Cryptid Cocktail Party

Welcome back to another installment of Cryptid Cocktail Party: Interdimensional Swap! This week, we're featuring an episode of one of Dave's favorite new shows, Greg's Cryptid Corner. This show is a ton of fun, and we are 100% certain you guys are really going to enjoy it. So, with that out of the way...enjoy!Greg's Cryptid Corner - Black Stick Men"This week we're staying local to discuss the global Black Stick Men phenomenon. As if a kid's drawing or the bathroom sign gender identifier stepped out of its 2D world and entered our reality, the Black Stick Men can pop up anywhere. Though these cryptids seem simple, we get into discussions about simulation theory, lower dimensionality, Gumby, shadow people comparisons, and video game animation bones!"Find Greg's Cryptid Corner here or wherever you get your podcasts!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Dave is back and takes Sarge on a journey to 1980s Atlanta to cover one of the most mysterious cases we've ever covered, the bleeding house of Atlanta. The episode title pretty much sums it up so...enjoy!

Welcome back to another installment of Cryptid Cocktail Party: Interdimensional Swap! This week, we're featuring an episode from one of the best to ever do it, The Ghost Story Guys. We were lucky enough to be a guest on their show for an upcoming episode of theirs and wanted to give you guys a little taste of what to expect when it drops! Enjoy and be sure to give them a listen and a follow!The Ghost Story Guys - Be Aware, Be Haunted Delaware"What do you get when you mix in ghosts, a list of the Diamond State's 13 most haunted sites, and a handful of allergy medication? Total chaos, that's what. Oh, and Clockboy."You can find The Ghost Story Guys here or wherever you listen to podcasts

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Dave was doing family stuff like a nerd, so Sarge asked his buddy Maynerd to come and hang out. In this episode we discuss the real life inspiration for Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Cask Of Amontillado". This story takes place on Castle Island in Boston Harbor. It's one hell of a ride and strangely involves Fallout 4. I hope you like it.

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we are joined by a very special guest, the voice behind our theme song and lead singer of Killed By A Yeti, Dipper Satterfield! In this episode, we dive into one of the more interesting Cold War-era alien visitation stories, Valiant Thor! Go listen to Killed By A Yeti on whatever your preferred music platform may be.

Fear Daily takes you into the shadows of the past, unearthing the 1990's most terrifying tales of monsters, madness, and life after death. Join us as we explore the ghost stories and supernatural encounters left on an old online bulletin board that continues to operate somewhere in an unknown part of the Pennsylvania Rust Belt - a time capsule of society's greatest fears.Written by Brennan Storr, creator of The Ghost Story Guys, and hosted by Brandon Schexnayder, creator of Southern Gothic... Fear Daily is guaranteed to be the stuff of nightmares.Find Fear Daily on all platforms here!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we dive into some relatively recent Scottish folklore and talk about the absolutely nightmarish entity known as the Gurning Man of Glasgow. Is he just a man? A ghost? Or something interdimensional? We have no idea. But we try to figure out!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Dave decided he wanted to learn about the origins of everyone's favorite cursed day, Friday the 13th, which means you all have to learn about it as well!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we are diving into the untold horrors that reside at 50 Berkeley Square in the Mayfair neighborhood of London, England. Once a posh and upscale home, it is now the center of some of the most terrifying tales to come out of this well-to-do area. Is it haunted? Is it a home to some sort of cryptid? Or is there something behind those walls much worse? Well, give it a listen and tell us what you think! Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party and the beginning of our new ongoing series "DEBUNKED" where we break down conspiracy theories and discuss why they are absolutely and undeniably false. This week, we are covering one of the most famous conspiracies outside of the JFK assassination, the conspiracy that 9/11 was an inside job! Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we dive into one of the older urban legends you can find hiding on the internet, the red night vision demons of the Vietnam War! Full disclosure, we may or may not have started drinking well before we started recording so hopefully you enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we are joined by Chuck Staton of the Funbearable Podcast to unravel a the decades old mystery known as the Toynbee Tiles. We cover the possible meaning behind their cryptic messages, how they were placed, and who may have been behind it. This episode was a ton of fun so sit back and enjoy!Be sure to check out Funbearable and if you happen to be in the New England area on June 1st, make sure you snag tickets to their live show at the Comedy Connection in East Providence, RI. You can find tickets and where to listen on their website funbearablepod.com

