{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c5da99a215eac406099a9c4/5dfdf7b0e46569a65700fba2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Point Pleasant, WV Part 3","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c5da99a215eac406099a9c4/1576923056275-e2e57575001850ea33bbfa98fc0ec934.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>When you start to look at the Mothman case you very quickly start to understand that it’s not about a strange cryptid prowling around a West Virgina town at night.&nbsp;It’s more like a phenomenon that engrossed a whole year of high strangeness.&nbsp;No one probably understood this better then John Keel and Mary Hyre.</p><p><br></p><p>The Mothman Prophecies, Joh A. Keel.&nbsp;Illuminet Press.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Mothman-Prophecies-True-Story/dp/0765334984/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3D9RQCURFIEKH&amp;keywords=the+mothman+prophecies+book&amp;qid=1574304425&amp;sprefix=the+Mothman%2Caps%2C139&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">www.amazon.com/Mothman-Prophecies-True-Story/dp/0765334984/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3D9RQCURFIEKH&amp;keywords=the+mothman+prophecies+book&amp;qid=1574304425&amp;sprefix=the+Mothman,aps,139&amp;sr=8-1</a></p><p><br></p><p>John A. Keel: The Man, The Myths, and the Ongoing Mysteries, Brent Raynes. Self Published.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/John-Keel-Myths-Ongoing-Mysteries/dp/1079014500/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=John+A.+Keel%3A+The+Man%2C+The+Myths%2C+and+the+Ongoing+Mysteries&amp;qid=1576900536&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">www.amazon.com/John-Keel-Myths-Ongoing-Mysteries/dp/1079014500/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=John+…ries&amp;qid=1576900536&amp;sr=8-1</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel\" target=\"_blank\">WikiPedia article about John Keel</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.johnkeel.com/?p=220\" target=\"_blank\">www.johnkeel.com?p=220</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Hyre\" target=\"_blank\">themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Hyre</a></p><p><br></p><p>John Keel would go on to write many Fortean books&nbsp;but in the end, he never found any answers other then he was pretty sure whatever the phenomenon he was researching was it wasn’t very nice.&nbsp; Keel would succumb to congestive heart failure on July 3, 2009, in New York City, he was 79. &nbsp;Mary Hyre tragically would pass away from an Illness which she fought for a month on February 15th, 1970.&nbsp; She was only 54.&nbsp; For over 27 years she worked for the Athens Messenger.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Point_Correspondent_Mary_Hyre_Dies_at_54\" target=\"_blank\">themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Point_Correspondent_Mary_Hyre_Dies_at_54</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel\" target=\"_blank\">WikiPedia article about John Keel</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://listverse.com/2012/08/04/top-10-explanations-for-the-mothman/\" target=\"_blank\">listverse.com/2012/08/04/top-10-explanations-for-the-mothman/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Lake-Michigan-Mothman-Strangeness-Midwest/dp/1703441362/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=mothman+book&amp;qid=1576923617&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\">The Lake Michigan Mothman: High Strangeness in the Midwest</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Local Headlines</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-puzzling-lights-filmed-over-mesa\" target=\"_blank\">www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-puzzling-lights-filmed-over-mesa</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://news.sky.com/story/mystery-as-hundreds-of-birds-found-dead-in-road-in-wales-11883847\" target=\"_blank\">news.sky.com/story/mystery-as-hundreds-of-birds-found-dead-in-road-in-wales-11883847</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/news/20191205/neighbors-given-ok-to-return-home-after-no-lsquonuclear-reactorrsquo-or-hazards-found-at-northwest-side-home\" target=\"_blank\">www.dispatch.com/news/20191205/neighbors-given-ok-to-return-home-after-no-lsquonuclear-reactorrsquo-or-hazards-found-at-northwest-side-home</a></p><p><br></p><p>Your Small Town Secrets</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/nuekerk\" target=\"_blank\">@nuekerk</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/T_Stranded\" target=\"_blank\">@t_stranded</a></p><p><br></p><p>You can follow the show on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/STScast\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/STScast\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>&nbsp;@stscast, or on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stscast.gram/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>@stscast.gram</p><p><br></p><p>This week's featured podcast is <a href=\"https://www.forestramble.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Forest Rumble</em></a><em> </em></p><p><br></p><p>Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.manscaped.com/?utm_source=bighead&amp;utm_medium=podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Manscaped.com</a>&nbsp;for some great grooming products. 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