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The Best Episodes of Lore

Every episode of Lore ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Lore!

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This anthology series brings to life Aaron Mahnke's “Lore” podcast and uncovers the real-life events that spawned our darkest nightmares. Blending dramatic scenes, animation, archive and narration, Lore reveals how our horror legends - such

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Lore Season 1 Episode 6 - Unboxed
    7.6/10(518 votes)

    #1 - Unboxed

    S1:E6

    Robert Gene Otto is a child without friends. That is, until he receives a doll as a gift. He names the doll after himself, Robert. They become fast friends and soon the boy believes the doll is real. But to everyone else...Robert the Doll is a curse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Lore Season 1 Episode 2 - Echoes
    7.1/10(643 votes)

    #2 - Echoes

    S1:E2

    Dr. Walter Freeman is the father of the icepick lobotomy. He believes the ten-minute procedure will all but end the need for the mental hospital. He has the best of intentions but winds up creating an entirely new kind of horror story.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Lore Season 1 Episode 3 - Black Stockings
    7.0/10(581 votes)

    #3 - Black Stockings

    S1:E3

    In 19th century Ireland, folklore has a strong hold. Michael Cleary is convinced his wife, Bridget, has been replaced by a fairy called a changeling. And his belief drives him to the most extreme act.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Lore Season 1 Episode 4 - Passing Notes
    7.0/10(489 votes)

    #4 - Passing Notes

    S1:E4

    In 19th century America, at the height of the Spiritualist Movement, a haunted house is not just the stuff of ghost stories. Many believe the dead can talk and, sometimes, will come back from the other side to wreak havoc on the living.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Lore Season 1 Episode 1 - They Made a Tonic
    6.9/10(828 votes)

    #5 - They Made a Tonic

    S1:E1

    Before we knew how disease spread, medicine was as much superstition as it was science. And in the small New England towns of the 1800s, there is a belief that consumption can only be stopped by making sure the dead are actually dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Lore Season 1 Episode 5 - The Beast Within
    6.9/10(483 votes)

    #6 - The Beast Within

    S1:E5

    Werewolves are now movie monsters. But they were once thought to be all too real. In 1589, villagers in Bedburg, Germany, are convinced that a werewolf is killing women and children only to discover the killer is really one of their own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Lore Season 2 Episode 3 - Hinterkaifeck: Ghosts in the Attic
    6.8/10(366 votes)

    #7 - Hinterkaifeck: Ghosts in the Attic

    S2:E3

    In the German hinterlands, between World Wars, a family goes to bed, not knowing that their killer has been living in the walls and attics of their home like a ghost, watching, waiting for his chance to strike, in one of the most famous unsolved mysteries of all time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Lore Season 2 Episode 1 - Burke and Hare: In The Name of Science
    6.6/10(426 votes)

    #8 - Burke and Hare: In The Name of Science

    S2:E1

    Two shunned Irish immigrants in Scotland start off as grave robbers to sell the dead to doctors, but decide that creating their own inventory is much easier, and become the most prolific mass-murdering duo in history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Lore Season 2 Episode 2 - Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror
    6.6/10(372 votes)

    #9 - Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror

    S2:E2

    The aging Countess of Blood, running out of virginal peasants to drain of their youthful essence, brings in a bright-eyed noble to start a new cycle of torture and murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Lore Season 2 Episode 5 - Mary Webster: The Witch of Hadley
    6.3/10(296 votes)

    #10 - Mary Webster: The Witch of Hadley

    S2:E5

    A young woman, raised in a town controlled by a religious zealot, must rectify a fatal mistake before a ravenous mob hangs the Old Witch, Mary Webster, in this story set just 11 years before and 100 miles from Salem, Massachusetts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Lore Season 2 Episode 4 - Prague Clock: The Curse of the Orloj
    5.9/10(312 votes)

    #11 - Prague Clock: The Curse of the Orloj

    S2:E4

    As two clockmakers race against the curse of the Orloj, a curse that has already driven the city of Prague to madness and death with the Black Plague, these brothers will discover the price of trying to change history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Lore Season 2 Episode 6 - Jack Parsons: The Devil and the Divine
    5.9/10(301 votes)

    #12 - Jack Parsons: The Devil and the Divine

    S2:E6

    In 1922 only one person, Jack Parsons, believed that we could send a rocket into space and conjure a demon. By 1952 he had done both. But all he cared about was the Scarlet Woman he had both summoned, and lost, Marjorie Cameron.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Unboxed" is the best rated episode of "Lore". It scored 7.6/10 based on 518 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/13/2017. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Echoes".