Kraken Cove - The Podcast That Shines a Beacon onto The Bizarre!

Welcome to our mini Halloween Special! In this Lite House Edition, Matt tells the tale of a very real, yet very strange  occurence in the Far East... It's only a taster to set you on for Halloween though! The main show will be released on Sunday!

Welcome to the third of our four Halloween episodes! In this episode, Matt and Benny huddle around an increasingly dubious campfire and examine a whole swathe of unusal tales... We have AFRICAN WEREHYENAS, RUSSIAN DOLL STYLE PARISATOIDS, THE WATCHER and STRANGE CORPSE DETECTORS!!! We also have some chilling folk music. Here's links to the tracks you'll hear. If you like the music, please BUY a tra...

Welcome to KRAKEN COVE, episode 58, and another Halloween special! This is a shorter show, but hopefully still a tantalising treat! Benny is out searching for ghost stories so I'm joined by a much loved friend of the show, Deep Dive Dave! Dave researches and discusses a superb case, a chess game specially arranged between Russian grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi and Hungarian grandmaster Geza Maroczy....

We're excited to begin Spooky October at Kraken Cove with some casting around the camp fire! Join Benny and Matt as they sizzle sausages on sticks, and take a look at a sinister stabby doll behind a wall, the bizarre Tsuchinoko, The Deadliest Stretch of River in the World, The werewolves of Ireland, and finally Swift Runner, the Real Life Wendigo! Have you got a Spooky Story of your own? Want to h...

It's our first episode going into Halloween, so we're going in easy with a classic case - the strange abduction, and reappearance, of ZIGMUND ADAMSKI! Adamski was a Poish born coal miner from Tingley, West Yorkshire, who disappeared under strange circumstances in June 1980. His reappearance five days later was even stranger, and far more sinister... And what of Alan Godfrey, the stalwart policeman...

Welcome back to KRAKEN COVE!! In episode 55 we look at folk who got rather too familiar with the animal kingdom ( Benny included), but more importantly we take a look at the Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot Tape, arguably both the most famous AND controversial Bigfoot film footage on the planet.  Benny thinks it's genuine, Matt is sure it's fake... LET BATTLE COMMENCE!! Either way it's a pretty fascinatin...

It's time to pop on a tin foil hat because the world has gone a bit crazy! Yes, at Kraken Cove we're feeling a bit overwhelmed by the madness, but never fear! A bit of casting out the lighthouse light can illuminate the world a little bit. This week we look at little people again - real, or imagined? We roll straight into the Gremlins of WWII, we cover a few Strange Deaths, we examine a lady who c...

Ahoy hoy! It's time for Episode 53 of KRAKEN COVE PODCAST and this week Ben and Matt land some absolute whoppers off the fair shores of Kraken Cove lighthouse. In this episode they cover the ongoing saga of the Boscombe Bay Marine Monster, stem cells acting in very creepy ways, A Krankies vs Paul Daniels bar fight, The Soap Mummies and the strange mystery of the North American Stick Indians... So...

The lads land a whopper off The Cove's shores today, but when Matt gets casting, all the whoppers are chucked back in the sea! In this episode Matt and Benny look at the strange case of Edward Mordake, they peak under a porch and find a very oddball collection, they try to fathom what the hell a Time Crystal is and revisit the unsettling cases of Havana Syndrome cropping up in Vienna, among other...

After a short break, Matt & Benny settle down in Kraken Cove Lighthouse and cast it's light out over the weird news stories, cryptozoological conundrums and occurences of high weirdness that catch their eye. This week we have more Musk news, a mystery bird that puzzled 1920's Manchester, a feathered flying ant frenzy, a flying pig, Stinky Bay and the notorious Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey! Follow us...

A deal is going down at Kraken cove, and Benny plays it cool while Matt's knees tremble! Later, the lads calm down with a bit of casting. This week they check out a massive coffin fire, The Flintstone House, DENTASLIM, the Umarells of Italy, The Stick Boy, and the strange deaths of the Star Wars Scientists! And much more! Thanks for listening to episode 50! Please rate and review us wherever you c...

It's Episode 49 of Kraken Cove Podcast, and Benny and Matt are all at sea... literally! Matt hopes a bit of casting will get them out of this pickle, so while they drift out to sea they examine Elon Musk's plan to nuke Mars, a murder case blamed on the Djinn, squids in space, a very reluctance accidental billionaire, acid attack priest, and monks adrift for God! So pop on your lifejacket and join...

