March 2019 – Bone and Sickle

#23 Ghastly Saint Stories

March 30, 2019 boneandsickle Catholicism, EPISODE, folklore, history, horror, legends, martyrdom, mortification, mummies, saints, Southern Gothic

Our collection of ghastly stories of saints highlights notions of extreme self-mortification as a spiritual practice along with a preoccupation[…]

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#22 The Devil’s Due: Musicians and Marksmen

March 14, 2019 boneandsickle black magic, classical music, EPISODE, Faust, folklore, Freischütz, Germanic, Germany, Gothic, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, literature, magic, movies, opera, Romanticism

In this episode we look at legends of musicians and marksmen said to have made Faustian deals with the Devil.[…]

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