Monster Crush
@monstercrush.bsky.social
A podcast about finding love in all the wrong places. Join cryptowoologists Derek & LD as they find beauty within the horrifying world of cryptids, monsters, and the paranormal.
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Part of the @swordandkey.bsky.social network
https://linktr.ee/monstercrush
That’s a lot of ones in an ep… So let’s do three cryptids that were only seen once! Enjoy The 50-Foot Congo Snake, The Bathysphaera intacta (or Giant Dragonfish), and The Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room (aka Shrimpy)… Plus a bonus cryptid!
BIG SNAKE, BIG FISH, BIG SHRIMP!!!
BIG SNAKE, BIG FISH, BIG SHRIMP!!!
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
That’s a lot of ones in an ep… So let’s do three cryptids that were only seen once! Enjoy The 50-Foot Congo Snake, The Bathysphaera intacta (or Giant Dragonfish), and The Giant Shrimp in the Laundry Room (aka Shrimpy)… Plus a bonus cryptid!
BIG SNAKE, BIG FISH, BIG SHRIMP!!!
BIG SNAKE, BIG FISH, BIG SHRIMP!!!
WE’RE ALIVE AND BACK WITH A NEW HALLOWEEN EPISODE!
For this special episode we decided to romance a truly iconic creature, FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER!
Get ready for jokes that will leave you in stitches and love that strikes like lightning with this episode!
For this special episode we decided to romance a truly iconic creature, FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER!
Get ready for jokes that will leave you in stitches and love that strikes like lightning with this episode!
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
WE’RE ALIVE AND BACK WITH A NEW HALLOWEEN EPISODE!
For this special episode we decided to romance a truly iconic creature, FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER!
Get ready for jokes that will leave you in stitches and love that strikes like lightning with this episode!
For this special episode we decided to romance a truly iconic creature, FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER!
Get ready for jokes that will leave you in stitches and love that strikes like lightning with this episode!
NEW MONSTER CRUSH ALERT!
To honor the recent Hobbit Day, we’re talking Tolkien! So get ready for some of the most monstrous that Middle Earth has to offer as we romance Smaug the Dragon, The Watcher in the Water, and Durin’s Bane the Balrog!
And we’re joined by @shadowsilvia.bsky.social again!
To honor the recent Hobbit Day, we’re talking Tolkien! So get ready for some of the most monstrous that Middle Earth has to offer as we romance Smaug the Dragon, The Watcher in the Water, and Durin’s Bane the Balrog!
And we’re joined by @shadowsilvia.bsky.social again!
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
NEW MONSTER CRUSH ALERT!
To honor the recent Hobbit Day, we’re talking Tolkien! So get ready for some of the most monstrous that Middle Earth has to offer as we romance Smaug the Dragon, The Watcher in the Water, and Durin’s Bane the Balrog!
And we’re joined by @shadowsilvia.bsky.social again!
To honor the recent Hobbit Day, we’re talking Tolkien! So get ready for some of the most monstrous that Middle Earth has to offer as we romance Smaug the Dragon, The Watcher in the Water, and Durin’s Bane the Balrog!
And we’re joined by @shadowsilvia.bsky.social again!
Monster Crush is back from our Summer Break and we are thrilled to be joined by special guest @shadowsilvia.bsky.social !
Join us on a romp into the magical and majestic with a date focused on unicorns!
These horny horses have so much to offer so listen now! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Join us on a romp into the magical and majestic with a date focused on unicorns!
These horny horses have so much to offer so listen now! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
September 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Monster Crush is back from our Summer Break and we are thrilled to be joined by special guest @shadowsilvia.bsky.social !
Join us on a romp into the magical and majestic with a date focused on unicorns!
These horny horses have so much to offer so listen now! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Join us on a romp into the magical and majestic with a date focused on unicorns!
These horny horses have so much to offer so listen now! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Before Monster Crush takes its Summer Break we wanted to bring back the nostalgia of Summer Reading, especially with the wonderfully scary monsters from the Goosebumps series!
So get ready to smooch monsters from Calling All Creeps, The Beast from the East, and Night of the Living Dummy!
So get ready to smooch monsters from Calling All Creeps, The Beast from the East, and Night of the Living Dummy!
July 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Before Monster Crush takes its Summer Break we wanted to bring back the nostalgia of Summer Reading, especially with the wonderfully scary monsters from the Goosebumps series!
So get ready to smooch monsters from Calling All Creeps, The Beast from the East, and Night of the Living Dummy!
