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#19 Worm Songs and Beastly Sucklers

January 28, 2019 boneandsickle curses, dragons, England, EPISODE, fairy tales, folk music, folklore, gothic literature, history, horror, Lair of the White Worm, Lambton worm, milk-hairs, snakes, superstition, The Wicker Man, troll-cats, witchcraft, worms

This episode examines the Lambton Worm, a dragon legend that inspired works by Bram Stoker and Ken Russel as well[…]

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#18 Wild Men, Furry Saints, and Burning Dancers

January 14, 2019 boneandsickle Edgar Allen Poe, EPISODE, folklore, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, madness, mythology, pagan, paganism, Pan, Wild Men

This time round we look at the medieval myth of the Wild Man, its connection to seasonal folk traditions, peculiar[…]

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#17 Christmas Ghosts

December 24, 2018 boneandsickle Christmas, death, EPISODE, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, Gothic, history, holidays, horror, legends, Victorian

Traditionally Christmas was a time for ghost stories, and tonight we’re doing our part to bring back the custom. A[…]

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