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, in honor of Mothers Day, we thought we would celebrate some of our favorite mothers of folklore and legend by doing a special episode dedicated to them. We cover everyone's favorite La Llorona and some lesser-known Ghost Moms - Oiwa, Rusalka, and Ubume. All creepy and all certified tiger moms! Enjoy.

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Dave is violently hungover, so it's time for another redux episode. This time, we're going back over the case of The Grafton Monster! There are some new facts, some old, and it's Sarge's first time hearing it, so give it a listen and enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we dive deep into the Glimmer Man. A possible cryptid/alien/spirit/military experiment that has been haunting the world for almost four decades. And it may or may not be the Predator. Whatever it is, it sucks. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we close out our two-part series on Mark Richards with what really happened to land this man behind bars. No, it wasn't some shadowy cabal of reptilian overlords or some government cover-up; it was the fact that he murdered a man in cold blood to fund his plot to take over a chunk of California and declare himself king! So... that's pretty fun!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we dive into the world of Captain Mark Richards and his journey rising through the ranks of the Secret Space Program. From saving the world multiple times over to being the first human ever successfully to pilot the sentient spacecraft known as Minerva! This story is wild, so strap in and brace yourselves

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we decided to try something a little different and dip our toes into the world of cults and discuss the 1950s UFO doomsday cult known as The Seekers, who not only ended up being 100% wrong about their predictions but, also ended up being the case study for the theory of cognitive dissonance! So that's cool!

Brother Sarge, Father Maynerd, and Sister Laura from Citizen's Guide To The Supernormal discuss the unholy beasts of Appalachia in this, the first episode of Christian Cocktail Party.

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we are joined by comedian Rob Crean to talk about TikTok and Reddits favorite cryptid, the Not-Deer! What is a Not-Deer you may be asking yourselves? Well...what isn't!? That is the real question you should be asking.Find Rob Crean and his comedy right here

Welcome to the 100th episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we are joined by Chris and Ed of Scared All The Time to discuss one of the wildest and less known CIA psyops where an elite team of operatives used the Filipino legend of the Aswang against 300 communist rebels. Find where to listen to and follow Scared All The Time here

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we are joined by Nash Hoover of Chasing Legends to discuss one of the most requested topics we have ever had...Mokele-Mbembe!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we are joined by friend of the show Mike Dionne, better known as Eyenine. On this episode, we cover ANOTHER alien encounter in Soviet era Russia. We are headed to the city of Voronezh to discuss one of the more controversial extraterrestrial encounters in modern time, the Voronezh UFO Encounter!Find Eyenine on Spotify hereFollow Eyenine on Instagram

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This weeks episode is really...just for us. But if you wanna listen it’s about the phenomenon known as Spontaneous Human Combustion! We go over a whole range of cases dating all the way back to the 1400s up to the more famous cases of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its a scorcher of an episode if I do say so myself. Enjoy

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we are joined by Ed Larson of Last Podcast On The Left but more importantly...of Florida! So we decided we would take a nice tour of his home state and cover some of the weirder and lesser known legends and lore of the Sunshine State. We cover the Lovebug Conspiracy, the Carnivorous Pink Mist, and the North Port Devils! Buy tickets to catch the Invasive Species Tour here: eddietunes.com

