Can You Believe It?

By: Matt Neal and friends
  • Summary

  • A hilariously informative podcast about the unexplained that asks 'can you believe it?'.
    Copyright 2024
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  • S4E4 - Spring-Heeled Jack!
    Mar 8 2023
    Episode Notes

    In which a strange ghost-like figure terrorises the streets of London.

    SOURCES https://web.archive.org/web/20061018113915/http://living.scotsman.com/people.cfm?id=1465132006 https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Spring-Heeled-Jack/ https://unresolved.me/springheeled-jack https://eehe.org.uk/?p=33406 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Beresford,_3rd_Marquess_of_Waterford https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/origins-painting-town-red-waterford-england-alcohol-fuelled-debauchery-169446 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93472/19th-century-aristocrat-who-literally-painted-town-red The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack by Karl Bell

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • S4E3 - The Magician & The Monsters!
    Mar 8 2023
    Episode Notes

    In which a magician and some naked witches summon a series of monsters, including Nessie.

    SOURCES https://twitter.com/tetzoo/status/1279732505285984257 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_%22Doc%22_Shiels https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Monstermind/IhE8MQAACAAJ?hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penwith_Society_of_Arts https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/tony-doc-shiels http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Paul_Francis_Memoirs.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgawr_(folklore) https://tetzoo.com/blog/2021/2/2/morgawr-and-the-mary-f-photos https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/morgawr http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Andy_Roberts_Tony_Doc_Shiels.htm Sixpence for the Wind: A Knot of Nautical Folklore by Malcolm Archibald https://itsmth.fandom.com/wiki/Morgawr http://magoniamagazine.blogspot.com/2013/12/monstrous-tales.html https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornish-owlman-mawnan-smith-been-4045776 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/ https://www.apstrange.com/2019/04/nessie-day-4-tony-shiels-whats-up-doc.html

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    51 mins
  • S4E2 - Robert Johnson & The Devil!
    Mar 8 2023
    Episode Notes

    In which Robert Johnson does a deal with The Devil at the crossroads in order to become a great blues guitarist.

    SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaKkzNqCPnc&t=672s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson Up Jumped The Devil: The Real Life Of Robert Johnson by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow ReMastered: Devil At The Crossroads, director Brian Oakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson_recordings#Sessionography https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/devil-and-robert-johnson.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Mr._Johnson https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/robert-johnson-sells-soul-devil https://trueblueser.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/the-truth-about-robert-johnson/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070718180120/http://www.nps.gov/history/delta/blues/people/tommy_johnson.htm

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    56 mins

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