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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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All Episodes

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Episode 74 – Ho, Dag!

Superduperstitious ·

2019/07/18

It was only a matter of time before Superduperstitious submitted to the siren song of frontier folktales, so at long last, it’s a full episode of fearsome critters!Hold on tight for this breathless thrill ride through the utter lunacy that is American lumberjack mythology (and also learn way more science than this topic could possibly warrant). You’ll hear all about the boob-loving German ancestor of a western staple, you’ll witness an abomination so pathetic that it just kinda melts when looked at,

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48:40

Episode 73 – In the Weeds on the Meat Man

Superduperstitious ·

2019/07/11

Superduperstitious is back at it again! And “it”, in this particular instance, means “supernatural/ghosty stories”. Superduperstitious is back at supernatural/ghosty stories again. It works.Wyatt leads in, first with a PSA about being Satan (don’t), then with the SOUL-WRENCHING TERROR that is the Hotel Monte Vista. This Arizona getaway contains very nearly a dozen ghosts, and all of them DO STUFF, which is of course, just, so scary. And all the staff are great with babies.Then, following an extra

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57:06

Episode 72 – Have Doughnut

Superduperstitious ·

2019/06/27

The world is full of weird, and Superduperstitious is determined to visit it all! To that end, here are a couple more stops along that journey through the strange.First, Jake takes us to Siberia, 1989, where Soviet scientists dug a hole ALL THE WAY TO HELL. Did their borehole really reach something infernal? The intense heat they encountered might have something to say about it, as would the screaming OH DEAR GOD THE SCREAMING. But also fact-checking is a thing, though surely that has no relevance

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Episode 71 – The 411 Part II: The 4-1-1

Superduperstitious ·

2019/06/20

Part II of this Superduperstitious Special Report seeks to finally answer the age-old question: Why come all these peoples be missing?Last week, we heard about the disappearance of a small child and the watertight case for his having been abducted by a Sasquatch, instead of something real happening to him. We also heard the account of one teen’s near miss when he almost got 411’d SO HARD by a phantom woman in the woods. Luckily, a former police detective is on the case, gathering just the facts and

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57:19

Episode 70 – The 411 Part I: How to Disappear Completely

Superduperstitious ·

2019/06/14

You ever find some people get really lost? David Paulides sure notices, and so came the Missing 411 book series and general conspiracy phenomenon. And so begins this deep dive!In the first installment of this Missing 411 two-parter, Wyatt recounts the tragic case of Dennis Martin, a young boy who seemingly vanished into thin air. That is, unless he was ABDUCTED BY A SASQUATCH. Or by a deranged, non-speaking hill person? Certainly no other, more rational explanations exist.Jake then presents one

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55:28

Episode 69 – Nice

Superduperstitious ·

2019/06/06

Things were feeling just TOO SANE around here, so it’s once again conspiracy time on Superduperstitious!Following a few words from some podcast pals, Jake leads in with a story he thought had been put to bed, but which instead proved to be decidedly still up and about and wanting a glass of water and a midnight snack and SOME ANSWERS, DAMN IT. How did the 2008 appearance of a dead raccoon on a beach on Long Island cause over a decade of freaking out? Because it looked weird and it was in Montauk —

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1:00:47

Episode 68 – Bed & Breakfast Tales

Superduperstitious ·

2019/05/30

There’s no time like the present for getting back on our shit, and that shit, of course, is monsters.After another rousing edition of The Quaff (AND another audio-based update), Wyatt has some frogs for us. And not just any frogs — it’s the Loveland Frogmen! Or possibly a weirdly upright iguana. But most likely a Sleestak. Just whatever you do, watch out for their wand (???).Jake then takes us into a stranger’s backyard to be stared at for four years. It’s ABSOLUTELY CHILLING. And apparently not

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Episode 67 – Sadventure Time

Superduperstitious ·

2019/05/23

We all make mistakes. They don’t always involve depleting all breathable oxygen from a living space or disappearing forever into the jungle, but still. Accordingly, this ep is all about science mistakes!After a buzzy update from Cuba/Wyatt, Jake tells the tale of the ambitious but ill fated Biosphere 2, an early ’90s experiment (read “publicity stunt”) that actually could have been really cool. Sadly, a lack of adequate technical consideration kept the habitat from realizing its full potential, and

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1:02:04

Episode 66 – Timeless Cool

Superduperstitious ·

2019/05/16

Pyramid power! Greek robots! Other Ancient Aliens bait! It can mean only one thing: tech tales from antiquity on Superduperstitious!Wyatt kicks it off with a perhaps less well known conspiracy surrounding the Great Pyramid of Giza. And it’s not even the Daniel Jackson kind! Instead, it’s the one where the pyramid is actually a giant electrical power plant, one that a future David Bowie character could be proud of. And the weirdest part? There is a downright stupid amount of plausibility to this

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52:32

Episode 65 – Don't Go There.