So get ready to smooch monsters from Calling All Creeps, The Beast from the East, and Night of the Living Dummy!
A new Monster Crush date is here and for this one we fly into the world of yokai for two feathered fiends to hopefully nest with. So strap on and strap in for the Kogarasu and the Niwatori no sō!
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July 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A new Monster Crush date is here and for this one we fly into the world of yokai for two feathered fiends to hopefully nest with. So strap on and strap in for the Kogarasu and the Niwatori no sō!
Listen/download wherever you get your podcasts or here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mon...
Listen/download wherever you get your podcasts or here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mon...
Monster Crush is back with another Second Chances episode! This time we reconsider the Scandinavian Troll. These magical beings of nature are welcome to haunt our forests, our bridges, and our bedrooms anytime!
Things are going to get rock hard so strap on and strap in!
Things are going to get rock hard so strap on and strap in!
June 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Monster Crush is back with another Second Chances episode! This time we reconsider the Scandinavian Troll. These magical beings of nature are welcome to haunt our forests, our bridges, and our bedrooms anytime!
Things are going to get rock hard so strap on and strap in!
Things are going to get rock hard so strap on and strap in!
Happy Pride, you beautiful Monster Crushers! For this episode in the queerest of the year(est) we wanted to bring a true icon of LGBTQ+ culture and history. So we went back to the 80s for a muscled bone-daddy to really get you rattlin’. It’s SKELETOR on this latest Monster Crush!
June 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Happy Pride, you beautiful Monster Crushers! For this episode in the queerest of the year(est) we wanted to bring a true icon of LGBTQ+ culture and history. So we went back to the 80s for a muscled bone-daddy to really get you rattlin’. It’s SKELETOR on this latest Monster Crush!
Monster Crush wants to wish you all a most happy Pride Month! Our philosophy has always been about finding love (even if it’s with an unknowable horror living in the woods by your house).
Our hope is that you can celebrate love in all of its beautiful variety.
Love is love, smooch without fear.
Our hope is that you can celebrate love in all of its beautiful variety.
Love is love, smooch without fear.
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Monster Crush wants to wish you all a most happy Pride Month! Our philosophy has always been about finding love (even if it’s with an unknowable horror living in the woods by your house).
Our hope is that you can celebrate love in all of its beautiful variety.
Love is love, smooch without fear.
Our hope is that you can celebrate love in all of its beautiful variety.
Love is love, smooch without fear.
The new episode of Monster Crush is here and you definitely want to memorialize this one! This time we bring you two monsters seen during WWI to really blow you... out of the water. So strap on and strap in for the U-28 Creature and the U-85 Atrocity!
May 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The new episode of Monster Crush is here and you definitely want to memorialize this one! This time we bring you two monsters seen during WWI to really blow you... out of the water. So strap on and strap in for the U-28 Creature and the U-85 Atrocity!
Happy Mommy’s Day from all of us at Monster Crush! To celebrate we bring you an episode dedicated to the Greek mythological matriarch of monsters! So strap in and strap on for The Echidna!
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Happy Mommy’s Day from all of us at Monster Crush! To celebrate we bring you an episode dedicated to the Greek mythological matriarch of monsters! So strap in and strap on for The Echidna!
A new episode of Monster Crush has landed and this one really branches out to solve your dating woes. Do your dates always leaf? Well not these singletons. No, these man-eating trees are ready to put down roots… treacly fluid and all!
April 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A new episode of Monster Crush has landed and this one really branches out to solve your dating woes. Do your dates always leaf? Well not these singletons. No, these man-eating trees are ready to put down roots… treacly fluid and all!
Episode 100 is here! I can’t believe we are finally here! And speaking of unbelievable things - is there a monster lurking in the murky depths of Loch Ness? Yes! At least we want the answer to be yes. So join us for a deep dive into Derek’s first monster love!
April 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Episode 100 is here! I can’t believe we are finally here! And speaking of unbelievable things - is there a monster lurking in the murky depths of Loch Ness? Yes! At least we want the answer to be yes. So join us for a deep dive into Derek’s first monster love!
No joke, a new Monster Crush episode is here! It’s episode 99 so we figured we had better go big or go home. And what’s bigger than dinosaurs?! So enjoy our romantic intentions towards the Kassi Rex, an apex predator dino cryptid supposedly from the Congo!
April 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
No joke, a new Monster Crush episode is here! It’s episode 99 so we figured we had better go big or go home. And what’s bigger than dinosaurs?! So enjoy our romantic intentions towards the Kassi Rex, an apex predator dino cryptid supposedly from the Congo!
