The Unlanguaged Mind: Feral Children

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the bonkers 1984 Wes Craven made-for-TV movie “Invitation to Hell,” starring Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy and Susan Lucci. (originally published 8/1/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Egyptologist, author and educator Colleen Darnell about ancient Egyptian religion, warfare and of course vintage fashion. (originallt published 7/31/2025)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A “wild” boy in 18th-century Germany meets the King of England. 100 years later, a child is raised in isolation by a man whose name he never knew. And a young girl in the 1950s survives the Colombian jungle – a troop of monkeys her only companions. These so-called feral children ...  Show more

What inspired Rudyard Kipling to write The Jungle Book? Join the guys as they explore the real-life, tragic stories of feral children abandoned by their human parents, adopted by animals and raised in the wild. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork. ...  Show more

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Irish folktales tell of stolen children, whisked away in the dead of night by the fairies. These children were taken to act as servants, to sate the curiosity of fairies curious about human children, or as an act of revenge. In the stolen child's place, they would leave a fairy c ...  Show more