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PODCAST

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 comedy podcast that looks at the mysterious and scary world of the weird and says, "Wait. What?" Hosts Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee use their science backgrounds to tease apart possible explanations for unexplained, supernatural, and otherwise strange phenomena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 91 – Rat King Cole

Superduperstitious ·

2019/12/21

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,

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Episode 90 – kthx(gvng) bye

Superduperstitious ·

2019/11/29

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

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Episode 89 – Monkey Business

Superduperstitious ·

2019/11/21

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

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1:04:42

Episode 88 – Dog Sh!t 2: Even More Dog Sh!t

Superduperstitious ·

2019/11/14

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

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UNLOCKED: Ep. 84-88 Bonus Outtakes (plus some other...

Superduperstitious ·

2019/11/07

No new ep?! Never fear! There’s still plenty of Superduperstitious content to go around, and what better way to debrief on a chock-a-block full October than with a full set of outtakes from that very month? BONUS PATREON outtakes, no less?It’s another preview of what could be yours if you decide to help support the show on Patreon! Hear some of the inner workings of how recurring segments come to be, laugh at how truly helpless Jake and Wyatt are at every turn, catch some fun behind-the-scenes

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1:17:00

Episode 87 – The 3rd Annual Superduperstitious...

Superduperstitious ·

2019/10/31

It’s Halloween! And it’s a Thursday! The show’s Halloween special finally gets to come out ON the holiday itself! Holy damn!In their specially provided haunted digs courtesy of PPMTV, Jake sets the table with a giant candle and some crawler creeps. Next up, it’s listener tales, XKCD encounters, and assorted spooks before Wyatt serves the main course: an excellent short story from earlier this year that will send shivers down your spine (right before it’s wrung out like a towel).Devil mirrors! Cursed

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1:05:29

Episode 86 – T.A.P.S.’d In

Superduperstitious ·

2019/10/24

It’s the final Thursday of October before Halloween itself! And you know what that means: there’s time for one last special guest before pulling out all the spook stops next week.Wyatt and Jake are joined by JESS COLE, who tells tales of her own personal haunting experiences and of her five-year tenure with The Atlantic Paranormal Society. Hear all about how she helped hold down the fort while the others were off shooting Ghost Hunters, and just what it takes to scare a pro (hint: it would likely

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Episode 85 – The (Italian) Old Man and the (Adriatic)...

Superduperstitious ·

2019/10/17

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

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1:03:00

Episode 84 – Beers for Fears

Superduperstitious ·

2019/10/10

The October interviews continue, as does the unintentional “alcohol and spooky stuff” theme of the month so far!For this ep, Wyatt and Jake pay a visit to their favorite brewery (Earth Eagle of Portsmouth, NH) to talk to ALEX and SHERIDAN about their own personal paranormal experiences. And about beer, because duh. Was this whole thing just a thinly-veiled excuse to hang out and drink beer with the people who make it? Or will you be CHILLED TO THE BONE by tales of jingling bells and planking? You’ll

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Episode 83 – Windy City Spirits

Superduperstitious ·

2019/10/03

It’s officially the Spooky Times™, 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,

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Episode 82 – Creature Features Part II: Suffice It to...

Superduperstitious ·

2019/09/30

After much ado, it’s time for the science-packed conclusion of this movie-monster-centric Superduperstitious Special Report!We got genetics, we got behavioral ecology, we got functional responses — everything you never thought you wanted to know about how animals work, and now you can apply it all to movies like a weirdo.All that, plus a very important beer, Cthulhu surprises, and A FREAKING WEB SHOP, all in the conclusion to another two-parter!EPISODE LINKSMERCH SHOP:

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UNLOCKED: SDS Minisode #5

Superduperstitious ·

2019/09/19

Our Special Report on movie monsters concludes next week! In the meantime, here's another preview from BEYOND THE PAYWALL.Supporters of our Patreon at the $10 level or higher receive an entry into our PANDER raffle, access to monthly curated outtakes (see the preview from two weeks ago), exclusive quarterly stickers available nowhere else (here's the most recent one: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CbX7Dn-kP/), and this: a couple mini episodes every month!We have plenty more stories to tell you than

