Superduperstitious

Space! There’s an awful lot of it, and yet we practically never talk about it on this friggin’ show. But this episode aims to remedy that!

Did you know that you can get a degree in intergalactic politics? Incidentally, did you also know that you can go on long weekend retreats to one of Jupiter’s moons? And did you know that humans are descended from 12 or more different extraterrestrial races? Jake didn’t know any of that, but if you believe it, he’s got a xendra to sell you!

Wyatt then cranks up the excitement by talking about a really neat rock. It’s great, this rock. ’S from a couple years ago. We barely saw it at all, but it’s fast and small and OH SNAP IT MIGHT BE A SPACESHIP WHAAAAT.

Learn all about how to start your career as an exopolitician and how to tell different space debris apart while Jake takes the Lawd’s name in vain entirely too many times, all on today’s episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Loch Ness GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Jake’s story

Quora responses: https://goo.gl/wKQNHT

Exonews article: https://goo.gl/msJNqv

Exopolitics Institute: https://exopoliticsinstitute.org/

Rational Wiki: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michael_Salla

Wyatt’s story

Quanta article: https://goo.gl/4BD4cu

Space dot com: https://goo.gl/K5dezo

Loeb interview: https://youtu.be/rDZyI83Bj2w

Oumuamua photo: https://goo.gl/Y9ccfP

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If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today, you’ll hear from two nerdy guys — it’s another forest-centered episode of Superduperstitous!

Wyatt leads the way with some alarming encounters had by various survivalists in the great outdoors, and learns that Jake has terrible survival instincts. What would YOU do if your flashlight revealed the reflection of a pair of eyes in the darkness? Freeze in your tracks? Try to get closer? Poop?

Next, Jake recounts some currently ongoing terror in the taiga with one teenage Redditor’s tale of SOMETHING chasing her through the woods near her house. Tall, grey, humanoid, and accompanied by the sound of rattling chains, Glitter Sprinkles is not likely be her new best friend anytime soon. That said, if you absolutely have to get murdered by a monster, it’s best to at least keep the internet apprised.

Hear all this, plus an unexpected return from a hopping horror, some useful tangents about proverbs and idioms, and a listener-submitted story about an abomination near Maryland, all on this brand new episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Loch Ness GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Dave Paulides’ Missing 411 accounts: https://youtu.be/QezIejUhDT4

Wyatt’s story

Survivalist Boards: https://www.survivalistboards.com

Jake’s story

HermesNorth’s post: https://goo.gl/qEdydZ

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It’s spooky in the bedroom once again on Superduperstitious! Jake leads off by describing an entity seen around the world by people who mostly just want to get some damned sleep. Who is the mysterious Hat Man? Why is he wearing a hat? What kind of hat is it? Were trench coats really THAT popular in the 1700s?

Then, after a quick ethological look at the well known instinctive flight or fuck response, Wyatt asks for Jake’s help in rating a series of answers to the age old question, “Have you ever woken up randomly in the middle of the night, feeling the presence of someone or something else with you in the room?” Which of these answers will receive a “Negative Boo”, which will just get a 3 or something, and which will get the coveted “Yikes”?

Find out the answers to these questions about answers, why your brain be so scary, and where Jake draws the line on randomly singing in a podcast, all on this week’s episode!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake’s story

The Hat Man Project: http://thehatmanproject.com/my-story-by-duncan-conner/

The Bogeyman (1973): https://goo.gl/WjrLDq

Babadook origin: https://goo.gl/GLGVux

The Man in the Beaver Hat: https://goo.gl/SFi2Ym

Reddit post: https://goo.gl/4cnuYW

Mirror neurons article: https://goo.gl/DTzGxR

SLEEP PARALYSIS CURE: https://goo.gl/23x5Ev

Baland Jalal IS the Hat Man: https://goo.gl/DjAzuq

Wyatt’s story

Quora post: https://goo.gl/GdjTaz

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Holy crap, it's another episode! This show truly is still a thing that exists. The boys have a lot of catching up to do together, and it involves revisiting some interesting past stories of the spooky and strange.

For starters, Wyatt aims to put the Cuban sonic attack conspiracy to bed once and for all, but the plot insists on continuing to thicken. With so many technologies out there for microwaving heads and looking at babies (but ideally not for microwaving babies), it seems like anything could be possible. Or, again, maybe it's bugs.

