The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0738LH55P |
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| Number of Pages | : | 114 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Praise for the Lore podcast“Truth can often be much scarier than fiction—something Mahnke proves as he dives deep into the world of folklore and the darker side of history in a quest to root out the fragment of truth at the bottom of our fears.”—Entertainment Weekly“Unlike so much horror that needs over-the-top viscera to scare you, this podcast leans on history—folklore, myth, the stuff people once thought was true—to tell its tales.”—The Atlantic“Narrated by Mahnke in a style that evokes spooky campfire stories, Lore is a history lesson like no other.”—Esquire
Aaron Mahnke is the writer, host, and producer of Lore, as well as the author of a number of supernatural thrillers. Basically, he’s a nerd for anything inexplicable or supernatural. He has a deep love of the mysterious and frightening that began with Unsolved Mysteries and
He visits the dimly lit rooms where séances take place, the European villages where gremlins make mischief, even Key West, Florida, home of a haunted doll named Robert.In a world of “emotional vampires” and “zombie malls,” the monsters of folklore have become both a part of our language and a part of our collective psyche. He delves into harrowing accounts of cannibalism—some officially documented, others the stuff of speculation perhaps. Aaron Mahnke invites us to the desolate Pine Barrens of New Jersey, where the notorious winged, red-eyed Jersey Devil dwells. They’re spoken of in stories and superstitions, relics of an unenlightened age, old wives’ tales, passed down through generations. Whether these beasts and bogeymen are real or just a reflection of our primal fears, we know, on some level, that not every mystery has been explained and that the unknown still holds the power to strike fear deep in our hearts and souls. As Aaron Mahnke reminds us, sometimes the truth is even scarier than the lore.Praise for the Lore podcast“Truth can often be much scarier than fiction—something Mahnke proves as he dives deep into the world of folklore and the darker side of history in a quest to root out the fragment of truth at the bottom of our