Episodes
Episodes



Monday Dec 09, 2024
America's Legally Haunted House - Dutchussy - 171
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
This week, we open talking about praxis, and John reads a bunch of legal documents.
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Rosie O'Donnell Show June 1999 Pt 3
Our Haunted House on the Hudson - Helen Ackley
The History of the Ackley House, America's Legally Haunted Home
1 La Veta Pl, Nyack, NY 10960 | Zillow
Rockland County Property Check
LA99-01004751 - Deed (1967)
LA99-01004772 - Mortgage (1967)
LA99-00726030 - Carol assumption of deed (1949)
Legal-Ease: One dollar and other good and valuable consideration - LimaOhio.com
Ancestor Search - Margaret Perry
Helen Ackley Obituary (2003) - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Times-Union
Helen Ackley
Nyack People & Places: Skirmish Krew Relives Revolutionary War in Upper Nyack
Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 AD 2d 254 - NY: Appellate Div., 1st Dept. 1991
Lawsuit Didn't Have a Ghost of a Chance - Timothy Clifford, Newsday, Combined editions Long Island, N.Y. 16 Mar 1991
18 rms. riv vu. ghosts. - Ronald Sullivan, Marchi 16, 1990, New York Times
Spirit of Law Recognizes 'Haunted House' - Los Angeles Times
Caveat Specter | Skeptical Inquirer
How a House Becomes Legally Haunted: Stambovsky v. Ackley, The “Ghostbuster” Ruling | In Custodia Legis
caveat emptor | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Phones Ringing (Eerily?) For Nyack Spook Home - James Barron, March 20, 1990, New York Times
Singer/rapper Matisyahu selling Nyack home; former occupants include Ingrid Michaelson and maybe, a ghost
Don't Be Scared! Home at Center of Haunted House Legal Case Available for $1.9M
Stambovsky v. Ackley - Wikipedia
The History of Nyack, New York
Margaret Perry Obituary
Ghosts In Japan—Buying A Haunted House



Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Mud Mermaids of the Ohio River - A New Euphemism - 170
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
This week, we discover a euphemism and introduce a new segment on accident.
Also, yes, we know the Onion story is still pending a judge hearing, but let us have this one.
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Mud Mermaids Were Allegedly Spotted in Ohio River - HubPages
Mermaids, Giant Turtles, and Wild Men…Oh My! – The Indiana History Blog
Mud Mermaids - Newspapers.com™
Akron Evening Times - Mud Mermaids 2
Ep 147: The Mud Mermaids of Indiana
Mermaids in the Susquehanna River? Yes, fishermen once claimed
Seal finds unlikely home 100 miles up Hudson River – The Hill
Three Historic Explorers Who Were Captivated By Mermaid Sightings



Monday Nov 11, 2024
50 Berkeley Square - The Nameless Episode - 169
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
John tried to do a shorter episode this week. Tried is the operative word here.
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BERKELEY SQUARE, Non Civil Parish - 1000516 | Historic England
Charles I (r. 1625-1649) | The Royal Family
Lord John Berkeley, Royalist General, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland & Ambassador-extraordinary - Twickenham Museum
Notes and Queries 4th Series, Volume 10 - 372
Victorian Spiritualism
The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill
Notes and Queries 4th Series, Volume 10 - 398
Notes and Queries 4th Series, Volume 11 - 85
Fortean Times - The Most Haunted House in London by Jan Bondeson - Christmas 2015
Notes and Queries 5th Series, Volume 12 - 87 (Reproduction of May 10, 1879 Mayfair Article)
Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 417
Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 435
Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 452
Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 471
Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 2 - 514
Notes and Queries 6th Series, Volume 3 - 151
Cornishman May 28 1908 - A City Full of Ghosts
Ghosts, Helpful and Harmful - Elliott O'Donnell (171-181)
Ghosts of London - Elliott O'Donnell (26-40)
https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?37736
Haunted Houses - Charles Harper (106-)
The Grey Ghost Book - Jessie Middleton (16-50)
Screaming Skulls: 101 of the World's Greatest Ghost Stories - Daniel Cohen (80-82)
Mysterious Universe Article
Notes and Queries archives (We pull from a lot of volumes)



