The Rise of Bat Boy

Published: Oct. 20, 2010, 7 a.m.

b'In the pantheon of American monsters, only one truly dominated the newspapers of the 1990s. Checkout lines everywhere were haunted by the bald-headed, wide-mawed visage of Bat Boy.\\nWhat was Bat Boy, and where did he come from? The MonsterTalk team interviews cartoonist Tye Bourdony, a former employee of the Weekly World News. Bourdony shares his insights about Bat Boy and the rise and fall of the famous tabloid paper.\\nREAD full episode notes\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'