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Drowned in Blood: Butcher Lore

November 18, 2019 boneandsickle Anglo-Saxons, birds, Britain, butchers, cannibalism, Catholicism, Christie Cleek, Christmas, criminals, England, EPISODE, folk music, folk tales, folklore, France, Germanic, gore, history, human sacrifice, legends, Middle Ages, mumming, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Sawney Bean, Scotland, St Martin's Day, St. Nicholas, superstition

Our seasonal look at butcher lore begins with the slaughter of an immense ram as related in the centuries-old English[…]

#17 Christmas Ghosts

December 24, 2018 boneandsickle Christmas, death, EPISODE, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, Gothic, history, holidays, horror, legends, Victorian

Traditionally Christmas was a time for ghost stories, and tonight we’re doing our part to bring back the custom. A[…]

#16 The Haunted Season

December 10, 2018 boneandsickle Bone & Sickle, Christmas, EPISODE, folklore, Furious Army, Germanic, Germany, ghosts, history, Krampus, legends, Odin, pagan, paganism, superstition, Wild Hunt

Historically, Christmastime in Central Europe was a season haunted by otherworldly spirits, werewolves, ghostly huntsmen, and wandering hordes of lost[…]