Plus you can complete your own bracket and see how it pairs up with ours right here!
Listen/download wherever you get your podcasts or you can do all of that here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mon...
Leave a review if you loved what you heard!
Listen/download wherever you get your podcasts or you can do all of that here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mon...
Leave a review if you loved what you heard!
March 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Plus you can complete your own bracket and see how it pairs up with ours right here!
Listen/download wherever you get your podcasts or you can do all of that here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mon...
Leave a review if you loved what you heard!
Listen/download wherever you get your podcasts or you can do all of that here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mon...
Leave a review if you loved what you heard!
The latest episode of Monster Crush is out!
This episode we bring you Pt. 2 of IN THE MARCH OF MADNESS with the GOO (Great Old One) Conference and the FINAL WINNER!
So strap in and strap on for all sorts of tentacular terrors eager to wiggle their way into your hearts and minds!
This episode we bring you Pt. 2 of IN THE MARCH OF MADNESS with the GOO (Great Old One) Conference and the FINAL WINNER!
So strap in and strap on for all sorts of tentacular terrors eager to wiggle their way into your hearts and minds!
March 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The latest episode of Monster Crush is out!
This episode we bring you Pt. 2 of IN THE MARCH OF MADNESS with the GOO (Great Old One) Conference and the FINAL WINNER!
So strap in and strap on for all sorts of tentacular terrors eager to wiggle their way into your hearts and minds!
This episode we bring you Pt. 2 of IN THE MARCH OF MADNESS with the GOO (Great Old One) Conference and the FINAL WINNER!
So strap in and strap on for all sorts of tentacular terrors eager to wiggle their way into your hearts and minds!
IN THE MARCH OF MADNESS IS BACK!!!
This year we bring you an all new bracket with some of the slimiest, saltiest, most eldritch monsters to lose your mind over!
Fill out your own bracket (below) and let us know what tentacular horror will win your SALTY 16 SINGLE SMOOCH BRACKET!
This year we bring you an all new bracket with some of the slimiest, saltiest, most eldritch monsters to lose your mind over!
Fill out your own bracket (below) and let us know what tentacular horror will win your SALTY 16 SINGLE SMOOCH BRACKET!
March 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
IN THE MARCH OF MADNESS IS BACK!!!
This year we bring you an all new bracket with some of the slimiest, saltiest, most eldritch monsters to lose your mind over!
Fill out your own bracket (below) and let us know what tentacular horror will win your SALTY 16 SINGLE SMOOCH BRACKET!
This year we bring you an all new bracket with some of the slimiest, saltiest, most eldritch monsters to lose your mind over!
Fill out your own bracket (below) and let us know what tentacular horror will win your SALTY 16 SINGLE SMOOCH BRACKET!
Have you listened to our Valentine's Day episode yet?
LD gets two monsters of her dreams (nightmares are dreams too) with the Danish Hell-knight Valraven and the Korean 9-tailed fox Kumiho. Be careful sharing your heart with these monsters, they'll probably want to eat it!
LD gets two monsters of her dreams (nightmares are dreams too) with the Danish Hell-knight Valraven and the Korean 9-tailed fox Kumiho. Be careful sharing your heart with these monsters, they'll probably want to eat it!
March 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Have you listened to our Valentine's Day episode yet?
LD gets two monsters of her dreams (nightmares are dreams too) with the Danish Hell-knight Valraven and the Korean 9-tailed fox Kumiho. Be careful sharing your heart with these monsters, they'll probably want to eat it!
LD gets two monsters of her dreams (nightmares are dreams too) with the Danish Hell-knight Valraven and the Korean 9-tailed fox Kumiho. Be careful sharing your heart with these monsters, they'll probably want to eat it!
Turns out Feb 6th is National Werewolf Day in the US?!
To celebrate you can listen to one of our more lycanthropic episodes including Date 41 - The Good, The Gooder, and The Goodest Boys or Bonus Date (between eps 62&63) D&D Lycanthropes with The Lady Dame!
To celebrate you can listen to one of our more lycanthropic episodes including Date 41 - The Good, The Gooder, and The Goodest Boys or Bonus Date (between eps 62&63) D&D Lycanthropes with The Lady Dame!
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Turns out Feb 6th is National Werewolf Day in the US?!
To celebrate you can listen to one of our more lycanthropic episodes including Date 41 - The Good, The Gooder, and The Goodest Boys or Bonus Date (between eps 62&63) D&D Lycanthropes with The Lady Dame!
