Episode 193: Eye to Eye (ad-free) (Patreon)

The monsters from folklore that make the biggest impact on us are also the ones that are the most similar to us. It’s almost as if the most dangerous creatures of all are the ones that have a healthy dose of humanity in them. 

Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by Michelle Muto, and music by Chad Lawson.

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Further Reading

1. “Monster of the Week: The Rougarou,” The Supernatural Fox Sisters, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zYN56V-Mg3keUiRKXEfltu1TJggoxZFSbBfq0Pk3B_U/edit.
2. “4 Tales Of Louisiana’s Rougarou That Will Send Chills Down Your Spine,” Only in Your State, https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/louisiana/x-tales-of-the-rougarou-that-will-put-chills-down-your-spine.
3. “The Rougarou,” The American Imagination, https://www.americanimagination.com/thestories/rougarou.
4. “The Rougarou is Gonna Get You: Cajun Folklore,” Whereyat?, October 29, 2019 https://whereyat.com/the-rougarou-is-gonna-get-you-cajun-folklore.
5. “Rougarou,” Werewoofs, https://www.werewoofs.com/monster-stories/rougarou.
6. “Werewolves of the swamp, the Loup-garou has terrorized South Louisiana for decades,” The Vermillion, October 30, 2018 https://www.thevermilion.com/news/werewolves-of-the-swamp-the-loup-garou-has-terrorized-south/article_54a5d318-dbf4-11e8-8afb-cbfab9e31e2a.html.
7. “Rougarou keeps its claws in local lore,” houmatoday.com October 21, 2007, https://www.houmatoday.com/article/DA/20071021/news/608097169/HC.
8. “It’ll eat ya mind up: ‘Cajun Justice’ presents the rougarou and naval warfare,” The Houmatimes, 2012 https://www.houmatimes.com/blogs/itll-eat-ya-mind-up-cajun-justice-presents-the-rougarou-and-naval-warfare/amp.
9. “Jean Plante and the Loup Garou,” Margaret French, October 2010, https://margaretfrench.com/2010/10/28/jean-plante-and-the-loup-garou-werewolf.
10. “Rougarou Fest,” RougarouFest.org https://rougaroufest.org.
11. “Silver Bullets in Talbot County: The Strange Grave of Emily Isabella Burt, Georgia’s Real-Life Werewolf,” Week in Weird, http://weekinweird.com/2016/01/31/silver-bullets-in-talbot-county-the-strange-grave-of-emily-isabella-burt-georgias-real-life-werewolf.
12. “NEW ORLEANS BAYOU CREATURE: THE ROUGAROU,” Adventures of Jean Lafitte, https://adventuresofjeanlafitte.com/new-orleans-bayou-creature-rougarou.
13. “9 Scariest Louisiana Monsters from Folklore & Legends,” Peachtown, https://peachtown.org/louisiana-monsters.