Analytical Eye
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Analytical Eye
Minisode: Ted Holiday, the Loch Ness Monster hunter who ended up in a goblin universe
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Through our time on the podcast to date, we've talked about a number of different conspiracy theorists, monster hunters and UFOlogists. In this minisode we deep dive into Ted Holiday, my favourite Loch Ness Monster hunter and one who displayed perhaps the greatest shifts in his beliefs over time.
Sources:
F. W. Holiday The Great Orm of Loch Ness: A Practical Inquiry into the Nature and Habits of Water-Monsters (1968), Serpents of the Sky, Dragons of the Earth (1973) and The Goblin Universe (1986: posthumous)
See Loch Ness Mystery Blogspot for the search for Ted Holiday’s final book, https://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2025/07/ted-holidays-last-unpublished-book.html
And also for the anecdote about Ted Holiday’s unique way to search for Nessie, https://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2012/04/story-about-ted-holiday.html
The BBC story regarding the exorcism of Loch Ness is available from the BBC Archive at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZ1dNWMh7c