title: The World of Lore: Wicked Mortals
author:  Aaron Mahnke 
description: <b>Praise for the Lore podcast</b><br /> <br /> Truth can often be much scarier than fictionsomething [Aaron] Mahnke proves as he dives deep into the world of folklore and the darker side of history in a quest to root out the fragment of truth at the bottom of our fears.<b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br /> <br /> Unlike so much horror that needs over-the-top viscera to scare you, this podcast leans on historyfolklore, myth, the stuff people once thought was trueto tell its tales.<b><i>The Atlantic</i></b><br /> <br /> Narrated by Mahnke in a style that evokes spooky campfire stories, Lore is a history lesson like no other.<b><i>Esquire</i></b>
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  Copyright © 2018 by Aaron Mahnke
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  Published in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a
  division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
  
  DEL REY and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random
  House LLC.
  
  Most of the text in this work is based on the author’s podcast, Lore.
  
  LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
  
  Names: Mahnke, Aaron, author.
  
  Title: The world of lore. Wicked mortals / Aaron Mahnke.
  
  Other titles: Wicked mortals
  
  Description: New York : Del Rey, 2018. | Series: The world of lore | Includes
  bibliographical references and index.
  
  Identifiers: LCCN 2018005235 (print) | LCCN 2018006700 (ebook) | ISBN
  9781524798000 (E-book) | ISBN 9781524797997 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
  Subjects: LCSH: Murderers—Case studies. | Criminals—Case studies. |
  Murder—Case studies. | Crime—Case studies.
  
  Classification: LCC
  
  
  HV6515 (ebook) | LCC
  
  
  HV6515 .M24 2018 (print) | DD