Superduperstitious

The boys are back, with another response to a nonsense prompt!

“Calendars” as a topic may have proved more of a challenge to pull off than expected, but don’t think for one instant that you won’t learn everything there is to know about Greek clocks and Corona, CA before this episode is over! Don’t even DARE.

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Support Ukraine: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help

Support trans youth: https://www.transformationsproject.org/

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

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Wyatt’s story

The Antikythera mechanism: https://allthatsinteresting.com/antikythera-mechanism

Smithsonian article: https://bit.ly/3MZeRY2

Scientific American article: https://bit.ly/3iw3Y2h

Alexander Jones (not that one) article: https://bit.ly/3CRiIlG

Jake’s stories

Teaser article: https://backpackerverse.com/day-trips-in-california/

Hells Gate: https://bit.ly/3CPsGUj

Photo #1: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mONtwVM-vUk/maxresdefault.jpg

Photo #2: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gtr-LQtPe7U/maxresdefault.jpg

The true story (in the comments, at least): https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/hells-gate/

Photo #3: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/wp-content/uploads/206245-1.jpg

Photo #4: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/wp-content/uploads/206244-1.jpg

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An unprecedented SECOND consecutive week of very-nearly-SEO-friendly episode titles finds the boys examining… nouns, I guess?

Jake heads to the mountains of Tibet to uncover the mystery of the Dropa stones! Do they contain the secret history of a hitherto unknown people? Or did some white guy see a Liangzhu bi and then decide to get “creative”? Wyatt follows this with news of both outer space and spacing out.

All this – plus an unnecessarily aggressive intro – await you in this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

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Jake’s story

Chris Aubeck’s take: https://www.dailygrail.com/2008/12/tuesday-blogscan-16-12-2008/

Bad Archaeology: https://bit.ly/3GuwryT

Dropa stone photo #1: https://i0.wp.com/www.badarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dropa.jpg

Dropa stone photo #2: https://i0.wp.com/www.badarchaeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/stonedisc1.jpg

Wyatt’s stories

Magnetar: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220126122424.htm

The Devil’s rocking chair: https://www.newsweek.com/zak-bagans-closes-devils-rocking-chair-exhibit-1441871

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An impromptu prompt leads to a rare example of an episode whose title actually reflects its content!

Buckle in for tales of fairies and their snacks, perhaps too much history/science/folklore, and also a very important rat. It’s food time on this week’s Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

The Huldufolk: https://fairyroom.com/2012/12/the-huldufolk-of-iceland/

British fairies: https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2020/02/17/the-perils-of-fairy-food/

Construction issues in Iceland: https://bit.ly/3HsPBXn

Jake’s story

Avantika Bhuyan’s article: https://bit.ly/3HfXQFT

“The Lore of Simple Things”: https://bit.ly/3s4MWwg

Terri Windling blog post: https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2014/12/the-folklore-of-food.html

Evolution and Human Behavior article: https://bit.ly/3s3fBlj

Darwinian Gastronomy: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/49/6/453/229475

Food taboos: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711054/

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It’s an episode about darkness! Just, like, the general concept of it. But also stuff IN it!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Night shift at the cemetery: https://bit.ly/3qO2PIk

Fear of the dark: https://bit.ly/3rE9dkf

The worst pour: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9_zrJlvlA/

Wyatt’s story

Deep ocean water pressure: https://go.nasa.gov/3GPtKJh

Vampire squid: https://youtu.be/5J8eTT8xvaQ

Giant isopod: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/giant-isopod

Giant isopod shark face attack: https://youtu.be/O8sE0tvkpdY

Gulper eel: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/gulper-eel-video-deep-sea-fish-nautilus-news

Barreleye fish: https://youtu.be/RM9o4VnfHJU

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It’s donkey o’clock, motherf***ers.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

The Devil’s hooves: https://bit.ly/3pJhALI

Medium article: https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-truth-about-the-devils-footprints-465f2dc40642

David Castleton’s analysis: https://bit.ly/3pKCTN7

Squirrel prints: https://bit.ly/3pMX9Og

2007 incident: https://www.british-paranormal.co.uk/devons-devils-footprints/

Jake’s story

The Daily Yonder: https://dailyyonder.com/woodrow-derenberger-and-the-legend-of-indrid-cold/2021/12/03/

Derenberger interview: https://youtu.be/5HxY4suVjSo

The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings: https://bit.ly/3eDVxQt

The Lillys’ encounter: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/05/the-grinning-man-alien-apparition-or-mib/

Additional supposed Indrid Cold experience: https://bit.ly/3JsT7Cp

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What’s that sound? I mean, other than the whole “podcast” thing? Oh ho, it’s yet another episode ABOUT sounds!

