Published: March 9, 2022, 5:36 p.m.
What is a monster? The Oxford Languages dictionary defines a monster as \u201can imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening.\u201d\n
\n\nWhich is also what makes monsters fascinating, right? Their frightening aspect.\xa0
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\nBut also the fact that they may not be imaginary after all. They may actually be real.
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\nIn this episode, we visit museums where monsters roam free --in our imaginations at least.\xa0
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\nStops include:
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\n- \nLoch Ness Centre and Exhibition in Inverness, Scotland
\n- \nThe Icelandic Sea Monster Museum and Coffee Shop in Bildudalur, Iceland
\n- \nInternational Mermaid Museum in Aberdeen, Washington
\n- \nThe Miyoshi Mononoke Museum in Miyoshi, Japan - which features yokai (monsters) and yurei (ghosts) from Japanese folklore
\n- \nThe National Leprechaun Museum of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland
\n- \nFlatwoods Monster Museum in Baxton, West Virginia
\n- \nInternational Monster Museum in Salem, Massachusetts
\n- \nTom Devlin's Monster Museum in Boulder City, Nevada
\n- \nDistortions Monster World in Denver, Colorado
\n- \nThe Long Island Monster Gallery in Mineola, New York
\n- \nInternational Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine - The world's only cryptozoology museum
\n- \nMerrilyn Cryptid Museum - a one-of-kind online-only fictional exhibit that you have to see to believe.
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Host & Guide\n\n
\n\nCourtney Mroch\n\n
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Music
\n\n\n\nDanse Macabre - Violin Hook by Kevin MacLeod\nLink:
https://filmmusic.io/song/3599-danse-macabre---violin-hook\n\nLicense:
https://filmmusic.io/standard-license\n