Space. The eventual thing we sometimes get around to. These are stories from the podcast Superduperstitious. Their infinite-year mission: to give up on this bit halfway through the paragraph. Just listen to the thing.After a frankly embarrassing 54 episodes (the span, not the episodes), the boys are finally talking about outer space again! Specifically, stuff being built out there. Jake leads the way with the very earnest beliefs of a fella who just can’t take “no, those are visual artifacts because the photos are almost 60 years old” for an answer. Wyatt then journeys to the very catchily named KIC 8462852, where weird light stuff has been happening. Could it be a whole shitload of floating dust? Or could it perhaps be the work of the most insufferable British appliance company of all time?Buckle in, Planet Hunter, and get ready for giant Martian Boy Scouts, ploonets, and the definitive answer to an 80-episode-long mystery – all on a brand new ep of Superduperstitious!EPISODE LINKSKeep up the fight: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerJake’ storyNASA moon photo: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS11/42/6276.jpgAlien city on the moon: http://www.etdatabase.com/2020/06/alien-city-found-on-moon-in-nasa-photo.htmlLunar Orbiter photo gallery: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunarorbiter/Structures on the moon: https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/p/under-construction-i-call-this-set-of.htmlExample photo #1: https://bit.ly/3fdLSxAExample photo #2: https://bit.ly/2CRxK09Example photo #3: https://bit.ly/30blekVScott’s website: https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/Pocket knife on Mars: https://youtu.be/5GuqcCT82FoNASA’s shrinking budget: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/NASA-Budget-Federal.svgWyatt’s storyPlanet Hunters: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/457/4/3988/2589003TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/tabetha_boyajian_the_most_mysterious_star_in_the_universePloonets: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/489/2/2313/5542731Syfy Wire: https://bit.ly/3hQiuQ0 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Episode 110 – Where's the Flux?

(Not to be confused with any other podcast’s IP.) Many thanks to Shawhan, [REDACTED], Casey, and Michelle for submitting these super cool stories! See? We do EVENTUALLY read the stuff people send us!EPISODE LINKSPortland bail fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fundShowing Up for Racial Justice: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 109 – True Experience Spooky Tales

We’ve only just begun. We can’t slow down.Ways to help:https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/www.ally.wikiNews:https://unicornriot.ninja/https://www.patreon.com/UnicornRiotYemen:https://yemencrisis.carrd.co/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No Justice, No Peace

We might all still be stuck inside for a while, but there’s plenty of traveling in this week’s ep!A solid 78 episodes after their first foray into far flung frights, the boys are once again exploring mysterious locations. Jake’s up first, with a notorious lost American town that is… not really a big deal? It seems like? Find out what exactly happened to Dudleytown, CT and how cursed it wasn’t.Wyatt then takes us all on a road trip! Where to? Some roads, of course! The most haunted in the U.S., if this highly esteemed car rental blog is to be believed. Buckle in and find out if this spookometer really goes all the way up to 5, baby.If those horrifying creatures creeping down out of the woods by your house get to be too much, accelerate your car to at least 230 mph and join in for an all-new Superduperstitious!EPISODE LINKSDonate to the Autistic Self Advocacy Network: https://bit.ly/2ydVp8xMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerJake’ storyDudleytown, CT: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/dudleytownThe Shadowlands: http://theshadowlands.net/famous/dudleytown.htmDudleytown photos: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/connecticut/dudleytown-ct/Wyatt’s storiesCar Rentals dot com: https://www.carrentals.com/blog/haunted-roads/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 108 – NOW That's What I Call Spooky Spots! 2020

Sometimes, pseudoscience and conspiracy theories are just some goofy, harmless fun. This is not one of those times.Today’s episode is all about giving due diligence to some big names in fringe medical “science” whose dangerous misinformation has caused lasting harm. Meet Andrew Wakefield, the British former doctor who is the sole reason anyone has ever believed in a link between vaccines and autism. How did he reach that conclusion? By lying. For money. Joining him is Judy Mikovits, retrovirus enthusiast who decided to yes-and Wakefield’s work by linking vaccines not only with autism, but with CFS and just about every imaginable cancer, too. Her secret? Also lying.It’s a fraud free-for-all, with some helpful vax facts to boot — all on this week’s Superduperstitious!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerWyatt’s storiesAndrew Wakefield: https://bit.ly/2WZTM6XRefuting Wakefield #1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/Refuting Wakefield #2: https://bit.ly/3cD4UwXRefuting Wakefield #3: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004407.pub4/fullJake’s storyJudy Mikovits (fake bio): https://scientists4wiredtech.com/dr-judy-mikovits-primer/Mikovits (real bio): https://retractionwatch.com/2020/05/06/who-is-judy-mikovits/Donate to Autism Speaks: https://www.autismspeaks.org/ways-give See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 107 – Preventative Measures

You are simply NOT ready for this one, friends!Emma and Dan, hosts of Real Life Ghost Stories, join the show to talk about ghost stories! Real life ones! From creepy household occurrences to Black Mirror knockoffs, they’re bringing the goods. And that, of course, can only mean that Jake and Wyatt are bringing the bads. Listen along and see how much the group can withstand before completely losing their minds! And don’t forget to stick around until the very end for an extra treat…Questions? Answered. Attic doors? Open. Weeks? Three days long. It can all be found on a brand-new Superduperstitious!EPISODE LINKSReal Life Ghost Stories: https://play.acast.com/s/reallifeghoststoriesDan's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/miloskibaMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerJake’s storiesMonsters under the bed (Quora): https://bit.ly/2SJlm6TBlue light bridge: https://bit.ly/2YFPYdpEmma’s storiesThe attic door: https://bit.ly/2zf0m12Doppelgängers: https://bit.ly/2YHGuhUDan’s stories“Grizzly Treats”: https://bit.ly/3fra6WG“Girl on Swing”: https://bit.ly/2zdzPRVWyatt’s story“Elves, some freaking duendes”: https://bit.ly/3ftCaZm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 106 – Grizzly Treats (feat. Real Life Ghost Stories)

Remember that time in Episode 62 when Wyatt and Jake picked three random creatures apiece to take turns talking about? Yeah, neither do they. So it’s weird artifacts time instead, and not as many of them!This week, Wyatt’s got a mysterious manuscript and a forgotten language, while Jake describes a weird hammer and struggles to pronounce Aztec names. Presenting the Codex Gigas, the coolest giant old book since the Voynich manuscript, but also older! And don’t get us started on the London Hammer. Is it 100-million-year-old proof of human civilization? 400-million-year-old? And does that make it also proof that the Earth is NOT old? Don’t expect to find any answers on Easter Island, where the potential language Rongorongo remains indecipherable beyond potential 1990s hit song lyrics. Also, terrifying whistles and a cute bird happen.Don’t cry for me, next-door neighbor — listen to this brand new episode of Superduperstitious!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerWyatt’s storiesCodex Gigas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_GigasBig ol’ Devil illustration: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Codex-Gigas-Devil-enhanced.jpgRongorongo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RongorongoJake’s storiesThe London Hammer: http://www.badarchaeology.com/out-of-place-artefacts/very-ancient-artefacts/the-london-artifact/Photo with shell: http://paleo.cc/paluxy/hammer2b.jpgEarth’s history as a football field: https://youtu.be/M8V_glRW1hAAztec Death Whistles: https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/music/death-whistle1988 NYT article: https://nyti.ms/2W5QiPKXavier Quijas Yxayotl: https://www.yxayotl.com/Death whistle video: https://youtu.be/I9QuO09z-SI See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 105 – We Pick Three Minus One Equals Four: Items Edition

Listen, we’ve been over this before, but it bears repeating: not EVERY episode has to have a theme.Unless of course that theme is random crap! Jake tackles underground spookums, while Wyatt gets a bit more metaphysical on this week’s ep. We’re talking ghosts, we’re talking ghouls, we’re talking rats in Massachusetts making rats in Australia smarter for some reason. A delightful mix of ghost stories, some interesting biology, and a whole pile of steaming hot pseudoscience — we’ve got it all baby!Grab a pickaxe and exactly one hundred monkeys and meet us in an hour — it’s time for Superduperstitious!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerJake’s storyThings That Go Bump in the Coal Mine Part I: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/ee25pl/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine/Part II: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/eedw4e/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_part_2_the/Part III: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/eewrpy/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_part/Part IV: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/egxnu1/things_that_go_bump_in_the_mine_part_3/Part V: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/enijhi/things_that_go_bump_in_the_coal_mine_4/Wyatt’s storyMorphic resonance: https://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance/introductionThe Skeptic’s Dictionary: http://skepdic.com/morphicres.htmlReddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/cgzlck/how_should_i_as_a_nonscientist_think_about_rupert/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Episode 104 – The Mines of Morphia

It’s the second half of this special look at superstitions!What actually IS the deal with our weird ol’ brains, and how do they make so many of us believe the darnedest things? Worries over numbers (hotel-wise and otherwise), pigeon OCD — it’s all part of being alive! Stories of the strange? Yeah, you’ll be hearing the science behind 'em. And questions? Oh you KNOW they’re gettin’ answered! All on this salt-sprinkled conclusion to the most on-brand Superduperstitious Special Report yet!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.comFour Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerMagical thinking: https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/magical-thinkingPlacebo effect: https://www.healthline.com/health/placebo-effect#real-examplesMoar placebo effect: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effectUnlucky 13: https://www.history.com/news/whats-so-unlucky-about-the-number-13Folklore Thursday: https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/spilled-salt-bad-luck-protection-dark-side/Morton Salt: https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/salt-history/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Episode 103 – Superstitons Part II: Superduperstitions

It’s Special Report time, mofos! And also long past time that the podcast looked into its namesake.That’s right: this latest two-parter is all about superstitions! And you’d be amazed how hard it is to type that word normally, without the “duper”. In Part I, Jake covers good luck, Wyatt covers the bad, and they both hit the ugly. On the good luck side, it’s all about salt and how it can ward off evil! But not meta-demons, whatever the goddamned hell those are. Good times! Also: lucky snack bags in Taiwan.On the bad luck side, CURSES. Mummy ones, puberty ones, and all the signs to determine if an evil wizard has given you one. Sorry, not a wizard, a practicer of black majique. Is there any reason NOT to assume that every small inconvenience in your life is connected? We may never truly know.It’s time to start exploring the beliefs we all believe and why we believe them, in Part I of this Superduperstitious Special Report!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousFour Phantoms pickup location: https://burgybrews.hrpos.heartland.us/Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beerJake’s storyGhostly Activities article (salt): https://www.ghostlyactivities.com/salt-a-ghostly-protection-go-to/Kuai Kuai culture: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3762991Less helpful translation: http://www.netadmin.com.tw/netadmin/zh-tw/viewpoint/5C5F7FE8ACFE402897093FB8F5631F9CWyatt’s storyMummy’s curse: https://www.livescience.com/38670-famous-historical-curses.html12 Classic Signs You’ve Been Cursed: https://www.becomealivinggod.com/newsletter/12-classic-signs-youve-been-cursed.php For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Episode 102 – Superstitions Part I: Superstitiousniciousness

It’s a new beginning for this here podcast, which we assume means literally doing everything over again from the beginning.In this episode, Wyatt and Jake talk about their favorite cryptids, which they DEFINITELY HAVEN’T already talked about before and SURELY not in the first episode of this show. Rest assured: you’re guaranteed to learn new stuff this time around, like the fact that everything in history is somehow connected to Atlantis, and that when you see an unknown creature, you should check not only its genitals (as discussed many times by now), but also its flaps. That, and you’ll get some pretty straightforward forensic science and predator biology to boot.Episode 200, here we come!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousWyatt’s storyBigfoot in Australia: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/aussie_report.htmBernardo Giant: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/stories/bernardo.htmJake’s storyRussian chicken killings: https://www.rt.com/news/311331-voronezh-chupacabra-chickens-dog/Recent chupacabra sightings: https://remezcla.com/features/culture/chupacabra-sightings-this-year/Ben Radford’s website: http://benjaminradford.com/The chupacabra explained: http://amzn.to/muluYbLividity: http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/rigor-mortis-and-lividity.html For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Episode 101 – Classic Instants

Wait, are we still doing this? Wasn’t last week’s the big finale?? Oh jeez, didn’t really prepare anything for this, uhhh…Join Jake and Wyatt as they look over their first hundred episodes — and the life choices that brought them here — with a small selection of topics to revisit from the first few years of the show’s run! And stick around for the next hundred eps. They’ll probably be good, too!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousJake’s storiesGrand Canyon bullshit: https://www.crystalinks.com/grandcanyon.html“Glowing Eyes?”: https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/comments/e0a7vm/glowing_eyes/“Crawler” video: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrawlerSightings/comments/dfiotn/possible_source_for_some_crawler_sightings/Wyatt’s storiesFast radio bursts: https://futurism.com/the-byte/powerful-radio-signal-from-distant-galaxy-seems-to-have-a-patternSacsayhuamán (bonkers): https://www.ancient-code.com/ancient-technology-ancient-cultures-soften-stone/Sacsayhuamán (factual): https://www.ancient.eu/Sacsayhuaman/Jack’s back: https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9546587.terrified-banstead-family-confronted-by-dark-figure-on-bypass/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Episode 100 – New Zero Retrospective

That’s it! We did it! This is the last episode of Superduperstitious! That is double digits!You heard right: it’s the 99th episode! And what better way to celebrate this milestone than with an episode topic befitting the episode number? ’99 was a big year for a big movie that changed all of our lives forever, probably. So this episode is obviously full of clothing history and stuff like that.Learn kung fu real quick and wear some sick shades while you’re at it, because you’ve got some Superduperstitious to listen to!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousPhantom of the Chicago photo: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2020/01/large-dark-winged-being-encountered-on.htmlWyatt’s storyHistory of the trench coat: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trench-coat-made-its-mark-world-war-i-180955397/Mustache law: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/01/mustache-law/The Matrix style trench coats: https://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Matrix_Style_Trench_CoatsMedicinal capsule history: https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/scherer-robert-pauliMore capsule history: https://capsuleconnection.com/blog/the-history-of-capsules/Jake’s storyNick Bostrom paper: https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.pdfSimulation theory: https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy

Episode 99 – The Matrixth Episode

We humans sure do make a lotta STUFF, and we like scary stories, so naturally there are plenty of scary stories ABOUT stuff. That’s right, it’s antiquing time on this episode of Superduperstitious!For starters, Jake has the tale of a weird wooden idol found in the Catskill Mountains that seems to be attached to some kind of evil entity. Is The Crone really up to no good and all the time conjuring pond water and shit out of the blue? What, really, is it’s DEAL?Wyatt then slowly cranks up the creeps with a series of cursed paintings, each more unpleasant than the previous. From a flameproof Crying Boy that WAY too many people own, to two successive paintings that have no excuse for existing, the world of household art seems to for sure be a weird place. And maybe the whole justification for eBay’s existence.Ghost stories abound, unexplained occurrences inconvenience various art owners, and Wyatt and Jake reveal a shameful secret about themselves, all in this brand new ep!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousJake’s storyOriginal Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/408hde/me_and_a_friend_found_this_creepy_statue_while/Photos of The Crone: http://imgur.com/a/IiFo9Reply from u/nuekerk: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/408hde/me_and_a_friend_found_this_creepy_statue_while/cysy3to/Followup post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/4rkz4x/remember_those_hikers_who_found_the_cursed_statue/Episode 9: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/9-bek-2-the-childreneningCurse of the Crone: http://weekinweird.com/2016/07/02/the-crone-of-the-catskills-this-cursed-carving-brings-visits-from-a-terrifying-paranormal-entity/Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2PJv5LnLAVideo 2: http://weekinweird.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13576492_10154662388635730_1958135138_n.gifWyatt’s storyThe Crying Boy Pinterest page: https://www.pinterest.com/jodisue333/the-crying-boy/The story of The Crying Boy: https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Crying-BoyCrying Boy fire video: https://youtu.be/AyRL-yIIVH0The Hands Resist Him: http://latenighthorrorhotel.blogspot.com/2010/06/hands-resist-him-real-or-fiction-we-try.htmlThe Anguished Man: http://weekinweird.com/2012/11/27/mail-bag-torturous-cries-the-anguished-man/

Episode 98 – Abject Objects

It’s adventure time once again on Superduperstitious, but that doesn’t mean that those adventures have to have any firm grounding in REALITY.After a quick UK check-in with some genuine archaeological coolness, Wyatt heads to Arizona's Superstition Mountains to examine the Legend of the Lost Dutchman. Sure, all evidence of this particular goldmine is 1000% apocryphal, but why would that stop multiple real people from dying actual deaths in their attempts to find it? This is GOLD we’re talking about!Jake then takes things unintentionally nearby to the Grand Canyon, where, it turns out, all ancient civilizations came from. You want Egyptian mummies? You got ‘em! A generic mishmash of a dozen or more distinct eastern and southern Asian cultures? Coming right up! A whole bunch of scientists in 1909 studying these incredible finds while avoiding a haunted snake pit? Check. It’s all for sure a real thing that happened, and that’s why we all remember it so well!Start reconciling those geological discrepancies, watch out for snipers, and settle in to yet another fine ep o’ Superduperstitious!EPISODE LINKSMerch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shopPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitiousChicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/Chicago Prohibition Tours: https://www.prohibitiontours.com/Wyatt’s storyHavering Hoard news: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/feb/10/french-bracelet-among-surprises-in-mysterious-havering-hoardSuperstition Mountains: https://www.superstitionmountain.com/History-of-the-Superstition-Mountains-13C19.htmlLegend of the Lost Dutchman: https://azstateparks.com/lost-dutchman/explore/the-dutchmanMore Lost Dutchman: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/63-a-map-to-the-lost-dutchman-gold-mine

Episode 97 – Fool's Gold

A podcast about the paranormal, the credibility of the creepy, and the science of the spooky, Superduperstitious is a podcast that looks at the mysterious world of the paranormal and says, "Wait. What?" Hosts Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee use their science backgrounds to tease apart possible explanations for bizarre, supernatural, and otherwise strange phenomena.

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