Citizen's Guide To The Supernormal

Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal Episode 25 – The Warminster Thing: Aliens, Bangers, and Hitachi hums

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Welcome back to the Citizen’s Guide Blog! This was supposed to be a Christmas episode but I had a sort of crazy couple of weeks that resulted in my lazy ass getting a job so unfortunately, I had to put this episode on the back burner. However, here we are, better late than never.

This Episode is fun because we get to talk about Aliens. I love aliens because frankly, nothing makes me happier than bumpkins being terrorized by interstellar visitors. If there is one thing that perfectly encapsulates this episode and the last year in general, it’s the concept of “fake news”. This episode touches on that concept but I don’t call it “fake news” because my brain refuses to dumb itself down far enough to say that out loud. Inaccurate? Sure. Purposely sensational? Of course. Fake? There are far better words, open a thesaurus.

Anyway, this story highlights what happens when a reporter adjusts a story to fit their preconceived narrative. While many people in the US believe that the news has never been more biased and blatantly inaccurate, a quick browse into US History will highlight many examples of sensational, partly or entirely false new stories. In fact, William Randolph Hurst’s media empire basically started the Spanish American War. Don’t take my word for it, it’s worth a google. The point I’m trying to make is that if you’re reading this, you’re probably pretty smart. Don’t let either side fool you. Don’t take the news at its word. Dig deeper, choose multiple sources, and give yourself a good composite. Every source has an audience that they write for, if you know their audience you can predict the bias and trim the fat from the facts. I’m gonna get off my soap box now. I hope you enjoy this episode and have a happy and healthy New Year!

Love,

Sarge

Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal Episode 25 – The Warminster Thing: Aliens, Bangers, and Hitachi hums

https://allmylinks.com/sargethedestroyer

Welcome back to the Citizen’s Guide Blog! This was supposed to be a Christmas episode but I had a sort of crazy couple of weeks that resulted in my lazy ass getting a job so unfortunately, I had to put this episode on the back burner. However, here we are, better late than never.

This Episode is fun because we get to talk about Aliens. I love aliens because frankly, nothing makes me happier than bumpkins being terrorized by interstellar visitors. If there is one thing that perfectly encapsulates this episode and the last year in general, it’s the concept of “fake news”. This episode touches on that concept but I don’t call it “fake news” because my brain refuses to dumb itself down far enough to say that out loud. Inaccurate? Sure. Purposely sensational? Of course. Fake? There are far better words, open a thesaurus.

Anyway, this story highlights what happens when a reporter adjusts a story to fit their preconceived narrative. While many people in the US believe that the news has never been more biased and blatantly inaccurate, a quick browse into US History will highlight many examples of sensational, partly or entirely false new stories. In fact, William Randolph Hurst’s media empire basically started the Spanish American War. Don’t take my word for it, it’s worth a google. The point I’m trying to make is that if you’re reading this, you’re probably pretty smart. Don’t let either side fool you. Don’t take the news at its word. Dig deeper, choose multiple sources, and give yourself a good composite. Every source has an audience that they write for, if you know their audience you can predict the bias and trim the fat from the facts. I’m gonna get off my soap box now. I hope you enjoy this episode and have a happy and healthy New Year!

Love,

Sarge

Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal - Episode 24 – La Llorona: Ladies in White, Period Jokes, and Sassy Snakes

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Welcome back to The Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal blog. In this episode we cover a weeping woman from South America who lives by water and steals your children, like an aquatic Madonna. We have a special guest, @its_me_your_mom or Ms. Tiffany if you’re nasty. Anyway, this story is crazy for a number of reasons but none of those reasons explain the snake tangent I went on. We also talk about Banshees which is like if Yoko Ono was a harbinger of death and not just the harbinger of Paul McCarthney’s worst music. Wings sucks and you can’t convince me otherwise.

Anyway, while recording this episode, we discovered that Tiffany shouts a lot when she’s having her monthlies, Jordan is a loud eater, Maynerd’s cats think they’re parrots, and I suck at rolling my Rs. Oh and I guess there’s like 14 different countries that have a similar story to La Llorona which is a lot of places to have a shared folktale considering they all came about before the interwebs. While Jordan is a die-hard skeptic, I like to think that La Llorona is a manifestation of a shared fear of women in white dresses which is why it took so long for George Clooney to get married. That’s it from me, please enjoy the show and tell us what you think. If you can spare a dime or more than a dime, hit up the link at the top of the page so we can afford to keep making penis jokes.

Love,

Sarge

Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal - Episode 24 – La Llorona: Ladies in White, Period Jokes, and Sassy Snakes

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Welcome back to The Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal blog. In this episode we cover a weeping woman from South America who lives by water and steals your children, like an aquatic Madonna. We have a special guest, @its_me_your_mom or Ms. Tiffany if you’re nasty. Anyway, this story is crazy for a number of reasons but none of those reasons explain the snake tangent I went on. We also talk about Banshees which is like if Yoko Ono was a harbinger of death and not just the harbinger of Paul McCarthney’s worst music. Wings sucks and you can’t convince me otherwise.

