Catholicism Archives - Page 6 of 6 - Bone and Sickle

#30 Loup-Garou, Werewolves in France

July 22, 2019 boneandsickle black magic, Bluebeard, cannibalism, Catholicism, Charles Perrault, Conomor the Accursed, crime, decapitation, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folklore, France, French werewolves, history, madness, murder, werewolves, witch trials, witchcraft

The werewolf (Fr: loup-garou) epidemic of 16th-century France forms the core of our show, but we also include some medieval[…]

Read more

#24 Possessed Nuns and Holy Demoniacs

April 18, 2019 boneandsickle Catholicism, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, exorcism, folklore, history, horror, legends, martyrdom, mortification, possession, saints, Satan, stigmatics, witchcraft

This episode finds the Devil where you’d least expect him: stories of possessed nuns and demonic attacks on the rigorously[…]

Read more

#23 Ghastly Saint Stories

March 30, 2019 boneandsickle Catholicism, EPISODE, folklore, history, horror, legends, martyrdom, mortification, mummies, saints, Southern Gothic

Our collection of ghastly stories of saints highlights notions of extreme self-mortification as a spiritual practice along with a preoccupation[…]

Read more