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Episode 81 – Creature Features Part I: A SciFi Original

Superduperstitious ·

2019/09/12

Superduperstitious goes to Hollywood in Part I of another Special Report!After a very important and then suddenly completely pointless PSA, Wyatt leads in with a discussion of mutation in movies. So often the crutch of screenwriters who want a monster and want it NOW, mutation tends to follow a few very specific beats in movies, all of them fun and giggle-worthy.Jake then heads in a more behavioral direction, examining the often biologically illogical ways monsters tend to act in order to serve

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UNLOCKED: Ep. 69-72 Bonus Outtakes

Superduperstitious ·

2019/09/05

There will be a full, new episode out next week, but in the meantime, here's some bonus content from beyond the paywall!We offer a variety of fun rewards on our Patreon, including curated outtakes like these clips from Episodes 69 through 72. As you'll find, they're not just random mistakes that didn't make the cut: these are deliberately selected and carefully edited together clips presented for the amusement of any patron at the $5 level or higher.That's right, for just $5 a month, you can get

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Episode 80 – Below Underneath

Superduperstitious ·

2019/08/29

All good things must come to an end, and also so does August Around the World. For the last leg of this particular journey, it’s time to head to Australia!To be fair, this is hardly the show’s first visit to this particular continent (or even its third), but this IS the first trip to Australia that is exclusively about ghost stories! Jake leads off with another Reddit find, because he truly is the worst at finding ghost story sources. Listen to the actually fairly heartwarming tale of a little girl

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54:08

Episode 79 – Oh. Canada.

Superduperstitious ·

2019/08/22

August Around the World won’t stop until August does! YOUR MOVE, AUGUST.This installment finds the boys in Canada! But not literally. (Although, depending on how close to the release date you happen to catch this episode, Wyatt actually MIGHT be actively in Ontario, so there you go.) ANYWAY, guess what’s back? The Phantom of the Chicago! And guess what it probably still is? Birds!Once the regional fun begins in earnest, Wyatt kicks things off all the way up in Nunavut, with a Baffin Island Inuit

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53:32

Episode 78 – Not the Real Sredni Vashtar

Superduperstitious ·

2019/08/15

Wyatt and Jake are determined to stick to their month-long prompt of finding stories from all around the world, even if they’re terrible at it. This week, it’s India!Following a quick PANDER session for patrons, Jake continues to use Reddit as a crutch as he just kinda dumps out a series of random stories vaguely connected to the country in question. Haunted objects? Haunted houses? Very tall women? This segment’s got ‘em all, plus a horrible humanoid creature sighting for extra good measure.It’s

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56:20

Episode 77 – Toto Tales

Superduperstitious ·

2019/08/08

August Around the World continues, this time in Africa!After a bit of clarification RE: the Fire Killer (namely the fact that Wyatt and Jake are not him), Wyatt takes off into the forests of the Congo River basin in search of an elusive ape. And this time, it’s not even an upright one! This is the story of how sometimes the legends really ARE true. And at the end of the journey, you find a creature that poops just SO big.Jake heads in a different direction, with some botanical buffoonery, namely the

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56:46

Episode 76 – Mos' Scotia

Superduperstitious ·

2019/08/01

Watch out for rogue waves and try to outrun your shadow, it’s time for some international tales! (Note: If the episode prompt is “the British Isles”, don’t be surprised when both hosts just pick Scotland.)After a noisy revisit to what was once believed to be bugs, Jake mounts an expedition to the Cairngorms, the favored haunt of An Fear Liath Mòr, The Big Grey Man. There are many opinions on what this frightening figure lurking atop Ben Macdui might be, but one thing’s for sure: finding out will

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57:51

Episode 75 – Dog Sh!t

Superduperstitious ·

2019/07/25

If you thought this podcast was above exploiting the cuteness of a baby animal for attention, think again! And while you’re at it, here’s an episode all about dog-related stuff.Exhausted new puppy parent Wyatt begins with a few accounts of the White Things of West Virginia, also known as Sheepsquatch (and also apparently sometimes called Devil Dogs, but you won’t find that out until well after the fact). Is it a bear? Is it a different, older bear? Whatever it is, it’s got some stank.Following a

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