Cracking Cryptids and Curios

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! 

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. There are so many twists and turns in this story, you...

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 stand against Sirenhead in battle! 

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 trying on news shoes that detail paranormal phenom...

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!

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! 

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. 

  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 into what what going on. Has there been any new i...

  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 into what what going on. Has there been any new i...

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 into what what going on. Has there been any new inf...

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 down the big red menace? Find out in the Season 4...

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 walking stick. Get the buckle, this one is a wild ride...

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: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/...

  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 supposedly cancer inducing gas better live up to th...

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 naughty and nice. And then kill them? This episode...

  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? Join us as we discuss going mainstream and what...

  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 uncharacteristically normal-speed running entit...

  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!

  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 the heels of the King of the Monster Movies Tourn...

  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 Tournament and crowns the must watch movie this (and a...

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 tournament where he decides the best movie to watch...

  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 trend.   News 1 https://www.unexplained-mysterie...

  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 - that's a dingonek! This episode also features the...

  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 it simply a hoax? Join us in this investigation...

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 Merlin rank against those legendary figures? Find ou...