• Cryptids: The Truly Ridiculous Ones
    Oct 26 2022

    The time has come, the culmination of spooky season is upon us. To wrap up our Cryptids season, we decided to have some fun and talk about some straight up ridiculous cryptids, so ridiculous it’s hard to believe anyone thought they were real. We also take a personality quiz to see what cryptids we are! (Hint: The results may surprise you.)

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Top_Ten_Ridiculous_Cryptids
    https://uquiz.com/quiz/X0fZIl/which-cryptid-are-you

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    43 mins
  • Cryptids: West Virginia
    Oct 19 2022

    We’re just passed halfway through spooky season, which means we’re halfway through our four bonus episodes in our Cryptids season! For our third bonus episode (and twelfth true episode) in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about cryptids from the state of West Virginia! There were truly so many from this one state that we felt they deserved their own episode. (Hint: If your state has more than one museum dedicated to a cryptid, you might have a problem.)

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://libguides.wvu.edu/Halloween/monsters
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Mothman
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Flatwoods_Monster
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Grafton_Monster

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    50 mins
  • Cryptids: Former Cryptids Proven Real
    Oct 12 2022

    In case you missed last week’s episode, we’re back to finish up our Cryptids season with four bonus episodes for the spooooky month of October. For our second bonus episode (and eleventh true episode) in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about some creatures that used to be classified as cryptids, but have been proven to be real! Otherwise known as former cryptids proven real. (Hint: You might not even realize that some of these used to be creatures of legends! Listen to find out!)

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Former_Cryptids
    https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,770931,00.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_peafowl
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/01/the-platypus-is-so-weird-that-scientists-thought-the-first-specimen-was-a-hoax/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogzilla
    https://www.foxnews.com/story/alabama-boy-kills-1051-pound-monster-pig-bigger-than-hogzilla
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/African_Peacock
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Platypus
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Hogzilla
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_Squid

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    40 mins
  • Cryptids: Dragons, River Monsters, and Snakes
    Oct 5 2022

    Surprise! It’s October, also known as “Spooky Season”, so we decided to truly finish off our Cryptids season with four bonus episodes for this very spooky month! For our first bonus episode (and tenth true episode) in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about some dragons, river monsters, and snakes! These cryptids didn’t necessarily fit into any other episodes we made, so we decided to make an episode just for them! (Hint: It’s kind of like the Lake Monsters episode, but with river monsters, and also with dragons and snakes.)

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Dragons_and_Dragonoids
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cumberland_Dragon
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:River_Monsters
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Bassigator
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Ahuitzotl
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Snakes
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Tsuchinoko

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    33 mins
  • Cryptids: Supernatural
    Aug 31 2022

    For our ninth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about supernatural cryptids! Supernatural cryptids are described as having anomalous and unexplained abilities, and are often linked with Spirits and Demons. Pretty much any cryptid that can be attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature. (Hint: Did that shadow in the corner of my room just move?)

    This is the finale of the main part of the season, so we’re going to take a few weeks off, but maybe we’ll be back when it gets a little spookier out… To quote Gavin, “Who’s to say?”

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Supernatural
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wendigo
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Shadow_People
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Baba_Yaga

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    30 mins
  • Cryptids: Flying Beasts
    Aug 24 2022

    For our eighth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about flying beasts! A flying cryptid is any cryptid that has evolved to fly. There are also gliding cryptids, but they have evolved slightly differently to flying cryptids, as they can’t fly on their own. Flying cryptids have evolved a number of different times without a single ancestor that brings them together. Think of any big bird with wings, it can probably be categorized as a flying beast. (Hint: Does Big Bird count??)

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Flying_and_Gliding
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Thunderbird
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Ahool
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix

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    41 mins
  • Cryptids: Feline
    Aug 17 2022

    For our seventh episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about feline cryptids! This is the category for all feline or cat based cryptids. Cats are well-represented in cryptozoology and cryptid cats have been the sole subject of a variety of cryptozoological works. Mystery cats fall into various categories with different possible explanations, including alien big cats, undocumented hybrids and colour morphs, emergent species, possible undescribed species, and theoretical survivals of prehistoric cats. They may also be classified as distinct types, such as spotted lions, dark leopards, or speckled jaguars. (Hint: At least you have nine lives.)

    If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Feline
    https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Cats_in_cryptozoology
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Fearsome_Critters
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Cactus_Cat
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Sliver_Cat
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Santer
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wampus_Cat

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    41 mins
  • Cryptids: Atmospheric Beasts
    Aug 10 2022

    For our sixth episode in our Cryptids season, we’re going to talk about atmospheric beasts! Atmospheric Beasts are the strangest of the flying monsters from ufology, cryptozoology, and astrobiology. According to eyewitness reports, these beings are living creatures, but they break all the usual rules that the biologists apply to living organisms. They appear to be able to levitate without any need for wings, as well as their bodies are even depicted in a semi-solid, often partially invisible, state. (Hint: Don’t look up.)

    If you like all things dark, creepy, and strange, check out The Dark Archive, a new podcast featuring TSW’s Gavin Berger, available wherever you get your podcasts! https://linktr.ee/thedarkarchivepodcast

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    Sources

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Atmospheric_Beasts
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Atmospheric_Jellyfish
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Air_Rods
    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Sky_Serpents

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    30 mins