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Crook and Murder41 - The Lesser Key of SolomonThis is the grimoire you're thinking of. The Lesser Key of Solomon.Support the show2024-05-2358 minCrook and Murder40 - Greater Key of SolomonThis is not the key you've heard about... This is the Greater Key. Episode 40!!Support the show2024-05-231h 36Crook and Murder39 - King SolomonCheck it out! King Sol!Solomon - WikipediaKey of Solomon - WikipediaKing Solomon: The Story of His Reign and Kingdom - Chabad.orgSolomon - World History EncyclopediaSeal of Solomon - WikipediaThe Truth About King Solomon's Magic Ring (grunge.com)The Untold Truth Of King Solomon (grunge.com)Was King Solomon’s Temple a Real Place? | Discover MagazineFound: Fresh Cl...2024-03-051h 13Crook and Murder38 - As Above, So BelowWhat we do below happens above... or something like that. Just listen to the episodeSupport the show2024-02-141h 31Crook and Murder37 - DybbuksIf you're buying a wine box at a garage sale, listen to the old women when she says it's haunted.Support the show2024-01-171h 01Crook and Murder36 - Dream SymbolsHave you ever woken up from a vivid dream and immediately thought, "I really need Crook & Murder to help me decipher this!"? Well, Crook has got you! He went through every single dream interpretation book on the market and compiled it into this episode of symbols in dreams and what they mean. If you want to hear the uncut version of this episode, and I seriously think everyone should hear/watch it, check it out at our YouTube channel. Support the show2024-01-111h 36Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: Video Game Awards 2023Your favorite geeks geek out on the shit show that is the 2023 Video Game Awards. Support the show2023-12-292h 33Crook and Murder35 - Yuletide Lads13 wacky lads with a real ogre of a mom... Seriously, an ogre.Support the show2023-12-2756 minCrook and Murder34 - YetisIt's still winter and we've got more spooky winter stuff! Tonight we get hairy with the yeti. Support the show2023-12-121h 14Crook and Murder33 - Yuki-OnnaJapanese snow ghost!Support the show2023-12-051h 00Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet - Novem-bruh 2023Welcome back, and get ready for a ludicrous amount of movie/tv discussion! Support the show2023-11-302h 34Crook and Murder32 - Crook and Murder Present: Sleep ParalysisHave you ever downed a bunch of drugs and gone to sleep only to wake up with some dick of a Jedi waving a lightsaber over you, unable to move? Might be sleep paralysis. Stick around for the end where Murder breaks down the Jedi order. If you want to hear the full discussion of Star Wars and it's dismal future, check out the full video on YouTube.Support the show2023-11-291h 43Crook and Murder32 - Sleep ParalysisSupport the show2023-11-271h 32Crook and Murder31 - The Spirituality of DreamsDreams... They be spiritual. Also, an advanced class on Quantum Computing, brought to you by Murder.Support the show2023-11-211h 10Crook and Murder31 - The Spirituality of DreamsDreams, they get spiritual. Support the show2023-11-201h 48Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet - Halloween Horror - In November 2023It's The Gauntlet's turn for some Halloween fun! Support the show2023-11-141h 28Crook and Murder30 - The Conspiracies of Crook and MurderDid we actually land on the moon? What happens when we die while wearing yoga pants? Are birds real? The answers to these questions are unequivocally answered in this special episode of Crook & Murder. Spoiler alert: 2/3 of this podcast are pretty sure we landed on the moon. You'll have to pay $2000 to find out what happens when you die. And birds are drones.Support the show2023-11-141h 59Crook and Murder29 - Kuchisake-OnnaKuchisake-Onna... shit can get weird.Support the show2023-11-071h 18
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: October 2023It's that time again. SpiderDude, Rabbl3, and Crook are here to give you all the nerd news you can stuff in your nerd gourd. Anime, Games, Movies, and... Bluey. Again, we find out how much Crook loves Paddington Bear.Support the show2023-10-302h 55Crook and Murder28 - A History of HalloweenIt's the culmination of C&R's Halloween Spectacular! We do a deep dive into the history of Halloween and the different celebrations that are had in the modern day. Murder tried to give a history lesson on England's Gunpowder Plot, and why Guy Fawkes day is just anti-Papist propaganda - check out the uncut episode on YouTube for the full lesson. Crook lets everyone in on a secret about a certain stuffed bear... SGA lets it slip that