Episodes

  • TED OWENS a.k.a. "THE PK MAN!" - "PSYCHOKINESIS FOR FUN AND PROFIT (& SO CAN YOU!)"
    Jun 29 2026

    SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOOOOKS! This episode explores the weirdness that is the life and legacy of Ted Owens, a.k.a. "The PK Man"! Perhaps one of, if not THE MOST, well documented individual instance of a man gifted with psychokinetic abilities by space mantises who used his abilities to control the weather and gamble on sporting events. A TALE AS OLD AS TIME! As stated at the beginning of the episode, this is exactly the type of man that this show was made to cover. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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    All music is license /copyright free and obtained from Pixaby.com.

    SOURCES:

    "How to Contact Space People" by Ted Owens (a.k.a. "The PK Man"...hey wait a minute? HE'S THE SUBJECT OF THIS EPISODE!)

    "The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter" by Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove

    [QUICK SIDE NOTE! If you look closely at the writing in the lower right hand corner of the picture of Ted Owens used in the thumbnail, you can see that it's been made out to Dr. Hal Puthoff and Dr. Russell Targ. NEATO!]


    If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse...ME TOO! You are most definitely not alone. But if you require immediate assistance, please dial 988.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • TALES FROM THE CRANK BANK! - The Hinton Ampner Haunting/The Haunting of Nicasio Torres
    Jun 24 2026

    HEYYYYOOOOOO YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOKS! This here's a bit of a short anthology, giving you fine folks a pair of paranormal stories, while allowing me time to work on improving the show! These are two COMPLETELY TRUE tales of paranormal terror and...bad craziness! First, the tale of the Hinton Ampner Haunting! Then, the Cutun Haunting of Nicasio Torres! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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    All music and sfx are license free from Pixaby.com

    SOURCES:

    *Poltergeist Over England – Harry Price (1945)

    *A Hampshire Manor – Ralph Dutton (1988)

    *Lord Halifax's Ghost Book – Charles Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax (1936)

    *A Natural History of Ghosts – Roger Clarke (2012)

    *Certain Nocturnal Disturbances: Ghost Hunting Before the Victorians – Brandon R. Schrand (2022)

    *https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampshire/hinton-ampner/history-of-hinton-ampner](https://www.google.com/search?

    *q=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampshire/hinton-ampner/history-of-hinton-ampner)

    *https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz313unkngoog/page/n571/mode/2up](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://archive.org/details/gentlemansmagaz313unkngoog/page/n571/mode/2up)

    *https://www.lavozdelnorte.cl/2017/03/caso-cutun-41-anos-de-misterio/

    *https://www.scribd.com/document/900278469/El-Aterrador-Caso-Cutun-La-Casa-Embrujada-de-Nicasio-Torres-y-Un-Misterio-Sin-Resolver

    *https://www.thefortean.com/2019/04/16/the-haunting-of-nicasio-torres/

    *https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/unexplained/the-haunting-of-nicasio-torres/

    *https://www.reddit.com/r/relatoparanormal/comments/15b1dzw/la_casona_de_cut%C3%BAn_un_misterio_paranormal_que_a%C3%BAn/?rdt=44926

    *https://crazzfiles.com/the-haunting-of-nicasio-torres/

    *https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Men_in_the_hat_(Chile)


    If you are currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, you definitely aren't the only one. If you require immediate assistance, please dial 988.

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    41 mins
  • POST-SOVIET PARA-JOURNALISM & URBAN LEGENDS - "TA DA COMRADE"
    Jun 18 2026

    Here's that companion piece I was talking about in the other episode. This one covers (much like the title says) post-Soviet "Para-journalism", urban legends, as well as "urbex legends". It's a mixed bag of stories about abandoned Soviet bioweapons labs, weird physics defying anomalies, fish-man surgical experiments (I ain't hardly bullshittin' neither, check dat shit out!), Kozyrev Mirrors, and a whole bunch of other assorted high strangeness. This episode is brought to you by VODKA...PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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    For SOURCES see last episode, or check the online archives of the various periodicals mentioned in this episode. They're out there.


