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Episode Notes for
Tracking the Manbeasts

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Renowned investigator Joe Nickell returns to MonsterTalk to discuss his latest book Tracking the Man-beasts: Sasquatch, Vampires, Zombies, and More—a survey of a human-like monsters that runs the gamut from Almas to Zombie. The book covers scores of monsters from legend and lore, and many entries include insights from Joe’s personal investigations.

In this episode

• possible reasons why there are so many anthropomorphic monsters
• the evolution of man-beasts
• the iconography of aliens
• mermaids in history and pop-culture
• werewolves
• plus much, much more!

Music

• Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys

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