everything he knows about Catholics and Protestants in England is from Monty Python. Sources:Halloween 2023: Origins, Meaning & T...2023-10-2556 minCrook and Murder27 - Bridget Cleary: The Roast of the Emerald Isles!Continuing our October-Halloween-Spectacular, today we bring you the MURDER of a smart and accomplished Irish woman (not a witch) named Bridget Cleary. Murder clarifies which group of white people he now has a bone to pick with, Alex learns Gaelic, and Crook shows us just how much he knows about fairy-folk. Listen to the end to hear an amazing TRUE story about witches and the things the steal.Support the show2023-10-171h 09Crook and Murder26 - Urban Legends IIt's October and that means Halloween is just around the corner. Today we have a special episode involving two urban legends for a deep dive into bullshit.Support the show2023-10-131h 10
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: September 2023SpiderGuy is back! My mom says that Pete Spiederman is a real nice boy, MJ thinks he's gonna asker her to prom.Support the show2023-10-132h 39Crook and Murder25 - TulpasHave you ever wanted a best friend, or just a friend? Maybe you want the perfect partner? Or maybe you just want a thought-form-energy-being to bum you out about life? Murder recommends you look into Tulpa-mancy. All you need is some imagination and your mom's basement. This week C&M talk Tulpas. Unfortunately, Murder had some murder stuff to take of, so it's just Crook and special guest Alex this week. Support the show2023-09-261h 03Crook and Murder24 - ScryingScrying. If you know the art of throwing cardboard (Magic: The Gathering), you might have some ideas about what scrying might be. Well, you've been fed a load. The boys break it down. What real practitioners of magik do with mirrors and shit. Support the show2023-09-151h 17Crook and Murder23 - DjinnAnyone remember that episode of the X-Files with the Djinn? Murder does. Support the show2023-08-271h 26Crook and Murder22 - Will O' WispIf you've seen the Disney/Pixar movie, "Brave", you might remember the Will O' Wisp played a pretty crucial role in starting setting up the plot. Spoiler alert: it's probably swamp gas. Support the show2023-08-091h 05Crook and Murder21 - The Science of Dreams (Part Two)The boys are back on dreams. Crook gives some insight on what he's doing while he podcasts, Alex and Murder talk philosophy (we were going to cut the boring parts, but the crew agrees we need a smaller audience), and Murder's reoccurring dreams of high explosives are analyzed. Support the show2023-08-042h 06Crook and Murder20 - The Science of Dreams (Part One)It's the C&R 20th episode extravaganza! Ever wonder how dreams work, scientifically? We've got the answers. Support the show2023-08-031h 37
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: July 2023Nerds, talking nerd shit! This month, we've got a cross over with Crook & Murder. Special Guest Alex makes a very special, maybe one time appearance, along with new host, Max Murder crash the party with some super important Star Trek analysis. Jordan get deep into some anime and the return of Futurama. Crook and Murder brag about the Steam Deck and the hours it's robbed from their families. Support the show2023-07-262h 57Crook and Murder19 - The Flying DutchmanThis week the boy are talking ghost ships. One, really, The Flying Dutchman! There's a whole bunch of reasons this thing is seen in the dangerous waters around the Cape of Good Hope, but I'd like to beleive it's actrually a ghost ship that's forever spooky because a Dutch captain decided to shoot an angel. Support the show2023-07-191h 04Crook and MurderCrook and Murder Special: The Double Secret Probation of Skinwalker RanchWho is Dragon? Does he have any military, security, or law enforcement experience? Is that shotgun even loaded? What possessed him to give himself the name Dragon while on his Mormon missionary work? Well we've got some answers, but this man remains the biggest mystery of Skinwalker Ranch.Support the show2023-06-281h 58
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: June 2023The gang chats about all things Tears of the Kingdom, Spiderverse, and Chainsaw Man Support the show2023-06-222h 07Crook and Murder18 - The Flatwoods MonsterCrook & Murder, and Special Guest Alex, are diving into another alien moneter story! This week we've got the "Flat Woods Monster" which An Extraterrestrial being that crash landed in the town of Flatwoods in Braxton County, West Virginia and really stunk up the whole county. This, possibly reptilian, stinky boy came to Earth in a giant fireball. Also, check out Crook & Murder discussing their trip to Mothman country where Murder almost shot a beaver and thought about stealing a 40oz from gas station that proudly sold confederate flags. He didn't do it though. Support the show2023-06-141h 54
