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Well, loyal Listener, it's finally here to hear...after 3 years of waiting, the final episode of What Do You Think About...? In this, their last effort, Jim and John discuss a topic that merges each of their favorite subjects...UFOs and Cryptids! Prepare yourself to learn of the Para-Apes...cryptic cryptids that just might be the pilots of those pesky UAPs people see...or maybe they're just the business-class passengers on these strange craft Sources: Flying Saucer Review Vol. 41 No. 4, Winter 1996, Worley, Don, “Examining the Mystery of the ‘Para-Apes'” The Journal Herald, “Central Ohio Shares a Border with the Outer Limits,” by Bob Batz, September 14, 1985, page 21 Creatures of the Outer Edge, Jerome Clark & Loren Coleman, 1978 Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook, Stan Gordon, 2010 http://www.strangemag.com/strangemag/strange21/unnaturalindiana/unnaturalindiana3bigfoot.html https://www.gaia.com/article/ufos-bigfoot-evidence-interdimensional-connection --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Tulpas...sounds kind of like something on a Taco Bell menu, doesn't it? Well, it isn't! Learn how to unleash the powers of your mind and how to create your own special best friend...or a monster to plague the earth. User results may vary. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Tulpa https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Tulpas-A-History-and-Example-of-Living-Thoughtforms Who Censored Roger Rabbitby Gary K. Wolf Sound Effects Laughter provided by zapsplat.com Sensual moaning provided by quicksounds.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

We are in the home stretch and rapidly approaching the finish line, Listener! This offering is Jim's next to last episode and explores an oddity that he only recently uncovered..The Flintstones cartoon series does not play out against a prehistoric backdrop as one would assume at first glance...their world is, in reality, a post-apocalyptic one! No, it's true! Just give this one a listen and keep your mind open. Sources: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/travel/strange-things-viewers-didn-t-realize-about-the-flintstones/ss-AAXwtQN?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=759bb6d47f2245b2b406193f51993d26#image=1 https://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-flintstones-takes-place-in-post-apocalyptic-future https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/modern https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0580153/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Flintstone "Meet the Flintstones" composed by Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera and William Hanna (1961) Sound FXs: Explosion provided by www.soundsnap.com Duh-Duh-Duuuuuuh provided by www.freesound.com Disappointed "Aaahs" provided by www.zapsplat.com Everything else is pure Jim --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Here's a final Halloween treat for you listeners...Jim relates the gruesome tale of the 16th Century sorcerer and werewolf: Peter Stübbe Sources: A true Discourse. Declaring the damnable life and death of one Stubbe Peter, a most wicked Sorcerer, who in the likeness of a Wolf, committed many murders, continuing this devilish practice 25 years, killing and devouring Men, Women, and Children. Who for the same fact was taken and executed the 31st of October last past in the Town of Bedburg near the City of Collin in Germany. Truly translated out of the high Dutch, according to the Copy printed in Collin, brought over into England by George Bores ordinary Poste, the XI day of this present Month of June 1590 who did both see and hear the same, Anonymous, 1590 The Werewolf in Lore and Legend, Montague Summers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Not sure what happened, John said he wanted to do an episode on witches for his October offering, but it never materialized. But not to worry, Jim slapped together this little sketch so there isn't a gap during our Halloween celebration...the topic does often cross his mind...usually when he's been drinking! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_the_Friendly_Ghost https://casper.fandom.com/wiki/Casper_the_Friendly_Ghost https://www.cbr.com/how-did-casper-become-a-friendly-ghost/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/609560/how-did-casper-the-friendly-ghost-die --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Here's your first Halloween treat...a delectable tale of a ghost bedeviling an Ohio family in the early 20th Century; an account not unlike its narrator: short and sweet Sources: The Daily Times (New Philadelphia, OH), “Paging Conan Doyle! Spirits! B-r-r!” pages 1 & 5, May 23, 1922 The Daily Times(New Philadelphia, OH), “Ghost Patient when Sand Tablet is Destroyed – Does Work Over,” page 1, May 24, 1922 The Daily Times(New Philadelphia, OH), “Ghost is Left Alone at Night,” page 1, May 26, 1922 The Daily Times(New Philadelphia, OH), “New Ghost Theory is Advanced – Foster Daughter Believed Responsible,” page 1, May 30, 1922 The Lima Republican-Gazette (Lima, Ohio), “Tenants of Ohio Farm Flee from Ghostly Visitor,” page 1, May 30, 1922 The Dayton Evening Herald (Dayton, Ohio), “Federal research Expert to Begin Hunt for Hummel's Valley Ghost,” page 2, May 31, 1922 The Daily Times (New Philadelphia, Ohio), “Mysterious Ghost Laid – Plotner to Return to Farm,” page 1, June 1, 1922 https://noel-poirier.com/2021/08/31/the-ghost-of-hummel-valley-a-tuscarawas-haunting/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

