Episodes

  • #112 EdFringe LIVE Night Three Issue
    Dec 1 2025

    “If doesn’t go wrong, you haven’t seen us”

    Welcome back to the Cryptid Factor Live in Edinburgh - Night 3!


    In this show you will find a man who has LITERALLY taken his life into his hands, plants evolving into musicians on San Pellegrino diets, eye ball yoga, stereotypical evil villains bringing giant birds back to life (Jurassic Park style), Rhys sounding fish that refuse to die, and whale threesomes to finish us off…

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    33 mins
  • #111 EdFringe LIVE Night Two Issue
    Sep 26 2025

    Night two of the Edinburgh Fringe and the boys put whole jail house of stories behind bars.


    In this rebellious issue we have backstage gatecrashing, psychic attacks, deceitful leggy leaves, cryptid impersonators, historically resentful house pets, a poorly pulled-off coattail theory theft and the tiniest noisiest cat-erpillar to ever be eye-witnessed.

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    31 mins
  • #110 EdFringe LIVE Night One Issue
    Sep 4 2025

    The Edinburgh Fringe couldn't keep us out if they tried! And trust us...they did.


    Kicking their second run off with a wobbly blast, the trio find their feet with tales of swampy airport crotches, poles flipping out on Santa, UAPs coming to scope out Earth, High School teachers leaving their special marks, and a thief busted by book too good to run away from.

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    41 mins
  • #109 The Heavy Lifting Issue
    Jul 6 2025

    With Rhys exhausted from his seemingly endless UK standup tour - Buttons and Dan gallantly decide to do the heavy lifting this episode, and although a wonderful offer, it's not long before the weight becomes too much to bear... for us all!


    In issue you’ll find giant courting caves, dead dog clouds (and pizza), endangered hotel wake up calls, black icebergs complete with lazy code, an old man walks with lions, revenge of the birds... and stinky skin rust. Naturally. Enjoy the weight

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • #108 The Animal Adjacent Issue
    Jun 19 2025

    After the tangent filled 107 episode, It’s time for some top-tier tangent-free animal news! (With the disclaimer that 'tangent-free' excludes animal tangents - of which there are MANY!)


    In this issue, we get answers to the burning questions that we never wanted the answers to, like which host is the funniest? Which host is most likely to survive in the wild? Who is most likely to tame a wild moose whist riding an ancient Moa? Obvious!


    And, if you wade through this swamp of tangents long enough, you might just spot something that resembles content - such as a neck egg-laying giant snail, fresh Moose sightings in New Zealand, Mermaid’s purses spotted beneath an underwater volcano, Mouse Deer and Flying Squirrels going from extinct to extant as well as a Bigfoot eyewitness account thats fresh off the page!


    Last and certainly least, theres a dog pushing their owner off a cliff, which leads to the world’s first ever live animal reenactment on a podcast! You don’t want to miss this one!


    If you want to support Peach and Orion in their efforts in environmental education:

    https://givebutter.com/NAAEE5KChallenge2025/peachandorion

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • #107 The Stopped Pod Issue
    Jun 6 2025

    STOP THE POD!

    But seriously, you should stop this pod before you even start it if any of the below applies:

    •You don’t enjoy 1 hour long advertisements

    •You do enjoy Cryptid content... or any content at all really

    •You prefer your Weekly World Weird News to have occured within the past three years.


    However, do get this pod going if you enjoy:

    •Confirmation that Buttons is a human mushroom

    •Rhys' Personal Memorable Moments

    •Your podcasts infused with Dans Sexual Energy

    •or container ships ringing door bells, fungi chatting or tea-leaf reading, divorce causing AI.


    *NB for advertising requests please email… Halina.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • #106 The P.S.A Issue
    Mar 31 2025

    THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

    Please be take note of the following warnings before proceeding into this issue.

    TRIPPING HAZARD! Legendary 'Kappa' Hunter's flustered loosey-goosey balls are rolling around freely in the streets of Japan.

    BEWARE of Schreibers Animal Husbandry! In light of animals now being able to talk to humans, please refrain from placing any hands on Dan's new LITERAL chick.

    And REMINDER to check your call sheet number on todays episode of the Darby Truman Show (proudly brought to you by Name Brand cereal).

    Also in this disturbed issue we have: murderous colleagues stranded in Antartica, very quiet sounds in a Sasquatch hotspot (audiobook available now...please!), freshly generated footage of the morally-questionable Mexican 'Chaneques' Goblins, and a new three-day Bigfoot festival in Oregon - which hasn't even happened yet!


    And most importantly: TWO NEW CRYPTID FACTOR HOSTS REQUIRED!








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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • #105 The Robot Host Issue
    Mar 20 2025

    Well well well, let’s all give a warm virtual welcome to TCF's newest host! He’s so switched on, it’s almost like he’s made for it.


    Although, we have enough host action going on to keep us entertained with just our regular three: We have a time travelling child host coming back to cosplay as other hosts, a normal travelling host on a mission to coat tail another host, and a celebrity host and a not-so celebrity host meeting celebrity non-hosts, giving celeb-envy to another host…host hosty hosts!


    In this flotilla of information you will sail past the first Loch Ness Monster sighting of 2025, adorable wooly mice created by a whole company of genetically engineered employees, national cheesy naan crazes, and World-Record breaking vegetables making some oddly familiar noises.


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    1 hr and 10 mins