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The Monument Mythos is an analog horror web original series featuring a number of Eldritch locations across the United States the viewer is likely to already know as national landmarks.

Available on Mister Manticore’s YouTube channel, and ran from 2020 to 2023. A playlist can be found here.

Tropes used in The Monument Mythos include:

Alternate History: Many things in this history of the United States occur differently than in real life.
Big Applesauce: The Libertylurker resided beneath the Statue of Liberty.
Bizarre Alien Biology: The corner folk are seemingly capable of traveling between and jumping between planes.
Body Horror: Riley Tillon had his internal organs folded.
Everyone Is Satan in Hell: Those opposing James Dean liken him to Satan. A poster is shown saying "JAMES DEAN IS SATAN" in DEANDEMOCRACY.
Historical Domain Character: Many make an appearance or are referenced.
- Ulysses S. Grant, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the designer of the Statue of Liberty in LIBERTYLURKER.
- James Dean, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr, and Stanley Kubrick appear or are mentioned in DEAMDEMOCRACY.
Loads and Loads of Characters: Pulls in many Historical Domain Characters.
Obstructive Bureaucrat: It takes the Americans four years to stop making changes to the plans of the Pedestal for the Statue of Liberty.
Our Presidents Are Different: James Dean becomes the 37th president of the United States.
President Evil: What some believe James Dean to be.

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 * [[Alternate History]]: Many things in this history of the [[United States]] occur differently than in real life.
+* [[Big Applesauce]]: The Libertylurker resided beneath the [[Statue of Liberty]].
 * [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: The corner folk are seemingly capable of traveling between and jumping between planes.
 * [[Body Horror]]: Riley Tillon had his internal organs folded.
 * [[Everyone Is Satan in Hell]]: Those opposing [[James Dean]] liken him to Satan. A poster is shown saying "JAMES DEAN IS SATAN" in ''DEANDEMOCRACY''.
-* [[Historical Domain Character]]: [[James Dean]], [[Richard Nixon]], George Wallace, Robert Kennedy, [[Martin Luther King Jr]], and [[Stanley Kubrick]] appear or are mentioned in ''DEAMDEMOCRACY''.
+* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Many make an appearance or are referenced.
+** [[Ulysses S. Grant]], and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the designer of the [[Statue of Liberty]] in ''LIBERTYLURKER''.
+** [[James Dean]], [[Richard Nixon]], George Wallace, Robert Kennedy, [[Martin Luther King Jr]], and [[Stanley Kubrick]] appear or are mentioned in ''DEAMDEMOCRACY''.
+* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Pulls in many [[Historical Domain Character]]s.
+* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: It takes the Americans four years to stop making changes to the plans of the Pedestal for the [[Statue of Liberty]].
 * [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: [[James Dean]] becomes the 37th president of the [[United States]].
 * [[President Evil]]: What some believe [[James Dean]] to be.