Museum of Natural Mystery Podcast

Multi-millionaire Andrew Carnegie: Ruthless steel magnate. Unparalleled philanthropist determined to use his entire fortune for the betterment of all mankind. He believed a shared love of dinosaurs could usher in an era of world peace, and when his museum unearthed a diplodocus at the turn of the century, he set out to prove it.

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For centuries, rumors of a huge, violent, long-necked monster have swirled around Africa's Congo Basin. Local tribes have pointed out images of brontosaurus as a dead ringer. Now, explorers believe the creature could be a boon for science or a mighty blow to evolution theory. What is the Mokèlé-mbèmbé?

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Tyrannosaurus rex is probably the first thing to pop into our heads when we hear the word “dinosaur.” The tyrant lizard king might be the most popular dinosaur there ever was. But...its reign came at the end of an era. There were other, equally fearsome predators before it, so how did tyrannosaurs come to wear the crown? In its time, and in ours?

Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman

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In 1967, sideshow performer Frank Hansen unveiled an ape-like man frozen in a chunk of ice. World-renowned zoologists pronounced that it was a real, unknown animal. Was it the abominable snowman? A missing link? Or a hoax that spiraled way out of control? Today on NatMysteryCast: The Minnesota Iceman Cometh!

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In the 1970's, an animal whose appearance and attack patterns bore a frightening resemblance to La Lechuza, a witch fabled to transform into a man-eating owl, terrorized the border towns of South Texas. Was the creature the legendary witch come to life? In Part B of NatMysteryCast's look at anomalous avians of Texas's Rio Grande Valley, we explore the history of the cryptid known as the Big Bird.

Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman

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In the first half of a two-part episode exploring monsters of South Texas's Rio Grande Valley, we examine the tale of the vengeful witch believed to have exchanged her soul for the ability to transform into an enormous barn owl. Having risen from the grave, she carries away and devours unsuspecting men, always searching for the lowlife drunk of a husband who murdered her.

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Part 2 of NatMysteryCast's deep dive into the real whales that inspired Moby Dick! In 1820, an enormous sperm whale sank the whaleship Essex. Lost at sea, the surviving crew soon found that the vengeful whale was the least of their worries.

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It's NatMysteryCast's first ever two-parter! We're taking a look at two famous whales that inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick. In this first half, we explore the evolution of whales, the history of whaling, and the legend of Mocha Dick, the ferocious white whale of the Pacific.

Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman

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Museum of Natural Mystery returns to the ever-endearing world of Pokémon! Giant insects, Greek myths, and cryptids? The inspirations for these ancient pokémon may surprise you! We look at prehistoric creatures within the Pokémon universe that have survived into the modern day, and the animals that parallel them in our own world.

Music: GlitchxCity

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A thousand years ago, a people known as the Drevlyans messed with the wrong prince. The prince himself was no threat, but after they murdered him, his wife decided she'd stop at nothing until each and every Drevlyan was dead. This is the legend of a princess turned Punisher: Olga of Kiev.

Podcast theme by Michael Guy Bowman

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Logo by Rachel Weiss: twitter.com/rachelvice

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