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#30 Loup-Garou, Werewolves in France

July 22, 2019 boneandsickle black magic, Bluebeard, cannibalism, Catholicism, Charles Perrault, Conomor the Accursed, crime, decapitation, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folklore, France, French werewolves, history, madness, murder, werewolves, witch trials, witchcraft

The werewolf (Fr: loup-garou) epidemic of 16th-century France forms the core of our show, but we also include some medieval[…]

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#18 Wild Men, Furry Saints, and Burning Dancers

January 14, 2019 boneandsickle Edgar Allen Poe, EPISODE, folklore, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, madness, mythology, pagan, paganism, Pan, Wild Men

This time round we look at the medieval myth of the Wild Man, its connection to seasonal folk traditions, peculiar[…]

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