When Animals Attack Podcast

In episode 15, Nilo and Jen are joined by author Gordon Grice to discuss African lion attacks. They swap stories that span more than a century and several countries, including the “man-eaters of Tsavo,” and then debate the merits of two films based on those notorious attacks: Bwana Devil (1953) and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). Along the way, they also touch on the follies of colonialism and briefly review Prey (2007) and the 1978 made-for-TV movie The Beasts are on the Streets! You can find Gordon at https://www.facebook.com/Gordon-Grice-245896990423/ and http://www.GordonGrice.com Sources: Michael Bright, Man-Eaters James Clarke, Man Is the Prey Paolo Israel, “The War of Lions: Witch-Hunts, Occult Idioms and Post-Socialism in Northern Mozambique,” Journal of Southern African Studies 35.1 (2009). https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tsavo-man-eaters-lions https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/man-eater-of-mfuwe/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-most-ferocious-man-eating