This might be the funniest episode we've ever recorded...

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss Wendigos and where the lore and legends came from, how to kill one, how to create one, and everything in between. We even discuss their role in popular culture and how they have changed over time.

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True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee to talk about the death of Shani Louk. Shani was attending the Nova Music Festival when she heard the Red Color go off. Shani had seconds to react before Hamas militants invading the festival, attacking, burning, raping, kidnapping, and murdering attendees.

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/30/middleeast/shani-louk-dead-israel-intl/index.html

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/now-she-can-rest-murdered-hostage-shani-louks-parents-thankful-to-have-a-grave/

• https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-hostages-shani-louk-a37e4fd656b46be36c4c659a9c2aac7d

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/europe/parents-german-israeli-woman-whose-body-found-gaza-thankful-have-grave-2024-05-18/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67260093

• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/world/middleeast/shani-louk-german-israel-woman-hamas-dead.html

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-defense-forces-hostages-bodies-recovered-hamas-gaza/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67046444

• https://nypost.com/2023/10/30/news/shani-louk-kidnapped-at-israeli-music-festival-found-dead/

Welcome to Cryptic Soup, your after-dark podcast. In this week's episode, join Thena and Kylee as they discuss the McCarthy Alaska Massacre that occurred one fateful day. It was a normal Tuesday Mail Day when Lou Hastings, a deeply disturbed man with a bad plan, cost the lives of almost half the residents of his community. For what though, just so he could keep his wilderness dream?

Be sure to check out our other podcast recommendations:

True Crime Guys at @truecrimeguys on IG

Strange & Unexplained at @sandupodcast on IG

Our sources for this episode:

• DocuSeries - Alaska Ice Cold Killers episode "Frozen Terror" on Discovery Channel
• Article - The End of the Road in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Spring of 1998 edition by Kevin Coughlin
• Article - After Murder Rampage, A Test of Survival by the Washington Post