Month: September 2022

Episode 52 Sources: Modern Not-Folklore with Tyson Kemp

A new contender for giggliest episode enters the ring! In this episode, we’re talking internet urban legends, from the O.G. “Ted the Caver” to the “Not Deer” craze on Appalachian TikTok. Our guest this episode is the delightful Tyson Kemp! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

You can find Tyson telling wonderful, well-researched spooky and skeptical stories @tysonunkempt on TikTok and Instagram!

Here are links to the TikToks we watched during this episode:

While you’re here, we’d love it if you could subscribe to our YouTube channel! There you’ll find extra video content related to the podcast, and Meagan will be going live from time to time to play spooky games or just hang out with listeners! Additionally, if you are interested in any books we’ve discussed on the podcast, you can find them in our new Amazon storefront. We also have recommendations for other books and products we love.

Here are our sources for this episode:

  1. https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-folklore.htm
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepypasta
  3. https://thegeekanthropologist.com/2014/10/03/contemporary-folklore-in-the-digital-age/
  4. https://www.dictionary.com/e/fictional-characters/the-rake/
  5. https://u.osu.edu/vanzandt/2019/04/09/slender-man/
  6. https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Rake
  7. https://www.ranker.com/list/rake-creepypasta/megan-summers
  8. https://esiculture.com/blog/2018/8/27
  9. https://www.polygon.com/videos/2018/7/12/17562402/fiendzone-negative-nostalgia-petscop-creepypasta
  10. https://ihorror.com/ted-caver-horror-hoax/
  11. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/page1.html

Episode 51 Sources: The Missing Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mor

It’s December 1900, and three men go missing while working as keepers at the Eilean Mor Lighthouse. To this day, their disappearance is an unsolved mystery. Stories of what happened span everything from a rogue wave to a murder-suicide to mystical bird transformations. In this episode, we discuss the days leading up to the disappearance, the investigation, and what (we think) really happened.

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

While you’re here, we’d love it if you could subscribe to our YouTube channel! There you’ll find extra video content related to the podcast, and Meagan will be going live from time to time to play spooky games or just hang out with listeners! Additionally, if you are interested in any books we’ve discussed on the podcast, you can find them in our new Amazon storefront. We also have recommendations for other books and products we love.

Here are our sources for this episode:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isles_Lighthouse
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeZJfD42Lg
  3. https://www.history101.com/eilean-more/
  4. https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/curious-disappearance-eilean-mor-lighthouse-keepers-scottish-mystery-004820
  5. https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/eerie-disappearance-eilean-mor-lighthouse-keepers-1480049
  6. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/roguewaves
  7. https://interestingengineering.com/science/rogue-waves
  8. https://news.sky.com/story/most-extreme-rogue-wave-on-record-confirmed-in-north-pacific-ocean-12541824
  9. https://www.historicalblindness.com/blogandpodcast//blind-spot-three-men-gone-from-eilean-mor-the-missing-keepers-of-the-flannan-isles-light
  10. https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/tag/captain+james+harvey+eilean+mor

Episode 50 (!!!) Sources: The Perfect (Spooky) Storms

We made it to episode 50! This one is all about spooky storms from devastating hurricanes to record-setting blizzards, featuring some of our favorite storm stories and why we think they’re spooky. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

Here are our sources:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Perfect_Storm
  2. https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/ghost-hunter-thunderstorms-cause-an-increase-in-paranormal-activity/341839
  3. https://southernspaces.org/2010/katrina-5-x-code-exhibition/
  4. https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/this-day-in-history-the-deadliest-blizzard-ever-that-killed-4000-in-iran-started-on-feb-3/715236
  5. https://www.worldvision.org/disaster-relief-news-stories/2005-hurricane-katrina-facts
  6. https://www.history.com/news/hurricane-katrina-facts-legacy
  7. https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/winter/types/
  8. https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/articles/deadliest-us-hurricanes
  9. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29930/40-years-ago-iran-was-hit-deadliest-blizzard-history
  10. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/how-humans-sank-new-orleans/552323/
  11. https://wgno.com/news/is-a-hurricane-katrina-victim-haunting-a-seafood-restaurant-simon-the-artist-is-on-the-case/
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Halloween_blizzard  
  13. https://patch.com/new-jersey/berkeley-nj/remembering-the-perfect-storm-20-years-later
  14. https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/the-perfect-storm-30-years-later