Drunken Cryptids

Grab your coffee and lock your doors—this week, we’re heading back to 1946 to unravel the terrifying mystery of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders.
Over ten dread-filled weeks in the quiet, twin-city border town of Texarkana, a shadowy, sack-masked attacker known as the Phantom Killer ambushed couples on secluded lover’s lanes and stalked victims in their own homes. Five people were left dead, three survived horrific injuries, and a whole community was thrust into panic—buying up weapons, enforcing night curfews, and creating the infamous urban legend of "the town that dreaded sundown.

Host, Research, Executive Producer - Matthew Orton

Editing - Chris Ketterman

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Matthew sits down with Corky Derrick (Remember That, The Paranormal War Room) to share the harrowing true story of his family's three months inside a haunted 1864 plantation home in Sweetwater, TN. From demonic fireplace carvings and sudden fly swarms to time slips, encounters with the Hat Man, and a secret bricked-up room in the basement, Corky breaks down what it’s really like to face a real-life horror story.

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Host and Executive Producer Matthew Orton

Researcher and Editor Chris Ketterman

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Grab your favorite dark roast, dim the lights, and step onto the forgotten railroad tracks of deep South Arkansas. This week on Caffeinated Mysteries, we’re diving into one of the Natural State’s most famous, eerie, and persistent unsolved legends: The Gurdon Light.
Deep in the woods of Clark County, a glowing orb of white, blue, and sometimes fiery orange light has been seen bobbing above the old, abandoned railway line since the early 1930s. It sways through the trees, defies the laws of optics, and vanishes the second you get too close. But what—or who—is driving this ghostly lantern?

Host and Executive Producer Matthew Orton

Researcher and Editor Chris Ketterman

Music by the Drunken Cryptids Team

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What if Bigfoot isn't just an upright ape, but a predator built to hunt, swim, and move on all fours with terrifying speed?

In this episode of Drunken Cryptids, host Matthew Orton sits down with author, 26-year registered nurse, and Coast Guard veteran John M. Reiners. John recounts his chilling 2020 encounter in rural Kentucky—witnessing a massive creature drop into a quadrupedal "spider crawl" to stalk a deer—and breaks down the physical evidence behind it.

Leveraging his medical background in orthopedics, John reveals:

Joint Mechanics & Locomotion: How modified saddle joints explain "spider crawls," straight-line trackways, and high-speed movement.

Aquatic Sasquatch: Physical adaptations that allow these creatures to use river bottoms as hidden highways.

Encounters & Trauma: Why cryptid sightings cause real PTSD—and what top experts say about treating encounter trauma.

Stream now for a deep dive into the physical evidence, joint mechanics, and firsthand accounts that will change how you view Sasquatch forever.

Host and Executive Producer: Matthew Orton

Researcher and Producer: Chris Ketterman

Field Investigator and Armadillo Wrangler: Jacob "Jake" Waymire

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Beneath the red hats and backyard lawns lies a history far stranger—and older—than you think. Grab your coffee and join Matthew on this episode of Caffeinated Mysteries as we dig past the garden gate to explore the true lore, folklore, and startling modern encounters of gnomes.

Host and Executive Producer: Matthew Orton
Researcher and Producer: Chris Ketterman
Field Investigator and Armadillo Wrangler: Jacob "Jake" Waymire

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