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Your journey into the world of the weird and macabre starts here! Join hosts Matt and Angel as they traverse into folklore, cryptids, cursed items, strange events, and the generally bizarre world we all live in. The goal of this show is to catalogue the strangest things our world has to offer and individually rank each and every one of them to definitively answer ”what is the weirdest thing out there?” We also laugh a lot because we are genuinely having a good time. Podcast cover art by Squi ...
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Hey there, Curiosities! If you didn't know, Matt and Angel have a new show! Join your two favorite rapscallions as they discuss movies! Is this... Deja Vu!? Have you ever had the feeling of ”wait... I’ve seen this movie before, right?” Join hosts Matt and Angel in this movie discussion podcast all about remembering films. Some movies imprint upon u…
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We're not saying goodbye, but how about just see you later? Join us here one last time as in this Season 6 Finale turned Series Finale we investigate everyone's favorite dude who throws stuff in your eyes: The Sandman. While we didn't go into the episode with intentions of this being the end, it felt like the right time to unplug the mics. And inde…
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Join us as we explore news articles about a Loch Ness jamboree of amateur monster hunters, the possibility of Edgar Allen Poe being a time traveler, a creature spotted in Texas that looks like nothing ever seen, and a deep dive into the predictions of Baba Vanga. Along the way we discover Headless Belmmyes, Baba's animal-humans, and most of all, di…
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Ever be visited by a tall man with honey-colored eyes and white hair nearly down to the ankles who refers to himself as Herulayka, who then requests you build a 22 foot tall pyramid? Well Raymundo Coronas claims to have! Join us as we explore this curious structure created by a farmer in Mexico and see how this ranks in our listings!…
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Suffering succotash - we have discuss the Wedge of Aiud. Not the Angle of Aiud, nor the Hedge of Aiud, or even the Sloped Object of Aiud. The real deal Wedge. This item, found next to some wonderous mastodon bones gives many people pause; how could a clearly modern object be residing next to a dead mastodon!? Could it be... aliens!?…
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Opps! All fire! Throughout human history there are examples of all sorts of fires that are just so stubborn they just won't go out! This episode we look at the curious coal fire underneath a Pennsylvania town that just won't sputter out, no matter how many millions of dollars gets thrown at it.על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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Horse wombs - also known as nature's gift box. This episode Matt and Angel investigate the alchemical wonder-child known as the homunculus and all it's horse womb shenanigans. Alchemists, where would we be today with out them?על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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News, its what's for dinner! Well, not really, but we consume the news. I guess that's different than eating it? This episode we look into a man who believes he is a ghost and invades a home, witches caught eating a deer on a trail cam, recycling pig blood into water, and the mirror world study in which if you believe in yourself you too can be psy…
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Hot dog! We have it all this episode! 3200 year old cheese! Butters preserved in bogs! Sarcophagus juice! And people want to eat all of these!? Join us in this, frankly, unhinged discussion of curious foods aged with... time?על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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Sleep Demons. As the ol' saying goes - can't live with them; can't live without them. These little buggers just love to watch us sleep and then deliver a super dosage of dread and despair. How nice of them! Matt and Angel discuss the various forms of sleep demons, their own personal experiences, and even dreams that induce vomiting!…
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Remember a time when books were written on finely prepared animal membranes? That's insane... on the animal membrane. Join us as we flip the pages of the Voynich Manuscript to finally decipher once and for all this curious book that no one has been able to decipher? What do the words mean? What do the pictures mean? What does any of this mean!?…
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Whoa boy... the color blue didn't exist in ancient times? Hold onto your butt as we explore this theory and also discuss concepts that don't exist now but likely will in the next 50 years. This episode spans all of human history and then some! Wow!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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What's that? Weird things keep happening in the news? Who knew!? Join as as we investigate the weird: a man who lives in a cave for over a decade, how much fun it is to eat dog food, time travelers on social media, and the Colombian School-girl past time of playing with Ouija Boards! Wow, that is a wide spectrum of weird!…
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Teeth. They are valuable. Humans want them in their mouth and the Tooth Fairy wants them for... well... what does the Tooth Fairy want teeth for? Join us as we investigate this enamel entrepreneur to figure out once and for all what the tooth agenda is!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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1876. What a year! Meat fell from the sky! In this episode, we try to figure out why. And why people in 1876 would eat meat that fell from the sky! We also try to put ourselves in the shoes of everyone who experienced it in the only way we know how - by readying a play made by an artificial intelligence.…
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Doppelgangers. Doppelgangdudes. Doppelgangsters. What ever you call them, beware! These insidious duplicates may just be out there to ruin your life! Or just inconvenience you. Or not really interact with you at all. So maybe they are just really unpredictable! Join Matt and Angel as they investigate various levels of doppelgangers, discuss their o…
