S21 Ep5: Best Of: Mermaids, Kappa and Water Humanoids (Sn. 21 Ep. 5)
Monsters Among Us
Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios
4.8 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
We're marking the unofficial start of summer with a highly requested episode, the best of mermaids, Kappa and other water humanoid creatures. You never know what's lurking beneath the surface. Keep it spooky and enjoy!
Season 21 Episode 5 of Monsters Among Us Podcast, true paranormal stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and more, told by the witnesses themselves.
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Past Lives
The Call
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're going to be. |
| 0:03.0 | Nozine. |
| 0:04.0 | We're going to be. |
| 0:07.0 | We're going to be. The |
| 0:23.6 | The Good evening and welcome to Monsters Among Us. |
| 0:56.1 | I am your guide, Derek Hayes. |
| 0:59.9 | Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. |
| 1:03.3 | Now given that things are warming up, the temperatures are rising and people are flocking to the water. |
| 1:09.7 | I thought it would be a good time to slap together another best-off episode. |
| 1:14.2 | And this week I have something pretty spooky to share with you, |
| 1:19.0 | especially if you're listening from the water. |
| 1:23.5 | You see, tonight I've put together a best-of episode |
| 1:26.2 | featuring the best calls I have about |
| 1:28.8 | mermaids and other aquatic humanoids. And let me tell you, it is quite the list. Support yourself |
| 1:37.7 | something cold to drink. Find a shadowy spot to sit in and prepare yourselves for what's going on beneath the waves. |
| 1:47.5 | And to kick things off here this evening, we begin in the state of Virginia. |
| 1:52.4 | From Season 17, Episode 5, please welcome R.B. Do the program. |
| 1:59.6 | Hey, Derek. I wanted to stay anonymous, but you can call me R.B. |
| 2:03.7 | Sound your podcast probably two to three months after this occurrence. |
| 2:11.5 | Wasn't really into these podcasts or anything. |
| 2:14.4 | But when something happens, you start to look around and figure out, you know, |
| 2:18.8 | what other people are seeing and what things might be. I'm in very, very rural Virginia, but I'm on |
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