It's October once again, and that means Halloween is fast approaching! The boys' first offering of the month is one appropriate to the season: the Ammons Possessions. While not as famous as the "Exorcist" case, this is the tale of yet another demonic possession within the United States -- taking place within the 21st Century. This episode does cause one to raise the question: why does Jim always pick stories in which people or places have hard to pronounce names? Sources: https://weatherspark.com/h/m/149805/2011/12/Historical-Weather-in-December-2011-at-Gary-Chicago-International-Airport-Indiana-United-States The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), “The Exorcisms of Latoya Ammons,” by Marisa Kwiatkowski, pages A1, A17, & A18, January 26, 2014 The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), “Alleged Demon Home Sells for $35,000,” by Marisa Kwiatkowski, pages A1 & A8, January 30, 2014 Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), “Priest Signs Film Deals after Well-Publicized Exorcisms,” by Marisa Kwiatkowski, page C8, February 6, 2014 Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), “Revisiting an Exorcism Story,” by Marisa Kwiatkowski, page A8, November 1, 2014 The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), “Exorcism Story Haunts Me,” by Marisa Kwiatkowski, page A3 & A5, November 1, 2014 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

I wanted to remind everyone that this is a "dark" week for "What Do You Think About..." -- you may not have known that if you haven't looked at our Facebook page We'll return on October 4th with a Halloween episode; thereafter we should air our remaining entries on the every-two-week schedule, but I ain't guaranteeing releases will continue to be spotty, as they have been throughout this season Then the podcast will wrap up Our farewell episode should drop in late November, which will give you all of December to find a replacement podcast to listen to in the upcoming new year Thanks to everyone who's given us a listen -- even more thanks to those of you who were foolish enough to be regular listeners --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

John and Jim discuss a collection of smaller topics that normally wouldn't have enough to fill out an entire half-hour podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Just who -- or what -- are those humanoid figures of fulign hue perched atop ridges, silently watching All, but saying nothing? In this episode, Jim once again struts his stuff solo as he attempts to answer this question Sources: https://worldhistory.us/ancient-history/who-were-the-watchers.php https://www.livescience.com/dark-watchers-california-optical-illusion.html https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/07/the-mysterious-dark-watchers-of-california/ https://www.ancientpages.com/2014/11/13/mysterious-dark-watchers-one-of-americas-greatest-ancient-riddles/ http://www.bookofenoch.org/ENOCH-McCracken2020.pdf https://dl.icdst.org/pdfs/files1/79210c539e32f6c4f106fab6fff3f0c4.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Jubilees --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This episode sees the return of Super Fanboy Allen and was, in fact, inspired by his call the Cincinnati Outhouse Disaster to Jim's attention The title speaks for itself Link to see Live Oak Gardens get sucked into Lake Peigneur: https://youtu.be/x9OJ2debJ5o Sources: London Beer Flood https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/ https://historycollection.com/death-beer-london-beer-flood-claimed-eight-lives-batted-away-act-god/ Clement Vallandigham http://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Clement_Vallandigham https://allthatsinteresting.com/clement-vallandigham Cincinnati Shithouse Disaster https://beltmag.com/cincinnati-privy-disaster-1904/#:~:text=The%20Cincinnati%20Privy%20Disaster%20of%201904%20By%20Richard,them%20a%20few%20minutes%20of%20frolic%20and%20exercise https://parks2015.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/the-cincinnati-privy-disaster-of-1904/ http://www.gendisasters.com/ohio/17040/pleasant-ridge-oh-outhouse-floor-collapses-sep-1904 https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/outhouses The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio), Sep 23, 1904, page 1 Great Molasses Flood https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919 https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/great-boston-molasses-flood-1919-killed-21-after-2-million-n958326 https://www.npr.org/2019/01/15/685154620/a-deadly-tsunami-of-molasses-in-bostons-north-end https://listverse.com/2007/07/11/top-10-bizarre-disasters/?msclkid=5caa5256abab11ec927532cf1c46405e Lake Peigneur https://strangesounds.org/2019/12/lake-peigneur-disaster-video-louisiana.html?msclkid=fd5227abac7311ecb6571f698abf7438 https://moneyweek.com/360397/20-november-1980-the-lake-peigneur-disaster?msclkid=fd53db56ac7311ecaa964a38d159fd39 https://blog.thinkreliability.com/case-study-lake-peigneur?msclkid=fd5536f3ac7311ecbca8f69990424e9f When does Tragedy become Comedy http://leeds-faculty.colorado.edu/mcgrawp/pdf/mcgraw.warren.williams.leonard.2012.pdf When do Tragedies Become Funny? | Psychology Today https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna49075433?msclkid=8d195f9aabaf11ecba7e706cdc3d626b https://youtu.be/x9OJ2debJ5o --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

