Superduperstitious

It’s a brand new year! And what better way for Superduperstitious to start that year than by biting off more than it (or at least Jake) can chew?

That’s right, the boys have lost their entire minds and brought you a full FORTY stories throughout one ludicrously jam-packed TWO-HOUR episode, all in overzealous service to a convoluted “2020” theme. You want ghosts? Crawlers? Sasquatches? Gnomes?! They’re all here, baby. And if this ep doesn’t scare you, it’ll at least astonish you with how quickly it loses its way. We’re talking, five stories deep TOPS.

Crank up the volume and settle in for some well-deserved bonus content (or bone ‘tent) to kick off another year of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s stories

Tree-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ehktwy/tree_like_creature/

Yellow smiley balloon: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ecl9xn/the_yellow_smiley_balloon_was_more_than_that/

Black-eyed kids: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/egvbxw/personal_blackeyed_kid_encounter_2009/

Li'l doodle: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/eeobro/im_the_guy_from_rome_someone_in_the_comment_asked/

Creepy gnome-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/dnwqsn/creepy_gnomelike_creature/

Billy Corgan shapeshifter: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e8eden/billy_corgan_shapeshifter/

Tree People of Maine: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/bvrdf4/tree_people_of_maine/

Creature on the roof (VIDEO): https://www.reddit.com/r/veryspookyvideos/comments/e7ab4v/strange_creature_with_glowing_eyes_on_the_roof_of/

The Devil Scratched Me: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/ehltib/the_devil_scratched_me/

The White Thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e5zu3p/the_white_thing/

Bigfoot soundz: https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=63324

Dream about weird rabbit-like creature: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/ejq282/dream_about_weird_rabbit_like_creature/

This shit keeps haunting me: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/9wg3vk/this_shit_keeps_haunting_me/

Who is in the tree? https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e2c6o5/who_is_in_the_tree/

Child observes "gorilla": https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=3075

Survivalist board: https://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=57236&highlight=creep&page=151&=1&utm_source=amp

Man or ape?: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2017/01/man-or-beast.html

Jake’s stories

(Links coming... eventually? Maybe? Does anyone REALLY care at this point?)

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What was meant to be a Boxing Day episode is now a day later, but you know what? It’s still all winter stories, friend!

After another installment in the endless tide of Chicago bat goofness, Jake finally yields some ape ground with a few yeti accounts. He may be pretty damned skeptical of it all, but perhaps there is SOME plausibility in them thar hills. However, a bunch of big fish stories from a bunch of overexcited Europeans is ALWAYS something to take with a bunch of grains of salt.

Wyatt then takes a page out of Jake’s book and turns to Reddit for some backyard spooks. What horrible shadow creature has glowing yellow eyes and can glide through snow toward your back porch? Could it be a horny mountain lion?

This ep is full of goose flesh, people on mountains indistinctly seeing other people on mountains, and all the moose howls you could ask for. Check it all out on the last Superduperstitious of the year!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Jake’s story

Mysterious Universe article: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/07/a-monster-on-the-glacier/

Live Science article: https://www.livescience.com/25072-yeti-abominable-snowman.html

Russian video: https://youtu.be/Zz0Ypv6F0aI

Wyatt’s story

Reddit story: http://bit.ly/2t6TFLz

Moose hauling ass through snow: https://youtu.be/jOLF2d09GKE

Bull moose dropping an antler: https://on.natgeo.com/34WtyUI

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Finally, an episode in December! Is it any surprise that it’s about cryptids?

After a lengthy but important update on the Phantom of the Chicago, Wyatt kicks off with the tale of Zana, a supposed ape woman held captive in the most difficult to pronounce reaches of the 19th-century Western Caucasus. Was she really a bipedal ape creature, or were these people just HOLY SHIT THE MOST RACIST MONSTERS IMAGINABLE? Could the answer possibly be anything BUT the latter?

Jake then gets German with the Rat King, a ball o’ rat phenomenon believed to occur all the damned time. But are rats REALLY as gross as people want to believe? And are they that bad at being alive and not fusing together? FOLLOW THE MONEY.

