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Animal Ghosts

May 16, 2023 boneandsickle animals, cryptozoology, EPISODE, folk tales, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, legends, local legends, monsters, superstition

Tales of animal ghosts are usually relegated to the periphery of ghost story collections, but in this episode, we showcase[…]

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Strange Births and Monsters

April 14, 2023 boneandsickle cryptozoology, curiosities, EPISODE, folklore, hybrids, monsters, Monstrous births, omens

For centuries, strange births, often sounding like mythological monsters, were regarded as portents of ill omen. We hear a number[…]

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Spirits of the Corn

October 2, 2022 boneandsickle Austria, ballads, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, Germany, Grimm, harvest, history, monsters, Noonday Witch, Rye Aunt, Scarecrows, superstition

Spirits of the corn (grain) fields from the United Kingdom to Russia have been imagined as embodiments of the harvest[…]

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