When he was a child, this story -- first encountered in his brother's copy of Strange but True: 22 Amazing Stories by Donald J. Sobol -- freaked Jim out...now he's passing it on to you, hoping to maybe exorcise his own hagriddenness...that is a word, right? If it ain't, it outta be! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

In this episode, the boys discussed the Amish and Hillbilly flavors of magic practiced in the United States. Who knew the Amish -- those staid and stalwart pillars of community and religion -- practiced magic? Jim did, that's who! Oh, and Jim comes to realize that his own father just might have been a practitioner of Appalachian Granny Magic. Sources: https://amishamerica.com/history/?msclkid=3d156befb1ca11eca7fea0b48142de2f https://www.discoverlancaster.com/amish/history-beliefs/?msclkid=29feca3fb1cc11ecb1c336434ac1f814 https://ohiosamishcountry.com/articles/what-is-the-amish-ordnung?msclkid=dd1a9a53b1cd11ecac2104288004ee8d https://gentsoflancaster.com/2021/02/17/what-is-amish-magic/?msclkid=515fb259b1d211ec97da60317dd2f0bc https://www.readingeagle.com/2018/07/23/a-look-back-in-history-early-folk-religion-of-the-pa-dutch/ Crossroads of Conjure: The Roots and Practices of Granny Magic, Hoodoo, Brujería, and Curanderismo by Katrina Rasbold, 2019, Llewellyn Publications The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pennsylvania), November 30, 1928, pages 1 & 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehmeyer%27s_Hollow?msclkid=53dd70a6b5f311ecb32bb50c20ffd603 https://the-line-up.com/ringtown-valley-hex-murder https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/contests/horror-behind-the-walls-pa-family-finds-disturbing-discovery-in-house/521-77db2f54-dd76-428a-b96e-798c8ebba95a --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

