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The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals

The World of Lore Collection, Book 2

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The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals

By: Aaron Mahnke
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A chilling who’s who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring stories from the Lore podcast - now a streaming television series - including "Black Stockings", "Half-Hanged", and "The Castle", as well as rare material.

Some monsters are figments of our imagination. Others are as real as flesh and blood: humans who may look like us, who may walk among us, often unnoticed, occasionally even admired - but whose evil deeds and secret lives, once revealed, mark them as something utterly wicked.

In this volume from the host of the hit podcast Lore, you’ll find tales of infamous characters whose veins ran with ice water and whose crimes remind us that truth can be more terrifying than fiction. Aaron Mahnke introduces us to William Brodie, a renowned Scottish cabinetmaker who used his professional expertise to prey on the citizens of Edinburgh and whose rampant criminality behind a veneer of social respectability inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Then there’s H. H. Holmes, a relentless and elusive con artist who became best known as the terror of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair when unwitting guests were welcomed into his “hotel” of horrors...never to be seen again. And no rogues’ gallery could leave out Bela Kiss, the Hungarian tinsmith with a taste for the occult and a collection of gasoline drums with women’s bodies inside.

Brimming with accounts of history’s most heinous real-life fiends, this riveting best-of-the-worst roundup will haunt your thoughts, chill your bones, and leave you wondering if there are mortal monsters lurking even closer than you think.

The World of Lore series includes:

Monstrous Creatures
Wicked Mortals
Dreadful Places

©2018 Aaron Mahnke (P)2018 Random House Audio
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5 Stars-A Very Thought Provoking Book

Another amazing Aaron Mahnke book, makes you question things you thought you knew, while reinforcing others, it also gives a new perspective to old ideas.!

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Excellent Reading!

I got into LORE listening to their podcasts. The book was an excellent extension of the podcast.

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I love this series

Fun to listen to these stories of the strange and macabre. Always a joy to hear!

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great book can't wait for the next one

this is yet another great book by arron mankey I hope I'm spelling that right lol but all in all I'd highly recommend this to anyone who is into the weird an strange

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more stars than I can give

I binge listened to this just like the podcast and the amazon prime show! Just fantastic

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One of my new favorite arthurs

Love this author, his podcasts, books, and the amazon prime tv series!! I really hope he writes more books and creates more podcasts! I wish that he released more than one podcast episode at a time though!

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Classic Lore Quality!

Lore is my favorite podcast so I knew that I would enjoy the book series as well. Aaron Mahnke is the best narrator I’ve come across in both podcasts and ebooks.

My one suggestion to Lore listeners is that if you’ve listened to the podcasts, then most of the stories contained in this book will be familiar to you, so this may not be the book for you if you’re looking for brand new Lore content.

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Lore

I personally LOOOOVE the podcast!!!! And I this book was so chilling and thrilling. I was on the edge of me seat the whole time!!!!

You should read this book then go start listening to the podcast, you will not regret it!!!

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Great book- a must listen!

If you enjoy the podcast, the show, or his last book, you’ll enjoy this. It’s full of facts that are sometimes overlooked and forgotten through history, about the most curious cases and interesting people.

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Love this!

One of my favorite podcasts becomes one of my favorite books. What a great collection of folklore, and all of it placed in the appropriate cultural context. I could not recommend this highly enough to history buffs and folklore fanatics!

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