Dogs of War?!

[jjpor]

Among my other many and varied interests, I am a sometime student of the weird and phantasmagorical. Which is to say, those Arthur C Clarke "world of the unexplained" type programmes and those Usborne books about monsters, UFO etc made a big impression on my primary-school-aged self back in the 80s. Unfortunately, in later life, I come to realise that it's all bunk, but entertaining bunk and that's the main thing.

Anyway, this tickled me greatly; it's a pretty extreme example of the kind of bonkers propaganda stories that came out of WW1; fodder for another retro-Torchwood story methinks, or maybe some truly deranged original fiction:

lippard.blogspot.com/2008/12/hound-of-mons.html

And your guess as to what "careful training in fiendishness" might consist of is as good as mine.

Comments

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

A brilliant scientist indeed. Knowing exactly which parts of the brain controlled hatred and frenzy in 1914!

I have a weakness for the stuff you mention as well. Although this one book about conspiracy theories ended up giving me nightmares. Especially the chapter on Men in Black.:P