Discussing Storyhouse Productions The Real Wolfman & other creature topics tonite on Dr. Wm. Lester radio 10-12 pm EST http://bit.ly/2XP7vm 

The good doctor and I both had the same question about the recent HC show The Real Wolfman. I was in the show -- for a few minutes -- being interviewed over a year ago in the studio for Uncanny Radio and also provided some research and art.

Both Dr. Lester and I wondered, though, why the crew went to such lengths to document the ballistics of silver bullets versus normal lead ones. Ostensibly, it was to show whether the silver bullets could have been effective enough to kill a large, wolf-like creature (such as a hyena). But the only reason to use silver would be if you thought you were dealing with a supernatural animal, which in THEORY would be killed by the silver itself and not the velocity or wound damage. And I think they were hoping to prove their case for a hyena as culprit, which is not a supernatural animal. So that part was confusing to me. I'm still thinking... 

We will hash this out in detail, including whether those silver bullets were fact or legend, and the likelihood of a single hyena killing and sometimes decapitating over 100 people tonight.