Anyway, while recording this episode, we discovered that Tiffany shouts a lot when she’s having her monthlies, Jordan is a loud eater, Maynerd’s cats think they’re parrots, and I suck at rolling my Rs. Oh and I guess there’s like 14 different countries that have a similar story to La Llorona which is a lot of places to have a shared folktale considering they all came about before the interwebs. While Jordan is a die-hard skeptic, I like to think that La Llorona is a manifestation of a shared fear of women in white dresses which is why it took so long for George Clooney to get married. That’s it from me, please enjoy the show and tell us what you think. If you can spare a dime or more than a dime, hit up the link at the top of the page so we can afford to keep making penis jokes.

Love,

Sarge

Episode 23 - Lizzy Borden and The Bloody Hatchet Wounds

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Welcome back to the CGS blog. This episode is not just a true crime story, it is the stuff of legends for anyone who grew up in Massachusetts. Lizzy Borden was accused of murdering her parents. The evidence seems overwhelming at first but once we analyze it, you’ll hear some incredibly reasonable refutations (I use big words sometimes, you guys). Anyway, this story is as fascinating as it is gross. We got poison, denim dresses, bloody hatchet wounds, old soup that everyone kept eating for some reason, and a fucked-up nursery rhyme which goes a little something like this:

Lizzy Borden had an axe,

She gave her mother 40 whacks.

When she saw what she had done,

She gave her father 41.

In researching this episode, we discover that Lizzy Borden was a pretty amazing woman. She was an avid reader even though she didn’t complete school. She was an early supporter of ethical treatment of animals. In fact, aside from her participation in the temperance movement which everyone from Massachusetts agrees is ill-advised, she was truly a woman ahead of her time. She also had a rough go of things. Her mom died when she was young and her dad was an exceptional piece of shit. While Lizzy stood out as a major suspect in the murders, I think everyone was a little quick to incriminate her while an obvious suspect got away. I won’t give too much away here but there is a lot more to this story than the nursery rhyme we all learned as a kid.

I hope you enjoy the episode. It’s a bit longer than I expected which is something a woman has never said to me. I hope you enjoy it, which is something I’ve said a lot. If you liked the show, helps us out with a share, review, like, comment, or a donation via Venmo, Cashapp, or Patreon. Have a great day and please for the love of god, don’t eat old soup you guys. You will throw up.

Love,

Sarge

Episode 23 - Lizzy Borden and The Bloody Hatchet Wounds

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Welcome back to the CGS blog. This episode is not just a true crime story, it is the stuff of legends for anyone who grew up in Massachusetts. Lizzy Borden was accused of murdering her parents. The evidence seems overwhelming at first but once we analyze it, you’ll hear some incredibly reasonable refutations (I use big words sometimes, you guys). Anyway, this story is as fascinating as it is gross. We got poison, denim dresses, bloody hatchet wounds, old soup that everyone kept eating for some reason, and a fucked-up nursery rhyme which goes a little something like this:

Lizzy Borden had an axe,

She gave her mother 40 whacks.

When she saw what she had done,

She gave her father 41.

In researching this episode, we discover that Lizzy Borden was a pretty amazing woman. She was an avid reader even though she didn’t complete school. She was an early supporter of ethical treatment of animals. In fact, aside from her participation in the temperance movement which everyone from Massachusetts agrees is ill-advised, she was truly a woman ahead of her time. She also had a rough go of things. Her mom died when she was young and her dad was an exceptional piece of shit. While Lizzy stood out as a major suspect in the murders, I think everyone was a little quick to incriminate her while an obvious suspect got away. I won’t give too much away here but there is a lot more to this story than the nursery rhyme we all learned as a kid.

I hope you enjoy the episode. It’s a bit longer than I expected which is something a woman has never said to me. I hope you enjoy it, which is something I’ve said a lot. If you liked the show, helps us out with a share, review, like, comment, or a donation via Venmo, Cashapp, or Patreon. Have a great day and please for the love of god, don’t eat old soup you guys. You will throw up.

Love,

Sarge

Citizen’s Guide to the Supernormal – Episode 22

Crop Circles and Terrible Christopher Walken Impressions

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Welcome back to the CGS Blog. It’s our one-year anniversary and we’re knee deep in impeachment testimonies or witch hunt 2019, depending on where you get your biases from. We’re just sitting here in the middle while mom and dad are fighting. Much like when my parents fight, there’s no resolution and no matter the outcome, tomorrow everyone still resents me for being born. To distract myself from my childhood trauma and you from the embarrassment of the adult children in Congress, here’s an episode about CROP CIRCLES, the second biggest hoax in history depending on where you get your biases from.

