The Man Who Studied Ghouls: TC Lethbridge and Weird Archaeology (with Lisa Grimm)

Ancient chalk figures, Arctic exploration, pendulums, and emotions 'recorded' onto the landscape: TC Lethbridge dabbled in them all, and remains an important figure in mid-20th century alternative thinking. Lisa from the Beer Ladies Podcast joins us at the cabin to talk about Lethbridge. We cover:

-Lethbridge’s early archaeological career

-Lethbridge as an institution figure vs an outsider

-The imperial era of archaeology and exploration

-The Mildenhall Treasure

-‘Lost white race’ theories

-The disputed Cambridge chalk figures

-Lethbridge’s pendulum ideas

-early takes on the ‘Stone Tape’ theory

-Colin Wilson promoting TC Lethbridge

-A ‘ghoul’ as a physical area of negative energy

Some links:

Buy Me A Coffee:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic

T.C. Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw The Future, Terry Welbourn, 2011

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21082097-t-c-lethbridge

Lisa on Twitter

https://twitter.com/lisagrimm

Beer Ladies Podcast

https://twitter.com/beerladiespod

Picture from Iron Man Records

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ironmanrecords/49818188947