A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the
monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring
both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore,
soon to be an online streaming series.
They live
in shadows—deep in the forest, late in the night, in the
dark recesses of our minds. They’re spoken of in stories and
superstitions, relics of an unenlightened age, old wives’
tales, passed down through generations. Yet no matter how
wary and jaded we have become, as individuals or as a
society, a part of us remains vulnerable to them: werewolves
and wendigos, poltergeists and vampires, angry elves and
vengeful spirits.
In this beautifully
illustrated volume, the host of the hit podcast Lore serves
as a guide on a fascinating journey through the
history of these terrifying creatures, exploring not only
the legends but what they tell us about ourselves. Aaron
Mahnke invites us to the desolate Pine Barrens of New
Jersey, where the notorious winged, red-eyed Jersey Devil
dwells. He delves into harrowing accounts of
cannibalism—some officially documented, others the stuff of
speculation . . . perhaps. 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. 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
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
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