{"product_id":"the-world-of-lore-volume-2-wicked-mortals-9781472251602","title":"The World of Lore Volume 2 Wicked Mortals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling, lavishly illustrated who''s-who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast \u003ci\u003eLore\u003c\/i\u003e, now an online streaming series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Here are the incredible true stories of some of the mortals who achieved notoriety in history and folklore through horrible means. Monsters of this sort - serial killers, desperate criminals, and socially mobile people with a much darker double-life - are, in fact, quite real . . . including H. H. Holmes, the infamous Chicago serial killer; William Brodie, the Edinburgh criminal mastermind who inspired \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;\u003c\/i\u003e and Bela Kiss, a Hungarian tinsmith with a most disturbing hobby: collecting women in gasoline drums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs Aaron Mahnke reminds us, sometimes the truth is even scarier than the lore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruth can often be much scarier than fiction - something Mahnke proves as he dives deep into the world of folklore and the darker side of history in a quest to root out the fragment of truth at the bottom of our fears. - Entertainment Weekly\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlike so much horror that needs over-the-top viscera to scare you, this podcast leans on history - folklore, myth, the stuff people once thought were true - to tell its tales. - The Atlantic\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated  by Mahnke in a style that evokes spooky campfire stories, \u003ci\u003eLore \u003c\/i\u003eis a history lesson like no other. - Esquire","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408736788823,"sku":"9781472251602","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472251602.jpg?v=1730504016","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-of-lore-volume-2-wicked-mortals-9781472251602","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}