Midmost Coast

Episode 013

The port city of Wilmington once had an evil twin, which it conspired against and killed. Metaphorically.

In this history episode we talk about Brunswick Town, the ghost town across the Cape Fear River that fell to ruination at the hands of its competitor city, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Episode 012

We would be remiss to talk about productions in the Wilmington area and completely avoid the television juggernaut that was Dawson's Creek. After watching the pilot episode we sit down with a panel and discuss while "I Don't Want to Wait" plays on a loop in the background.

Episode 008

Once upon a time someone built a concrete ship in Wilmington, North Carolina. The ship was taken over by rum runners, run aground by the hurricane of the century, then taken over again. But this time by zombies. Aquatic zombies. Aquatic Nazi Zombies.

In Aquatic Mutant German Zombies we brace for impact and review the 1977 horror cult classic movie "Shock Waves," just in time for Halloween.

Episode 007

Wilmington has a legacy of shipbuilding predating the well known era of the Liberty Ship, workhorse of World War II. Shipbuilding and wars have historically gone hand in hand, the area seeing a run up in production during the Civil War, at the end of World War I, and of course World War II.

Buckle up for a crash course in this now bygone local industry, as well as anecdotes that sound too crazy to be true. Did a sailor survive a blast by hanging onto a flying mattress? Did top military minds attempt to weaponize the camel in Texas? What is the dark secret of the SS Sapona?

Find out the answers to these questions and more in Midmost Coast's first episode of season 2: The Shipbuilding Epoch.

Episode 006

The movie Cyborg threatened the very livelihoods of those it absorbed. The film is a hodgepodge of homages and set pieces from other failed films. Like its namesake, Cyborg itself a hybrid creature, strangely impervious to damage because of all Frankenstein-esque modifications made to it.

This movie was written in a weekend by the director's cat.

How much of this summary is true? Listen to "The Cyborg Connection" to find out.

Episode 004

Following World War II the U.S, military seized Topsail Island as part of a top secret missile program known as Operation Bumblebee. We visited the island to explore the remnants of the wild west days of missile testing, and attempted to dig up other mysteries lost to the sands of time.

Welcome to the Midmost Coast podcast. We are where history meets movies. Our podcast episodes rotate between four premises:

HistoryCast 5000: Where we analyze films for historical accuracy.

Very Local History: We use dart throws at a map to find interesting tales from history.

Script Bandits: Where we steal ideas for movies from history.

Non-Union Films: The stories behind Hollywood outcast films.

In 2018 we reformatted the show, so history episodes previous to episode 029 tend to be focused around coastal North Carolina. So don't be scared off if you start in chronological order.

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