The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Let’s slip into spooky sleep with more about the origins of the werewolf, including Scandinavian berserkers and greedy nobles. Your brain will quietly howl with boredom.

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0:00.0	Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.
0:09.1	I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you
0:17.1	get some sleep. Before we begin I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our Patreon family.
0:27.0	Victoria, Dustin, and Anica.
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1:18.6	Now let's read and relax.
1:24.4	Find a comfortable spot.
1:28.6	Adjust your volume.
1:32.2	Take a nice deep breath in.
1:35.0	Let it out slowly.
1:40.0	And off we go.
1:43.0	Tonight, in honor of the season, and in response to many requests for more, let's continue with the Book of Werewolves, being an account of terrible
1:58.8	superstition by Sabine Bering Gould.
2:04.0	First published in 1865, by Smith, Elder and Co, London.
2:12.0	Let's pick up right where we left off at the beginning of Chapter 4.
2:18.0	Let's begin.
2:22.0	Chapter 4.
2:24.0	The Origin of the Scandinavian Werewolf
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