Category Archives: OGOM: The Company of Wolves

Gothic Manchester Festival: OGOM’s Werewolf research hits the media ahead of Halloween

Posted on 25th October 2016 by Sam George

Just back from the Gothic North and catching up on some stories in the media following the inspiring and fun event that was the Manchester Gothic Festival (which had some excellent papers and its own live mouse at the venue). There … Continue reading →

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Werewolves in the Academy

Posted on 1st October 2016 by Sam George

OGOM’s very own Kaja Franck submitted her PhD thesis yesterday. It has been an absolute pleasure and a joy to supervise this project and see it grow into such a substantial piece of research.   ‘The Development of the Literary Werewolf: … Continue reading →

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Werewolves and Wildness: OGOM Publication News

Posted on 22nd September 2016 by Sam George

This is the second publication to develop out of our fantastic Company of Wolves conference. There has never been an edition of Gothic Studies on werewolves so this is an absolute first! Thank you to all the contributors for their … Continue reading →

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Hull Werewolf Old Stinker Inspires Research Paper

Posted on 2nd September 2016 by Sam George

I am beyond excited to report that The Hull Werewolf ‘Old Stinker’ has surfaced again in the last few days, terrorising women with his human face and very, very, bad breath (hence his name). The two most recent sightings have … Continue reading →

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The Wolf: BBC Radio 4 Natural Histories Programme

Posted on 27th July 2016 by Sam George

Brett Westwood meets a wolf and considers the role of the wolf in our culture in this BBC Radio 4 Natural Histories programme which also features OGOM Company of Wolves plenary Garry Marvin and the UK Wolf Trust which we … Continue reading →

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Photographs of Children Raised by Wolves

Posted on 21st May 2016 by Sam George

The photographer Julia Fullerton Batten has created a series of images of wolf children, or children supposedly raised by animals. In Feral: The Children Raised by Wolves, Fiona Macdonald reports that these pictures have a ‘dreamlike, fairy-tale quality’, and yet the lives … Continue reading →

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Why I believe in the story of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull Werewolf

Posted on 18th May 2016 by Sam George

Sabine Baring-Gould claims that ‘English folklore is singularly barren of werewolf stories , the reason being that wolves had been extirpated from England under the Anglo Saxon kings, and therefore ceased to be the object of dread to the people’ … Continue reading →

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Ancient Werewolf Known as ‘Old Stinker’ Sparks Folk Panic in UK

Posted on 15th May 2016 by Sam George

Who would have thought it there is now a real life folk panic in Yorkshire following the sightings of ‘Old Stinker’ an eight foot werewolf spotted in the Wolds. Kaja has already posted on this and commented on the myth that … Continue reading →

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OGOM developments April 2016

Posted on 19th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Sam and I met up with Kaja yesterday in Café Rouge, St Albans to plan various developments for the OGOM Project. There was much enthusiasm and some exciting ideas will be coming to fruition over the next few months. First … Continue reading →

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The Jungle Book and wild children

Posted on 19th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Here’s an interesting article on the new film of The Jungle Book, touching on themes of wolves, wild children, and the opposition of nature and culture much discussed at the Company of Wolves conference (and covered in the forthcoming book, … Continue reading →

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