Superduperstitious

Episode 184 – I Know That You Twisted Again Like We Did Last Summer

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:31:44 GMT

Winter AND a new year? That can only mean one thing: it’s time for some creepy frozen lakes! Fulla dead people, these lakes.

First up is a viral ghost story about Minnesota’s Lake Weller, and the ghostly radio signals that seem to be coming from its depths every winter. Ope! Jake and Wyatt then fumble the best chance anyone will ever get at a “76 Trombones” joke as they head to the Indian Himalayas to Roopkund! Also known as Skeleton Lake, you’ll NEVER GUESS what’s inside. And you’ll certainly never guess what happened there…

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links

Wyatt’s native plant biznass

The show Jake writes

Lake Weller

Nature article about lakes vs. ponds

Ice-penetrating radio waves

Minnesota’s lake definition

Database of every MN lake

Roopkund

Atlas Obscura article

New York Times article

NYT article without the paywall

Haunted India blog post (for photos of Roopkund)

BBC article (which includes even more photos)

History Channel clip with William Shatner

Riddles of the Dead episode from National Geographic

Nature Communications article

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Episode 183 – Weird Circles, or “We Are Not Using the Title Wyatt Suggested Under Any Circumstances”

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT

You ever see a perfect circle in nature and think, “Whoaaaa”? If so, this episode is for you! And if not, we’ll let you have this episode on a probationary basis!

Talkin’ ’bout fairy circles – large, evenly spaced and perfectly round bare patches found in the grasses of the Namib Desert – and fairy rings, the eerie patterns of dead grass, extra luscious grass, or mushrooms, all three of which are almost certainly not caused by elf ejaculate. Almost.

Brought to you by Japan: it’s less than half as far away as maps think!

EPISODE LINKS

Gaza GoFundMe

All-purpose show links

Fairy Circles

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics review article

Australian fairy circles

Photos of Aussie fairy circles

Fairy Rings

Fairy ring examples 1 and 2

Example 3 (forest fairy ring)

Example 4 (spookier forest fairy ring)

UWM Extension article

Toads and Toadstools, by Adrian Morgan

IMA Fungus article

Danish Undersea Rings

The solution (and the photo)

Up-close photo

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Episode 182 – The 8th and 9th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Yeah I’m thinkin’ we’re back.

Use promo code JAKEHALLOWEENGOOF for 15% off any order in our store before the end of November! The episode made us do this!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

MUTUAL AID HUB: https://www.mutualaidhub.org/

Wyatt’s native plant biznass: https://www.myhomepark.com/

The show Jake writes: https://www.youtube.com/@BizarreBeasts

Our shop, wherein you may use the aforementioned promo code: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

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Episode 181 – Back on Bugs

Thu, 02 May 2024 05:00:42 GMT

Maybe the real Havana syndrome was the friends we made along the way.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

Episode 5: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/5-hooked-on-sonics

Episode 34: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/34-bah-hum-buzz

Episode 53: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/53-potc-part-a-billion

Episode 76: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/76-mos-scotia

Episode 142: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/142-still-sounds-bad

60 Minutes Russian conspiracy: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-russia-evidence-60-minutes/

NIH Study: https://bit.ly/4a1Dyxp

Scientific American article: https://bit.ly/3WnCzEv

Jake’s stories

Phantoms and Monsters 5/19/2023: https://bit.ly/3Urrpw7

Phantoms and Monsters 1/3/2023: https://bit.ly/3ws22Cd

Phantoms and Monsters 1/9/2023: https://bit.ly/3wszhoW

UFO Clearinghouse 1/16/2023: https://bit.ly/3y4dAfx

UFO Clearinghouse 1/17/2023: https://bit.ly/4dADKXJ

UFO Clearinghouse 2/7/2023: https://bit.ly/3UrrkIP

Phantoms and Monsters 11/10/2023: https://bit.ly/3UwafO2

Phantoms and Monsters 1/19/2024: https://bit.ly/4dnHag7

Bald eagle basics: https://avianreport.com/what-is-the-bald-eagle-size/

Bald eagle comeback story: https://bit.ly/4aXDpMF

Chicagoland eagle population growth: https://bit.ly/4aYRIRd

Winter bald eagle migration: https://bit.ly/4dmkpJu

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Episode 180 – The 7th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:00:21 GMT

STOP LOOKING AT THE DATE.

Anyway, what a wild way for you to find out that Wyatt’s leaving the show.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Humanoid creature CCTV footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xNlnmhjj0

Contact form: https://superduperstitious.com/contact

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Episode 179 – At the Mouth of (March) Madness, Part IV: SEMIFINALS AND FINALS

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 05:13:00 GMT

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. WHATEVER THE HELL THIS IS.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

JOIN OUR CURSE EXPERIMENT HERE: https://forms.gle/vWJomLttdvXd7tmX7

The Gaykoslavie experience: https://englishrussia.com/2010/02/17/russian-gadget-hackwrench-religion/

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Episode 178 – At the Mouth of (March) Madness, Part III

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:00:02 GMT

As the WCCW creeps ever closer to crowning an ultimate victor, what new and exciting ways can we find to totally ruin your bracket? There’s only one way to find out!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE BRACKET HERE: https://superduperstitious.com/march-madness

JOIN OUR CURSE EXPERIMENT HERE: https://forms.gle/vWJomLttdvXd7tmX7

I AM Come: https://vimeo.com/352872112

St. Germain: https://bit.ly/40B8SPd

Heaven’s Gate logo: https://bit.ly/42GFp8x

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Episode 177 – At the Mouth of (March) Madness, Part II

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 03:58:44 GMT

The utter ridiculousness continues as we round out the WCCW regionals with all 16 contestants in the Global and Planetary Divisions of the NCAAA. These words and letters all mean something and make sense! You’re in the right place and everything is fine!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE BRACKET HERE: https://superduperstitious.com/march-madness

JOIN OUR CURSE EXPERIMENT HERE: https://forms.gle/vWJomLttdvXd7tmX7

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Episode 176 – The Cordyceps-isode

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 03:42:45 GMT

It’s a whole episode about the biology of The Last of Us in an attempt to tap into the zeitgeist! What’s the deal with Cordyceps? Could this happen in real life? Are we doing SEO right??

*Originally scheduled for release BEFORE the start of our whole March Madness series

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

FILL OUT YOUR MARCH MADNESS BRACKET HERE: https://superduperstitious.com/march-madness

Sources

Basic fungal biology: http://bit.ly/3ZRi4ie

Cordyceps controlling a cicada: https://youtu.be/FAVAVHAptyQ

Cordyceps controlling a beetle: https://youtu.be/EBQNpyAdmfc

Entomophthora muscae example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anxoresua/6867594070

Entomophthora muscae and its released spores: https://bit.ly/3EV6pXJ

Entomophthora muscae range map: https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Entomophthora+muscae

Snail with nematode parasite (PRETTY GROSS): https://youtu.be/Go_LIz7kTok

Parasitic barnacle: https://youtu.be/sCvTHrzI-Sk

Body temperature vs. fungi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19827944/

Climate change is selecting for heat-resistant fungi: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mBio.00061-10

Climate change is increasing fungal infections: https://www.wired.com/story/fungi-climate-change-medicine-health/

Not a lot of medical solutions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549129/

We breathe a lot of spores and it’s okay: http://bit.ly/3JusTkR

Most fungi aren’t infectious: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453709/

No spores for the show: http://polygon.com/entertainment/23562421/last-of-us-cordyceps-spores-tv-show-hbo

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Episode 175 – At the Mouth of (March) Madness, Part I

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:26:20 GMT

No podcast about the strange and unusual would be complete without a month-long, four-part tournament of 32 different cults competing head to head! NOT ONE SUCH PODCAST. Here’s the first of those four parts!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

FILL OUT YOUR MARCH MADNESS BRACKET HERE: https://www.superduperstitious.com/march-madness

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March Madness: Something Wicked Stupid This Way Comes...

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 02:58:51 GMT

Our ultimate March Madness cult competition, the WCCW, begins March 9th!

Submit your predictions here: https://www.superduperstitious.com/march-madness

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Episode 174 – Home State Horrors (Part 5 of 25+)

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 04:20:43 GMT

Momo money, Momo problems.

(Also Wyatt talks about Ohio.)

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Missouri Folklore Society on Momo: https://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/home/society/notes/momo/

Legends of America: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/momo-monster/

Missouri Department of Conservation: http://bit.ly/3YG2Lc1

Columbia Tribune: http://bit.ly/3lMfift

Old FATE Magazine article: http://bit.ly/3IyiKmR

Momo song: https://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/files/2015/06/Momo-the-Monster.mp3

Wyatt’s stories

Helltown: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/helltown

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Episode 173 – Ain't No Fins for Bats

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 06:00:35 GMT

Stuff dies all the time, and sometimes those dead things are weird looking! This is two of those times.

Wyatt leads with the Rhodope skull, the mysterious bone specimen that folks were only too excited to immediately label an alien. And don’t get him STARTED on the Adygea skulls! Jake then hops on the alien train with the Kovahsi creature, also known as Kesha. What’s little and desiccated and doesn’t have wings, no matter how many publications say otherwise? Google Translate will save us!

“Horn core” is pretty fun to say. And that’s about all I’ve got left in the tank for this episode description.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s stories

Ancient Code: https://www.ancient-code.com/the-rhodope-skull-the-mysterious-cranium-of-a-real-life-alien/

Rhodope skull explained: http://bit.ly/3YeiCO9

Jake’s story

Russian newscast video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UWUdNXrIX4

Image of Kesha: https://mustorage.blob.core.windows.net/images/2015/09/size-570x520.jpg

Russian chupacabra article: https://www.fern-flower.org/en/news/mythical-chupacabra-boguchany-was-st

Mysterious Universe article: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/09/strange-tiny-being-puzzles-scientists-and-scares-russians/

Daily Mail article: http://bit.ly/3jmnBO3

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Episode 172 – Lymph Bizkit

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 06:00:10 GMT

Boy howdy, if this were the sort of podcast that had separate seasons, this episode sure would be the start of a new one! But it isn’t, so it’s not. Instead, enjoy two timely takes on some pervasive immunity myths! If you want to eat a lime or something, that’s fine.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Lymph: https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/difference-between-blood-and-lymph.html

Lymphatic system: https://theodora.com/anatomy/the_lymphatic_system.html

Immune system overview: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/immune-system-overview

Refuting the myth of “immunity debt”: https://bit.ly/3wtMdra

Unraveling the logic: https://bit.ly/3kKt8hS

RSV spikes: https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/research/rsv-net/dashboard.html

Episode 107: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/107-preventative-measures

Transfer of immunity at birth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12727640/

Recent strep throat deaths: http://bit.ly/3Dif05P

COVID before RSV: https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1602423960246829058

COVID’s effect on immune systems: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x

Wyatt’s story

Linus Pauling’s vitamin C madness: https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7547741/vitamin-c-myth-pauling

Some of Pauling’s beliefs: http://www.paulingtherapy.com/

Cancer treatment claims: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC431183/

But actually no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/384241/

For real, no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601965/

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Episode 171 – The 6th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza (feat. Casey Simpson)

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 05:34:01 GMT

October finally comes to an end, and holy wow another guest?! It must be time to celebrate Halloween the Superduperstitious way: by talking about apples!

Join the boys and special guest Casey Simpson of Artifact Cider Project to hear all about Jake’s regional seasonal frustrations, canals, and flashlights – the perfect Halloween trifecta! Oh and also a whole thing about the haunted house Casey’s grandparents owned for years, if you’re into that kind of thing.

All that, plus a surprise visit from Drew, a continuous dog presence, and all the weird clicking noises you could ever ask for! Stop reading this description and just listen already!!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Artifact Cider Project: https://www.artifactcider.com/

Bateleur eagle photo #1: https://live.staticflickr.com/8587/28759004652_9edc13dfab_b.jpg

Bateleur eagle photo #2: https://bit.ly/3sHywmL

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

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Episode 170 – This Whole Episode Is an Ad (feat. Drew Phillips)

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:50:09 GMT

In spite of others’ efforts to the contrary, October just keeps happening! And so, too, do the guests (which are, yes, still of the special variety).

The final guest before Halloween is none other than the founder of Four Phantoms, the groovy brewery in western Massachusetts that combines— you know what? You probably know all that by now. In that case, grab a beverage of your choosing, don’t get your leg exploded, and learn all about the man responsible for this dumb show having an actual sponsor! (And don't worry, there's ghosts AND science in this one.)

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

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Episode 169 – Monster Movie Happy Hour

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:00:39 GMT

October continues! And the guests? Oh they’re special all right.

This week, the boys are joined by two thirds of the delightful podcast Monster Movie Happy Hour! Listen to four nerds talk about the spooky media that brings them the most joy, from classics of the silver screen, to camp-tastic sci fi offerings of the more recent past.

And be sure to follow the link below to check out the show! Get to know Scott Chesebrough, Dave Geister, and the unfortunately-dead-to-us Mary Challman as you enjoy a cocktail and learn what it truly means to be a monster kid. Cheers!

EPISODE LINKS

Monster Movie Happy Hour: http://www.monstermoviehappyhour.com/

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

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Episode 168 – Survival of the Storytelling-est (feat. Christa Adams)

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:00:13 GMT

Episode 168 – Survival of the Storytelling-est (feat. Christa Adams)

October begins, and with it, a whole month of special guests! How else would we make this month stand out?

This first episode features the fantastic Christa, who weaseled her way into a podcast appearance by sheer will! Luckily she makes up for it with a fantastic discussion of the anthropological functions of scary stories and storytelling in general. So don’t pretend like this isn’t still a science show!

Grab some candy corn or whatever and buckle in, because October starts… a few days ago!!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Christa’s sources

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari: https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/

The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris: https://bit.ly/3M6sncw

“The Last Human” (from Kurzgesagt): https://youtu.be/LEENEFaVUzU

“When Time Became History” (from Kurzgesagt): https://youtu.be/CWu29PRCUvQ

“hahahrawrrahaha” (Ian Malcolm remix by FLIPSHOT): https://soundcloud.com/flip-shot/hahahrawrrahaha

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Episode 167 – It’s Not Too Hard to Get ’Em Back in if You Have Help

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:23:42 GMT

An episode coming out early?! That’ll be the day! And that day is in fact specifically today, as August Around the World reaches its exciting Caribbean conclusion. Put on absolutely all of the sunscreen and listen along!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

RPM Fest: https://www.rpmfest.org/

Wyatt’s stories

The douen: https://triniinxisle.com/2018/08/10/trini-folklore-douen/

More douen: https://bit.ly/3cvXyRa

The Gloria Colita: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/07/a-mysterious-vanishing-ship-in-the-caribbean/#

What happened to the ship?: https://jaybusbee.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-the-missing-mobile

Waves video: https://youtu.be/yLzgzvVxUV4

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Episode 166 – There Is Nothing in This World to Call the Cockroach (feat. Emma Ozenbrook)

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 05:00:19 GMT

The month marches on, and still no Wyatt?? Luckily additional assistance can be found at this next stop of August Around the World: Ireland!

Emma from Real Life Ghost Stories leads Jake on a tour of her homeland with a tale perfectly tailored to this show: a folkloric mystery with a very satisfying scientific conclusion! And also music and fairies – it’s the total package, really. Jake follows this with a bunch of cats.

Have you encountered our lost cohost out there somewhere? If you see something, say something! But in the meantime, enjoy what is surely this week’s ONLY episode of Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Real Life Ghost Stories: https://www.reallifeghoststoriespodcast.com/

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

RPM Fest: https://www.rpmfest.org/

Emma’s story

Great Blasket Island: https://bit.ly/3CuEai1

“Port na bPúcaí” (fiddle version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3QEkc4hTw

“Port na bPúcaí” (vocal version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C5QqFapcuw

Giving lyrics to the tune: https://bit.ly/3R6ljxR

Jake’s stories

Article from Joe.ie: https://bit.ly/3pG6N4n

Alien Big Cats (the Irish Post): https://bit.ly/3PQe3VE

The Beast of Oulart Hill: https://bit.ly/3KnjryK

Video of the Beast: https://bit.ly/3R1yHU8

Lynx in Ireland??: https://www.wildireland.org/lynx

Reintroducing lynx: https://bit.ly/3QQlkGj

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UNLOCKED: Eps. 158-163 Bonus Outtakes

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:00:09 GMT

Mysterious circumstances have delayed the next episode's release! Wyatt's whereabouts: unknown. In the meantime why not head on over to www.patreon.com/superduperstitious just for fun and see what happens?

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Episode 165 – Push the Button

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 05:21:25 GMT

August Around the World continues, though not without incident...

Wyatt is MIA after a SNAFU with the NCAAA, so it’s up to friend of the show and Taiwan expert Cece to lead the way through this week’s travels! Ever the professional, she brings a wealth of history and culture to the episode, AND delivers on the spooks with a trio of ghost stories. Jake talks about some gross bugs or whatever.

Take off your coat and grab a bubble tea as you settle in for another exciting episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s stories

Hermit crab in a doll head (article): http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/06/17/2003620916

Hermit crab in a doll head (photo): https://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2015/06/17/p05-150617-a2.jpg

Lake monster (article): https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202202150364.aspx

Lake monster (video): https://youtu.be/ryoXlvsh2g0

Horsehair worm (video): https://youtu.be/2yq9KJZf798

Horsehair worm (article): https://bit.ly/3PftiY7

Ribbon worm (video): https://youtu.be/vLB5rnw5CI0

Ribbon worm (article): https://on.natgeo.com/3vUsfpu

Cece’s stories

Quanfu Elementary School: https://bit.ly/3QjDW1a

Water ghosts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wc5wozmhhU&list=WL&index=2&t=388s

Surveillance screen scare: https://www.dcard.tw/f/marvel/p/234568180

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Episode 164 – Creepy Swoosh

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 03:46:36 GMT

It’s once again that special time of year when the boys get their traveling shoes on (??) and start telling stories around the world! Everything is probably going to go exactly as planned!

The first stop on this month-long journey is Eastern Europe and More Specifically Hungary. Jake kicks it off with an all-purpose supernatural being called a lidérc, which is equally likely to do you favors while eating your butter and then killing you, or else sexing you so good every single night (and then killing you). It’s a chicken-tastic fun time! Wyatt then humors both hosts’ pet interests with a pale humanoid that is also apelike. Sometimes called the Woodcutter of Mátranovák, sometimes called the Treeskinner, this eerie beastie has one thing all cryptids strive for: BLURRY. PHOTOGRAPHIC. EVIDENCE.

Grab an entirely unspecified plane ticket and join in for the beginning of this year’s August Around the World!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

The lidérc: https://abookofcreatures.com/2021/03/22/liderc/

From Hungary with Love: https://bit.ly/3d4yrEY

SLEEP PARALYSIS CURE: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00028/full

Wyatt’s story

Blikk article: https://www.blikk.hu/aktualis/belfold/matranovak-fanyuvo-legenda-ujra-lattak/sxmqvcz

Treeskinner sightings: https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/guest-articles/2020/3/12/cryptids-of-hungary-guest-article-by

Uncle Gyula: https://www.nool.hu/helyi-kozelet/2021/05/elhunyt-a-magyar-jeti-a-matranovaki-fanyuvo

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Episode 163 – Home State Horrors (Part 4 of 25+)

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 05:56:36 GMT

The nationwide journey continues with ALMOST the last of the states Wyatt and Jake have specifically lived in (Maryland! Minnesota!) Also the boys come dangerously close to actually reviewing a beer.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

Dwayyo: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/dwayyo/

“Growling” deer: https://youtu.be/k6ewlw1TR18

Muntjac sounds: https://youtu.be/kQB0vO4aE6w

What was it?: https://jamesrada.com/where-did-the-dwayyo-away-go/

Additional lore: https://susquehannockwildelife.weebly.com/the-susquehanna-witchs-post/january-22nd-2020

Jake’s story

“The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan”: https://americanliterature.com/author/wb-laughead/short-story/paul-bunyan

The Peculiar Birth of Paul Bunyan: https://bit.ly/3oiujnb

Was There a Real Paul Bunyan?: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/real-paul-bunyan.htm

Bemidji statue: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Paul_Bunyan_and_Babe_the_Blue_Ox.jpg

Bangor statue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan#/media/File:Paul_Bunyan_statue_in_Bangor,_Maine.jpg

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Episode 162 – Four Truths and Two Lies

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 05:00:46 GMT

Hidden among two spooky eyewitness accounts each, Wyatt and Jake have respectively hidden a first-person tale that they themselves have fabricated. Can these intrepid cohosts successfully suss out the other’s diabolical decoy, or will they be fooled by the phony? I HAVE NO MORE ALLITERATIONS FOR YOU – just listen to the episode and find out!!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s stories

Real story A: https://bit.ly/3Rh72z9

Real story B: https://bit.ly/3RhPxPw

Wyatt’s stories

Real story A: https://bit.ly/3yGXjdh

Real story B: https://bit.ly/3P9dS89

Latest research article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03535-1

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Episode 161 – The Owls Are Not What They Seem

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 05:00:28 GMT

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EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

Bird superstitions: https://www.birdspot.co.uk/bird-numbers/bird-superstitions

More bird superstitions: https://ca.audubon.org/news/13-bird-superstitions

Magpie superstitions: https://www.birdspot.co.uk/culture/magpies-and-superstition

Jake’s stories

UFO Clearinghouse: https://bit.ly/3xVdTqL

Viral bird video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D2lrFemFig

Mexican bird flock crash: https://bit.ly/38uoyxU

Washington Post coverage of same: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/15/mexico-birds-falling-sky/

Jatinga bird suicides: http://www.mysteryofindia.com/2014/07/mystery-of-bird-suicide-at-jatinga.html

Jatinga bird updates: https://www.thestatesman.com/features/birds-decreasing-in-jatinga-suicide-spot-76791.html

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UNLOCKED: SDS Minisode #33

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:00:07 GMT

Don't worry, we're still trying real hard to actually make the damned show! It's happening, we swear!! And if you wanted to, say, HELP us make said show, well, we might just know of a way you could do that...

(Patreon. You could support us on Patreon, is what we're saying. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious)

Links to Stories from This Minisode

The Thing in the Basement is Getting Better at Mimicking People (Part 1 of many): https://bit.ly/3vlzWnT

Weird (and very coincidental) mimic encounter: https://bit.ly/3KU29Za

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Episode 160 – March Bugsness

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:00:24 GMT

Everything is exactly as originally planned in this final episode of March! And what exactly IS planned? Bugs.

From expert testimonial on an insect-adjacent and highly ponderable optical phenomenon (not to mention a book that Jake spent two actual dollars on), to a roundup of the creepiest of crawlies, this ep’s got it all! Specifically if those are the only things that there are.

Check your tergites for body horrors and have a listen!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Seeing Orbs in Your Digital Photos?: https://www.healyourlife.com/seeing-orbs-in-your-digital-photos

Orbs 101: https://www.healyourlife.com/orbs-101-what-do-orbs-in-your-pictures-mean

Clean room orb photo: https://bit.ly/3Dq8xog

Wyatt’s story

Weta: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-demon-grasshoppers/

Tree weta video: https://youtu.be/c_n0mbpX4KE

Twisted wing parasites: https://www.wired.com/2015/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-strepsiptera

Parasite life cycle: https://bit.ly/3NAdvDK

Wasp with parasites: https://bugguide.net/node/view/86409

Solifugae (camel spiders): https://youtu.be/j_tqyyQnFZk

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Episode 159 – Calendars, I Guess

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 05:00:20 GMT

The boys are back, with another response to a nonsense prompt!

“Calendars” as a topic may have proved more of a challenge to pull off than expected, but don’t think for one instant that you won’t learn everything there is to know about Greek clocks and Corona, CA before this episode is over! Don’t even DARE.

EPISODE LINKS

Support Ukraine: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help

Support trans youth: https://www.transformationsproject.org/

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

The Antikythera mechanism: https://allthatsinteresting.com/antikythera-mechanism

Smithsonian article: https://bit.ly/3MZeRY2

Scientific American article: https://bit.ly/3iw3Y2h

Alexander Jones (not that one) article: https://bit.ly/3CRiIlG

Jake’s stories

Teaser article: https://backpackerverse.com/day-trips-in-california/

Hells Gate: https://bit.ly/3CPsGUj

Photo #1: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mONtwVM-vUk/maxresdefault.jpg

Photo #2: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gtr-LQtPe7U/maxresdefault.jpg

The true story (in the comments, at least): https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/hells-gate/

Photo #3: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/wp-content/uploads/206245-1.jpg

Photo #4: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/wp-content/uploads/206244-1.jpg

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Episode 158 – Things Objects

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 05:37:40 GMT

An unprecedented SECOND consecutive week of very-nearly-SEO-friendly episode titles finds the boys examining… nouns, I guess?

Jake heads to the mountains of Tibet to uncover the mystery of the Dropa stones! Do they contain the secret history of a hitherto unknown people? Or did some white guy see a Liangzhu bi and then decide to get “creative”? Wyatt follows this with news of both outer space and spacing out.

All this – plus an unnecessarily aggressive intro – await you in this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Chris Aubeck’s take: https://www.dailygrail.com/2008/12/tuesday-blogscan-16-12-2008/

Bad Archaeology: https://bit.ly/3GuwryT

Dropa stone photo #1: https://i0.wp.com/www.badarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dropa.jpg

Dropa stone photo #2: https://i0.wp.com/www.badarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/stonedisc1.jpg

Wyatt’s stories

Magnetar: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220126122424.htm

The Devil’s rocking chair: https://www.newsweek.com/zak-bagans-closes-devils-rocking-chair-exhibit-1441871

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Episode 157 – Food-Based Thing

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:01:20 GMT

An impromptu prompt leads to a rare example of an episode whose title actually reflects its content!

Buckle in for tales of fairies and their snacks, perhaps too much history/science/folklore, and also a very important rat. It’s food time on this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

The Huldufolk: https://fairyroom.com/2012/12/the-huldufolk-of-iceland/

British fairies: https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2020/02/17/the-perils-of-fairy-food/

Construction issues in Iceland: https://bit.ly/3HsPBXn

Jake’s story

Avantika Bhuyan’s article: https://bit.ly/3HfXQFT

“The Lore of Simple Things”: https://bit.ly/3s4MWwg

Terri Windling blog post: https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2014/12/the-folklore-of-food.html

Evolution and Human Behavior article: https://bit.ly/3s3fBlj

Darwinian Gastronomy: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/49/6/453/229475

Food taboos: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711054/

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Episode 156 – Dorkness Falls

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:50:18 GMT

It’s an episode about darkness! Just, like, the general concept of it. But also stuff IN it!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Night shift at the cemetery: https://bit.ly/3qO2PIk

Fear of the dark: https://bit.ly/3rE9dkf

The worst pour: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9_zrJlvlA/

Wyatt’s story

Deep ocean water pressure: https://go.nasa.gov/3GPtKJh

Vampire squid: https://youtu.be/5J8eTT8xvaQ

Giant isopod: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/giant-isopod

Giant isopod shark face attack: https://youtu.be/O8sE0tvkpdY

Gulper eel: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/gulper-eel-video-deep-sea-fish-nautilus-news

Barreleye fish: https://youtu.be/RM9o4VnfHJU

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Episode 155 – Indrid, It's Cold Outside

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 05:25:26 GMT

It’s donkey o’clock, motherf***ers.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

The Devil’s hooves: https://bit.ly/3pJhALI

Medium article: https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-truth-about-the-devils-footprints-465f2dc40642

David Castleton’s analysis: https://bit.ly/3pKCTN7

Squirrel prints: https://bit.ly/3pMX9Og

2007 incident: https://www.british-paranormal.co.uk/devons-devils-footprints/

Jake’s story

The Daily Yonder: https://dailyyonder.com/woodrow-derenberger-and-the-legend-of-indrid-cold/2021/12/03/

Derenberger interview: https://youtu.be/5HxY4suVjSo

The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings: https://bit.ly/3eDVxQt

The Lillys’ encounter: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/05/the-grinning-man-alien-apparition-or-mib/

Additional supposed Indrid Cold experience: https://bit.ly/3JsT7Cp

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Episode 154 – Little Red Robin Hood

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:24:48 GMT

What’s that sound? I mean, other than the whole “podcast” thing? Oh ho, it’s yet another episode ABOUT sounds!