June 28 is one of our planned off-weeks A new episode will be available on July 12 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Jobs...who described them better, Dolly Parton with "Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin'" or Huey Lewis with "I'm takin' what they're givin' 'cause I'm workin' for a livin'"? Doesn't really matter all that much, because both apply This time Jim uncovers some jobs available in the past that no one would care to work at today Sources: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/career/the-worst-jobs-in-history/ss-AASMLq0?msclkid=f9204e6aa6cb11ecbd0b1a075f39f041 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503221/10-worst-jobs-victorian-era https://www.npr.org/2015/03/12/392332431/dirty-old-london-a-history-of-the-victorians-infamous-filth https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Groom-of-the-Stool/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/awful-jobs https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76994/6-practical-ways-romans-used-human-urine-and-feces-daily-life https://www.oddee.com/8-of-historys-weirdest-jobs-59169/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/31/dog-feces/?edg-c=1 https://www.tudorsociety.com/groom-stool-sarah-bryson/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/gong-farmer?msclkid=131e8525a6cb11ec956cde30f7dda88e https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/bloodletting-why-doctors-used-to-bleed-their-patients-for-health?msclkid=2c60924da6f411ecb3cb4371f844549f https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Match-Girls-Strike/?msclkid=9028e09ea6fa11eca956966ecb88d3f7 https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/radium-girls?msclkid=76aeae62a6fe11ecb84113fff0e21bb9 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Even though it's nowhere near the night before Christmas, the boys spring into action, tear open the shutters, and throw up the sash in an effort to look into Window Areas. Late in the episode, I do believe that those in the recording session could actually smell Jim's pea-brain frying as he attempted to perform aeronautical speed and distance calculations. So, heave a leg over the sill, but mind your muddy boots on the curtains as you do so, and journey with us through the mysterious portals known as Window Areas. Strange Creatures from Time and Space by John Keel https://spiritseekersblog.org/2010/10/04/14-theories-on-monsters/ https://www.gaia.com/article/ufos-bigfoot-evidence-interdimensional-connection https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/2020/10/11/what-is-bridgewater-triangle-anyway-look-at-dark-and-paranormal-tales-of-this-window-area-of-unexpla/114516298/ https://www.ufoinsight.com/aliens/encounters/tujunga-canyon-abduction) https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2012-10-28-show/ http://www.dark-stories.com/eng/ufo_zones.htm https://www.greatest-unsolved-mysteries.com/bermuda-triangle-1.html https://www.ufoinsight.com/supernatural/time/bermuda-triangle-ufos-atlantis http://thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com/ The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2, 1966, pg 04 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch https://www.space.com/32728-parallel-universes.html https://sciencex.com/news/2022-01-dialog-parallel-universe.html https://www.npr.org/2011/01/24/132932268/a-physicist-explains-why-parallel-universes-may-exist https://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/multiverse.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/parallel-universe.htm https://nypost.com/2020/05/19/nasa-finds-evidence-of-parallel-universe-where-time-runs-backward-report/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Once again, John blows past all reasonable time limits, and goes into way too much detail about topics he enjoys. In this instance, THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR! Can the guys separate fact from fiction around this mysterious medieval organization? Is this really the source of the Friday the 13th lore? Listen and find out! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This time around, Pardner, Jim gets his jaw a-wobblin' as the boys hold a palaver concerning sightin's of dinosaurs - pspecifically pterosaurs -- in the Old West. Then dad-blamed if'n he don't go an' throw in some more recent items, too! Sources: https://ncse.ngo/young-earth-creationism https://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/archives/8561 The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), August 1, 1886, page 03 The Daily Independent (Santa Barbara California), September 7, 1886, page 01 The Tombstone Weekly Epitaph (Tombstone Arizona), April 26, 1890, page 3 The Newhall Signal (Newhall, California), July 10, 1947, page 1 Arlington Heights Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois), July 29, 1977, page 3 The Lowell Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts), July 31, 1977, page 6 The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina), January 12, 2018, page A3 SOUND F/X: Thanks to BLASTWAVEFX.COM for the following: Shotgun single shot; M16 machine gun; M-P9 single shot Thanks to ZAPSPLAT.COM for the following: people shouting awww with disappointment; crashing metal, plastic, & wood; fart Thanks to FREESOUND.ORG for the following: hawk shriek Thanks to FREESOUNDEFFECT.NET for the following: boing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

John and Jim discuss the phenomenon known as Possession, discuss its various flavors, and have deep thoughts about what it implies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

