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Ghost Trains & Railway Terrors

October 14, 2021 boneandsickle American lore, ballads, Britain, death, EPISODE, folk music, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, history, legends, literature, urban legends

Ghost trains and real-life railway terrors intermingle in this episode’s exploration of old train-wreck ballads, nervous and funereally obsessed Victorians, urban[…]

The Kraken and Other Marvels of the Northern Seas

April 3, 2021 boneandsickle apocalypse, Cthulhu, EPISODE, folklore, history, Kraken, legends, literature, nautical, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Ragnarök, sea monster, sea serpent

The Kraken is only one of the monsters said to inhabit the storied northern seas of Scandinavia. This episode is[…]

Bees: Gods, Death, and Honey

March 19, 2021 boneandsickle antiquity, bees, Bible, Catholicism, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, Greek gods, Greek myth, history, Homer, honey, horror, legends, literature, magic, movies, mythology, Old Testament, pagan, paganism, superstition

The mythology of bees has been tied for centuries to notions of the otherworld and death. In this episode we[…]