Jake ventures into the Arkansas/Missouri woods in search of the Ozark Howler. Is it a monster? Is it animals? Yes! Wyatt then revisits New York for some Upstate acoustic oddities that are almost certainly better than a pair of cans on a string. ALMOST CERTAINLY.

Grab a whole bottle of wine and whisper something in the vague direction of Boston or Chicago, because it’s Superduperstitious time!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Only in Ark: https://onlyinark.com/culture/ozark-howler/

The Ozark Howler (escape room??): https://417escapeartist.com/living-legend-the-ozark-howler/

Animal sounds: http://www.unlocktheozarks.org/stories/folklore-legends-and-myths/ozark-howler/

Coyote yip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhzN5CUNnM

Hyena laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhzN5CUNnM

Ozark Howler composite goofitude: https://bit.ly/3DOGDki

Wyatt’s story

New York Upstate: https://bit.ly/3GCUWKE

Video of Lake George Mystery Spot: https://youtu.be/cpKE139qnXU

Whispering galleries: https://archive.org/details/scientificpapers05rayliala/page/n638/mode/1up?view=theater

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Episode 153 – Home State Horrors (Part 3 of 25+)

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 22:35:05 GMT

The saga continues, as your intrepid hosts continue not to venture outside of the American northeast!

Wyatt begins with the land of his alma mater, New York, to examine the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the legends that made that legend so legendary. Jake then heads very slightly north to Vermont for some swine-themed terror. What was (or IS) the Pigman of Northfield, and can it be an urban legend if it is neither urban nor legend? Discuss!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41/41-h/41-h.htm

Headless horseman symbolism: https://symbolsage.com/headless-horseman-symbolism/

Jake's story

Phantom of the Chicago update: https://youtu.be/_BCr8HYorbo

The Pigman of Northfield: https://www.werewoofs.com/monster-stories/pigman-northfield-vermont/

Seven Days article: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/local-legends/Content?oid=2138659

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Episode 152 – Animalia Sunt, Ergo Cogitant

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 04:58:57 GMT

Could these animals talk? Or was each one just another dumb ol’ Clever Hans? In any case, rest assured that both Alex the parrot and Koko the gorilla were every bit as cute as you might have thought.

But not Clever Hans. Man, f*** that guy.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Alex the parrot (Northern Parrots dot com): https://www.northernparrots.com/alexs-legacy-blog522/

The first animal to ask an existential question: https://mymodernmet.com/alex-the-african-gray-parrot/

Alex’s math skillz: https://bit.ly/3DeKhV9

Alex demo video: https://youtu.be/ldYkFdu5FJk

Video of Alex’s general story: https://www.pbs.org/video/nova-sciencenow-profile-irene-pepperberg-alex/

Wyatt’s story

Koko the gorilla (WaPo): https://wapo.st/3Hjb84L

The Education of Koko pdf: https://bit.ly/3c4j0ZM

Koko selfie: https://i.natgeofe.com/n/54f15004-b163-4018-89f8-5a65b81bde66/kok-gorilla-selfie.jpg

Why tell Koko about Robin Williams’ death? (NYT): https://nyti.ms/3CcEGNN

The Wire article: https://thewire.in/the-sciences/did-the-worlds-most-famous-gorilla-ever-talk-like-humans-did

Robin Williams and Koko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9I_QvEXDv0&t=26s

The Onion video: https://youtu.be/CJkWS4t4l0k

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Episode 150 – Oops! All Bossa

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 03:14:57 GMT

First-time listener? Probably don't start with this one 😅

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

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Episode 151 – The 5th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:00:23 GMT

It’s Hallow-friggin-ween again, the time of year when dear friends and podcast cohosts gather around way too late at night, make several beeswax candles from scratch, try to read by said candles’ light, and generally just get real tired on mic. You know, the universal tradition!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

“They Bite”: https://talesofmytery.blogspot.com/2013/02/anthony-boucher-they-bite.html

Wyatt’s story

“Don’t Look Out the Window…”: https://bit.ly/3nMITCE

Old timey cartoon: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mGl0qpU8_RY/maxresdefault.jpg

“St. James Infirmary Blues”: https://youtu.be/aDATXtewPrg

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Episode 149 – In Germany, with My Vampire

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 02:21:57 GMT

Fantastical exploits of the 19th century lead the boys on a slog through what can be best described as “ultraviolet prose”. And an unintentional amount of bat people!

Wyatt tackles the sluggish flotsam of a fully unabridged article from The Wilson World in 1895 to get to the bottom of a weird skeleton situation. Then Jake forsakes the shackles of his sublunary life for some extremely heavily abridged adventures on the dang ol’ moon!

That’s enough words for now. There were so many – TOO many – in those goddamned articles… Anyway, enjoy the show!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

Last of the Vampires: https://bit.ly/3CHFOK1

Jake’s story

The Great Moon Hoax: http://hoaxes.org/text/display/the_great_moon_hoax_of_1835_text/

Bat people of the moon: https://bit.ly/3EM6Vp9

Reverend Dick’s tortilla book: https://bit.ly/3kAX6lS

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UNLOCKED: SDS Minisode #28

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 05:00:48 GMT

Another tasty morsel from *behind the paywall*

Want more? You can find it at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious AND YOU WILL LIKE IT

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Episode 148 – Once Again, Listener Stories!

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:40:29 GMT

YOU do all the hard work so that WE can create one of our least accessible episodes for new listeners! Also a beer happens.

Send your own stories to contact@superduperstitous.com!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Hurricane Ida relief: https://time.com/6093916/how-to-help-hurricane-ida/

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

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Episode 147 – A Classic Lake-Based Parable

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 03:19:40 GMT

All good things must come to an end, but also August Around the World has to as well. In any case, it’s Kenya time!

Their long TREK finally at an end, the boys celebrate by checking out some cool Kenyan creatures and a lake that will kill you. Wyatt leads the way with the Nandi bear. It is neither Nandi, nor is it a bear – discuss. Then after an overdue Phantom update that definitely wasn’t just a clumsy way to pad his segment’s runtime, Jake makes a meandering intro to what is ultimately just a bunch of photos, which are super practical in an audio-based show.

Listen to it right now, you common, hairy ant-bear!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Help Lebanon: https://helplebanon.carrd.co/

Help Haiti: http://www.haitiemergencyrelief.org/support-our-work/

Help Afghanistan: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028483700/help-afghanistan-refugees

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

Bob Gymlan on the Nandi bear: https://youtu.be/8w98_sall1A

Dinopithecus: http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/d/dinopithecus.html

Gelada: https://andywildlifesafari.com/uploads/0000/1/2020/03/13/img-20191212-110115-294-1.jpg

Jake’s stories

Simbi Nyaima: https://bit.ly/3zo1UzR

Legend of the village that sank: https://paukwa.or.ke/simbi-nyaima/

Lake Natron: https://www.livescience.com/40135-photographer-rick-brandt-lake-natron.html

Photos: https://bit.ly/38e9mBX

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Episode 146 – A Taxidermied Tube Sock Weasel

Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:23:19 GMT

The back half of August Around the World brings the show to Ecuador, where the animals are plentiful and the term “big boned” has a whole new meaning!

Jake pays a visit to some archeological sites of varying credibility to find lost golden libraries and curious skeletons. You don’t have to be 42 feet tall to laser a cave out of a mountain, but it helps. Then Wyatt walks through the possibilities of an unknown species (or two!) lurking in the rain forest. A predatory cat would probably be more successful in all black, but one does want a hint of color.

EPISODE DESCRIPTION OVER. Listen to the show and sign up for the friggin’ Patreon!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Help Lebanon: https://helplebanon.carrd.co/

Help Haiti: http://www.haitiemergencyrelief.org/support-our-work/

Help Afghanistan: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1028483700/help-afghanistan-refugees

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s stories

New Infinity Explorers logo: https://bit.ly/3zb0oB2

Lost metallic library of la Cueva de los Tayos: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cueva-de-los-tayos

Móricz on his cave discovery: https://sagacreativa.com/en/tayos-cave-the-library-of-metal-books/

GIANT SKELETONS FOUND: https://bit.ly/3y8SGGe

Article on Russell Dement: https://bit.ly/2W5Dflv

But that’s maybe fake, too: https://bit.ly/3gFHD1J

Wyatt’s story

The Macas mammal: https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Macas_mammal

Angel Morant Forés: http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2009/06/angel-and-his-amazing-technicolor-dream.html

Coastal jaguars of Ecuador: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/56151

Marc van Roosmalen: https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/06/01/multiple-new-species-of-large-3

Feline vision: https://www.livescience.com/40459-what-do-cats-see.html

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Episode 145 – The Moscow Death Zone Hot Boys

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 01:36:17 GMT

August continues to go around the world or whatever, all thanks to a purely arbitrary programming decision two years ago!

It’s Russia o’clock mofos, so you KNOW the boys are bringing their A-game by way of dragons and radio stations. Wyatt pays a visit to Lake Brosno, where a monster the size of a sand mountain (the SI unit for dragon volume) has been swallowing everyone and everything that dares cross its watery domain. It’s real! It is not marmalade! Jake then takes to the airwaves with a look at numbers stations – mysterious radio stations involving numbers – and focuses on one station in particular: MDZhB, also known as UVB-76, also also known as The Buzzer.

There’s no time for additional cute references turned into calls-to-action: listen to the dang old episode!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

Almasty video: https://youtu.be/XhYxK2rjHI0

Mysterious Universe: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/03/the-mystery-of-the-lake-brosno-dragon/

Ancient Origins: https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/brosno-dragon-0011946

Ranker: https://www.ranker.com/list/brosno-dragon-russian-cryptid/erin-mccann

Jake’s story

BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170801-the-ghostly-radio-station-that-no-one-claims-to-run

Sample of The Buzzer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcv_cGLjxCY

Photos: https://bit.ly/3iGkRYM

Moar recordings of The Buzzer: https://bit.ly/3CLFjj2

Radar test example: https://youtu.be/wgwk_A2DPCk

The Lincolnshire Poacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poacher.ogg

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Episode 144 – Classic Bed Ants

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 03:09:25 GMT

It’s this year’s first installment of August Around the World, and that means both alien and ghostly Thailand tales!

Jake kicks this globetrotting month off with a pretty lukewarm ghost encounter following a visit to a Buddhist shrine, but he rounds this out with a thankfully more colorful story. And that color? YELLOW. Talkin’ ’bout a weird little yellow thingy floating around and weirding out some farmers before exploding in the sky.

Wyatt then follows that yellow thing’s trajectory right out to the stars, with a not-quite-doomsday-cult but also not NOT a doomsday cult who specializes in receiving crucial telepathic communications from aliens. The world hasn’t ended yet, so maybe they’re onto something…

Infinity explorers assemble! And by that we of course mean listen in for another rousing episode of Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s stories

Reddit Thailand trip: https://bit.ly/37lyUwv

Infinity Explorers: https://www.infinityexplorers.com/about-us-infinity-explorers

Flying yellow humanoid article: https://bit.ly/3CfuZzz

Photo of sketch of creature: https://bit.ly/3CoqK4z

Illustration of creature: https://bit.ly/3jIXNIn

Additional sketch: https://bit.ly/3xrBMCz

Wyatt’s story

Bangkok Post article: https://bit.ly/37nsrB9

Vice article: https://bit.ly/3AhtUp6

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Episode 143 – Baby That's Scary

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 04:05:53 GMT

This week’s episode features luminous ghost children and a bunch of visual content presented in an audio medium. We’re good at this!

Jake explores the night vision horribleness of modern day baby monitors and the many ghosts they capture on camera, but first, Wyatt examines what is so far the phenomenon most likely to get this show cancelled. Take your clothes off, start glowing, and enjoy!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

Angelyn Schmid post: https://angelynschmid.com/2012/10/27/ghostly-portent-the-radiant-boy/

Radiant boys on Mysterious Universe: https://bit.ly/2UYfgE9

Jake’s story

Time magazine article: https://time.com/5707088/ghost-baby-crib/

Baby monitor ghost baby: https://bit.ly/3ldn5kd

The history of baby monitors: https://mybabynursery.com.au/when-did-baby-monitors-come-out/

Nameless invisible bear friend: https://bit.ly/376CV7L

Less convincing baby monitor ghost #1: https://bit.ly/2US4bVi

Less convincing baby monitor ghost #2: https://bit.ly/3x6xCQd

Baby monitor ghost skull post: https://bit.ly/3rHKafK

Baby monitor ghost skull image: https://i.imgur.com/jNBhKv5.jpg

Baby monitor ghost baby conclusion image: https://i.imgur.com/IXyPvPm.jpg

The creepy video Wyatt found: https://youtu.be/l8oKZ2w0_eU

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Episode 142 – Still Sounds Bad

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 21:01:40 GMT

What’s that sound? It’s either a signal of the End Times, metal stuff, a weird fish, various hoaxes, a microwave weapon, something completely psychological – or it’s the latest episode of Superduperstitious!

This week, learn all about the 2010s phenomenon of sky trumpets and their probably not-so-apocalyptic origin, and yet again revisit Havana syndrome, which was at first maybe some kind of sonic attack but also maybe just bugs, and then possibly mass hysteria, but now potentially an honest-to-goodness microwave weapon, or else still just mass hysteria. Good times!

Slap on a Magneto helmet and REPENT, it’s podcast time!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

BIGFOOT TITTY SLIDE: https://twitter.com/DashKwiatkowski/status/1416776691108749317?s=20

Sky trumpets: https://bit.ly/36W0foz

Lakeland, FL video: https://youtu.be/z9uO4N1poYA

Kiev, Ukraine video: https://youtu.be/vcUDYBIrWio

Midshipman fish mating call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNB-hoKwa0A

Allen, TX video: https://youtu.be/-dIG3sWhyuc

Queensland, Australia video: https://youtu.be/-Edn9GcfEAk

Wellington, New Zealand video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqd4IuEj7Q

Grader blade in British Columbia: https://bit.ly/3zxxWsZ

Slovakia mystery sound video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUG1xIOnqnc

Slovakia explanation video: https://youtu.be/EDeZTohP04k

Train brakes video: https://youtu.be/XvfC2WHV_LE

Wyatt’s story

Havana syndrome (May article): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/politics/biden-cia-brain-injury.html

Havana syndrome (July article): https://nyti.ms/3y9QQGg

Super recent article: https://bit.ly/2UObH38

Maybe it’s psychosomatic: https://wb.md/3wXv2MB

Royal Society of Medicine article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0141076819877553

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Episode 141 – Home State Horrors (Part 2 of 25+)

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 21:46:49 GMT

YES you heard right: the much beloved recurring segment you all have been hankering for and definitely haven’t totally forgotten about is BACK.

In Part 2 of this lots-o-parts series, the boys head to the states where they were born in search of spooks! For Wyatt, this means an extremely haunted mansion in Pennsylvania that was not known for its still-attached heads. Did it really scare folks for decades and then get cratered, or is there nothing left to believe in anymore?

As for Jake, it’s monster time in the woods of Maine! What was the mysterious creature screaming in the night and mauling local pets? And did it died?

Protect your pog collection and I guess just avoid Pittsburgh as you settle into another edition of Home State Horrors!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

The House on Ridge Avenue: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/ridge

The real story: https://blog.historian4hire.net/2019/12/17/ghosts-and-gangsters/

Edison’s spirit phone: https://bit.ly/3wmcs0g

Jake’s story

The Androscoggin Creature: https://www.livescience.com/1018-mystery-monster-dogs-maine.html

Archived news article: https://web.archive.org/web/20061029122457/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14383883/

Moar Maine monster dog stuff: https://www.sunjournal.com/2006/08/16/mysterious-beast/

2020 sighting: https://bit.ly/3wv9kiy

PHOTOS: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRFQWA_FqGG/

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Episode 140 – Listener Stories! Again!

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 03:26:45 GMT

It’s once again time for the boys to take a break from trying!

This week, Wyatt and Jake take some big swings at explaining YOUR spooky experiences. That’s right: it’s another listener story episode! By simply sending an email to contact@superduperstitious.com, you, too, can finally learn the answers to all of your life’s creepiest mysteries. Whether that answer is clowns, trains, clowns driving trains, or ”other”, you’re sure to learn something and have a great time.

For now, you can have a great time by living vicariously though these listeners who already sent their stories in! Let’s go ahead and do that now…

EPISODE LINKS

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Hawai’i stuff: https://www.halehoolahamakua.org/

More Hawai’i stuff: https://bit.ly/3ygKhBi

Sound and sand: https://youtu.be/wvJAgrUBF4w

Our first mention of sonic attacks: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/5-hooked-on-sonics

Yamabiko Illustration: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Suushi_Yama-biko.jpg

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Episode 139 – It's Probably Owls

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:32:00 GMT

It’s long past time for another E.T.-centric episode, so this one features a pair of stories covering the whole UFOeuvre!

So it goes.

EPISODE LINKS

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/politics/ufos-sighting-alien-spacecraft-pentagon.html

Newly declassified stuff: Coming soon!

Jake’s story

APRO Bulletin article: http://www.openminds.tv/wp-content/uploads/APRO26-4.pdf

That other account Wyatt mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/BoSBeMqHnJx/

The robots and the Casio: https://bit.ly/3wTQVwT

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Episode 138 – Cryptozoology Part II: Take It and Bake It

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 05:15:58 GMT

Cryptozoology, that beloved pseudoscience so full of bold hat choices, gets the rest of its comeuppance this week! But it’s not alone: conventional science also has had a long history of doing not exactly the right thing, and the conclusion of this Special Report offers some simple advice for all of the above: holy shit let’s do better.

EPISODE LINKS

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

All previous Special Reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/superduperstitious-special-reports

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life: https://bit.ly/3ghUqrm

Cameron Village Sewer Blob video: https://youtu.be/SQmFWYWqTZA

Mokele-mbembe revisited: https://bit.ly/35eTwoU

Is Cryptozoology Good or Bad for Science: https://bit.ly/3ixcL57

Support Mi’kmaw journalism: http://kukukwes.com/support-kukukwes-com/

Decolonizing field ecology: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333046168_Decolonizing_field_ecology

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UNLOCKED: SDS Minisode #20

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 05:00:15 GMT

The exciting conclusion to our ninth Superduperstitious Special Report will be comin' atcha next week – but in the meantime, why not enjoy some SUPER SECRET BONUS 'TENT??

Yes, in addition to the normal episodes we put out on a sometimes-regular basis, minisodes like these could be all yours EVERY SINGLE WEEK, alongside various other delightful treats – and all you have to do is support the show on Patreon! You'll help make this pod possible, and in return, we'll officially determine what monster you need to personally be wary of, we'll throw more audio content your way, and we'll even give you access to *exclusive stickers* not available to ANYONE else. Check it all out at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious and make us the happiest dorks around!

MINISODE LINKS

OUR PATREON DID YOU FORGET: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Humboldt's woolly monkey: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Lagothrix_lagotricha_%28male%29.jpg

Urban Ghosts Media: https://urbanghostsmedia.com/

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Episode 137 – Cryptozoology Part I: Fake It and Make It

Thu, 27 May 2021 04:05:34 GMT

Another Superduperstitious Special Report? Another critical look at the pseudoscientific shenanigans of cryptozoology? BOTH?! What a day!

In this first half of another epic two-part deep dive, the boys examine some cryptozoological coattail riding, Europeans’ long history of “discovering” species that were new only to their white asses, and of course some super cool aminals. Also, apparently a shitload of feral cats were just unleashed upon Chicago, so that’s nice.

The difference between “cryptid” and “not yet known to science” isn’t as black and white as the critters discussed in this episode. Listen in and appreciate that wordplay!

EPISODE LINKS

Palestine resources: https://oc-palestine.carrd.co/

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: https://www.pchrgaza.org/en/

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

SDS PSA

Feral cats in Chicago: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/14/chicago-feral-cats-rat-crisis

Bullshit study justifying feral cat program: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5789309/

Process Church of the Final Judgment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_Church_of_the_Final_Judgment

Prolly a cult: https://bit.ly/3wAWv6L

Some actual science: https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/trap-neuter-release/

Wyatt’s story

Loren Coleman tweet: https://twitter.com/cryptoloren/status/1269359455122178051?lang=en

Collin Dickey’s article: https://lithub.com/the-monster-that-everyone-saw-and-no-one-cared-to-talk-about/

Guardian panda article: https://bit.ly/2SrCnFw

Coelacanth in Mountain Dew: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvEjnwqnuum/

Jake’s story

All previous Special Reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/superduperstitious-special-reports

1999 NOVA article: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/fantastic-creatures/

Sclater’s 1901 paper: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31590976#page/90/mode/1up

Okapi photo: https://bit.ly/3yPOKMv

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Episode 136 – Listener Stories!

Sat, 15 May 2021 05:35:01 GMT

Gotta love the eps when you do all the work for us.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Big Mouth Billy Bass: https://youtu.be/yd1XEkMotK8

Arielle’s heavily mirrored bathroom #1: https://bit.ly/3wlb4eT

Arielle’s heavily mirrored bathroom #2: https://bit.ly/3eKDU2a

Arielle’s heavily mirrored bathroom #3: https://bit.ly/2Ro2gWt

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Episode 135 – Ooh I Wanna Take Ya

Sun, 02 May 2021 19:53:55 GMT

Palm trees are amazing.

In this week’s episode, Jake and Wyatt get unintentionally introspective and also maybe call for a general strike? That, and they embark on a Bermudangle voyage to explore the mysterious disappearances of Flight 19 and the S.S. Cotopaxi. It’s a Bermuda Triangle episode, is what we’re getting at. Check it out!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

Flight 19: https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19

Possible explanations: https://exepose.com/2016/11/02/the-mystery-of-the-bermuda-triangle-solved/

Jake’s story

1958 article: https://bit.ly/3ucwYQH

Newsweek article: https://www.newsweek.com/ship-vanished-bermuda-triangle-century-ago-1484311

Live Science article: https://www.livescience.com/shipwreck-cotopaxi-bermuda-triangle.html

Post and Courier article: https://bit.ly/2PGOVI2

Ocean disappearance explanations: https://bit.ly/3gWo7yL

Bermuda Triangle explanations: https://on.natgeo.com/3xG7zkm

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Episode 134 – Secretly Incredibly Terrifying (feat. Alex Schmidt)

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 05:00:18 GMT

Comedian, podcast host, and generally curious guy ALEX SCHMIDT joins the show to talk about some surprisingly creepy things!

Given such a straightforward prompt, Jake launches in with the “surprisingly” spooky story of Bloody Mary. You know, that thing you didn’t realize was scary? But what if we told you… IT’S ALL TRUE? KIND OF?? Wyatt follows up with an even more chilling topic: Tupperware.

Is there a supernatural conspiracy among newspaper comic strips? How do you know if you have too much sperm? And what is the best name for a large food storage container? Find out the answers to some of these questions and probably others, all on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: http://sifpod.fun

More Alex stuff: https://www.alexschmidty.com

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s stories

Bloody Mary ritual basics: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/

Bloody Mary legend #1: https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend

Origins of legend: https://home.iscte-iul.pt/~fgvs/Dundes%20bloody.pdf

Catoptromancy: https://occult-world.com/catoptromancy-divinations/

Bloody Mary legend #2: https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2012/10/bloody_mary_whales.html

Mirror/brain study press release: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/illusory-scenes-fade-in-out-view/

Mirror/brain study actual text: https://bit.ly/2QQDmOA

Wyatt’s story

Dr. Swan’s article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/books/review/shanna-swan-count-down.html

Phthalates: https://bit.ly/3sNpQsq

BPA: https://bit.ly/3ersi2M

Moar BPA: https://mayocl.in/3eokv5H

Fertility study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028214023516

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Episode 133 – Concerniture

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:27:30 GMT

This one’s about weird furniture.

Featuring: curses, Jake answering only in hums, and a return of The Quaff that comes dangerously close to actually reviewing a beer…

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

“The Quaff” bottle openers: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop/x7k2m1lj2h9vaifu5di7mdnsn2gemk

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

KY history: https://history.ky.gov/2019/10/30/new-details-about-the-cursed-chest/

The Conjure Chest: https://fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/the-conjure-chest/

Jake’s story

Medium article #1: https://bit.ly/3uRfI3m

Medium article #2: https://bit.ly/3mRXdZQ

The Northern Echo: https://bit.ly/3tmeSew

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Episode 132 – March Madderness

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 03:22:54 GMT

The 2020 season was a wash. It’s been two long years and 72 episodes since the last time we did it. That’s right: it’s cult tournament time.

This week is the championship showdown between the Earth Division and the Planetary Division of cults, featuring all the doomsdays, owls, and former taxi drivers you could hope for! Fill out your bracket, charge up a spiritual energy battery, and join us as we get naked and blow stuff up on a March Madness episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Cult stuph

2021 NCAAA bracket: http://bit.ly/MarchMadderness

Chen Tao: https://d-nb.info/1115332651/34

The Brethren: https://www.religioustolerance.org/body_chr.htm

Crypto Bros: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crypto%20bro

The Aetherius Society: https://www.aetherius.org/

Freedomites: https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/religion-spirituality/sons-of-freedom

Congregation for the Light: https://bit.ly/31LomUu

Eckankar: https://www.eckankar.org/

Peloton: https://forward.com/news/459268/go-ahead-call-it-a-cult-im-grateful-for-my-peloton/

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Episode 131 – March Märchen

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 22:39:40 GMT

Once upon a time, etc., etc., it’s a fairy tale themed episode of Superduperstitious!

Talkin’ ’bout ogres, talkin’ ’bout gnomes, talkin’ ’bout frustrating dialectic differences between the U.S. and the U.K. – it’s all here! So squeeze some salt, secure your dog door, and let’s all of us live happily ever after with this week’s episode.

EPISODE LINKS

Support victims’ families in Boulder: https://bit.ly/31pM8Fs

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

“The Boy and the Ogre”: https://bit.ly/3swFfOt

Psychology of ogre stories (sans paywall): https://bit.ly/3cunLNb

Ian Jobling is bad: https://religion.wikia.org/wiki/Ian_Jobling

Jake’s stories

Tammy’s tale: https://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2009/06/evil-little-man.html

Gnome background: https://bit.ly/2NXgBYe

1st gnome video from Ep. 17: https://youtu.be/4EQO0VfBpt4

2nd gnome video from Ep. 17: https://youtu.be/EAjyxdjDeUA

Charlie’s tale Part I: http://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2011/08/terror-of-evil-little-man-part-one.html

Charlie’s tale Part II: https://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2011/08/terror-of-evil-little-man-part-two.html

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Episode 130 – Strange Phenomena (Including but Not Limited to: Lights)

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:30 GMT

Spook lights, baby! That’s the name of the game this week.

After an Oumuamua update from Wyatt, Jake ventures to the Mekong River for some fireballs that are either being puked up by a giant snake, stirred up by the river itself, faked for tourism purposes – OR PERHAPS ALL THREE. Wyatt then follows up on a listener lead for some equally intriguing flying light balls in Missouri. Find out some but most definitely not all of the answers to what the deal is with those!

