Kraken Cans Cast: Cryptids, Urban Legends, and All Things Spooky
Join two bearded buddies as they dive deep into urban legends, cryptids, and all things creepy, spooky, and unexplained—each episode paired with a refreshing craft beer. Whether you're into haunted tales, mythical creatures, or paranormal mysteries, Kraken Cans is your new favorite stop for chills and cheers.
New episodes weekly
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Fun stories, wild theories, and lots of laughs
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Episodes
130 episodes
Kraken Current: September 2026 | Mini-Squatches & Naked Mystery Men
This month on Kraken Current, we're talking about a couple of VERY strange recent sightings. Two separate reports in Pennsylvania describe small, upright, hairy creatures—including one encounter involving TWO mini-Bigfoots that were apparently ...
Ep. 111 The Dover Demon: Big Eyes, Weird Vibes
What the hell was spotted wandering the back roads of Dover, Massachusetts in 1977? Meet the Dover Demon — one of the strangest and most mysterious cryptids ever reported in New England.With its oversized glowing eyes, strange pale body,...
Cryptid Minisode: The Squonk (Fearsome Critter Series)
Think you know cryptids? Meet the Squonk — one of the strangest and most bizarre fearsome critters in American folklore! Said to lurk in the forests of Pennsylvania, the Squonk is known for its strange appearance, constant crying, and an unusua...
Ep. 110 The Sandown Clown: Who Was Sam?
In 1973, 11-year-old Fay and her 10-year-old friend Bobby were playing near Sandown on the Isle of Wight when they heard a strange sound coming from the countryside. Following it led them to a bizarre encounter with a towering, colorful ...
The Kickback - w/ JD of Chumming with the Spirits
This week on Kraken Cans Cast, we sit down with our good friend JD from Chumming with the Spirits for a conversation about the paranormal, ghost hunting, paranormal investigations, cryptids, and all things unexplained!JD br...
Ep. 109 The Scottish Brownie: The Helpful Elf Servant
What if a mysterious little elf secretly cleaned your house while you slept? In this episode, we dive into the strange folklore of the Scottish Brownie, a household spirit said to help with chores during the night—so long as you tr...
Cryptid Minisode: Central PA Bigfoot & Cryptid Festival 2026
In this Cryptid Minisode, we’re looking back at our time at the 2026 Central PA Bigfoot & Cryptid Festival! We talk about what goes on behind the scenes as members of the festival committee, the night before the big event, setting up...
Ep. 108 The Highgate Vampire: The Battle of the Vampire Hunters
This week on Kraken Cans Cast, we’re heading across the pond to London and diving into the strange legend of the Highgate Vampire. What started with bizarre sightings around an old cemetery eventually turned into occult investigat...
Kraken Current Events: August 2026
This month, we’re cracking open some beers and diving into another batch of bizarre stories from around the world. We’re talking about a fart so powerful it cleared out an entire movie theater, a human skeleton discovered inside a deep freezer,...
Ep. 107 A Century Old Mystery: The Hinderkaifeck Murders
Six people. An isolated farmhouse. A killer who was never identified.In this episode of Kraken Cans Cast, we dive into the chilling Hinterkaifeck murders, one of Germany's most infamous unsolved mysteries. In 1922, the Grub...
Cryptid Minisode: Duck Footed Dum-Dum (Fearsome Critter Series)
In this week’s Kraken Cryptid Mini-Sode, we’re heading back into the strange world of Fearsome Critters and meeting one of the absolute weirdest creatures we’ve come across yet: the Duck-Footed Dum-Dum.This bizarre l...
Ep. 106 Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins: Gunfire in the Night
On August 21, 1955, a quiet night on a Kentucky farm turned into one of the strangest UFO encounters in American history.Eleven people claimed they were surrounded by strange, metallic, glowing creatures with huge eyes and long arms. Wha...
The Kickback - w/ David Hardie of Cryptid Empire
In this edition of the Kraken Cans Kickback, we’re joined by our good friend David Hardie from Cryptid Empire! We dive into his newest book, MOTHMAN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, and spend plenty of time exploring one of ...
Ep. 105 Duende in the Chimney: Goblin of Zaragoza
What happens when an entire apartment building hears a mysterious voice coming from inside a kitchen stove? In this episode of the Kraken Cans Cast, we're diving into one of Spain's strangest paranormal cases—the infamous Goblin of Zaragoza, al...
Ep. 104 The 1916 NJ Shark Attacks That Inspired Jaws
The True Story That Inspired Jaws | The 1916 New Jersey Shark AttacksMost people know Jaws, but few know the terrifying true story that inspired it. In the summer of 1916, a series of brutal shark attacks along the New Je...
Cryptid Minisode: Hugag (Fearsome Critter Series)
The Hugag might be one of the strangest creatures ever to come out of North American lumberjack folklore. In this mini episode of Kraken Cans Cast, we dive into the legend of this bizarre Fearsome Critter from the forests o...
Ep. 103 The Creature of 50 Berkeley Square
What was hiding inside 50 Berkeley Square? For nearly 200 years, one address in London's wealthy Mayfair district has been linked to terrifying encounters, mysterious deaths, and a creature so horrifying that witnesses claimed it drove p...
Kraken Current: July 2026 | Bigfoot DNA & Space Balls
This month we’re diving into two of the strangest stories making waves in the cryptid and paranormal world.First, we break down the wild claims from Snake, the self-proclaimed Bigfoot hunter, who says he’s in possession of a Bigfoot corp...
Ep. 102 Devil Monkeys
From lonely Appalachian back roads to sightings across North America, this week we’re diving into the strange legend of the Devil Monkey. We begin with the famous 1959 Virginia encounters, including the Boyd family and two nurses whose converti...
Kraken Cans Encore Show
Two years. Over 100 episodes. Countless cryptids, ghost stories, UFOs, urban legends, and plenty of laughs along the way—and we couldn't have done it without all of you.To celebrate this milestone, we're bringing you a replay of our live...
Ep. 101 Big Muddy Monster: Illinois’ Bigfoot Legend
Dive into the legend of the Big Muddy Beast, Southern Illinois' most infamous cryptid. In this episode, we explore the creature's most chilling sightings, the explosive wave of encounters during the 1970s Big Muddy Monster flap, eyewitness repo...
The Kickback - w/ Slice of the Paranormal
In this episode of The Kickback, we sit down with Ryan, Christy, and Steven from Slice of the Paranormal—the podcast that travels to haunted locations, dives into the history behind them, and samples the local pizza along the way....
Ep. 100 Gef the Talking Mongoose
We made it to 100 main episodes, and we’re celebrating the only way we know how—with a cold beer and one of the strangest stories we’ve ever covered.This week, we’re pairing the episode with Two Years of Tripping from Tripp...
Cryptid Minisode: Dungavenhooter (Fearsome Critter Series)
What happens when exhausted lumberjacks hear strange screams echoing through the dark forests of Maine? In this Cryptid Minisode, we dive into the legend of the Dungavenhooter, one of the strangest creatures in Fearsome Critter folklore....
Ep. 99 Sodder Family Fire: Tragic Accident or Small Town Conspiracy?
On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire ripped through the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. By morning, five of the Sodder children were believed dead. But there was one problem—no remains were ever found.As investigators ruled t...
