Unknown Country Halloween Week: Myths and Monsters – Is There Any Truth Behind The Legends?
We all love a good monster movie, don’t we, even if it’s viewed with just one eye open from behind the safety of our sofas?
Year after year, Hollywood favourites such as Count Dracula and the Wolfman, and other classic fiendish figures continue to draw crowds of eager horror-movie-lovers. But when and where did our preoccupation with the "bogeyman" arise? Is there any basis in truth to the stories of mythical monsters?
Greg McDonald, director of forensic medicine at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, says that like many myths and scary stories, both Dracula and the Wolfman stemmed from a poor understanding of medical maladies.
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