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How many Lost World connections can we make in this episode about turn-of-the-century ghost writers searching for extinct animals in South America? Dr Edward Guimont is at hand to tell the tale, bringing essential palaeontological and colonial context for South America in 1900.  Hesketh Hesketh Pritchard, creator of Flaxman Low, was sent on this expedition for news mogul C Arthur Pearson. Featuring: -a potted history of the Occult Detective genre -Hesketh Pritchard himself as a product of Empire -Hesketh Pritchar visits Haiti, cringe ensues -Playing cricket with Arthur Conan Doyle and other literary links -The theory of ‘American Degeneracy’ -A seemingly fresh Mylodon skin sample is brought to London, scientists astounded! -A link to the Piltdown Man hoax -Various expeditions to search for evidence of the Mylodon -Politicians trafficking in paranormal ideas - some things don’t change! -And euhemerism returns! (see last episode) LINKS Edward Guimont on Twitter Buy Me A Coffee On The Track Of Unknown Animals, Bernard Heuvelmans, 1955 The Terrible Occult Detectives, Grady Hendrix The Chronological Bibliography of Early Occult Detectives, Brom Bones Books, Tim Prasil Casting The Prunes: Flaxman Low Triumphant, Grey Dog Tales Through The Heart of Patagonia, Hesketh Hesketh Pritchard, 1902 Flaxman Low, The Story of Baelbrow, Hesketh Hesketh Pritchard

What if 'fairies' are a memory of a squat race of mysterious pre-humans who lived in Europe before modern humans arrived? Justin Mullis brings a LOT to the cabin in this episode. We cover: the origins of euhemerism and 'explanations' for Norse gods. Bernard Heuvelmans and euhemerism, our first (but not last!) connection to cryptozoology. Early famous supporters of a mystery race include Sir Walter Scott! Euhemerism used to explain troll legends in Sweden. Disenchantment and the changing attitudes towards folklore in the 19th century. David MacRitchie and the idea of the mystery fairy race. Encounters with African pygmies giving confirmation to this idea later in the 19th century. Connections to fantastic Victorian literature. Our boy Sabine Baring-Gould claiming the fairy race still exists. H. G. Wells' use of the trope. Madison Grant and the Passing Of The Great Race. E. F. Benson and (my favourite) The Horror Horn. And finally a deep-dive into the use of this trope by the heavy-hitters Arthur Machen, Lovecraft and Robert E Howard. The Hobbit, Homo floresiensis, and more connections to modern cryptozoology. You won't want to miss this one! LINKS & REFERENCES -Justin Mullis on Academia, including Cryptofiction and other writings -Kaiju Transmissions (Podcast) -Arthur Machen: Critical Essays, Antonio Sanna -Conan And The Little People, On An Underwood No 5, Bobby Derie -Deep Cuts In A Lovecraftian Vein, Bobby Derie -The Paranormal And Popular Culture, edited by Caterine & Morehead -Strange and Secret Peoples, Carole Silver -Goblinlike, Fantastic: Little People and Deep Time at the Fin de Siecle, Emily Fergus -Pallinghurst Barrow, Grant Allen -Fians, Fairies And Picts, David MacRitchie

The 1961 Hill abduction is usually considered the 'ground zero' of the entire 'genre' of UFO abductions. It's been pored over by UFO believers and skeptics for decades; been the stuff of TV movies and comic strips. In short, it's been done to death. So I didn't want to return to the subject without a fresh take or some new research. Dr Edward Guimont, having been hard at work at the Betty & Barney Hill archives at the University of New Hampshire, returns to the pod to furnish fascinating new details and connections that make this famous case exciting all over again. Amongst other things, we cover: -Betty and Barney’s civil rights work -Betty’s interactions with other famous UFO personalities -Betty’s reactions to traumatising 80s abduction lore -the possible influence of the Villas Boas encounter -Betty’s paranormal family happenings & interest in psychic powers -Parallells to ‘yellow panic’ tropes and Native kidnap stories -Finding the original drawings associated with the encounter -Lovecraft as a UFO debunker, reading Donald Kehoe science fiction, and phantom airships -Betty’s interest in pseudoarchaeology -Evolution, the Dinosauroid and the origins of the Greys Links Buy Me A Coffee Contingent Magazine Article -Edward Guimont's 'From Outer Space' Edward Guimont's Twitter Twitter thread about the Hills Strange Arrivals David Halparin, Intimate Alien Ancient Stone Relics in New England, David Goudsward The Paleocast Podcast and the Dinosauroid Our Strange Skies Podcast and Russian UFOs

