Cryptid Cocktail Party

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Kevin, host of Where The Weird Ones Are, to discuss one of the oldest creatures of lore in North America...the Pukwudgie! We go over their origins, their abilities, and cover some of the "pranks" they have been known to pull. This episode is lore heavy so enjoy! Find Where The Weird Ones Are here...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Cryptid Clyde to discuss something that's been bothering us in the cryptid community: the misrepresentation and the misinformation going around about the Navajo witches known as Skinwalkers. So, in this episode, we decided to dispel some of those falsities while also going over what Skinwalkers a...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! In celebration of St, Patrick's Day, this week I am joined by my good friend Jon Bunting to go over the origins, behaviors, and lore surrounding some of Ireland's most famous fairies! We got the leprechaun, the banshee, the pooka, and some others I can remember at the moment. Hopefully, this information is as accurate as it can be, if not,...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by a very hungover Nick Einstman to discuss some good old-fashioned New England urban legend coming out of a small town in Vermont, the Northfield Pigman! Definitely a fun story to tell around the fire next time you go camping to truly traumatize your kids. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by old friend John "Ging" Manning to talk about some 19th-century tom foolery that occurred in and around London by the dastardly devil known as Spring-Heeled Jack!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by good friend and co-host of the Cool Parents Podcast, Justin Furtak! We discuss a more modern tale in the paranormal, cryptid, and UFO community...The Black Eyed Kids! This episode was a ton of fun so, enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Cryptid Clyde to talk about the blood-soaked, three-day, Roman sex party known as Lupercalia and how it may be the precursor to the romance riddle Hallmark holiday we celebrate now, Valentine's Day. Not a cryptid, alien, or ghoul, but still a wild story. Enjoy everyone!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Colby and I wrap up our Mothman series by covering two of the more divisive characters in the UFO community, Woodrow Derenberger and Indrid Cold! Enjoy! Go listen to Colbys band on Spotify: LNTRNS

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Colby and I continue our series on the enigmatic Mothman! In this episode, we focus on a few of the more infamous and strange sightings that occurred in and around Point Pleasant in the 1960's. We also cover the collapse of The Silver Bridge that tragically took the lives of 46 people in December of 1967. Oh...and Mothman may hav...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by second-best guest host Colby Clark to kick off our One Year Anniversary series on The Mothman! In the first instalment, we go over some of the history of Point Pleasant and the curse placed upon the area by a Shawnee Chieftain known as Chief Cornstalk that may have indirectly been the cause for The Mothman sighting...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Nick Einstman as well as author Mark Trollinger to discuss the return of everyone's favorite interdimensional being, Sam the Sandown Clown! This time Sam pops up in Nova Scotia but this encounter feels...dark. This was a ton of fun and a huge shout out to The Cryptonaut Podcast for first bringing...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Justy Boy of the Cool Parents Podcast to discuss some strange tales of unidentified flying objects in the old west. So saddle up pardner and get ready for one heck of a yarn. I reckon this will be one fine episode. Check out The Cool Parents Podcast here or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! We were off for a week while I recovered from Covid but we're back with a banger of an episode so thank you for waiting. This week, MetaZoo creator and CEO Mike Waddell joins me to talk about some terrifying Christmas folklore out of Iceland, Gryla and her awful children, the 13 Yule Lads, and answer some questions from you guys! It's a re...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by a friend of the show, Nathy! We sit down to discuss one of the most bizarre one-off sightings I have ever encountered where a woman named Virginia Staples came face to with a giant humanoid shrimp in her Bremerton, WA basement! It's a shorter episode this week but well worth the listen! Enjoy! Support us on Patreon...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by two hilarious gentlemen, Sarge and Maynerd, to talk about some urban legends and folklore from our neck of the woods! We cover two stories this week that were new to all of us. The first is the story of the Route 44 Hitchhiker that's been haunting a stretch of road between Seekonk and Rehoboth and the second being...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I'm joined by tattoo artist and host of The Hellmouth podcast, Josh Belanger, to discuss one of the weirder alien encounters we've discussed on the show. That encounter was between William Bosak and the entity now known as the Bosak Humanoid AKA the Bosak Bovine AKA the Bosak Cowman. This episode was a ton of fun so I hope you en...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by artist Cryptid Clyde to discuss the origins of the legendary creature of New Orleans folklore known as The Rougarou! We go over its origins in France, how one becomes a Rougarou, and how to avoid becoming one yourself. Be sure to stick around until the end because Clyde discovers somethings about the Rougarou that...

What’s going on everyone! No new episode this week so I figured I would share with you part 2 of my old failed podcast, Into The Void with Peter Krees. On this episode my buddy Mike is “calling in” as a character named Dwight who was a part of the expedition in the movie The Mummy (the good one with Brendan Fraser) Please enjoy and a new, real episode will return next week!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined once again by fan favorite Colby Clark to discuss one of the most famous cryptids in the world, The Chupacabra. We go over the rash of killings in the 70's and 90's as well as the many theories surrounding what the creature could be. I may get a little wine drunk near the end there but I hope you all enjoy it! Check o...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Nick to discuss what I later learned is one of his biggest fears, slimes! We're going to Sweden to discuss the Domsten Blobs AKA The Terrible Flying Jelly Bags of Sweden. It's a super fun alien abduction attempt that, if I'm being honest, would be a nightmare for anyone. I am aggressively hungove...

Hey everyone! Missed an episode this week since I was celebrating my wedding anniversary in Las Vegas at When We Were Young. So to make up for it I wanted to share with you something a little fun. Almost three years ago now I did two episode of a podcast called Into The Void with Peter Krees where I played a George Noory type radio personality and had my friends come on and describe to me the plot...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week marks the triumphant return of Luke and we celebrate by discussing one of the more terrifying Yokai of Japanese folklore, the Gashadokuro, a 90-foot-tall skeleton that drinks the blood of its victims like a go-gurt tube. Check out The Mustachioed Podcastio here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to another edition of Cryptid Cocktail Party: HalloWednesday! This week Nick and I harness the power of technology and force ChatGPT to write us some creepypastas. This was hands down some of the most fun I've had while doing this show so I hope you enjoy it as well! Story one: Lord Montague and the Cursed Bossk Action Figure Story two: Lava Lamp Entrapment: The Montague Curse Continues St...

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined once again by the homie Nick to discuss one of the more upsetting folkloric creatures I have ever had the displeasure of learning about, The Manananggal! A self-segmenting viscera sucker that prays on the sleeping. It is a nightmare of an episode but definitely worth a listen! Listen to the new season of The Ugly Radi...

Welcome to Cryptid Cocktail Party: HalloWednesday! For the month of October we're going to be doing some midweek bonus episodes for you guys and we are starting off strong with Luke telling us a strange tale of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus! I hope you enjoy and let us know what we should talk about next.