Citizen's Guide To The Supernormal

Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal Episode 25 – The Warminster Thing: Aliens, Bangers, and Hitachi hums https://allmylinks.com/sargethedestroyer Welcome back to the Citizen’s Guide Blog! This was supposed to be a Christmas episode but I had a sort of crazy couple of weeks that resulted in my lazy ass getting a job so unfortunately, I had to put this episode on the back burner. However, here we are, better late than never. This Episode is fun because we get to talk about Aliens. I love aliens because frankly, nothing makes me happier than bumpkins being terrorized by interstellar visitors. If there is one thing that perfectly encapsulates this episode and the last year in general, it’s the concept of “fake news”. This episode touches on that concept but I don’t call it “fake news” because my brain refuses to dumb itself down far enough to say that out loud. Inaccurate? Sure. Purposely sensational? Of course. Fake? There are far better words, open a thesaurus. Anyway, this story highlights what happens when a reporter adjusts a story to fit their preconceived narrative. While many people in the US believe that the news has never been more biased and blatantly inaccurate, a quick browse into US History will highlight many examples of sensational, partly or entirely false new stories. In fact, William Randolph Hurst’s media empire basically started the Spanish American War. Don’t take my word for it, it’s worth a google. The point I’m trying to make is that if you’re reading this, you’re probably pretty smart. Don’t let either side fool you. Don’t take the news at its word. Dig deeper, choose multiple sources, and give yourself a good composite. Every source has an audience that they write for, if you know their audience you can predict the bias and trim the fat from the facts. I’m gonna get off my soap box now. I hope you enjoy this episode and have a happy and healthy New Year! Love, Sarge

This is a story about the horrible murder of an entire family... it's not an easy listen. Maybe don't make this your first episode with us... Episode 11- Hinterkaifeck Well, here we are at episode 11. I’m pretty excited about Citizen’s Guide To The Supernormal and I hope you are too. I have no idea how many of you are reading this but I have to believe that it’s upwards of 8 people? Anyway, as we search for things that we think are worth of your attention, we go down some pretty weird rabbit-holes. Jordan is pretty relentless when searching for details and uses a number of sources. My job is host and blog-maker-guy (I’m a little skittish to use the term “writer” when referring to myself because that’s one step closer to corduroy sport coats with suede elbow patches). As my lofty title suggests, I am responsible for framing the show with an air of professionalism. In the interests of transparency, sources should be cited. In my efforts to get this show off the ground, I definitely skipped a step. Given my blog for episode 10 extolling the virtues of not taking someone’s word for it, I should have been more careful and maybe taken a little of my own advice. Going forward, links to our major sources will be included at the end of the blog so you too can now see why Jordan is slowly losing his mind. While we’re on the subject of citations and sources, let’s talk about misinformation. I have a love/hate relationship with the media. On the one hand, they provide an invaluable service to the American people in terms of shining a light on bad behavior and telling us about events that any concerned citizen should be aware of. On the other hand, the vast majority of media is, and always will be, a business. There is one purpose for a business and that purpose is to make money. In order to keep making money, they need consumers. There’s no secret that biases are evident in almost every major news source. This is not just because the people in the corner office are affiliated with one party or another. This is because there’s a certain kind of person who wants to listen to Rachel Maddow. There is an audience for Sean Hannity. These media companies do what they do because they are giving their customers what their customers want. Now stay with me, if I start a business, my goal will be to make money. I will have a business model and a target market which I will exploit to earn a profit. Now what if I discover that my sales go up when I tell my customers that doing business with me is a smart decision? Well, I’m going to tell my customers that they are smart even if they are currently drooling all over their “9/11 Was An Inside Job” t-shirt. Is it unethical? Hell yeah. Is it illegal? Nope. Every channel gives the people what they want. The problem is that when you prioritize giving the people what they want sometimes you forget to give them what they need. Back to my business. If I start telling the bozo with the Loose Change t-shirt that he’s a fucking dum-dum, I’m going to lose that customer and probably a few of his tin-foil-hat wearing comrades. If this happens enough, I am properly fucked because my business will fail and I will have to go back to selling my used boxer briefs to weirdos on the internet. The question we have to ask ourselves is, who is at fault when the business lies to Ned? Do we blame the guy telling Ned the Village Idiot that he’s smart or do we blame the Village Idiot for not realizing that he’s just being told what he wants to hear? On that depressing note, enjoy episode 11. It’s about murder! Love, Sarge http://www.youtube.com/sargethedestroyer https://www.patreon.com/Sargethedestroyer

