Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Sarge and I cover a more serious topic. That topic is Walking Sam and his relation to the Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. We go over what Walking Sam is, how he operates, and the circumstances on the reservation that brought this legend to life.…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Sarge and I wrap up our series on Mel's Hole and when I tell you that you aren't ready for what transpires, trust me. Be sure to stick around till the end for a quick fairy update courtesy of Christina from Bake Bake Philly, and we got another installment of Wholesome Content. Enj…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Sarge and I continue on our journey down Mel's Hole picking up right where we left off after Mel arrived home to find the government has stolen his land and as you'll find out throughout this episode, they took much more than that from him. Enjoy!…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Sarge and I dive deep into the mystery that is Mel's hole! A mysterious pit on the property of Mel Waters as described in his numerous conversations with Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM. This is probably our most immature episode to date and its well worth the listen. Also, we got a…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Sarge and I sit down to go over one of the most terrifying pieces of Inuit folklore and that is the cautionary tale of the Qalupalik, a mermaid-like sea creature that snatches up children wandering too close to the shore and eats them. Or sucks the life force out of them. Either w…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined again by friend of the Sarge the Destroyer to cover a creature that can only be categorized as an Abominable Swamp Slob, the Murphysboro Mud Monster! This episode goes off the rails pretty quick so strap in and enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Nick and I wrap up our story of the Pascagoula Abduction and tell you about the aftermath of Charles and Calvin's experience. From the initial interview with the police, the investigations done by James Harder and Dr. J. Allen Hynek, and more!…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Nick joins me on the show to discuss the alleged abduction of two men along the Pascagoula River in October of 1973. This case is one of the strangest UFO/alien encounters out there, so be sure to strap in and, as always, enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Kevin, host of Where The Weird Ones Are, to discuss one of the oldest creatures of lore in North America...the Pukwudgie! We go over their origins, their abilities, and cover some of the "pranks" they have been known to pull. This episode is lore …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Cryptid Clyde to discuss something that's been bothering us in the cryptid community: the misrepresentation and the misinformation going around about the Navajo witches known as Skinwalkers. So, in this episode, we decided to dispel some of those …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! In celebration of St, Patrick's Day, this week I am joined by my good friend Jon Bunting to go over the origins, behaviors, and lore surrounding some of Ireland's most famous fairies! We got the leprechaun, the banshee, the pooka, and some others I can remember at the moment. Hopefully, thi…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by a very hungover Nick Einstman to discuss some good old-fashioned New England urban legend coming out of a small town in Vermont, the Northfield Pigman! Definitely a fun story to tell around the fire next time you go camping to truly traumatize your kids. Enjoy!…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by the mountain man himself, Jamie Hurley, to talk about some of the more popular hoaxers, grifters, and con people in the cryptozoology and paranormal world.

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by old friend John "Ging" Manning to talk about some 19th-century tom foolery that occurred in and around London by the dastardly devil known as Spring-Heeled Jack!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by good friend and co-host of the Cool Parents Podcast, Justin Furtak! We discuss a more modern tale in the paranormal, cryptid, and UFO community...The Black Eyed Kids! This episode was a ton of fun so, enjoy!

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Cryptid Clyde to talk about the blood-soaked, three-day, Roman sex party known as Lupercalia and how it may be the precursor to the romance riddle Hallmark holiday we celebrate now, Valentine's Day. Not a cryptid, alien, or ghoul, but still a wild…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Colby and I wrap up our Mothman series by covering two of the more divisive characters in the UFO community, Woodrow Derenberger and Indrid Cold! Enjoy! Go listen to Colbys band on Spotify: LNTRNS

