The Man-Eating Tiger of Champawat

The Man-Eating Tiger of Champawat

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1302 , Segment 2

The Tiger Queen

Episode: The Tiger Queen

  • May 24, 2022 6:00 am
  • 29:30

The Champawat tiger killed approximately 436 people, and was eventually killed by Jim Corbett, who went on to become a legendary slayer of man-killers. But the tiger was a man-made monster, and this is really a story about what our relationship with our world should be. Guest: Dane Huckelbridge, author of “No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History”