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The Flatswoods Monster with Emily Zarka

The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Aug 13, 202600:22:07Society & Culture

Emily Zarka is the host of the PBS digital series Monstrum, a show that tries to figure out how monster mythology was created and shaped through oral storytelling, literature, and film. Today she tells us about the Flats...

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The Flatswoods Monster with Emily Zarka is an episode from The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura. Emily Zarka is the host of the PBS digital series Monstrum, a show that tries to figure out how monster mythology was...

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