Crystal Cave, 2006
Trapped! (2025)
How a Kentucky man trapped in a cave became a Broadway musical
New York Times, April 25, 2025
Unearthing the Truth: Historian Roger Brucker on Floyd Collins and the Legacy of a Legend
TheaterMania, March 31, 2025
100 years after his death, this Kentucky cave explorer’s story is Broadway-bound
Louisville Courier-Journal, March 25, 2025
Floyd Collins, remembered
Kentucky Living, April 2, 2025
Roger Brucker
Modern-Day Caveman
CBS News, March 13, 2010
Just Your Average Weekend Warrior
Men’s Fitness Magazine, September, 2001
Grand, Gloomy, and Peculiar
Stephen Bishop…the greatest caver of his time
NSS News, November, 2009
“…a fine novel.”
ColumbiaMagazine.com
Photo by Robert Sexton
Author Still Slugs Through Caves
Dayton Daily News, 11/01/09
Mammoth Cave Guide Intrigues Author
Bowling Green Daily News, 10/24/09
“Northern Kentucky Magazine” TV interview
Oct. 7, 2009
Beyond Mammoth Cave
Descent Magazine, Oct./Nov., 2001
Spunky spelunkers prove cave network is world’s largest
Indianapolis Star, 9/14/01
Photo by Robert Sexton
“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
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
Trapped! (1982)
Trapped caver’s story makes for unusual musical
Wisconsin State Journal/77 Square, 9/01/2009
WVXU-FM, Cincinnati, Ohio, 9/02/06
Reporter Chris Burrell journeys with Roger into Crystal Cave
KET-TV’s “Kentucky Life”
with host Dave Shuffett, September, 2007
WKEF-TV, Dayton, Ohio, 5/24/2006
Watch a video clip.
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
Link Found Between Two Major Cave Systems
New York Times, 12/2/72