The Denham Restoration Project

A Kong Anniversary

Nearing the century mark ...

Mar 2 • 

John Michlig

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September 2024

Ilya Ivanov, Cross-Breeding Apes, and Stalin

Some of the scientific tomfoolery that helped make Carl Denham's giant ape "fiction"

Sep 30, 2024 • 

John Michlig

1

August 2022

Nazis, Pseudoscience, and the "Affen Korps"

How Hitler's Esoteric Pursuits Intersected with Denham's Beast

Aug 19, 2022 • 

John Michlig

2

July 2022

Scavengers, Part 2: Minutes After Midnight at Amagansett Station, California Coast, JUNE 13, 1942

From the upcoming book, EIGHTH WONDER: CARL DENHAM AND THE BEAST-GOD OF SKULL ISLAND

Jul 15, 2022 • 

John Michlig

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Scavengers

From the upcoming book, EIGHTH WONDER: CARL DENHAM AND THE BEAST-GOD OF SKULL ISLAND

Jul 6, 2022 • 

John Michlig

5

May 2022

Cooper and Denham

The path to an uneasy alliance, Part 1

May 10, 2022 • 

John Michlig

5

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April 2022

"Men's Adventure" Indeed: Kong in STAG Magazine

An Appearance in a Newsstand Pulp Further Fictionalizes the Event

Apr 24, 2022 • 

John Michlig

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Fictionalizing Kong

How the Real Became Unreal via Paperback

Apr 7, 2022 • 

John Michlig

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March 2022

AFTERMATH: December 19, 1931

From the upcoming book, EIGHTH WONDER: CARL DENHAM AND THE BEAST-GOD OF SKULL ISLAND

Mar 31, 2022 • 

John Michlig

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Coming soon

This is The Denham Restoration Project, a newsletter about my quest to uncover the true story of the Eighth Wonder of the World — a decades-long…

Mar 19, 2022 • 

John Michlig

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