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: Stars Way Mayhem 2023MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! It's that time again, The Stone Gauntlet kicks its way into May with a Wookie-tastic, Force-fabulous, gunslinging scoundrel, droid-sexual (no judgment here),all Star Wars episode. Roll up a bantha leg of a spliff and enjoy your May. Spoiler alert: Vader is Han's great aunt... wait that doesn't sound right.Support the show2023-05-241h 56Crook and Murder17 - SirensThis one is just Crook and Special Guest Alex, Murder had to sit this one out (the mausoleum I live in had a power outage then the copses just started falling out of their caskets). The dynamic duo discuss the Greek origins and the modern take on Sirens. Half-bird, half-Mariah Carey, and all woman... These chicks will make your day, then ruin EVERYTHING. I, Maxwell Murder, think it's probably worth it. Support the show2023-05-1647 minCrook and Murder16 - Native American Stick PeopleNow, when Crook said to me we're doing a whole episode about "Native American Stick Figures", I assumed we'd be talking petroglyphs. I says to myself, "Murder, how we gonna make a whole episode on petroglyphs interesting?". Well color me surprised, the myth of Stick People is pretty fucking creepy and seems to permeate a lot of disparate ethos and tribes. Get ready, Brother Bear! Support the show2023-05-091h 16
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: April 2023Your monthly geek awesomeness! Crook talks games, SpiderGuy talks media, and Jordan does a TED Talk with Powerpoint and everything. You'll have to watch the video on YouTube for the full experience though.Your Humble Anarcho-NotGettingYounger-BloodPreasure'sNotGettingLower-Crust-Punk,Max MurderSupport the show2023-04-252h 40Crook and Murder15 - BansheesThe Celtic folklore behind Banshees. Death omens, Faeriefolk, short and squat gingers, tall gingers, or just weird night nurses who clean clothes in a bog... It all really depends on if you're in Ireland or Scotland. Scottish Banshees seem to have the ability to perform the legendary backwards breastfeed... for grown dudes. In Murder's opinion, it's all a vast conspiracy perpetrated by the Catholic Church to install a desert wizard as the main God of most of Europe. Support the show2023-04-181h 32Crook and Murder14 - The Cora TreeLet's start off with a spoiler: This North Carolina folktale is 100% TRUE. Crook & Crew dig deep to tell this 100% TRUE story and its 100% BADASS main character, Captain Eli Blood. Just listen and you'll understand how 100% TRUE this story is and 100% BADASS Captain Eli Blood is. Support the show2023-04-111h 08
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: March 2023SpiderGuy, JRab, and CrookIrish get all up in March Madness. March Madness is when Resident Evil 4 gets re-released, right? Spider-fella talks DC and we find out why he absolutely should've been cast as Shazam, Crook goes all in on Clone Wars, and Jordan get some things off his chest about GameCube and how it caused severe psychic damage to him. Apparently a console _can_ touch you in your bathing suit spot. Your Humble OldAsDustAndNotGettingYounger-GameCube-Loving-CrumbCovered-AnarchoPunk,Max MurderSupport the show2023-03-282h 34Crook and Murder13 - WendigosWendigos. You might be asking yourself, "wtf is a Wendigo?", well Crook and Murder are laying it down. These MFers will ruin your day. They'll ruin your week. Fuck, they'll ruin your life. If you're lucky you'll even become one of the cannibalistic badasses. Unstoppable, lightning fast, and damn hungry. If you ever encounter one, don't think a road flare will protect you like the infamous - and fictional - Winchester Brothers used... It'll just piss 'em off.Support the show2023-03-131h 34Crook and Murder12 - Old House Woods VAHaunted woods in the middle of Virginia? Fuck yeah! Crook and Murder are on it. This place has it all. Ghost pirates, ghost treasure, ghost trees, ghost house, even a ghost knight! Well, a fully equipped ghost knight in plate armor, complete with a ghost horse... in a fairly small, wooded area in the middle of Virginia. But we're on it!Support the show2023-03-071h 25Crook and Murder11 - Theories on RoanokeIt's the end of our Roanoke series, and oh boy, are we ready to be done with it. I'm sure you are too. Crook, Murder, and Special Guest Alex (now and forever to be known as SGA) dig into the theories that are out there, from bonkers to the real shit. Murder and Crook stray off into some pretty dark shit and the boys discuss the pros and cons of cocaine. Stick around for a very special table read of a script Crook has been working on for "National Treasure III: The Roanoke-ing". This is a Murder guarantee, it's b...2023-03-031h 34Crook and Murder10 - Roanoke: The InvestigationsIt's time to dig deeper into the "mysterious" lost colony of Roanoke. Crook, Murder, and Alex discuss the various investigations into what happened to these 50-ish wannabe nobles who tried to strike it big in the new world. Was it all a propaganda grab by a psychotic, christian "historian" to blame it on the Indigenous Peoples of America? Was it a money grab for the all important sassafras tree by some other white dude? Or maybe, just maybe, there never were any colonists? Support the show2023-02-271h 38Crook and Murder9 - The Story of Roanoke (Part 2)Get ready, it's Roanoke Part 2! We've more white people doing even stupider shit than in part 1. Plus a guy named White doing stupid white people shit. If only these numbskulls had Captain Eli Blood to launch a which hunt to get them to focus on something - ANYTHING - then maybe they wouldn't need their governor to sail back to England so often for supplies. I'm mean seriously, how many winters does it take to like maybe ask the local for help. They've been living on the damn continent for about 10,000 years, they probably know all the good restaurants. 2023-02-261h 27Crook and Murder8 - The Story of Roanoke (Part 1)Roanoke... The island, not the town in VA with the awesome MTG card shop. The first (second, really) English colony in the Americas. It disappeared without a trace... well except for the word "Croatoan" carved into a fencepost. What does it all mean? Where did all the super white, ill-equipped English dandies and their families go? Well, the boys are here to lay it down in a four part series. Part 1: the worst planned expedition ever and the audacity of old white men get our first batch of colonists into a heap of trouble, without even really realizing it. 2023-02-231h 32
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: February 2023More geek goodness from the boys. I listened, but all I really heard was something about Velma and my mind just couldn't focus anymore... no clue why.Your Humble Anarcho-OldAsDustAndNotGettingYounger-Crust-Punk,Max MurderSupport the show2023-02-151h 45Crook and Murder7 - The Mystery of the PyramidsPyramids... Geonically interesting buildings built by cavillations, the world wide? Or something more mysterious? Certainly a good place to have your mummified body place along with all your living slaves. Or are they better for blood sacrifice of your enamies? Well Crook, not Murder, and Alex solve the mystery! Support the show2023-02-081h 24Crook and Murder6 - Get Leyed Lines!Who wants to get Leyed... lines? The question really should be, "Who wants a mustache ride?". You might be wondering, wtf is a Ley Line? Well we're gonna tell you. The boys go deep on lines that criss cross the world, or possibly just England. Crystals and sage, yoga cults and anti-vaxxers, and expert surveyors, all things that might come to mind when you think ley lines. Crook and Murder get to the bottom of these, possibly bullshit... lines... lines that connect things. Just listen and you'll understand. Support the show2023-02-011h 41Crook and Murder5 - The Secrets of Glamis CastleCount the windows! Is there a ghost of some creepy lady? Could it be the witch with the bangin' body who tried to kill the king and was subsequently BURNED AT THE STAKE!? Whatever it is, it's definitely the Scots. The boys uncover the strange, and mostly drunk, happenings at this mysterious Scottish castle... Or is it a future wedding venue?Support the show2023-01-241h 24
Crook and MurderThe Stone Gauntlet: 2022 ReviewedThe boys discuss the best and worst of 2022!2023-01-181h 39Crook and Murder4 - Christmas Special: Krampus!Happy Holidays, damnit! It's late, but if you weren't a dick and tuned in live you did catch this one around Santa Time. Crook, Murder, and our uninvited guest talk about the awesomely metal anti-claus, Krampus. Enjoy hearing about how Yule was celebrated by Vikings and the Germanic tribes and how the Austrians stuck it to the Catholic Church and came up with an even more evil/metal version of Krampus.A special holiday message from Crook, Murder, and uninvited guest host, Al: Fuck Christmas, we hope you all hate it as much as we do.2023-01-171h 27