1: What Are Monsters?

Monster Lore Tour

The kickoff to Monster Lore Tour, this episode is an introduction to what this podcast is all about. We discuss the range of topics we will be covering, what makes something "monstrous", and get into what to do when the monster is at your door. From the deepest depths to the highest heights, get ready for a tour of the lore of all things monstrous!

Many thanks to Mr. Tim Leavy @ timleavy.com for all the musical support and writing us the most amazing theme song in the paranormal realms!

- Van Duzer, Chet (2012). Hic sunt dracones: the geography and cartography of monsters, England & VT, The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous, p431

- A Tricky Matter of Cryptozoology and Proper Terminology (mysteriousuniverse.org) - https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/08/a-tricky-matter-of-cryptozoology-and-proper-terminology/g)

- Malory, Thomas (1485). Le Morte d'Arthur, book I chapter XIX - https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart018.htm

- Loren Coleman and the Radical Field of Cryptozoology - The Maine Mag - https://www.themainemag.com/loren-coleman-and-the-radical-field-of-cryptozoology/#close

- Godfrey, Linda (2019). I know what I saw, New York: Tarcher Perigee, p4

- Redfern, Nick (2017). Shapeshifters: morphing monsters and changing cryptids, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, p2

The Monstrous Microcosm

- Rubenstein, Mary-Jane (2018). Pantheologies: gods, worlds, monsters, New York: Columbia University Press, p99-100

- Musharbash, Yasmine & Presterudstuen, Geir H. (2014). Monster anthropology in Australasia and beyond, Academia.edu - https://www.academia.edu/9601119/Monster_Anthropology_in_Australasia_and_Beyond

- Jung, Carl (1964). Man & his symbols, New York: Doubleday, p95

- Wilson, Colin (1971). The Occult, New York: Random House, p32

Ancient Toon Theory

The Hardy Boys

The Three Investigators

Scooby Doo