Strip away the Hollywood glamor and Victorian romance, and the earliest 14th-century Robin Hood ballads reveal an angry, brittle world of plague pits, bad laws, and systemic abuse.

In this first episode of our Public Corruption series, we explore how medieval storytellers used the outlaw archetype, not as a saintly hero, but as a symptom of a failing society. This video essay examines why waiting on a political savior or resorting to vigilante justice fails to repair a broken system—and why true restoration requires universal accountability.

What if the real terror in Bram Stoker’s Dracula isn't just the monster, but the ancient, autocratic system he represents?

In Part 2 of our Public Corruption series, we examine Dracula not merely as a supernatural villain, but as the living dead of feudalism. This video essay explores how modern institutions confront entrenched predatory power, and asks why we so often leave the "monster's castle" standing.