Lisa drops into the cabin with a Halloween tale ... the story of Pearl Curran, a woman who channelled a spirit calling herself 'Patience Worth.' As Patience, Pearl wrote books that gave her a new life among the literati, and eventually adopted a child who she raised as Patience herself. Sources: The Case Of Patience Worth, L. Gilman, 1916 The Patience of Pearl: Spiritualism and Authorship in the Writings of Pearl Curran, Daniel B. Shea, 2012 Ghostwriter and Ghost by Ed Simon, Public Domain Review Patience Worth, A Psychic Mystery, Caspar S. Yost, 1916 The Case Of Patience Worth: A Critical Study Of Certain Unusual Phenomena, Walter Franklin Prince, 1927 Lisa on Twitter The Beer Ladies Podcast Worker’s Cauldron episode, Gay Liberation and Witchcraft Buy Me A Coffee

Bob Fischer, creator of 'Haunted Generation,' joins us for a wide-ranging chat about Hauntology, and how ‘Haunted Generation’ feelings of an uncanny childhood differ around the world. We cover Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World and the how the paranormal was presented in the 70s. We cover memories of a pre-digital age, Alan Garner and the Owl Service, Nicholas Fisk and ‘Grinny’ and a few of our favourite 'Paranormal Ambient' albums. There are warm Fighting Fantasy memories, Bob talks about meeting Ian Livingstone, and we reminisce about visiting Fighting Fantasy Fest, and even cover Cian's childhood 'House Of Hell' imitation! Links Buy Me A Coffee Haunted Generation Website Haunted Generation on Twitter Ghost Box Records Electronic Sound Magazine Spurious Transients Night Monitor Grey Frequency Mombi Yuleman – Beneath Bridgewater House of Horror on Felt Trips Correction to Witchcraft Murder episode Science, Popular Culture and Cryptozoology

For a ramble through the life of a person who made old, wyrd England the focus of his occult writings and poetry, Cian invites Justin Hopper to the cabin. We cover the life and times of Victor Neuburg, the now-obscure creator behind the Vine Press. A man who knew Aleister Crowley intimately, discovered Dylan Thomas, took part in the infamous Paris Working, and became the local eccentric publisher in a small English town. The book Obsolete Spells is out August 15th, 2022. APOLOGIES to all the lovely folks who commented on the witchcraft murder episode, and has great suggestions for further reading. Most of them came in AFTER I recorded this, and then I went on a little holiday. I'll read your great suggestions on the next ep! NOTES Obsolete Spells, Justin Hopper, 2022 http://strangeattractor.co.uk/news/obsolete-spells/ Room For Romance: Playing with Adventure in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, Ross Forman, 2010 https://www.academia.edu/41452198/Room_for_Romance_Playing_with_Adventure_in_Arthur_Conan_Doyles_The_Lost_World

Jeb Card joins us to discuss the supposed witchcraft connections to the murder of Charles Walton on Valentines Day, 1945. Important players include (returning podcast fave) Margaret Murray, Egyptologist and writer of 'The Witch Cult In Western Europe' and Robert Fabian, Detective Superintendent of the London Met and early true crime tv celebrity. Both took the murder as a clue that something sinister, long-lived, and magical was brewing in the rural English countryside. And of course we can't get to them without covering Flinders Petrie, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Dennis Wheatley, and Victorian ideas about witchcraft, archaeology, and the supernatural. There's also pagan survivals, magical peer-review murder, and a sidetrack about Night Of The Demon! *NOTE: for extra details on the connections between the novel Ritual by David Pinner and the Wicker Man, wait till the end comments LINKS Buy Me A Coffee or I'll curse you with a bit of runic parchment. You have three days! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Spooky Archaeology, Dr Jeb Card Jeb Card on Twitter Murder by Witchcraft, Donald McCormick Under The Shadow of Meon Hill, Paul Newman The Case that Foiled Fabian, Simon Read A Colder War, Charles Stross The Witch, Ronald Hutton Triumph Of The Moon, Ronald Hutton Witchcraft Murders, Library Of The Occult Britain’s Wicca Man documentary

