The Mothman of Point Pleasant, WV - Episode 29

Middle-Aged and Mediocre

In the late 1960s, reports of sightings of a giant, winged creature with a 10-foot wingspan and huge, globe-like red eyes started pouring in by the dozens in the small West Virginia town of Point Pleasant. Within a year, sighting reports numbered in the hundreds, and just a little over a year after the first sighting tragedy struck the small town when the Silver Bridge collapsed, resulting in the death of 46 people. Theories quickly sprung up concerning the Mothman's role in the Silver Bridge collapse. Was the creature a messenger who was attempting to warn the town of their impending tragedy or was the winged monster responsible for it? Over the years, theories and questions have continued to create an interest in Point Pleasant's hometown cryptid, allowing them to become a tourist attraction where fans of all things weird and unusual can take a walk through the Mothman Museum and visit the iconic statue of the red-eyed cryptid himself. Cash and Joel cover the history of the Mothman and the small town of Point Pleasant, including the "Curse of Cornstalk", the TNT area where the military operated a secret facility that left the ground there contaminated with toxic waste, the mysterious Men in Black, and how the legend of the Mothman has persisted in pop culture. They also get gerbil-deep into Richard Gere, and you don't want to miss that!