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Category Archives: OGOM: The Company of Wolves
The Conversation: Why we should welcome the return of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull werewolf
I mentioned in my last post that I had a brief to write this piece and take part in the Big Conversation. It had to be short and be accessible to scholars in all disciplines and provide evidence for my hypothesis. The … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Press Coverage
Tagged Dr Sam George, Hull werewolf, old stinker, rewilding, Wolves
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The Werewolf as Spectre Wolf
Here’s a quick update on my werewolf research trending ahead of Halloween. I’m going to be doing some radio over the next few days and I’ll be taking part in The Big Conversation on Friday which is where academics pitch … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Press Coverage, Publications
Tagged Dr Sam George, Hull werewolf, old stinker, Werewolves, Wolves
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Gothic Manchester Festival: OGOM’s Werewolf research hits the media ahead of Halloween
Just back from the Gothic North and catching up on some stories in the media following the inspiring and fun event that was the Manchester Gothic Festival (which had some excellent papers and its own live mouse at the venue). There … Continue reading
Werewolves in the Academy
OGOM’s very own Kaja Franck submitted her PhD thesis yesterday. It has been an absolute pleasure and a joy to supervise this project and see it grow into such a substantial piece of research. ‘The Development of the Literary Werewolf: … Continue reading
Werewolves and Wildness: OGOM Publication News
This is the second publication to develop out of our fantastic Company of Wolves conference. There has never been an edition of Gothic Studies on werewolves so this is an absolute first! Thank you to all the contributors for their … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM News, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Company of Wolves, feral children, Gothic Studies, OGOM, Werewolves, Wolves
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Hull Werewolf Old Stinker Inspires Research Paper
I am beyond excited to report that The Hull Werewolf ‘Old Stinker’ has surfaced again in the last few days, terrorising women with his human face and very, very, bad breath (hence his name). The two most recent sightings have … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Company of Wolves, old stinker, Werewolves, Wolves
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The Wolf: BBC Radio 4 Natural Histories Programme
Brett Westwood meets a wolf and considers the role of the wolf in our culture in this BBC Radio 4 Natural Histories programme which also features OGOM Company of Wolves plenary Garry Marvin and the UK Wolf Trust which we … Continue reading
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Tagged Company of Wolves, Open Graves Open Minds
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Photographs of Children Raised by Wolves
The photographer Julia Fullerton Batten has created a series of images of wolf children, or children supposedly raised by animals. In Feral: The Children Raised by Wolves, Fiona Macdonald reports that these pictures have a ‘dreamlike, fairy-tale quality’, and yet the lives … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Resources
Tagged feral children, wolf children, Wolves
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Why I believe in the story of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull Werewolf
Sabine Baring-Gould claims that ‘English folklore is singularly barren of werewolf stories , the reason being that wolves had been extirpated from England under the Anglo Saxon kings, and therefore ceased to be the object of dread to the people’ … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, OGOM News, OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Reviews
Tagged Company of Wolves, old stinker, Werewolves
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Ancient Werewolf Known as ‘Old Stinker’ Sparks Folk Panic in UK
Who would have thought it there is now a real life folk panic in Yorkshire following the sightings of ‘Old Stinker’ an eight foot werewolf spotted in the Wolds. Kaja has already posted on this and commented on the myth that … Continue reading