Last one to the new ep is a Rotten Hank – listen in for another brand new Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Fight anti-AAPI hate: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/

More resources: https://aapi-support.carrd.co/

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

Naga fireballs of the Mekong: https://www.wondermondo.com/naga-fireballs-of-mekong/

Photo of a fireball: https://www.ststworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Naga_Fire_Ball.jpg

Video of fireballs: https://youtu.be/JoilmoRHY_s

Goose's drawing and note: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMvDHiaHuFy/

Wyatt’s stories

Oumuamua update: https://phys.org/news/2021-03-scientists-extra-solar-oumuamua.html

First video of Senath lights: https://youtu.be/iJRyTktEhY0

Local news video of lights: https://youtu.be/GlXqhDgo-rc

Missouri Ghosts: http://www.missourighosts.net/arbyrdghostlightstories.html

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Episode 129 – Return of Young Santa

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:37:55 GMT

Old Nick is back with some more stories to share, which can only mean JUDGEMENT TIME.

Wyatt does the duty of evaluating listener Nick’s submissions for quality, and unsurprisingly finds them wanting. Then, following an apology for being upsettingly punctual, Jake delivers instructions on how to perform a séance! These instructions come from only the finest sources, seamlessly concatenated into a completely coherent step-by-step guide.

Submit your own stories to the show via contact@superduperstitious.com! And in the meantime, let’s all try our best to achieve Medium Level 5.

EPISODE LINKS

Support Black-owned businesses: https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/

Guide to the Unknown: https://www.gttupod.com/

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s stories

Phrogging tale: http://bit.ly/3bfo5yL

The other one: http://bit.ly/3kNxcKa

Jake’s story

wikiHow for performing a séance: https://www.wikihow.com/Perform-a-S%C3%A9ance

Cosmic Lady Six’s Guide: http://bit.ly/3rl97g2

Sims Online: https://sims-online.com/sims-4-paranormal-stuff-medium-skill-guide/

More Sims tips: https://www.gamepur.com/guides/how-to-perform-a-seance-in-the-sims-4-paranormal

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Episode 128 – Home State Horrors (Part 1 of 25+)

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:55:42 GMT

This week’s episode asks the question on all our minds: Is ideas bread?

The boys tell tales from their own home states to kick off a new recurring segment: Home State Horrors! Over the next eighty years or so, Superduperstitious is gonna cover all 50 U.S. states, plus probably some other places, too! In this initial installment, Wyatt and Jake learn some exciting news about their blood.

Jake leads the way with accounts of the Wood Devils of Coos County, NH (even though he’s not from New Hampshire), and then Wyatt discusses Massachusetts’ Bridgewater Triangle in the popular gameshow What is the Bridgewater Triangle? So Spooky?

I’m not gonna write some cute little coda on the end of this one. Listen to the episode!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Texas mutual aid

https://www.mutualaidhou.com/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/kick-the-cold-austin-mutal-aid

https://linktr.ee/dfwmutualaid

https://linktr.ee/Rgvmutualaid

https://feedthepeopledallas.com/

https://linktr.ee/notmysondfw

https://msha.ke/paramigente/

https://linktr.ee/trinitymutualaid

Jake’s stories

Account sent to Stan Courtney: https://stancourtney.com/the-stick-breakers/

The Wood Devils of Coos County: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/sbs/coos.htm

Eyewitness sketch: https://bit.ly/3bwIdLz

GCBRO account: http://www.gcbro.com/NHcoos0001.html

Jake’s moose expedition video: https://youtu.be/6qhJ2X3Id48

Wyatt’s story

Bridgewater Triangle: http://bit.ly/2NVKkAw

Dighton Rock: https://newengland.com/today/travel/massachusetts/the-mystery-of-dighton-rock/

WCBV News UFO story: https://youtu.be/OXaB8sy9wxA

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Episode 127 – Not Toying Around

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:00:47 GMT

It’s another cursèd object roundup on this week’s Superduperstitious!

Having narrowly survived a run-in with the creepiest goddamned teddy bear ever, Mr. Dr. Shell introduces Harold the Doll in all his probably-very-haunted glory, followed by audio from some equally evil Elmos. Jake, meanwhile, is just really hung up on this one vase that makes you die.

Remember: when in doubt, throw it out (over the roof of your house). And enjoy this week’s episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Deadly Debbie’s Creepy Files: https://www.deadlydebbie.com/

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s stories

Harold the Haunted Doll: http://haroldthehaunteddoll.com/

OVILUS demo: https://youtu.be/xyB4inRu08k?t=543

“Kill James” Elmo: https://youtu.be/mEwqdlg_ZnY

SciShow episode: https://youtu.be/MyQT78Bjt04

Jake’s EVP: http://bit.ly/JakeFakeEVP

“Who wants to die?” Elmo: https://youtu.be/ApG5s3PlSvc

Papa John: https://www.reddit.com/r/PapaJohns/comments/e6w006/like_tears_in_rain/

Jake’s story

The Basano Vase: https://www.thegypsythread.org/curious-tale-basano-vase/

Vase photo: https://bit.ly/3aEqPoR

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Episode 126 – Floyd's Tomb

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 06:05:44 GMT

The boys once again sing the unprompted praises of Annihilation in this thinly-veiled excuse for Jake to talk about cave stuff!

First up, it’s a look at scary cave movies and how they compare to real life cave science. Could horrific creatures really lurk in the darkness, waiting to attack? And does any of that matter to a good spooky tale?

Wyatt then answers that question (“no”) with one such decidedly spooky tale: an ancient relic of the early 2000s about Ted the caver! And we do mean ancient: it’s from a literal Angelfire site.

Don’t let the length of this week’s episode scare you: the story contained within will take care of that for you. Now turn out the lights and respectfully cook up some crawfathers while you enjoy these stygian funtimes!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Radical news outlet: https://itsgoingdown.org/

Jake’s story

The Descent crawler image 1: https://bit.ly/3pxOlZU

The Descent crawler image 2: https://bit.ly/3t2W83Y

Passive nutrient flow into caves: https://bit.ly/36pqnbK

Cave food webs are weird: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/52/6/473/240329

Cave fish coolness: https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/astyanax-mexicanus/?sfw=pass1611980457

Olm: https://critter.science/olm-the-salamander-not-the-chant/

Cave crayfish factz: http://bit.ly/3j0PLJS

The Cave creature image 1: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/2f/b2/492fb2ac433e64601a053577bc1126e9.jpg

The Cave creature image 2: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7a/6c/53/7a6c53dd6e5d38b5e5674d232cc32b01.jpg

The Cave giant mole thingy: https://monsterlegacy.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/cavemole5.jpg

Wyatt’s story

Ted the Caver: https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/

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Episode 125 – Happy Butterversary!

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 05:20:26 GMT

The start of a new year means some time talk on Superduperstitious!

After a bit of rambling that might be more appropriate in a different, more popular genre of podcast (the lucrative road not traveled), the boys dig into some stories that roughly fulfill the prompt of “it is now a different year than it was”. For Wyatt, this means tales from alleged time travelers! And for Jake, an annual Arkansas NYE tradition of having a bunch of dead birds fall from the sky.

Could 2021 bring a much-needed fresh start after the horrors of 2020? Could this be the year I stop spending so damned long on episode descriptions that no one will read? Hop on the Beebe Blimp, set your singularities spinning, and we’ll find out together!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Fight white supremacy: https://indivisible.org/resource/standing-indivisible-against-white-supremacy

Support Black-owned businesses: https://www.miiriya.com/

Wyatt’s stories

John Titor: https://psmag.com/environment/the-mystery-of-john-titor-hoax-or-time-traveler-57001

Thrillist article: https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/john-titor-time-traveler-predictions-story

Time traveler from 2154: http://bit.ly/35unJkn

Jake’s story

NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/us/04beebe.html

ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-blackbirds-fall-sky-beebe-arkansas-years-eve/story?id=15269793

Smithsonian Mag: http://bit.ly/38x8f11

“Where Are They Now? Beebe Blackbirds”: http://bit.ly/35ssxa5

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Episode 124 – A Merry Ghoultide

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 05:43:53 GMT

The boys are back again, with some kooks and spooks for the books! (For the purposes of this description text, pretend that those three words rhyme.)

After a truly surprising visit from a Spring Heeled old pal, Jake leads the way with more of what he does best: crawler bullshit. Cut him some slack – it’s Christmas! And this time it’s served with a tasty side of cave ecology.

Wyatt then pays a FOURTH visit to a topic first covered three years and 119 episodes ago: sonic attacks. Even more unexpectedly, he finds himself in the rare but exciting position of doing whatever the opposite of debunking is (re-bunking?). This now four-installment-and-counting saga takes us from the early conclusion of “it’s probably just bugs” hard into the realm of “it’s definitely real”. Hold onto your axons!

On this cozy December morning, slap on a Magneto helmet, eat altogether too much candy in your PJs, and settle in for a surprise Christmas-timed but not Christmas-themed ep of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Support unhoused Minneapolitans: https://www.zacah.org/minneapolis-sanctuary-emergency-res

Jake’s story

“Something is stalking outside my house”: http://bit.ly/37Nk8zG

Update post: http://bit.ly/37LkE0P

“A scientist’s view on crawlers”: http://bit.ly/38wJscl

Wyatt’s story

GQ article: https://www.gq.com/story/cia-investigation-and-russian-microwave-attacks

NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/business/economy/havana-syndrome-microwave-attack.html

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UNLOCKED: Ep. 118-122 Bonus Outtakes

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:00:22 GMT

It's that time of the year again! Time for us to be busier than we've ever been before (a bar we wish would stop getting inexplicably raised) and to consequently just post some existing content. "What 'tent is this you give to us?" you festively ask to the tune of Greensleeves. And we answer you, to the tune of the verse part of "Burning Down the House": Here's some outtakes! Take a peek. They're all found on Patreon. What not sign up and get more? *Bum bum bum BAHHH*

Do I maybe regret writing myself into a corner by choosing the song completely at random before having any idea what I was gonna write next? Yep. But gosh darn it, it's worth it for how much we think you'll love the bonus content and other cool perks we've got for you! It's all there waiting, if you support this silly little spooky and science-y podcast on Patreon.

Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Otherwise feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts FOR FREE! :D

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Episode 123 – What Happening

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 01:50:18 GMT

After a particularly rough fortnight of PhDing, Wyatt deserves a break. This episode is that!

Due to a major backlog of listener stories (i.e. exactly four stories from two people), there’s plenty of material to fill this week’s ep without the boys having to even really try! Jake takes the wheel and leads us all through tales of forest witch legal action, lava fields, and making out. Kick back, put a bow on your favorite goat, and join in for this laid back fun time!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Pine Barrens “cedar water”: https://nj1015.com/is-the-pine-barrens-cedar-water-safe-to-swim-in/

Pic-a-lilli Inn: http://picalilli.com/

Pineys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_(Pine_Barrens_resident)

Pine Barons (very rad band): https://pinebarons.bandcamp.com/

“It Had Human Hands”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/jjjtx8/it_had_human_hands/

Mi’kmaq update 1: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/first-nations-chief-calls-1-billion-clearwater-deal-a-generational-acquisition-1.5181778

Mi’kmaq update 2: https://globalnews.ca/news/7452416/mikmaq-coalition-nova-scotia-clearwater-seafoods/

Support unhoused Minneapolitans: https://www.zacah.org/minneapolis-sanctuary-emergency-res

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Episode 122 – The 4th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:11:18 GMT

Well wouldn’t you know it, there IS one more guest appearance in store this month, just in time for Halloween itself!

The boys welcome back to the show friend, bartender, tour guide, and expert on all things Chicago, JONATHAN KNOTEK. Together, the three enjoy a drunken ramble through some scary stories, some haunted history, and some very breaking news RE: a certain city’s bat monsters. Just how many people has Oprah killed? And did Jake prep two other stories only to read neither of them? Grab your costume, a very specific autumnal cocktail, and a spot on the couch as you listen along to The 4th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!

EPISODE LINKS

Catch us on Instagram live: https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_UfgzFE1k/

Chicago Prohibition Tours: https://www.prohibitiontours.com/

Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

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Episode 121 – Talkin’ ’bout Halloween with Chris Hastings!

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:00:23 GMT

October has one last meandering interview up its sleeve, and this one is all Halloween all the time!

Comics writer and artist CHRIS HASTINGS generously wastes his entire evening talking with Wyatt and Jake about the spookiest of holidays. Does sugary cereal turn children into maniacs? How haunted can a family-made bathtub get? And what type of architecture is required to achieve a successful Krang costume? Find out some of this and also more, all on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Chris’ work: https://www.drhastings.biz

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

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Episode 120 – Hot Singles in Your Area (feat. Jordan Shiveley)

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 01:29:54 GMT

As Halloween draws ever closer, it’s time for Wyatt and Jake to once again show their directionless interviewing chops!

This week, writer/podcaster/designer/chef JORDAN SHIVELEY stops by to talk about his current projects in weird fiction, as well as a series of Halloween-adjacent topics that come up. Learn the joys of watching entire horror franchises in release order, how to get officially labelled a heretic, plus some Creative Cloud inside baseball – all on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jordan’s work: https://www.jordanshiveley.com

All-purpose show links: https://www.superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

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Episode 119 – Fear Factors Part II: The Loud Explaining of the Phenomenon

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:48:28 GMT

Another Superduperstitious Special Report concludes, this time with a whole buncha psychology, neurology, and cultural history FACTZ. So what, in the end, is the ultimate reason folks like scary stories? In short, it’s because they’re GOOD FOR YOU.

And in case you’re worried that this episode will be TOO informational, rest assured that it’s crammed full of the most possible nonsensical recurring segments and corresponding bossa nova you could ever ask for.

EPISODE LINKS

Indigenous land: https://native-land.ca/

Land reparations: https://abcn.ws/36IBCwH

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Life lessons in ghost stories: https://bit.ly/2GCJTb5

Australian Aboriginal folk tales: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/10/12/telling-ghost-stories-just-part-our-dna

The psychology of scary media: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-58515-001

What monsters mean: https://bit.ly/3jDFX8k

Voluntary arousing negative experiences: https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Femo0000470

(Summary of that, but without a paywall): https://bit.ly/34CTzdu

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Episode 118 – Fear Factors Part I: The Quiet Peeing of the Pants

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 05:46:12 GMT

What better way to kick off October than with another Superduperstitious Special Report! This edition seeks to answer the age old question: why come scary stories?

Jake and Wyatt start this two-ep deep dive with a variety of sample ghost stories past and present, and a look at the cultural and psychological factors that contribute to humanity’s timeless love of being frightened. Listen along to hear two 30-somethings get creeped out by a children’s book, and to wonder why some guys who are SO EASILY SCARED by damned near anything would choose to host this genre of podcast. It’s all here in Part I of this salute to spookiness itself!

EPISODE LINKS

Support BLM Louisville: https://linktr.ee/BLMLouisville

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s stories

The Weekly Irish Times, 1888: https://bit.ly/2HKSlVY

Letter from Pliny the Younger: https://bit.ly/3leLliH

Wyatt’s story

Harold: https://scary-stories.fandom.com/wiki/Harold

The psychology of being scared: https://bit.ly/3ipFRji

A few more points from the Scandinavians: https://bit.ly/3il02Pb

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Episode 117 – Readings from the Korndämonenomicon

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:38:49 GMT

Autumn: a thing that happens, as far as we know, every single year. North of the Equator, it’s happening RIGHT NOW. This episode is about that!

After a classic and arguably needless SDS PSA, Wyatt explains the German tradition of Feldgeister (“field spirits”), also known as Korndämonen. These corn demons are believed to be responsible for the wellbeing of each field’s crops, so you’d best respect them or you might get beaten with some boobs.

Next, Jake rattles off a series of ghostly encounters from followers of the blog GaijinPot. Which of these readers can prove themselves to be THE MOST INTO JAPAN? And how relevant to the week’s theme even is this entire segment?

Embrace the fall spirit, make it into a doll, and summon forth this episode from the thickest air available (the internet) to join in for another week of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Support Mi'kmaq fishing communities: https://bit.ly/3kRM7Sl

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

The Feldgeister: http://www.heathenhof.com/feldgeister-harvest-spirit-land/

The historical basis of Lycanthropism: https://www.scribd.com/document/192578736/Wettstein-Werewolf

Jake’s story

GaijinPot stories: https://blog.gaijinpot.com/true-japan-ghost-stories-from-gaijinpot-readers/

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Episode 116 – Please Recargh

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 06:23:14 GMT

What do a scary forest hag legend and a weird stretch of Venezuelan road have in common? Nothing. Except that they’re both featured in this week’s potpourri episode!

After some Venusian news, Jake introduces Wyatt to Penelope, a horrific monster woman who roams the Sierra Nevada eating everyone and everything she can. Can radioactive waste really turn a car crash victim into a superwitch? Why the hell not!

Wyatt then takes a trip down memory lane to the late ’80s and early ’90s, but use caution as you follow, dear listener: this Caracas route, plagued by something called La Mancha Negra, is known for killing, just, EVERYBODY (on account of the blob).

This ep’s got everything you could ever want in a podcast: cracker chewing sounds, meatstriders, asphalt – the total package. So why not drive off the road and straight into another episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Super Patron: https://www.superpatron.org/

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

RV sighting: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2012/08/penelope-sierra-nevada-mountains.html

Spooky face picture: https://bit.ly/2ZN8qQU

Monster Spotter's Guide to North America: https://bit.ly/33EUDNI

Second sighting: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2016/01/has-penelope-been-seen-again.html

Repeat account: https://www.reddit.com/r/skinwalkers/comments/3z8khf/crawling_cryptid_sighting/

Video of forest screams: https://bit.ly/2HaFxaZ

Wyatt’s story

Phosphine on Venus: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1174-4

La Mancha Negra: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-08-30-1992243008-story.html

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Episode 115 – O Captain My Captain

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:02:54 GMT

It’s the Randonautica episode! Who CARES if the hosts aren’t in the same physical location as one another?

Using the random coordinates suggested by the cryptic app, Wyatt and Jake tried their best to find stories tangentially related to what they found. All right, “best” is a strong word. But they certainly tried! Or, well… there are some stories, anyway? From the nosleep subreddit to famous cookie moguls, this episode runs the gamut of what qualifies as “audio content”. Spooky tales in the woods, a fair amount of honest to goodness history – there’s something for everyone! Or for someone, probably!

You, the listeners, chose the topic this week. And so, you, the listeners, are also to blame for this episode. Enjoy!

EPISODE LINKS

Hurricane Laura relief: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/28/how-to-help-those-affected-by-hurricane-laura.html

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

Forest Search and Rescue stories: https://bit.ly/3lUy006

Blueberries for Sal: https://bookshop.org/books/blueberries-for-sal/9780140501698

Jake’s story

Randonautica corpse story: https://bit.ly/3bz3LXB

Juliette Gordon Low House: https://bit.ly/334bCJ4

Smithsonian Magazine article: https://bit.ly/3h0m9tm

The Radical Monarchs: https://radicalmonarchs.org/

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Episode 114 – Tralien Triad (feat. Derek Sword)

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:07:48 GMT

August Around the World concludes with an excursion into Scandinavia, and this time, WE’VE GOT COMPANY.

Specifically, that company is DEREK SWORD of the podcast Monster Crush! Jake, Derek, and Wyatt bring bullshit, history, and science, respectively, as they tackle all manner of Scandinavian spookums, including ghost kinks, un-animals, and surprise steamed hams. If you scatter some phantom rose petals and avert another nuclear doomsday, who knows? You might just find cryptozoological love faster than you can say Storsjöodjuret!

EPISODE LINKS

Jacob Blake GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justiceforjacobblake

Monster Crush podcast: https://anchor.fm/monstercrush

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

The Bloody Monk of Nidaros Cathedral: https://bit.ly/3aYK1MR

Derek’s stories

Storsjöodjuret: https://adventuresweden.com/storsjoodjuret-the-great-lake-monster/

Moar Storsie: https://new-cryptozoology.fandom.com/wiki/Storsj%C3%B6odjuret

Seljordsormen (Selma): https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Seljordsormen

Wyatt’s story

Original spiral video: https://youtu.be/YIDIZRE1jEk

Norwegian spiral anomaly: https://bit.ly/3b15iW4

Russian missile tests: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/34362960#.X0dIMdNKjUI

Good job, Doug: https://youtu.be/Zx8i5EfmYU4

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Episode 113 – Not Your Granddaddy's Narwhal

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:53:02 GMT

In this installment of August Around the World, things are getting every bit as spooky and mythology-y (?) as they are Latin American!

An extra-interrupty Jake infects Wyatt’s mind with cetacean madness while the latter tries to tell the tale of a shape-shifting monstrosity known for terrorizing dark corners of northern Mexico since pre-Columbian times. Said to be what happens when black magic practitioners turn themselves into hellish pseudo-animals, these naguales sure do have a colorful horoscope.

Then, in a segment so connected you’d think it was planned that way even though these hosts most definitely don’t have the wherewithal, Jake introduces the cadejo. If this Mesoamerican monster dog sounds familiar in a British kind of way (or indeed British in a familiar kind of way), then isn’t that something! Spooky tales AND cross-cultural folkloric common themes? What a podcast!

Let’s just put a moratorium on all non-indigenous usage of the term “spirit animal” from here on out, shall we? Great. And while we’re at it, let’s gesture religiously into the air, protect the monkey, and check out this ep of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Iowa derecho relief: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/2020-08-14/how-can-i-help-iowans-who-need-it-right-now

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

The Nagual: https://mexicounexplained.com/the-nagual/

Cultura Colectiva article: https://bit.ly/329zdre

Mayan zodiac: https://mymayansign.com/

Video #1 (many flashlights): https://youtu.be/vTaVjX3DGbM?t=120

Video #2 (creepy scuttling): https://youtu.be/MuOUQ58yOFs?t=61

Video #3 (VERY creepy): https://youtu.be/MuOUQ58yOFs?t=88

Video #4 (issa dawg): https://youtu.be/L9zgbHIusfY

Jake’s story

Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America: https://www.hoap.co.uk/pbdla.pdf

Cadejo Brewery: http://www.cervezacadejo.com/

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Episode 112 – Specific Islands

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 05:39:01 GMT

August Around the World continues, this time in the bigger of the oceans! You know the one.

Jake begins with cool rocks, just like you always hoped he would. Why? Because they’re what make up Nan Madol, a series of tiny, real nifty artificial islands in Micronesia built around a millennium ago! How exactly were they constructed, and why? IT’S A MYSTERY. And will white people ever give other cultures credit for their engineering chops? Not if this weather-controlling lost city has anything to say about it!

Wyatt then takes one for the team (and fulfills a recent-ish promise) by finally giving an obligatory rundown on Rapa Nui. Also known as Easter Island, this bad boy’s got actually a lot of really cool and surprising history regarding its famous big ol’ heads. So stop thinking about yams and listen up!

There’s plenty of world traveling still to come, so drop on by for this hour of Pacific island Superduperstitious fun!

EPISODE LINKS

“Masquatch” stickers: https://www.etsy.com/listing/851274835/masquatch-sticker

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

Columnar basalt: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/volcanoes-create-towering-columns-rock/

(Important): https://youtu.be/yecJLI-GRuU?t=147

Historic Mysteries article: https://www.historicmysteries.com/nan-madol/

Khan Academy article (with photos): https://bit.ly/3aoOW9F

Smithsonian Magazine article: https://bit.ly/3fRdMQl

Wyatt’s story

Easter Island: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-mystery-of-easter-island-151285298/

Soil fertility: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/mystery-easter-island-revealed

Freshwater sources: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-ancient-mysteries-easter-island.html

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Episode 111 – I Dream of Djinny

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:11:47 GMT

This is our one hundred and eleventh episode. We are eleventy-one today! What better way to celebrate than to kick off AUGUST AROUND THE WORLD!

The first stop on this month-long journey is the Middle East, or rather, the Greater Middle East, beginning with an upright hairy hominid tale from Mr. Shell. Did somebody say, “On brand”? Or perhaps they said “Barmanu”? Either way, this trip across Afghanistan and Pakistan in the footsteps of a departed Spanish cryptozoologist truly does involve boobies.

Jake then defies expectation by NOT talking about ghuls/ghouls – and then 1000% meets expectation by trawling Reddit. Djinn, or jinn, are a nifty thing, turns out! And Geico commercials are annoying.

Beware slumber parties at spooky houses you’ve dreamed about and watch out for ape junk as you settle into this Middle Eastern episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Lebanon disaster relief: https://helplebanon.carrd.co/

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s story

The News article: https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/555751-search-elusive-creature

Barmanu (including sketches): https://paranormalfact.fandom.com/wiki/Barmanu

Magraner’s publication: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/biology/jordi.htm

Jake’s story

“The Guardian of the Valley”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/go6t0b/the_guardian_of_the_valley/

Djinn/Jinn on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn

Sleepover djinn scare: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/93dxx4/djinn/

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Episode 110 – Where's the Flux?

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 06:04:01 GMT

Space. The eventual thing we sometimes get around to. These are stories from the podcast Superduperstitious. Their infinite-year mission: to give up on this bit halfway through the paragraph. Just listen to the thing.

After a frankly embarrassing 54 episodes (the span, not the episodes), the boys are finally talking about outer space again! Specifically, stuff being built out there. Jake leads the way with the very earnest beliefs of a fella who just can’t take “no, those are visual artifacts because the photos are almost 60 years old” for an answer. Wyatt then journeys to the very catchily named KIC 8462852, where weird light stuff has been happening. Could it be a whole shitload of floating dust? Or could it perhaps be the work of the most insufferable British appliance company of all time?

Buckle in, Planet Hunter, and get ready for giant Martian Boy Scouts, ploonets, and the definitive answer to an 80-episode-long mystery – all on a brand new ep of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Keep up the fight: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

NASA moon photo: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS11/42/6276.jpg

Alien city on the moon: http://www.etdatabase.com/2020/06/alien-city-found-on-moon-in-nasa-photo.html

Lunar Orbiter photo gallery: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/

Structures on the moon: https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/p/under-construction-i-call-this-set-of.html

Example photo #1: https://bit.ly/3fdLSxA

Example photo #2: https://bit.ly/2CRxK09

Example photo #3: https://bit.ly/30blekV

Scott’s website: https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/

Pocket knife on Mars: https://youtu.be/5GuqcCT82Fo

NASA’s shrinking budget: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/NASA-Budget-Federal.svg

Wyatt’s story

Planet Hunters: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/457/4/3988/2589003

TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tabetha_boyajian_the_most_mysterious_star_in_the_universe

Ploonets: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/489/2/2313/5542731

Syfy Wire: https://bit.ly/3hQiuQ0

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Episode 109 – True Experience Spooky Tales

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:57:49 GMT

(Not to be confused with any other podcast’s IP.) Many thanks to Shawhan, [REDACTED], Casey, and Michelle for submitting these super cool stories! See? We do EVENTUALLY read the stuff people send us!

EPISODE LINKS

Portland bail fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fund

Showing Up for Racial Justice: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

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No Justice, No Peace

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 05:00:49 GMT

We’ve only just begun. We can’t slow down.

Ways to help:

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

www.ally.wiki

News:

https://unicornriot.ninja/

https://www.patreon.com/UnicornRiot

Yemen:

https://yemencrisis.carrd.co/

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Episode 108 – NOW That's What I Call Spooky Spots! 2020

Fri, 22 May 2020 21:20:40 GMT

We might all still be stuck inside for a while, but there’s plenty of traveling in this week’s ep!

A solid 78 episodes after their first foray into far flung frights, the boys are once again exploring mysterious locations. Jake’s up first, with a notorious lost American town that is… not really a big deal? It seems like? Find out what exactly happened to Dudleytown, CT and how cursed it wasn’t.

Wyatt then takes us all on a road trip! Where to? Some roads, of course! The most haunted in the U.S., if this highly esteemed car rental blog is to be believed. Buckle in and find out if this spookometer really goes all the way up to 5, baby.