Welcome to episode 48 of KRAKEN COVE! In this episode, Matt and Benny discuss the phantom islad of Hy Brasil, Noah's Ark that isn't seaworthy, actual portals between countries, Odin's Skull amulet, Ambergris and much, much more!!

It's a KRAKEN COVE SPECIAL! Join Benny and Matt beneath the waves as we delve into the weird and wonderful world of the cephalopods. Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, and the vast mythical cousin of all these creatures, THE KRAKEN, we investigate the myths, legends and even stranger truths of these marvelous denizens of the deep. So get into your diving gear and climb aboard our mini sub as we explor...

It's holiday time at Kraken Cove, so Matt & Benny go to their favourite holiday destination... KRAKEN COVE! In their caravan, they discuss the TikTok boss who quits to do more daydreaming, another exploding fanny candle, The Mount Owen Claw, a fake Stegasaurus tragedy, The Poison Garden and much, much more! So slap on that Factor 50 and join us at KRAKEN COVE!!

It's the annual migratory bird count at Kraken Cove but the boys get an eyeful of more than they bargained for! Whilst settled in the heather with a hip flask, they decide to do a spot of casting! This week, Matt and Benny, the Kraken Cove Lighthouse keepers, examine Oxygen Enemas, chicken brains, the exhumation os Somerton Man, the Púca of Ennistymon, Yasuke the Slave, Horror Express and so much...

It's touch and go at Kraken Cove as a gantry gives way and Matt has to save Benny in a VERY unconventional manner! Cating resumes, however, and the lads study The Gorbals Vampire! Screaming Basement Fresh News! Genital Grabbing! Shattered Glass Bridges! Nuclear Madness! All this, and much more, at KRAKEN COVE!!!    

It's time for Episode 43 of Kraken Cove, and the lads are rattled by what seems to be an earthquake on the island! When everything calms down, they settle in for a good old spot of casting! This week Matt shines a light on yet another Gender Reveal, a couple of creepy cottages, a robotic trunk that can learn, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Lake, a bloke who's had the same supper for 10 years, and we wonder,...

The boys are mourning the passing of a great man....  but as usual are on the wrong page! down at the storage sheds, Matt & Benny cast out across the Cove for some more weirdness, and arent disappointed! They cover facts about Prince Philip you won't find on the 24 hout coverage, religious zombie warnings, Suez Canal Erotic Fan fiction, tripping phone apps, and much much more! Strap into your bamb...

The tyrannical rampage of the Easter Bunny is brough to a dramatic end at Kraken Cove this week, and Matt & Benny brew up a well earned pot of tea before cracking on with Kraken Cove! This week, the lads examine MORE gender reveal carnage, yet MORE angry octopus aggro, a tiny tot with triple todger troubles, China's attempt to whitewash genocide through the mediums of song and dance, the moral qua...

The boys are enjoying what frugal snacks they can muster while Rowboat Pete blocks the shipping lanes! To pass the time, Matt casts his light out and examines the weird stories behid the Evergreen's Ever Given cargo vessel's stranding, a Satan Shoe scandal, a lack of sex arses, venomous humans and a sweet offer to eat cheeses! So get your tug boats in place, team, we're gonna need a Hell of a lot...

Greedy capitalists are trying to build a new pier at Kraken Cove but the dolphins are having none of it! Matt and Benny watch on from the beach, enjoying delicious pickles, and Matt casts his light out over a bumper batch of wierdness. They examine who would win in a fight between the common cold and COVID, who ate the Rockefeller heir, how a Wild West outlaw became a pair of shoes, how pollution...

It's Episode 38 of Kraken Cove Podcast! After 2 weeks off due to Matt making a ton of beer, the lads are back, and they hit the ground running! This week Benny and Matt discuss Potato Head, massive wolves, a Lunar Wank Bank, The Chronovisor, gathering wind power with a wobble, and many more subjects! So put your life jackets on and man the lifeboats, becasuse were sinking deep into the mad world o...

Rowboat Pete drops Benny off at the landing platform after a tough few weeks at the docks, and Benny does a bit of casting of his own! Afterwards, Matt gets down to business. In this episode, the lads examine pirate skeletons, the discovery of disturbing dolls at a paranormal hot spot, more gender reveal party pandemonium, a butt bit by a bear, The Great Lentini, and a dive into the weird musical...

It's pancake day at Kraken Cove, and Benny watches Matt toss one off in the kitchen before they settle down to a lovely bit of casting. In this episode we look at fresh Dyatlov Pass news, a diamond worth $24 million, Death Whistles and ancient horns, dinosaur theories, cocaine hippos and cocaine tortoises, ways to die in 17th century London, Zoom Goats and much, much more!