Roger Brucker in Crystal Cave, 2006

Roger Brucker

    Just Your Average Weekend Warrior
    Men's Fitness Magazine, September, 2001

    Upsouth Featured Writer: Roger Brucker
    The Amplifier, August 2001

    Piano Smashing
    Troglodyte Tribune, August, 1999

    Beyond Mammoth Cave
    Descent Magazine, Oct./Nov., 2001

    Spunky spelunkers prove cave network is world's largest
    Indianapolis Star, 9/14/01

    "Mammoth Cave soon to be over 1,000 miles"
    say two veteran explorers coming to county
    The Hart County News-Herald, 08/07/2001

    Dedicated explorer chronicles Mammoth undertaking
    Columbus Dispatch, 6/09/01

    Exploring with Roger Brucker and James Borden
    Authors follow underground obsession into world's longest cave
    Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/25/01

    Getting Down
    Cave rivalry includes tight squeezes and treacherous climbs
    Cincinnati CityBeat, March 15-21, 2001

    Cave book Mammoth undertaking
    Dayton Daily News, 3/10/01

    Cave Dwell
    Cave crusaders talk about love for Mammoth Cave
    Bowling Green Daily News, 2/22/01

    A book of 'Mammoth' proportion
    WSU instructor examines cave expansion
    The Guardian (Wright State University), 3/7/01

    Bookends
    Columbus Dispatch, 4/25/01

Roger Brucker and reporter Chris Burrell in the Valley of Decision, in Crystal Cave. Photo by Robert Sexton Roger in Crystal Cave Photo by Robert Sexton Photo by Robert Sexton Roger Brucker and film producer Robert Halmi, Sr., chairman of RHI Entertainment, Inc., in February, 2008. The pair met in 1954, when Halmi was a photojournalist assigned to cover the C-3 Expedition, which became the subject of The Caves Beyond. Some of his photos are in the book. Halmi later went on to become a prolific, award-winning producer of movies and television mini-series.

Trapped!

    WVXU-FM, Cincinnati, Ohio, 9/02/06
    Reporter Chris Burrell journeys with Roger into
    Crystal Cave
    Click here for the mp3 or
    click here for WVXU's online archives.

    KET-TV's "Kentucky Life"
    with host Dave Shuffett, September, 2007

    WKEF-TV, Dayton, Ohio, 5/24/2006
    Watch a video clip.

    Terror in a cave set for silver screen
    Associated Press, 3/10/06

    Beavercreek resident's book to hit big screen
    Xenia Daily Gazette, 9/28/06

    Local author's book to become motion picture
    Dayton Business Journal, 06/02/06

    Billy Bob Explores the Caves
    Cinemablend.com, 2/22/06

    Collins' saga turned into a national sensation
    Lexington Herald-Leader, 4/8/01

The Caves Beyond

    Cave Women Join Men In Exploring Great Labyrinth
    New York Times, 2/16/54

    Teacher Leaving Cave
     Companions Aid Ill Explorer in 3-Mile Trip to Entrance
    New York Times, 2/18/54

    Found by Accident
    Cincinnati Times-Star, 2/19/54

    Underground Monster
    Cincinnati Times-Star, 2/20/54

    Explorers Quit Cave
    They Are Highly Pleased With Week's Exile Underground
    New York Times, 2/21/54

    Explorers Find Hidden River, New Caverns In Crystal Cave
    Cincinnati Enquirer, 9/4/56

The Longest Cave

    "The Longest Cave" (review)
    Time Magazine, 8/16/76

    Speleologists at Work
    New York Times, 8/4/76