About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "ShortHand: Werewolves" from RedHanded covers the history of lycanthropy, tracing the werewolf myth from its earliest roots to its present-day pop culture form. Described as having been recorded under a full moon, the episode promises the whole hairy story of how humans have imagined wolf-human transformation across the centuries.
The journey begins with Ancient Greek tales of curses tied to lycanthropy, before moving through the gruesome wolf trials of the Middle Ages, when accusations of shapeshifting could carry deadly consequences. From there, the episode tracks the myth's evolution all the way to its modern incarnation as a glossy, teen-heartthrob trope in contemporary entertainment.
Hosts and release
Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire host RedHanded, a true crime podcast that examines serial killers, cults, and lesser-known cases through a cultural lens. The show runs to roughly 400 episodes, releases weekly, and is available on Spotify and Amazon Music, with bonus content offered exclusively via Patreon.
This particular entry is a ShortHand installment — episode number 251, running 24 minutes — released on 30 October 2026. Rather than digging into a single criminal case, it uses the podcast's cultural-history approach to unpack how the werewolf has shifted from ancient curse to medieval trial defendant to modern heartthrob, offering listeners a compact but wide-ranging history of one of folklore's most enduring monsters.
