We have a surprise visit from Scooby fan Kenny Biddle, then speak with Mark Norman, folklorist and author of the upcoming "Zoinks!: The Spooky Folklore of Scooby Doo." The show is beloved by skeptics, and for good reason. But did you know the show owes its existence to a panic in the 1960s about violence in kids' shows? Between guest stars like the Harlem Globetrotters and Vincent Price, Scooby Doo also introduced kids to a wide array of cryptids, ghosts, witches and folkloric concepts like curses, mysterious mirrors, and of course haunted houses. The show itself has also become the subject of a few urban legends and modern myths, from Shaggy's alleged drug use to the characters representing Massachusetts colleges.
Episode 227 - Book bans, then and now
Episode 226 - Dim Mak "the death touch" with Peter Huston
Episode 224.5 - Bonus episode! Our 6th anniversary!
Episode 224 - A Grab Bag of Springtime Skepticism
Episode 223 - Deception Studies with Curt Anderson
Episode 222 - Modifying the Weather
Episode 221 - What Giant Penguins Can Teach Us, with Daniel Loxton
Episode 220 - You are gonna believe this: Truth Default Theory
Episode 219 - Ai yie yie! AI Roundtable with Kyle Polich
Episode 218 - Requiem for Bigfoot
Episode 217 - Dark Play with Libby Tucker
Episode 216 - Absinthe, Murder and Panic
Episode 215 - Dallas Zoo Animal Disappearances, with Kristina Downs
Episode 214 - Gargoyles!
Episode 213 - Gef the Talking Mongoose, with Sharon Hill
Episode 212 - The Rise and Fall of Slenderman, with Andrea Kitta
Episode 211 - SWAYSO Grab Bag and DragonCon Live!
Episode 210 - The UFO movie THEY don't want you to see, with Brian Dunning
Episode 209 - Agritainment and rural haunts with Betty Aquino
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