Superduperstitious ·

2019/05/09

Spooky spots! Again! Kind of! This week is all about visits to mysterious locations and the mysterious mysteries that happen there — MYSTERIOUSLY.After some requisite bat shit, Jake leads off with the curious case of Devil’s Kettle Falls in Minnesota, where half of a river apparently falls into oblivion. Where does all that water actually go? Can any natural phenomenon explain its apparent failure to reappear? How many cars do we have to cram into the thing to solve this?!Wyatt then covers something

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58:37

Episode 64 – Arthropoddities

Superduperstitious ·

2019/05/03

It’s always bugs o’clock here at Superduperstitious, because why the hell not?After some passing yeti news, Wyatt opens with an increasingly uncomfortable tale of giant spiders in Mozambique. Is the j’ba fofi really out there? If so, it may bite your butt and make you die. And if not, you can still learn about all the other unholy arachnid abominations that definitely DO crawl across our world right now AND PROBABLY RIGHT BEHIND YOU OH GOD DID YOU FEEL THAT ON YOUR LEG AHHHHHH.Jake then takes to the

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49:25

Episode 63 – Spontaneous Human Combustion: R.I.P....

Superduperstitious ·

2019/04/26

Rainy day doldrums got you down? That’s no reason not to disrespect the dead!This week’s theme is seemingly paranormal medical phenomena, and Jake opens with a description of near-death experiences. What happens if you go toward the light? IS there really a light to go toward? And is Macho Man Randy Savage really waiting for you at the end of it?The boys then pay their respects to the late medium/demonologist/book and movie mogul Lorraine Warren (and the even later Ed Warren) in very, very tasteful

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Episode 62 – We Pick Three for Six Betwixt

Superduperstitious ·

2019/04/20

It’s inexplicably deli time at Superdupersitious!Wyatt and Jake take turns telling a bunch of random-ass cryptid tales, each one more chilling than the last. Did we say “chilling”? We meant “bonkers banana sandwich kookytown”. Learn all about a killer pancake; the completely logical thing you get when you combine an ape, dog, bear, lion, and rhinoceros; more bat stuff; and of course, the Grunch. Also bugs and a moat monster. And Shadowlands Roulette.Get the best combo meal value you’ll ever find in

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Episode 61 – The Kangaroo Event

Superduperstitious ·

2019/04/11

Any strange story is fair game this week, so the boys tackle some slightly more famous freak occurrences.Jake kicks it off with some obligatory updates on the bat problems of the midwest, followed by a decidedly offbeat creature encounter from that same region in the 1970s. Meet the Enfield Horror, a creature of improbable anatomy and ill temper that terrorized a tiny Illinois town for a few weeks before vanishing forever, unless it’s still lurking there to this day (it’s not), because it was

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Episode 60 – At the Mountains of (March) Madness

Superduperstitious ·

2019/04/06

A two-year record-iversary, a 60th episode, AND the launch of a Patreon? That’s cause for celebration! Ideally in the form of a single elimination bracket championship tournament between cults (obviously).That’s right, this ep is devoted entirely to the NCAAA championship showdown between the World and Global Divisions’ top cults, each vying to reign supreme. Join Wyatt and Jake as they explore the backgrounds of these bizarre and fascinating religious movements and determine whether each group has

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Episode 59 – Crunch... Crunch... Yowie!

Superduperstitious ·

2019/03/28

Another year of podcasting means Jake and Wyatt are eager to get fully back on their bullshit. And back on their bullshit is exactly where they go this week.Wyatt feeds his Sasquatch addiction with another trip Down Under, this time to look at the yowie of Australian lore. The eyewitnesses seem credible, the phylogeography has Jake more open minded, and you’d best believe everyone’s looking for that penis.Next, Jake gets ghoulish once again, with a pair of related sightings posted to Reddit. While

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Episode 58 – Beer-zebub, or How We Learned to Stop...

Superduperstitious ·

2019/03/22

What’s the point believing in spirits and such if it doesn’t involve those spirits being super scary and wanting to mess with us? Thankfully, that’s what demons are for — and what this ep is all about!Jake attempts to break the mold a bit with a non-Christian take on these dark forces, paying a visit to an Algonquin reservation and its spooky run-in with a malevolent entity a few years ago. Call it a kokogi, call it a window-tapping jerk — just don’t expect it to wipe that smug grin off its face

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Episode 57 – Mist Opportunities

Superduperstitious ·

2019/03/16

It’s a weird world out there, full of rocks and clouds that want to eat you. But you’ll be safe with us here on Superduperstitious!Wyatt talks up the Bennington Triangle, a decidedly non-triangular region in Vermont known for some creepy disappearances, with likely ties to the Big Bad Wolf and some lethal hugs. Never leave your children unattended while your pigs are unfed.Jake then reads another overwritten account of a kooky occurrence in Florida, but this time it involves a carnivorous pink mist

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1:01:56

Episode 56 – Spaces, Strange: Space Is Strange

Superduperstitious ·

2019/03/09

Space! There’s an awful lot of it, and yet we practically never talk about it on this friggin’ show. But this episode aims to remedy that!Did you know that you can get a degree in intergalactic politics? Incidentally, did you also know that you can go on long weekend retreats to one of Jupiter’s moons? And did you know that humans are descended from 12 or more different extraterrestrial races? Jake didn’t know any of that, but if you believe it, he’s got a xendra to sell you!Wyatt then cranks up the

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1:00:56

Episode 55 – sOfT kItTy, WaRm KiTtY

Superduperstitious ·

2019/03/03

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today, you’ll hear from two nerdy guys — it’s another forest-centered episode of Superduperstitous!Wyatt leads the way with some alarming encounters had by various survivalists in the great outdoors, and learns that Jake has terrible survival instincts. What would YOU do if your flashlight revealed the reflection of a pair of eyes in the darkness? Freeze in your tracks? Try to get closer? Poop?Next, Jake

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