Bob After Dark

According to the Cryptid Wiki, "The city of Toronto once had numerous streams and waterways that, as the city expanded, were built over and became a network of underground waterways, buried beneath the city and merging with the sewer systems. The Algonquian tribes of Canada spoke of man-like hairy creatures that thrived in these rivers before they were hidden away from the public. In 1978, a similar monkey-like creature was sighted living in an underground tunnel in Toronto." So what is the tunnel monster? We dive deep to see if it's an Ojibwe water spirit, feral creature, or perhaps even a Canadian Chupacabra.

According to Legends of America, "The Lemp Family began with Johann Adam Lemp, who arrived in St Louis from Eschwege, Germany, in 1838. Building a small grocery store at what is now Delmar and 6th Streets, he sold everyday household items, groceries, and homemade beer. The light golden lager was a welcome change from the darker beers that were sold at the time. The recipe, handed down by his father, was so popular that just two years later, he gave up the grocery store and built a small brewery in 1840 at a point close to where the Gateway Arch stands today. Lemp first sold his beer in a pub attached to the brewery, introducing St. Louis to its first lager. Before long, Lemp found that the brewery was too small to handle production and storage and found a limestone cave south of the city limits. The cave, located at the present-day corner of Cherokee and De Menil Place, could be kept cool by chopping ice from the nearby Mississippi River and depositing it inside, providing perfect conditions for the lagering process to run its course. Lemp’s Western Brewing Co. continued to prosper and, by the 1850s, was one of the largest in the city. In 1858, the beer captured first place at the annual St. Louis fair." Now how does someone who made beer to go to being cursed? " Scandals, secret child, and untimely deaths are all things to expect in this show.

Do you like being tickled? If the answer is no, then maybe you should avoid the Inuit demon known as The Mahaha. The Mahaha resembles an emaciated Inuit dressed in torn Inuk clothes. Their skin appears at least mildly blue (putrid and badly frostbitten), and their hair is often long, brittle and frozen stiff. Their eyes are often pale blue, or gray, or perhaps white without irises. They have a long, sharp set of fingernails, to boot. Their favorite way to torture their victims? Pin them down with some ice and tickle them to death. Wild stuff, eh? We also talk about the giant 10 foot creature supposedly wandering around the Miami Mall.

According to the Villains Wiki, "Redcap is an extremely evil and murderous type of goblin that is frequently described in English folklore, especially around the Borders, an area of land that traditionally separated England and Scotland. The area was often disputed, and as a result, many souls were lost in the bloody battle between the two nations. The Redcap was said to either take advantage of this conflict or be born from it, haunting the ruins of the Borders these fairy folk would murder any mortal foolish enough to get in their path." Join Count and Bob as they dive into this dangerous tiny creature lore!

According to Legends of American, "The beast as a half-reptile, half-bird with a metallic-like beak lined with razor-sharp teeth. Sometimes it is described as having octopus-like tentacles. The earliest stories claim that this monster sucked the blood of its victims." This is one mysterious cryptid! Even has a presidential tie in with Theodore Roosevelt!

According to The Cryptid Wiki, "The Dover Demon is a small humanoid reported from Dover, Massachusetts. It was the subject of an intensive scare during the 1970s, when multiple witnesses came forward with their sightings. The Dover Demon is described as looking sort of like the "gray" variety of alien, except that it has rosy tan colored skin instead. The Dover Demon has a large head on a small, stick-like body. It can be bipedal, but it often travels on all fours or switches back and forth between the two modes of locomotion. It has eyes that glow, usually orange, or sometimes green. It does not seem to wear any clothing, and unlike the grays, the Dover Demon does not seem to be associated with any UFOs. It just wanders around on its own." It's the makings of a classic scary story, Children of the Night. Weird creature wandering around the woods, only teenagers seeing it, and it's eerie presence only while driving.

One, two, Freddy's coming for you

Have you heard that poem before? If so, then you too may have been traumatized by the movie franchise that is Nightmare on Elm Street. The horror franchise has spawned nearly 10 films, and is considered one of the greatest horror stories of all time. Freddy Krueger, whom was played by Robert Englund, is at the forefront of the series, killing teen agers while they sleep. It scared folk all through these past 40 years the franchise existed, but it's just a movie right? Freddy can't hurt you...can he? On this episode of BAD, the boys look at the lore behind the character and see if he was based on a true story.

According to the SCP Wiki Website, "This is the SCP Foundation Wiki, a collaborative writing site based around the premise that… in essence, magic is real. It's not exactly like the traditional fantasy style magic you've come to know, but that's the best way we can describe the stuff we have here - Anomalies; items and critters that do not follow the rules of nature as we know them. Staircases that go on forever, mechanical gods from the beginning of time, otherwise regular humans who reshape reality with their mind: these are the kinds of things that, if known to the public, could cause mass hysteria and start wars on scales unprecedented. Due to that, there exists an organization called the SCP Foundation, whose job is to research paranormal activity, keep these creatures and objects concealed from the public, and protect humanity from the horrors of the dark." These stories are the bare the building blocks to not only some of the best modern day horror, but also the foundation to future folklore creatures. The SCPs are categorized, basically, into three groups: Safe, Euclid, and Keter. Ranging from the safest and easiest things to capture and contain, to Euclid being more dangerous than that, to finally Keter...or end of the world scenario if the creature or object gets out. In this episode we look at SCP-1033, SCP-236, SCP-362, SCP-523, and SCP-607.

Are you a book worm? Then you may want to to close that tome and head for the hills! This week, the boys are looked at the concept of cursed books. There are 8 in total including: The Codex Gigas, The Orphan's Story, and The Grand Grimoire.

We've talked about a lot of strange stories over the years, but this we talk about something rather strange even in BAD terms...The Devil Monkey. According to The Cryptid Wiki, "Unique species of monkey have been described as being about 3 to 4 feet tall, although some eyewitnesses have sworn that these furry fiends can reach a height that is in excess of 7 feet. It seems clear, however, that those who have had an encounter with this larger version of the beast are actually describing a run-in with a prototypical hairy humanoid and not the smaller, more primate-like Devil Monkey." We also talk about how a sasquatch threw a tree, and even how to use the plural version!