Mothman
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Join us as we take a dip in to the beautiful broth that is Mothman (we’ll explain what that means, we promise). From the first reported sightings, to the work of Gray Barker and John Keel, and Mothman’s enduring legacy, we break down the story of West Virginia’s own Mothman.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:03.9 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:07.6 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:08.5 | And this is episode 166, Mothman. |
| 0:11.1 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:11.7 | I was so inspired after our sexy Urban Legends episode that I kind of fell down a Mothman rabbit hole. And at one point while I was researching this episode, I think I messaged you or message the |
| 0:23.0 | group and being like, mothman lore is wild. |
| 0:26.5 | Yeah, this is maybe like the most primary source derived episode we've ever had. |
| 0:30.9 | It was so much fun. |
| 0:32.5 | Yeah, basically everything for the first half of this episode I found directly from |
| 0:36.5 | newspaper articles from the time period. |
| 0:39.9 | And I think you did a wonderful job, like, narrating that in a way that made me feel like I was watching a movie in my brain. |
| 0:46.5 | Oh, that's very sweet. Thank you, Fran. |
| 0:49.2 | Do you know who else is just the sweetest and absolutely uses primary sources and cites them in MLA format anytime they write anything. |
| 0:55.9 | Is that our new patrons? |
| 0:56.8 | Our new patrons, Alexa, Emma, and On Me. |
| 0:59.6 | They are absolutely the sweetest. |
| 1:01.1 | And you know who is like a glass of lemonade on a hot day? |
| 1:06.4 | It's our supporting producer level patrons. |
| 1:08.8 | Philip, Megan, Deborah, Molly, Skyla, Samantha, Sammy, Neil, Jessica, and Phil Fresh. And the legend level patrons. Philip, Megan, Deborah, Molly, Skyla, Samantha, Sammy, |
| 1:11.7 | Neil, Jessica, and Phil Fresh, and the legend level patrons, Brittany, Josie, Kylie Morgan, |
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