Lyle Blackburn (born Robert Lyle Steadham; October 23, 1966) is an American musician and author. Blackburn has authored four books and either narrated or produced several

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, and has been a speaker at multiple

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Biography

Blackburn authored ''The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster'', a 2012 book about the

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, and is a writer for '' Rue Morgue'' magazine. He has narrated three documentary films: ''The Mothman of Point Pleasant'' (2017, and for which he was also executive producer and co-writer), '' The Bray Road Beast'' (2018), and ''Terror in the Skies'' (2019). He also co-produced the 2016 film ''Boggy Creek Monster''. As a musician, Blackburn started with the group

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(1988–1995), first as the drummer and then as the bassist. He left to found The Killcreeps (1996) and then later the band

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(1999), of which he is currently the lead singer/guitarist. He has one sister.

Discography

With Solitude Aeturnus

* ''Demo 1989'' (Demo) (1989), drums * ''Into the Depths of Sorrow'' (1991), bass * ''Beyond the Crimson Horizon'' (1992), bass * ''Promo'' (Demo) (1993), vocals (additional), bass * ''Through the Darkest Hour'' (1994), bass * ''Days of Doom'' (Video/VHS) (1994), bass * ''The New Wave of American True Meta'' (Split) (

and Iron Rainbow album) (1996), bass * '' Downfall'' (1996), bass

The Killcreeps

* ''Destroy Earth'' (1997)

Ghoultown

* ''Boots of Hell'' (1999) * ''Tales from the Dead West'' (2000) * ''Give 'Em More Rope'' (2002) * ''Live from Texas!'' (2004) * ''Bury Them Deep'' (2006) * ''Life After Sundown'' (2008) * ''Skeleton Cowboys'' (2008) * ''Mistress of the Dark'' (2009) * ''The Unforgotten: Rare & Un-Released'' (2012) * ''Ghost of the Southern Son'' (2017) * ''Curse of Eldorado'' (2020)

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

* ''The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster'' (Anomalist Books, Mar 1, 2012) * '' Lizard Man: The True Story of the Bishopville Monster'' (Anomalist Books, October 31, 2013) * ''Beyond Boggy Creek: In Search of the Southern Sasquatch'' (Anomalist Books, February 1, 2017) * ''Momo: The Strange Case of the Missouri Monster'' (Anomalist Books, February 26, 2019)

References

External links

* * 1967 births Living people People from Fort Worth, Texas Musicians from Texas Male actors from Texas Writers from Texas {{US-musician-stub