Spooktober: Monster Mash - Ep 159

This week, we lift our spirits (oooOOOooo) with a round-up of monsters. We explore their origins and effects on us, with examples ranging from memories of very real things in the past to a hypothesis that doesn't quite have legs (unlike griffins). Links Why we'll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters (The Conversation) Why the scariest monsters look almost human (Wellcome Collection) Why We Still Need Monsters (Nautilus) Why Are So Many Monsters Hybrids? (Nautilus) A History of Monsters (Aeon) Why do we want to feel sorry for monsters that scare us? (Gizmodo) Why Frankenstein is the story that defines our fears (BBC) Neanderthals, Scandinavian trolls, and troglodytes (Norwegian American) Ōnamazu (Yokai.com) Namazu-e: Earthquake catfish prints (Pink Tentacle) Namazu (World History Encyclopedia) Giant catfish and a legacy of disaster in one of the world's most seismically active regions (Phys.org) Folklore and earthquakes: Native American oral traditions from Cascadia compared with written traditions from Japan (Geological Society, London, Special Publications via ResearchGate) Why Protoceratops almost certainly wasn't the inspiration for the griffin legend (Mark Witton) Griffin Bones (American Museum of Natural History) Andrewsarchus, "Superb Skull of a Gigantic Beast" (American Museum of Natural History) Jumbies of the West Indies (The Brown Geeks) Rare Book Library Summons Tales of World’s Oldest Monsters (Smithsonian) The evolution of monsters in children’s literature (Nature) A Visual History of Society’s Monsters (Hyperallergic) The Nazi Werewolves Who Terrorized Allied Soldiers at the End of WWII (Smithsonian) Doin’ The Mash (Tedium) The strange tale of ‘Monster Mash’, the graveyard smash that will never die (NME) Contact Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular