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An Irish Ghost Story

March 16, 2023 boneandsickle decapitation, EPISODE, fairy tales, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, Ireland, legends, literature, superstition

An Irish ghost story seems a good way to add a bit of Halloween spice to your St. Patrick’s Day. Our[…]

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The Stone Eater and other Curious Cases

January 23, 2023 boneandsickle books, celestial phenomena, curiosities, EPISODE, folklore, giants, Victorian

Enjoy with us a collection of short curious tales culled from a favorite Victorian volume — the Stone Eater of[…]

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P.T. Barnum’s Magnificent Museum Fire

January 10, 2023 boneandsickle America, Bone and Sickle, curiosities, disasters, EPISODE, Fires, folklore, museums, New York City, P.T. Barnum, podcast, Victorian

The fire that destroyed P.T. Barnum’s American Museum on July 13, 1865 was a luxuriantly surreal and tragic event, one[…]

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