The Artifact: Krueger's Claw
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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In this episode of STBYM’s The Artifact, Robert discusses Freddy Kreuger’s infamous claw weapon and how it compares to the actual use of bladed gauntlets in history…
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| 0:00.0 | Here in the last archive, I've been trying to figure out what happened to Truth. |
| 0:03.6 | I've been telling stories about how we know what we know, |
| 0:06.4 | and why it seems sometimes lately is if we don't know anything at all. |
| 0:10.6 | But I am done with the problems of Truth. I want solutions. |
| 0:14.8 | The season of the last archive is all about common knowledge. |
| 0:18.8 | Is that kind of knowledge still possible? I tried to find out. |
| 0:22.4 | Coming soon. |
| 0:24.7 | Listen to the last archive on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:28.4 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of iHeartRadio. |
| 0:38.7 | Hi, my name is Robert Lam and this is The Art Effect, |
| 0:42.3 | a short form series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind focusing on particular objects, ideas, |
| 0:48.3 | and moments in time. |
| 0:49.5 | The Nightmare on Elm Street Film Franchise gave us an iconic, |
| 0:58.3 | but at times, perplexing horror icon in the form of Freddy Krueger. |
| 1:03.1 | He's a disfigured phantom of the opera-esque character with a taste for fedoras |
| 1:09.3 | and red and green striped sweaters. He does not wear a mask, |
| 1:13.9 | and he attacks his victims in their dreams, |
| 1:17.1 | making frequent use of his signature weapon, |
| 1:20.3 | a clawed leather right hand glove. |
| 1:24.1 | Freddy's glove, while iconic, has only a few real-world analogs. |
| 1:29.6 | Throughout human history, weapons like the sword have proven to be more than effective |
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