Podcast Episodes

Seances and Scandals

Episode 12

Hope you enjoy part two of our exploration of Spiritualism and seances. This one is particularly full of shocking, sad, and amusing tales you won’t h…

7 years, 4 months ago

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The Dead Speak

Episode 11

The 19th-century Spiritualist movement was rife with fraud and misplaced hopes, but what made people so eager to believe in the possibility of talkin…

7 years, 5 months ago

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Victorian Mummies

Episode 10

This time round we explore the way in which the death-obsessed Victorians fetishized the equally death-obsessed Egyptians, creating a number of gothi…

7 years, 6 months ago

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Cave Witches

Episode 9

In this episode of Bone and Sickle, we’re looking at the folklore and history of witches associated with caves.  We begin with the Bell Witch, of Ada…

7 years, 7 months ago

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Dreadful Ships

Episode 8

On this episode of Bone and Sickle, we look at the folklore of ghost ships, undead sailors, some nautical elements in gothic literature, a song about…

7 years, 7 months ago

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It is One Hundred Years Since Our Children Left

Episode 7

In this episode, we explore the story of the Pied Piper, a folk tale uniquely anchored in grim historical realities. We begin with evidence of an act…

7 years, 8 months ago

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Lost Heads

Episode 6

As June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist approaches, the folklore of decapitation suggested itself as an appropriate theme for this episode.  We…

7 years, 8 months ago

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The Great God Pan

Episode 5

 

We follow our previous episode on the god Pan with a second this week, delving even deeper into the creative and bizarre ways the figure has been e…

7 years, 9 months ago

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Crowley in Neverland

Episode 4

 

The devilish appearance of the Greek god Pan has fascinated artists, occultists, and others straying from the path for centuries.  This episode beg…

7 years, 9 months ago

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Loudly Sing, "Cuckoo!"

Episode 3

After two episodes meandering about in the nocturnal folklore of Walpurgisnacht witches sabbaths, we’re inviting our Bone and Sickle friends out in t…

7 years, 10 months ago

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