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S05E09 Flashback: Bad Wolf

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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FLASHBACKWe're looking back at October 5, 2011 this week and an interview with Valerius Geist (February 2, 1938 – July 6, 2021) about the myths and reality of wolves.  How dangerous are they? There's complexity and nuance here.  Some people fiercely believe wolves are just peaceful misunderstood beautiful animals that would not hurt a person.  Others believe they're fierce and dangerous predators.  Internet debates will happen but history - and Valerius Geist - suggest using extreme caution if you find yourself in close proximity to these beautiful predators in the wild. MonsterTalk Live (Disco Edition)

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ON NOVEMBER 8, 2005 Canadian geological engineering student Kenton Carnegie went for a walk. He told people that he’d be back by 5 pm. When he hadn’t returned by 7 pm, a search party went out and discovered his remains in the woods. In this episode of Monstertalk (a follow-up to last week’s), we interview professor Valerius Geist about the true cause of Kenton Carnegie’s death. Some people thought he was killed by a bear, but more likely he was killed by a myth.Todd Svarckopf confronting a habituated wolf, four days before the Kenton Joel Carnegie wolf attack. (Photo by Chris van Gelder at North Point Landing Saskatchewan)Further Reading
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0:52.5

I had a fun interview lined up for this week, but it didn't pan out.

0:56.0

And then last night we did a Monster Talk Live.

0:58.4

You can check the show notes for a link to that, where we blew apart the mythology behind

1:02.4

the most successful disco movie ever made.

1:05.2

And while I think it's a fine addition to our YouTube series, D-based on a true story,

1:09.9

unless you happen to truly hate disco, which I don't.

1:13.1

I don't think we can reasonably tie Saturday Night Fever to monsters.

1:17.8

I know Karen and Matt tried by bringing in some Zinu and some Scientology dirt, but in the end,

1:24.1

I decided to post a flashback episode this week rather than try to shoehorn the shocking

1:28.5

truth about Saturday Night Fever into our monster-centric show.

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