Cracking Cryptids and Curios

  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!?

In 2009 the world was introduced to Slenderman. Part Slender, part Man. Join us in the Season 3 Finale as we discuss the origins of Slenderman and the wide array of powers attributed to the entity. At what point does a creature thread the needle between being mysterious and outright comical?    News Article 1: Naked woman or alien? https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/347351/weird-jharkhand-...

How much man could a maneater eat if a maneater could eat man? Apparently the Champawat Maneater could eat over 400 peoples worth. Join us as we investigate a tiger that asked "Did I bite off more than I can chew?" The answer is no. The tiger did not.   News story 1: Alien NFT https://thedebrief.org/infamous-90s-alien-autopsy-film-is-being-sold-as-a-million-dollar-nft/   News story 2: Hello Office...

We actually travel back into time to the late 1500s to explore this bonkers expedition into North America. Is it possible to bumble absolutely every aspect of trying to establish a new colony? Well... the English did! Join us as we explore this fascinating tale of how a watercolor enthusiast turned Governor loses nearly 120 people.  William Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, and a variety of other char...

  Picture this: the year is 1955. You walk outside to go to the well to get some water, but not just any water, it is possibly the best well water in existence, and you see a flying saucer. You return to the house to tell everyone and they don't believe you. Fast-forward an hour and the house is under siege by aliens! 200 rounds of ammunition later you have defended your home. This is the story of...

  The life is being consumed out of people in New England. What diabolical force has the power to siphon the life from the living and transfer it to the dead? For many it was the idea that some undead force was bringing them to an early grave. In an effort to put an end to this insidious plot, families began to dig up the bodies of loved ones to cut out their hearts and livers to then burn them an...

It can fly. It can fight. But, can it crow!? Yeah... probably. It has octopus tentacles, claws, a beak, hide impervious to bullets, a tail like a dragon, and sometimes it breathes fire. Join us as we investigate the Snallygaster, an entity the newspapers of Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia ran wild with in the early 1900s. This wild ride leads us to Civil War battles, an imprisoned owl, and 2500...

  It happens to everyone. Voices in the attic accompanied by footsteps but upon investigation no one is there. Strange newspapers no one remembers bringing home. Mysterious foot prints in the snow that lead to your house that shows no sign of the person leaving. Love triangles. And an entire family murdered while the killer stayed in the house for several days eating food and doing chores. Oh - an...

In the early 1900's the town of Van Meter, Iowa was a destination vacation for the... Visitor! This half-man, half beast with bat wings skulked around town for several nights which culminated in a hail of bullets. Bank windows shot out, mine entrances bricked up, and a creature emanating light from it's horn. Was this an elaborate crime scheme? Other worldly visitor? Or something more!? Join us in...

  Ever want to dance the night away? How bout 2 nights in a row? 3? A whole month so your heel is coming through the flesh and your femur is broken? Welcome to 1518! For centuries Europe has been a hot bed for mysterious blips of uncontrollable dancing, but this incident is may be the king of the dance floor. Join us as we investigate the Dancing Plague of 1518.    News 1: Jurassic Park is real to...

The Wolpertinger emerges from the Black Forest to attempt to drive us mad this episode. This little composite of a creature mixes ducks, foxes, rabbits, deer, and more! How does this even happen!? Join us as we explore the origins of this creature and ask, why do glass artisans love the wolpertinger?    News 1:  Feral Hogs; meet the new invasive species of Florida https://www.unexplained-mysteries...

  Join us as we metaphorically open a portal to another dimension and meet aliens who have far more advanced technology and want to destroy us. This episode we cover the Philadelphia Experiment, a supposed government experiment to develop cloaking technology for warships in the 1940s. Throw in some teleportation, aliens, time travel, and written conversations between two men and an alien (a new sh...

What are the Melonheads? Joseph Citro’s 2005 book Weird New England describes them as “small in stature, frail looking, with long spindly arms and fingers. Their teeth are crooked, blocky, and discolored. Their heads, their most conspicuous feature, are bald and bulbous and out of proportion with their stooped torsos." Connecticut, Ohio, and Michigan each have their own tales of the dreaded Melonh...