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AI art is all the rage and the woman of the hour for horror related imagery is Loab! This creepy woman "discovered" in the latent space of an AI art generator is the brain child of multimedia artist Supercomposite. Considered one of the first fully digital cryptids, we had no choice but to see what this frenzy was all about! Join us as we discuss L…
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The wait is finally over. Roll out the red carpet. Get on those nice pants. It is time to hand out some awards. We have created the "Golden Curiosity" Award to highlight entities, events, or strange objects from the past few seasons. Come join the fun and see if your favorites win an award!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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Mermaids. Innocent tricksters or malicious demons!? The thin line between those is apparently blurred in the salty seas of the world. Around the globe, cultures have stories of mermaids which have given us a story as old as recorded time! Join us as we dive deep and gorge ourselves until we are full to the gills with mermaid lore.…
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The news just won't stop! This time Matt and Angel look at Black Eyed Children in the news, a man who makes "Frankenstein Warriors" out of dead bugs, human-sharks, and reports of an alien-like deep sea shark that took the internet by storm. Jawsome!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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The duo heads back to Africa after a multi-month break from recording to investigate the Nandi Bear! Some call it demonic, some call it a man-eater, and to some it is just an animal yet to be properly identified. How will the Nandi Bear rank against the cornucopia of cryptids ranked so far? Find out now!…
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We diverge from our normal programming to review and discuss the newest Hellraiser movie. Movies have been a huge part of this show, so now we introduce a segment we have wanted for a very long time! Join us as we give a rundown of everything that happens in the new Hellraiser movie and discuss the highs, and lows, of all of it! How will this movie…
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If you hear a knocking upon your door in the midst of the night. Don't answer. Not because of the possibility of it being Black Eyed Kids coming to enact their insidious plans, but because it is just really inconsiderate of that person. We advocate a strict no-answering-the-door-past-8:00-PM policy. But say it IS a paid of Black Eyed Kids (BEKs), d…
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These news shoes are back in style! We return with more absurdly odd news. This time we cover space cyborgs coming to kill us, the foods of the future, scamming the government millions of dollars, and a woman who speaks an alien language while she is on live TV!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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After a year plus long absence of curios, we once again rank a strange item! This time around we travel to the 1700s to find an automaton chess player dressed as a Turkish man. The 1700s had robots!? Join us on this journey to discover the reality behind this robotic chess player who played against people such as Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon. The…
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In the not so distant past, Trevor Henderson brought Sirenhead into this world. Since then, his creation has grown to become one of the most beloved horror icons on the internet. We delve deep to find the hidden tid-bits of Sirenhead lore to see how powerful this entity truly is. We also create our own amalgamation of destruction to see if it can s…
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We had so much fun with our news wrap-up mini-season that we decided, hey, let’s not shoe-horn the news onto our proverbial feet any more, let's have some dedicated time to let those news shoes breathe. We can break them in, walk around and see how they fit. These proverbial news shoes will be of all different shapes, sizes, and styles. We may be t…
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What does every child love? Beans! That's right. These two kids just can't get enough beans to eat. From parts unknown, these kids just show up in a wolf pit and just want some beans. Oh yeah - their skin is green too. Join us as we take a look at this weird event!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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At one time this entity was the most well known sea serpent in the world. The story of the Champlain Sea Serpent goes back centuries... or does it? Join us as we investigate this lake monster, in the fabled Lake Monster episode!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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How often do you hear about some oddity or paranormal news article and it just becomes some distant memory? Wait a second... is this all a simulation? Is it the Internet AI at work again!? Join us as we reinvestigate 4 news articles and Pliny the Digital reveals his own AI lore that is mind blowing.על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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How often do you hear about some oddity or paranormal news article and it just becomes some distant memory? It is just never spoken of again and is unceremoniously forgotten when some new, cooler, hipper news article comes out. Well not on this show! This episode we look at 4 previously discussed news articles from Season 3 and take a deeper dive i…
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How often do you hear about some oddity or paranormal news article and it just becomes some distant memory? It is just never spoken of again and is unceremoniously forgotten when some new, cooler, hipper news article comes out. Well not on this show! This episode we look at 4 previously discussed news articles from Season 2 and take a deeper dive i…
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How often do you hear about some oddity or paranormal news article and it just becomes some distant memory? It is just never spoken of again and is unceremoniously forgotten when some new, cooler, hipper news article comes out. Well not on this show! This episode we look at 4 previously discussed news articles from Season 1 and take a deeper dive i…
