Campus Events & Student Engagement: Cryptids & Goatman

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Podcasts:

• Myth Monsters - Pope Lick Monster (18:39)
  • https://broadcasts.com/podcasts/myth-monsters/pope-lick-monster/
  • Myth Monsters Podcast Website - https://www.mythmonsters.co.uk/

• Appalachian Monsters & Mysteries - The Pope Lick Monster (27:44)

  • https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qJPBxsMt2ujgfFEqkUz4g

• Cryptids and Cases Podcast - Episode 25 Feb 2025 - The Pope Lick Monster (41.34)
  • https://cryptidsandcases.alitu.com/1?order=newest

Websites & News:

• Appalachian Monsters Guide from Pellissippi State Community College

• The Cryptid Atlas: Pope Lick Monster: The Dark History Behind this Louisville Legend

• Wave 3 News Story: Numerous urban legends tell of Louisville's Goat Man
• Washington Post: Couple’s curiosity about Kentucky’s ‘Goatman’ legend takes fatal turn on railroad trestle
• USA Today: Tales from Kentucky - Pope Lick Monster said to lure victims in front of trains

Academic Works:

• Out Of The Ordinary: Folklore and the Supernatural, 1995, pp. 11-45 (35 pages)
  • Chapter 1 - Beings Without Bodies: An Experience-Centered Theory of the Belief in Spirits

• The Ohio State University - The Pope Lick Monster, A Louisville Legend 

• Louisville's dark tourist: Liminality, legend, and the macabre. Thesis by Montgomery Quaid Adams, University of Louisville