Cian is joined by YouTuber 'Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction' to discuss the making of the Cryptid Iceberg videos and more! NOTES Buy Me A Coffee, or I'll wood knock-you out! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Truth Is Scarier Than Fiction Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Truthisscarierthanfiction/videos Truth Is Scarier on Twitter https://twitter.com/TruthScarier The Allure of Vintage Dinosaur Artwork by HoopsandDinoMan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKXokoLHXQI

Could this be ... the Final Fantasy of Fawcett? In this last episode of Fawcettmania, Cian sits by a stream and flicks the pages of 'Brazil That Never Was' by A.J. Lees, as well as articles by arch Fawcett-dismisser John Hemming. In an episode as thrilling as a mid-Victorian face-off between rival explorers at a packed RGS debate, we conclude: -confirmation (probably) of the date when Conan Doyle attended Colonel Percy's lecture! -tangents about John Hanning Speke and a descendent at a London punk gig -Fawcett writes for Occult Review and uses his Ouija board in the trenches of WW1 -John Hemming says Fawcett discovered nothing; Brian Fawcett says Jack Fawcett is a waster who 'reads Fu Manchu novels!' -Fawcett describing a real tribe as Bigfoot-like savages is pretty horrific -Cork mystic Geraldine Cummins makes an unlikely return to the show -Fawcett is (maybe) seduced by a fairy woman in Carrigaline; Brian is (definitely) seduced by a fairy woman and sees miniature UFOs Links: Buy Me A Coffee, you swine! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Brazil That Never Was, A.J. Lees, 2020. https://www.nottinghilleditions.com/product/brazil-that-never-was/ Lost City Of Fantasy, John Hemming, The Spectator, 2017 https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/lost-city-of-fantasy Mutant Museum reading 'The Monster Of Partridge Creek!' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWI3yYe7s6s Dr Edward Guimont visits the Betty & Barney Hill Collection https://twitter.com/edward_guimont/status/1544711639999676418

So there's a lot of Lost World in our Fawcett this episode, but it's not my fault that the two won't stay a Stegosaurus length apart! In this episode, our boy Percy gets down on the British Empire following the First World War, is quite polite about a certain odious British biologist, hints at sightings of living dinosaurs yet again, and lays out his alternative history of South America before going missing for good. It's good for what ails ya. Buy Me A Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic -The nature references at the beginning will be quite dated by the time you hear this. A lot of this was recorded back in early summer. SOURCES: -Exploration Fawcett, Percy Fawcett, 1953 -Goblinlike, Fantastic: Little People And Deep Time at the Fin de Siecle, Emily Fergus, 2019 https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/40443/1/Emily%20Fergus%20MPhil%202019.pdf -Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes, Andrew Lycett, 2007 -The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, edited with Introduction and Notes by Ian Duncan, 1998 -The Lost White Tribe, Michael Robinson, 2016 -Danny Vendramini’s 'Them + Us’ Neanderthal page https://themandus.org

Lauren returns to the cabin to discuss all things H.R. Haggard, especially his deep obsession with ancient Egypt. We cover: -Haggard in 'Who's Who in Egyptology' -his own visits to Egypt -his writing of 'Cleopatra' -his mania for collecting Egyptian rings -his dislike for modern, changing Egypt -his friendship with Howard Carter -his attempts to exonerate Western archaeologists @gothicbookworm (Instagram & Twitter)  @mummymaniamondays @mummymaniafacts (Twitter)  http://Theanatomyshelf.substack.com (read & subscribe for free!)   Submissions: theanatomyshelf@gmail.com   My H Rider Haggard favourites: She (1887) Cleopatra (1889) Smith and the Pharaohs (1912-13 serially) Visualhaggard.org all of Haggard’s illustrations Books:  The Cloak that I Left by Lilias Haggard, (Hodder & Stoughton: London, 1951)    The Mummy’s Curse by Roger Luckhurst (Oxford University Press 2012)    The Mummy’s Curse by Jasmine Day (Routledge, 2006)    The Days of my Life by H Rider Haggard (written 1910-12, published posthumously in 1926 in 2 volumes)    You can read all of Haggard’s works for free on Project Gutenberg

