Have you ever woken up unable to move? Maybe it felt like someone or something was standing on your chest, or something was in the room with you? Sleep paralysis is a condition that impacts a pretty significant section of the world's population. Nathan talks about the myths and lore behind it, and ends off with the science that explains...
It was September 13th 2005 when the disease first began to spread, hopping from animal hosts into their owners and from there into the shop-keeps and other civilians. It came out of nowhere, no one could have expected something like this, there simply was no precedent.
Many a tale of intrigue start just steps from our own home. The Mothman, Bigfoot, Wedigos, and ghosts in abandoned buildings, but what happens when a whole region is cursed? Nathan tells the story of the Fernie Curse in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada, a small coal mining town nestled in the Kootenay region of the Rocky Mountains.
The Morrígan or Mórrígan, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-Ríoghain in Modern Irish, and it has been translated as "great queen" or "phantom queen".
In Japan there is a genre of story known as Kaidan that has existed for as long as there has been Japanese literature. Often confused for ghost or horror stories, this is not the case at all. Most Kaidan are not intended to be scary in fact many can be funny, but the most predominant theme is strange....
Prehistoric Sharks! They might not be as large as an oil tanker, and they definitely aren't terrorizing swimmers off the coast of New England, but these Megalodons were terrifying in their own right. Nathan talks about the few interesting facts that we know about the Megalodon, a massive shark said to have lived until about 2.6million years ago....
It looks like something from a child's drawing.
Hyenas get a bad rep, often portrayed as stupid, cowardly scavengers that heckle and antagonize our heroes. And they're my favorite mammal
It wasn't the hunger that finally drove Icarus to leave the Final Fantasy VII house. It wasn't the way the others took advantage of him, a 19-year-old trans kid with a love of art and a drinking problem. It wasn't even the abuse, or the ears listening in whenever he tried to communicate with the outside world. No-what really did...