Cryptids & Comedians

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

Make a wish because we're talkin' about the Jinn! Whether you think Jinn a big blue and talk real fast, or their sexy-mid-western house wives, or... something else. This week we're gonna talk Jinn!

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Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

This is one of those cryptids that MIGHT actually, kinda, maybe a little be real. Maybe. Kinda. A creature from the deep blue dea, and we're not talking about the shark that ate Samuel L. Jackson. From nautical legend to Greek myth, we're talking about the Kraken!

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2026 is coming in with some BANGER episodes! Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

This episode Thom & Peter discuss one of the most majestic cryptids, they reference Voltron AND the Transformers, several times, and talk about why these beasts may have been misteken for dinosaurs. We're talking about the half-lion, half-eagle protector of gold and marriages! (What?... Listen to the episode.) It's Griffins!

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Still Happy New Year! We get to say it until the end of January! Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

The second episode of 2026, we're gonna talk about a cryptid that may get you hungry or horny. Or both depending on what kind of freak you are. We're talking about the sirens of the sea, mermaids! And by extension, Mer-Men. A little. But not a lot.

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Happy New Year and Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

The first episode of the year starts off with a magical animal loved by Marvel mercenaries, corporate hedge funds and Thruples! We're talking about the unicorn! It is real? It is mistaken for something else? Let's find out!

Happy Holidays everyone, and Happy New Year!

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Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

We're wrapping up 2025 with a special New Year's episode, we're talking about the Mari Lwyd! A wierd, wonderful Welsh tradition that involves a horse's head, an Eminem stype rap battle, and partying!

Happy Holidays everyone, and Happy New Year!

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Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

It's Christmas Eve! So what better to get ready for Christmas than to talk about Santa's Bizzaro Superman, the Turner to his Hooch, the Venom to his Spiderman... not sure that one is right. But this week, Thom & Peter are talking about Krampus!

Happy Holidays everyone!

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Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

We're counting down to Christmas with this week's holiday cryptids, The Yule Lads! Weird, spoon licking, door kicking, nordic cryptids that have a murder floof as a pet!

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Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

We're in Week 2 of the Christmas Season, and it's officially freezing here in Southern California! (It's 67 degrees!) So in Episode 14, Thom & Peter are talking about the physical embodiment of winter, Jack Frost!

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Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.

It's Officially the Christmas season, so all month long we're gonna be talking about Christmas holiday Cryptids!

In Episode 13, Thom & Peter are gonna talk about the Norwegian Holiday Murder Floof known as "The Yule Cat"!

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