Monday Oct 28, 2024
The Walker House - Ghostly Roundhouse Kicks - 168
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Halloween is this week, and Brandon is bringing ghost stories.
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The Ghosts of Mineral Point | Wisconsin Haunts
Tavern Spirits: The Legend of Walker House
Tavern Spirits: The Legend of Walker House, part two
Ghosts - The Walker House



Monday Oct 14, 2024
The History of Gorillas - The Gorillaz - 167
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
In memoriam to the bad shows we found along the way, John talks about Gorillas way too much.
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Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths , Naish, Darren
The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave
Etymology of zoology by etymonline
When the World’s Population Took Off: The Springboard of the Neolithic Demographic Transition | Science
The Internet Classics Archive | The History of Animals by Aristotle
Galen's Analogy: Animal Experimentation and Anatomy in the Second Century CE
Galen's “errors” - The Lancet
Rocky Road: Conrad Gesner
Historical Anatomies on the Web: Conrad Gessner Home
Historiae Animalium | ODD SALON
Zoology Timeline
First Voyage of Captain James Cook | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The Nature of Systematics - Blackwelder and Boyden
Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
A Carthaginian Exploration of the West African Coast.
Gorilla Biology - Taylor and Goldsmith
Les betes humaines d'Afrique by Heuvelmans, Bernard; [Mackal, Roy] - 1980
The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell by Andrew Battell.
Skeptoid: Tracking the Elusive Pongo
The missionary and the gorilla | Features | Yale Alumni Magazine
1. From Satyr to Pongo: Discovering the Red Ape
An account of the diseases, natural history, and medicines of the East Indies / Translated from the Latin of James Bontius
Notice External Characters Habits Troglodytes Gorilla - Savage and Wyman
The Metaphysics of Apes
Explorations and adventures in Equatorial Africa - Paul B. du Chaillu.
Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature
The Cryptid Zoo: Pongo
Example of male orangutans displaying the two alternative reproductive
Species Information - Orang Utan Republik Foundation
Comparing Mountain Gorillas vs Eastern Lowland Gorillas — Gorilla Trekking Safaris Africa
African mythology : an encyclopedia of myth and legend - Jan Knappert
Do Mythic Creatures Exist? Show Me the Body | Scientific American
How many extant pinniped species remain to be described?
Cuvier, Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Globe
On the track of unknown animals : Heuvelmans, Bernard



Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
The Beast of Brunei, Giant Grasshoppers - Bugging Out - 166
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
This week, we're talking bugs, hoaxes, and technical difficulties.
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Spotting | Project Noah
The Beast of Brunei
ShukerNature: TRILOBITE BEETLES, CETI EELS, AND THE BEAST OF BRUNEI
Trilobite Beetle Facts: Essential Information for Insect Enthusiasts
Warhammer Tyranids Tutorial DIY
ShukerNature: THE GIANT GRASSHOPPER OF WISCONSIN - FOCUSING UPON A PHONEY PHOTOGRAPH



Monday Sep 16, 2024
The History of Zoology - Capuchin in a Mask - 165
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
This week, John begins to tackle the definition of cryptozoology as a discipline.
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Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths , Naish, Darren
The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave
Etymology of zoology by etymonline
When the World’s Population Took Off: The Springboard of the Neolithic Demographic Transition | Science
The Internet Classics Archive | The History of Animals by Aristotle
Galen's Analogy: Animal Experimentation and Anatomy in the Second Century CE
Galen's “errors” - The Lancet
Rocky Road: Conrad Gesner
Historical Anatomies on the Web: Conrad Gessner Home
Historiae Animalium | ODD SALON
Zoology Timeline
First Voyage of Captain James Cook | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The Nature of Systematics - Blackwelder and Boyden
Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids



Monday Sep 02, 2024
St. Augustine Monster - John Gets a Soundboard - 164
Monday Sep 02, 2024
Monday Sep 02, 2024
This week, Brandon does his take on the St. Augustine Monster as John discovers the ability of his new mixer to be a soundboard.
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St. Augustine Monster - Wikipedia
The Saint Augustine Monster | Smithsonian Institution Archives
Gigantic Octopus
A gigantic cephalopod on the Florida coast
On the Giant Octopus (Octopus giganteus) and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill