Cracking Cryptids and Curios

Season 3 Episode 2 - Philadelphia Experiment

 
Join us as we metaphorically open a portal to another dimension and meet aliens who have far more advanced technology and want to destroy us. This episode we cover the Philadelphia Experiment, a supposed government experiment to develop cloaking technology for warships in the 1940s. Throw in some teleportation, aliens, time travel, and written conversations between two men and an alien (a new show coming to CBS in 2021) in the margins of a UFO book and you got yourself a hell of a time! Find out how this experiment ranks in a new version of the Rubric of Power designed for strange events!
 
News Article: Hey FBI, leave that Civil War gold there!
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344508/story-behind-secretive-fbi-dig-finally-revealed

Season 3 Episode 1- Melonheads

What are the Melonheads? Joseph Citro’s 2005 book Weird New England describes them as “small in stature, frail looking, with long spindly arms and fingers. Their teeth are crooked, blocky, and discolored. Their heads, their most conspicuous feature, are bald and bulbous and out of proportion with their stooped torsos."
Connecticut, Ohio, and Michigan each have their own tales of the dreaded Melonheads. With origins from various marginalized groupings of people in history, the Melonheads have arguably become feral and formed their own colonies in the forests of America.
Join us in this exploration of the insidious Melonheads and see how they rank against the pantheon of cryptids. 
News 1: Brazil: Ape Escape
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344410/two-ape-creature-photos-surface-in-brazil
News 2: Deja Vu, Mommy?
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344657/4-year-old-recalls-past-life-911-experience
 
 

Season 2 Episode 12 - Monolith

 
The great hope of 2020: The Monolith. In late Fall of 2020 a metal object appeared in a Utah desert, and just over a week later it was torn down. Was it taken down by the Men in Black? Concerned citizens? Angry artists? Semi-immortal pig peoples!? Join Matt and Angel in the SEASON FINALE as they explore biggest mystery of 2020 - the monolith. Who built it and why? 
News story 1: Dreaming of winning the lottery 
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343560/dream-yields-womans-winning-lottery-numbers
News story 2: Spinach emails
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343620/scientists-create-spinach-that-can-send-emails

Season 2 Episode 11 - Squonk

The squonk was said to have existed in the forests of Pennsylvania during to booming period of the lumber industry. Most would suggest that over logging would have caused the demise of the creature, but there seems to be something else at hand here! Allegedly, the squonk can cry itself out of existence! This horribly ugly and grotesque little cryptid is here to try and tug on your heart strings to help it become the number one entity for the season. Will the squonk have what it takes to get the best score so far!? 
 
News Story 1: Bigfoot hunting sesaon?
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343268/bill-aims-to-establish-bigfoot-hunting-season
News Story 2: Immortality as a chat -bot
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/microsoft-chatbot-patent-dead-b1789979.html
 

Season 2 Episode 10 - Basano Vase and Archimedes' Mirror

 
The murder episode! One one side we have the Basano Vase, a supposedly cursed vase from 1400s Italy. One the eve of her wedding, a bride to be was slain. Was it the work of this cursed vase, or did she instill the curse with her last breath? Nearly 500 years later the vase was found once again. Commence the murderin'.
During the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, the Kingdom of Syracuse saw a target on it's back, as Rome wanted total control of Sicily. Luckily for Syracuse, famed mathematician Archimedes just happened to be enjoying retirement in the city. Stories of wild inventions such as his heat ray echo through time. Is there any evidence for this legend? Commence the burnin' of Roman war ships with polished bronze shields. 
 
News story 1: The Semi-Immortal Pig people are here - the precipice of war
https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/manatee-county/wild-pig-population-rapidly-growing-in-lakewood-ranch-residents-turn-to-county-state-for-help/amp/
News story 2: Mothman returns? Or is is it returned? Wait, but did anything happen? 
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343132/witness-recounts-winged-creature-encounter
 

Season 2 Episode 9 - Stikini

This shape-shifter from Seminole and Creek culture is said to consume the still beating hearts of its victims, pulling it out of their throats as they sleep. The gore does not end there, however! Upon transformation into the entity, the Stikini purges all of its internal organs upon the ground and begins the hunt. 
Join Matt and Angel as they delve into a bit of Florida history to investigate claims of how this entity could be a vessel for vengeance.  
 
News Story 1:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342892/man-gets-drunk-on-cake-due-to-weird-condition
News Story 2:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342837/mystery-large-predator-kills-sheep-in-england
 

Season 2 Episode 8 - Roman Dodecahedron

 
The Roman Dodecahedron is an artifact first found in the 1700s. Since then hundreds of scholars and amateurs alike have attempted to solve the riddle of "what the heck does this thing do!?" There is no written record that has survived that explains anything about this little 12 sided metal object. From a range finder, to toy, to alien technology discarded on Earth, this little object could truly be anything! Join Matt and Angel as they dive into the Roman Empire and investigate several prominent theories. Can you crack the mystery of the Roman dodecahedron?
 
News article 1:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342768/heres-why-you-should-never-ever-eat-icicles
News article 2:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342638/mystery-footprints-appear-on-frost-covered-car
 

Season 2 Episode 7 - Rougarou

 
Beware the bayou! The Rougarou is known to prowl through Louisiana in search of unsuspecting prey. This werewolf brings along with it some seriously unique ways it can transfer its curse upon you. But don't fear, there are way to keep the Rougarou at bay. Join Matt and Angel as they explore the history of the French  colonists arriving in Spanish controlled Louisiana, combined with a brief history of werewolves, and see how this gives us the Rougarou. 
 
News story 1:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1376918/Nostradamus-predictions-2021-end-of-world-predictions-future
News story 2:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342279/baba-vangas-predictions-for-2021-revealed
 

Season 2 Episode 6 - Crystal Skulls & The Iceman's Curse

Join us as we travel the globe in this cross-continental episode of curiosities. Crystal Skulls!? Are they secret ancient computers that hold the knowledge of humanity? Proof of aliens? Remnants of Atlantis? We explore these items in search for the truth!
Oetzi is the name given to a naturally mummified corpse found high in the Italian Alps. Since his corpse was brought in for research in 1991, numerous individuals related to investigating Oetzi have died. Is this curse or coincidence? 

Season 2 Episode 5 - Hugag

 
What walks in straight lines and has a droopy lip? The Hugag! This moose like creature of the Great Lakes region is quite the anomaly. Unable to bend its knees and lay down, the hugag must always be weary of where it sleeps. But the hugag is not the only non-knee bending entity. Stories during the times of the Romans tell of the achlis, an elk like creature that could not bend their knees. It begs the question, why are there stories of why animals can't bend their knees!? Join Matt and Angel for a conversation that spans millennia. 
 
 

Season 2 Episode 4 - Baghdad Battery & Dropa Stones

Matt and Angel delve once again into some curious items. This episode focuses on the Baghdad Battery, a small pot that some academics believe could be the earliest known battery... from 200 BCE! Is it a battery? A burial token? An alien artifact!? 
 
The Dropa Stones are veiled in an incredible story of cross-continent intrigue. These 700+ stone disks have been deciphered to tell the story of the Dropa, a race of aliens who crash landed 12,000 years ago in the mountains of China. Where does the myth end and the real story begin? Join us as we get to the bottom of this supposed decades old mystery.  

Season 2 Episode 3 - Tsuchinoko

 
What has eye-lids, smells like a chestnut tree flower, and loves alcohol? Well, that could describe co-host Angel, but also the tsuchinoko! This beer-bottle sized crytpid goes back thousands of years. Stories from the 1800s depict a teleporting, thunder-sounding, little snake that can even whisper a few lies into your ear. Join as we set sail for Japan and tackle the tsuchinoko!
 
News story 1:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/341570/has-the-metal-monoliths-mystery-been-solved
 
News story 2:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/341556/leaked-pentagon-ufo-photograph-emerges

Season 2 Episode 2 - Cursed Paintings

Curses have been around since the dawn of mankind. It is said that every once in a while there is potential for a physical item to be imbued with such maleficence and hate that is can contain a curse. Join Matt and Angel as they discuss two such curiosities in the form of cursed paintings.
The first painting is "The Hands Resist Him" by Bill Stoneham. Allegedly the content of this painting was said to leave the canvas nightly, with the little girl brandishing a gun and yelling at the boy.
 
The second, the The "Crying Boy" is a mass-produced print of a painting by Italian painter Giovanni Bragolin. It is said the paintings were the only thing that survived numerous house fires in the UK. Investigations by the tabloid The Sun makes this story a real page turner. 
 
 
News Story 1:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mysterious-monolith-discovered-in-utah-desert/ar-BB1bjRlJ%26sa%3DD%26source%3Dhangouts%26ust%3D1606698941958000%26usg%3DAFQjCNFOud34W1JqdB9CeaCev5pY5JW3mw&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1607312439319000&usg=AFQjCNEQuVVcdoeUdPMi7FRrCApaFdXsJw
 
News Story 2:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/341301/creature-blamed-for-mystery-bridge-deaths
 

Season 2 Episode 1: Santa Claus

 
Is there a more iconic image than that of Santa? Join Matt and Angel in the Season 2 premiere as they explore multiple theories of the origins of Santa and how that relates to the cryptid world. Is there more than meets the eye when it comes to the story of St. Nicholas? Find out!
 
News story 1:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340844/box-from-aleister-crowleys-house-is-opened
 
News story 2:
https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339815/physicist-solves-time-travel-paradox-problem
 
 

Season 1 Episode 11 - John Titor

 
The temporal traveler known as John Titor made waves on the internet from 2000-2001 describing, in depth, that he was indeed from the year 2036. Due in part to research at CERN and a time machine built by GE, John was able to be sent on a mission to 1975 to obtain an IBM 5100. What did John need with this computer? What was he doing in 2000? What proof did he show? Join us and find out has we crack the case of this "temporal driver" and run him through the meet grinder known as the Rubric of Power.
How will John match up against the other entities? Find out in this "megasode" season finale!
 
Rankings going into the season finale:
10) Hogzilla - 9.5
9) Mothman -10
8) Piasa - 10.495
7) Goatman - 10.5
6) Spring Heel Jack - 11
5) Mongolian death worm - 11.5
4) Skunk Ape - 12.5
3) Hodag - 12.75
2) Baba Yaga - 14.88
1) Wendigo - 15.36