But Why Do We Create Monsters? | Part 2: Witches, Werewolves & the Cultural Fear Machine

️ Part 2 of our Halloween series: Monsters as Mirrors ️If today’s monsters reflect modern fears…what were we afraid of 500 years ago?

In this time-travelling episode, Kristin and Laura head back to the past to ask: where did our monsters come from, and what were they covering up?

From witch trials to mummies, this episode unpacks:

Why werewolves symbolised the “untamed man”

Why vampires became sexualised aristocrats

How zombies reflect fears of slavery, exploitation, and soulless labor

Why Frankenstein is really about abandonment, control, and man-made monsters

How the fear of women’s knowledge shaped the witch hunts

Why the empire was haunted by the mummy’s curse

With just enough disgust psychology, imperialist critique, and literary nerdery to keep it weird, this episode explores how each monster reveals what power wanted to hide.