I love this topic. Big shout out to Banner from Twitter, where ever you are now, for giving us the subject matter. I went into this thinking it was a hoax and honestly, I don’t know anymore. I’m not going to blow the ending for you but one thing we all agreed on, this time, it wasn’t specifically Yetis. It’s nice to have a little mystery in our lives. Things are a little crazy in the world but whichever reality you subscribe to, it’s probably not ideal. At least the one we talk about in this episode leaves a nice looking end result, regardless.

Love you!

Sarge

Citizen’s Guide to the Supernormal – Episode 22

Crop Circles and Terrible Christopher Walken Impressions

https://allmylinks.com/sargethedestroyer

Welcome back to the CGS Blog. It’s our one-year anniversary and we’re knee deep in impeachment testimonies or witch hunt 2019, depending on where you get your biases from. We’re just sitting here in the middle while mom and dad are fighting. Much like when my parents fight, there’s no resolution and no matter the outcome, tomorrow everyone still resents me for being born. To distract myself from my childhood trauma and you from the embarrassment of the adult children in Congress, here’s an episode about CROP CIRCLES, the second biggest hoax in history depending on where you get your biases from.

I love this topic. Big shout out to Banner from Twitter, where ever you are now, for giving us the subject matter. I went into this thinking it was a hoax and honestly, I don’t know anymore. I’m not going to blow the ending for you but one thing we all agreed on, this time, it wasn’t specifically Yetis. It’s nice to have a little mystery in our lives. Things are a little crazy in the world but whichever reality you subscribe to, it’s probably not ideal. At least the one we talk about in this episode leaves a nice looking end result, regardless.

Love you!

Sarge

Citizen’s Guide to the Supernormal Episode 21

The One Where Jordan Speaks Welsh

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Welcome to the CGS Blog. We’ve been a little preoccupied lately but we finally got this one done. When I say we, I of course mean Maynerd. Anyway, we’d like to drop a big thank you to our special guest Summer or as she’s more infamously known, Brunette Bohemian. You know, the one with the hair and unhealthy obsession with New Kids on the Block? Yeah, that one. In this episode, we talk about a creature from just north of her homeland, The Loch Ness Monster. The second biggest pile of shit in the entire UK. Sorry if you’re a believer but this one couldn’t be any more disproven if they drained the damn lake.

Having said that, there’s nothing more fun than an enduring mystery like Loch Ness, Big Foot, and whatever kind of monster enjoys candy corn. Everyone loves a little weirdness and Scotland sure loves it because they desperately need your tourist dollars. They aren’t exactly winning it with bag pipes and haggis. Frankly, it’s not unheard of to capitalize on nonsense to make money. There are men in Tibet who are actually designated “Yeti Witnesses”. Their only job is to convince guys like Maynerd that there’s a fluffy snow monster living high in the Himalayan mountains.

I personally don’t think we have enough monsters. Every region of the US should have their own dedicated cryptid. Like a mascot. Massachusetts could have a lobster-man, Colorado could have a rock monster, and Florida could have… a naked guy throwing poop at an old folks home… on second thought that is way too normal for Florida but you get the idea.

Anyway, shoot me a tweet @bastardprophet with your invented regional monster. My favorite ones will get a shout out on Episode 23 of CGS.

Love,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Sarge

Citizen’s Guide to the Supernormal Episode 21

The One Where Jordan Speaks Welsh

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Welcome to the CGS Blog. We’ve been a little preoccupied lately but we finally got this one done. When I say we, I of course mean Maynerd. Anyway, we’d like to drop a big thank you to our special guest Summer or as she’s more infamously known, Brunette Bohemian. You know, the one with the hair and unhealthy obsession with New Kids on the Block? Yeah, that one. In this episode, we talk about a creature from just north of her homeland, The Loch Ness Monster. The second biggest pile of shit in the entire UK. Sorry if you’re a believer but this one couldn’t be any more disproven if they drained the damn lake.

Having said that, there’s nothing more fun than an enduring mystery like Loch Ness, Big Foot, and whatever kind of monster enjoys candy corn. Everyone loves a little weirdness and Scotland sure loves it because they desperately need your tourist dollars. They aren’t exactly winning it with bag pipes and haggis. Frankly, it’s not unheard of to capitalize on nonsense to make money. There are men in Tibet who are actually designated “Yeti Witnesses”. Their only job is to convince guys like Maynerd that there’s a fluffy snow monster living high in the Himalayan mountains.

I personally don’t think we have enough monsters. Every region of the US should have their own dedicated cryptid. Like a mascot. Massachusetts could have a lobster-man, Colorado could have a rock monster, and Florida could have… a naked guy throwing poop at an old folks home… on second thought that is way too normal for Florida but you get the idea.

Anyway, shoot me a tweet @bastardprophet with your invented regional monster. My favorite ones will get a shout out on Episode 23 of CGS.

Love,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Sarge