Le Domino Rouge, Orion & Kendo Nagasaki - the Magic & Mystery of the Mask
How a glamorous masked dancer in the 1900s changed the course of professional wrestling and American burlesque, with an exploration of the role of the mask in wrestling and pop culture myth-making - taking in Kendo Nagasaki, the Masked Marvel, and maybe Elvis Presley? [citation needed]
Bunkum & Bullsh*t - The Magic Maskelynes
A dynasty of magicians, from one who made exposing fraud his life's work, to his grandson, who propagated a wartime fraud of his own. Spanning generations, it's a story that takes in World War 2, the debunking of phony mediums, and history’s first hacker, with walk-on parts for drag acts, pro-wrestlers and a spot of Channel Island local history.
Bunkum & Bullsh*t - Peter Kolosimo, Ancient Aliens, QAnon and the Ur-Conspiracy
Examining my own relationship to conspiracies and fringe beliefs, and the origins of QAnon and the “Ur-Conspiracy”, all through the lens of one of the strangest Ancient Astronaut Theory books I have ever read - Peter Kolosimo’s Not Of This World.
El Santo and the Anti-Fascism of Lucha Libre
El Santo in Cuba, and the inherent antifascism of Lucha Libre