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#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[…]

#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[…]

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[…]