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Colby and I continue our series on the enigmatic Mothman! In this episode, we focus on a few of the more infamous and strange sightings that occurred in and around Point Pleasant in the 1960's. We also cover the collapse of The Silver Bridge that tragically took the lives of 46 pe…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by second-best guest host Colby Clark to kick off our One Year Anniversary series on The Mothman! In the first instalment, we go over some of the history of Point Pleasant and the curse placed upon the area by a Shawnee Chieftain known as Chief Cornstalk that may have …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Nick Einstman as well as author Mark Trollinger to discuss the return of everyone's favorite interdimensional being, Sam the Sandown Clown! This time Sam pops up in Nova Scotia but this encounter feels...dark. This was a ton of fun and a huge shou…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Justy Boy of the Cool Parents Podcast to discuss some strange tales of unidentified flying objects in the old west. So saddle up pardner and get ready for one heck of a yarn. I reckon this will be one fine episode. Check out The Cool Parents Podca…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! We were off for a week while I recovered from Covid but we're back with a banger of an episode so thank you for waiting. This week, MetaZoo creator and CEO Mike Waddell joins me to talk about some terrifying Christmas folklore out of Iceland, Gryla and her awful children, the 13 Yule Lads, …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by a friend of the show, Nathy! We sit down to discuss one of the most bizarre one-off sightings I have ever encountered where a woman named Virginia Staples came face to with a giant humanoid shrimp in her Bremerton, WA basement! It's a shorter episode this week but w…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by two hilarious gentlemen, Sarge and Maynerd, to talk about some urban legends and folklore from our neck of the woods! We cover two stories this week that were new to all of us. The first is the story of the Route 44 Hitchhiker that's been haunting a stretch of road …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I'm joined by tattoo artist and host of The Hellmouth podcast, Josh Belanger, to discuss one of the weirder alien encounters we've discussed on the show. That encounter was between William Bosak and the entity now known as the Bosak Humanoid AKA the Bosak Bovine AKA the Bosak Cowm…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by artist Cryptid Clyde to discuss the origins of the legendary creature of New Orleans folklore known as The Rougarou! We go over its origins in France, how one becomes a Rougarou, and how to avoid becoming one yourself. Be sure to stick around until the end because C…

What’s going on everyone! No new episode this week so I figured I would share with you part 2 of my old failed podcast, Into The Void with Peter Krees. On this episode my buddy Mike is “calling in” as a character named Dwight who was a part of the expedition in the movie The Mummy (the good one with Brendan Fraser) Please enjoy and a new, real epis…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined once again by fan favorite Colby Clark to discuss one of the most famous cryptids in the world, The Chupacabra. We go over the rash of killings in the 70's and 90's as well as the many theories surrounding what the creature could be. I may get a little wine drunk near …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by friend of the show Nick to discuss what I later learned is one of his biggest fears, slimes! We're going to Sweden to discuss the Domsten Blobs AKA The Terrible Flying Jelly Bags of Sweden. It's a super fun alien abduction attempt that, if I'm being honest, would be…

Hey everyone! Missed an episode this week since I was celebrating my wedding anniversary in Las Vegas at When We Were Young. So to make up for it I wanted to share with you something a little fun. Almost three years ago now I did two episode of a podcast called Into The Void with Peter Krees where I played a George Noory type radio personality and …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week marks the triumphant return of Luke and we celebrate by discussing one of the more terrifying Yokai of Japanese folklore, the Gashadokuro, a 90-foot-tall skeleton that drinks the blood of its victims like a go-gurt tube. Check out The Mustachioed Podcastio here or wherever you get…

Welcome to another edition of Cryptid Cocktail Party: HalloWednesday! This week Nick and I harness the power of technology and force ChatGPT to write us some creepypastas. This was hands down some of the most fun I've had while doing this show so I hope you enjoy it as well! Story one: Lord Montague and the Cursed Bossk Action Figure Story two: Lav…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined once again by the homie Nick to discuss one of the more upsetting folkloric creatures I have ever had the displeasure of learning about, The Manananggal! A self-segmenting viscera sucker that prays on the sleeping. It is a nightmare of an episode but definitely worth a…

