51: Season One Finale - The Roundupdate Edition

For our first ever season finale, Jeremy and MOZ recap what they've learned through the first 50 episodes of Monster Lore Tour, and discuss where this adventure is headed. It's been a long journey down this road from hate to love since season one started, and we have a long, long way to go. Join us, won't you?   References: Stephen King Quote: Hooper, T.. (1979) Salem’s Lot (film) CBS. Victor Frankl Quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/611851-what-was-really-needed-was-a-fundamental-change-in-our#:~:text=When%20a%20man%20finds%20that,or%20suffer%20in%20his%20place Humans As Monsters: Asma, S.T. (2009). On monsters: an unnatural history of our worst fears. Oxford University Press, p8. John Cusack Quote: Seftel, J. (2008) War Inc. (film) First Look Studios. Anton Petrov YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qu1XV-yj_A Monster Studies: Introduction to Monster Studies (2018), Chris Koenig-woodyard, Shalini Nanayakkara & Yashvi Khatri, University of Toronto Quarterly, 87 (1). Loren Coleman conversations with Ivan T. Sanderson: Coleman, L. (2001, 2007). Mysterious America: the ultimate guide to the nation’s weirdest wonders, strangest spots, and creepiest creatures. Paraview, NY, p287-288. Carl Sagan Quote: Sagan, C. (1997). Demon haunted world: science as a candle in the dark. Random House, p63. Carl Sagan Quote: Sagan, C. (1997). Demon haunted world: science as a candle in the dark. Random House, p98-107. Ivan T. Sanderson response: Coleman, L. (2001, 2007). Mysterious America: the ultimate guide to the nation’s weirdest wonders, strangest spots, and creepiest creatures. Paraview, NY, p33. Pratt on Shamanism: Pratt, Cristina. Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1. New York, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2007. Mythic Theory: Monster Anthropology in Australasia and Beyond | Yasmine Musharbash and Geir Henning Presterudstuen – Academia.edu. https://www.academia.edu/9601119/Monster_Anthropology_in_Australasia_and_Beyond Sharon Merz on the existence of Siyawesi bush beings: Hurn, S. (2017). Anthropology and cryptozoology: exploring encounters with mysterious creatures. Routledge, NY, p135. Death Terror: Vedanta, S. (2022) Useful delusions: the power and paradox of the self-deceiving brain, W. W. Norton & Company, p178.