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1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

THE WENDIGO by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD (Part 1)

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

"The Wendigo" Pt 1 by Algernon Blackwood: Blackwood used the legend of the wendigo to create a terrifying tale of a group of hunters in the Canadian wilderness who encounter this demonic spirit-monster. Real-life stories of the wendigo abound, dating back to the late 1700's in North America. Few writers can capture the irrational fear that even the most seasoned travelers can experience in the wilderness- but Blackwood is a master. #Bigfoot #Wendigo #Legends Music: Mattia Cupelli Dark Tension Rising May 2018 Update: Check out our new E Book Collection at Amazon Kindle This story coming to a future volume Give us a kind review at the listing thanks https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Short-Stories-Fireside-Collection-ebook/dp/B07CRW2RZ9/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1525854517&sr=8-4&keywords=kindle+books+1001+classic+short+stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Search zero with an ex because healthy business is beautiful business. The The Algernon Blackwood is another classic writer who, like many of the authors we choose at

1:05.2

1001, had an interesting life before he began to write horror stories in his 30s.

1:11.4

He taught the violin. He was a bartender. He reported for the New York Times. He operated a hotel and he worked as a farmer in Canada. So he knew the dark woods and the old Indian legends well, the setting and subject of this story.

1:26.0

First published in 1910, The Wendigo is one of Blackwoods early stories and also one of his most famous. In the length of a short

1:35.2

novella, Blackwood managed to craft a story which not only is eerie and atmospheric to this day,

1:41.6

but continues to influence contemporary writers of horror and

1:44.8

weird fiction. The Wendigo is a creature enshrined in the myths of various Native

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American tribes that inhabited the area of the Great Lakes,

1:53.0

today located on the American-Canadian border,

1:56.0

most notably the Ojibwe.

1:58.0

A Wendigo is mostly associated with the vast and cold spaces of the north, where it hunted down those

2:05.7

unlucky to stumble on its path.

2:08.0

Peasting on flesh, a Wendigo would give off an odor of decay and corruption resembling the

2:13.7

cryptid we know as Bigfoot in that respect anyway. This week we feature the

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