Mythical Creatures & Monsters: International Edition

enMay 02, 2022

Autumn's Oddities

About this Episode

I'm taking you on a trip around the world to investigate some of the most bizarre and frightening (in some cases funny) cryptids, creatures, monsters, ghosts, and demons. Some of the featured creatures include the Acheri, Shirime, Anansi the spider, Rompo, Dijiang, DoppelgÃ¤nger, Bokknerijders, Bunyip, and Leyak.

SOURCES

http://www.flutopedia.com/refs/Rink_1889_EskimoTalesAndSongs_FP.pdf

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Kwaku_Anansi_(Earth-7082)

Bedd Gelert: Its Facts, Fairies, and Folk-Lore (Portmadoc: Llewelyn Jenkins, 1899); D. E. Jenkins,

https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/20479/Kim_ResearchPaper.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=3

https://archive.org/details/adescriptionthr00boregoog/page/n4/mode/2up

An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures Paperback â August 12, 1978; by Katharine Briggs

Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic
By Claude Lecouteux

Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth Paperback â November 17, 2001
by Carol Rose

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SOURCES
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Ohio-Missing-Persons/Missing-Adults-1/Anderson
https://unsolved.com/gallery/cynthia-anderson/
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SOURCES

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9664576/
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SOURCES

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SOURCES

https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-edward-dalton-haffey-j/18130967/
https://web.archive.org/web/20190611012642/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1158292506182310.xml&coll=7
https://original.newsbreak.com/@true-crime-mysteries-megan-1588233/2807116309578-man-sends-a-hitman-to-kill-his-wife-but-she-strangled-her-attacker
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14859827
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2014/06/portlander_who_hired_hitman_to.html
https://kpic.com/news/local/man-who-hired-hit-man-to-kill-wife-dies-in-prison
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SOURCES
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https://www.greatlakesboating.com/2018/02/michigan-triangle-part-one
https://www.heraldpalladium.com/localnews/michigan-triangle/article_fe323f89-84b1-5df7-9082-cba6d9690fe6.html
https://seagrant.sunysb.edu/greatlakes-edu/pdfs/GLCurriculum/Activities/ClimateWeather/WhatIsGLTriangle.pdf
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SOURCES

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https://vault.fbi.gov/St.%20Valentines%20Day%20Massacre
https://webharvest.gov/peth04/20041019072541/http://foia.fbi.gov/stvalen/stvalen2.pdf

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