Cryptids & Comedians

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  Time to talk about another sea serpeant. Except this time in a lake. Which is not a sea. In New York State. It's the Lake Champlain Monster! Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_thomtran (  ...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  This week we're talking about a half-man, half-goat, maybe circus freak that "haunts" a train birdge in Kentucky. It's the Pope Lick Monster! Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_thomtran (...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  Is it an alien? Is it a monster? Is it just a dog with a really bad skin care regime? Who knows! But this week we are talking about Puerto Rico's most famous export since Ricky Martin! It's the Chupacabra!...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  This cryptid made West Virginia famous John Denver did. Is it a creepy creature? Is it a harbinger of doom? Is it just a big bird with dry eyes? This week we're talking about the Mothman of Point Pleasant,...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  It is an alien? Is it a failed experiment? Or is it just a racoon with a bad skin condition? This week we're talking about the Montauk Monster! Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_thomtran...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something. We're getting lucky this episode! With St. Patrick's Day coming up, we're going to the Emerald Isle to learn why Leprechauns don't actually wear green, where they get their gold, and how they got their name...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  Is it Big Foot's little cousin? Is it a lost monkey species? Is it just a dude lost in the forrest who hasn't showered in a while? Maybe all of the above? It Sumatra's little man of the forrest, the Orang...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  A cryptid from Down Under with an Identity crisis! It's the Bunyip! Australia's maybe dog, maybe horse, maybe lake monster! Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_thomtran (  @ThomTranOnline ...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  There is no question as to this cryptid's disposition. And the crazy thing is that there may be someTRUTH behind this wiggley monster! It's the Mongolian Death Worm! Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians F...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  This week, we're talking about love and mining SEO, with Valentine's Day coming up, we talking about the god of love and some would say, super sketchy behavior, Cupid! Or Eros, depending on who you ask! Fo...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  Make a wish because we're talkin' about the Jinn! Whether you think Jinn a big blue and talk real fast, or their sexy-mid-western house wives, or... something else. This week we're gonna talk Jinn! Follow...

RELEASE THE EPISODE! Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  This is one of those cryptids that MIGHT actually, kinda, maybe a little be real. Maybe. Kinda. A creature from the deep blue dea, and we're not talking about the shark that ate Samuel...

2026 is coming in with some BANGER episodes! Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  This episode Thom & Peter discuss one of the most majestic cryptids, they reference Voltron AND the Transformers, several times, and talk about why these beasts...

Still Happy New Year! We get to say it until the end of January! Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  The second episode of 2026, we're gonna talk about a cryptid that may get you hungry or horny. Or both depending on what kind of freak you a...

Happy New Year and Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  The first episode of the year starts off with a magical animal loved by Marvel mercenaries, corporate hedge funds and Thruples! We're talking about the unicorn! It is real? It is mistake...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  We're wrapping up 2025 with a special New Year's episode, we're talking about the Mari Lwyd! A wierd, wonderful Welsh tradition that involves a horse's head, an Eminem stype rap battle, and partying! Happy...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  It's Christmas Eve! So what better to get ready for Christmas than to talk about Santa's Bizzaro Superman, the Turner to his Hooch, the Venom to his Spiderman... not sure that one is right. But this week,...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something. We're counting down to Christmas with this week's holiday cryptids, The Yule Lads! Weird, spoon licking, door kicking, nordic cryptids that have a murder floof as a pet! Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedian...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  We're in Week 2 of the Christmas Season, and it's officially freezing here in Southern California! (It's 67 degrees!) So in Episode 14, Thom & Peter are talking about the physical embodiment of winter, Jac...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something. It's Officially the Christmas season, so all month long we're gonna be talking about Christmas holiday Cryptids!  In Episode 13, Thom & Peter are gonna talk about the Norwegian Holiday Murder Floof known as...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  In Episode 12, Thom & Peter wrap up Fat Pants season with the Salem Witch Trials! Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_thomtran (  @ThomTranOnline  on Youtube) Follow Peter @peter_murphy ( ...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  In Episode 8, we learn about Western Witches... as in witches in western culture not, witches in the old west. We probably should've made that clear. Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_tho...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  In Episode 10, Thom & Peter mispronounce the name of a New England town for 35-minutes, while they talk about the sea serpeant bearing the town name.  Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_th...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  In Episode 9, Thom & Peter talk about the tiny, woodland mischief makers called the Pukwudgies Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_thomtran (  @ThomTranOnline  on Youtube) Follow Peter @pet...

Welcome to Cryptids & Comedians! The show where standup comedians Thom Tran & Peter Murphy talk about cryptids, monsters, mythical creatures and get off track while they try to learn something.  In Episode 8, we learn about Western Witches... as in witches in western culture not, witches in the old west. We probably should've made that clear. Follow the show @cryptidsandcomedians Follow Thom @_tho...