  The great hope of 2020: The Monolith. In late Fall of 2020 a metal object appeared in a Utah desert, and just over a week later it was torn down. Was it taken down by the Men in Black? Concerned citizens? Angry artists? Semi-immortal pig peoples!? Join Matt and Angel in the SEASON FINALE as they explore biggest mystery of 2020 - the monolith. Who built it and why?  News story 1: Dreaming of winn...

The squonk was said to have existed in the forests of Pennsylvania during to booming period of the lumber industry. Most would suggest that over logging would have caused the demise of the creature, but there seems to be something else at hand here! Allegedly, the squonk can cry itself out of existence! This horribly ugly and grotesque little cryptid is here to try and tug on your heart strings to...

  The murder episode! One one side we have the Basano Vase, a supposedly cursed vase from 1400s Italy. One the eve of her wedding, a bride to be was slain. Was it the work of this cursed vase, or did she instill the curse with her last breath? Nearly 500 years later the vase was found once again. Commence the murderin'. During the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, the Kingdom of Syracuse saw a...

This shape-shifter from Seminole and Creek culture is said to consume the still beating hearts of its victims, pulling it out of their throats as they sleep. The gore does not end there, however! Upon transformation into the entity, the Stikini purges all of its internal organs upon the ground and begins the hunt.  Join Matt and Angel as they delve into a bit of Florida history to investigate clai...

  The Roman Dodecahedron is an artifact first found in the 1700s. Since then hundreds of scholars and amateurs alike have attempted to solve the riddle of "what the heck does this thing do!?" There is no written record that has survived that explains anything about this little 12 sided metal object. From a range finder, to toy, to alien technology discarded on Earth, this little object could truly...

  Beware the bayou! The Rougarou is known to prowl through Louisiana in search of unsuspecting prey. This werewolf brings along with it some seriously unique ways it can transfer its curse upon you. But don't fear, there are way to keep the Rougarou at bay. Join Matt and Angel as they explore the history of the French  colonists arriving in Spanish controlled Louisiana, combined with a brief histo...

Join us as we travel the globe in this cross-continental episode of curiosities. Crystal Skulls!? Are they secret ancient computers that hold the knowledge of humanity? Proof of aliens? Remnants of Atlantis? We explore these items in search for the truth! Oetzi is the name given to a naturally mummified corpse found high in the Italian Alps. Since his corpse was brought in for research in 1991, nu...

  What walks in straight lines and has a droopy lip? The Hugag! This moose like creature of the Great Lakes region is quite the anomaly. Unable to bend its knees and lay down, the hugag must always be weary of where it sleeps. But the hugag is not the only non-knee bending entity. Stories during the times of the Romans tell of the achlis, an elk like creature that could not bend their knees. It be...

Matt and Angel delve once again into some curious items. This episode focuses on the Baghdad Battery, a small pot that some academics believe could be the earliest known battery... from 200 BCE! Is it a battery? A burial token? An alien artifact!?    The Dropa Stones are veiled in an incredible story of cross-continent intrigue. These 700+ stone disks have been deciphered to tell the story of the...

  What has eye-lids, smells like a chestnut tree flower, and loves alcohol? Well, that could describe co-host Angel, but also the tsuchinoko! This beer-bottle sized crytpid goes back thousands of years. Stories from the 1800s depict a teleporting, thunder-sounding, little snake that can even whisper a few lies into your ear. Join as we set sail for Japan and tackle the tsuchinoko!   News story 1:...

Curses have been around since the dawn of mankind. It is said that every once in a while there is potential for a physical item to be imbued with such maleficence and hate that is can contain a curse. Join Matt and Angel as they discuss two such curiosities in the form of cursed paintings. The first painting is "The Hands Resist Him" by Bill Stoneham. Allegedly the content of this painting was sai...

  Is there a more iconic image than that of Santa? Join Matt and Angel in the Season 2 premiere as they explore multiple theories of the origins of Santa and how that relates to the cryptid world. Is there more than meets the eye when it comes to the story of St. Nicholas? Find out!   News story 1: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340844/box-from-aleister-crowleys-house-is-opened   News...