Welcome to Episode 19 of the podcast - and the second international episode. 

In this Episode, The Boggart looks at the Alpine tradition of Krampus, the half-goat demon said to punish naughty children on the eve of the 5th December, and how the story has developed in time, becoming a political tool in the first half of the 20th century, and also how Krampus may have influenced the United States cryptid known as the Goatman...

• Bruce, M. (1958) The Krampus in Styria, in Folklore, Vol. 69, No. 45.
• Dudding, G. (2016) Goatman.
• Forcher, M. & Peterlini, H.K (2010)  Südtirol in Geschichte und Gegenwart.
• Muckerman, A. (2018) The man behind the Krampus mask. BBC.
• Ridenour, A. (2016) The Krampus and the Old Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil.
• 2nd December 2023. Whitby Krampus Run: Festive folklore marked in Yorkshire town (BBC)

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