Episode 7, Meat Showers Welcome back to the CGS Blog. Last episode was heavy. We covered the horrors of the unknown and how it can lead to wild speculation. We talked about silent struggles and the darkest side of mental illness. This episode couldn’t be more different and yet it still maintains some elements of fear and the unknown. In the book of Exodus in the bible, there were 10 plagues. One of those plagues was a rain of blood. Another was frogs. This episodes covers both those things but don’t panic because neither one was particularly as serious as God’s lobbying firm dropping all manner of nightmares on an ancient people. Instead, we talk about the occurrences of strange rains around the world and what might have caused them. (Spoiler alert: WATER SPOUTS!) What struck me as so fascinating about this phenomenon, is that we are such an advanced society. We have answers for everything. A man made object is currently 4 billion miles from Earth as we speak, beaming back images of an icy bowling pin spinning in the vacuum of space. We can watch and track the progress of major storm systems. I can pick up a wireless block of plastic and glass and talk people thousands of miles away in an instant. Still, nature finds a way to confound us. We may know that a storm is coming but we can never be 100% sure that a shower of African frogs won’t accompany it. Strange rains are just a part of this story. The larger theme here, is that there will always be the unknown. We can try to explain our surroundings but sometimes, we just have to expect that some things are unknowable and that makes life infinitely more exciting. The only thing I would suggest is to buy a really sturdy umbrella. Happy New Year and enjoy the show. Sarge

Episode 23 - Lizzy Borden and The Bloody Hatchet Wounds Donate here: https://allmylinks.com/sargethedestroyer Welcome back to the CGS blog. This episode is not just a true crime story, it is the stuff of legends for anyone who grew up in Massachusetts. Lizzy Borden was accused of murdering her parents. The evidence seems overwhelming at first but once we analyze it, you’ll hear some incredibly reasonable refutations (I use big words sometimes, you guys). Anyway, this story is as fascinating as it is gross. We got poison, denim dresses, bloody hatchet wounds, old soup that everyone kept eating for some reason, and a fucked-up nursery rhyme which goes a little something like this: Lizzy Borden had an axe, She gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father 41. In researching this episode, we discover that Lizzy Borden was a pretty amazing woman. She was an avid reader even though she didn’t complete school. She was an early supporter of ethical treatment of animals. In fact, aside from her participation in the temperance movement which everyone from Massachusetts agrees is ill-advised, she was truly a woman ahead of her time. She also had a rough go of things. Her mom died when she was young and her dad was an exceptional piece of shit. While Lizzy stood out as a major suspect in the murders, I think everyone was a little quick to incriminate her while an obvious suspect got away. I won’t give too much away here but there is a lot more to this story than the nursery rhyme we all learned as a kid. I hope you enjoy the episode. It’s a bit longer than I expected which is something a woman has never said to me. I hope you enjoy it, which is something I’ve said a lot. If you liked the show, helps us out with a share, review, like, comment, or a donation via Venmo, Cashapp, or Patreon. Have a great day and please for the love of god, don’t eat old soup you guys. You will throw up. Love, Sarge

Episode 16- Betty and Barney Hill: Abduction and Racist Mountain Names Wow I fucking loved this episode. We recorded with very small live audience of some really good friends of ours. We laughed, we cried, we broke someone by accident. I hope you like it as much as we liked making it. We picked this story for one reason, it was about alien abduction. I mean, we’ve covered some nightmare fuel in the past, mysterious deaths, randomly catching fire, Maynerd’s sex swing. However, all things considered, being abducted, paralyzed, and turned into a human sock puppet by some intergalactic pervert can fuck ALL the way off. I don’t even like the TSA and those weirdos only traveled like 3 miles from home to see my naked ass in that weird x-ray machine. Can you imagine how fucking weird you have to be to fly across the goddamn universe to play “hide the fist” in some unsuspecting mountain folks? We’re talking next level. Anyway, I don’t mean to make light of the very real belief that these two folks had that they were abducted. In some ways I am empathetic. In other ways, I can’t stop thinking about being strapped down and stabbed with needles through my belly-button. I know some people pay good money for that kind of action but count me out. From now on, when I’m driving up in the mountains, I got one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on a roll of tin foil. Apparently, nothing scares off the CIA, Aliens, and stable sexual partners like Reynold Wrap* (we’re shooting for a sponsorship). Thanks for reading, thanks for listening, and thanks for being Supernormal. Love Sarge https://twitter.com/@bastardprophet https://www.instagram.com/sargethedestroyer/ https://www.youtube.com/sargethedestroyer https://www.patreon.com/Sargethedestroyer