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Bees: Gods, Death, and Honey

March 19, 2021 boneandsickle antiquity, bees, Bible, Catholicism, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, Greek gods, Greek myth, history, Homer, honey, horror, legends, literature, magic, movies, mythology, Old Testament, pagan, paganism, superstition

The mythology of bees has been tied for centuries to notions of the otherworld and death. In this episode we[…]

Witchcraft in Southern Italy

November 21, 2020 boneandsickle butchers, cannibalism, Catholicism, classical music, cunning folk, demons, diabolism, EPISODE, evil eye, fairies, fairy tales, folk customs, folk medicine, folk tales, folklore, horror, Italy, legends, magic, movies, murder, Naples, Stregoneria, superstition, witch trials, witchcraft, witches

In southern Italy, belief in witchcraft has a long history, much of it centering on the town of Benevento, about[…]

Spook Shows

October 24, 2020 boneandsickle EPISODE, folk theater, Frankenstein, ghosts, Halloween, history, holidays, magic, movies, Spiritualism, Spook Shows, theater

Midnight Spook Shows featured stage illusions borrowing from techniques used in fraudulent seances alongside vaudeville-style comedy and burlesque. Performances were staged[…]