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Dark Fairy Tales II: Heads in a Fountain, Bones in a Bag

July 26, 2022 boneandsickle Britain, cautionary tales, children's literature, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, Frau Holle, Grimm, Kind and Unkind Girls, legends, local legends

Dark fairy tale elements including floating heads and bags of bones are featured in a family of tales classified under the Aarne-Thompson[…]

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The Hellfire Clubs, Part Two

April 19, 2022 boneandsickle caves, Devil, diabolism, England, EPISODE, folklore, Francis Dashwood, ghost stories, ghosts, Hellfire Caves, Hellfire Club, legends, local legends, London, magic, occultism, paganism

The best known of the 18th-century Hellfire Clubs, one founded by Francis Dashwood, is largely remembered today because of the[…]

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Hex Murders and Madness in Old Pennsylvania

June 29, 2021 boneandsickle America, black magic, crime, criminals, EPISODE, folk magic, folklore, Germanic, Hex, homicide, horror, local legends, madness, murder, Pennsylvania, Pow-Wow, superstition, True Crime, United States, witchcraft, witches

Cases of madness and even murder were associated with Hexerei, a form of witchcraft brought to Pennsylvania by German immigrants.[…]

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