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Ho ho holy hell Santa and Mrs. Claus have been married for nearly 1600 years!? When she isn't threatening kitchen architects, overseeing the rainbow chickens, or fleeing Fairyland, Mrs. Claus is keeping the Holiday Season in order. Ever since Episode 1 of Season 2, Santa has been our highest ranked entity. Can Mrs. Claus be the one to finally bring…
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Has the link to all other entities been found!? The Nain Rouge seems to be everything at once, yet still unique enough to be... himself. Join us as we explore the insane story of Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a party where a fortune teller shows up, the founding of Detroit, and the fallout of the Nain Rouge getting it the head with a walk…
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Brownies - these little scamps can either aid you or make your life a living hell! Join us as we discuss the fairy-like folk known as Brownies. These housespirits just can't hold back from cleaning every night... but at what danger do you put yourself in by having them in your home? A lot. A lot of danger. And Angel makes Earth Juice. News Story 1:…
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The 1950s were one hell of a time for alien encounters! Join us as we take a look into the entity that possibly has the most names attributed to it: The Flatwoods Monster, AKA The Braxton County Monster, AKA The Green Monster, AKA The Phantom of Flatwoods, and AKA Braxie. Whew! With this many names this nearly 12 foot tall alien that releases a sup…
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The Weeping Woman is upon us! This week we investigate the stories surrounding this poor soul supposedly responsible for the deaths of her two children and is now cursed to endlessly walk the Earth in search of them. Better not pout I'm telling you why, La Llorona is coming to town. She's making a list, and checking it twice; Gonna find out Who's n…
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The goat-sucker is amongst us. Watching. Waiting. Sucking. And like... it is a whole lot of blood. At some point, is there a moment where the chupacabra thinks this is just too much blood? Or is the entire body's worth of blood the exact amount? We try to answer the question: How much blood could a chupacabra suck if a chupacabra could suck blood? …
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The swampy waters of Lee County, South Carolina are host to the one, the only, the Lizardman. This aggressive entity seemingly hates cars but loves standing in the road, forming a most unique relationship between cryptid and humanity. From million dollar bounties to newspapers trying to name the creature, we have our hands full trying to catch this…
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Choo choo! Get your tickets here! Join us for the ride of your life as we investigate 3 ghost train stories that will spook your shoes right off your feet. Featuring Abraham Lincoln's Death Train, mysterious train lights in Canada, and an Italian time-traveling-train. All aboard!על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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Have you ever looked into the mirror and didn't like what was looking back? Maybe the mirror world has something planned for you! This week we look at the legendary Bloody Mary and attempt to decide once and for all: who the heck is she!? And for the first time ever, we also attempt to summon this episode's creature. Does she appear? Find out! On t…
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What did Japanese whalers uncover!? A mysterious gargantuan humanoid that lives in the oceans? Its nearly 100 feet in length? My-golly-Ms.-Molly we got ourselves our first aquatic cryptid on the show. How will it rank against the plethora of others than have been run through the Rubric of Power? Angel concludes the King of the Monster Movies Tourna…
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A man-frog with a wand!? A frog humanoid!? From the 1950s to current day the Frogman has been a presence in this world. Splice in the story of two police officers encountering a reptilian-like entity and you have a yourself a recipe for fun! Angel also finds himself neck-deep in the King of the Monster Movie Tournament, a single round elimination t…
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Trees can eat us!? Join Matt and Angel in a journey to Madagascar to metaphorically chop down the Man Eating Tree. With possibly the most scientifically detailed description we have seen, the Man Eating Tree has roots that run deep in lore. This story is rife with a state governor, newspapers, and soporific tree goo. And Angel reveals a new TikTok …
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The late 1800s proved time and time again that if there is something unexplained, the most logical explanation is a dinosaur. Join us as we travel to Africa in search of the Dingonek! What's a dingonek? Imagine a 15 foot long beast with the head of a dog, ears like a puff adder, claws, stocky legs, scale-like skin, and teeth like a walrus! See - th…
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Home security systems sometimes record things that can chill you to the bone. This probably isn't one of those times. In the late 2010s a homeowner is alerted by neighborhood dogs of some sort of presence. What is recorded is now known as the Nightcrawler. What were these entities doing in this man's yard? Are they real? Are they kids in capes? Is …
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Legend says one day someone will pull a podcast out of stone. Whoever does so will be crowned king of the podcasts. We didn't do that, but here is the start of Season 4! Join us as we investigate the greatest wizard of all time - Merlin. Was Merlin a real man in history, or just a literary figure? We've ranked Baba Yaga and Santa Claus, how will Me…
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Join us in this bonus episode for a compilation of all the Season 3 intros. The entire Season 3 story back to back! Also included is a discussion of the process and all the Easter Eggs Angel hid in the openings. Can you guess them all!?על ידי Cracking Cryptids & Curios - An ”I Am Actually Traveling Back Into Time” Production
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