Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster | Myth Movie Night

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

Multitude

Myths, Folklore, Society & Culture, Alcohol, Legends, Learning, Urbanlegends, Mythology, Comedy, History, Education, Gods, Educational, Drunkhistory

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Who would have guessed that Scooby Doo would have us go deeper than Loch Ness itself? Was the Loch Ness Monster just a marketing scheme? And what, exactly, is the definition of cryptid? We’re gonna answer these questions, without terrible Scottish accents.

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Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of drug use, drowning, animal/monster attacks, hoaxes in the press, animal remains, Covid-19, and cultural appropriation.

Housekeeping

- Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books

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If you like Spirits, help us grow by spreading the word! Follow us @SpiritsPodcast on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads. You can support us on Patreon (http://patreon.com/spiritspodcast) to unlock bonus Your Urban Legends episodes, director’s commentaries, custom recipe cards, and so much more. We also have lists of our book recommendations and previous guests’ books at http://spiritspodcast.com/books.

Transcripts are available at http://spiritspodcast.com/episodes. To buy merch, hear us on other podcasts, contact us, find our mailing address, or download our press kit, head on over to http://spiritspodcast.com.

About Us

Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Speard's podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:03.9	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:07.4	I'm Amanda.
0:08.2	And I'm Julia.
0:09.3	And this is episode 196, Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster for Myth Movie Night.
0:14.3	Oh, it's Scooby-Doo time again, Amanda.
0:16.7	Scooby-Doo, the heart and soul of our podcast.
0:20.0	You know, it's just a really fun excuse to watch a
0:23.7	calming movie, talk a little bit about ridiculous shenanigans, and then get into the mythology
0:29.1	of the Loch Ness Monster, which if you enjoyed our Mothman episode, you're going to enjoy this one
0:32.8	as well, because there's lots of quoting, lots of sources. We have a very good time.
0:36.8	This is less horny, though, than the Mothman episode.
0:39.2	I just want to clarify.
0:40.5	Much less horny.
0:41.9	Yes.
0:42.5	Do you know who I would definitely invite on a Loch Ness Monster sighting trip to Scotland?
0:48.5	I bet it's our patrons.
0:50.1	Our patrons.
0:51.1	Thank you so much to our supporting producer level patrons.
0:54.1	Philip Alicia, Deborah Hannah, Jen, Jessica, Gigan Landon, Megan, Megan Langer, Megan Moon, Molly, Mr.
1:00.2	Folk, Neil, Nicky, Phil Fresh, Polly, Riley, Sarah, and Skyla, as well as our legend-level patrons.
1:06.3	Audra, Chelsea, Clara, Donald, Drew, Eden, Francis, Jack Marie, Josie, Lada, Mark, Morgan, Necrowfancy, Sarah, and B.M.E. Up Scotty.
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