If those horrifying creatures creeping down out of the woods by your house get to be too much, accelerate your car to at least 230 mph and join in for an all-new Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Donate to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network: https://bit.ly/2ydVp8x

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’ story

Dudleytown, CT: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/dudleytown

The Shadowlands: http://theshadowlands.net/famous/dudleytown.htm

Dudleytown photos: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/connecticut/dudleytown-ct/

Wyatt’s stories

Car Rentals dot com: https://www.carrentals.com/blog/haunted-roads/

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Episode 107 – Preventative Measures

Sat, 16 May 2020 05:48:33 GMT

Sometimes, pseudoscience and conspiracy theories are just some goofy, harmless fun. This is not one of those times.

Today’s episode is all about giving due diligence to some big names in fringe medical “science” whose dangerous misinformation has caused lasting harm. Meet Andrew Wakefield, the British former doctor who is the sole reason anyone has ever believed in a link between vaccines and autism. How did he reach that conclusion? By lying. For money. Joining him is Judy Mikovits, retrovirus enthusiast who decided to yes-and Wakefield’s work by linking vaccines not only with autism, but with CFS and just about every imaginable cancer, too. Her secret? Also lying.

It’s a fraud free-for-all, with some helpful vax facts to boot — all on this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s stories

Andrew Wakefield: https://bit.ly/2WZTM6X

Refuting Wakefield #1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/

Refuting Wakefield #2: https://bit.ly/3cD4UwX

Refuting Wakefield #3: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub4/full

Jake’s story

Judy Mikovits (fake bio): https://scientists4wiredtech.com/dr-judy-mikovits-primer/

Mikovits (real bio): https://retractionwatch.com/2020/05/06/who-is-judy-mikovits/

Donate to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network: https://bit.ly/2ydVp8x

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Episode 106 – Grizzly Treats (feat. Real Life Ghost Stories)

Thu, 07 May 2020 03:25:30 GMT

You are simply NOT ready for this one, friends!

Emma and Dan, hosts of Real Life Ghost Stories, join the show to talk about ghost stories! Real life ones! From creepy household occurrences to Black Mirror knockoffs, they’re bringing the goods. And that, of course, can only mean that Jake and Wyatt are bringing the bads. Listen along and see how much the group can withstand before completely losing their minds! And don’t forget to stick around until the very end for an extra treat…

Questions? Answered. Attic doors? Open. Weeks? Three days long. It can all be found on a brand-new Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Real Life Ghost Stories: https://play.acast.com/s/reallifeghoststories

Dan's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/miloskiba

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s stories

Monsters under the bed (Quora): https://bit.ly/2SJlm6T

Blue light bridge: https://bit.ly/2YFPYdp

Emma’s stories

The attic door: https://bit.ly/2zf0m12

Doppelgängers: https://bit.ly/2YHGuhU

Dan’s stories

“Grizzly Treats”: https://bit.ly/3fra6WG

“Girl on Swing”: https://bit.ly/2zdzPRV

Wyatt’s story

“Elves, some freaking duendes”: https://bit.ly/3ftCaZm

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Episode 105 – We Pick Three Minus One Equals Four: Items Edition

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 04:58:00 GMT

Remember that time in Episode 62 when Wyatt and Jake picked three random creatures apiece to take turns talking about? Yeah, neither do they. So it’s weird artifacts time instead, and not as many of them!

This week, Wyatt’s got a mysterious manuscript and a forgotten language, while Jake describes a weird hammer and struggles to pronounce Aztec names. Presenting the Codex Gigas, the coolest giant old book since the Voynich manuscript, but also older! And don’t get us started on the London Hammer. Is it 100-million-year-old proof of human civilization? 400-million-year-old? And does that make it also proof that the Earth is NOT old? Don’t expect to find any answers on Easter Island, where the potential language Rongorongo remains indecipherable beyond potential 1990s hit song lyrics. Also, terrifying whistles and a cute bird happen.

Don’t cry for me, next-door neighbor — listen to this brand new episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Wyatt’s stories

Codex Gigas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas

Big ol’ Devil illustration: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Codex-Gigas-Devil-enhanced.jpg

Rongorongo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongorongo

Jake’s stories

The London Hammer: http://www.badarchaeology.com/out-of-place-artefacts/very-ancient-artefacts/the-london-artifact/

Photo with shell: http://paleo.cc/paluxy/hammer2b.jpg

Earth’s history as a football field: https://youtu.be/M8V_glRW1hA

Aztec Death Whistles: https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/death-whistle

1988 NYT article: https://nyti.ms/2W5QiPK

Xavier Quijas Yxayotl: https://www.yxayotl.com/

Death whistle video: https://youtu.be/I9QuO09z-SI

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Episode 104 – The Mines of Morphia

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:50:14 GMT

Listen, we’ve been over this before, but it bears repeating: not EVERY episode has to have a theme.

Unless of course that theme is random crap! Jake tackles underground spookums, while Wyatt gets a bit more metaphysical on this week’s ep. We’re talking ghosts, we’re talking ghouls, we’re talking rats in Massachusetts making rats in Australia smarter for some reason. A delightful mix of ghost stories, some interesting biology, and a whole pile of steaming hot pseudoscience — we’ve got it all baby!

Grab a pickaxe and exactly one hundred monkeys and meet us in an hour — it’s time for Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

Things That Go Bump in the Coal Mine Part I: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/ee25pl/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine/

Part II: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/eedw4e/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_part_2_the/

Part III: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/eewrpy/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_part/

Part IV: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/egxnu1/things_that_go_bump_in_the_mine_part_3/

Part V: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/enijhi/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_4/

Wyatt’s story

Morphic resonance: https://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance/introduction

The Skeptic’s Dictionary: http://skepdic.com/morphicres.html

Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/cgzlck/how_should_i_as_a_nonscientist_think_about_rupert/

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Episode 103 – Superstitions Part II: Superduperstitions

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 05:00:49 GMT

It’s the second half of this special look at superstitions!

What actually IS the deal with our weird ol’ brains, and how do they make so many of us believe the darnedest things? Worries over numbers (hotel-wise and otherwise), pigeon OCD — it’s all part of being alive! Stories of the strange? Yeah, you’ll be hearing the science behind 'em. And questions? Oh you KNOW they’re gettin’ answered! All on this salt-sprinkled conclusion to the most on-brand Superduperstitious Special Report yet!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Magical thinking: https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/magical-thinking

Placebo effect: https://www.healthline.com/health/placebo-effect#real-examples

Moar placebo effect: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect

Unlucky 13: https://www.history.com/news/whats-so-unlucky-about-the-number-13

Folklore Thursday: https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/spilled-salt-bad-luck-protection-dark-side/

Morton Salt: https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/salt-history/

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Episode 102 – Superstitions Part I: Superstitiousness

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 20:37:56 GMT

It’s Special Report time, mofos! And also long past time that the podcast looked into its namesake.

That’s right: this latest two-parter is all about superstitions! And you’d be amazed how hard it is now to type that word normally, without the “duper”. In Part I, Jake covers good luck, Wyatt covers the bad, and they both hit the ugly. On the good luck side, it’s all about salt and how it can ward off evil! But not meta-demons, whatever the goddamned hell those are. Good times! Also: lucky snack bags in Taiwan.

On the bad luck side, CURSES. Mummy ones, puberty ones, and all the signs to determine if an evil wizard has given you one. Sorry, not a wizard, a practicer of black majique. Is there any reason NOT to assume that every small inconvenience in your life is connected? We may never truly know.

It’s time to start exploring the beliefs we all believe and why we believe them, in Part I of this Superduperstitious Special Report!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Four Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

Ghostly Activities article (salt): https://www.ghostlyactivities.com/salt-a-ghostly-protection-go-to/

Kuai Kuai culture: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3762991

Less helpful translation: http://www.netadmin.com.tw/netadmin/zh-tw/viewpoint/5C5F7FE8ACFE402897093FB8F5631F9C

Wyatt’s story

Mummy’s curse: https://www.livescience.com/38670-famous-historical-curses.html

12 Classic Signs You’ve Been Cursed: https://www.becomealivinggod.com/newsletter/12-classic-signs-youve-been-cursed.php

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Episode 101 – Classic Instants

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:38:54 GMT

It’s a new beginning for this here podcast, which we assume means literally doing everything over again from the beginning.

In this episode, Wyatt and Jake talk about their favorite cryptids, which they DEFINITELY HAVEN’T already talked about before and SURELY not in the first episode of this show. Rest assured: you’re guaranteed to learn new stuff this time around, like the fact that everything in history is somehow connected to Atlantis, and that when you see an unknown creature, you should check not only its genitals (as discussed many times by now), but also its flaps. That, and you’ll get some pretty straightforward forensic science and predator biology to boot.

Episode 200, here we come!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

Bigfoot in Australia: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/aussie_report.htm

Bernardo Giant: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/bernardo.htm

Jake’s story

Russian chicken killings: https://www.rt.com/news/311331-voronezh-chupacabra-chickens-dog/

Recent chupacabra sightings: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/chupacabra-sightings-this-year/

Ben Radford’s website: http://benjaminradford.com/

The chupacabra explained: http://amzn.to/muluYb

Lividity: http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/rigor-mortis-and-lividity.html

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Episode 100 – New Zero Retrospective

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 23:21:34 GMT

Wait, are we still doing this? Wasn’t last week’s the big finale?? Oh jeez, didn’t really prepare anything for this, uhhh…

Join Jake and Wyatt as they look over their first hundred episodes — and the life choices that brought them here — with a small selection of topics to revisit from the first few years of the show’s run! And stick around for the next hundred eps. They’ll probably be good, too!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s stories

Grand Canyon bullshit: https://www.crystalinks.com/grandcanyon.html

“Glowing Eyes?”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e0a7vm/glowing_eyes/

“Crawler” video: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/dfiotn/possible_source_for_some_crawler_sightings/

Wyatt’s stories

Fast radio bursts: https://futurism.com/the-byte/powerful-radio-signal-from-distant-galaxy-seems-to-have-a-pattern

Sacsayhuamán (bonkers): https://www.ancient-code.com/ancient-technology-ancient-cultures-soften-stone/

Sacsayhuamán (factual): https://www.ancient.eu/Sacsayhuaman/

Jack’s back: https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9546587.terrified-banstead-family-confronted-by-dark-figure-on-bypass/

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Episode 99 – The Matrixth Episode

Sun, 15 Mar 2020 04:47:03 GMT

That’s it! We did it! This is the last episode of Superduperstitious! That is double digits!

You heard right: it’s the 99th episode! And what better way to celebrate this milestone than with an episode topic befitting the episode number? ’99 was a big year for a big movie that changed all of our lives forever, probably. So this episode is obviously full of clothing history and stuff like that.

Learn kung fu real quick and wear some sick shades while you’re at it, because you’ve got some Superduperstitious to listen to!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Phantom of the Chicago photo: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/01/large-dark-winged-being-encountered-on.html

Wyatt’s story

History of the trench coat: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trench-coat-made-its-mark-world-war-i-180955397/

Mustache law: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/01/mustache-law/

The Matrix style trench coats: https://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Matrix_Style_Trench_Coats

Medicinal capsule history: https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/scherer-robert-pauli

More capsule history: https://capsuleconnection.com/blog/the-history-of-capsules/

Jake’s story

Nick Bostrom paper: https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.pdf

Simulation theory: https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory

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Episode 98 – Abject Objects

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:58:43 GMT

We humans sure do make a lotta STUFF, and we like scary stories, so naturally there are plenty of scary stories ABOUT stuff. That’s right, it’s antiquing time on this episode of Superduperstitious!

For starters, Jake has the tale of a weird wooden idol found in the Catskill Mountains that seems to be attached to some kind of evil entity. Is The Crone really up to no good and all the time conjuring pond water and shit out of the blue? What, really, is it’s DEAL?

Wyatt then slowly cranks up the creeps with a series of cursed paintings, each more unpleasant than the previous. From a flameproof Crying Boy that WAY too many people own, to two successive paintings that have no excuse for existing, the world of household art seems to for sure be a weird place. And maybe the whole justification for eBay’s existence.

Ghost stories abound, unexplained occurrences inconvenience various art owners, and Wyatt and Jake reveal a shameful secret about themselves, all in this brand new ep!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

Original Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/408hde/me_and_a_friend_found_this_creepy_statue_while/

Photos of The Crone: http://imgur.com/a/IiFo9

Reply from u/nuekerk: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/408hde/me_and_a_friend_found_this_creepy_statue_while/cysy3to/

Followup post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/4rkz4x/remember_those_hikers_who_found_the_cursed_statue/

Episode 9: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/9-bek-2-the-childrenening

Curse of the Crone: http://weekinweird.com/2016/07/02/the-crone-of-the-catskills-this-cursed-carving-brings-visits-from-a-terrifying-paranormal-entity/

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2PJv5LnLA

Video 2: http://weekinweird.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13576492_10154662388635730_1958135138_n.gif

Wyatt’s story

The Crying Boy Pinterest page: https://www.pinterest.com/jodisue333/the-crying-boy/

The story of The Crying Boy: https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Crying-Boy

Crying Boy fire video: https://youtu.be/AyRL-yIIVH0

The Hands Resist Him: http://latenighthorrorhotel.blogspot.com/2010/06/hands-resist-him-real-or-fiction-we-try.html

The Anguished Man: http://weekinweird.com/2012/11/27/mail-bag-torturous-cries-the-anguished-man/

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Episode 97 – Fool's Gold

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:25:14 GMT

It’s adventure time once again on Superduperstitious, but that doesn’t mean that those adventures have to have any firm grounding in REALITY.

After a quick UK check-in with some genuine archaeological coolness, Wyatt heads to Arizona's Superstition Mountains to examine the Legend of the Lost Dutchman. Sure, all evidence of this particular goldmine is 1000% apocryphal, but why would that stop multiple real people from dying actual deaths in their attempts to find it? This is GOLD we’re talking about!

Jake then takes things unintentionally nearby to the Grand Canyon, where, it turns out, all ancient civilizations came from. You want Egyptian mummies? You got ‘em! A generic mishmash of a dozen or more distinct eastern and southern Asian cultures? Coming right up! A whole bunch of scientists in 1909 studying these incredible finds while avoiding a haunted snake pit? Check. It’s all for sure a real thing that happened, and that’s why we all remember it so well!

Start reconciling those geological discrepancies, watch out for snipers, and settle in to yet another fine ep o’ Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/

Chicago Prohibition Tours: https://www.prohibitiontours.com/

Wyatt’s story

Havering Hoard news: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/feb/10/french-bracelet-among-surprises-in-mysterious-havering-hoard

Superstition Mountains: https://www.superstitionmountain.com/History-of-the-Superstition-Mountains-13C19.html

Legend of the Lost Dutchman: https://azstateparks.com/lost-dutchman/explore/the-dutchman

More Lost Dutchman: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/63-a-map-to-the-lost-dutchman-gold-mine

Jake’s story

Arizona Gazette article: http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/nov2/gazette.htm

Incredibly reputable source: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/egipto/esp_egipto_grandcanyon01.htm

More of that: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_orionzone_8c.htm

Smithsonian myths: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/urban-legends-about-the-smithsonian-135407460/

Grand Canyon caves and karst: https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/cave.htm

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Episode 96 – Sedimentary, My Dear Watson

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:39:13 GMT

Mountains: you can be on them, near them, and maybe even under them if things aren’t going great for you. Here’s an ep about that!

Jake’s up first, with both a PSA about not believing every viral video you see AND a story about ghostly experiences in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Is The Presence of Mount Washington real, or are people just freaking themselves out on a windy peak? Nail down a pair of boots and find out!

Following an especially visceral round of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt describes the Sheppton Mine disaster, complete all the popes that were definitely there and the Louises who definitely weren’t. But who among us hasn’t wanted to make at least A FEW burgers out of our friends and coworkers, I mean REALLY.

What even are release dates, anyway? Nobody knows! Here’s a new episode of Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Ball lightning nonsense: https://youtu.be/IwR14D3NA8c

Jake’s story

Article on The Presence: https://www.outdoors.org/articles/appalachia-journal-blog/slamming-doors-cries-for-help

Jake’s Lakes of the Clouds video: https://youtu.be/XTLtYiELVj8

Episode 76: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/76-mos-scotia

Rime ice: https://www.instagram.com/p/BP7paBwAylX/?utm_source=ig_embed

Final story: https://www.nhmagazine.com/new-hampshires-most-haunted-places-2/

Wyatt’s story

Sheppton Mine disaster: http://www.eastuniontownship.com/thrones-account-of-the-sheppton-mine-disaster

Citizen’s Voice: http://bit.ly/39fkhJU

Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/05/the-trapped-miners-holy-visions-investigating-the-sheppton-miracle/

Interview with Maxim W. Furek: https://nepascene.com/2016/01/new-book-digs-up-dark-secrets-sheppton-mine-disaster-nepa-greatest-urban-legend/

Song: https://youtu.be/OqDu5LBT8_Y

Interview with Henry: https://youtu.be/NLm-AWrbLtc?t=1304

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Episode 95 – Young Santa

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 17:17:19 GMT

Listener stories are always welcome at Superduperstitious, but not without raising the immortal question: are these stories GOOD?

Listener Nick Smith kindly provides a pair of personal accounts of the spooky, so Wyatt and Jake kindly provide feedback on their quality, since that’s what Nick was surely wanting. And they of course achieve this by comparing to some top notch stories from the Website of Only Good Writing, Reddit!

Wyatt begins by revisiting sleep paralysis. From ticked off Anubises to cuckolding ghosts, this segment’s got it all. Jake then goes Full Pedantic™ with grammar as he looks into some haunted house happenings. NOTHING is more terrifying than verb/subject agreement.

Strap in for some good listening, and consider sending your own tales to contact@superduperstitious.com!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Contact form: https://www.superduperstitious.com/contact

Nick’s website: https://www.nixmith.com/

Wyatt’s stories

Sleep paralysis AskReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1u83wz/victims_of_sleep_paralysis_what_was_your_runin/

Response: http://bit.ly/38FyT5a

More sleep paralysis: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/ert9xr/sleep_paralysis_sucks_man/

Advice?: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/ernp99/my_brother_may_have_sleep_paralysis_and_i_need/

Sleep paralysis question: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/er0w9y/i_get_sleep_paralysis_where_i_can_barely_move_or/

A very good story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/erll6u/my_sleep_paralysis_cucked_me_wtf/

Jake’s stories

Halloween ep of Project Science: https://youtu.be/mQZm2RVNo6c

Dog groomer story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/e8b4bq/a_night_alone_in_a_very_haunted_house/

Haunted Scottish house: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/cfnw0g/my_very_haunted_house/

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Episode 94 – Strigoi Boiz

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 05:22:00 GMT

The Boiz are back, just as you’ve always known them and going by that one name you’ve always called them!

Thanks to a listener suggestion, this week is one full of not-quite-vampires, and their amazing similarities across cultures! After a positively thrilling update from the show’s official Field Correspondent, Jake starts with the Aswang, one of several billion terrifying mythological creatures to come out of the Philippines. Although both Jake and Wyatt learn that they had totally the wrong idea about what the Aswang is, they are able to at least continue to be creeped out by that damned tongue. So I guess fetuses are safe for now?

Wyatt then turns to Romania, not for your standard Transylvanian fare, but instead for some background on the strigoi, a pre-vampire with far more complicated rules and apparently much more involved methods of disposal. And thankfully, there is hope that these undead creeps may become functioning members of society again (at least once they stop stealing cattle).

Keep away from any lickholes in your domicile and be prepared to pry open your dead loved ones with a pitchfork while you tune in to another fun episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Firekiller Report: https://www.superduperstitious.com/field-reports/fire-killer-3

Jake’s story

The Aswang Project: https://www.aswangproject.com/what-is-an-aswang/

The Culture Trip: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/aswang-the-terrifying-vampire-ghouls-of-the-philippines/

Aswang encounter: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/4bvk5q/my_encounter_with_an_aswang/

Wyatt’s story

Petre Toma account: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jun/19/theobserver

Strigoi: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/vampire3.htm

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Episode 93 – 2020 = 20 + 20

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 05:50:16 GMT

It’s a brand new year! And what better way for Superduperstitious to start that year than by biting off more than it (or at least Jake) can chew?

That’s right, the boys have lost their entire minds and brought you a full FORTY stories throughout one ludicrously jam-packed TWO-HOUR episode, all in overzealous service to a convoluted “2020” theme. You want ghosts? Crawlers? Sasquatches? Gnomes?! They’re all here, baby. And if this ep doesn’t scare you, it’ll at least astonish you with how quickly it loses its way. We’re talking, five stories deep TOPS.

Crank up the volume and settle in for some well-deserved bonus content (or bone ‘tent) to kick off another year of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s stories

Tree-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ehktwy/tree_like_creature/

Yellow smiley balloon: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ecl9xn/the_yellow_smiley_balloon_was_more_than_that/

Black-eyed kids: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/egvbxw/personal_blackeyed_kid_encounter_2009/

Li'l doodle: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/eeobro/im_the_guy_from_rome_someone_in_the_comment_asked/

Creepy gnome-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/dnwqsn/creepy_gnomelike_creature/

Billy Corgan shapeshifter: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e8eden/billy_corgan_shapeshifter/

Tree People of Maine: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/bvrdf4/tree_people_of_maine/

Creature on the roof (VIDEO): https://www.reddit.com/r/veryspookyvideos/comments/e7ab4v/strange_creature_with_glowing_eyes_on_the_roof_of/

The Devil Scratched Me: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ehltib/the_devil_scratched_me/

The White Thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e5zu3p/the_white_thing/

Bigfoot soundz: https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=63324

Dream about weird rabbit-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ejq282/dream_about_weird_rabbit_like_creature/

This shit keeps haunting me: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/9wg3vk/this_shit_keeps_haunting_me/

Who is in the tree? https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e2c6o5/who_is_in_the_tree/

Child observes "gorilla": https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=3075

Survivalist board: https://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=57236&highlight=creep&page=151&=1&utm_source=amp

Man or ape?: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2017/01/man-or-beast.html

Jake’s stories

(Links coming... eventually? Maybe? Does anyone REALLY care at this point?)

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Episode 92 – Because of Scared

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:35:43 GMT

What was meant to be a Boxing Day episode is now a day later, but you know what? It’s still all winter stories, friend!

After another installment in the endless tide of Chicago bat goofness, Jake finally yields some ape ground with a few yeti accounts. He may be pretty damned skeptical of it all, but perhaps there is SOME plausibility in them thar hills. However, a bunch of big fish stories from a bunch of overexcited Europeans is ALWAYS something to take with a bunch of grains of salt.

Wyatt then takes a page out of Jake’s book and turns to Reddit for some backyard spooks. What horrible shadow creature has glowing yellow eyes and can glide through snow toward your back porch? Could it be a horny mountain lion?

This ep is full of goose flesh, people on mountains indistinctly seeing other people on mountains, and all the moose howls you could ask for. Check it all out on the last Superduperstitious of the year!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

Mysterious Universe article: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/07/a-monster-on-the-glacier/

Live Science article: https://www.livescience.com/25072-yeti-abominable-snowman.html

Russian video: https://youtu.be/Zz0Ypv6F0aI

Wyatt’s story

Reddit story: http://bit.ly/2t6TFLz

Moose hauling ass through snow: https://youtu.be/jOLF2d09GKE

Bull moose dropping an antler: https://on.natgeo.com/34WtyUI

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Episode 91 – Rat King Cole

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 18:28:29 GMT

Finally, an episode in December! Is it any surprise that it’s about cryptids?

After a lengthy but important update on the Phantom of the Chicago, Wyatt kicks off with the tale of Zana, a supposed ape woman held captive in the most difficult to pronounce reaches of the 19th-century Western Caucasus. Was she really a bipedal ape creature, or were these people just HOLY SHIT THE MOST RACIST MONSTERS IMAGINABLE? Could the answer possibly be anything BUT the latter?

Jake then gets German with the Rat King, a ball o’ rat phenomenon believed to occur all the damned time. But are rats REALLY as gross as people want to believe? And are they that bad at being alive and not fusing together? FOLLOW THE MONEY.

Don’t let the stats from the time of recording fool you: take it from America’s 225th most popular Natural Sciences podcast, Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

The story of Zana: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/zana.htm

Kwhit’s skull: https://sites.google.com/site/noxgigasstudy/home/zana-and-the-black-plague

Possible human subspecies: http://bit.ly/2ScdJq7

Calling bullshit 1: http://bit.ly/2Q4Kt1W

Calling bullshit 2: http://bit.ly/2rbrvOG

Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2014.1712

Jake’s story

Medium article: https://medium.com/@Naturalish/rat-kings-what-are-they-really-ef67359ad34e

Squirrel King video: https://youtu.be/vDbs-0b8zAU

Mental Floss article: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/506504/almost-comprehensive-history-rat-kings

Estonian Rat King: http://www.kirj.ee/public/Ecology/2007/issue_1/bio-2007-1-7.pdf

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Episode 90 – kthx(gvng) bye

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 02:03:03 GMT

It’s Thanks-friggin-giving, and Wyatt and Jake are thankful for one thing above all else — being together again in the same room! The most obvious way to celebrate this is of course by telling some vaguely holiday-appropriate stories, so that happens.

After some much-needed bat updates, Jake hits us with a pair of paranormal accounts that kinda sorta maybe REFERENCE Thanksgiving? Whatever. Just watch out for disappearing, creepy kids in red shirts and horrific, inhuman, staggering grey masses that whisper to you at night.

Wyatt heads in another direction entirely, with the history of the fringe Christian belief in the rapture. Are all the good folks gonna get poofed away? Why come everyone don’t believes that? The answers to some of that and more can all be found in this binder (and these twelve thumb drives).

Keep eating stuffing and NEVER, EVER STOP — it’s Superduperstitious time!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Katy’s work: https://www.instagram.com/after_artist_/

Jake’s story

First story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/bi0cv2/the_red_man/

Second story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/dp9yn7/old_gray_thing/

Creepy artwork: https://imgur.com/KwKaOBi

Wyatt’s story

The rapture: https://psmag.com/news/why-are-so-many-christians-obsessed-with-predicting-the-rapture

Marsha Kuhnley’s books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19656617.Marsha_Kuhnley

Rapture binders: http://marshakuhnley.com/category/make-a-binder/

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Episode 89 – Monkey Business

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 21:34:39 GMT

They’re apes. We KNOW. But how often do you hear anyone say “aping around”? I mean REALLY.

But yeah! It’s an ape ep for the ages. Wyatt leads off with the story of De Loys’ Ape, and the spooky photo that gave it such staying power. Are there really giant, bipedal humanoid primates lurking in the forests of South America? Just as surely as humans from different continents somehow evolved from different species! (No.)

Jake then hops on the hominid fraud train with Piltdown Man, the U.K.’s unfortunate contribution to a European paleontological pissing contest. Sometimes, if you’re looking hard enough for a Missing Link, you’ll accept ANY EVIDENCE that suggests you found it. Even if it comes from a non-scientist known for faking shit.

Cut the tail off a monkey, slap some unrelated bones together, and tune on into a history- and science-filled episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Blue-headed black bear: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Headed_Black_Bear

Wyatt’s story

De Loys’ Ape: https://bigfootbase.com/blog/geologists-odd-ape-history-de-loys-ape

Breaking down the fraud: http://bit.ly/2riz7hX

Jake’s story

Science Magazine article: http://bit.ly/2OafMsz

BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/piltdown_man_01.shtml

Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.160328

Wyatt’s Royal Society article: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1815

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Episode 88 – Dog Sh!t 2: Even More Dog Sh!t

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 07:01:32 GMT

Canine-adjacent stories keep piling up, so it’s time to release the hounds! Except the “hounds” are those aforementioned stories, and “releasing” them is telling them. It’s good!

This week, you’ll hear a series of encounters with mysteries dog-looking things, mostly on the side of the road at night, including Wyatt’s own experience! Then, you’ll tuck into a ghastly tale of douchebags and coal furnaces, complete with audio accompaniment. And rest assured, you’ll get a very important PSA about responsible cat ownership, and learn Jake’s least favorite internet zeitgeist-y way of referring to this overall genre.

