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Superduperstitious

Superduperstitious

Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee

A podcast about the paranormal, the credibility of the creepy, and the science of the spooky, Superduperstitious is a podcast that looks at the mysterious world of the paranormal and says, "Wait. What?" Hosts Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee use their science backgrounds to tease apart possible explanations for bizarre, supernatural, and otherwise strange phenomena.

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Superduperstitious - Episode 96 – Sedimentary, My Dear Watson
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02/09/20 • 67 min

Mountains: you can be on them, near them, and maybe even under them if things aren’t going great for you. Here’s an ep about that!


Jake’s up first, with both a PSA about not believing every viral video you see AND a story about ghostly experiences in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Is The Presence of Mount Washington real, or are people just freaking themselves out on a windy peak? Nail down a pair of boots and find out!


Following an especially visceral round of Shadowlands Roulette, Wyatt describes the Sheppton Mine disaster, complete all the popes that were definitely there and the Louises who definitely weren’t. But who among us hasn’t wanted to make at least A FEW burgers out of our friends and coworkers, I mean REALLY.


What even are release dates, anyway? Nobody knows! Here’s a new episode of Superduperstitious.


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Ball lightning nonsense: https://youtu.be/IwR14D3NA8c


Jake’s story


Article on The Presence: https://www.outdoors.org/articles/appalachia-journal-blog/slamming-doors-cries-for-help

Jake’s Lakes of the Clouds video: https://youtu.be/XTLtYiELVj8

Episode 76: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/76-mos-scotia

Rime ice: https://www.instagram.com/p/BP7paBwAylX/?utm_source=ig_embed

Final story: https://www.nhmagazine.com/new-hampshires-most-haunted-places-2/


Wyatt’s story


Sheppton Mine disaster: http://www.eastuniontownship.com/thrones-account-of-the-sheppton-mine-disaster

Citizen’s Voice: http://bit.ly/39fkhJU

Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/05/the-trapped-miners-holy-visions-investigating-the-sheppton-miracle/

Interview with Maxim W. Furek: https://nepascene.com/2016/01/new-book-digs-up-dark-secrets-sheppton-mine-disaster-nepa-greatest-urban-legend/

Song: https://youtu.be/OqDu5LBT8_Y

Interview with Henry: https://youtu.be/NLm-AWrbLtc?t=1304



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Superduperstitious - Episode 95 – Young Santa

Episode 95 – Young Santa

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01/25/20 • 44 min

Listener stories are always welcome at Superduperstitious, but not without raising the immortal question: are these stories GOOD?


Listener Nick Smith kindly provides a pair of personal accounts of the spooky, so Wyatt and Jake kindly provide feedback on their quality, since that’s what Nick was surely wanting. And they of course achieve this by comparing to some top notch stories from the Website of Only Good Writing, Reddit!


Wyatt begins by revisiting sleep paralysis. From ticked off Anubises to cuckolding ghosts, this segment’s got it all. Jake then goes Full PedanticTM with grammar as he looks into some haunted house happenings. NOTHING is more terrifying than verb/subject agreement.


Strap in for some good listening, and consider sending your own tales to [email protected]!


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Contact form: https://www.superduperstitious.com/contact


Nick’s website: https://www.nixmith.com/


Wyatt’s stories


Sleep paralysis AskReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1u83wz/victims_of_sleep_paralysis_what_was_your_runin/

Response: http://bit.ly/38FyT5a

More sleep paralysis: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/ert9xr/sleep_paralysis_sucks_man/

Advice?: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/ernp99/my_brother_may_have_sleep_paralysis_and_i_need/

Sleep paralysis question: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/er0w9y/i_get_sleep_paralysis_where_i_can_barely_move_or/

A very good story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sleepparalysis/comments/erll6u/my_sleep_paralysis_cucked_me_wtf/


Jake’s stories


Halloween ep of Project Science: https://youtu.be/mQZm2RVNo6c

Dog groomer story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/e8b4bq/a_night_alone_in_a_very_haunted_house/

Haunted Scottish house: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/cfnw0g/my_very_haunted_house/



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Superduperstitious - Episode 92 – Because of Scared
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12/27/19 • 66 min

What was meant to be a Boxing Day episode is now a day later, but you know what? It’s still all winter stories, friend!


After another installment in the endless tide of Chicago bat goofness, Jake finally yields some ape ground with a few yeti accounts. He may be pretty damned skeptical of it all, but perhaps there is SOME plausibility in them thar hills. However, a bunch of big fish stories from a bunch of overexcited Europeans is ALWAYS something to take with a bunch of grains of salt.


Wyatt then takes a page out of Jake’s book and turns to Reddit for some backyard spooks. What horrible shadow creature has glowing yellow eyes and can glide through snow toward your back porch? Could it be a horny mountain lion?


This ep is full of goose flesh, people on mountains indistinctly seeing other people on mountains, and all the moose howls you could ask for. Check it all out on the last Superduperstitious of the year!


