Crypts and Corks

Send us Fan Mail As the dog days of summer roll in the mercury on the thermostat keeps rising. How better to cool off than a trip to the beach for a swim in the cool sea waters. As you paddle you notice a dark shape looking in the water a few feet away from you. You turn back to look at the shore where the other swimmers are happily splashing and playing and lifeguards watch from their stands. But...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week Paul takes us to the New York House of death! A home said to be cursed as it has had 22 people die within its walls. And those 22 have lingered on to this day. From a famous author to an infamous paranormal researcher this place has seen it all! Don't forget to like, rate, and subscribe! Got story suggestions or personal stories? Email us as cryptsand...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we conclude our story on Jonestown. Jim Jones and members of his Peoples Temple have fled the US for the Guyana settlement of Jonestown hoping to set up a socialist utopia. But it soon devolved into a nightmare plagued by illness, bad food, and bad hygiene. To make matters worse a custody battle over a small child would draw the attention of a congressman...

Send us Fan Mail This week we begin our craziest story yet: the road to Jonestown. Long before he ever compelled his followers to drink poison laced Kool-Aid Jim Jones was just a small child from an impoverished family in Indiana. But he would grow to become one of America’s most infamous cult leaders. Listen in today to hear how Jim Jones got his start! Don't forget to like, rate, and subscr...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we’re returning to our Lost in the Wood series! This episode takes up the slopes of beautiful Mt Rainier. But, this idyllic snow capped volcano isn’t just a good place to take a picture. No, it’s a super spooky, super haunted place with loads of unexplained disappears and things lurking just out of sight. Want to hear more? Listen in and be prepared to be...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! Look to the skies! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? No! (Unless the Superman is being played by Henry Cavill, in which case then yes please!). This week we're joined by special guests Mr. Arm and Velda Von Minx of Trundle Manor! These cool cats are some of the coolest people we've ever met and we're so glad to be able to call them our frie...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we're visiting with one of our favorite cryptids and we're sure one of yours too: the Squonk! This little loveable lump of ugliness is so stinkin' endearing you just can't help but go 'awwwwwwww' whenever you see it. This creature is considered to be the ugliest, homeliest, most revolting of creatures. And you know what, it ag...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! Another doozy of a story this week! Paul continues the story of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy. After covering Gacy's early life and crimes last week, things get creepy as Gacy's crimes become deadly. But, all terrible things must come to an end as an investigation into a missing boy turns up the heat on Gacy. Tune in to the finale of the tale of J...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This one is beyond words wild. This week Paul is doing a deep dive into the early life of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy. From his turbulent childhood with his critical and abusive father to his early career managing a series of KFCs to his failed marriages and run ins with the law. This one actually left DJ speechless! Tune in for the first part of this in...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! Buckle up because this one is one for the story books! We're doing a deep dive into the legendary Baba Yaga of Eastern Slavic folk and fairy tales. This marvelous woman is a whole bop and vibe: living in the woods where life and death meet in a house standing on chicken legs, riding around in a mortar and pestle, and striking fear into the hearts of a many youn...

Send us Fan Mail Bonjour Corkies! This week we're heading to France to discuss how Napoleon may have had some supernatural help on his many military campaigns. Throughout his illustrious career and reign as Emperor of France Napoleon credited the guidance of the Little Red Man of Destiny. Which is cute and all until you realize the Little Red Man of Destiny was an actual spirit which appeared...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we're discussing the infamous and enigmatic Flatwoods Monster. This fashion forward monster...cryptid...alien...thing has fascinated and beguiled since it's first spotting. But what is he...she...they....it? The theories are endless and Paul presents quite a few along with the history and mystery of the Flatwoods Monster! Don't forget to lik...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we're visiting what is purportedly the most haunted house in America: the Whaley House! The oldest brick building in California it has witnessed most of the history of San Diego. But, from its earliest days there seems to have been something otherworldly wandering its halls. From botched executions to government raids to theater kids living in the att...

Send us Fan Mail Ahoy Corkies! Sadly this week Paul is down for the count for some kind of illness that doctors describe as being between an STD and the bubonic plague. So his loss is our gain as we're joined by special guest co-host Mike! Today we visit the northern shores of Lake Superior which is said to never give up her dead. This especially true in the case of the lake freighter SS Kaml...

Send us Fan Mail Sex, drugs, rock and roll, a string of sudden deaths, mysterious disappearances, a body buried in the floor. This Hollywood club has it all! Yes, today we’re discussing the famous…or infamous Viper Room. This Tinsel Town landmark has a long and storied history from jazz bar to grunge club. And with so many celebrities passing through some of them have even stuck around. Join us th...

Send us Fan Mail Happy St Patrick’s Day Corkies! This week we’re heading to the Emerald Isle to explore the fascinating fairy stories and folktales of Ireland! Sit back and relax as DJ takes on a storytelling journey through Ireland’s rich storytelling and cultural history!  Don't forget to like, rate, and subscribe! Got story suggestions or personal stories? Email us as cryptsandcorks@gmail....

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Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we’re on an endeavor to catch em all! And no not those, the clinic doesn’t do punch cards anymore. But Pokémon! Today Paul takes us through the history and sightings of the infamous Thunderbird (no, not the car, see Dad I do listen to your car talk). This cryptid has a long history from Aboriginal times to the modern day. And it inspired a whole Pokémon to...

Send us Fan Mail Greetings and salutations Corkies! This week we are verily excited to go back to Ye Olde England in the 1100s to explore one of the oddest cases: The Green Children of Woolpit. In the mid Twelfth Century two children were found in an old wolf trap outside the village of Woolpit wearing odd clothes, speaking a strange language, and like a ferny, froggy cabbage were unnaturally GREE...

Send us Fan Mail Hi Corkies! This week we’re traveling to the high Himalayas to explore the history and lore behind the Yeti! This elusive creature has been known to the locals for centuries and has been a feature of  Buddhist writings long before westerns stumbled on what they would call “the abominable snowman.” Join us DJ tells us of a friendly Yeti guarding a monk, mysterious snow prints, and...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This year for Valentine’s Day we’re going dark. We’re going back to the earliest days of this holiday and exploring its dark origins. It hasn’t always been chocolates and roses! It used to be blood sacrifices and martyrdom. Don’t believe us? Listen in as Paul takes us through the dark and twisted history of Valentine’s Day! Don't forget to like, rate, and subsc...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we're visiting the Emerald Isle to explore Ireland's most haunted house Loftus Hall. This historic manor home has a long and bloody history (HOT!). And to cap that off it's the sight of a visit from Devil himself. DJ takes us through the storied history of invasions, battles, and renovations gone wrong and the terrifying hauntings of a disap...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! We know you've crossed oceans of time for this episode! Have you ever wondered why we consider vampires sexy? Well it's your lucky day! DJ takes through the evolution of the undead from dreaded decomposing demons to sultry sensual sparkling objects of desire. From Carmilla to Twilight we explore how and why vampires have become heartthrobs in popular cultu...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! This week we dive into the fascinating and totally true* story of the Manhattan Alien Abduction of Linda Napolitano. Linda claims she was abducted by a group of aliens through the window of her 12th floor window of her Manhattan apartment building in front of 23 witnesses including a high ranking government official who she name dropped. She then teamed up with UFOl...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Corkies! Today we’re going deep into a childhood to face one of the scariest beings of all Furbies! These little animatronic toys are creepy as all get! From frightening phrases to working without batteries, these things have run the gamut of spookiness. But are they all haunted or are they vessels for wandering spirits? Listen in and find out! Please consider donating to: -...