    If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues...might I suggest...a different substance? No? Yeah, probably not the best route. But if you need immediate help, please dial 988.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • THE REAL STALKERS OF THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE - "WORMWOODSY"
    Jun 18 2026

    SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! This episode happened because I stumbled across some material I just couldn't stop reading about. So...I made an episode about it! Listen up as this episode explores the actual real life subculture of dangerous urbex mutants who breach the guarded perimeter of the poisonous radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (or just "The Zone", if you're one of the cool kids!). We'll explore the Stalker way of life, ideas, concepts, etc. and together take a guided tour of the most notable "tourist attractions" within the Zone, as well as look at some of the Stalker folklore concerning rituals and strange inhumanoid dangers one may face when traversing..."THE ZONE!" All this plus a look into post-Soviet era "para-journalism" (more on that in the companion piece to this episode) as well as examination of urban legends surrounding a former Soviet era ruin supposedly inhabited by a "Satanic black magic cult", which as I'm sure most regular listeners know...is sure to be a hoot. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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    SOURCES (which also count for the companion episode as well but since I like to cut every corner I can, will only post here):

    Chernobyl Prayer / Voices from Chernobyl (Oral History), Svetlana Alexievich (1997).


    Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, Yablokov, Nesterenko, & Nesterenko (2009).


    Post-Soviet Tunnel Folklore: Samizdat & Para-Journalism Archives (1990s) detailing the "Metrostroy Blind Ones" / "Podzemnye Zhiteli".


    The Mothman Prophecies (Comparative Case Studies), John Keel (1975).


    Newspaper Archives of "Komsomolskoye Znamya" & "Anomaliya" Journal Reports (Kiev, 1990–1995) on the "Podzemnye Zhiteli"


    Lost Inside a Radioactive Bunker in Chernobyl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fBmDwo4ebQ


    Nezavisimost Digital Archive (Komsomolskoye Znamya) - https://www.eastview.com/resources/gpa/nezavisimost/


    RuFORS & UFOset Soviet Samizdat Digital Library - http://www.rufors.ru/


    The National Security Archive (Chernobyl Declassified Files) - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/


    https://www.youtube.com/@paranormalresearchpaul/videos


    If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, maybe try heading out to "The Zone" for a bit? Clear your head? But if you require immediate assistance, please dial 988.

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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • MEGALOPOLIMANCY & THE QUANTUM PANOPTICON - "MOFOS WITH FOMO"
    Jun 18 2026

    This is the final bits and conceptual pieces of the "Megalopolimancy" trilogy, parts that didn't quite fit anywhere else of ideas that I really, really, wanted to harp on a lot more. That, and maybe a dash of fancy foot play...but in wordplay. Wait...is it "fancy footwork"...is that the saying? Well fuck that, I prefer play over work. Anywho, give it a listen, it puts a nice little nerdy bowtie on everything else in the series. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

    Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com


    All music used is license free from Pixaby.com


    If you are currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues...well, yeah. Naturally. Life is hard and the world is a bit shit these days. But if you need immediate help, please dial 988.

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    28 mins
  • THE "JACK THE RIPPER" MURDERS AS OCCULT MEGA-RITUAL! (a.k.a. "JESUS FISHING")
    Jun 12 2026

    HEYYOOOOOOO! This one was a lotta fun! I hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as I did researching it and putting it together! In this episode, we're closing out the big, huge, and super crazy "Megalopolimancy" trilogy, with an intense exploration of some of the stranger theories behind the infamous Whitechapel murders and the historical phantom of London, "JACK THE RIPPER!" Specifically, we look into some of the lesser known occult explanations behind the murders, as well as some of the other "ritualistic" murders that were taking place at the same time, how the Whitechapel murders are connected to "The Nephilim" (yeah, there's actually something there), and one of the absolute most wacky ass, mindbending, 4th dimensional suspects for the true identity of "The Ripper"! ALL THIS AND MORE! IT'S A GODDAMN EXTRAVAGANZA! PLEASE TO ENJOY!