To celebrate you can listen to one of our more lycanthropic episodes including Date 41 - The Good, The Gooder, and The Goodest Boys or Bonus Date (between eps 62&63) D&D Lycanthropes with The Lady Dame!
Monster Crush is back after our little holiday break with all new horrors to fall in love with. This time we give a second chance to the J'ba Fofi! This giant spider from the Congo may not be for everyone but we think the hug potential is top tier!
February 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Monster Crush is back after our little holiday break with all new horrors to fall in love with. This time we give a second chance to the J'ba Fofi! This giant spider from the Congo may not be for everyone but we think the hug potential is top tier!
Did we forget to post about this ep before our break? Yep, sure did! Anywho... This is our winter holiday episode all about everyone's favorite naughty holiday demon, Krampus!
We hope the holiday spirit carries enough into better-late-than-never enjoyment!
We hope the holiday spirit carries enough into better-late-than-never enjoyment!
February 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Did we forget to post about this ep before our break? Yep, sure did! Anywho... This is our winter holiday episode all about everyone's favorite naughty holiday demon, Krampus!
We hope the holiday spirit carries enough into better-late-than-never enjoyment!
We hope the holiday spirit carries enough into better-late-than-never enjoyment!
Tis the season of giving and so we give you a NEW MONSTER CRUSH! (I mean it's been out for over a week but whatever)
A heads up that this Haunted Dolls episode is fun but audio quality is spotty. We fixed what we could so totally get it if it's not for you. As always, thanks!
A heads up that this Haunted Dolls episode is fun but audio quality is spotty. We fixed what we could so totally get it if it's not for you. As always, thanks!
December 18, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Tis the season of giving and so we give you a NEW MONSTER CRUSH! (I mean it's been out for over a week but whatever)
A heads up that this Haunted Dolls episode is fun but audio quality is spotty. We fixed what we could so totally get it if it's not for you. As always, thanks!
A heads up that this Haunted Dolls episode is fun but audio quality is spotty. We fixed what we could so totally get it if it's not for you. As always, thanks!
This episode came out just in time for Thanksgiving so we're sorry if you're just hearing about it now.
To set our table for the holiday we made sure to bring monsters that would really fill us up. So this time, you can thoroughly enjoy The Veggieman and The Bird Beasts of Var!
To set our table for the holiday we made sure to bring monsters that would really fill us up. So this time, you can thoroughly enjoy The Veggieman and The Bird Beasts of Var!
December 8, 2024 at 4:15 AM
This episode came out just in time for Thanksgiving so we're sorry if you're just hearing about it now.
To set our table for the holiday we made sure to bring monsters that would really fill us up. So this time, you can thoroughly enjoy The Veggieman and The Bird Beasts of Var!
To set our table for the holiday we made sure to bring monsters that would really fill us up. So this time, you can thoroughly enjoy The Veggieman and The Bird Beasts of Var!
So what if this came out almost an entire month ago and we just never posted about it? Better late than never, right?
But enough monkeying around, we chimply can't wait any longer, it's time to go ape shit for the Stellar's Sea Ape and The Monkey Man of Delhi!
But enough monkeying around, we chimply can't wait any longer, it's time to go ape shit for the Stellar's Sea Ape and The Monkey Man of Delhi!
December 8, 2024 at 3:22 AM
So what if this came out almost an entire month ago and we just never posted about it? Better late than never, right?
But enough monkeying around, we chimply can't wait any longer, it's time to go ape shit for the Stellar's Sea Ape and The Monkey Man of Delhi!
But enough monkeying around, we chimply can't wait any longer, it's time to go ape shit for the Stellar's Sea Ape and The Monkey Man of Delhi!
Per a totally out of context conversation:
But was did the costume department for the film 50 first dates base their design for Sean Astin's character off of Donkey 64 character Chunky Kong's design?
There's too much similar to feel like a coincidence and I can't unsee it!
But was did the costume department for the film 50 first dates base their design for Sean Astin's character off of Donkey 64 character Chunky Kong's design?
There's too much similar to feel like a coincidence and I can't unsee it!
November 9, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Per a totally out of context conversation:
But was did the costume department for the film 50 first dates base their design for Sean Astin's character off of Donkey 64 character Chunky Kong's design?
There's too much similar to feel like a coincidence and I can't unsee it!
But was did the costume department for the film 50 first dates base their design for Sean Astin's character off of Donkey 64 character Chunky Kong's design?
There's too much similar to feel like a coincidence and I can't unsee it!