Cryptopedia - A Paranormal Podcast

Werevolves and Bigfoot - Ohio Grab Bag - 162

This week, we take a trip to Ohio, only to get sidetracked by how Brandon feels about paper towels on his fingernails.
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Un-loch the Mysteries of Ohio's Cryptids
The Werewolf of Defiance – Mercer County Outlook
Deadspin | Ohio Police Capture Drunken Local Werewolf
Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Werewolf Case in Defiance Not Taken Lightly By Police
Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Defiance Werewolf Case
Toledo Blade - Aug 3, 1972 | Defiance Residence Suspicious of Their Werewolf
The Charles Mill Lake Monster
Orange Eyes and the Charles Mill Lake Monster
Charles Mill Lake Monster | Cryptid Wiki
Orange Eyes | Cryptid Wiki
Weird Ohio - Bigfoot of Cedar Bog

The Northfield Pigman - Woods Pervert - 161

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

Giant Ground Sloths - GORP Without the Rasins - 160

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

The Rake - The Internet Hate Machine - 159

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
 

Hoaxes - The Doctor is In - 158

We're back again, this time with a good old-fashioned hoax grab bag!
 
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100 Miles (Skinbone) -  https://youtu.be/tesr1OyymXo
John's Dissertation - https://youtu.be/QRAqnvCLADo?si=qxntMgiI_KdKueqT
 
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Sources:
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)

Sewer Alligators - Interior Crocodile Alligator - 157

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

Haunted Paintings - Sad Bois - 156

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

The Sykesville Monster - Bears, Conspiracies, and Escapees - 155

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