Defending the Mothman: High Strangeness Holiday Special
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12/26/22 • 103 min
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Ever been so scared you dropped a baby? In this holiday special, we crush on the best high strangeness movie ever made: The Mothman Prophecies. Along the way, Connor offends Indrid Cold, Greg demonstrates how to drive ultraterrestrials crazy, Dana has trouble talking to ghosts, and we learn why West Virginia's official monster is a queer icon. Slather on your chapstick and hold onto your babies, because it's time to defend Mothman from slander.
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Show Notes:
Museum article about the Mothman Prophecies car: https://tinyurl.com/53w7yyx3
Read about our copy of the movie’s script: https://tinyurl.com/yc5t94fv
Watch The Mothman Prophecies: https://amzn.to/3HZ4pjh
Read John Keel’s The Mothman Prophecies: https://amzn.to/3I2juAJ
Read Gray Barker’s The Silver Bridge: https://amzn.to/3I32I4v
Watch our series Hellier and see us interview Taunia Derenberger: https://amzn.to/3juoOTk
Read the original Mothman Reports: https://tinyurl.com/ymhn847w
Read Allen Greenfield’s Secret Cipher of the Ufonauts: https://amzn.to/3WqhNRQ
More on The Estes Method: https://tinyurl.com/5thktr8a
Behind the Scenes info from the University of Pittsburgh: https://tinyurl.com/bdddcxvf
The Actual Explanation for the Bridge Collapse: https://youtu.be/8w5Fjouvma8
The Global Consciousness Project: https://tinyurl.com/uhsy4zt4
Visit Point Pleasant and the Mothman museum: https://tinyurl.com/2bmk5csd
Buy some Queer Mothman stuff: https://tinyurl.com/ycvewumt
Timestamps:
00:00 - Movie Monsters
02:51 - Mothman's Sedan
07:20 - Indrid Cold Appears
17:12 - Connor Will Fight Mothman
22:55 - Mothman Begins
25:39 - A Cosmic Videogame Glitch
30:05 - “Mothman Ate My Homework”
34:27 - The "Lost" Mothman Book
47:17 - The Movie was a Nightmare
52:01 - What is Your Time Cycle?
Ever been so scared you dropped a baby? In this holiday special, we crush on the best high strangeness movie ever made: The Mothman Prophecies. Along the way, Connor offends Indrid Cold, Greg demonstrates how to drive ultraterrestrials crazy, Dana has trouble talking to ghosts, and we learn why West Virginia's official monster is a queer icon. Slather on your chapstick and hold onto your babies, because it's time to defend Mothman from slander.
Join the Museum: https://patreon.com/paramuseum
Visit Our Website: https://hauntedobjectspodcast.com
Watch the Show on YouTube: https://youtube.com/planetweird
Follow Greg Newkirk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nuekerk
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Website: https://gregorynewkirk.com
Follow Dana Newkirk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/weird_dana
Instagram: https://instagram.com/weird_dana
Follow Connor J. Randall
Twitter: https://twitter.com/connorjrandall
Instagram: https://instagram.com/connorjrandall
Show Notes:
Museum article about the Mothman Prophecies car: https://tinyurl.com/53w7yyx3
Read about our copy of the movie’s script: https://tinyurl.com/yc5t94fv
Watch The Mothman Prophecies: https://amzn.to/3HZ4pjh
Read John Keel’s The Mothman Prophecies: https://amzn.to/3I2juAJ
Read Gray Barker’s The Silver Bridge: https://amzn.to/3I32I4v
Watch our series Hellier and see us interview Taunia Derenberger: https://amzn.to/3juoOTk
Read the original Mothman Reports: https://tinyurl.com/ymhn847w
Read Allen Greenfield’s Secret Cipher of the Ufonauts: https://amzn.to/3WqhNRQ
More on The Estes Method: https://tinyurl.com/5thktr8a
Behind the Scenes info from the University of Pittsburgh: https://tinyurl.com/bdddcxvf
The Actual Explanation for the Bridge Collapse: https://youtu.be/8w5Fjouvma8
The Global Consciousness Project: https://tinyurl.com/uhsy4zt4
Visit Point Pleasant and the Mothman museum: https://tinyurl.com/2bmk5csd
Buy some Queer Mothman stuff: https://tinyurl.com/ycvewumt
Timestamps:
00:00 - Movie Monsters
02:51 - Mothman's Sedan
07:20 - Indrid Cold Appears
17:12 - Connor Will Fight Mothman
22:55 - Mothman Begins
25:39 - A Cosmic Videogame Glitch
30:05 - “Mothman Ate My Homework”
34:27 - The "Lost" Mothman Book
47:17 - The Movie was a Nightmare
52:01 - What is Your Time Cycle?
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Show Notes:
The Kevin Mannis eBay listing: https://tinyurl.com/4v4s87x7
Zak Bagans Introduces his Dybbuk Box: https://tinyurl.com/mb2f429f
See inside the original Dybbuk Box: https://tinyurl.com/3m4c68af
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Show Notes:
Ghostly handwriting close-ups: https://tinyurl.com/42pstyhc
The Fox Sisters: https://tinyurl.com/mr2db43v
Spiritualism, Pirates, and Mumler Photos: https://tinyurl.com/3uyhyx94
The Tenets of Spiritualism: https://youtu.be/FxgsSd32oTE
William Robinson’s Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena: https://amzn.to/3inAF5g
More on magician William Robinson: https://tinyurl.com/3bsnpw5y
Chung Ling Soo vs Ching Ling Foo: https://youtu.be/BnFpyEqKjYE
Houdini’s work against Spiritualism: https://tinyurl.com/6r6ebca2
Get your own Spirit Slates: https://amzn.to/3QFdeBr
The Infamous Gambols With The Ghosts Catalog: https://tinyurl.com/55pvs4jb
Modern-Day Seance Photographer Shannon Taggart: https://tinyurl.com/yjynvan6
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0:00 - Karl Pfeiffer is not a serial killer
5:35 - Object History: Antique Spirit Slates
7:37 - Mr. Splitfoot and the Mediums
17:17 - The Fox Sisters Have Beef
20:45 - Progressive Poltergeists
31:00 - Capitalism and Conjuring
40:37 -Magicians Ruin Everything
55:10 - By the way, Connor’s a Magician
1:11:10 - Message from the Great Fishtank in the Sky
1:18:35 - Slate Analysis & Speculation
1:31:51 - The Middle Line on Mediums
Copyright 2023 Planet Weird
Hosted by Greg and Dana Newkirk
Produced by Connor J Randall
Photography by Karl Pfeiffer
Art by Dustin Williams
Theme by Adam Hayman
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