The Beast of Gevaudan

[cavalier973]

From the Parcast Podcast, “Unexplained Mysteries”, this is part one. It details the incident of a wolf-like beast that attacked people in France in the 1760s.

 

[Rabulias]

I have not listened to the podcast, so they may make mention of this, but the film Brotherhood of the Wolf is inspired by the events.

 

[Mannahnin]

It also gets used as a reference in classic D&D module X2 Castle Amber, as I recall.

 

[Tonguez]

It also gets used as a reference in classic D&D module X2 Castle Amber, as I recall.

The Beast of Averoigne is a Clark Ashton Smith story inspired by the Beast of Gevaudan. Castle Amber was notable for being Ashton Smiths works retold in RPG form

 

[Mannahnin]

The Beast of Averoigne is a Clark Ashton Smith story inspired by the Beast of Gevaudan. Castle Amber was notable for being Ashton Smiths works retold in RPG form

A bunch of them are used/referenced, but it's not exactly retellings of them. Castle Amber also references a couple of Poe stories the same way.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

A bunch of them are used/referenced, but it's not exactly retellings of them. Castle Amber also references a couple of Poe stories the same way.

The monkey did it.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

That is such an amazing movie. I kinda think of it as the closest thing we have to a Warhammer Fantasy RPG movie.

I have not listened to the podcast, so they may make mention of this, but the film Brotherhood of the Wolf is inspired by the events.

 

[MoonSong]

I've just noticed this. Haven't listened to the podcast yet, but I think a local podcast (in Spanish) did an episode last year.