Cryptopedia - A Paranormal Podcast Brandon Boyer, John Dunham

We're back again, this time with a good old-fashioned hoax grab bag!
 
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100 Miles (Skinbone) -  https://youtu.be/tesr1OyymXo
John's Dissertation - https://youtu.be/QRAqnvCLADo?si=qxntMgiI_KdKueqT
 
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Sources:
The Nantucket Sea Monster | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
The Summer of Nantucket’s Sublime Sea Serpent | Smithsonian
Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Do not Believe Everything about Science Online: Revisiting the Fake Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus in an Introductory Biology College Course
Pacific Northwest tree octopus - Wikipedia
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Flying Saucer Found Here
Gigantica fibicus (April Fool, 1941)
10 Animals That Turned Out to Be Hoaxes or Spoofs - Listverse
Largest Fish Ever Caught (April Fool's Day - 1939)

After a bit of a scheduling nightmare, Brandon and John are back! This time, they talk about a cherished Manhattan urban legend.
 
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Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures: Coleman, Loren: 9781416527367
American alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Chinese alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Comparison of bite‐force performance between long‐term captive and wild American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) - Erickson
Alligator - Wikipedia
Can You Really Escape an Alligator if You Run in a Zigzag? | HowStuffWorks
American Alligator | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sewer alligator - Wikipedia
The Truth About Alligators in the Sewers of New York - Corey Kilgannon
Alligator in the Sewer Day 2020
Alligator Ad 1934 - Popular Mechanics
Live Baby Alligator - FREE! : r/vintageads
Behind the Alligator Pet Trade - Fast Company
Women with baby alligator - Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Fear or revere: Virginia Tech researcher dives into the complex history of the American alligator
526 Mailable Live Animals | Postal Explorer
Surprise at U.P.S.: Alligator-in-the-Box - The New York Times
Breaking Fad: Alligators becoming the new pit bulls for drug dealers, cops say - Washington Times
Guard alligator 'El Chompo' protected drugs for Pennsylvania dealers, prosecutors say
More on Alligators in the Sewers - George Fergus

This time, we're talking about paintings and Britain's obsession with crying boys.
 
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List of reportedly haunted paintings - Wikipedia
The Crying Boy - Wikipedia
The Curse of the Crying Boy. “I’ll tell you why the paintings never… | by Emily | Medium
A Painting of a Crying Boy Was Blamed for a Series of Fires in the '80s - Atlas Obscura
Flight 1 And The Curse Of Arshile Gorky - Artlyst
The Real Story Behind The Cursed "Woman Of The Rain" Painting - The Ghost In My Machine
The Untold Story Of The Anguished Man Painting - Cumbria, England

This time, John follows the story of the Sykesville Monster through the reporting of the Baltimore AFRO. Meanwhile, Brandon torments his mom.
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Sykesville, Maryland - Wikipedia
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte - Wikipedia
Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Hunts for Hairy Monster 7ft. Tall -  Bill Rhoden and Fletcher Roberts
Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville Monster Interest Spreads - Bill Rhoden
The Baltimore Sun - Dr. W. Ted Roth Obituary 
Baltimore AFRO - Similar Monster Seen Last Year in Missouri
Baltimore AFRO - Local citizen saw a monster, joins hunt in Sykesville
Baltimore AFRO - Is monster eating Balto. kids?
Baltimore AFRO - Sykseville monster the real thing
Baltimore AFRO - Sykesville monster joins urban set!
Show To Feature Tale Of Maryland Monster - CBS Baltimore
Monsters of Maryland: Mysterious Creatures in the Old Line State 
Pulse of the Paranormal: 'Sykesville Monster' Encounter
Bigfoot: The Sykesville Monster w/photos, Md, Carroll County
Sykesville Monster | Odyssey Paranormal Research

The Aswang is back, and this time, we have CIA sources that tell us the events actually happened.
 
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False Fang: When the CIA Staged a Vampire Attack
CIA Vampires: US Meddling in the Philippines - Grey Dynamics
How the CIA Used 'Vampires' to Fight Communism in the Philippines | HowStuffWorks
Killing Hope US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II – Part I William Blum
Ed Lansdale's Black Warfare in 1950s Vietnam
The Aswang Project

This week, the madness has spread to Cryptopedia as we pit some of our favorite cryptids against one another in a single-elimination tournament.  Brandon and John debate over the finer points of blood-draining and soul-sucking in this weird installment of the podcast.
 
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