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Episode 138
American Goblins—Part 3

Drunken Owl Wine Bottle Holder (Photo © 2014 Joseph Oliphint Photography. Image used by permission of Rodney Brazil at HomeWetBar.com)

Our final part of our three-part look at the Kentucky Goblins case of 1955 concludes with an interview with the hosts of Astonishing Legends, Scott Philbrook and Forrest Burgess. We discuss the facts of the case, possible explanations, and the problems with the Wikipedia entry and the scholarly journal article cited within it. This episode’s topic is also discussed in a blog post by Blake Smith: Astonishing Legends, Questionable Facts.

If you missed them, be sure to listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of American Goblins.

Of Interest

• Astonishing Legends Coverage Kentucky Goblins: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
• Geraldine Sutton Stith links Evansville to Kelly-Hopkinsville in her book.
• The Evansville “Green Clawed Hand” monster. (Note: Some online versions of this story date after this case, but newspaper accounts predate Kentucky Goblins date and comport with Geraldine’s timeline placing the carnival in Evansville at the right time.
• Michael Shermer’s “mysterious radio” incident
• The Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis of John Keel
• Insight blog post: Astonishing Legends, Questionable Facts

Music

• Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys

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