402: Aliens, Monkeys, & Phil Collins ("URBAN LEGENDS")

Guide to the Unknown

Kristen Anderson and William Rogers

Tv & Film, Arts, Comedy

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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The Hopkinsville Goblin. The Ilkley Moore UFO. Monkey Magic. Phil Collins. What do they have in common? They're "urban legends." Y'know, kinda... ⁠⁠THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA⁠⁠ has CONCLUDED! Go watch the ENTIRE SHOW on ⁠⁠SCREAMBOX⁠⁠ (and play the ARG)! All the links you need are ⁠⁠right here⁠⁠! Oh, and get tickets for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the NJ Horror Con⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Edison, NJ on September 27th and 28th to see Willy (Please) [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Version⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sources & links⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] Get this episode AD-FREE on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For more, cruise through our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKS⁠ Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkley_Moor_UFO_incident https://kids.kiddle.co/Ilkley_Moor_UFO_incident https://www.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/p71zq7/the_ilkley_moor_alien_caught_on_the_camera_in_the/ https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24991483.ufo-sightings-ilkley-documented-new-phone-app/ https://www.treblezine.com/phil-collins-in-the-air-tonight-urban-legend/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Air_Tonight https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-possum-kingdom-by-toadies/ https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/people-had-so-many-crazy-ideas-about-what-the-song-meant-but-it-was-complete-b-s-his-song-about-a-killer-and-a-haunted-lake-launched-an-urban-legend-thirty-years-later-some-fans-still-think-possum-kingdom-is-true https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/yx8h6/the_toadies_possum_kingdom_a_disturbingly_sweet/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect https://factschology.com/factschology-articles-podcast/monkey-ladder-experiment-truth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, that didn't happen.
0:01.5	All right, everybody.
0:03.4	Seems not to have.
0:09.6	Hello, welcome to Guide to the Unknown.
0:12.2	I'm Kristen.
0:13.0	And I'm her little brother, William.
0:14.9	And this week, we are back all up in that Wikipedia page.
0:18.6	We're all up in it.
0:19.6	Uh-huh.
0:54.8	390. That's the last time we covered Urban Legends, episode 390. Yeah, that was a good while ago. I looked at the art and I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt. I long for those days now. It is beyond toasty here in New Jersey today. Sadly, I don't think those days will ever come again. It doesn't feel like it right now. We just live in the heat now. Yeah. Yeah, we're in the midst of like an insane heat wave. But whatever, we are enjoying ourselves today to dive back into that alphabetized list of urban legends that Wikipedia has and we are at the H's and I's. Yes. And as, as tasty as we are, perhaps these stories will send a chill up your spine.
0:56.2	Oh, how fun.
0:57.3	Thank you.
0:57.7	I'm like a weatherman or something.
0:59.2	It's like some morning news.
1:02.1	A repartee.
1:04.3	All right, everybody.
1:05.4	You know the deal.
1:06.2	We like talking about urban legends.
1:07.6	We're going to dive into this.
1:09.1	But this is a business, okay?
1:11.6	Just like the news, sometimes we have to cut to commercials, and so we'll do that right now.
1:19.6	Dinosaurs are headed back to the big screen in director Luke Sparks' Primitive War,
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