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    SOURCES:

    Tom Slemen — Jack the Ripper: Secret Service

    Ivor Edwards — Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals

    Spiro Dimolianis — Jack the Ripper and the Black Magic Rituals

    George Bernard Shaw — Letter to The Star (24 Sept. 1888)

    Robert Donston Stephenson ("Roslyn D'Onston") — "African Magic" (Lucifer, 1890)

    Helena P. Blavatsky (ed.) — Lucifer

    Aleister Crowley — The Confessions of Aleister Crowley

    Richard von Krafft-Ebing — Psychopathia Sexualis

    Alexandre Lacassagne — Collected criminological writings

    The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)

    Matthew Ehret — Articles and lectures on Sir Charles Warren, Mount Hermon, and British geopolitics

    Sir Charles Warren — Underground Jerusalem

    George Nickelsburg — 1 Enoch: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch

    Sarah Bax Horton — One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper

    Stephen Knight — Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution

    Melvyn Fairclough — The Ripper and the Royals

    Donald Rumbelow — The Complete Jack the Ripper

    Philip Sugden — The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

    Martin Fido — The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper


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    2 hrs and 31 mins
  • BONUS EPISODE - "GOAT FOLKS" (Thanks for 200 Subs on YT!)
    Jun 5 2026

    Here's some extra content in celebration for 200 subscribers on YouTube! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! Here's some more farm animal lore, surrounding goat folks!

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    SOURCES:

    SOURCES:

    Albert Rosales' "Humanoid Encounters Series"

    https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Pan

    https://www.mythfolks.com/goatman

    https://www.coasttocoastam.com/alternate/amp/show/2024-08-11-show/

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/goatman.htm

    https://brickthology.com/2021/06/27/goatman/

    https://www.francophilesanonymes.com/en/paris/pan-itinerary

    http://arcana.wikidot.com/satyr

    https://www.wmoda.com/pan_in_porcelain/

    https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/ancient-religions/ancient-religion/pan

    https://vamzzz.com/blog/satyr-pan/

    https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2012-jul-25-la-na-nn-utah-goatman-20120725-story.html

    https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2012-07-25/goat-man-comes-forward

    https://www.foxnews.com/us/mysterious-goat-man-identified-as-a-hunter

    https://www.standard.net/lifestyle/2012/jul/19/hiker-talks-about-encounter-with-goat-man-on-ben-lomond-peak/

    https://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/goatmen-satyrs/

    https://timelessmyths.com/classical/pantheon/minor-greek-deities/pan/

    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HornedHumanoid

    https://occult-world.com/911-creature/

    https://greekmythology.fandom.com/wiki/Pan

    https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/912467

    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/religion-and-philosophy/satyr

    https://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Panes.html

    https://deathcookie.com/home/monster-of-the-week-the-goatman/

    Humanoid Sighting Reports 1000 BC - 2007 by Albert Rosales-studylib.net

    r/Humanoidencounters

    The Goatman of Maryland: An American Satyr Born of Science and Fear | by I Heart Cryptids - medium.com

    Getting Maryland's Goat-scholarworks.iu.edu

    Volume 43, Number 3 March 2023 Do You Remember the Goat Man?-www.maryvillegov.com

    10.01.01.00. (000) Green card Satyrs = tragoi, panes, silenoi Texts[warburg.sas.ac.uk

    University of North Carolina Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Research-janeway.uncpress.org



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    42 mins
  • URBAN CRYPTIDS - BLACK TRASH BAG ENTITIES, SWARM PEOPLE, & THE HOARSE MAN (that's me)
    Jun 3 2026

    WOOOOO! Gotta lotta stuff to do! Please give it a listen! HAPPY BICENTENNIAL...TO ME! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST! PLEASE TO ENJOY! (P.S. Sorry about my voice, I'm a little under the weather and just got the shit kicked outta me...by life.)

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    SOURCES:

    wikipedia.org

    chinaknowledge.de

    sailingstonetravel.com

    folklorescotland.com

    fandom.com

    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/

    https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/offensive-swarm-enabled-tactics

    https://www.darpa.mil/news/2021/offset-swarms-take-flight

    https://dsiac.dtic.mil/articles/darpa-offset-autonomous-drone-swarms-for-warfighters/

    https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/claytronics/programmable%20matter.pdf

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_matter

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Nano_Hummingbird

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ZbtZqH6Io

    https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/aerovironment-develops-birdlike-drone-for-military-2389424.php

    https://www.facebook.com/corridordigital/posts/is-this-proof-that-aliens-walk-among-usthis-ring-doorbell-camera-clip-spread-lik/1335751561252206/

    https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Stick_Men

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1rzl9wi/the_floating_bag/

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/oaklawntornado/posts/10161544232307721/

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    2 hrs and 21 mins