St. Nicholas and the Christmas Cannibals (The Show Notes)
This episode would have not have been possible without the following sources:
Timeout.com -Dark Christmas: 9 seasonal monsters from myths and legends around the world
Christmas Alsace – Meet Hans Trapp
Frenchmoments.eu – Pere Fouettard
National Geographic – Santa Claus Origins
Excelsiorchristmas.com – Christkind
Alexmatsuo.com – The Story of Hans Trapp the Cannibal Christmas Scarecrow
Britannica.com – German Society, Economy, and Culture in the 14th and 15th Centuries
Danarehn.com – Child Murders within the Wider Visual Culture of Infanticide and Cannibalism
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