THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

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Telling the story of America's strangest conflict, the largely forgotten war between the United States and an ocean full of angry sea monsters in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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THE KRAKEN BUSTERS

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Announcing The Kraken Busters: The Comic 18.06.2024 5:00

Short version: I've started making a comics adaptation of the first season of The Kraken Busters; 6 episodes or installments or whatever are done and you can find them at https://www.keithpille.com or just google "Keith Pille" (the comics will be pretty easy to spot once you're on my site). For the longer version, listen to the update!

Announcing Forgotten Scenes 24.07.2023 3:03

To be honest, this isn't so much an episode as it is an announcement for an entirely new show. But if you like The Kraken Busters, you'll dig this new one!

Whoops! Missing episodes! 26.04.2023 1:30

I just realized that a wordpress setting had made the first season slowly disappear from the feed. DAMMIT! Should be fixed now. Sorry, confused new listeners!

215 Apocrypha, 1987-Style 17.04.2023 13:49

Every word I've said to you for the past 14 episodes has been 1000% true. But just for the sake of argument.... Also: the future!

214 The Sweet Hereafter 10.04.2023 12:31

You all remember what happened next, right?

213 The Brink 03.04.2023 16:38

Juliana Burke tries to stop a misunderstanding about sea monsters from ending the world

212 How I Learned to Stop Worrying 27.03.2023 28:07

Matters come to a head in the north Atlantic.

211 Pirate Radio 20.03.2023 15:57

Two fleets stare at each other across choppy waters. And a crab visits a pleasant fishing village in Iceland

210 Operation TREBLEHOOK 13.03.2023 15:09

RFK lets the Navy off the leash.

209 Two Guys Walk Into a Bar 06.03.2023 19:45

The Russians are getting tired of Kennedy's BS.

208 The Washington View 27.02.2023 21:54

Kennedy prepares to go public with his bullshit, to the disbelief of Colorado's most colorful senator. But first: let's talk about repelling sea monsters

207 Going Back In 20.02.2023 23:14

Detachment 69 heads into the sea monster exclusion zone to plant some evidence. Also: a digression on ship names

206 Setup 13.02.2023 16:13

It turns out that it takes a lot of work to get an international maritime cover-up rolling!

205 Cover-up 06.02.2023 13:57

Robert Kennedy asks himself (and his advisors): what if I didn't have to tell the public that there was a sea monster outbreak?

204 Decisions 30.01.2023 20:51

They saw a WHAT?!?

203 Blood in the Water 23.01.2023 18:36

Delgado and the Fearless Freaks arrive in the waters off Iceland and ponder psychedelic literature, among other things

202 The Fearless Freaks 16.01.2023 13:24

Unsure of what's actually going on in the North Atlantic, Robert Kennedy has only one resource he can turn to for clarity: the shadowy detachment known (currently) as Detachment 69.

201 A Press Conference in Reykjavik 09.01.2023 24:01

In May of 1987, a government minister in a minor country (sorry, Iceland, still love you) schedules a press conference and ruffles feathers in Washington.

21 Announcing Kraken Busters Season 2 13.12.2022 3:16

January of 2023 we're journeying back (or forward, I guess) to 1987!

20 Apocrypha, 2021 16.12.2021 10:32

Every word I've said to you was 1000% true. But for the sake of argument...

19 Endgame, 1951-52 12.12.2021 16:39

Dewey defeats monsters

18 The Clouds Part, 1950-51 05.12.2021 13:52

Victory is within reach, despite a setback in Long Beach. Also: enter Richard Nixon.

17 The Fall of Black Jack Kraken, 1950 28.11.2021 23:07

The war in the Pacific reaches a major turning point.

16 Renewed Vigor, 1949 21.11.2021 14:29

15 Operation Mousetrap, 1949 14.11.2021 21:15

The Trumble Group and Kay Hendry's office hatch a simple plan for blowing up monsters. But will it blow up enough of them? And will it blow them up hard enough?