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Episode 154
Trolls in Scandinavian folklore can be a little different from what’s imagined in the rest of the world. We begin our show with a montage of clips f…
15 hours ago
Rhymes for Those Who Can Neither Read nor Run
Episode 153
Gammer Gurton’s Garland, published in 1784, is one of the earliest collections of English nursery rhymes, and contains verses both familiar and alarm…
1 month, 1 week ago
A Christmas Ghost Story VIII
Episode 152
The Christmas Eve ghost story is a fine old tradition associated with Victorian and Edwardian England, one that’s been making a comeback on both side…
2 months, 1 week ago
Christmas is Carnival: Carols and Calendars
Episode 152
Historically, the celebration of Christmas and Carnival could overlap, and there is some reason to believe that customs associated with the former we…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
A Werewolf in Court
Episode 150
In our second short episode for November, we take a close look at a the 1692 trial of Thiess of Kaltenbrunn, a purported werewolf in the town of Jür…
3 months, 1 week ago
Horror, Fact, Fiction, and a Revelation
Episode 149
This is a special short episode looking at fictional evidence used to bolster horror narratives in literature, film, and broadcast media. We compare…
3 months, 1 week ago
Halloween Fortune-Telling Party
Episode 148
This year, in the tradition of Halloween fortune-telling, we have an interactive divination game you can play at home. It comes from aa 19th-century…
4 months, 1 week ago
Mr. Ridenour's Haunted Basement
Episode 147
If you’ve been curious regarding Mr. Ridenour’s and Mrs. Karswell’s troubles with anomalous events in the house, this short episode should answer som…
4 months, 1 week ago
Update: Go Look at the Grave!
Episode 147
(SPOILER ALERTt: Do not listen to this until you have heard Episode 146 “Urban Legend”.) This is a short postscript to our “Urban Legend” episode ba…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Urban Legend
Episode 146
A 1968 Halloween “Spook Show” in the Midwest left an unsettling heritage of urban legends possibly rooted in even more unsettling facts. What little…
4 months, 2 weeks ago