S03E18 - The Goblins of Wikipedia

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Blake wraps up his seven year deep dive into the Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins case by taking a look at the many myths and misconceptions still enshrined in the Wikepedia article at the time of this recording. Yep - it's Blake rant time again... The two-part article is published in the UK's Skeptic. Part one is live now: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/01/guns-and-goblins-what-really-happened-during-the-kentucky-alien-invasion/ Part two should be live Monday, Jan 29th, 2024. If this link is wrong, I'll correct it. https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/01/the-kentucky-alien-invasion-putting-to-bed-the-myths-and-mysteries/ If you're serious about this topic and want more, we've got plenty of places to go: #136 – AMERICAN GOBLINS—PART 1 #137 – AMERICAN GOBLINS—PART 2 #138 – AMERICAN GOBLINS – PART 3 Astonishing Legends podcast coverage: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 The troublesome Wikipedia article on this topic. The journal article by Schmaltz and Lilienfeld. The correction to that article - that still didn't correct the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	It started with a rusty bike.
0:07.0	I was clearing out the garage and I found my old one that I hadn't ridden for years.
0:11.0	So I searched how to fix up a bike on Tik-Tock. I found load of
0:15.5	videos on there like how to fix a chain, change the brakes and mend a puncture.
0:21.0	That led me to a video about local bike routes around Manchester.
0:24.3	Turns out there's a nice one that goes past work,
0:27.1	so I started cycling in.
0:28.6	Now it's only me that's a bit rusty.
0:30.8	It starts on Tik-Tock. The world is filled with many questions such as
0:37.2	did giants exist? What is junk DNA? Does it mean that you're trash? Do you ever
0:42.4	wonder if aliens have underwater bases in our oceans,
0:45.0	and that's why there are so many UFO sightings
0:48.0	off the coast of islands all over the world?
0:50.0	How serious even is climate change, and when should we start building our rafts?
0:55.0	Hello everyone you may recognize me as Gabby from the History of Everything podcast and my name is
1:00.3	Brenna and you don't recognize me from anything yet.
1:04.0	Together we're two scientists who explore the answers to these questions and many, many more in
1:08.0	our new podcast, Mystery of Everything, available everywhere you get your podcast.
1:13.0	Monster Talk is proud to be a part of the Airwave Media Family,
1:27.0	home of such shows as,
1:30.0	Fork in the Road.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -428 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Monster House LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Monster House LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.