Talking Weird #182 Mount Shasta's Mystery Hole with Elijah Sullivan

Elijah Sullivan was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. At the age of six, his parents moved him to the infamous "spiritual vortex" of Mount Shasta. He studied journalism before dropping out of college to pursue his lifelong passion for filmmaking. His day jobs have included stints at video stores, a movie theater, and running a public access television station. THE HOLE STORY is his first feature-length project, and combines his love for film and for the people of Mount Shasta.

THE HOLE STORY takes a deep dive into the discovery of a sixty-foot hand-made hole on a California mountain implicates a small town’s unusual local industry in a bizarre unsolved crime.

More about THE HOLE STORY at these links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theholestorymovie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheHoleStoryMovie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6795868/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
LetterBoxed: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-hole-story-2025/

THE HOLE STORY screens at the 10th annual MidWest WeirdFest, which runs March 5-8, 2026, at Micon Downtown Cinema, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. More details about the fest here: https://www.midwestweirdfest.com/

Elijah visits with Talking Weird to chat about the making of his amazing film, the mystery of the "hole", other strange tales from Mount Shasta, and the trials of making a feature documentary. This is a fascinating episode that you do not want to miss!