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William Ramsey Investigates

Mothman: The Film That Never Was with Filmmaker Matthew Tannam-Elgie.

William Ramsey Investigates

William Ramsey Investigates

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4.3657 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Mothman: The Film That Never Was with Filmmaker Matthew Tannam-Elgie.

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0:00.0

is um we just went live hi this is william ramsie welcome to william ramsie investigates on

0:04.3

tonight show of a very special guest from ireland his name is matthew tannum l g last name is spelled

0:10.0

t a n a m dash e l g i e and he's just uh finished or completed a documentary you're watching

0:20.1

this on rockbender X.

0:22.0

It's Mothman, the film that never was.

0:24.5

It's a background story about a project about the Mothman that took place in the 90s that never made it to fruition.

0:32.8

And it is an interesting story.

0:34.6

It's before the Mothman prophecies that I think came out in 2002,

0:38.6

but after the John Keel book about the Mothman situation. But the interesting thing, I was doing some research,

0:45.0

and it's going to premiere at this year's Mothman Festival, which has taken off since the 90s.

0:51.1

Like, it's become almost kind of like uh the lockness monster or something like that

0:56.4

like festivals and things like that as stated but matthew can talk more about that so matthew welcome

1:01.5

to the show thanks william thanks for having me on so for people who may not know maybe you can

1:07.0

talk about the mothman point pleasant and how you got involved in this project,

1:11.3

the film that never was.

1:13.9

Well, where to begin?

1:16.6

The Moth Man of Point Pleasant.

1:19.0

It's a famous urban legend.

1:22.4

I became interested in it just as a kid really, like a lot of people.

1:27.4

You know, the Richard Gear movie, the urban legends, all that kind of thing.

1:31.3

Somewhere down the line, when it was heading towards the end of my teenage years,

1:35.3

this would have been a bit of a while ago now.

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