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we dive into religion, specifically, Mormonism. We give a crash course on the founding and beginnings of the LDS, their beliefs on the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, and how Cain may or may not have been cursed by God to roam the Earth as...Bigfoot. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we’re diving deep—literally—into one of the strangest underwater encounters ever reported. In the murky depths of Russia’s Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake on Earth, Soviet military divers allegedly came face-to-face with something they were never meant to see: massive, humanoid creatures in silvery suits, gliding effortlessly through the frigid water.What did these "swimmers" want? Were they extraterrestrial visitors, unknown aquatic beings, or just the product of a high-pressure hallucination? And what really happened to the Soviet divers who tried to capture one? So grab a drink, keep your oxygen levels steady, and join us as we unravel the chilling mystery of the Lake Baikal Swimmers!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! Kind of... it's our two-year anniversary this episode, so we thought it would be fun to revisit our first episode ever and give it a little glow up. So we retooled it, punched it up, and are giving you a better and updated version of everyones favorite cryptid, the Flatwoods Monster!Listen to me talk shit on The Spooky Shed: Part 1 and Part 2

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, we are joined by friend of the show Jeremy London (Mallrats, Party Of Five) to discuss one of, and I say this all the time but really mean it, the wildest alien abduction stories to come out of Japan—or anywhere, for that matter. For real. So...enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Dave took the day off and left Sarge unattended. Hours later, covered in sweat, and his mind exploding with information, Sarge tells his best friend and long suffering neighbor, Maynerd, about the phenomenon of gangstalking. If you or a family member suffers from symptoms associated with gangstalking, please check out these resources: https://www.samhsa.gov/

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we kick off 2025 strong, not really, with an alien abduction case that we feel is underrated, sick as hell, and rad as fuck, but also changed how people in the community looked at group abductions. This week we cover...the Allagash Abductions (as well as some of the myths on Hypnotic Regression Therapy)Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we are covering one of Dave's all-time favorite theories...Hollow Moon! Is it a space station built by an ancient alien civilization? Was it built by humans in the distant future and brought back through time and placed here to save humanity? Or is it a hologram meant to shield us from the truth? I dunno. Maybe to all of it? Give it a listen, enjoy, and let us know what you think the moon REALLY is!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we celebrate the Winter Solstice and cover one of the most well-known and terrifying figures of holiday folklore...Krampus! The goat-horned demon of Pagan turned Christian tradition known for his horrifying imagery and harsh punishments. His story and journey through the centuries is wildly fascinating and super fun so sit back and enjoy!Snag a Krampusnacht box here: www.thehellmouthparanormal.com

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Sarge, Maynard, and I dust off the old tinfoil hats to discuss some good old conspiracy theories. We go over Project Blue Beam, a conspiracy theory popularized in the '90s claiming that NASA along with the UN and other global elites will use multiple tactics to bring about the New World Order, and we also talk about how it ties in with the recent drone invasion over New Jersey. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This episode, we are joined by our good friend Mathew to cover not one but TWO subspecies of Sasquatch—the infamous Sheepsquatch of West Virginia and the terrifying winged beast known as Batsquatch of the Pacific Northwest. And as an added bonus we pit the two together to see who will be crowned the superior Squatch! Enjoy!Follow Mathew on Instagram: @bulkdetonatorFollow Pat on Instagram: @patchburgerFollow Lucia on Instagram: @lucia.artsandmusic

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we are joined by none other than Jonathan Perez of Latinos Against Spooky Shit and The Spooky Guys podcast to cover a cryptid that is rooted in both factual history and Old West superstition. We are covering the infamous Red Ghost! This story is wild and this episode is a lot of fun. Enjoy!Find Jonathan, Latinos Against Spooky Shit, and The Spooky Boys HERE

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we are joined by Jordan Holmes of the podcast Knowledge Fight to discuss a Slavic folklore story that some of you may be familiar with image-wise, but not so much the story. On this episode we discuss...Baba Yaga! From her grotesque appearance to her famous hut on chicken legs to her dual nature as both a villain and a savior. This episode was a ton of fun. Enjoy!And go listen to Knowledge Fight!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! In light of the recent news that Info Wars as we know it is dead, we thought it would be fun to go down memory lane and discuss some of the more outlandish and less dangerous and hateful conspiracies Alex Jones has discussed in his almost 30 years of broadcasting.And then we decided to rank them into a good old-fashioned Top 3 List. Some you may be familiar with, others you may know but don't know the whole story, or you're smart and don't care about Alex Jones enough to even want to know. Either way...enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week marks the first proper episode Sarge and Dave have done together in close to a month!!! On this episode, in honor of us being invited to be Cryptid Camp Councilors, we cover a cryptid/folkloric creature we have been meaning to cover but haven't, until now. That being the metal beaked, one eyed, molten metal clawed creature of germanic folklore....The Snallygaster! Be sure to check out Cryptid Camp and their Kickstarter campaign at the links below:Cryptid Camp website: www.cryptidcamp.comCryptid Camp Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cryptidcampTrigger warning: Racism and slavery,

