The X-Files Glenn Morgan has a spooky vision for the TV adaptation of podcaster Aaron Mahnkes dark historical tales.
Lore, a folklore podcast from supernatural fiction writer Aaron Mahnke, adheres to that concept.
Mahnkes project spread faster than any of the folklore he covers in each episode.
Nearly six million monthly listeners return every two weeks to hear Mahnke hawk dark historical tales and otherworldly myths.
Hence after just six months of producing the podcast, Mahnke was fielding calls from Hollywood.
The scariest things in the world are things that could actually happen, Hurd says.
This is what initially drew her toLore.
From the very beginning we realized that its not a scripted show, Hurd says.
We absolutely did not want this to be talking heads, people talking about things that are scary.
Their approach to the material is to stay true to the podcast and also incorporate Morgans retelling of nonfiction.
Morgan was a fan before he knew the TV series was in development.
It was an easy fit, and soon Morgan signed on.
He walks deep into the pitch black chamber and flicks on the lamp on his desk.
In fact, Morgan was exploring lore long beforeLore.
Im interested in the facts.
Im a historian, Morgan says, meditating on the origins of his fiction writing forThe X-Files.
So you took the facts, but in the middle, I make shit up.
And inevitably everybody would go, Oh I read about that.
No, I made that part up.
It was hard to conceive how horrible it was, Feore says between takes.
Crying, screaming, miserable, chained up, unhappy, cold, batshit crazy.
Being in those circumstances only made some people crazier because they lost all hope.
Freemans procedure left many patients either in a vegetative state or struggling to regain basic motor functions.
Freeman offered justifications, believing he was doing the right thing, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
Certainty and uncertainty are a wonderful pandoras box to open with this show.
We fool ourselves if we give a shot to pretend weve made a great deal of progress.
We dont know as much as we think we know.
We do know these stories, as chilling tales or warnings from the past, resonate with listeners.
To Morgan, the purity of the podcast medium is what hooked him in the first place.
[Podcasters] are not hindered by conceptions about what would make a hit, he says.
These are deceptively yesterdays issues, Morgan says, but they are also todays issues.
It turns out just storytelling is something we really like and we really need.
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