Lunatics Radio Hour: The History of Horror
Lunatics Radio Hour is a non-fiction history podcast about the history of horror and the horror of history. Each episode explores real, documented events where fear, violence, survival, and the unknown shaped human lives and cultures. The show also traces how historical events influenced film, examining how real-world horrors became the stories and images that appear on screen.
Topics include dark history, psychological phenomena, folklore rooted in fact, and the historical roots of horror cinema. Most episodes focus on researched historical subjects. Occasional short fiction stories are included and clearly labeled.
If you’re drawn to the darker side of history and the real events behind horror films, Lunatics Radio Hour explores where history, fear, and cinema intersect.
Lunatics Radio Hour: The History of Horror
Episode 118 - The History of Doppelgängers in Folklore
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In this episode, Abby and Alan talk about the history of Doppelgängers, including real-life accounts and mythology.
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Sources for today's episode:
- The Night Side of Nature by Catherine Crowe (1850)
- The Doppelganger Wikipedia Entry
- Research paper called The Vardøgr, Perhaps Another Indicator of the Non-Locality of Consciousness by L. DAVID LEITER.
- Betty T. Bennett. The Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1980. Volume 1, page 245.
- A listverse.com article by Pauli Poisuo: 10 Disturbing Tales of Doppelgangers
- Ward Hill Lamon’s Book The Recollections of Abraham Lincoln
- Vice Article by Natasha Wynarczyk - The Time When You’re Most Likely to See Your Doppelganger
- A book called Footfalls on The Boundry of Another World by Robert Dale Owen