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! Sarge got the week off to do whatever people in Massachusetts do to relax...fight a cop, drink a Dunkins, I don't know. So Dave is joined instead by friend of the show and host of Oh Look! Another Ghost! Nick Einstman, We dive into a few cases of shared delusions this week but focus mainly on one specific story. That of Gloria Ramirez, also known as "The Toxic Lady." A two-decade-old medical mystery that to this day has no real answer. Enjoy!Be sure to check out Oh Look! Another Ghost! HereAnd also the homies over at Scared All The Time here

Welcome back to a VERY special episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party!Every wonder what happens when you tried to take the plot of a horror movie and turn it into a true crime podcast? Well, you get our Halloween Special, that’s what! Dave tries to trick Sarge once again by turning the plot of the 1978 horror movie classic Halloween into a dramatic true-crime podcast. And it kind of works! The podcast concept that is. Sarge wasn’t fooled at all. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Dave is still MIA in the great white north so Sarge takes the reigns once again with the help of Cam and Amanda to discuss one of the weirdest sightings ever caught on film. The infamous Fresno Nightcrawlers!

Welcome back to another episode of the AWARD WINNING Cryptid Cocktail Party. Dave is attending to a maple syrup emergency in Canada, so Sarge landed the plane with help from our special guest, Cam from Narragansett. Cam and Sarge investigate a monstrous crab-like being and the part it played in a decades old mystery involving a true American hero.

Welcome back to another episode of the AWARD WINNING Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, the boys return to solve the case of a decades-old mystery involving the Irving family and their time living with the mischievous entity known as Gef the Talking Mongoose. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Dave and Sarge wrap up their series on time travel conspiracies with Project Pegasus Part Two! On this episode we go over some of Andrew Basiago's exploits during his time in Project Pegasus including his trip to witness the Gettysburg Address and his meeting with George Washington. We also discuss his time in the CIA's Mars Jump Room program where he traveled to Mars and hung out with Barack Obama. This is an episode filled with the wildest of stories so sit back, strap in, and enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Dave and Sarge continue their journey of Time Travel-based conspiracies with Project Pegasus! Another "Top Secret" child experiment based on Tesla technology. Man, the Government sure does seem to love this trope. In this episode, we cover why children make the best test subjects and the different types of technology used in these experiments. All of this information is courtesy of lawyer and whistleblower Andrew Basiago. So be sure to thank him and...enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Dave and Sarge dive deep into the world of conspiracy theories to figure out the truth, kind of, of one of the most popular theories out there...The Montauk Project!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Dave and Sarge cover the lesser-known conflict known as the Bigfoot War of 1855! It all started when a series of mysterious raids and kidnappings occurred in Choctaw settlements by unknown perpetrators resulting in a band of warriors facing off with a group of vicious and brutal bigfoot. It's a very wild story. So tune in and enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Dave and Sarge are joined by Dave's cousin Devin for a trip down to good ole West Virginia to talk about a vampiric house plant come to life...the Vegetable Man of West Virginia aka The Veggie Man! This one has got twists and turns galore so strap in and enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week we are joined by very special guest, Matthew Schang! For those of you unaware, he is the cohost of the Mothboys Podcast, the organizer of Cryptid Bash and the Veggie Man Festival, and an accomplished author. So we invited him to play a stupid game called "One Off Cryptids!" Three stories, one is fake, and Sarge and Matt have to figure out which one. Its goofy but fun. Enjoy!