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Oct 2022
53m 14s

The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring...

SHARON HANDY
About this episode

Let's relax and sleep with this totally true and accurate history of werewolves in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Norse sagas. Curiously, few actual werewolves get mentioned, but someone does get turned into a yarn spinner. Spooky!

 

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