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Jake’s story


Mysterious Universe article: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/07/a-monster-on-the-glacier/

Live Science article: https://www.livescience.com/25072-yeti-abominable-snowman.html

Russian video: https://youtu.be/Zz0Ypv6F0aI


Wyatt’s story


Reddit story: http://bit.ly/2t6TFLz

Moose hauling ass through snow: https://youtu.be/jOLF2d09GKE

Bull moose dropping an antler: https://on.natgeo.com/34WtyUI



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Superduperstitious - Episode 91 – Rat King Cole
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12/21/19 • 67 min

Finally, an episode in December! Is it any surprise that it’s about cryptids?


After a lengthy but important update on the Phantom of the Chicago, Wyatt kicks off with the tale of Zana, a supposed ape woman held captive in the most difficult to pronounce reaches of the 19th-century Western Caucasus. Was she really a bipedal ape creature, or were these people just HOLY SHIT THE MOST RACIST MONSTERS IMAGINABLE? Could the answer possibly be anything BUT the latter?


Jake then gets German with the Rat King, a ball o’ rat phenomenon believed to occur all the damned time. But are rats REALLY as gross as people want to believe? And are they that bad at being alive and not fusing together? FOLLOW THE MONEY.


Don’t let the stats from the time of recording fool you: take it from America’s 225th most popular Natural Sciences podcast, Superduperstitious!


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Wyatt’s story


The story of Zana: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/zana.htm

Kwhit’s skull: https://sites.google.com/site/noxgigasstudy/home/zana-and-the-black-plague

Possible human subspecies: http://bit.ly/2ScdJq7

Calling bullshit 1: http://bit.ly/2Q4Kt1W

Calling bullshit 2: http://bit.ly/2rbrvOG

Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2014.1712


Jake’s story


Medium article: https://medium.com/@Naturalish/rat-kings-what-are-they-really-ef67359ad34e

Squirrel King video: https://youtu.be/vDbs-0b8zAU

Mental Floss article: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/506504/almost-comprehensive-history-rat-kings

Estonian Rat King: http://www.kirj.ee/public/Ecology/2007/issue_1/bio-2007-1-7.pdf



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Superduperstitious - Episode 90 – kthx(gvng) bye
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11/29/19 • 55 min

It’s Thanks-friggin-giving, and Wyatt and Jake are thankful for one thing above all else — being together again in the same room! The most obvious way to celebrate this is of course by telling some vaguely holiday-appropriate stories, so that happens.


After some much-needed bat updates, Jake hits us with a pair of paranormal accounts that kinda sorta maybe REFERENCE Thanksgiving? Whatever. Just watch out for disappearing, creepy kids in red shirts and horrific, inhuman, staggering grey masses that whisper to you at night.


Wyatt heads in another direction entirely, with the history of the fringe Christian belief in the rapture. Are all the good folks gonna get poofed away? Why come everyone don’t believes that? The answers to some of that and more can all be found in this binder (and these twelve thumb drives).


Keep eating stuffing and NEVER, EVER STOP — it’s Superduperstitious time!


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Katy’s work: https://www.instagram.com/after_artist_/


Jake’s story


First story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/bi0cv2/the_red_man/

Second story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/dp9yn7/old_gray_thing/

Creepy artwork: https://imgur.com/KwKaOBi


Wyatt’s story


The rapture: https://psmag.com/news/why-are-so-many-christians-obsessed-with-predicting-the-rapture

Marsha Kuhnley’s books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19656617.Marsha_Kuhnley

Rapture binders: http://marshakuhnley.com/category/make-a-binder/



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Superduperstitious - Episode 89 – Monkey Business
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11/21/19 • 52 min

They’re apes. We KNOW. But how often do you hear anyone say “aping around”? I mean REALLY.


But yeah! It’s an ape ep for the ages. Wyatt leads off with the story of De Loys’ Ape, and the spooky photo that gave it such staying power. Are there really giant, bipedal humanoid primates lurking in the forests of South America? Just as surely as humans from different continents somehow evolved from different species! (No.)


Jake then hops on the hominid fraud train with Piltdown Man, the U.K.’s unfortunate contribution to a European paleontological pissing contest. Sometimes, if you’re looking hard enough for a Missing Link, you’ll accept ANY EVIDENCE that suggests you found it. Even if it comes from a non-scientist known for faking shit.


Cut the tail off a monkey, slap some unrelated bones together, and tune on into a history- and science-filled episode of Superduperstitious!


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Blue-headed black bear: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Headed_Black_Bear


Wyatt’s story


De Loys’ Ape: https://bigfootbase.com/blog/geologists-odd-ape-history-de-loys-ape

Breaking down the fraud: http://bit.ly/2riz7hX


Jake’s story


Science Magazine article: http://bit.ly/2OafMsz

BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/piltdown_man_01.shtml

Royal Society article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.160328

Wyatt’s Royal Society article: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1815



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Superduperstitious - Episode 88 – Dog Sh!t 2: Even More Dog Sh!t
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11/14/19 • 64 min

Canine-adjacent stories keep piling up, so it’s time to release the hounds! Except the “hounds” are those aforementioned stories, and “releasing” them is telling them. It’s good!


