Werewolves: The Strange History Behind the Legend

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Werewolves: The Strange History Behind the Legend

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The full moon, the infectious bite, and the silver bullet feel ancient. The surviving record tells a stranger story.

In this episode, Sophie Vale traces the werewolf through classical accounts, medieval literature, folklore, and historical skepticism. Meet the man who crossed a lake and became a wolf, the boxer said to have survived ten years in animal form, and the writers who preserved these stories even when they didn’t believe them.

Read the complete investigation and explore its historical sources at Urban Legends Archive.

Narrated by Sophie Vale
Research and production by The Urban Legends Archive