Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at the myths surrounding mirrors. They've always been mysterious. Some stories go back millenia, some are recent. What lives in the mirror? Who is Bloody Mary? Are the monsters a trick of the light? Listen in to find out!

Links to other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod

References:-

Flinn, Gallagher. “Mirrors in Literature and Superstition” HowStuffWorks, 1 Jan. 1970, https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/everyday-innovations/mirror4.htm#:~:text=In%20ancient%20Chinese%20mythology%2C%20there’s,world%20as%20it%20wakes%20up. 

“Haunted Mirrors and Superstitious Mirror Mythology.” Ancient Origins, 30 Dec. 2021, https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/mirrors-0016245. 

Howard, Krissy, and John Kuroski. “The Legend Of Bloody Mary And The Real Woman Who May Have Inspired It.” All That’s Interesting, 29 Sept. 2024, https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary. 

“Mirror Myths & Superstitions.” Two Way Mirrors, 5 Feb. 2020, https://www.twowaymirrors.com/mirror-superstitions/. 

Peters, Lucia. “Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark ‹ CrimeReads.” CrimeReads, 13 Sept. 2019, https://crimereads.com/dangerous-games-to-play-in-the-dark/#:~:text=The%20roots%20of%20the%20mirror,gathered%20throughout%20the%20early%20’70s. 

Ronca, Debra. “Where Did the Legend of Bloody Mary Come from?” HowStuffWorks, 18 Aug. 2015, https://people.howstuffworks.com/bloody-mary-legend.htm. 

“The Bloody Mary Legend - The True Story of the Bloody Mary Ghost” Haunted Rooms®, 5 Dec. 2016, https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend. 

“Ungaikyō” Yokai.Com, https://yokai.com/ungaikyou/. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address.

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Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking for lost property on Mount Everest. In 1924, an expedition attempted the first summit. After many failures, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine made their attempt. 3They never returned. 75 years later, a body was discovered on the mountain that answered some questions. Who went up the mountain? Why didn't anyone else summit? Who did the body belong to? What evidence is missing? Listen in to find out!

Links for other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod 

References for the episode:

“1922 British Mount Everest Expedition.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 27 Dec. 2008, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922_British_Mount_Everest_expedition. 

“1924 British Mount Everest Expedition.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 5 Dec. 2008, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_British_Mount_Everest_expedition. 

“How a Missing Kodak Camera Could FINALLY Prove If Sandy Irvine and George Mallory Were First to Reach Everest Summit.” Daily Mail, 11 Oct. 2024, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13950967/sandy-irvine-george-mallory-mount-everest-kodak-camera.html. 

“‘It Doesn’t Make Any Sense’: New Twist in Mystery of Mount Everest and the British Explorers’ Missing Bodies” The Guardian, 1 June 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/01/it-doesnt-make-any-sense-new-twist-in-mystery-of-mount-everest-and-the-british-explorers-missing-bodies. 

“Myth of Mallory Preserved in Everest’s Ice and Snow” The Guardian, 4 May 1999, https://theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/04/1. 

“Everest’s Enduring Mystery: Were Mallory and Irvine First to Conquer World’s Highest Peak?” EL PAÍS English, 13 June 2023, https://english.elpais.com/sports/2023-06-13/the-most-sought-after-camera-in-the-world-that-could-rewrite-the-history-of-everest.html. 

“Remains of Sandy Irvine Believed Found on Everest after 100 Years.” Adventure, 11 Oct. 2024, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sandy-irvine-body-found-everest.  

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at history. Lycanthropy has been around since ancient times. Over time, the folklore has been set in stone. But, there are real life werewolves too. What was the original story? Who was historically a werewolf? What could they really be? Listen in to find out!

Links to other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod

References:-

“The Monstrous Stories of History’s ‘real’ Werewolves” Sky HISTORY, https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-monstrous-story-of-historys-real-werewolves.  

“Lycanthropy between Myth and Archaeology” Archeotravelers.Com, https://www.archeotravelers.com/en/2022/10/31/lycanthropy-between-myth-and-archaeology/. 

“Lunacy the Relation of Lunar Phases to Mental III-Health.” Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, no. 3, SAGE Publications, Apr. 1978, pp. 149–52. Crossref, doi:10.1177/070674377802300304. 

“Clinical Lycanthropy” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_lycanthropy. 

“Did Viking Berserkers Really Exist? And How Did They Fight?” HistoryExtra, https://www.historyextra.com/period/viking/the-truth-about-viking-berserkers/. 

“The Ancient Origins of Werewolves.” The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/the-ancient-origins-of-werewolves-104775. 

“Mythical Creatures: A History of European Werewolves” Just History Posts, https://justhistoryposts.com/2020/11/30/mythical-creatures-a-history-of-european-werewolves/. 

“Wolves among Us: Five Real-Life Werewolves from History” CNET, https://www.cnet.com/culture/wolves-among-us-five-real-life-werewolves-from-history/. 

“Werewolf Legends.” HISTORY, https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend#the-shape-shifter-as-werewolf. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address.

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Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at at the Roswell Incident. In 1947, a rancher discovered some strange debris on hs ranch north of Roswell, New Mexico. After alerting the authorities, they speculated that it could be a UFO and then U-turned on that. 30 years later, the case was rediscovered, bringing about a huge change in pop culture and creating a massive conspiracy theory. When was the debris discovered? Why did it take 30 years to question the explanation? Were there bodies in the debris? What could it have been? Listen in to find out!

Links for other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod 

References for the episode:

Bird, Danny. “The Roswell Incident: Did The US Cover Up An Alien UFO Crash In 1947?  | HistoryExtra.” HistoryExtra, HistoryExtra, 16 May 2024, https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/roswell-incident-ufo-alien-crash-conspiracy/. 

Gabbatt, Adam, and Marina Dunbar. “Startling Claims Made at UFO Hearing in Congress, but Lack Direct Evidence | House of Representatives | The Guardian.” The Guardian, The Guardian, 14 Nov. 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/house-ufo-hearing. 

Janos, Adam. “What Really Happened at Roswell? | HISTORY.” HISTORY, https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025. 

Pope, Nick. “What Really Happened in the Roswell UFO Incident? | BBC Sky at Night Magazine.” BBC Sky at Night Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024, https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/roswell-ufo-incident. 

“Roswell UFO Part 01 (Final).” FBI Records: The Vault, https://vault.fbi.gov/Roswell%20UFO/Roswell%20UFO%20Part%2001%20%28Final%29/view. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025. 

Sladen, Mark. “The Roswell Incident.” Frieze, https://www.frieze.com/article/roswell-incident. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're in Ancient Greece again. During the 12 labors of Herakles, Hercules in Roman, he was tasked with facing the Hydra. Said to be the guardian of the underworld in Lerna, it was a formidable creature. He managed to slay it, but not without help from his nephew, Iolaus. Why did Herakles do the labors? Why was it so difficult to defeat? Are there more hydras? Listen in to find out!

Links to other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod

References:-

“Hercules and the Hydra | Monterey Boats.” Monterey Boats | Sport Boats & More, https://www.montereyboats.com/news/view/hercules-and-the-hydra/. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024. 

“The Hydra in Mythology: Myths, Legends, and Powers - Centre of Excellence.” Centre of Excellence | Online Courses & Distance Learning Centre, https://www.centreofexcellence.com/the-hydra-in-greek-mythology/. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address.

Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at a vomiting shark in Sydney, Australia. In 1935, during the Anzac Day festivities, a shark that had been placed in a tank vomited up a human arm. As small amounts of evidence began to build, the police began to investigate a murder. After 2 arrests and another death, the trial of a suspect ended with his acquittal. Who's arm was it? What happened to the man it belonged to? Who are the suspects? Why was one acquitted? Listen in to find out!

Links for other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod 

References for the episode:

Contributors to BuzzFeed Unsolved Wiki. “The Unusual Australian Shark Arm Murders | BuzzFeed Unsolved Wiki | Fandom.” BuzzFeed Unsolved Wiki, Fandom, Inc., https://buzzfeed-unsolved.fandom.com/wiki/The_Unusual_Australian_Shark_Arm_Murders#Theories. Accessed 19 Dec. 2024. 

Fishpool. “The Shark Arm Case – Fallons Angler.” Fallons Angler, https://fallonsangler.net/the-shark-arm-case/. Accessed 19 Dec. 2024. 

“Shark Arm Murder 1935 | The Dictionary of Sydney.” Home Page | The Dictionary of Sydney, https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/shark_arm_murder_1935. Accessed 19 Dec. 2024. 

“The Shark Arm Murders – Sydney Crime Museum.” Sydney Crime Museum, 20 Sept. 2015, https://www.sydneycrimemuseum.com/crime-stories/the-shark-arm-murders/. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're in Australia, investigating the Luna Park Fire. In 1979, a fire in the Sydney Luna Park ghost train killed 7 people. The fire was deemed an accident, but some people think something more sinister was afoot. In a Creature Feature that could also be a True Crime episode, we explore the possibility that this fire could have been more than an accident. What happened to the ghost train? Is there something that happened before that people think is linked? Is this the work of a cult? Listen in to find out!

Links to other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod

References:-

Cooke, Richard. “Hellfire | Sydney Review of Books.” Home | Sydney Review of Books, 7 Dec. 2017, https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/hellfire. 

Donnelly, Keryn. “The Story behind Exposed The Ghost Train Fire.” Mamamia, Mamamia, 16 Mar. 2021, https://www.mamamia.com.au/luna-park-ghost-train/. 

Margaritoff, Marco. “The True History Of Moloch, The Ancient God Of Child Sacrifice.” All That’s Interesting, 2 Oct. 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/moloch. 

“The Luna-Park Train Fire Demons: An Intriguing Theoretical Discourse – Wondergressive.” Wondergressive, 24 Aug. 2023, https://wondergressive.com/2023/08/23/the-luna-park-train-fire-demons-an-intriguing-theoretical-discourse/. 

Zhou, Jack. “What’s Past Is Prologue #2: The Hidden History of Luna Park - Tharunka.” Tharunka - UNSW’s Student Paper since 1953, 9 Dec. 2020, https://tharunka.com/whats-past-is-prologue-2-the-hidden-history-of-luna-park/. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address.

Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at Mars. Scientists are obsessed with finding out more about the planet. Many rovers have been sent up to explore, and satellites in the planet's orbit have taken photos of the surface. One photo has started people questioning whether life could still be found on Mars. What is the picture of? Where are the rovers? Can we watch the explorations? What is the science behind life on Mars? Listen in to find out!

Links for other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod 

References for the episode:

Bakich, Michael. “What’s in This Most Recent Hole NASA Drilled on Mars? We Might Know Soon.” Astronomy, 28 June 2024, https://www.astronomy.com/science/holes-on-mars-drilled-by-nasa-rover/. 

Cooper, Keith. “The ‘hole’ on Mars Making Headlines Could Be Crucial to Red Planet Exploration | Space.” Space.Com, Space, 6 June 2024, https://www.space.com/mars-hole-red-planet-exploration-volcanoes-life. 

Sankaran, Vishwam. “Mysterious Pit on Mars Could Be Key to Colonising Red Planet, Astronomers Say | The Independent.” The Independent, The Independent, 31 May 2024, https://www.independent.co.uk/space/mars-mystery-cave-colony-astronauts-b2554328.html. 

Today, Universe. “There’s a Hole on The Surface of Mars And Scientists Have No Idea What’s Inside It : ScienceAlert.” ScienceAlert, 30 May 2024, https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-hole-on-the-surface-of-mars-and-scientists-have-no-idea-whats-inside-it. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at 4 Lake Monsters. Listen in to find out which!

Links to other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod

References:-

almon Arm Observer, https://www.saobserver.net/news/do-you-know-about-the-ogopogo-statue-at-the-bottom-of-okanagan-lake-3693500.

Atlas Obscura, 30 July 2024, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tahoe-tessie. 

Kelowna, BC., https://www.tourismkelowna.com/plan/city-region/history/ogopogo/#:~:text=The%20first%20reported%20sighting%20by,upon%20misunderstood%20interpretations%20of%20nx%CC%8Ca%CA%94x%CC%8C%CA%94itk%CA%B7.

Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024, https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-hunt-for-the-loch-ness-monster-sightings-and-theories-you-need-to-know. 

Adventure Scuba Center, 17 Dec. 2019, https://renoscuba.com/blog/adventure/tessie-the-monster-of-lake-tahoe. 

BBC, 10 Mar. 2020, https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200309-ogopogo-the-monster-lurking-in-okanagan-lake. 

Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Loch-Ness-monster-legendary-creature.

Vancouver Sun, 9 Feb. 2024, https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1937-caddy-cadborosaurus-vancouver-island-sea-monster. 

Tetrapod Zoology, 17 Nov. 2020, https://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/11/16/cadborosaurus-carcass-review. 

Okanagan.Com, 5 Apr. 2023, https://okanagan.com/okanagan/ogopogo-monster-sighting-pictures-and-videos/. 

You can email Glen at [email protected]

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Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. This is the second episode of a 2-part series on time travel. Today, we're looking at the history and science behind time travel. Considering how much pop culture surrounds this idea, it's a relatively new concept. OYes, there are very old stories that involve travelling through time, but the concept of actively doing so first appeared in the 19th Century. Even today, scientists discuss the possibility of time travel in a serious way. Who first wrote about time travel? What does science suggest is possible? Is there any evidence that it's possible? Was it really worth 2 parts? Listen in to find out!

Links for other ways to listen are found here: https://linktr.ee/whattheheckpod 

References for the episode:

Bonsor, Kevin, and Robert Lamb. “How Time Travel Works | HowStuffWorks.” HowStuffWorks, HowStuffWorks, 1 Jan. 1970, https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/time-travel.htm. 

Stein, Vicky, and Ailsa Harvey. “Time Travel — Is It Possible | Space.” Space.Com, Space, 17 Dec. 2021, https://www.space.com/21675-time-travel.html. 

Typos, Expect. “A Brief History of Time Travel. For as Long as I Can Remember I’ve Been… | by Expect Typos | Medium.” Medium, Medium, 9 July 2021, https://medium.com/@ExpectTypos/a-brief-history-of-time-travel-4dd49772c0cb. 

You can email Glen at [email protected] with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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