Don’t let the stats from the time of recording fool you: take it from America’s 225th most popular Natural Sciences podcast, Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Wyatt’s story

The story of Zana: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/zana.htm

Kwhit’s skull: https://sites.google.com/site/noxgigasstudy/home/zana-and-the-black-plague

Possible human subspecies: http://bit.ly/2ScdJq7

Calling bullshit 1: http://bit.ly/2Q4Kt1W

Calling bullshit 2: http://bit.ly/2rbrvOG

Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2014.1712

Jake’s story

Medium article: https://medium.com/@Naturalish/rat-kings-what-are-they-really-ef67359ad34e

Squirrel King video: https://youtu.be/vDbs-0b8zAU

Mental Floss article: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/506504/almost-comprehensive-history-rat-kings

Estonian Rat King: http://www.kirj.ee/public/Ecology/2007/issue_1/bio-2007-1-7.pdf

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It’s Thanks-friggin-giving, and Wyatt and Jake are thankful for one thing above all else — being together again in the same room! The most obvious way to celebrate this is of course by telling some vaguely holiday-appropriate stories, so that happens.

After some much-needed bat updates, Jake hits us with a pair of paranormal accounts that kinda sorta maybe REFERENCE Thanksgiving? Whatever. Just watch out for disappearing, creepy kids in red shirts and horrific, inhuman, staggering grey masses that whisper to you at night.

Wyatt heads in another direction entirely, with the history of the fringe Christian belief in the rapture. Are all the good folks gonna get poofed away? Why come everyone don’t believes that? The answers to some of that and more can all be found in this binder (and these twelve thumb drives).

Keep eating stuffing and NEVER, EVER STOP — it’s Superduperstitious time!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Katy’s work: https://www.instagram.com/after_artist_/

Jake’s story

First story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/bi0cv2/the_red_man/

Second story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/dp9yn7/old_gray_thing/

Creepy artwork: https://imgur.com/KwKaOBi

Wyatt’s story

The rapture: https://psmag.com/news/why-are-so-many-christians-obsessed-with-predicting-the-rapture

Marsha Kuhnley’s books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19656617.Marsha_Kuhnley

Rapture binders: http://marshakuhnley.com/category/make-a-binder/

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They’re apes. We KNOW. But how often do you hear anyone say “aping around”? I mean REALLY.

But yeah! It’s an ape ep for the ages. Wyatt leads off with the story of De Loys’ Ape, and the spooky photo that gave it such staying power. Are there really giant, bipedal humanoid primates lurking in the forests of South America? Just as surely as humans from different continents somehow evolved from different species! (No.)

Jake then hops on the hominid fraud train with Piltdown Man, the U.K.’s unfortunate contribution to a European paleontological pissing contest. Sometimes, if you’re looking hard enough for a Missing Link, you’ll accept ANY EVIDENCE that suggests you found it. Even if it comes from a non-scientist known for faking shit.

Cut the tail off a monkey, slap some unrelated bones together, and tune on into a history- and science-filled episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Blue-headed black bear: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Headed_Black_Bear

Wyatt’s story

De Loys’ Ape: https://bigfootbase.com/blog/geologists-odd-ape-history-de-loys-ape

Breaking down the fraud: http://bit.ly/2riz7hX

Jake’s story

Science Magazine article: http://bit.ly/2OafMsz

BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/piltdown_man_01.shtml

Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.160328

Wyatt’s Royal Society article: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1815

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Canine-adjacent stories keep piling up, so it’s time to release the hounds! Except the “hounds” are those aforementioned stories, and “releasing” them is telling them. It’s good!

This week, you’ll hear a series of encounters with mysteries dog-looking things, mostly on the side of the road at night, including Wyatt’s own experience! Then, you’ll tuck into a ghastly tale of douchebags and coal furnaces, complete with audio accompaniment. And rest assured, you’ll get a very important PSA about responsible cat ownership, and learn Jake’s least favorite internet zeitgeist-y way of referring to this overall genre.

