Cryptopedia is an exploration of the myths and legends that haunt the human mind. Each week Brandon and John will take you on a journey exploring the mysteries of the world, tackling the tales with a dash of skepticism and an extra helping of humor.
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Werevolves and Bigfoot - Ohio Grab Bag - 162
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This week, we take a trip to Ohio, only to get sidetracked by how Brandon feels about paper towels on his fingernails. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Un-lo…
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The Northfield Pigman - Woods Pervert - 161
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What's worse than a pigman in the woods? Pretty much anything, if I'm being honest. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Green Mountains, Dark Tales - Joeseph Ci…
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Giant Ground Sloths - GORP Without the Rasins - 160
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This week we are talking about bears, I mean sloths. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Ground sloth | Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology Gorp | Encyclopaedia of C…
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The Rake - The Internet Hate Machine - 159
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This week Brandon invents a new month-based band (The Novemberists), and John gets buried in the minutia of 4chan. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- Horror Th…
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We're back again, this time with a good old-fashioned hoax grab bag! Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ 100 Miles (Skinbone) - https://youtu.be/tesr1OyymXo John's …
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Sewer Alligators - Interior Crocodile Alligator - 157
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After a bit of a scheduling nightmare, Brandon and John are back! This time, they talk about a cherished Manhattan urban legend. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/…
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This time, we're talking about paintings and Britain's obsession with crying boys. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- List of reportedly haunted paintings - Wi…
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The Sykesville Monster - Bears, Conspiracies, and Escapees - 155
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This time, John follows the story of the Sykesville Monster through the reporting of the Baltimore AFRO. Meanwhile, Brandon torments his mom. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptop…
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The Real Aswang - As[s]wang Part 3: Rise of the Wang - 154
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The Aswang is back, and this time, we have CIA sources that tell us the events actually happened. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ False Fang: When the CIA Stage…
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Mysterious Madness - Cryptid Deathmatch - 153
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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. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpe…
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Varginha UFO (III) - Brazil's Roswell - 152
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The saga of Varginha comes to a close this week. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- A história oficial do ET de Varginha - ISTOÉ Independente Varginha UFO inci…
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The Cumberland/Solway Spaceman - English White - 151
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This week, John tried to do a short episode, but three hours in Blender had other plans. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The mystery of the Solway Spaceman …
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Varginha UFO (II) - The Mad Pooper of Varginha - 150
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We continue the Varginha UFO saga this week and dissect Brandon's scatological hypothesis. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- A história oficial do ET de Vargi…
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The Roc - Can You Smell What the Roc(k) Is Cooking? - 149
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An episode almost literally four years in the making, the birb of mythical proportions and size: Dwayne Johnson. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Quarter…
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This week, we had to clean snow, so we just took an hour to talk about our holiday season. Brandon gets a new guitar, and John goes to Asia to get sick. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://yout…
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Eels Reloaded - Wait That Was Two Years Ago? - 147
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Happy 2024! John was in Asia for a month doing stuff and is only just recovering from jet lag, so Brandon recorded this episode with his wife. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 YouTube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.crypto…
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Varginha UFO - Six Player X-Men -146
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The lost episode is back, this time with both of our voices. Don't worry; we forgot nearly everything from the last time we recorded. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast…
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The ”Great” Brontosaurus Hoax - Deep Web Dinos - 145
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Time to talk Dinosaurs again! Surprisingly YEC free this week. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Dog and the Dinosaur A Tale from Africa. The Times, Novem…
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Acambaro Figures - It’s Over 9000 - 144
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Brandon tries to get John angry this week with some YEC stuff, but it's laughably fake. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQG Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://youtube.cryptopediacast.com/ --- The Acambaro Figures - Famous Fakes …
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Hawaiian Bigfoot - John Gets Wet - 143
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We're back to Bigfoot, kinda. Hairy hominids, giant feet, and weird mockumentaries are on the menu as we take a trip to the tropics. John as an epic describing his experiences in New York City; Skip to about 20 minutes or so if you want the Hawaiian Bigfoot gos. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.gg/AWpen8aYQ…
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Con Rit - The Internet is Terrible - 142
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This week, John begins the podcast by talking about Dilbert, shock images, and the nightmare that is the internet culture of the aughts. Then we get to Brandon's bread and butter: globsters and dolphin sex chains. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14…
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This week we almost have a perfect segue, but John was derailed by a card game. The true horror though is the explanation for this week's creature. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube (Videos have [questionable] captions!): http://yout…
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It's a GOOd thing we had time in our schedule to record an emergency episode. Here's a shorter one this week because technical difficulties is our tagline at this point. Also we're talking about goo. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14015340 Youtube…
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Cryptid Lost Media - Bring the Thunder - 139
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I hope you're ready to hear John talk about Ontology and falsifiability for half an hour this week because that's what you'll get. Brandon and John explore the concept of lost media concerning cryptids, revisiting a topic from this podcast's past. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cryptopediamerch Discord: https://discord.me/cryptopediacast Patreon:…
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The Newark Holy Stones - Non-human Biologics - 138
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We open this week to talk about being too high and why the UFO hearings were lame. For the story, Brandon has something a little different for us this week as we take a detour into alternate histories with the Newark Holy Stones. As a warning, we talk about some pretty flagrant racism in this episode as it relates to the episode topic. Merch: https…
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