Gothic Archives - Bone and Sickle

Robert the Devil: Medieval Legend, Gothic Opera

June 6, 2026 boneandsickle chapbooks, demons, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folklore, France, ghosts, Gothic, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, literature, medieval, Middle Ages, nuns, opera, Paris Opera, Robert le diable, Robert the Devil, Romanticism, The Monk, theater, Victorian

Robert the Devil is a supernatural medieval legend that inspired a 19th-century French opera, which incorporates key elements from a[…]

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The Mesmerist

April 20, 2024 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, Franz Mesmer, Gothic, gothic literature, history, literature, magic, medicine, mesmerism, Svengali

Our understanding of hypnotism, once known as “mesmerism,” has radically evolved over the centuries. This episode looks at where it[…]

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The Monster of Glamis

November 20, 2023 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, ghost stories, Gothic, gothic literature, history, horror, horror movies, legends, literature, Macbeth, Scotland, Shakespeare, The Monster of Glamis

The Monster of Glamis was a Victorian legend involving a Scottish castle, a secret chamber, and a monstrous aristocrat hidden[…]

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