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Today it's a looser format, as Julio Jon and Ryan chat about games they're playing and look forward to playing.

We made it to S in the monster manual.

It's another monster manual episode!https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

Jon's got a manifesto episode for us.

Today Julio and Ryan get to chat and hangout for a bit, covering topics like Beavis and Butthead and what kind of dnd characters they'd want to play.

Today, nostalgia has us as we talk videgames, adultswim, and such.

Today we talk faeries.sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairieshttps://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/03/inside-houdini-estate.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-55187973https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-man-who-believed-in-fairies-51895688/https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Fairies-of-Cottingley/

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeToday we're talking the monster manual some more.

Today we're just talking, here's some links to the stuff we talk about.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cooper_(inventor)https://bombshellsamericancantina.com/about-bombshells-american-cantina/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SldQ46aF3_k

Today Jon and Julio talk Orcs and Owlbears

Today it's Julio and Ryan shooting the breeze and hanging out.

We're back at it with Ogres and Oni.https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

I got you this podcast for x-mas. Special guests Tim and Ruben!ScrubMode will be back every Friday starting January 16th!https://linktr.ee/timbakshG1https://m.twitch.tv/lardonova

Today we're talking about some of the most well-known haunted dolls.Sourceshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-dollhttps://wickedhorror.com/features/childs-play-true-story/https://robertthedoll.org/https://majankaverstraete.com/2022/03/04/haunted-dolls-letta-the-doll/https://uncannyjapan.com/podcast/okiku-the-haunted-doll/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannenji_Templehttps://archive.org/details/tellers-of-eerie-taleshttps://archive.org/details/eerie-duohttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-dollhttps://books.google.com/books?id=yYLQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT82#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-real-annabelle-doll-story-conjuringhttps://www.avclub.com/the-conjuring-last-rites-ed-lorraine-warren-whitewashing-legacy

Today we're talking Criminal Cryptids from across the pond.

Today we're talking about Naga's and Oozes from the Monster Manual.Sourceshttps://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3291021/what-mythical-snake-naga-represents-both-good-and-evil-hinduism-and-buddhismhttps://sreenivasaraos.com/2018/06/09/the-naga-worship/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preah_Thong_and_Neang_Neakhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ga#In_popular_culturehttps://medium.com/curiosity-chronicles-extended/the-mystery-of-the-oakville-blobs-6fb6db33eab9https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/https://itsmth.fandom.com/wiki/Purple_Globhttps://www.cryptopia.us/site/2015/05/giant-globule-argentina/https://www.cryptopia.us/site/2018/05/terrible-flying-jelly-bags-sweden/

Today we're talking about Mimics and Nothics from the monster manual.Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)https://delicious-in-dungeon.fandom.com/wiki/Mimichttps://web.archive.org/web/20180413052602/https://www.csicop.org/sb/show/skeptic-raping_demon_of_zanzibarhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1zxz0t1?turn_away=truehttps://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/that-time-a-raping-demon-appeared-on-cartoon-network-the-popobawa/https://african.wisc.edu/about/faculty-and-student-research/katrina-daly-thompson-2/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/that-time-a-raping-demon-appeared-on-cartoon-network-the-popobawa/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270393629_Killing_Popobawa_collective_panic_and_violence_in_Zanzibarhttps://sentinelhillpress.com/2017/04/21/the-dover-demon-40-years-later-part-1/

Today Julio and Jon talk about mummies from history and dnd.sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabayan_Mummieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchorro_mummieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzihttps://www.ripleys.com/stories/the-curse-of-otzi-the-icemanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_mummyhttps://www.andinoperutours.com/en/blog/inca-mummies-or-mallquis/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fascinating-afterlife-perus-mummies-180956319https://people.com/cause-of-death-revealed-paranormal-investigator-dan-rivera-after-annabelle-doll-tour-11772982

Manticores rule, Modrons drool, someone saw a pyramid stealing catalytic converters in Poole. That's it. That's the episode description.sources https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/the-familiar-and-the-fantastic/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticorehttps://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Mantikhoras.htmlhttps://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurManticoresAreSpinierhttps://dantecomedy.com/welcome/inferno/inferno-canto-17/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attackhttps://www.worldhistory.org/Manticore/https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/ce3/1924-usa-dadecity.htmhttps://www.cryptopia.us/site/2016/07/poole-pyramid-england/

It's another episode of tangents. Julio Jon and Ryan talk about tiktok shop, dice, in-n-out, coyotes, Cheesecake Factory, Kamen Rider, and a bunch of stuff inbetween. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYWe1kI2Ns

Today Julio, Jon, and Ryan talk about some stuff going on in the news regarding the paranormal, and Ryan goes on a rant later on in the episode.

Today Julio Jon and Ryan kick back and chat about some random stuff. From Pastamania to ghostlymania, the tangents abound. Here's some links to some of the stuff we talk abouthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman:_Birthrighthttps://www.thesportster.com/wwe-complete-failure-hulk-hogan-pastamania-restaurant-explained/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2CD3bIBaY0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hPAaHjfUxs

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeToday it's Julio and Ryan on a trip to Tangent Town.