It's 'Not Your Father's Fawcett!' The journey continues with our dive into the first part of EXPLORATION FAWCETT, the 1953 book of Colonel Percy Fawcett's own notes and journals, as tidied up, illustrated and edited by his son Brian Fawcett. Featuring: -my visit to a Fawcett-related address in London -the infamous giant snake sighting! -Fawcett's links to living dinosaurs and other crypto-critters -Lost cities, Atlantis (because of course), H.R. Haggard, 'white indians' It's enough to make you never want to hear the name 'Fawcett' ever again! LINKS Buy Me A Coffee, you scoundrel! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Exploration Fawcett, Percy Fawcett, 1953 https://archive.org/details/explorationfawce0000fawc/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater Monster Mysteries, Rupert Matthews, 1989 https://archive.org/details/monstermysteries00matt In Search Of Prehistoric Survivors, Karl Shuker, 1995 http://www.karlshuker.com/search_prehistoric.htm

In which we're asked to audition for Metallica, endorse the George Foreman grill, and wrestle over 365 days in a year. We also cover: -Hogan's years at WCW -the infamous Monday Night Wars between WWF and WCW -the meta writing of Vince Russo -Hogan's comeback match against the Rock Buy Me A Coffee, Brother! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Part 1 https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/wide-atlantic-weird-777986/episodes/fake-news-the-fictional-life-o-70226830 Part 2 https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/wide-atlantic-weird-777986/episodes/the-fictional-life-of-hulk-hog-83212152

Dr Eoghan Aherne visits the cabin to talk about the early medieval period, and some things we might believe about it that might not be true! Topics include: -modern myths about the medieval period -were medieval people particularly credulous? -a medieval flat Earth? -classical ideas during the medieval period: the four elements -the scientific revolution as continuity rather than revolution -the importance of miracles and the Irish saints -the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural’ -Religious relics in Ireland -Belief in the Devil, demons and possession -St Colmcille and the Loch Ness Monster -Pagan gods as demons Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Bede and the Cosmos, Eoghan Aherne, 2020 https://www.routledge.com/Bede-and-the-Cosmos-Theology-and-Nature-in-the-Eighth-Century/Ahern/p/book/9781138365438 DISCOUNT FLYER for the book. 30% discount available, enter the code BC30 at checkout. Why Can The Dead Do Such Great Things Robert Bartlett https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691169682/why-can-the-dead-do-such-great-things Observation In the Margins, Katherine Park https://www.academia.edu/7785602/_Observation_in_the_Margins_500_1500_in_Lorraine_Daston_and_Elizabeth_Lunbeck_eds_Histories_of_Observation_Chicago_University_of_Chicago_Press_2011_15_44

Arthur Conan Doyle and Professor Challenger make a welcome return to the show, as we turn once again to the worlds of Edwardian fantastic Imperial fiction, and the history of still-living dinosaurs in literature. Dr Richard Fallon joins us to talk all things LOST WORLD, in particular the vision Conan Doyle had for a subtle, restrained presentation of the tale via the illustrations of his brother-in-law PATRICK LEWIS FORBES, versus the more familiar, bombastic, monster-filled illustrations of HARRY ROWNTREE. Will the great writer get his way? Topics include: -dueling visions of The Lost World through its illustrations! -dinosaurs in lost race/world stories versus in Swiftian satire -Conan Doyle's own supposed 'cryptid' sighting -Professor Challenger as a representation of Conan Doyle's ideas about science -the faked 'imposter' photos taken for the Lost World LINKS Buy Me A Coffee! It keeps me awake while hunting dinosaurs https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Creatures Of Another Age, Richard Fallon https://www.valancourtbooks.com/creatures-of-another-age.html Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World: Illustrating the Romance of Science, Richard Fallon (includes some of Forbes' illustrations) https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publications/arthur-conan-doyles-the-lost-world-illustrating-the-romance-of-sc Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature, Richard Fallon https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/publications/reimagining-dinosaurs-in-late-victorian-and-edwardian-literature- Call for Interdisciplinary Science Reviews Special Issue https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/interdisciplinary-science-reviews-palaeoscience/?utm_source=TFO&utm_medium=cms&utm_campaign=JPG15743 Gallery of Lost World illustrations, including Harry Rountree's set https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Lost_World

