This week we discuss the trial of alleged werewolf Peter Stump and folk etymology. A listener email reveals how McDonalds tried to buy their way into fandom.
Episode Tabs:
Confessions of a Werewolf: The Trial of Peter Stump
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/a-german-werewolfs-confessions-horrified-1500s-europe
What the Folk?
https://daily.jstor.org/what-the-folk-the-charming-yet-totally-malappropriate-story-of-words/
Listener Tabs:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved
https://kotaku.com/mcdonalds-grimace-wiki-ad-happy-meal-fandom-history-1850552640
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