The Lost Valley Podcast

Jun 02 2024 149 ep. 62 mins 272
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An Irish podcast about 'Lost Worlds' in lore and literature

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Apocalypse Kong: Kong Skull Island (with Dr Justin Mullis)

Jun 02 2024 97 mins  
Dr Justin Mullis drops into the Explorers Club to discuss the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island. Topics include: -Japanese cryptozoology -The depiction of apes in popular culture -Kong as a colonial Lost World story? -the ecology of Skull Island -The significance of the 70s Vietnam setting -John Goodman and the Monarch organisation -Kong’s reinvention as a Kaiju -Some of the b

Just Like His Old Man: Son Of Kong (with Eddie Guimont)

Apr 19 2024 76 mins  
Return to Skull Island back in 1933 with Eddie Guimont to see whether there's more to the overlooked SON OF KONG than you've heard. Topics include: -UPDATE ON PERCY FAWCETT’s LOST CITY! -Occult beliefs in Bolsonaro’s government -Was Kong intended to be sympathetic? -The origins & making of Son of Kong -The real-life colonial adventures of Kong’s creators -The soc

The Lost White Tribe (with Michael Robinson)

Mar 27 2024 55 mins  
Cian chats with Michael Robinson, author of The Lost White Tribe. Topics include: -the story of Henry Morton Stanley and his 'white' Ruwenzori tribe, a story that was famous at the time but is almost never mentioned today even in biographies of Stanley -the birth of adventure fiction, the obsession with plots about lost cities and lost races -connections to the life and wo

Through the Crater's Rim by A. Hyatt Verrill

Mar 17 2024 38 mins  
A lost race in Panama and some man-eating trees show up in this Amazing Stories tale from 1926, written by traveller and finder of Lost Worlds in fact and fiction, A. Hyatt Verrill! Buy Me A Coffee Read the story here

Frank Frazetta's Thun'da

Mar 05 2024 36 mins  
A lost world comic book from the 50s drawn by the great Frank Frazetta!

Lost Valley Podcast - Episode Zero

Feb 23 2024 27 mins  
Cian explains changes coming, a new show, a slight change of theme, and some behind-the-scenes info!

The Limits of Flesh-And-Blood Cryptozoology (with Cameron McCormick

Feb 16 2024 70 mins  
Cameron McCormick returns to discuss cryptozoological bestiaries that stretch the boundaries of belief with huge numbers of undiscovered critters running around. *NOTE: I made an error in referring to The Bigfoot Filmography. The book I actually had in mind was Cryptid Cinema by Stephen Bisette. I’m away from home for a few days but I’ll fix that when I’m back! LINKS: WoW on

When The Stars Are Right: Lovecraft & Astronomy (with Dr Edward Guimont

Jan 19 2024 74 mins  
In celebration of the book 'When The Stars Are Right, HP Lovecraft and Astronomy' by Edward Guimont and Horace A. Smith, Eddie returns to the cabin. We tackle the Old Gent Of Providence and his fascination with turn-of-the-century astronomy, as well as his various connections to the great and good of early planetary science fiction! Including, but not limited to: -Teenage

Fragments of Gods: Pagan Survival Theory (with Dr Francis Young)

Oct 01 2023 80 mins  
We chat with Dr Francis Young about that favourite WAW topic, the theory of 'Pagan survivals!' Subtopics include: -what we do know about pre-Christian European socities -how did the Pagan survival theory come about in Victorian times -the significance of yew trees -the Green Man -connections to alien greys LINKS Francis Young Twitter (that’s what I’m calling it) https

The Nearest Thing To A Prehistoric Animal: The Loch Ness Road Trip

Aug 25 2023 46 mins  
Hit the road with WAW on tour through the highlands of Scotland! We visit the home of Nessie, meet Felicity the Inverness Mystery Big Cat, hear what Lovecraft had to say about the monster of the Loch, go ghost-hunting at Glamis Castle, and have a close call with the Great Grey man of Ben McDhui in a most unexpected location!