Superduperstitious – Details, episodes & analysis

Maybe the real Havana syndrome was the friends we made along the way.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Wyatt’s story

Episode 5: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/5-hooked-on-sonics

Episode 34: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/34-bah-hum-buzz

Episode 53: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/53-potc-part-a-billion

Episode 76: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/76-mos-scotia

Episode 142: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/142-still-sounds-bad

60 Minutes Russian conspiracy: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-russia-evidence-60-minutes/

NIH Study: https://bit.ly/4a1Dyxp

Scientific American article: https://bit.ly/3WnCzEv

Jake’s stories

Phantoms and Monsters 5/19/2023: https://bit.ly/3Urrpw7

Phantoms and Monsters 1/3/2023: https://bit.ly/3ws22Cd

Phantoms and Monsters 1/9/2023: https://bit.ly/3wszhoW

UFO Clearinghouse 1/16/2023: https://bit.ly/3y4dAfx

UFO Clearinghouse 1/17/2023: https://bit.ly/4dADKXJ

UFO Clearinghouse 2/7/2023: https://bit.ly/3UrrkIP

Phantoms and Monsters 11/10/2023: https://bit.ly/3UwafO2

Phantoms and Monsters 1/19/2024: https://bit.ly/4dnHag7

Bald eagle basics: https://avianreport.com/what-is-the-bald-eagle-size/

Bald eagle comeback story: https://bit.ly/4aXDpMF

Chicagoland eagle population growth: https://bit.ly/4aYRIRd

Winter bald eagle migration: https://bit.ly/4dmkpJu

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STOP LOOKING AT THE DATE.

Anyway, what a wild way for you to find out that Wyatt’s leaving the show.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Humanoid creature CCTV footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xNlnmhjj0

Contact form: https://superduperstitious.com/contact

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Boy howdy, if this were the sort of podcast that had separate seasons, this episode sure would be the start of a new one! But it isn’t, so it’s not. Instead, enjoy two timely takes on some pervasive immunity myths! If you want to eat a lime or something, that’s fine.

EPISODE LINKS

All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links

Four Phantoms email: fourphantomsbeer@gmail.com

Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/

Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/

Jake’s story

Lymph: https://www.scienceabc.com/pure-sciences/difference-between-blood-and-lymph.html

Lymphatic system: https://theodora.com/anatomy/the_lymphatic_system.html

Immune system overview: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/immune-system-overview

Refuting the myth of “immunity debt”: https://bit.ly/3wtMdra

Unraveling the logic: https://bit.ly/3kKt8hS

RSV spikes: https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/research/rsv-net/dashboard.html

Episode 107: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/107-preventative-measures

Transfer of immunity at birth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12727640/

Recent strep throat deaths: http://bit.ly/3Dif05P

COVID before RSV: https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1602423960246829058

COVID’s effect on immune systems: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01113-x

Wyatt’s story

Linus Pauling’s vitamin C madness: https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7547741/vitamin-c-myth-pauling

Some of Pauling’s beliefs: http://www.paulingtherapy.com/

Cancer treatment claims: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC431183/

But actually no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/384241/

For real, no: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25601965/

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Canine-adjacent stories keep piling up, so it’s time to release the hounds! Except the “hounds” are those aforementioned stories, and “releasing” them is telling them. It’s good!

This week, you’ll hear a series of encounters with mysteries dog-looking things, mostly on the side of the road at night, including Wyatt’s own experience! Then, you’ll tuck into a ghastly tale of douchebags and coal furnaces, complete with audio accompaniment. And rest assured, you’ll get a very important PSA about responsible cat ownership, and learn Jake’s least favorite internet zeitgeist-y way of referring to this overall genre.

Pennsylvania listeners, hold onto your butts! It’s time for Superduperstitious.

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Bucko: https://www.instagram.com/designsbybucko/

Jake’s story

Creature chasing coyotes: http://bit.ly/2Qh5MyZ

“Huge Roadside Wolf-Like Creature”: http://bit.ly/2Oa3Wxp

Motorcycle poopin’: http://bit.ly/2O4cfdO

“I saw a small humanoid running on the side of the road!”: http://bit.ly/2qOyywi

Animals not looking normal: http://bit.ly/2NMDIlB

Wyatt’s story

The Hounds of Colebrook: http://bit.ly/33Q2nLy

Origin story: http://www.pajack.com/stories/pennsylvania/hounds.html

Dogman Encounters: https://dogmanencounters.com/broome-county-ny-encounter/

The Hound of Cold Hollow documentary: http://thehoundofcoldhollow.com/

Wolf howls: https://youtu.be/1VvymrNYoU8

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No new ep?! Never fear! There’s still plenty of Superduperstitious content to go around, and what better way to debrief on a chock-a-block full October than with a full set of outtakes from that very month? BONUS PATREON outtakes, no less?

It’s another preview of what could be yours if you decide to help support the show on Patreon! Hear some of the inner workings of how recurring segments come to be, laugh at how truly helpless Jake and Wyatt are at every turn, catch some fun behind-the-scenes interview context, and find out what exactly the hell Jake was talking about at the beginning of Episode 87.

