Duck Duck Ghouls

Duck Duck Ghouls

Duck Duck Ghouls is a one-woman podcast where a skeptical animal scientist waddles into the weird. Cryptids? Probably misidentified raccoons. Ghosts? Drafty old houses. True crime? Okay, that one's real. With a mix of dry humor, scientific snark, and reluctant curiosity, she dives beak-first into the bizarre-asking the hard-hitting questions like, "If Bigfoot is real, why hasn't he been hit by a car yet?" Believers beware: things are about to get rationalish). Get cozy, stay spooky, and don't be acting ugly.

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August 24, 2025 34 mins

Is Ohio hiding a frog-shaped cryptid under its bridges… or just refusing to return a lost iguana? In this episode of Duck Duck Ghouls, we dive webbed-feet-first into the legend of the Loveland Frogman: a 3-to-4-foot humanoid amphibian who allegedly walks upright, smells terrible, and may or may not own a spark-shooting wand.

We cover the infamous 1955 and 1972 sightings, explore the biology behind what it would take for a giant frog...

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In June 1912, the Moore family of Villisca, Iowa—and two young houseguests—went to bed after a church service. By sunrise, all eight were dead, bludgeoned in their sleep with an axe that belonged to the father of the house.

The crime scene? Contaminated by half the town before investigators could even blink.

The suspects? A local senator, a possible serial killer, and a deeply suspicious traveling preacher who couldn’t stop talking a...

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Bigfoot: elusive ape-man, blurry photography icon, and the one guy who’s never been hit by a truck. Is he real — or just a bear with better PR? In this episode of Duck Duck Ghouls, we dig into his origins in Indigenous folklore, the Bluff Creek footprint scandal, Teddy Roosevelt’s creepy campfire story, and famous sightings across the U.S. We’ll also break down the science that says we should have bones, scat, and roadkill by now —...

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