All right, sorry, but due to dire need -- i.e., the regularly schedule episode wasn't posted -- this installment is being submitted before it had fully incubated... Sources: El Paso Times, El Paso, TX, February 28, 1971, “Widely-Separated Oklahoma Areas Puzzled by Prints”, page 8A The Lawton Constitution and Morning Press, Lawton, OK, February 28, 1971, “Oklahoma has an ‘Abominable'”, page 14A The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, MO, March 1, 1971, “Chickenman Baffles Experts”, page 1 The Sapulpa Daily Herald, Sapulpa, OK, March 3, 1971, “‘Wolfman' Ain't So”, pages 1 & 6 The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, March 3, 1971, “Lawton Alert for ‘Wolfman'”, page 21 The Bonham Daily Favorite, Bonham, TX, March 4, 1971, “‘Wolfman' is just Prankster”, page 7 The Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, MO, March 10, 1971, “Springdale, Ark., Sights 3 Abominable Chicken Men”, page 34 The Baytown Sun, Baytown, TX, March 11, 1971, “Abominable Chicken Man Arouses Interest”, page 1 The Montana Standard, Butte, MT, March 11, 1971, “‘Leapin' Lizards' It's a Doggone ‘Chicken Man,'” page 24 Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, KS, March 10, 1971, “‘Abominable Chicken Man' has Oklahomans in a Dither”, page 21 The Fort Worth Star, Fort Worth, TX, March 13, 1971, “Could the Thang have Offsprang,” page 1 The Corpus Christi Caller Times, Corpus Christi, TX, March 16, 1971, “The Milkman,” page 1 Creatures of the Outer Edge by Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman, pages 85 – 88 Vian Tenkiller News, Vian, OK, July 1, 2020, “Is the ‘Oklahoma Octopus' Really in Lake Tenkiller,” Remer, Amie, page a3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Thunderbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oologah_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkiller_Ferry_Lake https://octolab.tv/is-there-any-freshwater-octopus --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Ed Gein...grave robber, tanner, taxidermist...and possible cannibal; what more can be said about him? Well, listen to this episode and find out! SOURCES: The Journal Times, Racine, WI, page 01, Nov. 17, 1957 The La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, WI, page 01, Nov. 17, 1957 Green Bay Press Gazette, Green Bay, WI, page 01 & 02, Nov. 18, 1957 Twin City News Record, Neenah, WI, page 01 & 08, Nov. 18, 1957 Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI, page 01 & 11, Nov. 18, 1957 The CapitaI Times Madison, WI, page 11, Nov. 04, 1957 The Oshkosh Northwestern, Oshkosh, WI, page 01, Nov. 18, 1957 The Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, page 01, Nov. 19, 1957 Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI, page 01 & 10, Nov. 19, 1957 The Eau Claire Leader, Eau Claire, WI, page 01, Nov. 19, 1957 The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, page 01 & 02, Nov. 19, 1957 The Marshfield News-Herald, Marshfield, WI, page 12, Nov. 22, 1957 The Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, page 18, Nov. 24, 1957 The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, page 3, Nov. 16, 1962 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Continuing the idea of the inspirations for horror movies, Jim tucks into the legend of Scotland's Sawney Bean...he didn't love labor, but he did love people...when they were served up on a plate! Sources: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Sawney-Bean-Scotlands-most-famous-cannibal/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-21506077 https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/did-the-scottish-mass-murdering-cannibal-sawney-bean-actually-exist/ https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/sawney-bean-and-his-family-gruesome-scottish-cannibals-549079 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/sawney-bean-cannibal-scots-clan-22807148 https://allthatsinteresting.com/sawney-bean https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/heroes-villain/sawney-bean/ https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/alexanderbean.html https://www.spookyisles.com/scottish-serial-killers-who-shocked-the-world/ https://www.spookyisles.com/british-cannibals/ https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-earls-son-who-ate-20896328 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Welcome to the first episode of Season 3! Kind of an extension of John's last episode of last season ("Scary Movies")...did you know that The Exorcist was based on an actual incident? if not, you will after you listen to this! Sources: Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism by Thomas B. Allen The Devil came to St. Louis by Troy Taylor The Washington Post, Washington D.C., Bill Brinkley, "Priest Frees Mt. Rainier Boy Reportedly Held in Devil's Grip," August 20, 1949, pages 1 & 9 The St. Louis Star and Times, St. Louis, Missouri, January 27, 1949, page 27 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

As the Holiday Season hurtles toward us yet again, the boys take pause and reflect on the paraphernalia of the first Christmas...what's up with that star? And just who were those three dudes and just how smart were they? Is Bethlehem even the site of the Nativity? Not sure if all of these are answered sufficiently in this episode, but hopefully it'll give you something to think about! Sources: https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-was-christmas-star https://cosmicpursuits.com/2843/was-the-chirstmas-star-real https://astronomy.com/news/2020/12/the-star-of-bethlehem-can-science-explain-what-it-really-was https://space.com/amp/14036-christmas-star-bethlehem-comet-planet-theories.html https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265265834_THE_STAR_OF_BETHLEHEM_A_COMET_IN_5_BC_AND_THE_DATE_OF_CHRIST'S_BIRTH_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankincense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrrh https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas Holy Bible (King James Version, of course) The Oxford Companion to the Bible https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/05/california-condor-parthenogenesis-study/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/bethlehem-christ-birth-blincoe The following clip was used under the auspices of “Fair Use” – once again, I PRAY that is a thing! “Who's on First” by Bud Abbot and Lou Costello The DunDunDunnnExtreme.wav sound effect is provided by copyc4t at FreeSound.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

