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ScrubMode

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  • Hags of DnD

    Spooky season dies hard as we talk about Hags and Nightmares tonight. From Baba Yaga to Yubaba, have smorgasbord of child-eating monsters on display. Also sleep paralysis, what the deal with that and why is associated with hags? And why the dip is a Nightmare a horse



    1 hr 6 min
  • Worms of DnD

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    Today we're talking about monster worms such as the Grick, the Purple Worm and the Remorhaz. Then we look at some worm-like cryptids, including a heavy-hitter: The Mongolian. Death. Worm. Plus other worm monsters like the Indus Worm and the Guh. Other talking points include brain worms, the Saw franchise, velvet worms and the Alaskan. Bull. Worm.


    Sources

    • https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mongolian-death-worm

    • https://web.archive.org/web/20100526160025/http://www.deathworm2009.com/?p=245

    • https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4344

    • https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Were-worms

    • https://mongolianstore.com/mongolian-death-worm/

    • https://abookofcreatures.com/2016/10/03/indus-worm/

    • https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/WormsIndos.html

    • Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature Paperback by Loren Coleman Jerome Clark

    • https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Guh

    • https://archive.org/details/myoldpeoplesayet0000mccl/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater

      • 1 hr
    • The Mystery of the Rocky Mountain Ranch

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      Happy Halloween! Tonight, we're going for 100%, unfiltered spook as we tell you the tale of a lesser known spooky ranch: The Rock Mountain Ranch. Folks, this one has it all: Ding-dong-ditching bigfoots, poltergeists that hate cars, and Aliens that hate bigfoots.


      • "Multiple Phenomena on Colorado Ranch: Report on the Investigation of UFO Experiences on a Rocky Mountain Ranch" by John S. Derr and R. Leo Sprinkle, published by Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) in The A.P.R.O. Bulletin in July 1978
      • August 1978 (Volume 27, Number 2)
      • September 1978 (Volume 27, Number 3)
      • October 1978 (Volume 27, Number 4)
      • November 1978 (Volume 27, Number 5)
      • December 1978 (Volume 27, Number 6)
      • January 1979 (Volume 27, Number 7)
        • 1 hr 8 min
      • DnD Improv Game Part 1

        Today we're doing something a little different, improv, but not just regular improv! Well, ok, maybe it's just improv. Julio's DMing, so anything can happen in this episode of ScrubMode.

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        37 min
      • Gryphons and Hippogriffs

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        This week we're taking a look at some classical, magical mounts, with our good buddy Spencer R. Schulman. We deep dive on griffins and hippogryphs, and along the way learn about where the term "California" comes from, Italian World War Hulk, and how to sea monster check your fiance.

        Sources

        • https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Grypes.html

        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riphean_Mountains

        • https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Hyperborea.html

        • https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Arimaspoi.html

        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin

        • https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-etymology-black-queen

        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_sergas_de_Esplandi%C3%A1n

        • https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/lake-george-monster-hoax/

        • https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/sea-monster-hoax-0205682

        • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippogriff

        • And the 5th Ed Monster Manual

          • 1 hr 7 min
        • Golems and Gorgons

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          Today we're talking golems, an symbolically loaded monster. With thematic connections reaching back to ushabti and forward to robots and even Superman. Then we investigate a DnD mystery: why are gorgons scaled bulls instead of the serpentine monster girls of Greek myth? Other talking points include: Jack Kirby, Julio knows his Frankenstein, and the horngus of a dongfish (the nutte sac).


          Sources

          • https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-golem

          • https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/europe/11golem.html

          • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem

          • https://quillette.com/2022/05/27/the-alchemist-emperor-of-prague/

          • https://www.jmberlin.de/en/topic-golem

          • https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/origin-word-robot-rur/

          • https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/08/03/catoblepas/

          • https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Katoblepones.html#:~:text=THE%20KATOBLEPS%20(Catoblepas)%20was%20a,account%20of%20the%20African%20gnu

          • https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A42668.0001.001/1:6.101?rgn=div2;view=fulltext

          • https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/111271/why-is-the-dd-gorgon-a-metal-bull

          • https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24626

          • https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/04/12/skeljaskrimsli/

          • Jacob Geller’s wonderful video essay on the Golem and the Jewish Super Hero

          • The horngus of a dongfish is attached by a scungle to a kind of dill sack

          • And the 5th Ed. Monster Manual


            • 59 min
          • Goblins and Gnomes

            On this episode, we're going GOBLIN MODE. We gush about our love for goblins, trace their weird fantasy history and learn about how Hobgoblins went from fireplace guardians to the meanest goblinoids on the block. Then we talk about gnomes, and that one time they destroyed a town in Switzerland. We also ramble about some of the weirder Germanic folklore characters, and that one time Santa's elves drank blood. You're gonne get GNOMED



            1 hr 5 min
          • The Wizard Civil War

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            Today we talk about the founding of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, all the places it cribbed stuff from, and its hilarious and tragic collapse into WIZARD CIVIL WAR. Alchemists, mages, poets, revolutionaries and maybe the fattest drop kick of all time. We got it all.


            Thank you Jesse Sanders for making our music.

            • Partisan Review 1948

            • Witches and Witchcraft, by Dean Miller

            • https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/william-butler-yeats-aleister-crowley-magic-duel

            • https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/aleister-crowley-william-butler-yeats-get-into-an-occult-battle.html

            • https://www.theguardian.com/books/1997/sep/07/biography.wbyeats

            • https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Blythe_Road

            • https://brewminate.com/secretly-metaphysical-the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-in-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/

            • https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article_print.php?article=4697

            • https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article/35

            • https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/36-blythe-road

            • https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-eb0ab552f3b3

              • 1 hr 1 min
            • Gibbering Mouthers and Gnolls

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              Today we talk about Gibbering Mouthers, a montrous tool box with a ton of cool abilities. Then we talk about their Lovecraftian inspiration, dunk on HPL, and voice our support for Shoggoth freedom. Plus, the Indie reverse-horror game Carrion. Next we talk about Gnolls, why you shouldn't sell rope to them, the voice stealing Leu/crocutta, tar divers, and real life Dire animals.


              • At the Mountains of Madness, https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70652

              • https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/12/lovecraft-joshi-shoggoth-ai-meme.html

              • https://d-infinity.net/posts/fiction/man-who-sold-rope-gnoles

              •  The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles, by Margaret St. Clair, as found in the following collection: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781907222740/appendix-n/

              •  https://www.amazon.com/Appendix-Eldritch-Roots-Dungeons-Dragons/dp/190722274X

              • https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Leukrokotai.html

              • http://dnd.etherealspheres.com/eBooks/DnD_3.5/Faerun%20Setting/11832%20-%20Monster%20Compendium%20-%20Monsters%20of%20Faerun.pdf

              • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocotta

              • https://abookofcreatures.com/2021/02/22/corocotta/

              • And the 5th ed Monster Manual.


                • The Views of HP Lovecraft do not reflect the views of the podcast.

                57 min

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              We're ScrubMode, a podcast about gaming, monsters and the intersection there of. Join us bi-weekly as we talk about monsters "real" and imagined, and poke fun at the goofier aspects of the paranormal…