Hoaxes

Squaring the Strange # 177 – Field Trip to Bagansland with Susan and Kenny!

Just in time for Halloween: A look back at a classic Squaring the Strange show!  We begin with a look at the continuing danger of online rumors igniting mob violence and the Google engineer who is in the news for his belief that the AI in development there has...

Squaring the Strange # 178: You Don’t Know Jack (alopes)! Michael Branch and the Art of the Hoax

Squaring the Strange features the JACKALOPE EPISODE! Yes, a favorite kitchy cryptid / hoax / souvenir / tall tale from the American West. Professor Michael Branch discusses his new book and brings us so many jackalope facts you may have to listen twice. Check it out!...

Squaring the Strange #145: Bottomless Pits and Spooky Geology with Sharon Hill

In a recent episode of Squaring the Strange we have everything: Lil Nas X's Satanic Shoes, a sketchy alkaline water CEO, and geologist Sharon Hill educating us about spooky geology like bottomless pits, the mysterious "Mel's Hole," quicksand, and hollow earth...

Squaring the Strange # 140: Steve Kulls and the Georgia Bigfoot Body Hoax

For those who didn't see it, in the recent episode of Squaring the Strange we talk with Bigfoot investigator Steve Kulls, who shares with us his tenets of research and then discusses his role in uncovering the Georgia Bigfoot body hoax of 2008--a tale involving a...