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Monsters: A look at the real, the fake, and the friendly

Portrait of Antonietta Gonsalvus , circa 1580. Found in the Collection of Ambras Castle, Innsbruck. Artist Anonymous.
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Portrait of Antonietta Gonsalvus , circa 1580. Found in the Collection of Ambras Castle, Innsbruck. Artist Anonymous.

Monsters are our subconscious perversions, our twisted fears realized, but what causes their creation, and how are they made? This hour, we look at fantastical creatures, terrifying beasts, and the scariest monsters of all: humans.

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Coco Cooley is a Talk Show Production Intern for summer 2025. She is a current Wesleyan student studying Anthropology and Sociology, while pursuing an Anthropology thesis about Renaissance Faires. She also enjoys cooking, watching bad television, and swimming in non-ocean bodies of water.