Cian welcomes Dr Edward Guimont back to the cabin for a chat about two seminal 1951 flying saucer movies. There'll be saucers skipping across water (whyever would you do that?), McCarthyism, and pulp-era sci-fi authors acting like jerks. Topics include: -our history with both movies -the short story 'Farewell To The Master' and 1930s pulp Sci-fi origins -Robert Wise and Star Trek: The Motionless Picture -The Star Wars Expanded Universe -The classic flying saucer shape on film -Klaatu and the Contactees -Comparisons to Star Trek: First Contact -John W Campbell and pulp sci-fi magazines -Ancient astronauts and The Thing -Mad scientist archetypes -McCarthyism in 50s sci-fi LINKS: Support the show at Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Dr Edward Guimont on Twitter https://twitter.com/edward_guimont The Impossible Archive Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-impossible-archive/id1571034015 Worker's Cauldron episode on Soviet Sasquatch https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-workers-cauldron/id1527590843?i=1000553530547

Cian returns to the cabin to tackle a subject that he should have tackled long ago: the life and mysterious disappearance of Percy Harrison Fawcett. First part (fingers crossed) of a series attempting to contrast the various books about Fawcett that are out there. Featuring: -extended thank yous to all the nice folks who've sent me books and things during the hiatus -in-depth breakdown of the 2009 David Grann book 'The Lost City Of Z' -audio from my trip to Spike Island, where Fawcett was stationed in the early 20thc Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic

Tyler Greenfield visits the cabin to chat about sightings of supposed living extinct creatures. We discuss early 20th century origins of living Megalodon stories, the French Pterodactyl trapped in rock, the bizarre 'Triassic Kraken,' and how the mysterious Cadborosaurus got its type specimen. (Episode picture thanks to Tyler! It's a full-size replica of our titular beast) Links: Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Tyler’s Blog https://incertaesedisblog.wordpress.com/author/incertaesedisblog/ Tyler on Twitter https://twitter.com/TylerGreenfieId Megalodon: Monster Of A New Mythology, Dr Edward Guimont https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/2793 Cryptozoological Reference Library https://cryptozoologicalreferencelibrary.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/welcome-to-the-cryptozoological-reference-library/ The French Pterodactyl: A Fortean Folly, Mick Goss http://magoniamagazine.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-french-pterodactyl-fortean-folly.html The Triassic Kraken https://incertaesedisblog.wordpress.com/2021/07/03/the-triassic-kraken-revisited/

Ancient chalk figures, Arctic exploration, pendulums, and emotions 'recorded' onto the landscape: TC Lethbridge dabbled in them all, and remains an important figure in mid-20th century alternative thinking. Lisa from the Beer Ladies Podcast joins us at the cabin to talk about Lethbridge. We cover: -Lethbridge’s early archaeological career -Lethbridge as an institution figure vs an outsider -The imperial era of archaeology and exploration -The Mildenhall Treasure -‘Lost white race’ theories -The disputed Cambridge chalk figures -Lethbridge’s pendulum ideas -early takes on the ‘Stone Tape’ theory -Colin Wilson promoting TC Lethbridge -A ‘ghoul’ as a physical area of negative energy Some links: Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic T.C. Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw The Future, Terry Welbourn, 2011 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21082097-t-c-lethbridge Lisa on Twitter https://twitter.com/lisagrimm Beer Ladies Podcast https://twitter.com/beerladiespod Picture from Iron Man Records https://www.flickr.com/photos/ironmanrecords/49818188947

Cian is joined at the cabin by David & Mercedas from the Worker’s Cauldron to talk about a variety of paranormal topics and their cultural/political influences. Subjects include: -evolution of Wicca -social context and the paranormal -alien abduction in the 90s -creating episodes -David’s trip to Bluff Creek -colonial literature’s influence on Forteana -Demonic possession and economic anxieties -Ghost-hunting groups -The Ballinspittle Moving Statues -70s Haunted House Stories -Vampire as political satire -Phantom helicopters -Influence of the X-Files Worker’s Cauldron Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-workers-cauldron/id1527590843 Books & Articles Mentioned: Our Most Troubling Madness, Tanya Luhrmann Drawing Down The Moon, Margaret Adler Triumph Of The Moon, Ronald Hutton They Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves, Brigette Brown Communion, Whitley Strieber UFO Abduction Reports: The Supernatural Kidnap Narrative Returns in technological Guise, Thomas E Bullard Explorers Of The Nile, Tim Jeal The Great Orm Of Loch Ness, Ted Holiday Hunting Dinosaurs In Central Africa, Edward Guimont The Water Horses of Loch Ness, Roland Watson Hostage To The Devil, Malachi Martin Monsters Of The Market, David McNally