Werewolves!

MYS090: People have believed in werewolves since time immemorial with tales of human beings transforming either physically or behaviorally. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore what we know of these accounts, where they come from, and whether there’s any truth to legends of lycanthropy.

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Chapters for this episode:
MYS090 – 00:00:00
Intro – 00:22:13
Where the term “werewolf” originates – 01:13:11
Werewolves in prehistory – 02:44:74
Classical written records about werewolves – 05:40:28
Werewolf accounts in the Christian era – 10:47:63
Werewolf trials in Europe – 15:12:50
Thank you to Patrons! – 19:54:00
Theories – 20:25:07
Faith Perspective – 21:30:71
Could or would God transform someone into a wolf? – 23:18:72
Could demons transform someone into a werewolf? – 26:47:29
Reason Perspective – 33:17:50
Plausible bases for werewolf reports – 34:23:47
Individual cases – 38:08:52
Mental conditions – 40:04:74
Physical conditions – 41:06:58
The Bottom Line – 50:54:65
Further Resources – 51:41:29
Mysterious Feedback – 53:32:11
Mysterious Headlines – 65:42:01
Next Time: The Radioactive Boy Scout – 66:30:19
Outro – 66:46:16

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