Pennsylvania listeners, hold onto your butts! It’s time for Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Bucko: https://www.instagram.com/designsbybucko/

Jake’s story

Creature chasing coyotes: http://bit.ly/2Qh5MyZ

“Huge Roadside Wolf-Like Creature”: http://bit.ly/2Oa3Wxp

Motorcycle poopin’: http://bit.ly/2O4cfdO

“I saw a small humanoid running on the side of the road!”: http://bit.ly/2qOyywi

Animals not looking normal: http://bit.ly/2NMDIlB

Wyatt’s story

The Hounds of Colebrook: http://bit.ly/33Q2nLy

Origin story: http://www.pajack.com/stories/pennsylvania/hounds.html

Dogman Encounters: https://dogmanencounters.com/broome-county-ny-encounter/

The Hound of Cold Hollow documentary: http://thehoundofcoldhollow.com/

Wolf howls: https://youtu.be/1VvymrNYoU8

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UNLOCKED: Ep. 84-88 Bonus Outtakes (plus some other stuff)

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:00:37 GMT

No new ep?! Never fear! There’s still plenty of Superduperstitious content to go around, and what better way to debrief on a chock-a-block full October than with a full set of outtakes from that very month? BONUS PATREON outtakes, no less?

It’s another preview of what could be yours if you decide to help support the show on Patreon! Hear some of the inner workings of how recurring segments come to be, laugh at how truly helpless Jake and Wyatt are at every turn, catch some fun behind-the-scenes interview context, and find out what exactly the hell Jake was talking about at the beginning of Episode 87.

If you like it enough, go to Patreon for more! And if not, well, there will be another normal episode next week. So I guess just wait until then and continue to only KIND OF like the show.

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

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Episode 87 – The 3rd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 05:00:38 GMT

It’s Halloween! And it’s a Thursday! The show’s Halloween special finally gets to come out ON the holiday itself! Holy damn!

In their specially provided haunted digs courtesy of PPMTV, Jake sets the table with a giant candle and some crawler creeps. Next up, it’s listener tales, XKCD encounters, and assorted spooks before Wyatt serves the main course: an excellent short story from earlier this year that will send shivers down your spine (right before it’s wrung out like a towel).

Devil mirrors! Cursed family members! Billie Jean! Plus some honest-to-goodness middle-of-recording maybe-paranormal activity? This ep’s got everything your little heart could desire (again, pre-towel-wringing). Check it all out on the 3rd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

PPMTV: https://ppmtvnh.org/

Roxie’s episode: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/44-seacoast-see-ghost

Crawler sketch: http://bit.ly/2BOtom9

Crawler video: https://youtu.be/BmRSanzInks

Katie’s website: https://www.bespoketoyou.com/

“The Quiet Boy”: https://www.guernicamag.com/the-quiet-boy/

SciShow episode: https://youtu.be/MyQT78Bjt04

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Episode 86 – T.A.P.S.’d In

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:37:04 GMT

It’s the final Thursday of October before Halloween itself! And you know what that means: there’s time for one last special guest before pulling out all the spook stops next week.

Wyatt and Jake are joined by JESS COLE, who tells tales of her own personal haunting experiences and of her five-year tenure with The Atlantic Paranormal Society. Hear all about how she helped hold down the fort while the others were off shooting Ghost Hunters, and just what it takes to scare a pro (hint: it would likely prompt the rest of us to burn down our house and maybe all other houses just as a precaution).

Jess offers tips for getting into the field of paranormal investigation, Wyatt digs into the necessary skepticism one has to maintain in this non-science discipline, and Jake loses his entire mind to ’80s movie references.

Throw out the K2 meter and grab a fly swatter — it’s T.A.P.S. time on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

T.A.P.S.: http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/

Jess’ book, Part I: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-1-Episode-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01MTOC09U

Jess’ book, Part II: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-Episode-II-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01N5ERTA0

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Episode 85 – The (Italian) Old Man and the (Adriatic) Sea (Monster)

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:00:57 GMT

Another week in October means another exciting guest, but this episode is doing things a bit differently…

The boys head to Springfield, MA to join Italian scholar and Wyatt’s old pal THERESA BERARD, who shares a Dino Buzzati sea monster tale right in Wyatt’s haunted childhood home (see Episode 3). He and Jake are used to doing the reading, but now it’s THEIR turn to have a story read to THEM! And by someone far better prepared than they’re used to being.

You’ll hear all about a relentless shark thing that follows its unlucky victim FOREVER, and you’ll marvel at Theresa’s ability to power through in spite of Wyatt’s and Jake’s increasing attempts to derail. And then all three take part in an extra-cursed round of Shadowlands Roulette!

Halloween draws ever closer, and the guest appearances get ever more fun — grab some iron or some balls and listen in to this sea-centric ep!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Il Colombre: https://www.amazon.com/Colombre-Italian-Dino-Buzzati/dp/8804670207

Opel (Theresa’s band): https://opel.bandcamp.com/

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Episode 84 – Beers for Fears

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 04:00:27 GMT

The October interviews continue, as does the unintentional “alcohol and spooky stuff” theme of the month so far!

For this ep, Wyatt and Jake pay a visit to their favorite brewery (Earth Eagle of Portsmouth, NH) to talk to ALEX and SHERIDAN about their own personal paranormal experiences. And about beer, because duh. Was this whole thing just a thinly-veiled excuse to hang out and drink beer with the people who make it? Or will you be CHILLED TO THE BONE by tales of jingling bells and planking? You’ll just have to listen and find out!

Also Jake turns 30 when this is released so that’s cool and not a big deal and certainly not something he would explicitly allude to in the episode description (but like, do you people even read these?).

Anyway, crack open a jet-black fortune cookie, try a gruit already, and enjoy another October episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Earth Eagle Brewings: https://www.eartheaglebrewings.com/

Monarch School of New England: https://www.monarchschoolne.org/donate/

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Episode 83 – Windy City Spirits

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 05:03:57 GMT

It’s officially the Spooky Times™, and that means the beginning of a full month of awesome guests with tasty tales!

First up is JONATHAN KNOTEK, co-founder of Chicago Prohibition Tours and Chicago history guru. You’ll learn all about the city’s mobster-filled past, some of the ghosts that have resulted, and Jonathan’s own potential run-ins with the supernatural. From a banging bust of Harry Caray, to phantom forest lights, to a possible final solution to what actually goes into an Irish Crocodile, this episode’s got it all!

Point your dog out of the bathroom, ignore all that moaning in the trees, and help yourself to a glass of the straight juice as you tuck into a slice of deep dish — and the beginning of October with Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Chicago Prohibition Tours: http://www.prohibitiontours.com/

Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/

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Episode 82 – Creature Features Part II: Suffice It to Say...

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:09:34 GMT

After much ado, it’s time for the science-packed conclusion of this movie-monster-centric Superduperstitious Special Report!

We got genetics, we got behavioral ecology, we got functional responses — everything you never thought you wanted to know about how animals work, and now you can apply it all to movies like a weirdo.

All that, plus a very important beer, Cthulhu surprises, and A FREAKING WEB SHOP, all in the conclusion to another two-parter!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Episode 69: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/69-nice

The cocktails (Instagram post): https://www.instagram.com/p/ByXjqSkn3q_/

IBU Syracuse: https://ibubrewing.com/

Stalk eyed fly: https://youtu.be/DNgeaiEuFc0?t=12

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UNLOCKED: SDS Minisode #5

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:47:52 GMT

Our Special Report on movie monsters concludes next week! In the meantime, here's another preview from BEYOND THE PAYWALL.

Supporters of our Patreon at the $10 level or higher receive an entry into our PANDER raffle, access to monthly curated outtakes (see the preview from two weeks ago), exclusive quarterly stickers available nowhere else (here's the most recent one: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CbX7Dn-kP/), and this: a couple mini episodes every month!

We have plenty more stories to tell you than just what makes it into the main eps, and we're happy to do it in this freeform, goofy as h*ck way! Minimal editing, no specific prompt — just a couple of goofs and a whole lotta spooks. In this minisode, Wyatt presents a 1970s UFO encounter from Japan, and Jake leads us on a journey through the most well thought out and believable 'squatch-spiracy you ever did hear.

If you'd like to get access to all this and more, please consider helping support the show at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious. Thank you!

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Episode 81 – Creature Features Part I: A SciFi Original

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:15:06 GMT

Superduperstitious goes to Hollywood in Part I of another Special Report!

After a very important and then suddenly completely pointless PSA, Wyatt leads in with a discussion of mutation in movies. So often the crutch of screenwriters who want a monster and want it NOW, mutation tends to follow a few very specific beats in movies, all of them fun and giggle-worthy.

Jake then heads in a more behavioral direction, examining the often biologically illogical ways monsters tend to act in order to serve their narrative purpose. And he manages to do this through somehow mostly dinosaur examples.

Have your popcorn handy, keep away from that glowing purple stuff, and get ready for the beginning of a goofy, science-y, and cinematic deep-dive with Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

District 9: https://youtu.be/waYpKWiNI5A?t=204

The Island of Dr. Moreau: https://youtu.be/N6d4LJWldM0?t=191

Them!: https://youtu.be/v4URRp39XOo?t=63

Ant sounds for babies: https://youtu.be/G2TMZoURwYQ

TMNT: https://youtu.be/cmXGQq46hLc?t=115

Jake’s story

Jurassic Park III: https://youtu.be/X1hMXIWl8Dw

King Kong (2005): https://youtu.be/fOolxUEFCBo

CDC rabies info: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/specific_groups/veterinarians/clinical_signs.html

Anaconda: https://youtu.be/yQmAdY-jIpI?t=194

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UNLOCKED: Ep. 69-72 Bonus Outtakes

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 04:00:46 GMT

There will be a full, new episode out next week, but in the meantime, here's some bonus content from beyond the paywall!

We offer a variety of fun rewards on our Patreon, including curated outtakes like these clips from Episodes 69 through 72. As you'll find, they're not just random mistakes that didn't make the cut: these are deliberately selected and carefully edited together clips presented for the amusement of any patron at the $5 level or higher.

That's right, for just $5 a month, you can get access to all of our outtakes (new batches are released each month) AND be entered for the chance to be featured in PANDER, the weekly segment where we determine the personalized cryptid matches of our individual patrons!

If you've enjoyed the show so far and want to help it grow, please consider contributing at https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious. Thanks for listening!

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Episode 80 – Below Underneath

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:00:28 GMT

All good things must come to an end, and also so does August Around the World. For the last leg of this particular journey, it’s time to head to Australia!

To be fair, this is hardly the show’s first visit to this particular continent (or even its third), but this IS the first trip to Australia that is exclusively about ghost stories! Jake leads off with another Reddit find, because he truly is the worst at finding ghost story sources. Listen to the actually fairly heartwarming tale of a little girl and her perhaps not-so-imaginary friend, and find out whether ghosts die when hit by trucks.

Then, after the most chilling round of Shadowlands Roulette to date, Wyatt discusses the Monte Cristo homestead, a place where everyone and their baby gets thrown down the stairs to their death. Does this schmancy old house turned bed and breakfast live up to its reputation as Australia’s most haunted sandwich-named building? For a couple hundred dollarydoos a night, you can find out firsthand!

The month-long world tour may be ending, but never fear! There are plenty more adventures ahead. So grab some bleach, turn on a relaxing vacuum cleaner, and tune in to this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Kaijin depiction: http://bit.ly/2ZvJVsK

Jake’s story

“Potential Lifelong Haunting”: http://bit.ly/2PjPdDE

Imaginary friends: http://bit.ly/30JdEM2

Wyatt’s story

Monte Cristo background: http://bit.ly/346KLvC

Monte Cristo website: https://www.montecristo.com.au/history.html

Monte Cristo hauntings: http://bit.ly/2ZxwIj1

Reviews: http://bit.ly/2UapfkU

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Episode 79 – Oh. Canada.

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:00:24 GMT

August Around the World won’t stop until August does! YOUR MOVE, AUGUST.

This installment finds the boys in Canada! But not literally. (Although, depending on how close to the release date you happen to catch this episode, Wyatt actually MIGHT be actively in Ontario, so there you go.) ANYWAY, guess what’s back? The Phantom of the Chicago! And guess what it probably still is? Birds!

Once the regional fun begins in earnest, Wyatt kicks things off all the way up in Nunavut, with a Baffin Island Inuit creation tale involving familiar lycanthropic imagery. Try to ignore the implications of a human-canine marriage long enough to follow the trail south to Quebec, where Europeans bring… tales of the very same creatures? Remember: the first rule of being a loup-garou is you do NOT talk about being a loup-garou.

Jake then heads west all the way to the Pacific, with a Vancouver ghost story that’ll scare the blankets right off of you. If you’re house sitting all alone and start to get creeped out, you’d be wise to leave the lights on — but that may not be enough. Redditors really know how to deliver, don’t they?

Keep your tuque on tight so your ears don’t get sickle sliced, and stay away from your aunt’s swimming pool — it’s all aboot the Great White North on this episode of Superduperstitious. So don’t miss it, ya hoser!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

The origin of the Adlet and of the Qadlunait: https://test.ilcesare.it/bae-ar06-15/

The Miller and the Loup-Garou: http://bit.ly/2ZjCkgW

Loup-garou: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/loup-garou

News accounts: http://weekinweird.com/2011/11/08/beastly-burdens-werewolf-quebec/

Jake’s story

“The Nanny Tried to Warn Me”: http://bit.ly/2ZogIfm

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Episode 78 – Not the Real Sredni Vashtar

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 04:00:48 GMT

Wyatt and Jake are determined to stick to their month-long prompt of finding stories from all around the world, even if they’re terrible at it. This week, it’s India!

Following a quick PANDER session for patrons, Jake continues to use Reddit as a crutch as he just kinda dumps out a series of random stories vaguely connected to the country in question. Haunted objects? Haunted houses? Very tall women? This segment’s got ‘em all, plus a horrible humanoid creature sighting for extra good measure.

It’s then time to face the dreaded wheels in a long overdue round of Shadowlands Roulette, but that doesn’t deter Wyatt from proceeding onward to tell the story of some bugs and some music. Turns out, when there are more people around to spread rumors, those rumors spread very effectively. But, like, nobody ENJOYS getting randomly scratched in the face at night, so, you know.

Be cautious of any unpainted decorations brought home by family members, and try not to repeat “sanedo sanedo sanedo laal sanedo” TOO many times if you can avoid it. Superduperstitious is not liable if this episode causes you to become possessed/cursed. Batteries not included. Some restrictions apply. Results may vary.

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

First story: http://bit.ly/304LwCP

Assortment of stories: http://bit.ly/3058PfE

“This One Time in India”: http://bit.ly/2N5uOzI

Xtro GIF: https://imgur.com/gallery/9nx6vhv

Wyatt’s story

Muhnochwa 1: http://bit.ly/2Z4ZvYb

Muhnochwa 2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2205194.stm

Muhnochwa 3: http://bit.ly/2NamSNk

Muhnochwa 4: http://bit.ly/33BHKmq

Weird cricket: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrP5ouiVYAImZB9.jpg:large

Cursed songs: http://bit.ly/2YNKXko

“Jhalak Dikhla Ja”: https://youtu.be/vnlk8V-q0oU

“Sanedo Sanedo (Lal Sanedo)”: https://youtu.be/61waqncU_9M

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Episode 77 – Toto Tales

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:36:37 GMT

August Around the World continues, this time in Africa!

After a bit of clarification RE: the Fire Killer (namely the fact that Wyatt and Jake are not him), Wyatt takes off into the forests of the Congo River basin in search of an elusive ape. And this time, it’s not even an upright one! This is the story of how sometimes the legends really ARE true. And at the end of the journey, you find a creature that poops just SO big.

Jake heads in a different direction, with some botanical buffoonery, namely the so-called Madagascar Devil Tree. Is anyone really surprised that a bunch of white people would totally eat up a story about a tree that totally eats up people? The tale itself may be absurd, but you won’t leave empty-handed! Jake also provides some half-assed science about the world’s REAL carnivorous plants, and then fails to remember the verb “to taper”.

Get ready to meet your smash-y cousins, and don’t drink anything from any flailing plants as you tuck into this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Fire Killer reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/fieldreports

Wyatt’s story

Gorilla legend: https://theglyptodon.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/the-gorilla-500-bc-1861-ad/

Ufiti: http://www.occultopedia.com/u/ufiti.htm

Andrew Battell: http://bit.ly/2KpHrE2

Bili ape mystery: https://www.karlammann.com/bili.php#.XUxk85NKjUI

Bili apes found: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/jul/14/conservation.internationalnews

Oliver the chimpanzee: http://bit.ly/OliverChimpanzee

Jake’s story

Crinoid: https://cedarvalleyrockclub.org/siteImages/Crinoids/Image14b.jpg

Devil Tree of Madagascar: http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/man_eating_tree_of_madagascar

Moar spooky tree: http://lostcities.weebly.com/articles/first-post

Sheep-eating plant: https://theextremehorticulturist.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/338.jpg

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Episode 76 – Mos' Scotia

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:00:49 GMT

Watch out for rogue waves and try to outrun your shadow, it’s time for some international tales! (Note: If the episode prompt is “the British Isles”, don’t be surprised when both hosts just pick Scotland.)

After a noisy revisit to what was once believed to be bugs, Jake mounts an expedition to the Cairngorms, the favored haunt of An Fear Liath Mòr, The Big Grey Man. There are many opinions on what this frightening figure lurking atop Ben Macdui might be, but one thing’s for sure: finding out will involve a lot of embarrassing impersonations.

A brand new recurring segment follows, in which Wyatt and Jake find a new use for the NCAAA, the arcane computer they built/summoned back in Episode 60. After that, Wyatt takes us to the Outer Hebrides (pronounced HEE-bryedz) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the lighthouse keepers of Eilean Mòr. Hear the century-old tale of how, if you go outside without a coat, you’ll catch a cold so bad that three guys die.

You CANNOT be ready for the amazing adventure that is AUGUST AROUND THE WORLD. It all starts here, on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Sonic attacks update: https://nyti.ms/2KhcoZB

“Mos’ Scocious”: https://youtu.be/YdjjxT25_5A

Jake’s story

Am Fear Liath Mòr: http://bit.ly/AmFearLiathMòr

The Scotsman article: http://bit.ly/2Kal97C

Alastair Borthwick’s accounts: http://bit.ly/32Y2C7n

Brocken spectre photo #1: http://bit.ly/2K6sUNa

Brocken spectre photo #2: https://i.redd.it/sbtjp2u2z8a21.jpg

Reel by Calum Stewart: https://youtu.be/h5Wa19uohBM

Wyatt’s story

The Eilean Mòr lighthouse mystery: http://bit.ly/2OtDsKp

Historic UK: http://bit.ly/2YHIAPi

Theories as to what happened: http://bit.ly/2YB8bJq

Microburst GIF: https://www.weather.gov/images/bmx/Daily/microbursts/animation.gif

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Episode 75 – Dog Sh!t

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:00:59 GMT

If you thought this podcast was above exploiting the cuteness of a baby animal for attention, think again! And while you’re at it, here’s an episode all about dog-related stuff.

Exhausted new puppy parent Wyatt begins with a few accounts of the White Things of West Virginia, also known as Sheepsquatch (and also apparently sometimes called Devil Dogs, but you won’t find that out until well after the fact). Is it a bear? Is it a different, older bear? Whatever it is, it’s got some stank.

Following a definitely-not-pre-recorded segment of The Quaff, Jake treads some familiar ground on just two legs. That’s right: even more upright canine tales! Gird your car’s loins as you fumble for your keys, and when in doubt, make a break for the tree line.

This episode contains puffing and swimming, swimming and puffing, and some cuddly cameos from the too-cute Kuma, the Official Dog of Superduperstitious! Grab a suggestively-labelled beer and listen in.

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Kuma video: https://www.instagram.com/superduperstitious/

Wyatt’s story

Cryptopia: http://bit.ly/Sheepsquatch

Visit Cryptoville: http://bit.ly/Cryptoville

WV Explorer: http://bit.ly/WVExplorer

The M’thm’n: https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/White_Things

Jake’s story

Episode 16 – Don’t Have a Cowman, Dogman: http://bit.ly/CowmanDogman

Episode 36 – Howlers, Whistlers, and Cabin Smashers: http://bit.ly/2ManyCoroners

The Beast of State Line Road: http://bit.ly/2Y0Ar8M

Uncle’s encounter: http://bit.ly/DogmanThoughts

Phantoms and Monsters: http://bit.ly/2y8ATlY

Mt. Pisgah puffin’: http://bit.ly/PisgahDog

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Episode 74 – Ho, Dag!

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 04:00:35 GMT

It was only a matter of time before Superduperstitious submitted to the siren song of frontier folktales, so at long last, it’s a full episode of fearsome critters!

Hold on tight for this breathless thrill ride through the utter lunacy that is American lumberjack mythology (and also learn way more science than this topic could possibly warrant). You’ll hear all about the boob-loving German ancestor of a western staple, you’ll witness an abomination so pathetic that it just kinda melts when looked at, and you’ll even get some diet advice that involves driving your head through trees.

Also, if you’ve ever wondered how hard you’d have to slap somebody to instantly turn them to a gas, that, too is all covered in this hoot — nay, this dungavenhooter — of an episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Lumberwoods tales: http://www.lumberwoods.com

Jackalope: https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/jackalope/

Wolpertinger: http://hoaxes.org/animals/comments/wolpertinger

Goofus bird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofus_bird

Splinter Cat: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/splintercat.html

Teakettler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teakettler

Central American Whintosser: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/whintosser.html

Squonk: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/squonk.html

Tripodero: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fclw/tripodero.html

Hodag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodag

Dungarvon Whooper: http://bit.ly/DungarvonWhooper

Dungavenhooter: http://www.lib.lumberwoods.com/fc/dungavenhooter.html

Physics help: http://bit.ly/DungavenhooterPhysics

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Episode 73 – In the Weeds on the Meat Man

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 04:00:52 GMT

Superduperstitious is back at it again! And “it”, in this particular instance, means “supernatural/ghosty stories”. Superduperstitious is back at supernatural/ghosty stories again. It works.

Wyatt leads in, first with a PSA about being Satan (don’t), then with the SOUL-WRENCHING TERROR that is the Hotel Monte Vista. This Arizona getaway contains very nearly a dozen ghosts, and all of them DO STUFF, which is of course, just, so scary. And all the staff are great with babies.

Then, following an extra special update on the Phantom of the Chicago (featuring none other than the Fire Killa himself), Jake explores the phenomenon of the witching hour. Can ghosts and demons tell time? What time is it right now? Shit, that late already? Am I still up writing this thing? Damn.

Hang some steaks on the chandelier and get some damned sleep, it’s Superduperstitious time!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Virginia PSA: http://bit.ly/SDSPSA1

Superduperstitious Field Reports: https://www.superduperstitious.com/fieldreports

Wyatt’s story

Hotel Monte Vista: https://www.hotelmontevista.com/site/page/view/ghostStories

TripAdvisor: http://bit.ly/MonteVistaReviews

Jake’s story

Early morning cat stare down: http://bit.ly/fuzzy_lanius

Scratching and knocking on my door at 3 am: http://bit.ly/green_thumb_witch

First usage of “witching hour”: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/witching-hour

Significance of 3: https://www.tuftandneedle.com/resources/what-is-the-witching-hour/

Significance of 3 is maybe bullshit: http://www.icysedgwick.com/witching-hour/

International Journal of Dream Research: http://bit.ly/Luke-Zychowicz-2014

Final witching hour story: http://bit.ly/Static42069

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Episode 72 – Have Doughnut

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:28:20 GMT

The world is full of weird, and Superduperstitious is determined to visit it all! To that end, here are a couple more stops along that journey through the strange.

First, Jake takes us to Siberia, 1989, where Soviet scientists dug a hole ALL THE WAY TO HELL. Did their borehole really reach something infernal? The intense heat they encountered might have something to say about it, as would the screaming OH DEAR GOD THE SCREAMING. But also fact-checking is a thing, though surely that has no relevance here. At any rate, stay tuned for a surprise non-appearance by special guest Tom Waits!

Following a hearty beer review that was definitely not pre-recorded, Wyatt ventures to Nevada, home to the most famous of all top secret locations: Area 51. Full of aliens, secrets, and secret aliens, Area 51 sure is a secretive, alien-ful place! That, or maybe experimental military technology is just something that it makes sense to hide from the general public? Nah, it's for sure all aliens.

Have a nice trip, see you next HELL — and tune in for this brand new episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

Screams of the damned (SO LOUD): http://bit.ly/VOLUMEDOWN

Squirrel Nut Zippers palate cleanser: https://youtu.be/yS2IBMQIjDo

Rich Buhler's Well to Hell article: https://www.truthorfiction.com/drilltohellfacts/

Weekly World News: http://bit.ly/OilHell

Wyatt’s story

Live Science: http://bit.ly/LiveScience51

Popular Mechanics: http://bit.ly/PopMech51

SETI opinion: https://www.space.com/ufos-real-but-not-alien-spaceships.html

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/area51/

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Episode 71 – The 411 Part II: The 4-1-1

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 04:00:01 GMT

Part II of this Superduperstitious Special Report seeks to finally answer the age-old question: Why come all these peoples be missing?

Last week, we heard about the disappearance of a small child and the watertight case for his having been abducted by a Sasquatch, instead of something real happening to him. We also heard the account of one teen’s near miss when he almost got 411’d SO HARD by a phantom woman in the woods. Luckily, a former police detective is on the case, gathering just the facts and definitely not fabricating a conspiracy in order to sell books. And now this week, it’s science time!

In this conclusive installment, Wyatt and Jake break down the mythos behind the Missing 411 phenomena, examine real Search and Rescue protocol, and try in vain to enjoy a beer without being interrupted by haunted casino game paraphernalia. All this, plus a final evaluation of the man, the mustache, the legend: David Paulides — on this episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

FBI Bigfoot report: https://vault.fbi.gov/bigfoot/bigfoot-part-01-of-01/view

CanAm Project/Missing 411: https://www.canammissing.com

Maine Search and Rescue: http://mainesearchandrescue.org/

Real SAR opinion: http://bit.ly/411SAR

Paulides interview: https://youtu.be/oEoW12BInDA

“Florida Man” phenomenon: http://bit.ly/FLConfirmationBias

Wansink scandal: https://nyti.ms/2RsGJYy

Aeon essay on rationality: http://bit.ly/RationalityAeon

The 10 Most Deadly National Parks: http://bit.ly/OutsideDeadly

Search and Rescue protocol: http://bit.ly/OutsideSAR

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Episode 70 – The 411 Part I: How to Disappear Completely

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:06:37 GMT

You ever find some people get really lost? David Paulides sure notices, and so came the Missing 411 book series and general conspiracy phenomenon. And so begins this deep dive!

In the first installment of this Missing 411 two-parter, Wyatt recounts the tragic case of Dennis Martin, a young boy who seemingly vanished into thin air. That is, unless he was ABDUCTED BY A SASQUATCH. Or by a deranged, non-speaking hill person? Certainly no other, more rational explanations exist.

Jake then presents one man’s account of what happened to him on a camping trip some twenty years ago, and it MAY HOLD THE KEY TO THE MYSTERY OF WHAT EVIL LURKS OUT IN THOSE WOODS. But if you shake your dad real good it’ll go away. Could we be one step closer to understanding what is happening to all these missing folks?

Try very hard to smell, and come and ride a bear in Part I of this Superduperstitious Special Report!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

Dennis Martin case: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm

Bob Gymlan’s YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/GymlanTube

AMA with the reporter: http://bit.ly/411ReporterAMA

Jake’s story

First person account: http://bit.ly/ForestSmile

Similar account: http://bit.ly/IllinoisScares

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Episode 69 – Nice

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:00:00 GMT

Things were feeling just TOO SANE around here, so it’s once again conspiracy time on Superduperstitious!

