title: Lyle Blackburn
text: # Lyle Blackburn
  
  Lyle Blackburn (born Robert Lyle Steadham; October 23, 1966) is an American musician and author. Blackburn has authored four books and either narrated or produced several documentary films related to cryptids, and has been a speaker at multiple cryptozoology and Bigfoot-related conventions.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Blackburn authored The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster, a 2012 book about the Fouke Monster, and is a writer for Rue Morgue magazine. He has narrated three documentary films: The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017, and for which he was also executive producer and co-writer), The Bray Road Beast (2018), and Terror in the Skies (2019). He also co-produced the 2016 film Boggy Creek Monster.
  
  As a musician, Blackburn started with the group Solitude Aeturnus (1988–1995), first as the drummer and then as the bassist. He left to found The Killcreeps (1996) and then later the band Ghoultown (1999), of which he is currently the lead singer/guitarist. He has one sister.
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### With Solitude Aeturnus
  
  * Demo 1989 (Demo) (1989), drums
  * Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991), bass
  * Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992), bass
  * Promo (Demo) (1993), vocals (additional), bass
  * Through the Darkest Hour (1994), bass
  * Days of Doom (Video/VHS) (1994), bass
  * The New Wave of American True Meta (Split) (Solitude Aeturnus and Iron Rainbow album) (1996), bass
  * Downfall (1996), bass
  
  ### The Killcreeps
  
  * Destroy Earth (1997)
  
  ### Ghoultown
  
  * Boots of Hell (1999)
  * Tales from the Dead West (2000)
  * Give 'Em More Rope (2002)
  * Live from Texas! (2004)
  * Bury Them Deep (2006)
  * Life After Sundown (2008)
  * Skeleton Cowboys (2008)
  * Mistress of the Dark (2009)
  * The Unforgotten: Rare & Un-Released (2012)
  * Ghost of the Southern Son (2017)
  * Curse of Eldorado (2020)
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Film
  
  Soundtrack/Music :
  
  | Year | Title | Notes |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | American Nightmare | Direct-to-video film; wrote "After 2", "Boots of Hell", "Humanoids from the Deep", "Killer in Texas", and "10 Seconds to Blood" |
  | 2003 | Hallow's End | Direct-to-video film; wrote "Bury the Hatchet" |
  | 2004 | Suburban Nightmare | Direct-to-video film; wrote "Killin's a Bitch" |
  | 2012 | Butcher Boys | Wrote "Under the Phantom Moon" |
  
  Actor/narrator :
  
  | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | American Nightmare | Ghoultown (as Count Lyle) | Direct-to-video film |
  | 2006 | Return of the Jackalope | Ghoultown (as Count Lyle) | |
  | 2013 | Skookum: The Hunt for Bigfoot | — | Special thanks (post-production) |
  | 2016 | Boggy Creek Monster | Himself | Also co-producer |
  | 2017 | The Mothman of Point Pleasant | Narrator | Also executive producer and co-writer |
  | 2018 | The Bray Road Beast | Narrator | |
  | 2019 | Terror in the Skies | Narrator | |
  
  ### Television
  
  | Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2013 | Monsters and Mysteries in America | Himself | Episode: Ozarks | |
  