In this 13-episode Bonus Series, released across 2023 and 2024, Martin talks through some of history's most bizarre crimes and criminals, each with a folkloric twist....

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Including discussions of several famous serial killers from popular culture, such as Burke and Hare, Jack The Ripper, and H.H. Holmes, we also spent time exploring less well-known stories, including those of women accused of mass murder.

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From Catherine Monvoison to La Quintrala, Alice Kyteler to Elizabeth Báthory, the series grew and changed over time to be less about savagery and more about the stories people tell about so-called monsters - including what motivates us to keep telling those stories centuries after the fact...