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The Cryptid Factor

The Cryptid Factor

Threebestbuddies-RhysDarby,DanSchreiber,andLeon"Buttons"KirkbeckbringyouTheCryptidFactor-apodcastdedicatedtoallthingsweirdthatareyettobedefinedbyscience.Since2008theyhavepassionately(andoftenawkwardly)beendiscussing"cryptids"andmonsterslikeYeti,Chupacabra,BigfootandNessie-aswellasweirdnewsoftheworld,UFO"s,Timetravellers,robotsandspacestuff.Thoughtheytakethesepseudosciencesasseriouslyastheycan,theystruggletotakethemselvesseriouslyatall.HostedbycomedianandactorRhysDarby,staroftopratingpodcast"NoSuchThi

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31:10

#111 EdFringe LIVE Night Two Issue

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2025/09/26

Night two of the Edinburgh Fringe and the boys put whole jail house of stories behind bars.In this rebellious issue we have backstage gatecrashing, psychic attacks, deceitful leggy leaves, cryptid impersonators, historically resentful house pets, a poorly pulled-off coattail theory theft and the tiniest noisiest cat-erpillar to ever be eye-witnessed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#110 EdFringe LIVE Night One Issue

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2025/09/04

The Edinburgh Fringe couldn't keep us out if they tried! And trust us...they did.Kicking their second run off with a wobbly blast, the trio find their feet with tales of swampy airport crotches, poles flipping out on Santa, UAPs coming to scope out Earth, High School teachers leaving their special marks, and a thief busted by book too good to run away from. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:12:05

#109 The Heavy Lifting Issue

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2025/07/06

With Rhys exhausted from his seemingly endless UK standup tour - Buttons and Dan gallantlydecide to do the heavy lifting this episode, and although a wonderful offer,it's not long before the weight becomes too much to bear... for us all!In issue you’ll find giant courting caves, dead dog clouds (and pizza), endangered hotel wake up calls, black icebergs complete with lazy code, an old man walks with lions, revenge of the birds... and stinky skin rust. Naturally. Enjoy the weight Hosted on Acast. See

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1:13:16

#108 The Animal Adjacent Issue

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2025/06/19

You guys have held on tight to the tangent reins for long enough - It’s finally time for some real top tier tangent-free animal news!…It counts as tangent-free if the tangents are somewhat animal-ish…right?In this issue, get answers to the questions that we all already know the answers to, like - What do our beloved hosts bring to the show? How would each the guys survive in the wild? And the obvious classic - Who is most likely to tame a wild moose?And if you expedition through the forest of

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1:13:36

#107 The Stopped Pod Issue

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2025/06/06

STOP THE POD!But seriously, you should stop this pod before you even start it if any of the below applies:•You don’t enjoy 1 hour long advertisements•You do enjoy Cryptid content... or any content at all really•You prefer your Weekly World Weird News to have occured within the past three years.However, do get this pod going if you enjoy:•Confirmation that Buttons is a human mushroom•Rhys' Personal Memorable Moments•Your podcasts infused with Dans Sexual Energy•or container ships ringing door bells,

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1:05:36

#106 The P.S.A Issue

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2025/03/31

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:Please take note of the following warnings before proceeding into this issue.TRIPPING HAZARD! Legendary 'Kappa' Hunter's flustered, loosey-goosey balls are rolling around freely in the streets of Japan.BEWARE of Schreiber's Animal Husbandry! In light of animals now being able to talk to humans, please refrain from placing any hands on Dan's new LITERAL chick.And REMINDER to check your call sheet number on today's episode of The Darby Truman Show (proudly brought

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1:09:47

#105 The Robot Host Issue

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2025/03/20

Well well well, let’s all give a warm virtual welcome to TCF's newest host! He’s so switched on, it’s almost like he’s made for it.Although, we have enough host action going on to keep us entertained with just our regular three: We have a time travelling child host coming back to cosplay as other hosts, a normal travelling host on a mission to coat tail another host, and a celebrity host and a not-so celebrity host meeting celebrity non-hosts, giving celeb-envy to another host…host hosty hosts!In

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1:04:02

#104 The Gardening Angel Issue

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2025/02/27

In this flourishing issue, take a gander into the Great Glasshouse, wear a sash in the Seat-less Storeroom and dive deep into a Devalued Diary!At long last, Buttons reveals the tease of his personal proof of the afterlife and Darbs may actually be one of many Darbs. We have kayakers being swallowed by whales, celebrities and side kicks being harassed by ghost children in haunted ships, and Bigfoot hunts with ex-girlfriends causing dramas in divorce courts.Turns out the FBI might be tapping into your

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1:04:28

#103 The Oarfish Issue

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2025/02/04

Many say Oarfish are an omen for disaster about to strike - Well consider yourself warned! In this chaotic episode we have Dan battling with psychic abilities, crocodiles mimicking drowning humans, overwhelming feelings of being a mermaid and AI (quite rudely) requesting all humans to die...promptly followed by AI romance! A fresh new book idea is brewing which is fitting as it turns out we are in the midst of the World Smartest Man AND the Stephen Fry of New Zealand and to top it all off, who