Following a few words from some podcast pals, Jake leads in with a story he thought had been put to bed, but which instead proved to be decidedly still up and about and wanting a glass of water and a midnight snack and SOME ANSWERS, DAMN IT. How did the 2008 appearance of a dead raccoon on a beach on Long Island cause over a decade of freaking out? Because it looked weird and it was in Montauk — what more reason do you need?

Then, after a mandated segment of drinking godawful cocktails, Wyatt tells the story of David Icke, former footballer and conspiracy theorist extraordinaire. Yep, he’s the “lizard people control the world” guy. Yep, a whole damned lot of people believe his stuff. The least we can do is see what he’s on about!

This week is full of reptilian royals, Montauk monsters, secret cover-ups, and The Unbearable Icke-ness of Being. Are you happy now, Collin?! It’s time for Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

That’s Weird: http://www.thatsweird.org/

Jake’s story

Montauk Monster: http://www.montauk-monster.com/

Alternate link: http://bit.ly/MontaukAlt

Monster photo #1: http://bit.ly/MMphoto1

Monster photo #2: http://bit.ly/MMphoto2

The Hour article: http://bit.ly/MontaukHour

Loren Coleman’s take: http://bit.ly/ColemanRaccoon

Comment section: http://bit.ly/MontaukComments

Raccoon solution illustration: http://bit.ly/AGoddamnedRaccoon

Wyatt’s story

David Icke: https://www.davidicke.com

Reptilian NWO: http://bit.ly/ReptilianNWO

Royal family: http://bit.ly/RoyalFamilyLizards

More Icke-ness: http://bit.ly/Ickeness

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Episode 68 – Bed & Breakfast Tales

Thu, 30 May 2019 15:57:40 GMT

There’s no time like the present for getting back on our shit, and that shit, of course, is monsters.

After another rousing edition of The Quaff (AND another audio-based update), Wyatt has some frogs for us. And not just any frogs — it’s the Loveland Frogmen! Or possibly a weirdly upright iguana. But most likely a Sleestak. Just whatever you do, watch out for their wand (???).

Jake then takes us into a stranger’s backyard to be stared at for four years. It’s ABSOLUTELY CHILLING. And apparently not something a game camera can pick up.

Burn your Satanic sheds and walk that way that frogs do on over to this week’s shiny new episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Worldwide Hum update: http://bit.ly/Microseisms

Wyatt’s story

Loveland Frogmen: http://bit.ly/LovelandFrogmen

Weird U.S.: http://bit.ly/WeirdOhio

2016 Pokémon Go sighting: http://bit.ly/PokemonFrogman

Giant salamander video: https://youtu.be/sCMZGPcRSOQ

Jake’s story

Something in the woods: http://bit.ly/SomethingInTheWoods

Yard photo: https://imgur.com/GQBmlKJ

Update post: http://bit.ly/30SujNM

Photo of the eyes: https://imgur.com/TgRALgO

Final update: http://bit.ly/2Kduv4s

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Episode 67 – Sadventure Time

Thu, 23 May 2019 04:00:13 GMT

We all make mistakes. They don’t always involve depleting all breathable oxygen from a living space or disappearing forever into the jungle, but still. Accordingly, this ep is all about science mistakes!

After a buzzy update from Cuba/Wyatt, Jake tells the tale of the ambitious but ill fated Biosphere 2, an early ’90s experiment (read “publicity stunt”) that actually could have been really cool. Sadly, a lack of adequate technical consideration kept the habitat from realizing its full potential, and that’s how you get ants. And cockroaches. And almost suffocate everybody.

Wyatt then takes us back in time to the antics of Percy Fawcett, who simply couldn’t get enough of that tasty, tasty Amazon rain forest. So much so that he is STILL THERE TO THIS DAY. He may have brought back numerous reports of patently ridiculous animals, and vanished while searching for the so called Lost City of Z, but at least he wasn’t secretly doing something WEIRD, like attempting to help humankind ascend to a higher plane by initiating with transdimensional beings… right? Also, Jake and Wyatt discuss the key differences between poison and venom, and their plans for an upcoming stage play production.

Stick your hand in a thresher and give your son to the Earth Guardians as we venture into this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Sonic attacks update: http://bit.ly/SonicAttacks

First sonic attack episode: http://bit.ly/HookedOnSonics

Second sonic attack episode: http://bit.ly/BahHumBuzz

Jake’s story

Biosphere 2 photo: http://bit.ly/Biosphere2Aerial

Environment and Ecology: http://bit.ly/EnvNEcol

Discover Magazine: http://bit.ly/DiscoverBiosphere2

Mental Floss: http://bit.ly/MentalFlossBiosphere2

NewScientist: http://bit.ly/NewScientistBiosphere2

Nelson’s reflection: http://bit.ly/NelsonDartmouth

Wyatt’s story

Fawcett expedition: http://bit.ly/FawcettStuff

Poison vs. venom: http://bit.ly/Poison-Venom

Project Science: https://youtu.be/aD0bjh1uBnY

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Episode 66 – Timeless Cool

Thu, 16 May 2019 04:03:15 GMT

Pyramid power! Greek robots! Other Ancient Aliens bait! It can mean only one thing: tech tales from antiquity on Superduperstitious!

Wyatt kicks it off with a perhaps less well known conspiracy surrounding the Great Pyramid of Giza. And it’s not even the Daniel Jackson kind! Instead, it’s the one where the pyramid is actually a giant electrical power plant, one that a future David Bowie character could be proud of. And the weirdest part? There is a downright stupid amount of plausibility to this one.

Jake then gives us robots through the ages — Italian robots, a boat that totally doesn’t just sink, Hero’s high-speed porn tower — all the hits! And these babies are fully programmable, with not one sign of Skynet crap.

You’ll get all that, plus the introduction of an informative new segment (The Quaff™), all on this historically riveting new episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

Great pyramid: https://www.ancient.eu/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

Pyramid cross section: http://bit.ly/PyramidDiagram

Pyramid power plant: http://bit.ly/TeslaPyramid

Dendera light: http://bit.ly/DenderaLight

Glow discharge bulb: https://youtu.be/tcncjlKWe4Y

It maybe works: http://bit.ly/EMPyramid

Jake’s story

NewScientist article: http://bit.ly/AncientRobots

Da Vinci’s lion: http://bit.ly/DaVinciLion

Hero’s robot: http://bit.ly/HeroBot

Robot video: https://youtu.be/xyQIo9iS_z0

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Episode 65 – Don't Go There.

Thu, 09 May 2019 04:00:00 GMT

Spooky spots! Again! Kind of! This week is all about visits to mysterious locations and the mysterious mysteries that happen there — MYSTERIOUSLY.

After some requisite bat shit, Jake leads off with the curious case of Devil’s Kettle Falls in Minnesota, where half of a river apparently falls into oblivion. Where does all that water actually go? Can any natural phenomenon explain its apparent failure to reappear? How many cars do we have to cram into the thing to solve this?!

Wyatt then covers something ALMOST as chilling as disappearing water: disappearing people. Travel to Black Mountain in Queensland, Australia (but don’t) to see what happens if you wander inside this spooky pile o’ rocks (but probably don’t). What could possibly go wrong in a mountain that moans?

Here at Superduperstitious, we know just what sort of entertainment you crave from a podcast: high quality geology content. So listen to this brand new ep!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

UnMuseum: http://www.unmuseum.org/devils_kettle.htm

Devil’s Kettle photo: http://bit.ly/DevilsKettlePhoto

Video inside the kettle: https://youtu.be/oUCnRA7MbVQ

Lost Lake in Oregon: https://youtu.be/N_rm8Mlb94Y?t=8

Wyatt’s story

“Don’t go there”: https://youtu.be/IfXhGqQKlQM

ABC Australia: http://bit.ly/Black_Mountain

Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/MysteriousUniverseBlackMtn

Robbie Shone cave photography: https://www.instagram.com/shonephoto/

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Episode 64 – Arthropoddities

Fri, 03 May 2019 16:50:21 GMT

It’s always bugs o’clock here at Superduperstitious, because why the hell not?

After some passing yeti news, Wyatt opens with an increasingly uncomfortable tale of giant spiders in Mozambique. Is the j’ba fofi really out there? If so, it may bite your butt and make you die. And if not, you can still learn about all the other unholy arachnid abominations that definitely DO crawl across our world right now AND PROBABLY RIGHT BEHIND YOU OH GOD DID YOU FEEL THAT ON YOUR LEG AHHHHHH.

Jake then takes to the air with rods, also known as sky fish, also known as solar entities, also known as SUPER REAL. Follow these mysterious creatures from their discovery in the mid-nineties all the way to their journey’s end approximately ten years later. It’s a good time. And definitely not a flying squid.

Guys, just because you caught someone eating a bird ONCE doesn’t give you the right to make that name follow them forever. Crank up your shutter speed and tune in for this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

J'ba FoFi: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/J%27ba_FoFi

Purported footage: https://youtu.be/QgGEeDPWBeo

Camel spider photo: http://bit.ly/CamelSpider

Camel spider face in profile: http://bit.ly/SolifugaeProfile

Camel spider being awful: https://i.redd.it/6h65tj056c0z.jpg

Jake’s story

Daniel Tarr’s site (photos, video, animation): https://www.tarrdaniel.com/documents/Ufology/rods.html

Cave of Swallows video: https://youtu.be/hajkV7tQtZY?t=54

C60 Purple Power: https://c60purplepower.com/meet-the-founder/

Underwater rods?!: https://youtu.be/fvXR6h4Wt2Q

Escamilla interview: https://youtu.be/iQHC6ARNzzg?t=33

MonsterQuest full episode: https://youtu.be/XCkOudqp8IQ?t=2341

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Episode 63 – Spontaneous Human Combustion: R.I.P. Lorraine Warren

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:04:38 GMT

Rainy day doldrums got you down? That’s no reason not to disrespect the dead!

This week’s theme is seemingly paranormal medical phenomena, and Jake opens with a description of near-death experiences. What happens if you go toward the light? IS there really a light to go toward? And is Macho Man Randy Savage really waiting for you at the end of it?

The boys then pay their respects to the late medium/demonologist/book and movie mogul Lorraine Warren (and the even later Ed Warren) in very, very tasteful fashion. It’s a struggle not to cry as they recount their favorite Warren cases, how totally real those cases were, and how much they’ve always seen the Warrens as upstanding members of society.

Wyatt finishes things off with the frightening and mysterious phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion. Can you really just suddenly become on fire? How long has this been happening to you? Is there a history of bursting into flames in your family? I’m going to recommend that you take two lit cigarettes to bed and telegraph me in the morning.

Grab a box of tissues and a fire extinguisher and STAY WITH US — IT’S NOT YOUR TIME YET! Instead, it’s time for another episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

HowStuffWorks: http://bit.ly/HowNDEsWork

Warren Retrospective

Their greatest triumphs: http://bit.ly/WarrenFrauds

Penney allegations: http://bit.ly/PenneyAllegations

Wyatt’s story

Florida cargo shorts: http://bit.ly/CargoShortsFire

Spontaneous human combustion: http://anomalyinfo.com/Topics/fires-paranormal

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Episode 62 – We Pick Three for Six Betwixt

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:08:30 GMT

It’s inexplicably deli time at Superdupersitious!

Wyatt and Jake take turns telling a bunch of random-ass cryptid tales, each one more chilling than the last. Did we say “chilling”? We meant “bonkers banana sandwich kookytown”. Learn all about a killer pancake; the completely logical thing you get when you combine an ape, dog, bear, lion, and rhinoceros; more bat stuff; and of course, the Grunch. Also bugs and a moat monster. And Shadowlands Roulette.

Get the best combo meal value you’ll ever find in a podcast, on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

The Stories

Crptidz Wiki: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cryptid_Wiki

1940s article: http://bit.ly/FlyingWhatsIt

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Episode 61 – The Kangaroo Event

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 04:35:47 GMT

Any strange story is fair game this week, so the boys tackle some slightly more famous freak occurrences.

Jake kicks it off with some obligatory updates on the bat problems of the midwest, followed by a decidedly offbeat creature encounter from that same region in the 1970s. Meet the Enfield Horror, a creature of improbable anatomy and ill temper that terrorized a tiny Illinois town for a few weeks before vanishing forever, unless it’s still lurking there to this day (it’s not), because it was totally real the whole time (it wasn’t). You can shoot it, but it will just come back and loiter in your yard.

Wyatt then takes us to Siberia at the turn of the 20th century, where a massive explosion leveled enormous swathes of forest and baffled scientists for decades to come. Was it a meteor that exploded before landing? Did real scientists actually suggest that it was a miniature black hole magically appearing? And did they really publish that theory in the most respected journal in the world?

Keep an eye out for three-leggèd footprints, and don’t show any fear or surprise in Russia: it’s Superduperstitious time!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

Ranker article: http://bit.ly/EnfieldHorror

Cryptozoonews: http://www.cryptozoonews.com/ill-ass/

Sociology study: http://bit.ly/EnfieldStudy

Wyatt’s story

Forbes article: http://bit.ly/TunguskaForbes

NASA article: http://bit.ly/TunguskaNASA

Chelyabinsk video: https://youtu.be/dpmXyJrs7iU

Russian nonchalance: https://youtu.be/6m0sPed-d_g?t=111

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Episode 60 – At the Mountains of (March) Madness

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 04:06:09 GMT

A two-year record-iversary, a 60th episode, AND the launch of a Patreon? That’s cause for celebration! Ideally in the form of a single elimination bracket championship tournament between cults (obviously).

That’s right, this ep is devoted entirely to the NCAAA championship showdown between the World and Global Divisions’ top cults, each vying to reign supreme. Join Wyatt and Jake as they explore the backgrounds of these bizarre and fascinating religious movements and determine whether each group has what it takes to win (after being forced into a cursed simulator, to iteratively exist in constant conflict, living and dying again and again over the course of 10,000 years).

Fill out your brackets and prepare for Templar relics, diaereses, secret planets, and much, much more on this Very Special Episode™ of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Patreon! *airhorn noises*: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

NCAAA Championship Bracket: http://bit.ly/NCAAA

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Episode 59 – Crunch... Crunch... Yowie!

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:22:22 GMT

Another year of podcasting means Jake and Wyatt are eager to get fully back on their bullshit. And back on their bullshit is exactly where they go this week.

Wyatt feeds his Sasquatch addiction with another trip Down Under, this time to look at the yowie of Australian lore. The eyewitnesses seem credible, the phylogeography has Jake more open minded, and you’d best believe everyone’s looking for that penis.

Next, Jake gets ghoulish once again, with a pair of related sightings posted to Reddit. While you refrain from calling anyone a copper nanotube, ponder this: what the goddamned hell was outside that window every night? And can we all agree to just put trail cameras everywhere at all times?

All this, plus a very important missive by a certain Fire Killer, on this episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt’s story

News Dot com Dot AU: http://bit.ly/YowieNews

Ancient Origins: http://bit.ly/YowieAncientOrigins

Rex Gilroy: http://bit.ly/RexGilroy

Interview: https://youtu.be/OIM6T_-YN1k?t=23

Weird roar: https://youtu.be/zFMjs3Cn2DY?t=149

Freaky scream: https://youtu.be/uM3V0anXlq8?t=110

Sighting footage: https://youtu.be/En_5tsc_GgQ

Gary interview: https://youtu.be/pe5_smSBhnU

Demon tree Jake mentioned: http://bit.ly/DemonRootBall

Jake’s story

“Footsteps” account: http://bit.ly/FootstepsNosleep

Shadow drawing: https://i.imgur.com/myIxzSE.jpg

Second account: http://bit.ly/FollowingMe

Various images: https://imgur.com/a/o4Ubfk1

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Episode 58 – Beer-zebub, or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Satan

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 03:40:04 GMT

What’s the point believing in spirits and such if it doesn’t involve those spirits being super scary and wanting to mess with us? Thankfully, that’s what demons are for — and what this ep is all about!

Jake attempts to break the mold a bit with a non-Christian take on these dark forces, paying a visit to an Algonquin reservation and its spooky run-in with a malevolent entity a few years ago. Call it a kokogi, call it a window-tapping jerk — just don’t expect it to wipe that smug grin off its face. And feel free to just lock it in your cabin I guess.

Wyatt then digs into the history, psychology, and prevalence of the positively marvelous phenomenon that is demonic possession. Not “marvelous” in the sense of “wonderful” — unless it’s “wonderful” in the sense of “astounding”. And definitely “astounding” in the sense of “incredible”, but not “incredible” in the sense of “awesome”, except if it's “awesome” in the sense of “marvelous”.

Learn about Native Canadian approaches to dealing with the paranormal, a story you’ve maybe heard before, and hard truths about doughnut franchises, all on this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Owl from below: http://bit.ly/OwlFromBelow

Jake’s story

Clickhole piece: http://bit.ly/ClickholePrinceCharming

Something Terrorized My Town: http://bit.ly/Kokogi

Spooky illustration: http://bit.ly/2TP2gio

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Episode 57 – Mist Opportunities

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 19:17:35 GMT

It’s a weird world out there, full of rocks and clouds that want to eat you. But you’ll be safe with us here on Superduperstitious!

Wyatt talks up the Bennington Triangle, a decidedly non-triangular region in Vermont known for some creepy disappearances, with likely ties to the Big Bad Wolf and some lethal hugs. Never leave your children unattended while your pigs are unfed.

Jake then reads another overwritten account of a kooky occurrence in Florida, but this time it involves a carnivorous pink mist floating around and eating everything. Nobody knows what really happened back then, but everyone will happily follow that assertion with an explanation of exactly what happened back then.

Venture into the unknown, identify some unidentified bones (they’re human), and perhaps finally solve the show’s longest running mystery (What is That Fog?), all on today’s episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt’s story

Obscure Vermont: http://bit.ly/BenningtonTriangle

Jake’s story

Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/CarnivorousCloud

Lake fly midge clouds: https://youtu.be/dUFNzHy9dXM?t=43

Gnat cloud in slow motion: https://youtu.be/Q3roLSEF0aw

Operation Drop Kick: http://bit.ly/OperationDropKick

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Episode 56 – Spaces, Strange: Space Is Strange

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:41:51 GMT

Space! There’s an awful lot of it, and yet we practically never talk about it on this friggin’ show. But this episode aims to remedy that!

Did you know that you can get a degree in intergalactic politics? Incidentally, did you also know that you can go on long weekend retreats to one of Jupiter’s moons? And did you know that humans are descended from 12 or more different extraterrestrial races? Jake didn’t know any of that, but if you believe it, he’s got a xendra to sell you!

Wyatt then cranks up the excitement by talking about a really neat rock. It’s great, this rock. ’S from a couple years ago. We barely saw it at all, but it’s fast and small and OH SNAP IT MIGHT BE A SPACESHIP WHAAAAT.

Learn all about how to start your career as an exopolitician and how to tell different space debris apart while Jake takes the Lawd’s name in vain entirely too many times, all on today’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Loch Ness GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Jake’s story

Quora responses: https://goo.gl/wKQNHT

Exonews article: https://goo.gl/msJNqv

Exopolitics Institute: https://exopoliticsinstitute.org/

Rational Wiki: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michael_Salla

Wyatt’s story

Quanta article: https://goo.gl/4BD4cu

Space dot com: https://goo.gl/K5dezo

Loeb interview: https://youtu.be/rDZyI83Bj2w

Oumuamua photo: https://goo.gl/Y9ccfP

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Episode 55 – sOfT kItTy, WaRm KiTtY

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 23:43:21 GMT

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today, you’ll hear from two nerdy guys — it’s another forest-centered episode of Superduperstitous!

Wyatt leads the way with some alarming encounters had by various survivalists in the great outdoors, and learns that Jake has terrible survival instincts. What would YOU do if your flashlight revealed the reflection of a pair of eyes in the darkness? Freeze in your tracks? Try to get closer? Poop?

Next, Jake recounts some currently ongoing terror in the taiga with one teenage Redditor’s tale of SOMETHING chasing her through the woods near her house. Tall, grey, humanoid, and accompanied by the sound of rattling chains, Glitter Sprinkles is not likely be her new best friend anytime soon. That said, if you absolutely have to get murdered by a monster, it’s best to at least keep the internet apprised.

Hear all this, plus an unexpected return from a hopping horror, some useful tangents about proverbs and idioms, and a listener-submitted story about an abomination near Maryland, all on this brand new episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Loch Ness GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Dave Paulides’ Missing 411 accounts: https://youtu.be/QezIejUhDT4

Wyatt’s story

Survivalist Boards: https://www.survivalistboards.com

Jake’s story

HermesNorth’s post: https://goo.gl/qEdydZ

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Episode 54 – The Shadow Mans

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:00:38 GMT

It’s spooky in the bedroom once again on Superduperstitious! Jake leads off by describing an entity seen around the world by people who mostly just want to get some damned sleep. Who is the mysterious Hat Man? Why is he wearing a hat? What kind of hat is it? Were trench coats really THAT popular in the 1700s?

Then, after a quick ethological look at the well known instinctive flight or fuck response, Wyatt asks for Jake’s help in rating a series of answers to the age old question, “Have you ever woken up randomly in the middle of the night, feeling the presence of someone or something else with you in the room?” Which of these answers will receive a “Negative Boo”, which will just get a 3 or something, and which will get the coveted “Yikes”?

Find out the answers to these questions about answers, why your brain be so scary, and where Jake draws the line on randomly singing in a podcast, all on this week’s episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake’s story

The Hat Man Project: http://thehatmanproject.com/my-story-by-duncan-conner/

The Bogeyman (1973): https://goo.gl/WjrLDq

Babadook origin: https://goo.gl/GLGVux

The Man in the Beaver Hat: https://goo.gl/SFi2Ym

Reddit post: https://goo.gl/4cnuYW

Mirror neurons article: https://goo.gl/DTzGxR

SLEEP PARALYSIS CURE: https://goo.gl/23x5Ev

Baland Jalal IS the Hat Man: https://goo.gl/DjAzuq

Wyatt’s story

Quora post: https://goo.gl/GdjTaz

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Episode 53 – The Phantom of the Chicago: Part a Billion

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:54:36 GMT

Holy crap, it's another episode! This show truly is still a thing that exists. The boys have a lot of catching up to do together, and it involves revisiting some interesting past stories of the spooky and strange.

For starters, Wyatt aims to put the Cuban sonic attack conspiracy to bed once and for all, but the plot insists on continuing to thicken. With so many technologies out there for microwaving heads and looking at babies (but ideally not for microwaving babies), it seems like anything could be possible. Or, again, maybe it's bugs.

Jake, meanwhile, is as on-brand as ever with an entire full-length segment devoted to America's favorite winged flesh-like creature, The Phantom of the Chicago. People around Lake Michigan haven't stopped seeing the giant humanoid bat monster, so these updates are going to JUST. KEEP. COMING.

The long wait is over, old stories have new twists, and Superduperstitious is back! So fully turn to look at your friend before you scream, and enjoy this all-new ep.

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt’s story

Chicago Tribune: https://goo.gl/FRsJgu

New York Times: https://goo.gl/zcHWnp

Live Science: https://goo.gl/ziuZT5

JAMA: https://goo.gl/FtrvFS

The New Yorker: https://goo.gl/WBtcRe

Crickets: https://goo.gl/NMMsMA

Jake's story

UFO Clearinghouse: https://goo.gl/41jX5g

Phantoms and Monsters #1: https://goo.gl/yBazCW

Phantoms and Monsters #2: https://goo.gl/Xe16z1

Phantoms and Monsters #3: https://goo.gl/Pd2MWt

Nexus Newsfeed: https://goo.gl/BrhQZg

Phantoms and Monsters #4: https://goo.gl/HTZVdz

Phantoms and Monsters #5: https://goo.gl/9ubXBy

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Episode 52 – The Man from Another Place

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 01:47:01 GMT

We’re entering parallel universes and hidden worlds galore on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious! But probably not. But maybe!

First we hear from Jake, with the story of a bizarre encounter in a Japanese airport in the 1950s. Flying was so much less strict back then: you didn’t have to take your shoes off when you went through security, you could smoke on the plane, and you could have a passport from a country that doesn’t exist (unfortunately, the latter MIGHT cause you to be detained and then to vanish into thin air).

Then, following a long overdue round of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt tells of the Green Children of Woolpit. Who were these mysterious children who spoke a different language and had no idea how beans work? Aliens? Extradimensional beings? Malnourished immigrant children who were lost? Nah, that last one is too farfetched.

We’ve got good news! That gum you like is going to come back in style, on an all-new episode of Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Jake’s story

Anomaly Info: http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/1954-man-taured

Week in Weird, The Man from Taured: https://goo.gl/yWikrQ

Wyatt’s story

Anomaly Info: http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/11351154-green-children-woolpit

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Episode 51 – We Want to Believe Part II: Science

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 05:14:45 GMT

What better way to end the year than with the conclusion of this Superduperstitious Special Report? There are better options? Never mind, just listen to the damned podcast.

Jake and Wyatt recap paranormal investigations and then lay down the sciencey law (not to mention define what a “law” actually is in science). Learn more than you ever wanted to know about the scientific method, and go ahead and continue to consider donating $12,000.

The boys are then joined by SHARON A. HILL, spooky geologist and aficionado of paranormal culture. Sharon is the author of Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Paranormal Researchers, and she gives some tips on how to make the field more legitimate. She also gives some fun insider info on Centralia, for a throwback to Episode 48, because who DOESN’T want to hear more about a town being sucked into Hell?

Forget about your grainy photos, take off your foil hat, and find out why you can’t just rely on the machine that goes “PING”, all in this fact-packed episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Sharon’s website: https://sharonahill.com/

Scientifical Americans: https://goo.gl/ob3Ccx

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Episode 50 – We Want to Believe Part I: Pseudo

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 05:00:00 GMT

Halfway to a hundred eps, and it’s time for the boys to bite the hand that feeds them with another two-part deep dive! Specifically, it’s a look at the pseudoscience behind everything this show is about. It’ll be fun!

Wyatt kicks off Part I with some cryptozoology goodness. Whether it's reputable publications gleefully fanning the flames of belief, or fancy-ass websites touting their fancy-ass research tools, monster hunting has some major methodological mishaps. But at least they sell cool hats.

Jake then takes things in a ghostlier direction with a look at paranormal investigations. Luckily, it’s an easy field to get into, as long as you have gadgets. Doesn’t matter what they do. Just have ’em. You’ll do fine.

Learn about the important differences between real science and TV science, give Wyatt and Jake $12,000, and enjoy the sound of people looking at websites, all on the start of this Superduperstitious Special Report!

EPISODE LINKS

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Wyatt’s story

NYT Champ article: https://goo.gl/WVPMQp

Smithsonian magazine article: https://goo.gl/jkhMWM

Surgeon’s photo: https://goo.gl/dw9JLo

Loch Ness Hunters: https://www.lochnesshunters.com/

SIR: http://sasquatchinvestigations.org/

Almasty footage: https://youtu.be/XhYxK2rjHI0?t=20

Jake’s story

International Paranormal Society: https://www.intparanormal.net/mission.html

Other Jake’s post: https://goo.gl/euRzhN

Fife Paranormal: https://www.facebook.com/FifeParanormal/

List of NH paranormal societies: https://goo.gl/oQFVCj

Paranormal Reactions: http://www.paranormalreactions.com/

The Devil Hunter: http://devilhunter.simplesite.com/

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Episode 49 – [Elk bugling intensifies]

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 05:36:31 GMT

If we know one thing at Superduperstitious, it’s that animals are weird. They act weird, sometimes they look weird, and frequently they sound weird. So imagine how weird CRYPTIDS must sound! Or just listen to this episode, because that’s what it’s about.

