MY, you can find him on Instagram @jseonnabeat. Buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/scrubmode We'd really appreciate it.

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    Rap Conspiracies

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 35:31


    Today we have a quick one with our special guest Jesse Sanders (the man behind our music). Join us as we go down another rabbit hole and analyze the Rap Conspiracy Iceberg. The music was provided by Jesse Sanders, also known as JSE MY, you can find him on Instagram @jseonnabeat. Buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/scrubmode We'd really appreciate it.

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