Welcome to Cryptid Cocktail Party: HalloWednesday! For the month of October we're going to be doing some midweek bonus episodes for you guys and we are starting off strong with Luke telling us a strange tale of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus! I hope you enjoy and let us know what we should talk about next.…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by Nick Einstman to close out our Jersey Devil series while Luke competes in a pinball tournament to win the title of Pinball Wizard. In this episode, we cover some of the more notorious sightings of The Jersey Devil to come out of the Delaware Valley. It's a good time…

Welcome back everyone to the long awaited return of Cryptid Cocktail Party! I know we have been gone for a bit, taking some time for ourselves but now we are back and ready to shake off the cobwebs and kick off season two with a bang! On this episode were covering one of the heavy hitters in the cryptid world, The Jersey Devil and his many origin s…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Luke and I finish off our series on Hollow Earth with Admiral Byrds return trip to the surface world to deliver The Masters message to the world. We also finally put together all the clues and decided that the people of Arianni are for sure Nazis so...that's my bad guys. . . Liste…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Luke and I continue our journey into Hollow Earth and discuss the meeting between Admiral Byrd and the entity known only as "The Master." This episode is wild so...enjoy!..Preorder a shirt here..Check out The Ugly Radio here or wherever you get your podcasts…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined once again by the handsome one himself, Luke Farry, to discuss one of the more idiotic theories that have gained a sort of resurgence in the past few years. That theory is Hollow Earth. In part one we go over some of the history of the theory and talk about Admiral Byr…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party everyone! This week Jamie Hurley joins me for another round of Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods. On this episode I tell him about the foot changing Tote Road Shagamaw, the lush known as the Cactus Cat, a nightmare of a beast called The Agropelter, and a whirlwind of creature named The C…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I'm joined by longtime listener, first time guest Kevin Vallery! Kevin has been wanting to be a guest for a while now so I couldn't just tell him about a run of the mill alien or cryptid story. No. I had to go weird with this one so this week were talking about a creature that has…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week, Nick Eintsman makes his return to the show to talk about a pretty fun one off sighting that took place in rural 1900s New York when three individuals crossed paths with a mysterious beast known now as the Copenhagen Devil! Listen to Fuck My Work Life here or wherever you get your…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by a man who's name has been referenced a million times on the show but has never been on, Luke Farry! On this episode we talk about one of the cutest alien invasions the midwest has ever seen which is that of the SPACE PENGUINS!!!! This was a fun one so please give it…

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I'm joined by the homie Jamie Hurley as we take our first dive into the world of hauntings and ghosts to discuss an incident that happened on Mt. Washington at the Lakes on the Clouds hut in my home state of New Hampshire. An encounter so weird that I don’t even know how to title …

Welcome back everybody to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week Nick takes the reins to tell me a story that I was wildly unfamiliar with but has all the things I love, gross flesh monsters, the Men In Black, and NASA! We're talking about Frank Shaw's Gargoyle AKA The NASA Gargoyle, a (maybe) one-off sighting that took place in 1986 …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by frequent guest Nick Einstman and also we got a super special guest, author Mark Trollinger joining us today! This week I take these two across the pond to jolly old England to discuss one of the best one off sightings I have ever heard of involving two children and …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by good friend and favorite coworker, Jon Bunting! I figured since there is a ton of UFO stuff going on in the news lately that we would discuss one of my favorite UFO stories, The Ariel School Phenomenon where 62 children in a small rural community in Zimbabwe encount…

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Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I'm joined by fellow Philadelphia transplant Nick Einstman to discuss some bizarre Philly history steeped in conspiracy, cover ups, and secrecy. This week we are going over Project Rainbow aka The Philadelphia Experiment! This story is once of my favorites and I'm excited for any …

Welcome back to another episode of Cryptid Cocktail Party! This week I am joined by my buddy Jamie Hurley for a more relaxed episode to discuss the phenomena known as Sleep Paralysis and one of the more horrifying entities associated with it, The Hat Man! This episodes a little more loose than our usual episodes but still a ton of fun so I hope you…