But first, it’s another update on that pesky Midwestern bat thing, the Phantom of the Chicago! The saga seemingly never ends, to the point where the boys may just have to take matters into their own hands.

After that, however, you’d better believe there are some spooky forest sounds afoot, and Knightsbridge Consulting is here to take care of them! Travel with Jake to British Columbia, routinely insist on calling a town by the incorrect name, and maybe, just maybe, track down the creature behind all this. At the very least, aim to briefly look like Ziggy Stardust.

Wyatt rounds out the ep with a series of crazy and creepy animal sounds from around the world, to show just how easy it would be for your imagination to run wild in the woods at night. He also revisits Awee Kids for a series of increasingly questionable animal sound demonstrations. Beat up some hunters and watch out for sky whales — spooky sounds await you on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake’s story

Unusual sound in Witset: https://youtu.be/25lzRlwz_u4

Strange noises in Oregon woods: https://youtu.be/wq7K01O9HMc?t=56

Knighstbridge Consulting: https://www.knightsbridgeconsulting.co.uk/

Witset case: https://goo.gl/26ktoK

Elk bugle: https://youtu.be/orSIhYAI3VI

Coyote sounds: https://youtu.be/0ga0i1FSXZQ?t=18

Wyatt’s story

Elk bugle: https://youtu.be/TSpGd9p17n0

Whirly tube: https://youtu.be/CuGnsW0ysrA

Screech owl: https://youtu.be/RiQrP4U6zBk?t=100

Great potoo: https://www.xeno-canto.org/189719

Howler monkeys: https://youtu.be/xxzbqmFkXwU

Coyotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGiGjs0U1U

Weird British sounds: https://youtu.be/LXreezdyYdU

Sky trumpets: https://youtu.be/_NQRGaqR6Ls?t=257

Bird sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/9A7VrX-gkyo

Squirrel sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/h-GytVbcZWM

Ant sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/G2TMZoURwYQ

Horse sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/b8vYrJmvjQM

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Episode 48 – Unsettlements

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 05:00:52 GMT

You asked for lost cities, so we give you… towns! That’s right: this week on Superduperstitious, it’s all about vanishing villages and missing municipalities.

Wyatt leads with a Pennsylvania town that is actively disappearing to this very day. No matter how festive you’re feeling, maybe just don’t set that much stuff on fire, yeah? Also catch Wyatt’s eerie firsthand experience passing through the location that influenced one of the most popular survival horror video game franchises ever! Or at least the dumb movie spinoff thereof.

Jake then confuses buttons and rings as he attempts to tell the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, which may in fact be not so much “lost” as “misplaced”. For all the mess they’d eventually make, Europeans sure had a hard time colonizing at first.

Carve your messages into a tree and DAMN IT JUST MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE ALREADY — Superduperstitious is about to start

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt’s story

Centralia: https://www.centraliapa.org/

Jake’s story

The Lost Colony: https://goo.gl/WawVeJ

Maltese cross: https://goo.gl/bA56ia

Smithsonian Magazine article: https://goo.gl/uMxZiB

New World apocalypse: https://goo.gl/X9Ab68

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Episode 47 – The 2nd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:00:18 GMT

The lights are all out. Your candy is within reach. You’ve got your flashlight, and you’re tucked inside your freshly secreted tent. You’re ready for some spooky stories from the Superduperstitious Halloween special!

You want stories about nighttime bedroom visits? We got that! You want cursed casino games? We got that! You want even more creepy Sasquatch stories? No? Well Wyatt’s got that. Halloween means thrills, chills, unlikely head injuries, and all the bossa nova you could ever ask for.

All that, plus a very, very special guest, all on The 2nd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!

EPISODE LINKS

Blue sparks advice: https://goo.gl/5KRsY4

“The Strangest Story Ever Told”: https://goo.gl/vmgjBR

AskReddit: https://goo.gl/Krctbq

“Bad Vibes in Paradise”: https://goo.gl/nY5o8y

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Episode 46 – The Hostess with the Ghostest

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:00:00 GMT

For October’s final guest, Superduperstitious is visited by SARA JONES, host of the podcast Laughing in the Dark! Sara shares some strange experiences had on her own show, plus a pair of eerie stories from her childhood (did you know that she can sense boobs?).

Sara and Wyatt also set aside some time to shit on Jake for calling a piece of ghost hunting gear a K2 meter, despite the fact that THAT’S WHAT IT’S ACTUALLY CALLED, GUYS.

Finally, Jake and Wyatt each share a couple of incredibly stupid stories from Reddit, because for every treat, there is an equal and opposite trick. Get up for school or else get down like a sphere man — Halloween is almost here on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Laughing in the Dark

Libsyn: http://litdarkpodcast.libsyn.com/

Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sara-jones/laughing-in-the-dark

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/15bgvQpROyURFgZD0DFBVu

Jake’s story

“Our First House”: https://goo.gl/cfzk61

Wyatt’s story

Sphere man story: https://goo.gl/SNTzgB

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Episode 45 – Spirited Company

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:00:01 GMT

The October Interview Spectacular™®© is still going strong on Superduperstitious, and this time, it hits a little closer to home! But also it was an hour drive to do it? But yeah. It’s good.

Guest KAYLA GODDU carries the episode today with a chronology of ghostly occurrences in her house growing up, which was also Jake’s house growing up, because she is his sister. THRILL as a series of seemingly innocuous but strange goings-on gradually give way to complete, Wyatt-chilling terror! REJOICE as a Chad gets his just desserts! WONDER why Jake has never brought any of this up!

Throw out that old bracelet and keep your corduroys quiet — it’s full-on ghost story time on this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Kayla’s website: https://www.icingonthekake.net/

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Episode 44 – Seacoast, See Ghost

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:58:54 GMT

October continues, and so do the guests! This week, author, historian, folklorist, tour guide, and all-around cool person ROXIE ZWICKER joins the show to recount hauntings around Portsmouth, NH. That, and a story about a cow that will change your life forever.

Wyatt then chimes in with his own dark tale of the Seacoast region, the Smuttynose murders (which is definitely not pre-recorded). While not quite supernatural itself, it’s still creepy and true-crime-y, and you people like that stuff, don’t you? Listen along to a story of betrayal and axe hackin’ — or, if you prefer, a tragedy about a man who was unable to extract money from his former friends’ heads.

Jake then concludes with the famous story of Ocean Born Mary (also not pre-recorded), a pretty fanciful local legend that may or may not be full of holes. At least her ocean-born-ness still seems to hold up. Dig up the whole backyard, and for goodness’ sake, give that lady your fish — it’s time for another episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

New England Curiosities: https://newenglandcuriosities.com/

Wyatt’s story

Isles of Shoals Murders: https://goo.gl/9p3pJz

The Smuttynose Murders: https://goo.gl/UxyM1f

Jake’s story

Haunted States of America: https://goo.gl/REH63C

Concord Monitor: https://goo.gl/f7iKZX

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Episode 43 – Ghost Guest Good Times

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 04:12:43 GMT

October on Superduperstitious can mean only one thing: desperately trying to create Halloween content that stands out from the rest of the year! The solution? A whole month’s worth of special guests, with their own spooky tales to tell!

Up first is dear friend of the show LINDSAY, who has four ghostly encounters to share. Shadow men? Spectral watchers? Cats with bowling balls? You decide!

Jake then follows with a short account that will make your skin, shall we say, CRAWL? Because… it’s a thing about… a Crawler? Do… do you get it? Not to be out-predictable-ed, Wyatt then draws a Sasquatch story completely by chance. Basically everything you should expect when you ask these chumps each to pick a story to share. All that, plus some casual references to Episodes 3, 22, 6, 10, and 33 — all without actually SAYING which episodes were being referenced! A whole year deep, and these guys are almost ready to start getting the hang of this.

Hide under the covers and don’t drop your mail, because Halloween Month on Superduperstitious is just getting started!

EPISODE LINKS

Supernatural collective nouns: http://wondermark.com/566/

Jake’s Reddit Crawler story: https://goo.gl/qVyjZm

Wyatt’s dumb luck Reddit Bigfoot story: https://goo.gl/KRv5Da

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Episode 42 – The Goonies for 300 Years

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:13:17 GMT

It's another one about urban legends. What more do you need to know? If you want another whole elaborate, silly teaser thing, I'll write it, but like, you could just be listening already, you know? Fine.

This week, Wyatt digs into the several-centuries-long mystery of Canada's Nova Scotia's Oak Island's Money Pit, also just called "The Oak Island Money Pit" apparently. What exactly the hell is buried down those hundreds of feet of now constantly flooded tunnel, and will it prove once and for all that Shakespeare's plays were originally written in Wingings? Jake then heads west to Turnbull Canyon, where either a nightmarish cacophony of constant paranormal horrors has been happening for ages, or nothing at all is or ever was happening other than it being a pleasant place for a hike. Kinda seems to be the way of things on this show, huh?

The pumps have exploded, the children have been tenderized, you've read all the nonsense — now go and listen to the latest episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Oak Island Money Pit: https://goo.gl/UAfkTW

Jake's story

Backpackverse article: https://goo.gl/ve5hga

Water tower photos: https://goo.gl/QMftQw

CelicaSupra forum post: https://goo.gl/uK2EXw

Drifting forum post: https://goo.gl/gWjqCE

Unexplained-Mysteries: https://goo.gl/4arVbf

Sharon Hill shout-out

Scientifical Americans: https://goo.gl/HQiPBP

15 Credibility Street: https://goo.gl/gZmA2t

Spooky Geology: https://spookygeology.com/

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Episode 41 – Tales from the Crypt(ozoology Conference)

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:30:43 GMT

The boys have finally gone out and done something interesting! Or at least, kind of interesting. Either way, they're sure gonna share it with you! But not before a long awaited update on those creepy bat monsters in the Chicago area — Jake walks us through Lon's overarching theory, and why that theory is so phantom-shit crazy as to ALMOST make these updates no fun anymore. ALMOST.

Wyatt shares a first look at some of the Fearsome Critters with the legend of the Gumberoo, which is, if possible, actually EVEN dumber than its name might suggest. Wyatt and Jake are also plagued by not one but TWO rounds of Shadowlands Roulette, and conclude the ep with a recap of their trip to the 3rd Annual International Cryptozoology Conference in Portland, ME (and a plea for $12,000).

It probably says a lot that a "freeform" episode of this show is the most structured, properly segmented episode yet. In any case, you're in for one fun episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Phantom of the Chicago sighting: https://goo.gl/krraLN

1981 sighting: https://goo.gl/NZ4t8F

Gumberoo: https://goo.gl/ZorDEt

GoFundMe: https://goo.gl/MrRmWi

The Tomb of Nick Cage: https://goo.gl/UzHCVd

Documentary: https://cryptozoologist.org/

Cryptozoology Informational Blog: http://cryptid-wendigo.tumblr.com/

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Episode 40 – Gullible's Travels Part II: Suggested Memories

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:52:48 GMT

We sure do fall for some goofy stuff, don't we? I wonder if there's, like, a reason why or something? Well hottest dog, wouldn't ya know it, the boys have some answers for us!

After a recap of last week's spooky pants and conspiracy balloons, Wyatt and Jake dive right into the psychological and neurological explanations for why exactly the h*ck we can be so easily convinced. Take off your magical thinking cap and put on your critical thinking cap — it's time to finish what last episode started, on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

ParaBreakdown video: https://youtu.be/xvIPNYTzGuA

Erik Vance interview: https://goo.gl/7umvsk

Karl K. Korff article: https://goo.gl/R5K9Kt

Ulric Neisser experiment: https://goo.gl/XrEy3P

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Episode 39 – Gullible's Travels Part I: Liar, Liar, Pants on Wire

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 03:59:48 GMT

Here at Superduperstitious, it's our goal to separate fact from stupid ol' poopy dumb stuff, but it's not always so simple. Sometimes phenomena can be all but completely debunked, and folk'll still cling to beliefs no matter how much evidence there is against them. To that end, it's time for another Superduperstitious Special Report!

In the first installment of this two-parter, Wyatt talks up the disembodied pants that are the Fresno Nightcrawlers. Behold the 5 or 6 pixels of video evidence and decide for yourself if these legs are ALIEN legs! Jake then tries his hand at describing the biggest, famousest, tiredest U.F.O. tale of them all, and why everyone's so hung up on this one town in New Mexico in spite of there being no story and no interest until 30 years after the inciting incident. But maybe this one's aliens, too.

And there's a whole lot more in store next time — aliens are just the beginning on this week's deep dive into bogus beliefs!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Fresno Nightcrawlers: https://youtu.be/fMv85lRAmuk

Yosemite video: https://youtu.be/ziB35K9shuI

Fact or Faked: https://youtu.be/b4XDcJoiXuY

Carmel Area Creature: https://goo.gl/2h3ThJ

Statues: https://goo.gl/zfeGTj

Jake's story

Roswell Daily Record article: https://goo.gl/yXQKjh

Fort Worth Star Telegram article: https://goo.gl/VrqrZq

"A Roswell Requiem": https://goo.gl/rB3qas

Marcel's bullshit: https://goo.gl/D9Hss4

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Episode 38 – "Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim" by Christopher Walken

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 05:17:25 GMT

It's gross bug week on Superduperstitious, because why the hell not? Both Jake and Wyatt independently and accidentally land on stories involving giant, creepy, wormlike creatures, and by some additional coincidence, these creatures also happen to both be found in the general vicinity of eastern Asia.

First up is Jake with a deadly worm in the Gobi Desert, which either murders the crap out of anyone or anything unlucky enough to encounter it, or it's a different thing that doesn't do those things, or it doesn't exist. At least it won't interfere with your spice mining. Wyatt then leads us out into the ocean to hunt for either a terrifying marine arthropod, or else some kind of cursed walrus. At any rate, keep the family jewels away from the seafloor and/or the bottom of your aquarium.

Wow, we really went all-in on gross, squirmy creatures this week, didn't we? Yes. Yes we did. Why? Because damn it, it's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

Karl Shuker blog post: https://goo.gl/BufbPi

Goyo photo: https://goo.gl/bMvMYZ

Electric eel: https://goo.gl/MLCJ9v

Electrocytes: https://goo.gl/dVujGz

Worm lizard photos: https://goo.gl/kojz59

Amphisbaena photo: https://goo.gl/SNNjGj

Wyatt's story

Con Rit #1: https://goo.gl/SR2ANU

Con Rit #2: https://goo.gl/ycQL2d

Dunkleosteus: https://goo.gl/PRL1p3

Oarfish: https://goo.gl/DpRFLE

Annelid swimming: https://youtu.be/DhS3TpXnkdc

Bobbit worm swimming: https://youtu.be/refnOdW49rw

Bobbit worm being horrible: https://youtu.be/K_7ByiYbCYM

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Episode 37 – Water: We Talking About

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:05:52 GMT

Superduperstitious is splashing into summer with some sea-inspired stories! Or at least, that was the plan.

Wyatt starts us off, covering a just kind of vaguely water-adjacent topic: a series of monsters in Australia that may all be one and the same, and not just in the "sticking them all together into one mess of an animal" way that some of the tales might suggest. Plus Jake invents the very worst cocktail and then conflates Irish and Scots Gaelic consonant pronunciations like some kind of IDIOT.

As consolation, he offers the account of the doomed S.S. Ourang Medan, along with possible explanations as to what may have happened to the crew — and aided briefly by musical friend of the show, Tom Waits. As we prepare this episode for takeoff, please keep your elbows inside the vehicle and out of the mouths of any otters, and please make sure your sulfuric acid is safely stowed. It's time for another week of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Masterton Monster: https://goo.gl/u2VpRk

Euroa Beast (Bunyip): https://goo.gl/A2YfUZ

Dobhar-chú: https://goo.gl/xWiMAz

Moar Dobhar-chú: https://goo.gl/evNBkQ

Ice age in Australia: https://goo.gl/pqrULQ

Jake's story

Leif Erikson article: https://goo.gl/8R1K3h

Skittish Library article: https://goo.gl/fkRNQa

Old newspaper article: https://goo.gl/jgAm1p

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Episode 36 – Howlers, Whistlers, and Cabin Smashers

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 05:14:27 GMT

This week, it's an adventure into the woods for some ridiculous rigatoni! Jake leads Wyatt through the rambling yet flowery tale of "The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes and Specifically the Forest but in Kentucky", or whatever it's called. Never fear: a dozen or so coroners are here!

Wyatt then follows up with a much more sober series of accounts dealing with a race of apelike creatures around Mount St. Helens over the range of a century. When in doubt, sing, damn it, sing! Though it won't make your cabin any less flammable.

Thrill as an expert skier vanishes without a trace! Throw up a completely unnecessary number of times! Learn what the word "mordant" means! It's all on this forest-themed episode of Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

The Beast Between the Lakes: https://goo.gl/1RWM4A

Who actually goes to a crime scene: https://goo.gl/hPdgUG

Wyatt's story

Diary of Elkanah Walker: https://goo.gl/3RV7wm

Cabin attack: https://goo.gl/7z6pmf

Disappearance at Ape Canyon: https://goo.gl/ps9oGP

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Episode 35 – Terrordactyls

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 05:57:27 GMT

It would be a rare day indeed that Superduperstitious would fail to pay lip service to some ancient reptilian friends. Luckily, one such creature made it even easier by paying a visit of its own, in this case to the town of Van Meter, Iowa. Wyatt's got it covered, with a complete account of those strange few nights back at the turn of the century, along with a pretty good idea of what bees probably taste like.

Then, another accursed round of Shadowlands Roulette hangs heavy on the boys' souls, but after a narrow escape, Jake is ready to recount a Redditor's rendezvous with something freaky somewhere south of the border. Best to keep some partial glasses of water all over the house for good measure. Have your shotted gun at the ready and put your fingers in someone's mouth — there's a new episode of Superduperstitious to listen to!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

The dumb version: https://goo.gl/goMCdt

The less dumb version: https://goo.gl/9AZwzc

Interesting interpretation: https://goo.gl/rSNhZE

Jake's story

Original account: https://goo.gl/39tAJA

Creature drawing: https://imgur.com/a/aRm9zou

Birthday scene: https://youtu.be/2nvnk4cooxU

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Episode 34 – Bah! Hum-Buzz

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 04:20:02 GMT

29 more episodes deep since their first sound adventure and Wyatt and Jake are again reminded that podcasts are in fact an audio-based medium. In that case, it's time for some more auditory strangeness!

Jake opens with talk of a persistent, mysterious rumbling heard all around the world — though only by 2% or so of the population. What is the source of The Hum? Is there any way to stop it? Does it just not know the lyrics or something? One harrowing game of Shadowlands Roulette later, Wyatt revisits the Cuban sonic attacks, which are still probably not sonic attacks and now also not in Cuba. Are folks just hitting their heads left and right, or is something more espionage-y going on?

Pack your righty and lefty scissors and look out for horny bugs — Bowie and Jagger are waiting to see your dance moves on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

Glen MacPherson's article: https://goo.gl/9WtXUE

Hum example #1: https://youtu.be/3WXUOLHp54w

David Deming paper: https://goo.gl/Ddnq6z

World Hum Map: http://thehum.info/newhum/

MacPherson video: https://youtu.be/3VBT_-Z1tk4

Hum example #2: https://goo.gl/CfEFCp

"Hum" example #3: https://youtu.be/G6Mv0FKBcJ0

Wyatt's story

NYT article: https://nyti.ms/2M5EsiB

Vox article: https://goo.gl/8aG7dy

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Episode 33 – There Are No Moose

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 05:02:26 GMT

Without a specific theme to this week's episode, ANYTHING can happen! But really just two things happen.

Wyatt hits us with an abduction experience that he initially thought would be a Springheeled Jack encounter (Jack was of course too busy eating Scully Joes with the Devil to bother these specific fishermen in Mississippi). Don't believe the eyewitnesses? Just ask Puddin'! Puddin's dead now, but he was a fine man.

Jake then relays three creepy, unique nighttime encounters with some horrifying monsters. Watch as white people jump to conclusions. All that, plus a listener's creepy clown surprise! Please practice proper high beam etiquette as you join us for a good old fashioned regresh sesh on this week's Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Pascagoula abduction: https://goo.gl/jhNKcn

Jake's story

"I think I almost hit a skinwalker": https://goo.gl/jMXEuM

"My personal experience with a skinwalker": https://goo.gl/iHkPkW

"Skinwalker? Wendigo? What the f*** did I see?": https://goo.gl/pRVbm3

Sighting video: https://goo.gl/zoy5a5

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Episode 32 – The Vegetable Golem of Mouse Mouth

Thu, 31 May 2018 06:28:21 GMT

Would it really be an episode of Superduperstitious without some monsters? Perhaps. But it wouldn't be THIS episode. That's because this episode is full of chlorophyllic creepers and a whole dang family of Sasquatches!

Out of the gates, Jake recounts a history of sightings involving a mysterious mossy individual in Florida. An ancient elemental being? Pop culture inspired mass hysteria? A sentient farmer's market? You decide! Wyatt then recites Albert Ostman's very sober account of a completely bonkers experience. Then again, maybe nothing phases you when you routinely carry 80 pounds of gear into the Canadian wilderness alone to go on a prospecting "vacation". This episode is best enjoyed while being stalked in a bayou or while eating an entire box of snuff — try it out right now!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

"The Moss Man Cometh": https://goo.gl/MbtkZq

Gumbo Limbo trail example: https://goo.gl/CNgC5G

Wyatt's story

Edible plants of the Pacific Northwest: https://goo.gl/dHbXg7

Albert Ossman account: https://goo.gl/e98GNV

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Episode 31 – Et tu, E.T.?

Thu, 17 May 2018 04:40:41 GMT

It's high time Superduperstitious took another look skyward, so this week's episode once again handles those interplanetary interlopers, extraterrestrials!

Wyatt's up first, with the truly astonishing account of a visit to a Russian park that 40 or so locals would never forget. From documentaries full of comically overacted accents to some silent miming on an audio-only format, this story really has it all. Certainly it has those two things.

Jake then brings us into the present with a somewhat unique abduction event from only a couple of months ago. Have you recently rendered yourself sterile because you didn't care whether or not you rendered yourself sterile? These helpful aliens might just have a solution for you! Try not to overheat your big rig, and don't be too afraid of geometry — an all-new Superduperstitious starts right now!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Voronezh encounter: https://goo.gl/Vs4VqD

NYT article: https://goo.gl/TBBw4c

Testimony video: https://goo.gl/q5w9Jd

Jake's story

NUFORC account: https://goo.gl/weJuQe

Quora article: https://goo.gl/muq8BW

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Episode 30 – NOW That's What I Call Spooky Spots! 2018

Thu, 10 May 2018 04:09:47 GMT

The world sure does seem to have a lot of haunted places in it, huh? Like, at least several. And not all of them are even houses or abandoned prisons!

This week, the boys look at two such creepy locales. First, however, Jake dives into an extra-long and extra-horror-movie-ish update on the Phantom of the Chicago, which has made its way to Wisconsin in order to cockblock some college kids. From there, it's off to a stretch of road in Mission, Texas, where bicyclists don't care for vehicular manslaughter and sometimes people nap in strange ways. We're looking at you, Casey.

Next, we visit the Lowlands of Scotland as Wyatt describes a creepy castle and its dark, ghoulish secret. The type of secret that ultimately seems like way more trouble to keep than not, but that's really up to the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Stay out of the secret passages and tell us: What is That Fog? It's time for another episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Giant bat video: https://youtu.be/qucx6DCRaVI?t=19s

Jake's story

The Most Haunted Road in Texas: https://goo.gl/tGR3x3

La Home Road street view: https://goo.gl/eFRHNY

Wyatt's story

Glamis Castle timeline: https://goo.gl/kBDZUm

Ghosts of Glamis: https://goo.gl/gnSScm

Kim's account: https://goo.gl/H5VxzS

The Monster of Glamis: https://goo.gl/ohCDgS

Mike Dash's Smithsonian article: https://goo.gl/gbFMBo

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Episode 29 – International Mans of Mystery

Thu, 03 May 2018 04:27:01 GMT

For us humans, it stands to reason that oodles of spooky stories focus on beings that are MOSTLY human, but not quite enough for comfort. It's certainly the case on this week's episode!

Wyatt first tries his hand at a Crawler update, and it's as creepy as should be expected for those pale, lanky bastards. Then in his main story, Wyatt covers encounters around the world with an entity whose heels might be described as decidedly... spring-like? Sleeping under the stars just got a whole lot scratchier.

Jake follows up with the curious case of the Bunny Man, a tale that is part strange-but-true, part decidedly false, and part "oh God why is it walking like that OH NO IT SEES ME". Listen, if everyone who goes under a specific bridge at midnight on Halloween always dies gruesomely, maybe don't do that? Pay close attention to what's behind your daughter's head and beware of flying hatchets on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Crawler sighting: https://goo.gl/67nFUh

Monkey man 1: https://goo.gl/eh3nFQ

Monkey man 2 (with police sketches): https://goo.gl/LbWw1X

Solway Spaceman 1: https://goo.gl/NcjyKy

Solway Spaceman 2: https://goo.gl/p7K46Y

Solway Spaceman 3: https://goo.gl/o3zTQY

Jake's story

The Bunny Man: https://goo.gl/vvroYg

Encounter with the Bunny Man: https://goo.gl/Kp8jGC

The true story: https://goo.gl/bXcXUd

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Episode 28 – Things That Go "Bump" in the Lake

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:38:21 GMT

Somehow it took 28 episodes to finally get around to covering lake monsters, but here we are! And don't you worry: this one's got more logs and waves and misidentified loons than you can shake a moose at.

Jake starts off with a famous serpentine creature from a British Columbia lake, and while he may not be so convinced of its supernatural origins, he ends up a true believer in its power to make videos of its likeness vanish from the internet. Then, on the other side of a thrilling game of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt takes us into the deepest reaches of the Congo Basin to search for a legendary relic from a lost world. There's dinosaurs in them thar hills!

Also, huge bats are still apparently doing stuff in Chicago, so that comes up, too. Dive right in, because it's a wet and wild and science-y good time on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

N'ha-A-Itk: https://goo.gl/G8twRj

Ogopogoquest: https://goo.gl/K8hb5a

Live Science article: https://goo.gl/NNFMVc

Ogopogo video: https://youtu.be/5q9qgSn1QGE?t=16s

Very loud video: https://goo.gl/HDUUkx

Wyatt's story

Mokele Mbembe 1: https://goo.gl/CXLAQP

Mokele Mbembe 2: https://goo.gl/SSaUj8

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Episode 27 – Mmm. tuberculosis!

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:29:18 GMT

It's a health-conscious week as the boys embark on a superstition-fueled journey into New England's past. After an apropos Springheeled Jack update in Cape Cod, Wyatt retells the listener-suggested story of a vampirism scare during the 19th century. However, these vampires just make you cough and die. And are also already dead? And not real.

Jake then follows the specific account of a supposedly possessed teenager who was a perfect case study for why proper mental health treatment compels you far more than the power of Christ does. And don't even START on witches. All this, plus a complete failure to say the actual word that the show's title is based on — this week on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Springheeled Jack in New England: https://goo.gl/CPJFgk

Provincetown Advocate (1939, October, 26): https://goo.gl/tfETko

Wyatt's story

Vampires in New England: https://goo.gl/K15rS7

Syphillis: https://goo.gl/2g93eH

Jake's story

"Devils in the Root Cellar": https://goo.gl/8mm2hp

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Episode 26 – Swarovski Skulls

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 04:00:00 GMT

This week, it's all about them artifact facts! The mysterious relics in question have some pretty far out stories behind them, and the boys are determined to dig in deep.

First up, Jake tells the tale of a crystal cranium thought to be sacred to the Mayans, or maybe not. Part of a supposed set of thirteen skulls scattered across the globe, could this polished piece of quartz be the key to immense cosmic power? What does 19th century Germany have to say on the matter?

