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Banshees (Rebroadcast)

March 16, 2024 boneandsickle banshee, Celts, curses, EPISODE, fairies, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, history, Ireland, mummies, pagan, paganism

Banshees are spirits of Irish folklore, who warn of impending deaths. Originally considered fairies, their Irish name, bean sídhe, means “woman of the[…]

Banshees

March 17, 2020 boneandsickle banshee, Celts, curses, EPISODE, fairies, folklore, ghosts, history, Ireland, mummies, pagan, paganism

Banshees are spirits of Irish folklore, who warn of impending deaths. Originally considered fairies, their Irish name, bean sídhe, means “woman of the[…]

#23 Ghastly Saint Stories

March 30, 2019 boneandsickle Catholicism, EPISODE, folklore, history, horror, legends, martyrdom, mortification, mummies, saints, Southern Gothic

Our collection of ghastly stories of saints highlights notions of extreme self-mortification as a spiritual practice along with a preoccupation[…]