The Famous ‘Loch Ness Monster photo’ (and the man who faked it‪)‬ Just the Gist

Jacob tells Rosie about a guy called Marmaduke Wetherell, a surgeon who just wanted to cut people open in peace, and how a crazy plot to bring down The Daily Mail is actually what led to the most (totally real!) photo of the Loch Ness Monster in history.

Story starts at approx 21:26

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

NYT article about Marmaduke and the hoax: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/weekinreview/loch-ness-fiction-is-stranger-than-truth.html 

Background on how ‘The Surgeon’s Photo’ came to be: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/legend3.html 

Book Jacob read - Nessie: The Surgeon’s Photograph Exposed by David MArtin and Alastair Boyd: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5541953-nessie 

Very nerdy blog deep-diving on all things Nessie and Marmaduke: http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2010/08/motives-of-marmaduke-wetherell.html 

The recommendations of Aboriginal and Black Lives Matter voices/material/everything you should be looking into right now (CLICK ON LOTS OF THESE PLEASE!): 

Listen to:

Speaking Out with Larissa Behrendt: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/speakingout/ 

Pretty For An Aboriginal with Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell: https://www.buzzfeed.com/prettyforanaboriginal 

Breathless - Guardian podcast covering the death in custody of David Dungay Jr: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2019/nov/26/after-the-inquest-david-dungays-family-say-theyre-still-searching-for-justice-breathless-podcast 

1619 - New York Times podcast covering the USA’s history of slavery: https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project 

Floodlines - Atlantic podcast covering the racist response to and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/floodlines/ 

Read:

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss: https://www.booktopia.com.au/growing-up-aboriginal-in-australia-anita-heiss/book/9781863959810.html

Welcome To Country by Marcia Langton: https://www.booktopia.com.au/marcia-langton-welcome-to-country-marcia-langton/ebook/9781743585269.html 

Australia Day by Stan Grant: https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-day-stan-grant/book/9781460753187.html

The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-tall-man-chloe-hooper/book/9780143010661.html

Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark-emu-bruce-pascoe/book/9781921248016.html

Blood On The Wattle - Massacres and Mistreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788 by Bruce Elder: https://www.booktopia.com.au/blood-on-the-wattle-3rd-edition-bruce-elder/book/9781741100082.html

So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.booktopia.com.au/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race-ijeoma-oluo/book/9781580056779.html

White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin Diangelo: https://www.booktopia.com.au/white-fragility-robin-diangelo/book/9780807047415.html 

How To Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal M Fleming: https://www.booktopia.com.au/how-to-be-less-stupid-about-race-crystal-marie-fleming/book/9780807050774.html

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Haamd: https://www.booktopia.com.au/white-tears-brown-scars-ruby-hamad/book/9780522875584.html

 #BlackInTheIvory on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackintheIvory?src=hashtag_click 

Follow:

Lynda June-Coe: https://twitter.com/LyndaJune1 

Amy McQuire: https://twitter.com/amymcquire 

Nakkiah Lui: https://twitter.com/nakkiahlui 

Roxy Moore: https://twitter.com/Roxy_Moore_ 

Nayuka Gorrie: https://twitter.com/NayukaGorrie 

Indigenous X: https://twitter.com/IndigenousX 

NITV: https://twitter.com/NITV 

Rae Johnston: https://twitter.com/raejohnston 

Roxane Gay: https://twitter.com/rgay 

Watch:

The 8/6/20 episode of QandA (Hard Truths): https://iview.abc.net.au/show/qanda but in particular Meyne Wyatt’s monologue from his play City of Gold at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys2FTUmOnIg 

The Final Quarter: https://10play