What's worse than a pigman in the woods? Pretty much anything, if I'm being honest.

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Green Mountains, Dark Tales - Joeseph Citro

Weird New England - Joseph Citro

Northfield, Vermont - Wikipedia

Sam Harris | Cryptid Wiki

Newspapers.com - Pigman Search

NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE: The Pigman of Northfield, Vermont

Strange USA Sam Harris Post

This week we are talking about bears, I mean sloths.

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Ground sloth | Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology

Gorp | Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology

Beasts of Sherman | Cryptid Wiki

Swamp Ape Search Finds Giant Sloth

This week Brandon invents a new month-based band (The Novemberists), and John gets buried in the minutia of 4chan.

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Horror Theater – The Rake

Know Your Meme - The Rake

Creepypasta

x/ Creepypasta Archive : Anonymous

Creepy Resistance Viral Spooks Media

Possible Fallen Angel in Catalonia (subtitled)

Hounds of Tindalos - Wikipedia

Mystery Alien/Zombie Louisiana Hunting Pic Debunked: It's A Fake

We're back again, this time with a good old-fashioned hoax grab bag!

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The Nantucket Sea Monster | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

The Summer of Nantucket’s Sublime Sea Serpent | Smithsonian

Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Do not Believe Everything about Science Online: Revisiting the Fake Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus in an Introductory Biology College Course

Pacific Northwest tree octopus - Wikipedia

Honolulu Star Bulletin

Flying Saucer Found Here

Gigantica fibicus (April Fool, 1941)

10 Animals That Turned Out to Be Hoaxes or Spoofs - Listverse

Largest Fish Ever Caught (April Fool's Day - 1939)

After a bit of a scheduling nightmare, Brandon and John are back! This time, they talk about a cherished Manhattan urban legend.

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Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures: Coleman, Loren: 9781416527367

American alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Chinese alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Comparison of bite‐force performance between long‐term captive and wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) - Erickson

Alligator - Wikipedia

Can You Really Escape an Alligator if You Run in a Zigzag? | HowStuffWorks

American Alligator | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Sewer alligator - Wikipedia

The Truth About Alligators in the Sewers of New York - Corey Kilgannon

Alligator in the Sewer Day 2020

Alligator Ad 1934 - Popular Mechanics

Live Baby Alligator - FREE! : r/vintageads

Behind the Alligator Pet Trade - Fast Company

Women with baby alligator - Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

Fear or revere: Virginia Tech researcher dives into the complex history of the American alligator

526 Mailable Live Animals | Postal Explorer

Surprise at U.P.S.: Alligator-in-the-Box - The New York Times

Breaking Fad: Alligators becoming the new pit bulls for drug dealers, cops say - Washington Times

Guard alligator 'El Chompo' protected drugs for Pennsylvania dealers, prosecutors say

More on Alligators in the Sewers - George Fergus

This time, we're talking about paintings and Britain's obsession with crying boys.

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List of reportedly haunted paintings - Wikipedia

The Crying Boy - Wikipedia

The Curse of the Crying Boy. “I’ll tell you why the paintings never… | by Emily | Medium

A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the '80s - Atlas Obscura

Flight 1 And The Curse Of Arshile Gorky - Artlyst

The Real Story Behind The Cursed "Woman Of The Rain" Painting - The Ghost In My Machine

The Untold Story Of The Anguished Man Painting - Cumbria, England

This time, John follows the story of the Sykesville Monster through the reporting of the Baltimore AFRO. Meanwhile, Brandon torments his mom.

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Sykesville, Maryland - Wikipedia

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte - Wikipedia

Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Hunts for Hairy Monster 7ft. Tall - Bill Rhoden and Fletcher Roberts

Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Monster Interest Spreads - Bill Rhoden

The Baltimore Sun - Dr. W. Ted Roth Obituary

Baltimore AFRO - Similar Monster Seen Last Year in Missouri

Baltimore AFRO - Local citizen saw a monster, joins hunt in Sykesville

Baltimore AFRO - Is monster eating Balto. kids?

Baltimore AFRO - Sykseville monster the real thing

Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville monster joins urban set!

Show To Feature Tale Of Maryland Monster - CBS Baltimore

Monsters of Maryland: Mysterious Creatures in the Old Line State

Pulse of the Paranormal: 'Sykesville Monster' Encounter

Bigfoot: The Sykesville Monster w/photos, Md, Carroll County

Sykesville Monster | Odyssey Paranormal Research

The Aswang is back, and this time, we have CIA sources that tell us the events actually happened.

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False Fang: When the CIA Staged a Vampire Attack

CIA Vampires: US Meddling in the Philippines - Grey Dynamics

How the CIA Used 'Vampires' to Fight Communism in the Philippines | HowStuffWorks

Killing Hope US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II – Part I William Blum

Ed Lansdale's Black Warfare in 1950s Vietnam

The Aswang Project