Pennsylvania listeners, hold onto your butts! It’s time for Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Bucko: https://www.instagram.com/designsbybucko/

Jake’s story

Creature chasing coyotes: http://bit.ly/2Qh5MyZ

“Huge Roadside Wolf-Like Creature”: http://bit.ly/2Oa3Wxp

Motorcycle poopin’: http://bit.ly/2O4cfdO

“I saw a small humanoid running on the side of the road!”: http://bit.ly/2qOyywi

Animals not looking normal: http://bit.ly/2NMDIlB

Wyatt’s story

The Hounds of Colebrook: http://bit.ly/33Q2nLy

Origin story: http://www.pajack.com/stories/pennsylvania/hounds.html

Dogman Encounters: https://dogmanencounters.com/broome-county-ny-encounter/

The Hound of Cold Hollow documentary: http://thehoundofcoldhollow.com/

Wolf howls: https://youtu.be/1VvymrNYoU8

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No new ep?! Never fear! There’s still plenty of Superduperstitious content to go around, and what better way to debrief on a chock-a-block full October than with a full set of outtakes from that very month? BONUS PATREON outtakes, no less?

It’s another preview of what could be yours if you decide to help support the show on Patreon! Hear some of the inner workings of how recurring segments come to be, laugh at how truly helpless Jake and Wyatt are at every turn, catch some fun behind-the-scenes interview context, and find out what exactly the hell Jake was talking about at the beginning of Episode 87.

If you like it enough, go to Patreon for more! And if not, well, there will be another normal episode next week. So I guess just wait until then and continue to only KIND OF like the show.

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

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It’s Halloween! And it’s a Thursday! The show’s Halloween special finally gets to come out ON the holiday itself! Holy damn!

In their specially provided haunted digs courtesy of PPMTV, Jake sets the table with a giant candle and some crawler creeps. Next up, it’s listener tales, XKCD encounters, and assorted spooks before Wyatt serves the main course: an excellent short story from earlier this year that will send shivers down your spine (right before it’s wrung out like a towel).

Devil mirrors! Cursed family members! Billie Jean! Plus some honest-to-goodness middle-of-recording maybe-paranormal activity? This ep’s got everything your little heart could desire (again, pre-towel-wringing). Check it all out on the 3rd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

PPMTV: https://ppmtvnh.org/

Roxie’s episode: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/44-seacoast-see-ghost

Crawler sketch: http://bit.ly/2BOtom9

Crawler video: https://youtu.be/BmRSanzInks

Katie’s website: https://www.bespoketoyou.com/

“The Quiet Boy”: https://www.guernicamag.com/the-quiet-boy/

SciShow episode: https://youtu.be/MyQT78Bjt04

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It’s the final Thursday of October before Halloween itself! And you know what that means: there’s time for one last special guest before pulling out all the spook stops next week.

Wyatt and Jake are joined by JESS COLE, who tells tales of her own personal haunting experiences and of her five-year tenure with The Atlantic Paranormal Society. Hear all about how she helped hold down the fort while the others were off shooting Ghost Hunters, and just what it takes to scare a pro (hint: it would likely prompt the rest of us to burn down our house and maybe all other houses just as a precaution).

Jess offers tips for getting into the field of paranormal investigation, Wyatt digs into the necessary skepticism one has to maintain in this non-science discipline, and Jake loses his entire mind to ’80s movie references.

Throw out the K2 meter and grab a fly swatter — it’s T.A.P.S. time on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

T.A.P.S.: http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/

Jess’ book, Part I: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-1-Episode-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01MTOC09U

Jess’ book, Part II: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-Episode-II-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01N5ERTA0

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Another week in October means another exciting guest, but this episode is doing things a bit differently…

The boys head to Springfield, MA to join Italian scholar and Wyatt’s old pal THERESA BERARD, who shares a Dino Buzzati sea monster tale right in Wyatt’s haunted childhood home (see Episode 3). He and Jake are used to doing the reading, but now it’s THEIR turn to have a story read to THEM! And by someone far better prepared than they’re used to being.

You’ll hear all about a relentless shark thing that follows its unlucky victim FOREVER, and you’ll marvel at Theresa’s ability to power through in spite of Wyatt’s and Jake’s increasing attempts to derail. And then all three take part in an extra-cursed round of Shadowlands Roulette!

Halloween draws ever closer, and the guest appearances get ever more fun — grab some iron or some balls and listen in to this sea-centric ep!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Il Colombre: https://www.amazon.com/Colombre-Italian-Dino-Buzzati/dp/8804670207

Opel (Theresa’s band): https://opel.bandcamp.com/

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