Beasts, Boos and Buds Maya Mazumder

  On the night of October 4, 1967, residents of Shag Harbour (and surrounding areas) noticed four strange orange lights crash into the water. What followed afterwards can only be described as "deeply suspicious". In this special two part (!) episode we discuss the details surrounding this mysterious event and more, from unexplained stinky sea foam to the general terribleness of the font "Lobster". 

It's haunted lighthouse time, babey! In this episode we discuss our very first "boo" - the ghosts that may or may not inhabit the Point Lookout Lighthouse in Scotland, MD. Points of debate include: the true host of this podcast, contaminated lamp oil, Civil War prison camps, spirit boxes, and the reliability of a medium's testimony.

Sounds/Images:

Orb

Soldier

All recordings (scroll for the ones we used!)

Other Sources:

https://www.ptlookoutlighthouse.com/overview.shtml

https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/10/haunted-lighthouses-point-lookout-lighthouse/

https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=436

https://dnr.maryland.gov/Pages/Spirits-of-Point-Lookout.aspx

What would compel someone to slash open their tent and leave with no clothes in the dead of winter? Good question! In this episode, we examine the strange circumstances surrounding the deaths of nine Russian students on a hiking trip gone wrong. Topics discussed include: Soviet cover-ups, UFO sightings, the Yeti, and (less excitingly) super strong winds.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/

http://www.museumcenter.org/the-curious-curator/2020/5/15/historys-mysteries-revealed-crystal-skulls-nazca-lines-shroud-of-turin-and-dyatlov-pass-incident-54lfg

Ancient carvings! Blurry photos! Underwater UFOs! We discuss all aspects of the lore surrounding the Loch Ness Monster and whether she exists, from evolutionary constraints on plesiosaurs to the plausibility of mythological water horses.

Videos/Images Referenced:

Carving

Flipper Original

Flipper Enhanced

Dinsdale Film

Gordon Holmes Footage

More Sources:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/legend-loch-ness/

http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2015/09/nessie-faq.html

http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2013/04/classic-sightings-aldie-mackay.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/258466a0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR26f-WLe-5Rz4eyXucj3sfwDDtG8a5FhyywYe0OgNiJGxjccLg34-GoAFQ

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49495145

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/

http://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/8/17/loch-ness-monster-flipper-photos