Superduperstitious

This week, it's an adventure into the woods for some ridiculous rigatoni! Jake leads Wyatt through the rambling yet flowery tale of "The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes and Specifically the Forest but in Kentucky", or whatever it's called. Never fear: a dozen or so coroners are here!

Wyatt then follows up with a much more sober series of accounts dealing with a race of apelike creatures around Mount St. Helens over the range of a century. When in doubt, sing, damn it, sing! Though it won't make your cabin any less flammable.

Thrill as an expert skier vanishes without a trace! Throw up a completely unnecessary number of times! Learn what the word "mordant" means! It's all on this forest-themed episode of Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

The Beast Between the Lakes: https://goo.gl/1RWM4A

Who actually goes to a crime scene: https://goo.gl/hPdgUG

Wyatt's story

Diary of Elkanah Walker: https://goo.gl/3RV7wm

Cabin attack: https://goo.gl/7z6pmf

Disappearance at Ape Canyon: https://goo.gl/ps9oGP

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It would be a rare day indeed that Superduperstitious would fail to pay lip service to some ancient reptilian friends. Luckily, one such creature made it even easier by paying a visit of its own, in this case to the town of Van Meter, Iowa. Wyatt's got it covered, with a complete account of those strange few nights back at the turn of the century, along with a pretty good idea of what bees probably taste like.

Then, another accursed round of Shadowlands Roulette hangs heavy on the boys' souls, but after a narrow escape, Jake is ready to recount a Redditor's rendezvous with something freaky somewhere south of the border. Best to keep some partial glasses of water all over the house for good measure. Have your shotted gun at the ready and put your fingers in someone's mouth — there's a new episode of Superduperstitious to listen to!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

The dumb version: https://goo.gl/goMCdt

The less dumb version: https://goo.gl/9AZwzc

Interesting interpretation: https://goo.gl/rSNhZE

Jake's story

Original account: https://goo.gl/39tAJA

Creature drawing: https://imgur.com/a/aRm9zou

Birthday scene: https://youtu.be/2nvnk4cooxU

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29 more episodes deep since their first sound adventure and Wyatt and Jake are again reminded that podcasts are in fact an audio-based medium. In that case, it's time for some more auditory strangeness!

Jake opens with talk of a persistent, mysterious rumbling heard all around the world — though only by 2% or so of the population. What is the source of The Hum? Is there any way to stop it? Does it just not know the lyrics or something? One harrowing game of Shadowlands Roulette later, Wyatt revisits the Cuban sonic attacks, which are still probably not sonic attacks and now also not in Cuba. Are folks just hitting their heads left and right, or is something more espionage-y going on?

Pack your righty and lefty scissors and look out for horny bugs — Bowie and Jagger are waiting to see your dance moves on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

Glen MacPherson's article: https://goo.gl/9WtXUE

Hum example #1: https://youtu.be/3WXUOLHp54w

David Deming paper: https://goo.gl/Ddnq6z

World Hum Map: http://thehum.info/newhum/

MacPherson video: https://youtu.be/3VBT_-Z1tk4

Hum example #2: https://goo.gl/CfEFCp

"Hum" example #3: https://youtu.be/G6Mv0FKBcJ0

Wyatt's story

NYT article: https://nyti.ms/2M5EsiB

Vox article: https://goo.gl/8aG7dy

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Without a specific theme to this week's episode, ANYTHING can happen! But really just two things happen.

Wyatt hits us with an abduction experience that he initially thought would be a Springheeled Jack encounter (Jack was of course too busy eating Scully Joes with the Devil to bother these specific fishermen in Mississippi). Don't believe the eyewitnesses? Just ask Puddin'! Puddin's dead now, but he was a fine man.

Jake then relays three creepy, unique nighttime encounters with some horrifying monsters. Watch as white people jump to conclusions. All that, plus a listener's creepy clown surprise! Please practice proper high beam etiquette as you join us for a good old fashioned regresh sesh on this week's Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Pascagoula abduction: https://goo.gl/jhNKcn

Jake's story

"I think I almost hit a skinwalker": https://goo.gl/jMXEuM

"My personal experience with a skinwalker": https://goo.gl/iHkPkW

"Skinwalker? Wendigo? What the f*** did I see?": https://goo.gl/pRVbm3

Sighting video: https://goo.gl/zoy5a5

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Would it really be an episode of Superduperstitious without some monsters? Perhaps. But it wouldn't be THIS episode. That's because this episode is full of chlorophyllic creepers and a whole dang family of Sasquatches!

Out of the gates, Jake recounts a history of sightings involving a mysterious mossy individual in Florida. An ancient elemental being? Pop culture inspired mass hysteria? A sentient farmer's market? You decide! Wyatt then recites Albert Ostman's very sober account of a completely bonkers experience. Then again, maybe nothing phases you when you routinely carry 80 pounds of gear into the Canadian wilderness alone to go on a prospecting "vacation". This episode is best enjoyed while being stalked in a bayou or while eating an entire box of snuff — try it out right now!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

"The Moss Man Cometh": https://goo.gl/MbtkZq

Gumbo Limbo trail example: https://goo.gl/CNgC5G

Wyatt's story

Edible plants of the Pacific Northwest: https://goo.gl/dHbXg7

Albert Ossman account: https://goo.gl/e98GNV

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It's high time Superduperstitious took another look skyward, so this week's episode once again handles those interplanetary interlopers, extraterrestrials!

