gothic Archives - Bone and Sickle

The White, Old Maid: a Story for Halloween

October 31, 2026 boneandsickle EPISODE, ghost stories, ghosts, gothic literature, Halloween, literature, mystery, New England, storytelling

Curl up by a glowing Jack-o-Lantern and enjoy Mrs. Karswell’s reading of another eerie tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Originally titled[…]

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Horror, Fact, Fiction, and a Revelation

November 22, 2025 boneandsickle Bone and Sickle, EPISODE, Frankenstein, gothic literature, horror movies, Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, media, modern folklore, pop culture, science fiction, storytelling, urban legends

This is a special short episode looking at fictional evidence used to bolster horror narratives in literature, film, and broadcast[…]

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The Sin-Eater

March 24, 2025 boneandsickle afterlife, Britain, Catholicism, death, England, EPISODE, folklore, funerary customs, history, horror, literature, Sin-Eater

The Sin-Eater was a figure associated with funerals of the 17th – 19th century, mostly in Wales, and the English[…]

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