The Mothman of Point Pleasant: From Ancient Omens to the Silver Bridge Collapse - Part 1

A spooky-season strange-phenomena episode of Fear & Wine. The Mothman of Point Pleasant. Before the movie, there was Point Pleasant, West Virginia: a small Appalachian town built on an abandoned WWII TNT plant, ancient burial mounds, and Cold War nerves. In Part 1 of our two-part Mothman deep dive, Kristin traces the seven-foot, red-eyed figure back through 48,000-year-old cave paintings, Mesopotamian demons, Welsh death omens, and Shawnee tradition, before landing on November 1966, when two young couples reported a winged creature outside the old North Power Plant. From there, the story widens: John Keel, the Men in Black, sewing-machine salesman Woodrow Derenberger and his telepathic visitor Indrid Cold, and the December 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge that ended the sightings and turned a cryptid into an omen.(Part 2- the Mothman's return in Chicago...coming soon.)Note: Bonus video version (with Kristin's full presentation) available on PatreonFor bonus episodes, sneak peeks, and group chats, join our Patreon!If you have a fun discussion question that you'd like us to answer on the podcast, email it to us at fearandwinepod@gmail.comVisit our website:https://www.fearandwine.com/Follow us:Instagram: @fearandwinepodhttps://www.instagram.com/fearandwinepod/Threads: @fearandwinepodhttps://www.threads.net/@fearandwinepodTikTok: @fear.wine.podcasthttps://www.tiktok.com/@fearandwinepodYouTube: @FearAndWinePodhttps://www.youtube.com/@FearAndWinePodBuy Me A Coffee:buymeacoffee.com/fearandwineX: @fearandwinepodJoin our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cw/FearandwineHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.