This week, you’ll hear a series of encounters with mysteries dog-looking things, mostly on the side of the road at night, including Wyatt’s own experience! Then, you’ll tuck into a ghastly tale of douchebags and coal furnaces, complete with audio accompaniment. And rest assured, you’ll get a very important PSA about responsible cat ownership, and learn Jake’s least favorite internet zeitgeist-y way of referring to this overall genre.


Pennsylvania listeners, hold onto your butts! It’s time for Superduperstitious.


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Bucko: https://www.instagram.com/designsbybucko/


Jake’s story


Creature chasing coyotes: http://bit.ly/2Qh5MyZ

“Huge Roadside Wolf-Like Creature”: http://bit.ly/2Oa3Wxp

Motorcycle poopin’: http://bit.ly/2O4cfdO

“I saw a small humanoid running on the side of the road!”: http://bit.ly/2qOyywi

Animals not looking normal: http://bit.ly/2NMDIlB


Wyatt’s story


The Hounds of Colebrook: http://bit.ly/33Q2nLy

Origin story: http://www.pajack.com/stories/pennsylvania/hounds.html

Dogman Encounters: https://dogmanencounters.com/broome-county-ny-encounter/

The Hound of Cold Hollow documentary: http://thehoundofcoldhollow.com/

Wolf howls: https://youtu.be/1VvymrNYoU8



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Another week in October means another exciting guest, but this episode is doing things a bit differently...


The boys head to Springfield, MA to join Italian scholar and Wyatt’s old pal THERESA BERARD, who shares a Dino Buzzati sea monster tale right in Wyatt’s haunted childhood home (see Episode 3). He and Jake are used to doing the reading, but now it’s THEIR turn to have a story read to THEM! And by someone far better prepared than they’re used to being.


You’ll hear all about a relentless shark thing that follows its unlucky victim FOREVER, and you’ll marvel at Theresa’s ability to power through in spite of Wyatt’s and Jake’s increasing attempts to derail. And then all three take part in an extra-cursed round of Shadowlands Roulette!


Halloween draws ever closer, and the guest appearances get ever more fun — grab some iron or some balls and listen in to this sea-centric ep!


EPISODE LINKS


MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Il Colombre: https://www.amazon.com/Colombre-Italian-Dino-Buzzati/dp/8804670207

Opel (Theresa’s band): https://opel.bandcamp.com/



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Superduperstitious - Episode 83 – Windy City Spirits
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10/03/19 • 59 min

It’s officially the Spooky TimesTM, and that means the beginning of a full month of awesome guests with tasty tales!


First up is JONATHAN KNOTEK, co-founder of Chicago Prohibition Tours and Chicago history guru. You’ll learn all about the city’s mobster-filled past, some of the ghosts that have resulted, and Jonathan’s own potential run-ins with the supernatural. From a banging bust of Harry Caray, to phantom forest lights, to a possible final solution to what actually goes into an Irish Crocodile, this episode’s got it all!


Point your dog out of the bathroom, ignore all that moaning in the trees, and help yourself to a glass of the straight juice as you tuck into a slice of deep dish — and the beginning of October with Superduperstitious!


EPISODE LINKS


MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Chicago Prohibition Tours: http://www.prohibitiontours.com/

Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/



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Superduperstitious - Episode 100 – New Zero Retrospective
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03/21/20 • 60 min

Wait, are we still doing this? Wasn’t last week’s the big finale?? Oh jeez, didn’t really prepare anything for this, uhhh...


Join Jake and Wyatt as they look over their first hundred episodes — and the life choices that brought them here — with a small selection of topics to revisit from the first few years of the show’s run! And stick around for the next hundred eps. They’ll probably be good, too!


EPISODE LINKS


Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious


Jake’s stories


Grand Canyon bullshit: https://www.crystalinks.com/grandcanyon.html

“Glowing Eyes?”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e0a7vm/glowing_eyes/

“Crawler” video: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/dfiotn/possible_source_for_some_crawler_sightings/


Wyatt’s stories


Fast radio bursts: https://futurism.com/the-byte/powerful-radio-signal-from-distant-galaxy-seems-to-have-a-pattern

Sacsayhuamán (bonkers): https://www.ancient-code.com/ancient-technology-ancient-cultures-soften-stone/

Sacsayhuamán (factual): https://www.ancient.eu/Sacsayhuaman/

Jack’s back: https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9546587.terrified-banstead-family-confronted-by-dark-figure-on-bypass/



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How many episodes does Superduperstitious have?

Superduperstitious currently has 192 episodes available.

What topics does Superduperstitious cover?

The podcast is about Scary, Life Sciences, Supernatural, Cryptozoology, Unexplained, Creepy, Paranormal, Natural Sciences, Storytelling, Comedy, Podcasts, Science, Spooky and Horror.

What is the most popular episode on Superduperstitious?

The episode title 'Episode 139 – It's Probably Owls' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Superduperstitious?

The average episode length on Superduperstitious is 56 minutes.

How often are episodes of Superduperstitious released?

Episodes of Superduperstitious are typically released every 7 days, 9 hours.

When was the first episode of Superduperstitious?

The first episode of Superduperstitious was released on Oct 4, 2017.

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