Two stories from Celtic folklore of the things that lurk among us
Nov 19
422: Scottish folklore: Witchful Thinking
<h1>🧙♂️So you've decided to steal from a witch or wizard🧙♀️</h1>
<div>Are you sure about that? If you are, you might want to think about what you're going to do more than the characters in today's stories from Scotland and Norway. Especially if, like them, you end up stealing ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 22
420: Korean Grim Reaper: Saja Boys
<h1>⚰️It's Halloween⚰️</h1>
<div>What do you do when death comes for you? Well, the characters in today's stories have a lot of ideas, and they're surprisingly successful. The problem? Death works on a much, much longer timeline.<br>
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😈 <strong>The Creatures: Bulgasari<br>
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55m 10s
Apr 2020
19: S5E19 – "Strange and Scary Things" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
In this episode of Scary Stories Told in the Dark, we bring you seven terrifying tales from authors Kevin David Anderson, H.K. Reyes, Nick Botic, William Dalphin, Felix Blackwell, Robert Ahern, and David Feuling, performed by host and narrator Otis Jiry, about fiendish folklore a ... Show More
1h 7m
May 2023
2. Story of England: Medieval Invaders
<p>Great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, bloodshed at the battle of Hastings, Bubonic Plague and Roland the celebrity flatulist. As dawn breaks, Dan walks the beach at Pevensey where William the Conqueror and his Norman Invaders landed in 1066, but not before getting a quick lesson from Me ... Show More
59m 51s
Mar 2023
Elizabethan witchcraft: a trial that divided a community
In the 1580s, the remote Essex village of St Osyth was beset by poverty and social tensions – and when a servant accused her neighbour of witchcraft, it sparked a crisis that engulfed the entire community. Speaking with Charlotte Hodgman, Marion Gibson explores what this late 16t ... Show More
29m 9s
Jul 2023
28: Folklore: Stories of Appalachian Horror
Witches in the woods, screams in the middle of the night, the most haunted piece of land in all of Appalachia. Bring a backpack, because we're going deep into the Appalachian wilderness to hear the most terrifying folklore around. Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to bec ... Show More
33m 58s
Oct 3
Anna Göldi, la sorcière mal-aimée
Le 13 juin 1782, une foule envahit la place publique de Glaris, dans le canton suisse du même nom. Vers midi, à la venue d’une calèche, on s’enflamme, on insulte et on crache sur la femme enchaînée qui en sort : silhouette grande, forte, de longs cheveux noirs dissimulent un visa ... Show More
10m 28s
Jul 2021
Conversations: The Many Faces of Myth, Classical Reception with Dr Victoria Austen
Liv speaks with Dr. Victoria Austen about the wide world of mythology and classical reception: Troy, Circe, Silence of the Girls, Song of Achilles, even the Aeneid as reception. Books mentioned: The Song of Achilles and Circe by Madeline Miller, The Silence of the Girls by Pat Ba ... Show More
1h 22m