It's not exactly the topic that was expected, but at least it IS an episode! And the expected topic is alluded to at the end...with a bit of foreshadowing! So sit back with a bowl of buttered popcorn as John leads us down his memory lane concerning some of his favorite scary movies --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This topic was suggested by a local listener...in desperate need of an idea, I decided to to use it! Sources: https://www.thehistoryville.com/mary-toft/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Toft#CITEREFCody2005 https://tofts3confessions.wordpress.com/ https://www.history.com/news/7-historical-hoaxes https://www.farmersmuseum.org/cardiff-giant/ https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/the-biggest-hoax-in-history-the-cardiff-giant/ https://archive.archaeology.org/0511/etc/giants.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-55187973 https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/the-story-of-the-cottingley-fairies-shows-that-image-manipulation-is-nothing-new/ https://time.com/4876824/cottingley-fairies-book/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN_ritual_hoax https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cern-devil-worship-sacrifice-video_n_57b6856ce4b00d9c3a16cd67 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/human-sacrifice-captured-at-cern/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Uh-oh, somebody didn't get his episode done; not to worry, though, as Jim steps in with jaw thrust forward, clenched fists on hips, and cape billowing behind him This cool story takes place way up north in Alaska, the state in which you can see Russia from your house and where tourists have the hardest time getting to know the locals, because no matter how hard you try, it's just hard to break the ice in Alaska! BTW, none of these notes have ANYTHING to do with the episode...except that it IS set in Alaska... Oh, and if some musher offers you a yellow snow-cone and tells you it's lemon flavored, don't you believe him... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

In this second Halloween season extra, Jim once again goes it alone -- all alone, this time -- and offers up tales of Columbus, Ohio, hauntings --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

For their second foray into their Halloween releases, Jim & John -- together again -- discuss the Smurl Haunting...yes, the one at 330 Chase Street, West Pittston, PA -- still kind of hard to believe that the newspapers printed (and printed often) the actual address of the Smurl home Was it a haunting, an oppression as John asseverates, or a hoax? Give the episode a listen and make your decision. Background spooky noises: www.freesound.com - 372869_meijstroaudio_ghostly-breaths (was extended in lenghth and some reversals were added) www.freesound.com - 493561_brain-claim-growl www.freesound - 467283__xfixy8__horrified-female-scream (split into two tracks; reversed one, then combined) www.zapsplat.com - horror_monster_groan_cry_distant_cave_dungeon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

In this Halloween season extra, Jim goes it alone -- well, almost alone; Super Fan Boy Allen steps in to give a hand -- and regales us with local legends from various Ohio towns in which he has sojourned Sources: www.ancestry.com www.findagrave.com https://strangeandspookyworld.com/crybaby-bridge-project/crybaby-tunnel/ https://www.mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/03/the-haunted-forbidden-dormitory-room-of-ohio-university/ https://www.mysteriousfacts.com/wilson-hall-the-haunted-place-in-ohio-university/ The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio, June 03, 1875, page 3 The Times Reporter, New Philadelphia, Ohio, October 31, 2005, pages A1 & A5 Chillicothe Gazette, Chillicothe, Ohio, October 18, 1983, page 6 The Telegraph-Forum, Bucyrus, Ohio, April 14, 1990, page 1 Background spooky noises: www.freesound.com - 372869_meijstroaudio_ghostly-breaths (was extended in lenghth and some reversals were added) www.freesound.com - 493561_brain-claim-growl --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

They're funny and furry and anthropomorphic in all the best ways...and that's just Jim & John! This week they discuss corporate food mascots --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

