Can You Believe It‪?‬ Matt Neal and friends

Episode Notes
In which the Elves of Iceland assert their power over the government.

SOURCES

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/30/world/iceland-s-elves-are-enlisted-in-anti-nato-effort.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/04/iceland200904
https://sedulia.blogs.com/sedulias_quotations/2012/11/michael-lewis-on-alcoas-problem-with-elves-and-icelanders.html
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2009/03/reality_check_vanity_fairs_fis.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulduf%C3%B3lk
https://timarit.is/files/12740786
https://web.archive.org/web/20120329134710/https://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Angry_Elves_Said_to_Have_Wreaked_Havoc_in_West_Fjords_0_379383.news.aspx
https://web.archive.org/web/20210125004333/https://www.icenews.is/2011/07/02/icelandic-town-hopes-angry-elves-have-been-soothed-by-songs/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland
https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-searching-for-elves-and-hidden-people/a-2786922
https://theelfschool.com/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/road-project-in-iceland-delayed-to-protect-hidden-elves-9021768.html
Huldufolk 102, directed by Nisha Inalsingh
https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2014/08/20/it-was-my-way-and-the-highway/

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In which Robert Johnson does a deal with The Devil at the crossroads in order to become a great blues guitarist.

SOURCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaKkzNqCPnc&t=672s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson
Up Jumped The Devil: The Real Life Of Robert Johnson by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow
ReMastered: Devil At The Crossroads, director Brian Oakes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_House
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson_recordings#Sessionography
https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/devil-and-robert-johnson.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Mr._Johnson
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/robert-johnson-sells-soul-devil
https://trueblueser.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/the-truth-about-robert-johnson/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070718180120/http://www.nps.gov/history/delta/blues/people/tommy_johnson.htm

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Episode Notes
In which a magician and some naked witches summon a series of monsters, including Nessie.

SOURCES
https://twitter.com/tetzoo/status/1279732505285984257
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_%22Doc%22_Shiels
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Monstermind/IhE8MQAACAAJ?hl=en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penwith_Society_of_Arts
https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/tony-doc-shiels
http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Paul_Francis_Memoirs.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgawr_(folklore)
https://tetzoo.com/blog/2021/2/2/morgawr-and-the-mary-f-photos
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/morgawr
http://www.artcornwall.org/features/Andy_Roberts_Tony_Doc_Shiels.htm
Sixpence for the Wind: A Knot of Nautical Folklore by Malcolm Archibald
https://itsmth.fandom.com/wiki/Morgawr
http://magoniamagazine.blogspot.com/2013/12/monstrous-tales.html
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornish-owlman-mawnan-smith-been-4045776
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/
https://www.apstrange.com/2019/04/nessie-day-4-tony-shiels-whats-up-doc.html

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In which a strange ghost-like figure terrorises the streets of London.

SOURCES
https://web.archive.org/web/20061018113915/http://living.scotsman.com/people.cfm?id=1465132006
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Spring-Heeled-Jack/
https://unresolved.me/springheeled-jack
https://eehe.org.uk/?p=33406
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Beresford,_3rd_Marquess_of_Waterford
https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/origins-painting-town-red-waterford-england-alcohol-fuelled-debauchery-169446
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93472/19th-century-aristocrat-who-literally-painted-town-red
The Legend of Spring-heeled Jack by Karl Bell

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In which Gef the Talking Mongoose moves in with the Irving family.

SOURCES
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71816/strange-story-gef-talking-mongoose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gef
http://gefmongoose.blogspot.com/p/the-story-of-gef.html
https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/3299/1/Josiffe-GefTheTalkingMongoose-ForteanTimes269.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Price
http://www.harrypricewebsite.co.uk/Famous%20Cases/brockenbyharryprice.htm
The Haunting of Cashen's Gap by Harry Price
http://www.abc-people.com/data/fodor/bio2.htm
https://skepticreview.com/2017/09/25/gef-talking-mongoose-debunking-attempt-paranormal-investigator-harry-price/
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gef_the_talking_mongoose
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/23760976/
https://www.wattpad.com/292224219-unsolved-mysteries-vol-1-gef-the-mongoose

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Episode Notes
In which Sasquatches circle a house at Honobia, and the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organisation comes to investigate.

SOURCES
https://www.bfro.net/avevid/ouachita/siege-at-honobia.asp
https://www.bfro.net/REF/aboutbfr.asp
https://art19.com/shows/sasquatch-chronicles/episodes/b0686a99-775a-43f6-8edc-206cbd0c4337
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kB5Vzptevk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnibdVPv4vE
https://sasquatchchronicles.com/
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/kiamichigiants/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1&sid=c6be56d7b340f604baaf4c96cb689d09
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4049776/
https://twitter.com/Timberghosts

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