2024 | United States | Short

The Shaver Mystery

  • English - 14 mins
  • Director | Dean Bertram
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Dean Bertram, Steven Christopher Wallace, Jason McLean, Richard Toronto, Brian Emrich

STATUS: Released

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Was sci-fi writer Richard Shaver really abducted and tormented by a malevolent underground race of hideous humanoids, known as the “Dero”? Regardless, his “true” stories – known collectively as “The Shaver Mystery” and sometimes ghost written by editor Raymond A. Palmer - were the most successful and controversial sci-fi tales of the mid 20th century. They drove sales and circulation of the pulp magazine AMAZING STORIES to all time record highs, and paved the way for the emergence of UFO lore. A short, stand alone, segment, cribbed from Dean Bertram's upcoming feature documentary THE MAN WHO INVENTED FLYING SAUCERS: A film about Ray Palmer, the Shaver Mystery, and the creation of modern UFO belief.

Documentary sci-fi history true stories science fiction
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