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1:03:50

#102 The Unprecedented Issue

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2025/01/18

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:09:18

#101 The Broken Curse Issue

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2024/12/24

We're Back!! Which in essence means the 'Buttons in the titles curse' is broken! (as long as you can actually hear this, that is). In this Xmas issue you'll find Hillary's backpack going on a lazy code expedition, ocean song curses continue, Bears do insurance fraud, a yellow brick road found at the bottom of the sea, spooky digital cryptids,Thai chickens eaten by baby-eating Krasue's, Darby discloses the Drone/UFO situation - and some other wonderful tit-bits! All this, as well as a very special

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1:02:00

#100 The LIVE 100 Issue

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2024/10/17

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:28:20

#099 The X Issue

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2024/10/03

99!! At LAST!! it's the penultimate to the ultimate 100 issue - and as per usual it's full of epic craziness. In here the AI bot team wreak havoc in the background producing fake news, there's Kings in UFOs, bees in showers, secret sightings of an old Oasis, copyright threats from Bono and 99 bottles of Bigfoot casts on the wall. Also get ready for a super exciting revival of the age old segment 'Expedition Update' with the team from the hit TV show Expedition X. Jessica and Phil fill us in on their

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49:50

#098 The Guerrilla Issue

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2024/08/02

Here we go again! In here you'll find a GI hunting for a costume, dead rockers in finger tattoos, vampire and bogeyman warfare, and monoliths found in the wild (yet again) Also you'll hear of self cloning mutant crayfish become old news and an eyewitness account of bad parenting. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:00:16

#097 The Name Song Issue

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2024/07/16

This episode is for all the aliens and wave-chasing, space-travelling future Cryptid Knights out there! In here Dan has Druid news for Buttons and at last Rhys gets his very own (and very noisey) museum piece. There's news of a time-travelling Simpson, an elaborate intestine restaurant ruse, and a freaky human skinned robot face. There's also fish gazing at stars and alligators missing and found... oh, and some lovely sing-songs to remember peoples names by. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See

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58:30

#096 The Trisand Effect Issue

The Cryptid Factor ·

2024/07/07

In this episode - Rhys is ahead of his time, Dan is listening to the band 'The Lip Slitsticks' and Buttons employs the 'Trisand' effect - making it highly likely that this will be the most listened episode ever! Also In here there's old men failing at reminiscing, Goonies Tridems, buried Mash, banned books on banned books, cheap top-secret Chinese military cartoons, free bee heaters, juvenile 'not-so-big' Bigfoot foot prints found, Turing test gets a pass, and the scariest sound of all time goes up

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1:00:26

#095 The Magic Bank Issue

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2024/06/20

This episode has the team in their usual places... that is if you can count Buttons being somewhere unusual as usual. You'll find news of hidden microphones and camouflaged cigars, Ray Jay getting busy changing the fabric of time, Magical Banks getting full of tellers, underground dino-aliens from Harvard... along with lots of family Cameos! We also cover fake thylacines and yet another Nessie hunt! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#094 The 'This Paranormal Life' Special Issue

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2024/06/04

**SPECIAL ISSUE** Rhys and Dan are in London - and take the opportunity to storm the secret studio of podcast cousins Rory and Kit from 'This Paranormal Life'. With Buttons dialed in, they catch up and cover off a great deal of usual weirdness, along with the unusual addition of some ghost stories! There's also time-traveling Albert Einstein and restaurants, dream-crashing men, Steven Speilberg stealing movie ideas, oh, and LOADS of Lazy Code!www.thisparanormallife.com Hosted on Acast. See

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1:10:20

#093 The Heavenly Issue

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2024/06/01

In this epic episode we gain the second ever entry into the Cryptid Factor museum... a 135 million year old mystery! Also in here there's UFO wreckage being 'drug' out, a pigeon spy being detained, delayed phone calls being made from the dead, lemonade lazy code, a Thylacine musical, some OK ABC DNA proof and screen-shares within screen-shares! Also, speaking of ancient, we bring back the age old segment 'Noticeboard', only to promote a competitive cryptid museum... fail! Hosted on Acast. See

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59:36

#092 The Trigger Issue

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2024/05/13

Here we are again - in a scarily regular type fashion! In here theres there's your usual Schreiber wang-ons, Buttons blah-blahs & Darby breakdowns - but in amongst it all there's an ACTUAL EARTH RUMBLING! Also you'll find flying zombie salt shakers, flying spaghetti monsters, haunted swag dolls, Donald Duck call-ups, unlicensed cut-outs, mountain cover-ups, coat-tail ridings, quantum imaginary mates, cringy cameos and conscious shoes. Also we have a seemingly 'fresh' eye-witness account of a

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