Wyatt then details the curious Voynich manuscript, a dense and illustrated scientific textbook or possibly an early version of Playboy that, either way, has baffled linguists and cryptographers for ages. Practice your Jerry Lewis impression and keep the jungle cats out of your study as you listen to this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Bald eagles in Chicago: https://goo.gl/ZvvBW9

Jake's story

Strange Mysteries from Around the World: https://goo.gl/sQNqqv

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World: https://goo.gl/Uuu59n

National Geographic: https://goo.gl/Pz4kby

True origins of the crystal skull: https://goo.gl/hZDWg5

Wyatt's story

Voynich manuscript: https://goo.gl/quqnB7

Amateur theories: https://goo.gl/V3T9qp

AI solution: https://goo.gl/uTm5DT

Hauer & Kondrak solution: https://goo.gl/GCLqyW

Gibbs solution: https://goo.gl/eudLp3

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Episode 25 – Calendar Birthday

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:00:00 GMT

Has it really been a whole year? No? Well the boys have an anniversary of sorts to celebrate nonetheless, and they do it with a return to some spooky favorites! Wyatt takes us down Sasquatch Lane with some convincing accounts of Florida's Myakka skunk ape. Now you, too, can learn it's snappy catchphrase!

Jake then finally cuts to the chase with all his weeks of ghoul talk by covering the actual ghoul of Arabian folkore. Ultimately, cultures around the world just aren't super into eating people, okay guys? Stay out of the swamp! Stay out of the desert! Stay out of your backyard! Maybe just stay inside and listen to this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

BFRO report: https://goo.gl/t6VbLw

Skunk ape video 1: https://goo.gl/ggExQH

Skunk ape video 2: https://goo.gl/kzbJSP

Myakka photos: https://goo.gl/TBkVUY

Letter: https://goo.gl/L7SjLY

Bob Gymlan's videos: https://goo.gl/PPBHyB

Jake's story

Something Under the Streetlight: https://goo.gl/PPBHyB

Creature drawings: https://imgur.com/a/td4tC

Ghoul folklore: https://goo.gl/iwRGFV

Ghoul video 1: https://goo.gl/RWbNN3

Ghoul video 2: https://goo.gl/wnw4BR

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Episode 24 – Cephalopodcast

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 05:25:00 GMT

The legends are true! Specifically the ones about there being a new episode of Superduperstitious. After checking in again on the British Invasion (the Spring Heeled Jack one, that is), the boys examine some longstanding, almost elemental legends from different parts of the world.

First, Jake describes the mysterious Dark Watchers who lurk on ridges in Big Sur, being dark, and watching stuff. No clue what they are, but at this point, there's no ruling out even urRu as a possibility. Then Wyatt takes a plunge into the history and biology of a well known but never-not-awesome sea monster. THE sea monster, really. Plus a squid in an ice cream cone! It's all there, along with some Steinbecks and a rousing game of Shadowlands Roulette, all on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Spring Heeled Jack in America: https://goo.gl/NkquFk

Shadowlands Roulette: https://goo.gl/dk9BRr

Jake's story

"Such Counsels You Gave to Me": https://goo.gl/XqHWJp

The Dark Watchers: https://goo.gl/8isgwh

Image 1: https://goo.gl/QzSw5T

Image 2: https://goo.gl/DS1z7b

In Search of the Dark Watchers: https://goo.gl/Jrt5D4

Eyewitness accounts: https://goo.gl/R9pBNg

Wyatt's story

The Kraken: https://goo.gl/tV5W4M

Cameroceras trentonense: https://goo.gl/c9nAaG

Parapuzosia seppenradensis: https://www.theartistation.com/2015/05/the-giant-ammonite/

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Episode 23 – Dragonfly Sounds 4 Kidz

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 05:15:00 GMT

Well if it isn't another new episode! This week, Wyatt jumps on that opening-update-segment-train with some ghastly tales of Spring Heeled Jack's move to America, where he gets into some very specific routines. Wyatt then segues into a series of sightings involving a weird little monstermajig that is equally at home in the Massachusetts and Ontario suburbs as it is in Native American mythology. Just keep your cats away from the river.

Jake's then proves that he hasn't told his dumbest story yet, because he hasn't told THIS story yet. Specifically, he talks about some giant stick figures that are apparently just walking around in the world. All that, plus a series of children's videos that could only be part of a dadaist art project — all on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Spring Heeled Jack in America: https://goo.gl/3TSkZS

Wyatt's story

The Dover Demon: https://goo.gl/k1psxy

The Toronto Tunnel Monster: https://goo.gl/VXuY4u

Memegwesi (Mannegishi): https://goo.gl/ADYnVB

Dragonfly wing sounds: https://goo.gl/vzgtdZ

Terrain Walker article: https://goo.gl/CB8QbB

Jake's story

67 Not Out: https://goo.gl/RXcjsL

Listverse article: https://goo.gl/4iDxap

Above Top Secret post: https://goo.gl/K9Nb6P

Russian wall crawler video: https://goo.gl/L4w66g

SPIRIT Seekers: https://goo.gl/EBkH6W

Sticklyman: https://goo.gl/5cmqqg

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Episode 22 – Getting Jack'd

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:00:00 GMT

Phantoms abound in this fright-filled episode! After a correction to last week's story that makes it somehow even more upsetting to the boys, Jake discusses a bandage-covered spook that haunts a lonely Oregon road. Whether it's attacking cars while young couples are tryna smash, or crabwalking in and out of your kitchen at night, you're gonna have a bad time.

Wyatt then takes us on an enlightening trip to Victorian London to learn all about a plague of encounters with a fiendish high jumper. Who's that devilish, ghostly bear who scratches and takes off into the air? (Jack!) You're damned right. This episode has spooks, but don't worry — it's all over in approximately 243 Lord's Prayers. Hop onto a brand new Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Crawler encounter update: https://goo.gl/6s52vg

Jake's story

Bandage Man: https://goo.gl/kw6HNK

"The Crawling Man in My Kitchen": https://goo.gl/aNQ5yB

Wyatt's story

Spring Heel'd Jack: https://goo.gl/nZX4Gr

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Episode 21 – Manster Mosh

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 19:00:00 GMT

It's another week, and the boys' fascination with the not-quite-human never ceases! First up, Wyatt describes the legend of a monster terrorizing Maryland, the sounds that a man-goat might make, and the angst inherent in being a human. He also expresses his deep passion for classic science fiction and fantasy.

Next, Jake gets back on his shit again, recounting even more encounters with gaunt, pale humanoids stalking the roads of the American northeast, including a child's drawing that REALLY doesn't help make these things less creepy. All this, plus some more Chicago Phantom shenanigans, and a brief appearance from a very special musical guest, on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Sean Daly's article: https://goo.gl/8HU8Py

The greatest people: https://goo.gl/7W39GL

Goatman folklore: https://goo.gl/FKSjqq

Anansi's goatman story: https://goo.gl/NkwmF3

Talking cat: https://goo.gl/SVWn9P

Jake's story

The Christmas encounter: https://goo.gl/CoundA

Artist's rendering: https://goo.gl/oYgqTV

Correct artist's rendering: https://goo.gl/6s52vg

Creature drawing: https://goo.gl/g1Rkun

Police account: https://goo.gl/xtdrQq

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Episode 20 – Super Natural Part II: Meanwhile, Back in Kansas...

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:55:15 GMT

The conclusion of this New Age deep dive finds our intrepid dorks ready to revisit last week's topics, but this time with a heaping helping of science to accompany each and every bite of that crunchy granola. From real-life crystal properties, to the less than lofty origins of ley lines, prepare to get a good old fashioned science learnin'.

And you won't leave empty-handed either, because these prog-fessional podcasters also found the best deal for life energy generators on the market! Strap in for some earth science, some balls-to-the-wall physics, and some extremely convoluted memory hacks while you get the orgone placebo-ed out of you in Part II of this Superduperstitious Special Report!

EPISODE LINKS

Crystal properties: https://goo.gl/r82gma

Quartz: https://goo.gl/Qw7M4L

Ley lines history: https://goo.gl/HRQBYm

Orgone generator: https://goo.gl/KRocf7

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Episode 19 – Super Natural Part I: Ley Lines and Crystals and Energy, Oh My!

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 04:57:32 GMT

As we start another two-part Superduperstitious Special Report, we ask you to open your mind to the oneness of all, to let the natural energy surround you, and also to listen to two punkass scientists try describing New Age beliefs verbatim without losing their damned minds. Jake's up first, with some rock talk — specifically, the curious case of Death Valley's sailing stones in its famed Racetrack Playa. He then segues into crystal energy, and the two subjects almost make sense together when heard in context, seriously.

Wyatt follows Jake's energy lead to describe ley lines, and then goes cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs with an account by someone who has lived on one such line for a number of years. Don't worry — there are photos. As we begin our descent into this two parter, we ask that you keep your tray tables up and your feet firmly planted on the albatross. Get ready for some curious natural phenomena on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

Museum of Unnatural History: https://goo.gl/1hbCn7

Footprints: https://goo.gl/oFuMtX

Rock video: https://goo.gl/ZVamRV

Healing Crystals for You: https://goo.gl/VHSa25

Wyatt's story

Ley lines: https://goo.gl/SSgd4Q

Moar ley lines: https://goo.gl/G16UZC

Forever Conscious: https://goo.gl/nVuZKi

Joanna's epic tale: https://goo.gl/69L6iL

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Episode 18 – Toilet Morpheus

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 06:32:50 GMT

There once was a dorky podcast that discussed paranormal phenomena from a scientific perspective. The two hosts never really nailed that logline, but they always at least half tried. One night, they decided to discuss urban legends again, since there are, like, a billion of those.

First, after another bat interruption, Wyatt laid down some short tales from Japan, before launching into the story of the infamous Alice Killings. "Why," he asked, "are you being so serious?" Next, Jake spun a yarn about one of the most famous campfire ghost stories out there. But then it turns out it basically came true and a bunch of people died and it was really dark and depressing.

Legend has it that these two podcast hosts are still out there to this day, waiting for unsuspecting listeners to wander over to their show on a night/day just like tonight/today. Not everyone encounters this fabled duo, but if you're feeling brave, hit play right now! However, be warned: you, too, might just become another listener to Superduperstitious! *Thunder noises*

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

The Alice killings: https://goo.gl/C4jPYd

The Playing Card Killer: https://goo.gl/Jd1eto

Jake's story

Voices article: https://goo.gl/yTxkaQ

Creepy hospital: https://goo.gl/XYBtSe

Andre Rand: https://goo.gl/SWyHXQ

Rand photo: https://goo.gl/5XL9gj

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Episode 17 – Huckleberry Hellhound

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 04:18:07 GMT

What the folk? It's a new episode! And it's goofy as all get-out. This week, the boys are examining legends and folktales that seemingly are true even today. Off the top, Jake covers the demonic hellhounds seen across the English countryside and beyond, sometimes appearing as an omen of doom, sometimes arriving just to totally MESS. A. CHURCH. UP. As you value your life or your reason, keep away from the moor.

From there, Wyatt talks about a whole class of mythical humanoids, including goblins, gremlins, pukwudgies, gnomes, and bodybuilders. He even brings not one, not five, but FOUR pieces of potential video evidence to the table! Beware of soccer games in Argentina. Aw Shuck, it's time for some more Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

A Straunge and Terrible Wunder: https://goo.gl/o8iFKa

Black Shuck skeleton: https://goo.gl/Tgg75P

Demon of Dartmoor: https://goo.gl/XQ7aA2

Troy: https://goo.gl/oiDnfc

Unexplained Mysteries hell hound sighting: https://goo.gl/f8tkJS

Wyatt's story

Pukwudgies: https://goo.gl/RYijfG

Bodybuilding forum: https://goo.gl/asi8bd

Gnomes: https://goo.gl/KfgXEU

Video 1: https://goo.gl/wBDiv2

Video 2: https://goo.gl/nb6zid

Video 3: https://goo.gl/Hc7p8x

Video 4: https://goo.gl/eJhSEo

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Episode 16 – Don't Have a Cowman, Dogman

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 03:08:08 GMT

Monsters! Everyone likes those, right? Well there are two of 'em in this week's episode, and no, they're not the hosts (DO YOU SEE WHAT WE DID THERE?!).

After Jake finds yet another update tangent story thing to get bogged down by (now it's those ghoulish humanoids from Episode 10), Wyatt recounts the suspenseful and downright creepy story of the Cowman of Copalis Beach. It's utterly chilling, unless you're exactly four years old.

Next, Jake walks us through the fake background but possibly real foreground of the Michigan Dogman. Horror pranks are the best pranks, and doubly so when they're accidentally true. Stop your kid from talking to the creature outside his window, and let's all agree to just stay out of old barns, okay? It's time for another episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

"The Cowman of Copalis Beach": https://goo.gl/Sd8Sj1

Creature sounds: https://goo.gl/K8Ut5m

Russian Sasquatch video: https://goo.gl/gtzYXU

Jake's story

"The Legend '97": https://goo.gl/GZYppC

Paw print photo: https://goo.gl/fN1UDt

Gable film: https://goo.gl/2s5vgj

Additional encounters: https://goo.gl/iAjQqf

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Episode 15 – Jhost Stories

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 04:34:28 GMT

Wyatt and Jake crank up the spooks once more with some tales of hauntings! Wait, didn't they get, like, abducted at the end of the last episode? It's probably fine. Jake starts off with the first-person account of a woman whose family was plagued for years by a maybe-demon that was terrifying to behold and enraged by folks borrowing roller skates.

Then Wyatt leads an off-the-walls journey through the story that inspired the movie The Conjuring. Those unlucky Perrons chose a house where, just, EVERYBODY went to die. Break in through the back window and watch out for Old Lady Beehive Head, it's time to return to a familiar, spooky well (and not just the one hidden in the basement) with this week's episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

"Growing Up in a Haunted House": https://goo.gl/WgqJNQ

Wyatt's story

Perron family haunting: https://goo.gl/k9nTRD

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Episode 14 – U.F.O.s Part II: Understandable, Factual Observations

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:52:19 GMT

In the second half of this extraterrestrial spectacular, Wyatt and Jake science at you, and they science at you HARD. Get ready for the story of life on Earth, Goldilocks zones, organisms living in improbably harsh conditions, DNA, GNC, moss piglets, James Cameron — this episode's got every piece of context you could ever need to understand life in the Universe AND SO MUCH MORE. Mind your scoop marks, shut the blinds, and enjoy the conclusion of this Superduperstitious Special Report on U.F.O.s!

EPISODE LINKS

Zanfretta recap: https://goo.gl/zgUoj1

John E. Mack investigation: https://goo.gl/Xi5AtB

Extremophiles: https://goo.gl/6NNxWU

Tardigrades: https://goo.gl/G7FcZZ

Drake Equation calculator: https://goo.gl/NkZahs

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Episode 13 – U.F.O.s Part I: Unbelievable, Freaky Occurrences

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 03:35:17 GMT

The boys kick off 2018 with the first half of an epic two-part investigation into the weird world of encounters with extraterrestrials! But don't expect either of them to say that word correctly on the first try.

After a foreword about the very recently declassified aerial footage released by the U.S. Department of Defense, Wyatt tells the tale of an Italian security guard whose experience was just one fire flower short of being the strangest thing to ever happen to an Italian person. Next, Jake talks of eerie house calls from mysterious men in suits who are not as likely to say, "Oh HELL no" as you might expect. Keep your eyes to the skies, try not to step on too many cockroaches, and listen to an all-new episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Declassified video #1 (Gimbal): https://goo.gl/yRmDjH

Declassified video #2 (FLIR1): https://goo.gl/nokaEG

Zanfretta case: https://goo.gl/zgUoj1

The creature: https://goo.gl/sfcgcE

Hypnosis video: https://goo.gl/jJK7SH

Jake's story

MIB story compilation: https://goo.gl/u1PRvn

HuffPo article: https://goo.gl/Gb6u7z

WeirdWorm article: https://goo.gl/oR9cCv

Nick Redfern article: https://goo.gl/PciDXE

The Gods Have Landed: https://goo.gl/vKzPQ7

Robot video: https://goo.gl/upP15s

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Episode 12 – Overexcited Europeans

Thu, 28 Dec 2017 04:39:32 GMT

As the temperature keeps dropping, the boys take refuge in stories of more tropical climes, beginning with a herpetological journey through a century of astounding claims from the Amazon. After being repeatedly told that this particular creature "don't want none", Jake is determined to get to the truth.

Then, in the absence of any additional Phantom of the Chicago sightings this week, Wyatt decides to try his own hand at giant bat stories. This inevitably leads to a tangent on scary animal sounds to hear in the woods at night. Be sure to bring a huge tape measure into the jungle, and don't let your head get attacked — it's time for some tropical Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

Major Fawcett: https://goo.gl/Hkn83j

Anaconda size: https://goo.gl/D97SFL

Jesus' dissertation: https://goo.gl/dW6stg

Titanoboa: https://goo.gl/bg6H3A

Mark O'Shea: https://goo.gl/B29wEJ

Wyatt's story

Ahool: https://goo.gl/Km17dv

Brown wood owl: https://goo.gl/gWR4g7

Brown would owl: https://goo.gl/WUg4Mp

Olitiau: https://goo.gl/94e2in

Jeholopteris: https://goo.gl/kYczx4

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Episode 11 – Scary for Kids

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 04:33:31 GMT

Brrrr! It's the winter solstice up in the Northern Hemisphere, so it's time for some tales of cold weather creepiness to fit the mood. First up, Wyatt presents a real-life psychological phenomenon that may be behind stories of a famously cannibalistic First Nations folk monster, as well as reasons why this is totally fine to tell children.

Next, Jake misses an obvious opportunity for a Jabu-Jabu joke and plows straight into a description of a marine behemoth potentially lurking in the waters of the southern seas, where it is decidedly not winter. Could the Japanese government be keeping this huge, aquatic, Antarctic humanoid a secret? Does that sentence even make sense? Eat your whole family, do some shots in an ice tube, and give a listen to this week's episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt' story

Scary for Kids: https://goo.gl/uWkUzd

Knowlegenuts: https://goo.gl/AyhDbt

Executed Today: https://goo.gl/8R98jT

Rampage (p. 67): https://goo.gl/tX4AVa

Jake's story

Mysterious Universe article: https://goo.gl/dCMSp7

Google Maps image: https://goo.gl/s5oSzp

Photo 1: https://goo.gl/i57sWG

Photo 2: https://goo.gl/rFui2J

Photo 3: https://goo.gl/Lbqynw

Underwater video: https://goo.gl/pzCrxm

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Episode 10 – A List of Pine Trees

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:59:49 GMT

Wyatt and Jake are back on it again with another foray into cryptozoology — and what a foray it is! After yet another update on that pesky Phantom of the Chicago, Jake gives Wyatt every single heebie and all of the jeebies with multiple tales of some weird, large, fast, pale, creepy four-legged humanoid creatures.

Then Wyatt digs into the history of a very famous U.S. monster, and finds out that it's actually all Ben Franklin's fault. All that, plus B.E.K. 2 II: The Childrenening Followup (The Sequel), and a whole bunch of useful information about pine trees. If you want monsters, you got 'em on this week's episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

B.E.K. story 1: https://goo.gl/5HQPid

B.E.K. story 2: https://goo.gl/fiEojS

Sighting in Big Bear: https://goo.gl/Uu8TmS

Creepy-ass video: https://goo.gl/igw6cY

Sightings at ranch (w/photos): https://goo.gl/BTFS1D

Sightings in Latin America: https://goo.gl/WNVenF

Wyatt's story

The monster: https://goo.gl/8jrdq8

Sighting stories: https://goo.gl/tsGUKX

Crane soundz: https://goo.gl/jfMSkw

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Episode 9 – B.E.K. 2: The Childrenening

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 04:29:27 GMT

After a gap week spent finding themselves, the boys are ready to crank up them spooks! First off, Wyatt dives into the background of the creepy doll Annabelle that inspired the 2014 movie by the same name, and the child prodigy who owned her. Never trust a Warren to tell a ghost story.

Next, Jake discovers the multiband compressor and his life is forever changed. He also tells a spooky story, but you're all here for the audio engineering stuff, right? Whatever. Some little kids with completely black eyes want to be allowed into your car/house. Probably don't let them do that. Back your car into a gravestone and ignore the ominous notes around your apartment, because it's all supernatural all the time on this episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Mysterious Universe article: https://goo.gl/sa2MUw

Doll comparison: https://goo.gl/CxbA7x

Jake's story

Brian Bethel's article (scroll down): https://goo.gl/BNe9Y9

Cemetery sighting: https://goo.gl/Jj8ejL

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Episode 8 – The Year The Matrix Came Out

Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:04:23 GMT

Who said you can't make an episode of a paranormal podcast Thanksgiving-themed? After the boys weigh the finer points of shape-shifting goblin logistics (you guessed it: Chicago), Jake takes us to the Isle of Man, if not with his accent then at least with his story. There, a family in the 1930s was terrorized/entertained for years by a mysterious entity in their home calling himself Gef (he is the fifth dimension, in case you were wondering).

Next, Wyatt tells a story that starts in 1999, a completely unremarkable year with no major cultural touchstones or noteworthy occurrences. Listen as a French acupuncturist snaps and maybe kills his whole family, but all over the ocean, but really confusingly, but maybe didn't. Gather round with your friends and family, chow down on that turkey and stuffing, and leave some chocolate out for the mongoose. It's time for Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

Bee Wilson's review: https://goo.gl/mHyfXa

Creepy Corner: https://goo.gl/5DmFDa

Gef the Mongoose sketch: https://goo.gl/Yj9z6i

Wyatt's story

Godard family disappearance: https://goo.gl/DPTxJD

Horrible family photo: https://goo.gl/LY3jkh

Map: https://goo.gl/UuPbbo

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Episode 7 – Sweetums Is "Junior" Is ""Yeti""

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 05:06:45 GMT

Are you prospiracy or conspiracy? This week, Wyatt explores two famous cases of bizarre military experimentation that led to a perhaps popular Netflix series, all while he and Jake overcome some past Muppet trauma. Then, Jake discusses a perplexing tragedy in the mountains of Russia and all the amazing, astounding things that definitely didn't cause it. Put on your aluminum foil hats and gimp suits and approach the radioactive computer crystal — it's time for an all-new episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

The Philadelphia Experiment: https://goo.gl/XxiB6z

Banana peel antenna: https://goo.gl/GAh2UB

Muppet song (not actually Sweetums): https://goo.gl/QUkqGk

Time travel interview: https://goo.gl/6zYwiH

Jake's story

St. Petersburg Times article: https://goo.gl/SXqx8R

Tent photo: https://goo.gl/UEsZgf

Dubinina autopsy report: https://goo.gl/eBiPUY

Kármán vortex street: https://goo.gl/VLx9km

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Episode 6 – Four Ws for Your Trouble-U

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:48:31 GMT

Did you hear about the latest episode of Superduperstitious? I didn't listen to it, but I know this one guy whose cousin totally did and OH MAN. That's right — this episode is about urban legends!

This week, Jake wants to make a Decemberists reference only to totally miss the 20-minute opportunity he has to make an entirely different Decemberists reference. Instead, he discusses how one internet scary story found its way into real life. Next, Wyatt explores an elusive yet ubiquitous bird bigger than any muppet, with all the taxonomy lessons you could ever ask for in a podcast. Get ready for some spooky spaghetti (that's what it's called, right?) and give a listen to this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

The Rake: https://goo.gl/i1Vwvr

Game camera photo: https://goo.gl/RGKdYF

Sleep paralysis: https://goo.gl/pqzb6j

Wyatt's story

Thunderbird account: https://goo.gl/8XXWBn

Haast's eagle: https://goo.gl/H6K4ix

Moa size chart: https://goo.gl/vYBt7f

Photo 1: https://goo.gl/8v4Kwz

Photo 2: https://goo.gl/dw5X82

Photo 3: https://goo.gl/LuH2Vb

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Episode 5 – Hooked on Sonics

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 03:59:57 GMT

Is it a sea monster? Is it bugs? No, it's a new episode of Superduperstitious! Listen to Wyatt and Jake as THEY listen to some weird sounds — so meta! The boys try and get to the bottom of several mysterious auditory phenomena, some of which could be DEADLY.

Also featured: Halloween weekend discoveries, an almost exciting update in the saga of The Phantom of the Chicago, and absolutely no Nixon impressions. Headphones? Speakers? Those weird bone conducting earbud things? Grab your audio setup of choice and give a listen to this short, scientific foray into some auditory mysteries!

EPISODE LINKS

The Phantom of the Chicago photos: https://goo.gl/gMDGgb

Wyatt's story

Guardian article on sonic attacks: https://goo.gl/cRSZyV

Guardian article on mass hysteria: https://goo.gl/k36Crk

Cuba reveals source: https://goo.gl/5LptGX

Snopes article: https://goo.gl/w7yhkg

Jake's story

Underwater sounds: https://goo.gl/HtGtXF

Blue whale sounds: https://goo.gl/5mhpFg

R’lyeh map: https://goo.gl/6RAXyT

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Episode 4 – The 1st Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 03:02:48 GMT

It's time again to talk about spooky stuff — but now in a SEASONAL way! After a brief update of the winged goings-on in Chicago, Wyatt and Jake serve up a tasty spookwich of scary stories for your Halloween delight! Legal documents, 19th century history, bathrooms — this episode's got it all. Only check your beaver traps with the help of a friend and DON'T MOVE INTO THAT NEW HOUSE — it's the Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!

EPISODE LINKS

Phantom of the Chicago drawing: https://goo.gl/xKkvxg

The Watcher lawsuit: https://goo.gl/BmTh6g

Roosevelt's "goblin story": https://goo.gl/NLZ1SY

Reddit story: https://goo.gl/WmmmHa

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Episode 3 – She's in the Walls, Baby!

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 02:00:46 GMT

Wyatt spins a spooky tale of some unexplained experiences he had after moving into an old house in western Massachusetts — you'll never guess how much mail and lady bones are hidden in that place! Later, Jake lays out the full history of the Ouija board, its invention, and the bored Victorians who got us there. Turn down the lights and turn up the fog machine — or whatever it is you do to get in the mood for spooky stories — and enjoy this week's episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Smithsonian article: https://goo.gl/SkwUyh

American Spiritualist Magazine quote: https://goo.gl/fuzDdA

The Spirits' Book passage: https://goo.gl/ZureuP

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Episode 2 – The Phantom of the Chicago; Amazonian Krang

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 04:01:49 GMT

This week, Jake walks us through a surprisingly recent and ongoing epidemic of giant bat creature sightings in Chicago. Then, Wyatt discusses an ancient South American terror that may be more rooted in fact than in fiction. And it smells, just, real bad. Grab a beer of indeterminate brand and get ready to RIDE THE SNAKE.

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

Phantoms and Monsters: https://goo.gl/Dd3u8y

Singular Fortean Society sighting timeline: https://goo.gl/VK15iM

Owl eye shine: https://goo.gl/tuV2jR

Boston sunfish: https://goo.gl/k59pi1

Wyatt's story

Discover article: https://goo.gl/r9ufGX

Sighting video: https://goo.gl/CVPhQD

Statue and NYT article: https://goo.gl/jEv8Hu

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Episode 1 – Instant Classics

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:03:03 GMT

In the inaugural episode of Superduperstitious, Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee talk about their favorite cryptids. Wyatt recounts the sworn affidavit of a man who saw SOMETHING in the woods on a mountain one fateful day in the 1950s. Jake ruins his own childhood, but, like, in a fun way.

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Sasquatch/Bigfoot "Doodle": https://goo.gl/e2846s

Jake's story

Original Chupacabra sketch: https://goo.gl/F4vvxe

Sil: https://goo.gl/qqh49k

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