Category Archives: Press Coverage

Press Release: OGOM and Supernatural Cities to Host ‘The Urban Weird’, 6th-7th April

Posted on 2nd April 2018 by Sam George

University of Hertfordshire to host ‘The Urban Weird’, a two-day programme of events on the theme of supernatural cities ‘The Urban Weird’ will take place at the University of Hertfordshire on the 6 and 7 April. The event will explore … Continue reading →

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Is A Yorkshire Village Home to the First Plague of English Vampires?

Posted on 3rd April 2017 by Sam George

Today news broke of a number of mutilated corpses uncovered in a Yorkshire village called Wharram Percy. The medieval English villagers showed widespread belief in the undead returning as revenants or reanimated corpses. They fought back against the risk of … Continue reading →

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10K Shares for OGOM Wolves and Werewolves Research!!

Posted on 30th March 2017 by Sam George

The university press office have confirmed that we have had a remarkable 10,000 shares for coverage of our Company of Wolves project in The Independent.  This is an astounding testimony to the impact of our wolfish research and is excellent news … Continue reading →

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Dogdyke: The Lincolnshire Werewolf Returns

Posted on 2nd November 2016 by Sam George

In the week that I have been bemoaning the lack of English werewolves, following the sightings of Old Stinker in Hull, the story of  the Werewolf of Dogdyke in Lincolnshire has re-emerged!! This werewolf was first recorded in 1926 when … Continue reading →

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The Conversation: Why we should welcome the return of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull werewolf

Posted on 30th October 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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The Werewolf as Spectre Wolf

Posted on 27th October 2016 by Sam George

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 →

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The People Seeking the Company of Wolves

Posted on 25th May 2016 by Sam George

Anyone involved in academia will know of the importance of impact and on 8th June I will be speaking about the Open Graves, Open Minds project at the Public Engagement with Research Conference 2016 (Prince Edward Lecture Hall, University of … Continue reading →

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Open Graves, Open Minds reporting on the Werewolf of Hull

Posted on 18th May 2016 by firekrank

Yesterday I was interviewed for the Mark Forrest Show which was doing a segment on the Werewolf of Hull or, as it is now commonly referred to, ‘Old Stinker’. You can listen to my five minutes of fame here. (I’m … Continue reading →

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ITV This Morning: Frankenstein

Posted on 10th November 2015 by Sam George

Here’s some footage from ITV This Morning’s ‘History of Horror’ on Frankenstein with Charlie Higson, yours truly, Prof. William Hughes and Sir Chris Frayling. I seem to be the only one in the studio and they already had their narrative in place … Continue reading →

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The People Seeking the ‘Company of Wolves’

Posted on 21st September 2015 by Sam George

I’ve just been archiving all the footage and news stories from the ‘Company of Wolves’ for the university. Those who were presenting might like to share these links with their own institutions. At least now we know what you do … Continue reading →

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