Jake ventures into the Arkansas/Missouri woods in search of the Ozark Howler. Is it a monster? Is it animals? Yes! Wyatt then revisits New York for some Upstate acoustic oddities that are almost certainly better than a pair of cans on a string. ALMOST CERTAINLY.

Grab a whole bottle of wine and whisper something in the vague direction of Boston or Chicago, because it’s Superduperstitious time!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Only in Ark: https://onlyinark.com/culture/ozark-howler/

The Ozark Howler (escape room??): https://417escapeartist.com/living-legend-the-ozark-howler/

Animal sounds: http://www.unlocktheozarks.org/stories/folklore-legends-and-myths/ozark-howler/

Coyote yip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhzN5CUNnM

Hyena laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FhzN5CUNnM

Ozark Howler composite goofitude: https://bit.ly/3DOGDki

Wyatt’s story

New York Upstate: https://bit.ly/3GCUWKE

Video of Lake George Mystery Spot: https://youtu.be/cpKE139qnXU

Whispering galleries: https://archive.org/details/scientificpapers05rayliala/page/n638/mode/1up?view=theater

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The saga continues, as your intrepid hosts continue not to venture outside of the American northeast!

Wyatt begins with the land of his alma mater, New York, to examine the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the legends that made that legend so legendary. Jake then heads very slightly north to Vermont for some swine-themed terror. What was (or IS) the Pigman of Northfield, and can it be an urban legend if it is neither urban nor legend? Discuss!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41/41-h/41-h.htm

Headless horseman symbolism: https://symbolsage.com/headless-horseman-symbolism/

Jake's story

Phantom of the Chicago update: https://youtu.be/_BCr8HYorbo

The Pigman of Northfield: https://www.werewoofs.com/monster-stories/pigman-northfield-vermont/

Seven Days article: https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/local-legends/Content?oid=2138659

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Could these animals talk? Or was each one just another dumb ol’ Clever Hans? In any case, rest assured that both Alex the parrot and Koko the gorilla were every bit as cute as you might have thought.

But not Clever Hans. Man, f*** that guy.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Alex the parrot (Northern Parrots dot com): https://www.northernparrots.com/alexs-legacy-blog522/

The first animal to ask an existential question: https://mymodernmet.com/alex-the-african-gray-parrot/

Alex’s math skillz: https://bit.ly/3DeKhV9

Alex demo video: https://youtu.be/ldYkFdu5FJk

Video of Alex’s general story: https://www.pbs.org/video/nova-sciencenow-profile-irene-pepperberg-alex/

Wyatt’s story

Koko the gorilla (WaPo): https://wapo.st/3Hjb84L

The Education of Koko pdf: https://bit.ly/3c4j0ZM

Koko selfie: https://i.natgeofe.com/n/54f15004-b163-4018-89f8-5a65b81bde66/kok-gorilla-selfie.jpg

Why tell Koko about Robin Williams’ death? (NYT): https://nyti.ms/3CcEGNN

The Wire article: https://thewire.in/the-sciences/did-the-worlds-most-famous-gorilla-ever-talk-like-humans-did

Robin Williams and Koko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9I_QvEXDv0&t=26s

The Onion video: https://youtu.be/CJkWS4t4l0k

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First-time listener? Probably don't start with this one 😅

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

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Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

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It’s Hallow-friggin-ween again, the time of year when dear friends and podcast cohosts gather around way too late at night, make several beeswax candles from scratch, try to read by said candles’ light, and generally just get real tired on mic. You know, the universal tradition!

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: [email protected]

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer

Jake’s story

“They Bite”: https://talesofmytery.blogspot.com/2013/02/anthony-boucher-they-bite.html

Wyatt’s story

“Don’t Look Out the Window…”: https://bit.ly/3nMITCE

Old timey cartoon: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mGl0qpU8_RY/maxresdefault.jpg

“St. James Infirmary Blues”: https://youtu.be/aDATXtewPrg

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