Jake, meanwhile, is as on-brand as ever with an entire full-length segment devoted to America's favorite winged flesh-like creature, The Phantom of the Chicago. People around Lake Michigan haven't stopped seeing the giant humanoid bat monster, so these updates are going to JUST. KEEP. COMING.

The long wait is over, old stories have new twists, and Superduperstitious is back! So fully turn to look at your friend before you scream, and enjoy this all-new ep.

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt’s story

Chicago Tribune: https://goo.gl/FRsJgu

New York Times: https://goo.gl/zcHWnp

Live Science: https://goo.gl/ziuZT5

JAMA: https://goo.gl/FtrvFS

The New Yorker: https://goo.gl/WBtcRe

Crickets: https://goo.gl/NMMsMA

Jake's story

UFO Clearinghouse: https://goo.gl/41jX5g

Phantoms and Monsters #1: https://goo.gl/yBazCW

Phantoms and Monsters #2: https://goo.gl/Xe16z1

Phantoms and Monsters #3: https://goo.gl/Pd2MWt

Nexus Newsfeed: https://goo.gl/BrhQZg

Phantoms and Monsters #4: https://goo.gl/HTZVdz

Phantoms and Monsters #5: https://goo.gl/9ubXBy

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We’re entering parallel universes and hidden worlds galore on this week’s episode of Superduperstitious! But probably not. But maybe!

First we hear from Jake, with the story of a bizarre encounter in a Japanese airport in the 1950s. Flying was so much less strict back then: you didn’t have to take your shoes off when you went through security, you could smoke on the plane, and you could have a passport from a country that doesn’t exist (unfortunately, the latter MIGHT cause you to be detained and then to vanish into thin air).

Then, following a long overdue round of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt tells of the Green Children of Woolpit. Who were these mysterious children who spoke a different language and had no idea how beans work? Aliens? Extradimensional beings? Malnourished immigrant children who were lost? Nah, that last one is too farfetched.

We’ve got good news! That gum you like is going to come back in style, on an all-new episode of Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Jake’s story

Anomaly Info: http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/1954-man-taured

Week in Weird, The Man from Taured: https://goo.gl/yWikrQ

Wyatt’s story

Anomaly Info: http://anomalyinfo.com/Stories/11351154-green-children-woolpit

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What better way to end the year than with the conclusion of this Superduperstitious Special Report? There are better options? Never mind, just listen to the damned podcast.

Jake and Wyatt recap paranormal investigations and then lay down the sciencey law (not to mention define what a “law” actually is in science). Learn more than you ever wanted to know about the scientific method, and go ahead and continue to consider donating $12,000.

The boys are then joined by SHARON A. HILL, spooky geologist and aficionado of paranormal culture. Sharon is the author of Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Paranormal Researchers, and she gives some tips on how to make the field more legitimate. She also gives some fun insider info on Centralia, for a throwback to Episode 48, because who DOESN’T want to hear more about a town being sucked into Hell?

Forget about your grainy photos, take off your foil hat, and find out why you can’t just rely on the machine that goes “PING”, all in this fact-packed episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Sharon’s website: https://sharonahill.com/

Scientifical Americans: https://goo.gl/ob3Ccx

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Halfway to a hundred eps, and it’s time for the boys to bite the hand that feeds them with another two-part deep dive! Specifically, it’s a look at the pseudoscience behind everything this show is about. It’ll be fun!

Wyatt kicks off Part I with some cryptozoology goodness. Whether it's reputable publications gleefully fanning the flames of belief, or fancy-ass websites touting their fancy-ass research tools, monster hunting has some major methodological mishaps. But at least they sell cool hats.

Jake then takes things in a ghostlier direction with a look at paranormal investigations. Luckily, it’s an easy field to get into, as long as you have gadgets. Doesn’t matter what they do. Just have ’em. You’ll do fine.

Learn about the important differences between real science and TV science, give Wyatt and Jake $12,000, and enjoy the sound of people looking at websites, all on the start of this Superduperstitious Special Report!

