A bite sized look into the monsters of global folklore, cryptozoology and mythology with your host, Erin. Jump in and learn about your favourite monsters from Gorgons to Kelpies, to Wendigos to Bigfoot. Stay spooky every Thursday with a new episode with a new monster from another culture. Get in touch on Twitter at @mythmonsterspod
For this week's episode, we're back over in Ancient Greece for the terrifying Hydra! How does the constellation for Cancer link to Hydras? How did the mighty hero Heracles defeat the monster, and why didn't it help him out? Find out this week!! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
Happy Halloween! For this special episode, we're looking at Vampires from European mythology! How can you get turned into a vampire? How does Dracula get ingrained into our history and modern day culture? Find out in this extra special spooky special! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In this week's episode, we're heading back over to the Americas and looking at the legendary cryptid, the Chupacabra! How can you tell this fiercesome hound has attacked your livestock? How are they linked to the fall out of Puerto Rico and the USA? Find out today! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
We're heading down to Ancient Egypt for the first time! I can't believe it - this week we're looking at the Bennu bird. How is this bird related to the Greek myth of the Phoenix? How do the Egyptians believe the world was created? Find out this week! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
We're back! And with this episode, we're looking at the elusive Sigbin from Philippine mythology! How does this creature suck blood from it's victims? (hint: it's not the usual way) How can you tell it's nearby? Find out this week! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
This week, we're heading over to the outback and looking at the fiercesome Yowie from Aboriginal Australian mythology! How are these creatures similar to the American Sasquatch and the Asian Yeti? Who are the three professional Yowie hunters and how big is the bounty in 2021? Find out in this week's episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
For this week's episode, we're heading back over to the UK to look at the fabulous national animal of Scotland. the Unicorn! How can you capture one of these majestic magical horses? Why are the English and Scottish fighting about Unicorns and lions in their Royal crest? Find out this week on Myth Monsters! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In this week's episode, we're heading back over to Greece to look at this terrible twosome, Scylla and Charybdis! How does the term between a rock and a hard place come from these two mythical monsters? Why are these two put in the same podcast in the first place? Find out in this week's episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
For this week's episode, we're doing things a little differently and looking at a ghostly folktale that may, or may not even be a thing! Yes, you heard it here - we're looking at Bloody Mary from English folklore this week. How does this apparition relate to King Henry VIII? Why do kids like to summon her in their bathrooms at sleepovers? Find out this episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twi...
In this week's episode, we're staying in Scandinavia to look at the fearsome Jötunn from Norse mythology. How does one of these ice giants end up as one of Marvel's best villains? How did one Jötunn create seven of the nine Norse realms? Find out this week! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
For this week's episode, we're popping back over to Europe for the water-dwelling shapeshifter, the Nixie, or Nokken, if you like, from Germanic and Scandinavian mythology! How do these creatures enchant humans into the water? What links these creatures to the Disney movie, Frozen 2? Find out in this week's podcast! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
We're heading back over to Japan for this week's episode and looking at the wonderfully strange Kappa from Japanese mythology! How do you defeat a Kappa in a sumo-wrestling match? What have farts got to do with this ancient monster? Find out in this week's podcast! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
This week we're heading over to Ireland to look at the ghostly Banshee of Celtic mythology! How are these ghoulish ladies linked to an ancient Irish mourning tradition? How can you get a Banshee attached to your own family? Find out in this week's episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
This week we're heading down to South Africa to look at the intimidating Grootslang from Afrikaans mythology! How does a snake and an elephant get mixed together? How would a diamond get you out of their cave lair? With a guest intro from resident South African, Ryan Oakes, join us this week to find out more! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In today's episode we're heading east over to the Philippines to look at the horrifying Manananggal from Filipino mythology! How does this viscera-sucking monster link to the Spanish colonisation of the Philippines? How do you banish this terrifying vampire from your window sill and stop it from sucking out your liver? With a guest intro from resident Filipino, Dominique La Victoria, join us this week to find out more! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spo...
This week we're going down to Australia for the mysterious Bunyip from Aboriginal mythology! How does this swampy creature link to prehistoric marsupials? Why did the Prime Minister of Australia use Bunyip as an insult in the 90's? With a guest intro from resident Australian, Jakob Herø Hansen, join us this week to find out more! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook ...
In this week's episode, we're over in China to look at the legendary Nian. How did this fearsome beast create Chinese New Year traditions? What can you use to scare it off? Find out this week on Myth Monsters! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In this week's episode, we're slithering over to Greece to look at the venomous Basilisks from European mythology! How are these linked to the fiercesome Cockatrice? What are the two things that can kill a Basilisk? Find out this week on Myth Monsters! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
This week we're looking at the seductive Sirens from Greek mythology! What links these creatures of the shoreline to the abduction of the Spring goddess Persephone? How did they change from half-birds, half women to half-fish, half women? Find out on today's episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
This week we're heading back into European mythology with the Wild Hunt! Who leads this ghostly band of the dead? How are they linked to Odin, King Arthur and Charlemagne? Find out this week! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In this week's episode, we're looking at the legendary Kraken from Norse mythology! Have these really washed up on beaches across Europe? Are these still listed as a mythical creature or do they really exist? Find out this week on Myth Monsters! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In today's episode, we're looking at the legendary Centaurs from Greek mythology! What do these half-horse, half-human have to do with the creation of clouds? How did Centaurs cause the death of the hero Heracles? Find out in this episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
We're heading over to Mexico and South America this week to look at the ghostly La Llorona! What do this phantom and the fall of the Aztec empire have in common? Why does she specifically go after children and adulterous men? Find out in this week's episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
We're looking at the sweet romantic seal creatures Selkies, from Scottish and Scandinavian mythology. Why would a Selkie come and love a human onshore? How is the Connelly surname linked to these wonderful monsters of the sea? Find out in this week's episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In this week's episode we're looking at the legendary Mothman, who has lurked around the US since the 60's. What do Batman and this cryptid have in common? Find out in this episode of Myth Monsters! Petition link here - https://www.change.org/p/west-virginia-state-senate-change-every-confederate-statue-to-a-mothman-statue Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
In this week's episode we're looking at two European folklore creatures; Changelings and Botchlings. How do you link the cute idea of Changelings to child abuse in the 1800's? Why do horrific Botchlings hunt pregnant women and their unborn babies? Find out in this episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
This week we're delving into the history of sleep paralysis in myth and how people thought they were actually demons trying to kill you in your sleep. We're covering a whole bunch of mythologies in this one, from Finnish to Zimbabwean, from Greek to Chinese - so grab a hot choccy milk and get ready for me to give you nightmares in this episode. Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Inst...
We're looking at the fearsome half-woman, half-spiders of Japanese mythology - the Jorōgumo. We'll talk about how these scary ladies enticed men to jump into waterfalls, what spiders they're related to in the real world and how you can avoid being captured by one of these terrifying creatures. Find out about these entangling monsters in this week's episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter...
Come explore the ponds and rivers of Scotland with these mythical demon horses - Kelpies. How do you capture one and use it to build a castle? Find out in this episode! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
We're talking about the infamous American folklore legend - the Jersey Devil. How are Benjamin Franklin, an astrologer and the Jersey Devil linked? Well I guess you're about to find out! Send us a text Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media: Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok...