They are the Great Equalizer. We all do it; we're all – if we have a lick of decorum – embarrassed by it. Farts, poots, stinkers, poop ghosts -- I could go on for quite a while – take your pick! This episode is going to be a gas! Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/chemical-composition-of-farts-608409 https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/fart-gods-farting-out-one-s-soul-historic-ritualization-farts-009699 https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-big-is-a-fart-somewhere-between-a-bottle-of-nail-polish-and-a-can-of-soda/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/anthropologists-are-afraid-ask-about-farting-180951222/ https://popanth.com/article/silent-but-deadly-farts-across-cultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane https://theconversation.com/from-the-sumerians-to-shakespeare-to-twain-why-fart-jokes-never-get-old-41211 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48601/benjamin-franklin-and-jonathan-swift-were-fart-joke-masters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_the_Farter https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/4/3/17188186/does-it-fart-book-animal-farts-dinosaur-farts?%20(They%20Sure%20Do!)%20|%20NC%20State%20News%20(ncsu.edu) http://healingplanetherbs.co/2020/07/12-facts-about-farting-you-probably-didnt-know/ https://www.health.com/condition/digestive-health/what-farts-say-about-your-health https://dysfunctionalliteracy.com/2012/12/17/the-history-of-fart/ https://owlcation.com/stem/Fun-Fart-Facts https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/09/fart-battles/ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0148%3Abook%3D2%3Awhiston+chapter%3D12%3Awhiston+section%3D1 Sound Effects: Clapping and cheering provided by https://www.zapsplat.com Farts provided by https://www.zapsplat.com and James Dummermuth Rimshot provided by FreeSound.com Sad Trombone provided by orangefreesounds.com "Chu-Chi" Face song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang written by Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This time our duo discusses the various flavors of West Virginian cryptids. For those who don't know, John grew up dangerously close to the Ohio/West Virginia border and -- as he confesses in this episode -- actually attended high school in WVa. Jim has his own tie to West Virginia: he tends -- maybe not in this installment, but in general speech when he isn't paying attention -- to drift into an Appalachian twang...which is odd, because he grew up in eastern central Ohio...on second thought, maybe it's NOT that strange... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

What's that, you're having trouble hearing this episode? Maybe that's because the boys are discussing Mexico's mysterious La Zona de Silencio! Or maybe you're just not paying close enough attention... Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapim%C3%AD_Silent_Zone https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/03/zona-del-silencio-urban-legend-of-zone.html https://www.gaia.com/article/the-zone-of-silence-an-ancient-mystery-of-old-mexico https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mapimi-silent-zone https://bestillbeawake.com/2020/05/22/the-zone-of-silence/ https://www.mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/05/miexicos-bizarre-zone-of-silence/ https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Mexicos-Zone-of-Silence https://curiosmos.com/10-strange-places-on-earth-that-scientists-have-struggled-to-understand/#:~:text=Situated%20on%20the%2027th%20parallel%20north%20is%20the,Himalayas%2C%20home%20to%20their%20own%20legends%20and%20myths Sound F/X Soundsnap- Zap sound Orangefreesounds - Sad-trombone POND5 - meteorite impact FreeSounds - Rocket launch FreeSound - Insects POND5 - Hovering UFO SoundBible - Cha-Ching Cash Register --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

John is convinced that we are in the midst of disclosure -- or maybe it's NOT disclosure, but something else -- with the release of the new U.S. government UAP report; Jim's fervor for the topic has...uh...cooled, and he's convinced that nothing of import will be included in the release --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Hey, hi, Jim here...whew, just wanna warn ya, this is a looong one I apologize for that, but I found so much information that I wanted to pass along -- didn't really care if you wanted to hear it or not...it's there regardless; you may not believe it, but I DID cut out a crapload of stuff! And while I am apologizing, let me apologize for my heinous pronunciation of Indian names and words...I married into a family with an Indian father, but that doesn't mean that I learned the language(s) On with the show... Episode Sources: Battles in these Ancient Hindu Scriptures Sound Like Nuclear War | Gaia https://www.academia.edu/24001462/Mechanical_Contrivances_and_Dharu_Vimanas_described_in_Samarangana_Sutradhara_of_Bhojadeva https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-an-industrial-prehuman-civilization-have-existed-on-earth-before-ours/ https://en.wikipedia.org/ https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/out-place-artifacts-020544 https://www.cracked.com/article_21686_5-awesome-technologies-created-by-ancient-civilizations.html https://time.com/5597069/jericho-history/ ttps://www.cdc.gov/ https://www.forbes.com/ https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/arqueologia/esp_mohenjo_daro_1.htm#:~:text=What%20was%20found%20at%20the%20site%20of%20Mohenjo,everything%20was%20crystallized%2C%20fused%20or%20melted%2C%20he%20said. https://www.ancient-code.com/mohenjo-daro-an-ancient-city-destroyed-by-a-nuclear-attack-thousands-of-years-ago/ https://earthmysterynews.com/2016/10/19/evidences-of-nuclear-explosion-in-mohenjo-daro/ https://newsinstact.com/earth/first-ancient-nuclear-explosions-took-place-4500-years-ago-between-atlantis-and-rama-empires/ https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/the-radioactive-skeleton-of-mohenjo-daro-how-soviet-propaganda-spiraled-into-a-extreme-fringe-history-claim https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4541 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta_Samhita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charaka_Samhita https://www.thebetterindia.com/63119/ancient-india-science-technology/#:~:text=India%20was%20the%20first%20to,long%20experience%20of%20ancient%20alchemy.&text=The%20distillation%20technique%20of%20zinc,to%20the%20world%20of%20science The Ramayana (1889 Translation) – Romesh C. Dutt --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This week the boys review and react to The Amazon Prime selection "Missing 411: The Hunted" per a received email request The whole episode is a spoiler if you haven't already seen the Amazon show, so if you are planning on watching it, you may want to do so before giving this installment a listen --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This episode serves as a neat and tidy bookend to the Flat Earth installment...we got them riled up, so we figured we may as well do the same with the Hollow Earthers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

