The Monstrefact: The Purple People Eater

About this episode

Robert discusses the one-eyed, one-horned, flying people eater from the 1958 novelty song by Sheb Wooley.

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the one-eyed, one-horned, flying people eater from the 1958 novelty song by Sheb Wooley... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Robert

Topics covered

• monsters
• music
• pop culture
• novelty songs
• 1950s

Keywords

• Purple People Eater
• Sheb Wooley
• monsters
• 1958
• novelty song

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Purple People Eater

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