385 // A Nation Of Cryptids w/ JW Ocker

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🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are thrilled to be joined for the second time by the always fascinating and delightfully macabre JW Ocker. This time around, JW regales the listeners with his adventures hunting the legends of cryptids, state by state as he compiled information for his book, The United States of Cryptids. It's a tale of wonder and mystery not to be missed. You can pick up a copy of The United States of Cryptids at your local bookseller or here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-united-states-of-cryptids-a-tour-of-american-myths-and-monsters-j-w-ocker/17918040?ean=9781683693222 Stay up to date with JW by following him on social: IG: https://www.instagram.com/jwocker/ TW: @JWOcker And check out his website https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/ We love our Air Doctors! And if you want your air to be easier to breathe, head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code CRAWLSPACE and, depending on the model, you’ll receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off! Check out the great show, The Dead Files from the Travel Channel. Listen to The Dead Files wherever you get your podcasts. Another great show to check out is Morbid! They are celebrating their 5 year podversary! Listen to Morbid wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our Subscription Service where we have a bundled our bonus material from both the Missing and Crawlspace shows! Ad-free episodes and more at https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ Use promo code, "Missing" for your first month FREE! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Join the Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Crawlspace Media is part of the Glassbox Media Network. Check them out here: https://glassboxmedia.com/ Follow Private Investigations For the Missing https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:30.0	Welcome to Crawl Space. I'm Tim here today with Lance Lance. How are you today?
0:38.0	I am doing fantastic today Tim. I hope our listeners are doing fantastic.
0:42.0	I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend, the Memorial Day weekend.
0:46.0	How was your weekend Tim? How are you doing? Are you coming back refreshed?
0:50.0	It was great. Yeah. I'm coming back refreshed. I got a lot of grilling in.
0:54.0	I got a lot of outdoor time. I and one thing I didn't see was any cryptids out there this weekend,
1:02.0	which is a good thing for most people, including JW ochre, who is our guest today.
1:08.0	He is a fantastic author who writes about cryptids and so much more Lance.
1:12.0	That's right. We have him on to discuss his book, The United States of Cryptids,
1:16.0	A Tour of American Myths and Monsters. But while it's about cryptids, there's more to it.
1:20.0	It's about the belief in something that's fantastical and the desire to want to know more about the environment that we live in.
1:30.0	And perhaps there's something else going on that we haven't discovered yet.
1:34.0	Well said. And I think JW ochre really brings out that side in me. I'll speak for myself.
1:40.0	But I have a feeling he does that for a lot of his readers as well.
1:44.0	And if you love this episode, let us know on social media. You can find us at crawlspace podcast or crawlspace pod.
2:04.0	And Tim, I know by now that most of our listeners out there, they know where to find us if they wanted to listen to this episode without the commercials.
2:11.0	But let's say you're a cryptid wandering the woods. You've never even heard of a podcast and you discover it.
2:16.0	And then you want to listen to it without the commercials. Where would you tell a puckwadji to go?
2:21.0	Well listeners can now subscribe to crawlspace premium on Apple Podcasts. It's 499 a month. You get ad free episodes, early releases and our weekly bonus show.
2:31.0	And if you're not an Apple user, you can go to crawlspace.supportingcast.fm and sign up for the same product there.
2:38.0	Alright, we're going to break quick for commercial here and we'll be right back with JWOaker.
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