Ep.23 The Wendigo

Deep in the frozen forests of North America, the Wendigo lurked in story and in fear. Born from the oral traditions of Algonquian-speaking peoples, it was a spirit of hunger, winter, and the unthinkable act of cannibalism. In this episode, we follow the Wendigo’s trail from its earliest role as a warning tale against greed and isolation, through chilling real-world cases in the 1800s, and into its modern afterlife in horror films, video games, and internet lore. Was it a monster, a metaphor, or both? The Wendigo is a story of survival, suspicion, and the terrifying idea that hunger can turn us into something less than human.

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