{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F705ee8dc-0b30-4fbd-b714-9d1c0e945b05","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Dark Discussions Podcast \u2013 Episode 452 \u2013 The Mothman Prophecies (2002)","description":"\nAdded in 1966 to American folklore was the Mothman, a creature or being that originally appeared in West Virginia.\u00a0 When it appears, it usually does so as a harbinger of death or disaster.\u00a0 Materializing as a humanoid being whose form looks similar to a man-sized moth, yet its manifestation is ominous. In 2002, the movie, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, based off an experience by reporter John Keel arrived with great buzz.\n\n\n\nWashington Post reporter John Klein and his wife get into a car accident after viewing new homes.\u00a0 When she claims she saw the \u201cmothman,\u201d John begins to try to decipher this strange phenomenon.\u00a0 After his wife passes away from cancer, he becomes filled with melancholy and removes himself from others.\u00a0 Off on assignment, he can\u2019t explain how he landed up six hours away from his original destination.\u00a0 And soon he too may be in the grips of a supernatural being.\n\n\n\nThe film stars Richard Gere along with a great cast including Laura Linney, Will Patton, Alan Bates, and Debra Messing.\u00a0 Though not the success Hollywood had hoped, the movie has gained a steady cult following and has for some arrived as a staple for Halloween.\u00a0 Dark Discussions takes a look at this Patreon pick and gives their thoughts.\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3d2b5a36-9991-4972-bea4-cd0236bf5f19/mast-episode452.jpg"}