Monster Bureau: Recent Episodes
Jacob Rice
The Monster Bureau podcast covers breaking monster news, terrifying field reports, and chilling encounters submitted by listeners. Monster Bureau is a fictional news bureau and radio station that gathers the latest about monsters, their shenanigans, and tips for monster hunters. It’s inspired by creature features and radio shows from the 1950s.
Two fishermen thought they'd only catch trout when a dastardly dragon breaks the surface and terrifies Lake Chelan, Washington!
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In an unprecedented event, alien venus flytraps are gobbling every mammal they see in the Everglades, Big Cypress Parks and Fort Myers. Middle schools, retirement homes and shopping malls have become entwined in giant flytrap roots, and massive plant maws have eaten countless victims. Tune in as your intrepid reporter goes to the swampy, alien hive to document these menacing monsters from beyond our solar system!
Read the monster profile at https://ghostsandmonsters.com/alien-venus-flytraps-otherworldly-hive-mind-swamp-monsters/
Caddy, a cadborosaurus, slammed into ferries crossing Puget Sound. Many travellers fell off the ships and into the cold, dark, deep waters. The monster then fled, heading north toward the San Juan Islands and Salish Sea. The US Navy chased the poor beast away from mankind's encroachment.
In this episode, hear from eyewitnesses, cryptozoologists, and the Navy in this LIVE report from Puget Sound.
A hodag, the most fearsome creature of the Lumberwoods, rampages through a campsite near Rhinelander, Wisconsin. BUT ... maybe those campers aren't unsuspecting, helpless tourists after all?!
In the follow-up reports, we get the science behind the rapid growth of hodags in the Northwoods from Dr. Emily Roberts and Dr. Michael Svenson.
Finally, your intrepid reporter gets inside scoop on an international hodag poaching ring.
Get the scoop from Monster Bureau today!
You can also find the hodag monster profile at Ghosts & Monsters, the Monster Bureau bestiary: https://ghostsandmonsters.com/hodags-the-most-fearsome-creature-of-the-lumberwoods/
In this special report ... A US Coast Guard ship has a terrifying encounter while searching for hominid-toe-eating zebra mussels. Listen to this live report from the bridge of the USCGC Resolute on a dark and stormy night.
Monster Bureau's intrepid reporter heads to West Virginia to investigate a series of possible hellhound attacks in local hollers. Four victims give details about their encounters, and Dr. Carl Langley, an Occult scientist, givers his insights into hellhound behavior. Finally, your intrepid report goes on a ride along with Sheriff Tommie Williams ... and they have a face-to-face encounter with one of the demonic doggies! Plus, get a tease for the next episode.
This just in ... A batsquatch sighting, the first in decades, sends Monster Bureau's intrepid reporter into the field to interview eyewitnesses about the mysterious mountain monster. What happened to Biscuit? Will Jessica stop crying? Tune in to get the scoop now!
Find the full Batsquatch monster profile at: https://ghostsandmonsters.com/batsquatch-more-chimera-than-cryptid/
Monster Bureau's intrepid reporter heads to Las Vegas to get the scoop on a giant fire ant attack. Famous casinos and landmarks left destroyed after the ant tore through the Strip. In this episode, hear from eyewitnesses, Dr. Linda Feldman (a mega-entomologist), and Agent X (a mad science informat) provides a field report from the epicenter of giant fire ants. Then, get your protection plan as part of Monster Bureau's service journalism.
Get the giant fire ant monster profile at https://ghostsandmonsters.com/giant-fire-ants-radioactive-mutations-run-amok/.
All across Tasmania, drop bears, the blood-feasting marsupials, have hunted unsuspecting, selfie-taking tourists. Canadians and Brits are especially targeted by Australia's most dangerous cryptid. Tune in for the scoop ... and stick around for breaking news from Las Vegas.
A kaiju kraken attacked a small port town in Puget Sound, killing more than a dozen. Get the live report, interviews with experts, and the latest monster news from around the country.
Tune in now to America's monster news network, Monster Bureau!
Ghouls don’t lurk in graveyards anymore. Nowadays, they live and work in cities. They have jobs that put them close to freshly dead bodies. Get the scoop on these corpse eaters now.
Note: The ghoul section begins at 1:00. Jake has some notes about monster profiles and upcoming bulletins like this one.
Monster Bureau sends an intrepid reporter to the St. Louis History Museum to uncover the spectral shenanigans of a ... specter! Jake teams up with Director Morin to put that phantom down for the count. Then, your intrepid reporter digs into the bureau archives for Dr. Nixon's research on these deadly ghosts. Get the scoop at Monster Bureau today!
In breaking news, fresh from the teletype ... A wendigo attack near Winnipeg leaves a town shocked by its murderous rampage. Then, Professor Merle from the Forest Monster Research Institute discusses how, why, where and when wendigos hunt for human flesh. Finally, a reader tells his tragic encounter with a wendigo while on an ice fishing trip in Kenora, Ontario, and that encounter's legacy back home in New York City.
Get the latest monstrous news on Monster Bureau!
Monster Bureau gets a call to investigate a spate of killer bee attacks on cattle in New Mexico, but your intrepid reporter finds a connection to mad science and ... potentially ... alien technology. Tune in to Killer Bees Strike! for the scoop!
The Post segment from intrepid reporter, Ali Linan, at Las Cruces Sun News.
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A report from The Bahamas details the terrifying mermaid attack on a group of divers. Then, Dr. Kimberly Fosdyk provides clues to why a mermaid would attack unsuspecting humans. Finally, a listener tells of her encounter with a mermaid in Croatia. Tune in for the latest The Monster Report today!
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Special thanks to Kim Douthit (kimdouthit.com) for playing Dr. Fosdyk.
The Monster Bureau interviewed Gerald Dabrowski about his life as a monster hunter and got tips on how to hunt them better.
In the March 26th dateline report, a kayaker and dogman play cat-and-mouse in the Outback. Then, we get the latest field report about dogmen physiology, habitat, and hunting behaviors. In the final report, a listener tells of his encounter in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
References:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4117459/stalked-dog-man-aussie-bush/
https://ghostsandmonsters.com/dogmen-prowling-for-prey/