30+ Minutes with H. P. Lovecraft
30+ Minutes with H. P. Lovecraft
Logan Speculative Fiction
What Lovecraft Got Right About Mammoth Cave
1 hour 59 minutes Posted Jan 12, 2026 at 8:36 pm.
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Dave Spence, park ranger of Mammoth Cave National Park, talks about how Lovecraft's story, "Beast in the Cave" is so accurate to the geography he thought Lovecraft visited there. He also goes deep into the history and lore of the cave, and even brings up the Hollow Earth conspiracy theory.

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Edited by Richard Wilson.

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