The Monument Mythos
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The Monument Mythos is a YouTube analog horror webseries created by Alex Casanas, set in an alternate history version of the United States.[1][2] The premises include James Dean serving as President and Martin Luther King Jr. avoiding his assassination.[1] The episodes are in the found footage and mockumentary format and revolve around American national monuments being depicted in relation to unusual incidents, involving fictional conspiracy theory narratives, such as disappearances of immigrants near the Statue of Liberty and a mysterious infection affecting individuals near Mount Rushmore.[1][3][4][5] Lovecraftian motifs are also present.[1][6] Three seasons were produced, each consisting of 11 episodes.[1] The series ran from August 26, 2020, to April 30, 2023.[citation needed] The storyline had been written in its entirety before the series' release, but the author began making changes to it starting with May 2021.[4] The series' production included original music[4] and voice acting.[7][8]
The Monument Mythos | |
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Genre | Analog horror |
Created by | Alex Casanas |
No. of episodes | 33 |
Original release | |
Release | September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26) ā April 30, 2023 (2023-04-30) |
Related | |
The Nixonverse |
A spin-off show titled The Nixonverse is set in the timeline in which Richard Nixon was elected as president instead. It ran from May 14 to August 13, 2022. A compilation film, The Absolute Nixonverse, which added new sections and removed certain sections from the original series, was released on October 1, 2023, on the Dwight Comics YouTube channel.[citation needed]