Beneath the misty hills of Northern England lurks a legend as monstrous as the landscape is green—the Lambton Worm. This episode plunges into the tale of a colossal, iron-scaled serpent born from one young man’s impulsive act and left to grow into a nightmare that haunted an entire countryside. Discover how the Lambton Worm devoured cattle, shattered stone, and squeezed the land in its coils, and why milk became its most demanded tribute. Follow the journey of John Lambton, the remorseful knight who faced his own creation in a battle as brutal as any in myth, and learn what it really costs to slay the monsters we unleash. A story of curses, redemption, and the dangerous line between recklessness and heroism—this is the myth of the Lambton Worm, and it still echoes through the hills today.
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