EPISODE LINKS

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/superduperstitious-loch-ness-times

Wyatt’s story

NYT Champ article: https://goo.gl/WVPMQp

Smithsonian magazine article: https://goo.gl/jkhMWM

Surgeon’s photo: https://goo.gl/dw9JLo

Loch Ness Hunters: https://www.lochnesshunters.com/

SIR: http://sasquatchinvestigations.org/

Almasty footage: https://youtu.be/XhYxK2rjHI0?t=20

Jake’s story

International Paranormal Society: https://www.intparanormal.net/mission.html

Other Jake’s post: https://goo.gl/euRzhN

Fife Paranormal: https://www.facebook.com/FifeParanormal/

List of NH paranormal societies: https://goo.gl/oQFVCj

Paranormal Reactions: http://www.paranormalreactions.com/

The Devil Hunter: http://devilhunter.simplesite.com/

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If we know one thing at Superduperstitious, it’s that animals are weird. They act weird, sometimes they look weird, and frequently they sound weird. So imagine how weird CRYPTIDS must sound! Or just listen to this episode, because that’s what it’s about.

But first, it’s another update on that pesky Midwestern bat thing, the Phantom of the Chicago! The saga seemingly never ends, to the point where the boys may just have to take matters into their own hands.

After that, however, you’d better believe there are some spooky forest sounds afoot, and Knightsbridge Consulting is here to take care of them! Travel with Jake to British Columbia, routinely insist on calling a town by the incorrect name, and maybe, just maybe, track down the creature behind all this. At the very least, aim to briefly look like Ziggy Stardust.

Wyatt rounds out the ep with a series of crazy and creepy animal sounds from around the world, to show just how easy it would be for your imagination to run wild in the woods at night. He also revisits Awee Kids for a series of increasingly questionable animal sound demonstrations. Beat up some hunters and watch out for sky whales — spooky sounds await you on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake’s story

Unusual sound in Witset: https://youtu.be/25lzRlwz_u4

Strange noises in Oregon woods: https://youtu.be/wq7K01O9HMc?t=56

Knighstbridge Consulting: https://www.knightsbridgeconsulting.co.uk/

Witset case: https://goo.gl/26ktoK

Elk bugle: https://youtu.be/orSIhYAI3VI

Coyote sounds: https://youtu.be/0ga0i1FSXZQ?t=18

Wyatt’s story

Elk bugle: https://youtu.be/TSpGd9p17n0

Whirly tube: https://youtu.be/CuGnsW0ysrA

Screech owl: https://youtu.be/RiQrP4U6zBk?t=100

Great potoo: https://www.xeno-canto.org/189719

Howler monkeys: https://youtu.be/xxzbqmFkXwU

Coyotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGiGjs0U1U

Weird British sounds: https://youtu.be/LXreezdyYdU

Sky trumpets: https://youtu.be/_NQRGaqR6Ls?t=257

Bird sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/9A7VrX-gkyo

Squirrel sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/h-GytVbcZWM

Ant sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/G2TMZoURwYQ

Horse sounds for kids: https://youtu.be/b8vYrJmvjQM

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You asked for lost cities, so we give you… towns! That’s right: this week on Superduperstitious, it’s all about vanishing villages and missing municipalities.

Wyatt leads with a Pennsylvania town that is actively disappearing to this very day. No matter how festive you’re feeling, maybe just don’t set that much stuff on fire, yeah? Also catch Wyatt’s eerie firsthand experience passing through the location that influenced one of the most popular survival horror video game franchises ever! Or at least the dumb movie spinoff thereof.

Jake then confuses buttons and rings as he attempts to tell the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, which may in fact be not so much “lost” as “misplaced”. For all the mess they’d eventually make, Europeans sure had a hard time colonizing at first.

Carve your messages into a tree and DAMN IT JUST MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE ALREADY — Superduperstitious is about to start

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt’s story

Centralia: https://www.centraliapa.org/

Jake’s story

The Lost Colony: https://goo.gl/WawVeJ

Maltese cross: https://goo.gl/bA56ia

Smithsonian Magazine article: https://goo.gl/uMxZiB

New World apocalypse: https://goo.gl/X9Ab68

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The lights are all out. Your candy is within reach. You’ve got your flashlight, and you’re tucked inside your freshly secreted tent. You’re ready for some spooky stories from the Superduperstitious Halloween special!

You want stories about nighttime bedroom visits? We got that! You want cursed casino games? We got that! You want even more creepy Sasquatch stories? No? Well Wyatt’s got that. Halloween means thrills, chills, unlikely head injuries, and all the bossa nova you could ever ask for.

All that, plus a very, very special guest, all on The 2nd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!

EPISODE LINKS

Blue sparks advice: https://goo.gl/5KRsY4

“The Strangest Story Ever Told”: https://goo.gl/vmgjBR

AskReddit: https://goo.gl/Krctbq

“Bad Vibes in Paradise”: https://goo.gl/nY5o8y

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