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeIn this episode Julio's DMing, and Ryan and Jon are along for the ride.

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It's Our 100th episode so we're exploring everyone's favorite Cryptid - Mothman!sourcesThe Mothman Prophecies by John Keelhttps://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginiaLomas, Tim. (2023). The ultraterrestrial hypothesis: A case for scientific openness to an "interdimensional" explanation for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena [The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 2023, 55(1), 43–98]. 55. 43-98. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375553282_The_ultraterrestrial_hypothesis_A_case_for_scientific_openness_to_an_interdimensional_explanation_for_Unidentified_Anomalous_Phenomena_The_Journal_of_Transpersonal_Psychology_2023_551_43-98)https://archive.org/details/173678050-jadoo-john-a-keel

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeJulio, Jon, and eventually Ryan spend this episode talking about pretty much anything that pops into their heads.

Julio, Ryan and Jon spend some time talking games and music, it's a looser format today. We're chillingHere's some links to the stuff we reference in this episodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIf4KJXo45g&list=RDUIf4KJXo45g&start_radio=1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pplZMOO7wRAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwikj_lQLT0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v86DwYnVMPM&pp=ygUbcG9sbHV0ZWQgcGxhdG9vbiBwYXRoZmluZGVyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuib48Lo6Wghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ifdZNy5bUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0yz457hVechttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPb2xhiyBXE

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeThis week we're talking about the fishy friends of DnD. Kua-Toa, Merrow, Mermaids and Sahuagin. We also discuss Lovecraft's Deep Ones, the Tabib al-Bahr from the Jabirean Alchemy Corpus, the Arragouset of Gurnsey folklore, and more weird fishy friends. But why do so many of these myths and stories involving boning fish? The ocean is weird and wonderful, and sure to inspire you! Sourceshttps://abookofcreatures.com/2015/04/01/arragouset/https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/02/monster-spotlight.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernseyhttps://abookofcreatures.com/2015/09/18/tabib-al-bahr/https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/09/14/zitiron/https://mythicalcreatures.edwardworthlibrary.ie/sea-creatures/sea-monk/https://mythicalcreatures.edwardworthlibrary.ie/sea-creatures/sea-bishop/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97268p/f70.image.r=De%20aquatilibusBelon%20Belonhttps://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/SahuaginAnd the 5.5 Ed Monster Manualhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleodictyonhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967064509001799Mermaid Mary Beths Deep Sea Eel Mermaid Cosplay - https://www.tiktok.com/@mermaidmarybeth/video/7480728214113930542

Today we're talking lizardfolk from the Monster Manual

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeJulio and Jon talk werewolves and werebears and more werecreatures in this one

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeToday we're talking the Shaver Mysteries! A proto-meme or creepypasta that prefigures everything from DnD's Underdark to PizzaGate.Sources​“Reality –Is it a Horror?”: Richard Shaver's Subterranean World and the Displaced Self, Gabe McKee, Journal of Gods and Monsters​Toronto, Richard, The Shaver Mystery. Fate, March 1998​Keel, John, "The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers" ; Fortean Times, 1983.​Dan Loxton’s Junior Skeptic Hollow Earth coverage Part 1 and Part 2 ​Monstertalk Episodes 192 and 193​War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction Paperback – Illustrated, April 25, 2013

Julio and Ryan sans Jon still.

Jon's on vacation, so it's just Julio and Ryan today.

It's a monster manual episode! We've made it to the homunculus and kenku!

Today Jon tells Julio and Ryan about Indrid Cold.sources -Derenberger, W. W., Derenberger-Bowman, T., Colvin, A., Keel, J., & Barker, G. (n.d.). Visitors from Lanulos: My Contact with Indrid Cold.

Please stay tuned for your regularly scheduled programming

https://linktr.ee/scrubmodeWe're talking Lamias Hydras and MinotaursSourceshttps://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Harpyiai.htmlhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3296813https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)https://www.theoi.com/Ther/Karkinos.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/DrakonHydra.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/Lamia.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/Akheilos.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Phasma/Empousai.htmlhttps://www.theoi.com/Ther/Minotauros.html

https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This episode is for the dogs! We're talking about the dog-shaped monsters of DnD, as well as various black dogs, hellhounds and the like from English folklore. Even bad dogs are good boys. Sources https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/06/07/kludde/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dog_(folklore) https://www.britannica.com/art/Barghest https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34369461 https://www.invisibleworks.co.uk/mapping-the-grim/ https://books.google.com/books?id=XLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=He+takes+the+form+of+a+huge+black+dog,+and+prowls+along+dark+lanes+and+lonesome+field+footpaths,+where,+although+his+howling+makes+the+hearer%27s+blood+run+cold,+his+footfalls+make+no+sound.&source=bl&ots=7dZz6WFOEj&sig=ZP1tSgFr1mAsvfAgh9hrWs3cdyc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW27ny_47fAhURDKwKHZM2CfAQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=He%20takes%20the%20form%20of%20a%20huge%20black%20dog%2C%20and%20prowls%20along%20dark%20lanes%20and%20lonesome%20field%20footpaths%2C%20where%2C%20although%20his%20howling%20makes%20the%20hearer's%20blood%20run%20cold%2C%20his%20footfalls%20make%20no%20sound.&f=false https://www.suffolklive.com/news/history/black-shuck-blythburgh-church-suffolk-5767807 https://www.spookyisles.com/shug-monkey-cambridgeshire/ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Shug_Monkey https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149434 https://urbanlegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Jinmenken https://tetzoo.com/blog/2022/8/13/legend-of-the-black-dog

