
219: The Cursed Episode
Other title option we almost went with-the One With All The Curses! Grab your lucky charms as we chat mysterious manuscripts and ciphers, a cursed play, theatre superstitions and the cursed grave of the Bard himself! It'

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Hosted by Alanna and Kelsey · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 249 episodes
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Welcome to Castles & Cryptids, a paranormal podcast hosted by a couple of Canadian chickies! Follow Alanna and Kelsey down the rabbit hole as we explore lore and legends, murder and mysteries, the unsolved and the unexplained. Where the castles are haunted and the cryptids are cryptic AF!
Alanna and Kelsey hosts Castles & Cryptids, a comedy show with 249 episodes published.

Other title option we almost went with-the One With All The Curses! Grab your lucky charms as we chat mysterious manuscripts and ciphers, a cursed play, theatre superstitions and the cursed grave of the Bard himself! It'

We are back and not even technical difficulties could keep us away! Buckle up for a fun tangent filled ep, featuring interruptions by Gordo, many movie and tv show discussions as well as out usual shenanigans. Kelsey kic
EDIT: the audio was fixed from first publish, sorry! way too long lol We are back, baby! Back and not taking a break for a bit so buckle up, it's monster hunting time! If Bigfoot is the best at hide-and-seek, who

Welcome back for part 2 of our Peruvian true crime episode, this weeks segment features a complex case involving the deaths of 2 people, each of their stories cannot be told without the other. Sebastian Woodroffe had spe
Hey cryptic crew, we return with Kelsey's Peru true crime case pick, the case of Ruth Thalia and the game show The Value of the Truth. Should have probably called it, the truth hurts and yes, it's a rough one. A po

It's gonna be May! Okay, okay, we shall cease and desist with the boy band GIFs and on to the show! All over Europe and other areas we celebrate May Day, Beltane, Walpurgis night, whatever you call it it's all about fire

The Story of the Pot Princess of Beverly Hills and Other Weed Stories It’s the WEED-kend, my hot, high cannabis crew! Happy 420, in honor of all who celebrate we brought a collection of cannabis-related capers this time!

This episode is just extra, sorry, not sorry! It’s extra-long, extra-cursed, and took us extra-long to get out on this long weekend, so a bit sorry ‘bout that part, to be fair! Kelsey covers a curse on US Presidents with

So clearly this is a very sensitive topic, like most true crime, so please be aware this will contain mentions of child death, child sexual abuse and other very violent topics. No explicit details are included but

We are back, back again (just like Kelsey's hearing and voice) and we are ready to dive into some lore about creatures around the UK. First we have British Flying Rods, known for their segmented and wavy motions, they mo

Hey you lovely listeners, today we have a wee episode to tide you over while our co-host is on the mend. Alanna is reading some local ghost stories to you! To be fair, it's since she feels bad she switched to

It's been a minute since we did a castle haunt or horror, so here are two very cool, eerie castles to live up to our name! Quick into of obligatory bitch session and catch-up, this time we go on about annoying and aging

Hey cryptic cuties, hope your 2026 is treating you well and we are so excited to be back. We have a fun episode for you, diving into the fascinating world of counterfeiting, forgeries and replicas, featuring everything f

Happy Holidays, here is your second helping of psychic stuff! We love talking about parapsychology, and of course, we are not the only ones. So Alanna's topic of the day is telepathy; trying to test it, a brief history o

Hello Cryptic Crew, and welcome back to our latest episode! This time its Kelsey's turn to deliver a curious case of a man who had some very prophetic dreams. Chris Robinson (not the one married to Amanda Knox, not

Welcome back, this week we dive into some drug-related crimes. Kelsey shares the scary tale of the Paraquat Vending Machine Murders in Japan- we are sad to say we'd never heard of it. A motive is nothing but sensel

This week is a Patreon Peek! We opened up the vault to give us some time to recover from some colds that can take down a host for a bit. But we love this episode, two very different takes on forensics, first a crimes sol

Samhain/Sauin season is here and a Happy All Hallow's Eve to all of you! Call them creepy campfire stories, or what you want but we wanted the dark and eerie vibes this time! So let's all snuggle in for the first tale of
Hey cryptic cuties! Hope you are all enjoying the fall and spooky season as much as we are. This week we thought we would take a look at 2 cases involving disguises or costumes (in honour of halloween of course). F

Hello friends and Happy Spooky Season! It's official we hit 200 episodes and it's time for something completely different! A man with 3 buttocks! no wait, that's a different show... Intro includes topics from A.I.
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