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Mr. Ridenour’s Haunted Basement

October 27, 2025 boneandsickle announcement, Bone and Sickle, demons, Devil, EPISODE, exorcism, ghosts, Halloween

If you’ve been curious regarding Mr. Ridenour’s and Mrs. Karswell’s troubles with anomalous events in the house, this short episode[…]

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The Dark Art of Ventriloquism

May 23, 2024 boneandsickle Bible, broadsheets, channeling, demons, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, exorcism, folklore, ghosts, Hebrew mythology, history, Judaism, magic, necromancy, Old Testament, possession, puppets, ventriloquism

While the dummies may be inherently creepy, they were not the source of ventriloquism’s dark reputation in earlier times. This[…]

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Bottled Spirits: Imps, Devils, Ghosts

August 1, 2020 boneandsickle Aeolus, antiquity, bottled spirits, EPISODE, exorcism, folk customs, folk tales, folklore, gothic literature, Greek myth, Grimm, Hebrew mythology, history, Homer, Ireland, literature, magic, manuscripts, Middle Ages, mythology, Oddysey, Romanticism, Satan, Scotland, witch bottles, witchcraft, witches

Western tales of bottled spirits, imps, devils, and even ghosts are largely borrowed from the Islamic and Jewish legends of jinn[…]

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