If you like it enough, go to Patreon for more! And if not, well, there will be another normal episode next week. So I guess just wait until then and continue to only KIND OF like the show.

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

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It’s Halloween! And it’s a Thursday! The show’s Halloween special finally gets to come out ON the holiday itself! Holy damn!

In their specially provided haunted digs courtesy of PPMTV, Jake sets the table with a giant candle and some crawler creeps. Next up, it’s listener tales, XKCD encounters, and assorted spooks before Wyatt serves the main course: an excellent short story from earlier this year that will send shivers down your spine (right before it’s wrung out like a towel).

Devil mirrors! Cursed family members! Billie Jean! Plus some honest-to-goodness middle-of-recording maybe-paranormal activity? This ep’s got everything your little heart could desire (again, pre-towel-wringing). Check it all out on the 3rd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza!

EPISODE LINKS

Merch Shop: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

PPMTV: https://ppmtvnh.org/

Roxie’s episode: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/44-seacoast-see-ghost

Crawler sketch: http://bit.ly/2BOtom9

Crawler video: https://youtu.be/BmRSanzInks

Katie’s website: https://www.bespoketoyou.com/

“The Quiet Boy”: https://www.guernicamag.com/the-quiet-boy/

SciShow episode: https://youtu.be/MyQT78Bjt04

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It’s the final Thursday of October before Halloween itself! And you know what that means: there’s time for one last special guest before pulling out all the spook stops next week.

Wyatt and Jake are joined by JESS COLE, who tells tales of her own personal haunting experiences and of her five-year tenure with The Atlantic Paranormal Society. Hear all about how she helped hold down the fort while the others were off shooting Ghost Hunters, and just what it takes to scare a pro (hint: it would likely prompt the rest of us to burn down our house and maybe all other houses just as a precaution).

Jess offers tips for getting into the field of paranormal investigation, Wyatt digs into the necessary skepticism one has to maintain in this non-science discipline, and Jake loses his entire mind to ’80s movie references.

Throw out the K2 meter and grab a fly swatter — it’s T.A.P.S. time on Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

T.A.P.S.: http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/

Jess’ book, Part I: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-1-Episode-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01MTOC09U

Jess’ book, Part II: https://www.amazon.com/UNHOLY-Episode-II-J-M-Cole-ebook/dp/B01N5ERTA0

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Another week in October means another exciting guest, but this episode is doing things a bit differently…

The boys head to Springfield, MA to join Italian scholar and Wyatt’s old pal THERESA BERARD, who shares a Dino Buzzati sea monster tale right in Wyatt’s haunted childhood home (see Episode 3). He and Jake are used to doing the reading, but now it’s THEIR turn to have a story read to THEM! And by someone far better prepared than they’re used to being.

You’ll hear all about a relentless shark thing that follows its unlucky victim FOREVER, and you’ll marvel at Theresa’s ability to power through in spite of Wyatt’s and Jake’s increasing attempts to derail. And then all three take part in an extra-cursed round of Shadowlands Roulette!

Halloween draws ever closer, and the guest appearances get ever more fun — grab some iron or some balls and listen in to this sea-centric ep!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Il Colombre: https://www.amazon.com/Colombre-Italian-Dino-Buzzati/dp/8804670207

Opel (Theresa’s band): https://opel.bandcamp.com/

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The October interviews continue, as does the unintentional “alcohol and spooky stuff” theme of the month so far!

For this ep, Wyatt and Jake pay a visit to their favorite brewery (Earth Eagle of Portsmouth, NH) to talk to ALEX and SHERIDAN about their own personal paranormal experiences. And about beer, because duh. Was this whole thing just a thinly-veiled excuse to hang out and drink beer with the people who make it? Or will you be CHILLED TO THE BONE by tales of jingling bells and planking? You’ll just have to listen and find out!

Also Jake turns 30 when this is released so that’s cool and not a big deal and certainly not something he would explicitly allude to in the episode description (but like, do you people even read these?).

Anyway, crack open a jet-black fortune cookie, try a gruit already, and enjoy another October episode of Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Earth Eagle Brewings: https://www.eartheaglebrewings.com/

Monarch School of New England: https://www.monarchschoolne.org/donate/

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It’s officially the Spooky Times™, and that means the beginning of a full month of awesome guests with tasty tales!

First up is JONATHAN KNOTEK, co-founder of Chicago Prohibition Tours and Chicago history guru. You’ll learn all about the city’s mobster-filled past, some of the ghosts that have resulted, and Jonathan’s own potential run-ins with the supernatural. From a banging bust of Harry Caray, to phantom forest lights, to a possible final solution to what actually goes into an Irish Crocodile, this episode’s got it all!

Point your dog out of the bathroom, ignore all that moaning in the trees, and help yourself to a glass of the straight juice as you tuck into a slice of deep dish — and the beginning of October with Superduperstitious!

EPISODE LINKS

MERCH SHOP: https://www.superduperstitious.com/shop

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/superduperstitious

Chicago Prohibition Tours: http://www.prohibitiontours.com/

Chicago Pizza Tours: https://www.chicagopizzatours.com/

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