Wyatt's up first, with the truly astonishing account of a visit to a Russian park that 40 or so locals would never forget. From documentaries full of comically overacted accents to some silent miming on an audio-only format, this story really has it all. Certainly it has those two things.

Jake then brings us into the present with a somewhat unique abduction event from only a couple of months ago. Have you recently rendered yourself sterile because you didn't care whether or not you rendered yourself sterile? These helpful aliens might just have a solution for you! Try not to overheat your big rig, and don't be too afraid of geometry — an all-new Superduperstitious starts right now!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Voronezh encounter: https://goo.gl/Vs4VqD

NYT article: https://goo.gl/TBBw4c

Testimony video: https://goo.gl/q5w9Jd

Jake's story

NUFORC account: https://goo.gl/weJuQe

Quora article: https://goo.gl/muq8BW

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The world sure does seem to have a lot of haunted places in it, huh? Like, at least several. And not all of them are even houses or abandoned prisons!

This week, the boys look at two such creepy locales. First, however, Jake dives into an extra-long and extra-horror-movie-ish update on the Phantom of the Chicago, which has made its way to Wisconsin in order to cockblock some college kids. From there, it's off to a stretch of road in Mission, Texas, where bicyclists don't care for vehicular manslaughter and sometimes people nap in strange ways. We're looking at you, Casey.

Next, we visit the Lowlands of Scotland as Wyatt describes a creepy castle and its dark, ghoulish secret. The type of secret that ultimately seems like way more trouble to keep than not, but that's really up to the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Stay out of the secret passages and tell us: What is That Fog? It's time for another episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Giant bat video: https://youtu.be/qucx6DCRaVI?t=19s

Jake's story

The Most Haunted Road in Texas: https://goo.gl/tGR3x3

La Home Road street view: https://goo.gl/eFRHNY

Wyatt's story

Glamis Castle timeline: https://goo.gl/kBDZUm

Ghosts of Glamis: https://goo.gl/gnSScm

Kim's account: https://goo.gl/H5VxzS

The Monster of Glamis: https://goo.gl/ohCDgS

Mike Dash's Smithsonian article: https://goo.gl/gbFMBo

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For us humans, it stands to reason that oodles of spooky stories focus on beings that are MOSTLY human, but not quite enough for comfort. It's certainly the case on this week's episode!

Wyatt first tries his hand at a Crawler update, and it's as creepy as should be expected for those pale, lanky bastards. Then in his main story, Wyatt covers encounters around the world with an entity whose heels might be described as decidedly... spring-like? Sleeping under the stars just got a whole lot scratchier.

Jake follows up with the curious case of the Bunny Man, a tale that is part strange-but-true, part decidedly false, and part "oh God why is it walking like that OH NO IT SEES ME". Listen, if everyone who goes under a specific bridge at midnight on Halloween always dies gruesomely, maybe don't do that? Pay close attention to what's behind your daughter's head and beware of flying hatchets on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Wyatt's story

Crawler sighting: https://goo.gl/67nFUh

Monkey man 1: https://goo.gl/eh3nFQ

Monkey man 2 (with police sketches): https://goo.gl/LbWw1X

Solway Spaceman 1: https://goo.gl/NcjyKy

Solway Spaceman 2: https://goo.gl/p7K46Y

Solway Spaceman 3: https://goo.gl/o3zTQY

Jake's story

The Bunny Man: https://goo.gl/vvroYg

Encounter with the Bunny Man: https://goo.gl/Kp8jGC

The true story: https://goo.gl/bXcXUd

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Somehow it took 28 episodes to finally get around to covering lake monsters, but here we are! And don't you worry: this one's got more logs and waves and misidentified loons than you can shake a moose at.

Jake starts off with a famous serpentine creature from a British Columbia lake, and while he may not be so convinced of its supernatural origins, he ends up a true believer in its power to make videos of its likeness vanish from the internet. Then, on the other side of a thrilling game of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt takes us into the deepest reaches of the Congo Basin to search for a legendary relic from a lost world. There's dinosaurs in them thar hills!

Also, huge bats are still apparently doing stuff in Chicago, so that comes up, too. Dive right in, because it's a wet and wild and science-y good time on this week's Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

Jake's story

N'ha-A-Itk: https://goo.gl/G8twRj

Ogopogoquest: https://goo.gl/K8hb5a

Live Science article: https://goo.gl/NNFMVc

Ogopogo video: https://youtu.be/5q9qgSn1QGE?t=16s

Very loud video: https://goo.gl/HDUUkx

Wyatt's story

Mokele Mbembe 1: https://goo.gl/CXLAQP

Mokele Mbembe 2: https://goo.gl/SSaUj8

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It's a health-conscious week as the boys embark on a superstition-fueled journey into New England's past. After an apropos Springheeled Jack update in Cape Cod, Wyatt retells the listener-suggested story of a vampirism scare during the 19th century. However, these vampires just make you cough and die. And are also already dead? And not real.

Jake then follows the specific account of a supposedly possessed teenager who was a perfect case study for why proper mental health treatment compels you far more than the power of Christ does. And don't even START on witches. All this, plus a complete failure to say the actual word that the show's title is based on — this week on Superduperstitious! 

EPISODE LINKS

Springheeled Jack in New England: https://goo.gl/CPJFgk

Provincetown Advocate (1939, October, 26): https://goo.gl/tfETko

Wyatt's story

Vampires in New England: https://goo.gl/K15rS7

Syphillis: https://goo.gl/2g93eH

Jake's story

"Devils in the Root Cellar": https://goo.gl/8mm2hp

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