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Comedy Fiction · Dan Nufer and John Costello

Cryptidiots

by Dan Nufer and John Costello

Two dumbos goof about crytpids and the unknown. John and Dan, a pair of big time Hollywood comedians with a shared love for the unexplained choose a crytid (or similar) each week and teach each other about it. Join us for fun, spooky, and maybe even sexy time.

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Cryptidiots 46 - Ludwig the Bloodsucker

This one doesn’t suck, but Ludwig does! In this wonderfully whimsical episode for which John did no work (okay, to be fair it was a planned outage because he’s been on se

Oct 12
1 h 03 min

Cryptidiots 45 - The Van Meter Visitor

The Idiots investigate the Van Meter Visitor, a nine-foot-tall, bat-winged cryptid with a stench so powerful it may erase your memory. They also discuss the Silurian Hypo

Sep 27
57 min

Cryptidiots 44 - The Mantis Man

Mantis alive! What an ep! Dan and John are separated by time and space, but connected by a love for bringing you all such truly groundbreaking content as Dr Phil, the (un

Sep 14
58 min

Cryptidiots 43 - The Ozark Howler

The Idiots head into the Ozarks in search of a bear-sized, red-eyed creature with a horrifying howl and the unfortunate possibility of simply being a sick normal animal.

Aug 31
1 h 02 min

Cryptidiots 42 - The Azeban

AUDIO ISSUES :( Well it happened, a goblin got into the clockwork of John's laptop and poisoned our audio files. But, being the fastidious professionals we are, we record

Aug 18
59 min

Cryptidiots 41 - The Kandahar Giant

Dan comes back from being gone for weeks bearing a strange incantation from a pocket universe, and a military whistleblower writes in with some unique insight and complim

Aug 3
1 h 20 min

Cryptidiots 40: The Odyssey’s Cyclops

Dan is missing and presumed dead, so this week John takes a solo journey to the far reaches of the Nolanverse. In an episode that doubles as John’s audition to be a sleep

Jul 20
18 min

Cryptidiots 39 - The Draugr (Drauger)

The boys are back and better than ever (which we can all agree is a low bar). This week we discuss how we can become millionaires with the next big Cryptid franchise. And

Jul 13
59 min

Cryptidiots 38 - The Grootslang

These big dumb idiots have never been dumber folks! John does is best bambino impression living his best life at a football match disrupted by aliens with angel hair?! An

Jun 28
54 min

Cryptidiots 37 - The Telepathic Football

The boys are back in town! After a few pre-records you've got the idiots live and in your stereo this time to wish you a happy Summer Solstice, match Cryptids to World Cu

Jun 21
50 min

Cryptidiots 36 - The Skinwalkers

Hey, I’m skinwalking here! In this episode the Cryptidiots discuss the Skinwalkers of Navajo legend and dispel many misconceptions about their lore. They also name and sh

Jun 15
57 min

Cryptidiots 35 - The Lizard Man (of Scape Ore Swamp)

It’s a lizard! It’s a man! It’s Lizard Man! This week the Cryptidiots talk about Pope Leo’s recent encyclical on AI, and how it both encourages an embrace of the unknown

Jun 8
53 min

Cryptidiots 34 - El Lobizón

Today we’re sharing the low down on the lobizon, and providing a public service by exposing the top 5 most haunted hotels. Listen to this episode if you want to make sure

Jun 1
54 min

Cryptidiots 33 - The Badalisc of Italy

Mi scusi! Stop what you’re doing and listen to the latest episodio of Cryptidiots, where the guys consider launching careers as mentalists and insurance fraudsters before

May 25
54 min

Cryptidiots 32 - The Hodag

In this episode, its brodags before hodags, as the Cryptidiots discuss the pride of Rhinelander: the Hodag. They also discuss Dan’s latest act of heroism, as well as some

May 18
55 min

Cryptidiots 31 - the Bunyip

What do you call a demon wrapped in an enigma rolled in thousands of years of myth? You call it the Bunyip of course. Or you call it John’s mom, that’s not a your mom jok

May 11
54 min

Cryptidiots 30 - the Mokele-mbembe

Well we’ve done it folks, 3 times around the sun! In this Season 3 opener, we cover some mysterious disappearances in the extra-terrestrial science community and much mor

May 3
59 min

Cryptidiots 29 - The Flatwoods Alien

The Cryptidiots cover more movies that would be better if a cryptid was introduced at the midpoint, and issue an apology to Chunk of the Goonies before investigating the

Apr 27
1 h 21 min

Cryptidiots 28 - The Wendigo

If you think you’ve caught Wendigo Fever, leave us a voicemail. Episode 28 digs into the origins, folklore, and unsettling psychology behind this nightmarish cryptid. The

Apr 19
1 h 26 min

Cryptidiots 27 - Jeff the Mongoose

We packed it all into this one folks! Dan's butt splinter update, a story about the first wolf in California in a century, more of John's internal degradation projected e

Apr 12
1 h 23 min

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