224 – Coral Castle
Karen and Blake are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss the mysterious story of Florida’s 20th Century Megalith site – Coral Castle.
Note: More images coming soon – I have to dig them out of my 2019 vacation pictures. -B
Links and Images:
The Coral Castle official park website.
Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen – official video
Special music included in this episode is the song Night Drive by Rettward von Doernberg – there’s a link in the show notes if you’d like to check that out without us talking over it. It’s a lovely electronic piece mixing world and electronica styles. (world music song) Night Drive
Footage from the 1944 Universal mini-feature was included in the last 3rd of this TV show. (Lots of commercials before you can get to the segment.)
One version of the music-video for Sweet 16 was filmed at Coral Castle – but the only copy I could track down is of really low quality and flickers enough to trigger a seizure.
Animated clip from Coral Castle episode of “Person-Oddity” (1942–1946) human interest documentaries (one-reel) produced by Thomas Mead & Joseph O’Brien:
And here is a tastefully pixelated look at what “Nude on the Moon” – which was a low rent “naturism film” shot on the site:
