The 1904 summer Olympics men's marathon was something else. From cheating to last minute entries, poisoning, wild dog attacks and severe dehydration, the race was one for the books. After diving into what made the race so terrible, the Deep Lore Boys look to the subways of New York City to meet Devin Person, a real-life wizard, before reviewing the ghostly legend of the Fresno Nightcrawlers.  

Further Reading:  

1904 Men's Marathon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_men%27s_marathon 

Subway Wizard: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/nyregion/devin-person-brooklyn-wizard.html 

Fresno Nightcrawlers: https://thebusinessjournal.com/more-than-fresno-famous-how-the-nightcrawler-captured-the-worlds-imagination/    

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On this very spooky Halloween special, the Deep Lore Boys take a gander at several pieces of chilling lore, including the cannibalistic spirit of the Wendigo, and the famous Attack of the Dead Men from WWI. Then, last of all, we investigate the infamous Spring-heeled Jack and try to decide whether he's closer to being Batman, Dracula, or a goblin.  

Further Reading:  

Wendigo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo 

Attack of the Dead Men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_... 

Spring-heeled Jack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-...   

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The drought of clout has ended. The Deep Lore Boys are back for a second season, and they're kicking it off with one of the goofiest battles in history, known to some as "The War of The Oaken Bucket." Afterwards we investigate the theoretical Cold War weapon known as the Gay Bomb, before telling the tale of Phineas Gage, the man who survived what no one should be able to.  

Further Reading:  

War of the Bucket: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Bucket 

Pig War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)  

Gay Bomb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb 

Phineas Gage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage   

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The finale is here. The first season of the podcast is complete, and the Deep Lore Boys are ending it the same way it all began. After revisiting the stupendous iceberg boat that could have dominated the seas during WWII, we recount the tragic tale of a Canadian hitchhiking robot who was beaten and decapitated in Philidelphia. And to top it all off, we answer the age-old question... is the earth getting bigger? And if it is, is it flat, round, or a velociraptor?  

Further Reading:  

Project Habakkuk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk 

HitchBOT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HitchBOT

Expanding Earth Theroy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_Earth   

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Tom Cruise has nothing on Thomas Fitzpatrick: the man who got drunk, stole a plane and landed it outside a bar just to prove a point. After telling his story, the Deep Lore Boys discuss a heathen rooster being burned at the stake and the little-known Salem Tomato Trials. Then, Elmer McCurdy takes the spotlight; or, rather, his corpse does. But sshhhh... everyone thinks it's just a wax figure.  

Further Reading:  Thomas Fitzpatrick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...)  

Rooster on Trial: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.... 

Salem Tomato Trial: https://www.thefactsite.com/salem-tom... 

Elmer McCurdy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_M...   

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The lore is deep. Tycho Brahe was an incredibly interesting astronomer with a metal nose whose moose got drunk and fell down the stairs... but before we dig into that story, we've gotta put the kibosh on the Donut Earth theory, and tell the wildly epic tale of Galvarino.  

Further Reading:  

Donut Earth: 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbyak... 

Galvarino: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvarino 

Tycho Brahe: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_B...   

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We are no longer just the Deep Lore Boys. With Reese, our good friend and 50th subscriber, we delve into the legends of some famous wartime pets, including a monkey who fought in South Africa, tortoises in the trenches of New Zealand, and pigeons turned into suicide bombers. And to top it all off, we conclude the episode with some goofy bits of footage that didn't make the final cut in previous episodes.

Further Reading:

Corporal Jackie:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_Jackie

War Tortoises: 

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/video/gallipoli-tortoise-great-war-story

Pigeon Bomb:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon

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In today's episode of the podcast we bring in Ben, a special guest from Maryland, who tells us the spooky lore of the Demon Truck of College Avenue. After that we take a jaunt to Middletown to visit the Snallygaster, before digging into the goofy legend of the Loveland Frogmen.

Further Reading:

Demon Truck:

http://weekinweird.com/2017/01/18/demon-truck-seven-hills-road-maryland-haunting/

Snallygaster:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snallygaster

Loveland Frogmen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog

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It's episode nineteen, folks! You know what that means...  

There are many things we can be thankful for in this modern age. One of them is proper toilets and sewer systems... something that ancient Rome and 1858 London sadly didn't have. The geysers of flame that were common to shoot up out of Roman toilets was proof enough of that. But even toilet fire isn't quite as bad as blubber rain: the result of George Thornton's bangin' idea to blow a beached whale sky high.  

Further Reading:  

Ancient Roman Toilets: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-ancient-romans-went-to-the-bathroom-180979056/ 

Exploding Whale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale 

The Great Stink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink   

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Ever had a high-energy proton blast through your brain? Anatoli Bugorski did, and he lived to tell the tale. In this episode the Deep Lore Boys take a look at his story, while also inspecting Russia's worst warship, and the tragic tale of the Man of the Hole.  

Further Reading:  Novgorod: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian... 

Anatoli Bugorski: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli... 

Man of the Hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_...   

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