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#26 Lullabies and Nightmares

May 20, 2019 boneandsickle dreams, EPISODE, folk music, folklore, Germanic, Germany, history, horror, movies, nightmares, superstition, witchcraft

This episode examines the terrors that come by night, not-so-soothing lullabies, prayers and charms against the nightmare. We open with[…]

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#25 Death by Mother

April 30, 2019 boneandsickle ballads, death, EPISODE, folk music, folklore, Germanic, ghost stories, ghosts, gore, Greek myth, history, La Llorona, Latino, legends, Mexico, movies, murder, murder ballads, mythology, urban legends, witchcraft

For Mother’s Day this year we examine murderous mothers and maternal instincts gone very, very wrong in folklore, legends, and[…]

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#22 The Devil’s Due: Musicians and Marksmen

March 14, 2019 boneandsickle black magic, classical music, EPISODE, Faust, folklore, Freischütz, Germanic, Germany, Gothic, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, literature, magic, movies, opera, Romanticism

In this episode we look at legends of musicians and marksmen said to have made Faustian deals with the Devil.[…]

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