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KOOKS, CRANKS, AND ICONOCLASTS!

KOOKS, CRANKS, AND ICONOCLASTS!

By: Michael Lucht Spencer Lowery Chris Wells Jonas Lucht Jason Lloyd
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Greetings & Salutations! We're here to cover various interesting/infamous/inexplicable living enigmas & anomalies from across all of time, space, maybe even beyond, & from history BOTH ANCIENT & RECENT! Basically it's "BIOGRAPHY!" but focused solely on WEIRDOS! Listen then repeat what you hear to sound smart at parties! STOP being MYOPIC! START being ESOTERIC! (Mmm! Yum!) Stay tuned True Believers! Clear The Hump w/us as we provide Weekly Bios on strange/insane/shameful/lost/forgotten Misfits of History! Comedy/Conspiracy/True Crime/High Strangeness!Michael Lucht, Spencer Lowery, Chris Wells, Jonas Lucht, Jason Lloyd
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  • BLACK MAGIC ACADEMIES Pt.1.5 :NAGUAL, LECHUZA, & BUHO-MEN - "WEIRD OWL"
    Apr 24 2026

    Here's an episode about some Southwestern American and Mexican shapeshifter sorcery. I mispronounce quite a few words. But overall, this is meant to be part of the current ongoing series covering so called "black magic academies" and their potential connections to anomalous phenomena hotspots (with shapeshifters, ghost lights, and other high strangeness along the way)! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

    Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com

    SOURCES:

    Naguals: Mexico’s Terrifying Shape-Shifting Sorcerers

    www.urbanlegendsmysteryandmyth.com


    Nagualism: The shapeshifters of Ancient Mexico

    www.cityalchemist.co


    Exhuming the Nahualli: Shapeshifting, Idolatry, and Orthodoxy in Colonial Mexico | The Americas | Cambridge Core

    www.cambridge.org


    Nagual - Monstropedia

    monstropedia.org


    Evon Z. Vogt - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org


    Meet The Nahuales, The Legendary Mesoamerican Shapeshifters - Cultura Colectiva

    culturacolectiva.com


    Shapeshifting Sorcery: The Persistence of Mesoamerican Magic

    firesidefiction.com


    r/Paranormal on Reddit: A Nahual's story (shapeshifter sorcerer)

    www.reddit.com


    r/skinwalkerranch on Reddit: I just heard about the Nagual. Shapeshifters in Aztec and Mayan lore. This idea sounds very similar to the Skinwalker.

    www.reddit.com


    Reverence for Our Sun: Power of the Nagual in Mesoamerican Culture – The Adamant Rant

    www.adamantrant.com


    Nagual - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org


    The Nagual – Mexico Unexplained

    mexicounexplained.com


    Shapeshifting Sorcery: The Persistence of Mesoamerican Magic

    firesidefiction.com


    Nahuales/Nagual: “Shapeshifter” | USC Digital Folklore Archives

    folklore.usc.edu


    Skinwalkers – The Chilling Shape-shifting Creatures of Native American Legends | FYI

    vocal.media


    La Lechuza: The Shape-Shifting Witch-Owl | Rocky Mountain PBS

    www.rmpbs.org


    La Lechuza: Mexican Folktale

    folktalesamerica.com


    The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee: 9780967799575: Clelland, Mr. Mike, Dolan, Mr. Richard M.: Books

    www.amazon.com


    La Lechuza: Owl Witch of Mexican Folklore – The Chronicles of Jinn

    thechroniclesofjinn.com


    Nagual/Wendigo sound

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRjM9QFhzpA


    https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/


    https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/


    https://phantomsandmonsters.com


    If you are currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, please dial 988.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • BLACK MAGIC ACADEMIES Pt.1 - "RECTA PROVINCIA...DAMN NEAR RITUALISTICALLY MUTILATED'EM!"
    Apr 24 2026

    SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! I love you all and you look MARVELOUS! This episode is the first in a series of speculative wanderings around the globe, looking into the potential connections between anomalous phenomena hotspots and the recurring folkloric concept of "black magic academies"! This episode will cover North and South America, with a special focus on Chile's RECTA PROVINCIA! Sharp-eyed/ eared listeners may want to keep a sharp eye/ear out for some of the following: anomalous lights, shapeshifters, and areas featuring an overlap of misc. high strangeness! All of this is just the launchpad into a much larger, overarching exploration of infernal geography! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

    Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com

    SOURCES:


    https://www.youtube.com/@EfrainBalak/videos


    https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/114292


    https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0718-23762014000100003&script=sci_arttext&utm


    https://joiamagazine.com/recta-provincia-una-investigacion-sobre-mitologia-y-brujeria-chilota


    https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recta_Provincia


    https://www.saladeprensa.cl/existen-aun-los-brujos-en-chiloe


    Chiloé y los Chilotes by Francisco Cavada y Mendiola


    Reyes sobre la Tierra by Gonzalo Rojas Flores


    Historia General de la Medicina en Chile by Pedro Lautaro Ferrer


    La Recta Provincia: Una cofradía de brujos en el sur de Chile by Sergio Fritz Roa


    In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin


    Saga of The Swamp Thing by Alan Moore


    Skinwalker Ranch: Hoax Or A Hub Of Paranormal Activity? | IFLScience

    www.iflscience.com


    How Skinwalker Ranch Became a Hotbed of Paranormal Activity | HISTORY

    www.history.com


    Skinwalkers Mythology: Characteristics and Modern Interpretations | HowStuffWorks

    science.howstuffworks.com


    What Is Skinwalker Ranch, and What’s Really Going on There?

    www.utah.com


    Inside Skinwalker Ranch, a Paranormal Hotbed of UFO Research

    www.vice.com


    Skinwalker Ranch - Austin Ghosts

    austinghosts.com


    are skin walkers real?

    factually.co


    Skinwalker Ranch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org


    If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, please dial 988.

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • JOHN KEEL (Ver.2.0) - "ULTRATERRESTRIAL SUPER(DUPER!)SPECTRUM"
    Apr 18 2026

    Sup Kooooooooooooooooks! Here's a FAR SUPERIOR version of one of the first episodes we ever did that now seems like it was literally 2-3 years ago. Because it probably was. Literally. This one covers a lot more of Keel's conceptual contributions to ufology and high strangeness in general. Ultraterrestrials. The Superspectrum. Window Areas. Transmogrification. AND SO MUCH MO'! Extremely light on any "Mothman" but quite heavy on the incredible influence that this man has exerted on investigations into all things weird! ALSO: "The Fickle Finger of Fate!"...if you know, you know. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

    Email us!: kooksandcranks@gmail.com

    SOURCES: all books by John Keel, though not as many of them as I'd have liked, which includes "Jadoo", "The Mothman Prophecies", "Operation Trojan Horse", and "The Eighth Tower"


    If you are struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, email me for my address so you can mail your drugs to me in order to rid yourself of any potential temptations. But if you really need help, like right this minute, please dial 988. YOU ARE NEVER ALONE.

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    1 hr and 37 mins
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