https://linktr.ee/scrubmode We're back, with avengance! Today we're talking a couple strange haunted household items. sources- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/unconscious-ventriloquism-the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-zaragoza-goblin https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/the-phenomenon-of-the-zaragoza-stove-goblin-was-blamed-on-unconscious-ventriloquism.html http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-stove-goblin-of-zaragoza.html https://q985online.com/wisconsin-tallman-home-ghost/ https://www.wisconsinfrights.com/unsolved-mysteries-tallman-house/ https://www.cultofweird.com/blog/haunted-tallman-house-horicon/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03975-7

In this episode Julio, Jon and Ryan play some improv for this holiday season, it gets ridiculous.

We go on some crazy tangents with this one, we talk about the history and evolution of media, and go on some nostalgia trips.

Spooky season dies hard as we talk about Hags and Nightmares tonight. From Baba Yaga to Yubaba, have smorgasbord of child-eating monsters on display. Also sleep paralysis, what the deal with that and why is associated with hags? And why the dip is a Nightmare a horse

https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we're talking about monster worms such as the Grick, the Purple Worm and the Remorhaz. Then we look at some worm-like cryptids, including a heavy-hitter: The Mongolian. Death. Worm. Plus other worm monsters like the Indus Worm and the Guh. Other talking points include brain worms, the Saw franchise, velvet worms and the Alaskan. Bull. Worm. Sources https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mongolian-death-worm https://web.archive.org/web/20100526160025/http://www.deathworm2009.com/?p=245 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4344 https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Were-worms https://mongolianstore.com/mongolian-death-worm/ https://abookofcreatures.com/2016/10/03/indus-worm/ https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/WormsIndos.html Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature Paperback by Loren Coleman Jerome Clark https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Guh https://archive.org/details/myoldpeoplesayet0000mccl/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater

https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Happy Halloween! Tonight, we're going for 100%, unfiltered spook as we tell you the tale of a lesser known spooky ranch: The Rock Mountain Ranch. Folks, this one has it all: Ding-dong-ditching bigfoots, poltergeists that hate cars, and Aliens that hate bigfoots. "Multiple Phenomena on Colorado Ranch: Report on the Investigation of UFO Experiences on a Rocky Mountain Ranch" by John S. Derr and R. Leo Sprinkle, published by Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO) in The A.P.R.O. Bulletin in July 1978 August 1978 (Volume 27, Number 2) September 1978 (Volume 27, Number 3) October 1978 (Volume 27, Number 4) November 1978 (Volume 27, Number 5) December 1978 (Volume 27, Number 6) January 1979 (Volume 27, Number 7)

Today we're doing something a little different, improv, but not just regular improv! Well, ok, maybe it's just improv. Julio's DMing, so anything can happen in this episode of ScrubMode. https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

Julio had so much fun we had to do some more of his improv "dnd" game.

https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This week we're taking a look at some classical, magical mounts, with our good buddy Spencer R. Schulman. We deep dive on griffins and hippogryphs, and along the way learn about where the term "California" comes from, Italian World War Hulk, and how to sea monster check your fiance. Sources https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Grypes.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riphean_Mountains https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Hyperborea.html https://www.theoi.com/Phylos/Arimaspoi.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-etymology-black-queen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_sergas_de_Esplandi%C3%A1n https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/lake-george-monster-hoax/ https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/sea-monster-hoax-0205682 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippogriff And the 5th Ed Monster Manual

https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we're talking golems, an symbolically loaded monster. With thematic connections reaching back to ushabti and forward to robots and even Superman. Then we investigate a DnD mystery: why are gorgons scaled bulls instead of the serpentine monster girls of Greek myth? Other talking points include: Jack Kirby, Julio knows his Frankenstein, and the horngus of a dongfish (the nutte sac). Sources https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-golem https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/europe/11golem.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem https://quillette.com/2022/05/27/the-alchemist-emperor-of-prague/ https://www.jmberlin.de/en/topic-golem https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/origin-word-robot-rur/ https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/08/03/catoblepas/ https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Katoblepones.html#:~:text=THE%20KATOBLEPS%20(Catoblepas)%20was%20a,account%20of%20the%20African%20gnu https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A42668.0001.001/1:6.101?rgn=div2;view=fulltext https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/111271/why-is-the-dd-gorgon-a-metal-bull https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24626 https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/04/12/skeljaskrimsli/ Jacob Geller’s wonderful video essay on the Golem and the Jewish Super Hero The horngus of a dongfish is attached by a scungle to a kind of dill sack And the 5th Ed. Monster Manual