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#13: Ancient Necromancy

October 31, 2018 boneandsickle antiquity, Bible, black magic, Canidia, EPISODE, Erichto, folklore, gore, Greece, Greek gods, Greek myth, history, Homer, Horace, human sacrifice, lamia, lemures, literature, Lucan, magic, manes, mythology, necromancy, occultism, Odyssey, pagan, paganism, Pausanius, Periander, Rome, Witch of Endor, witchcraft

Finishing up with our October theme of “talking to the dead,” we examine necromancy in the ancient world in this[…]

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#12: Seances & Scandals

October 15, 2018 boneandsickle Edwardian, EPISODE, folklore, Fox Sisters, ghosts, history, Seances, Spiritualism, Victorian

Hope you enjoy part two of our exploration of Spiritualism and seances. This one is particularly full of shocking, sad, and amusing[…]

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Episode 11: The Dead Speak

October 8, 2018 boneandsickle Arthur Conan Doyle, Edwardian, EPISODE, folk music, Fox Sisters, ghosts, history, horror, Red Barn Murder, Spiritualism, Victorian

The 19th-century Spiritualist movement was rife with fraud and misplaced hopes, but what made people so eager to believe in[…]

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