During this outing, the boys talk about news clippings from the past year that have caught their eyes Jim ranges from ghosts to outhouses to wombats to sasquatch See if you can guess the majority of John's topics before listening... Sources www.huffpost.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This week sees another guest co-host: Jon from Ironton Was he brought in because he's a celebrity? Hell no! It's because SOMEONE didn't set up the recording session for his episode (I'm pointing the finger at you, Mr. Gordos! And guess which finger it is!) This episode's topic is The Man from Taured and turned out to be a heartbreaker for Jim -- after hearing the story years ago and finally looking into it for himself, Jim was disappointed to find...well, give the episode a listen for yourself to see just what he learned about the mysterious Tauredian stranger Sources: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-from-taured-parallel-universe/ https://en.wikipedia.org/ Sound F/X: Rimshot, DunDunDun, Airport Clamor, & Godzilla roar sound effects from https://freesound.org/ Attribution license = https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Disappointment sound effect from https://www.zapsplat.com/ Ka-ching sound effect from https://soundbible.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Oh, we have a treat for you all with this episode...the topic comes from Super Fanboy Allen from Waverly -- and he is a guest host as well! Best listened to while eating a breakfast of pancakes...because they're flat...gives some perspective --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

This week the boys discuss angels...How old are they?...How many types exists?...Why do Catholics include the Apocrypha in their Bible?...How many degrees are in a right angel -- not wait, that's "angle" and that's another topic --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Who's that walking through these woods? Why, it's a cynocephalus...a caninanthrope...ah, it's a dogman! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

The boys discuss the mysterious Dyatlov Pass Incident from 1959 Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident https://www.bbc.co.uk/ http://www.museumcenter.org/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ https://www.snopes.com/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

In this episode, John lays out evidence support the claim that NASA's lunar landing was all a hoax while Jim questions John's sanity Car Rapid Departure with tire screeching provided by Soundsnap.com Car screeching to a halt provided by Zapsplat.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Jim relates the tale of the Van Meter Visitor, a bat-winged what's-it that hung out in and around Van Meter, Iowa, in Sept - Oct, 1903 Be warned...there are a lot of fart and gun noises in this one...heehee, farts... Giving credit where credit is due: Farts provided by Zapsplat.com All other effects from soundsnap.com Gargoyles, 1972, Director: Bill L. Norton; Story by: Elinor Karpf and Stephen Karpf; Screenwriters: Elinor Karpf and Stephen Karpf https://strangestrangestrange.com https://www.fatemag.com https://mysteriousuniverse.org The Buffalo Evening Times; Oct. 5, 1903 The St. Joseph News-Press; Oct. 8, 1903 The Jackson Evening News; Oct. 9, 1903 The St. Paul Globe; Oct. 11, 1903 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

In this episode, John asks, "How do you think you'd personally react to an encounter with an extraterrestrial being?' All right, the question ISN'T exactly on the money -- it is "What do you think about...?", right? -- but we'll forgive him As our duo gets deeper into the conversation, Jim realizes that it is a more difficult question than he at first thought --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Indigenous, carnivorous kangaroos in the U.S.? You decide --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Jingle bells, Batman smells...and so on and so forth...let's just hope that Jim & John don't turn into Grinches as they look into the odder side of Christmas celebrations And to all of our listeners: Merry Christmas Frohe Weihnachten Boldog Karácsonyt Feliz Navidad Vrolijk Kerstfeest Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia срећан Божић God Jul Milad Mubarak З Різдвом Христовим --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

Jim and John try to set straight some crooked historical myths passed on through history classes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message

John tells us about alien abductions, focusing on the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case (September 19 to 20, 1961); Jim is, well, Jim --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdouta/message