Cryptids and Mystics Podcast

It's our 50th episode! Happy golden years to us!

CW: death, gun violence, body horror, molestation, murder, child violence, monster, stalking, ocean horror.

It's time to talk about the 1959 Collegiate Trampoline Champion of Cal Poly SLO, Arthur Lee Allen. That's right, it's part two of Sara's telling of the Zodiac Killer. Sara closes out this chapter with the end of the correspondence, the suspects, a review on the current media and updates surrounding the case, and what Tyler thinks is "case closed". (A correction: The documentary mentioned, This is the Zodiac Speaking, mentions that the family knew Arthur Lee Allen from being one of the kids' teachers, not from the mother knowing him from a facility before then.) Then we have a little intermission with a game Tyler devised just for our 50th (episode) anniversary, The Cryptid Dating Game! Sara finally quits Hinge and just opts for her local cryptid. But, as you know, one day you are djinn, the next day you are out. Next Tyler tells us about the tale as old as time, Scylla and Charybdis. Were they the lesbian monster power couple of ancient Greece or were they just two girlies who invented protein maxing? Tune in to find out!

Stay curious, and stay creepy!

CW: beheading, war, Christianity, murder, serial killer, child death, gun violence, stabbing, blood.

This time around Tyler starts us off at 27:43 to tell us about gargoyles, both the Disney classic TV show and their spoopy history. There's a cheap Midas, some super hero PPE, and even a weird picture that we'll be sure to post on our socials. Then at 1:01:33, Sara brings us a biggie, the Zodiac Killer. Strap in for this one, it's a two-parter and we're sure you'll have some questions. This man is the drag of serial killers, tbh.

Here is the unsolved part of the infamous cipher: EBEORITEMETHHPITI

Stay curious & stay spooky!

CW: death, suicide, murder, torture, child abuse, drug use/addiction, abandonment, animal death, congenital disorders, sex trafficking, violence against women, kidnapping, sexual abuse, pedophilia

Grab your divorce shorts, it's Tyler's birthday episode! He's an unspecified age at an unspecified time in his life. What's pretty great about him is that we make him funny by only leaving the funniest stuff in the edit. You should hear the cutting room floor. Yeesh! Join us for 20 minutes of yapping in the front and in the back. If you're only about the stories, we respect you, but we don't love you. Sara's story starts at: 24:17 and she tells us all about the curse of the Hope Diamond. Strap in for some name dropping and shenanigans that only rich people could get up to. Tyler's story starts at: 57:18 and he has two stories this time around. The first is a bit of an infarction -- no wait, inflation. His next is a lot more serious and is where most of our content warnings come from. If you don't want to hear anything gory, I might skip it this time. Tyler tells us the story of the Hello Kitty Murder aka the story of Fan Man-yee.

As always, thank you for listening! Follow us on Instagram at cryptidandmysticpod and anywhere you listen to podcasts. We'd love to hear from you!

CW: stalking, kidnapping, curses, religion.

Sara and Tyler are back at it! We could rename our show to Cryptids & Mystics & Heated Rivalry but instead we'll save that conversation for the end of the show for all the skippers. First Sara brings us the meaning of the iconic evil eye and related imagery. We wanna say boots! but instead we'll say sandals! Next, Tyler brings us the spooky lore of Hachishakusama; the will they/won't they of the cryptid world. Sara's sources are Wikipedia.org, the BBC, myjewishlearning.com, and PEW Research. Tyler's sources are Freaky Folklore: Terrifying Tales of the World's Most Elusive Monsters and Enigmatic Cryptids by Carman Carrion along with the companion podcast, medium.com, and a YouTube video by Snarled.

CW: taxidermy, Santa talk, third gender, gender politics, gender slurs

Sara and Tyler are back with some very fun and mystical stuff this week. First Tyler takes us to Wyoming for the legend of the Jackalope. Then Sara takes us around the world to talk about the intersection of magic and gender.

Tyler's story starts at: 24:14

Sara's story starts at: 1:02:22

Tyler's sources: lifescience.com, article "The Story of the Jackalope: The Legendary Rabbit with Antlers said to Roam Wyoming" By Kalina Fragga, NY Times article "Where Deer and Antelope Play"

si.edu, 99 Percent Invisible Podcast - "The Tale of the Jackalope" (2022), Book - On the Trail of the Jackalope: How a Legend Helped Capture the World's Imagination and Helped Us Cure Cancer by Michael P. Branch.

Sara's sources: Article "Coming to Terms with Navajo Nadalehe: A Critique of Berdache, Gay, Alternative Gender, and Two-Spirit" by Caroline Epple, "Not This, Not That: The Hijras of India and the Cultural Politics of Sexuality"

by Vinay Lal, "Changed Embraces, Changed Embraced: Renouncing the Heterosexist Majority in Favor of Return to Traditional Two-Spirit Culture" by Trista Wilson, "Sexualities and Genders in Zapotec, Oaxaca" by Lynn Stefen

CW: firearms, aliens, blood, religion

We're back to talk spooky and weird! First, Sara brings ya'll a few different spooky slumber party games that still scare us today. Next, Tyler tells everyone about the infamous Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter in all its controversy.

Sara's story starts at: 15:21

Tyler's story starts at: 52:58

Sara's sources:

wikipedia.org

Tyler's sources:

Allthatsinteresting.com, historicmysterious.com, Sightings Podcast - Episode 1

Join Sara and Tyler on a journey of death and reincarnation. A lot is going on this episode, but not to worry, the tangents are juicy. First, Tyler tells the tale of the Krasue in gory detail. Then, Sara tells us about the Pollock Twins and it gets dark.

CW: child death, infant death, body horror, sexual abuse

Tyler's story starts at 10:44.

Sara's story starts at 49:52.

1:49:04: Ru Paul's Drag Race first aired in 2009

Tyler's sources:

Mythology by ParCast

Freaky Folklore podcast

"Floating Head with Dangling Entrails: The Southeast Asian Krasue" - Medium.com by Jason Ward

Freaky Folklore: Terrifying Tales of the World's Most Elusive Monsters and Enigmatic Cryptids" book by Carman Carrion

Sara's sources:

Extrasensory podcast

Newsweek.com

psiencyclopedia.org

And That's Why We Drink - Episode 377 "Carnival Cobblers and Time Traveling Text Messages"

Sound effect sourced from epidemicsound.com - Nada Ether Chime, Centrifuge Movement Bell Wind Chime

Join Sara and her new co-host, Tyler! He's a long time listener, first time podcaster.

Get to know us in the beginning and learn how we met, how we're not actually Baby Boomers, and what Ty looks like. Then listen to Sara tell the true crime story of George Hassell and how he hit close to home. Then Tyler tells us about a classic cryptid, the Minotaur, of Greek fame. We'll be back to our twice a month schedule, releasing on Thursdays starting this month. Thanks for sticking with us, and don't forget to stay curious, and stay creepy!

We're in our "smiling-through-the-hellscape" era at this point of January. Ange goes first in this episode bringing us all a healthy dose of theoretical morality when she tells us about Roko's Basilisk. We're left scratching our heads but don't worry, the internet never forgets. Then Sara serves up one of their favorites: a curse. One of the most famous American curses to be exact, the curse of James Dean's car, Little Bastard. Don't speed, kids! Stay curious & stay creepy!

It's the first episode of 2025 and we're bringing in the weird and unusual! First Sara tells us about the infamous Hinterkaifeck Murders and we're pretty sure we solved it. Then Ange brings us the tale of the Lake Tianchi Monster. We're split on what this one is but since Sara is writing this, it's a ghost dragon. Here's to a creepy & curious new year!