# (Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper

An episode of [Stuff You Should Know](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/278981407), 27 Oct 2026, 49 min.

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Cultures have come up with lots of personifications of death: Young and attractive? Yes. Riding a black buffalo? Check. Covered in tongues and eyeballs? Uh-huh. But in the West there’s only been one go-to soul taker for hundreds of years: The Grim Reaper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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