Victorian Archives - Bone and Sickle

Robert the Devil: Medieval Legend, Gothic Opera

June 6, 2026 boneandsickle chapbooks, demons, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folklore, France, ghosts, Gothic, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, literature, medieval, Middle Ages, nuns, opera, Paris Opera, Robert le diable, Robert the Devil, Romanticism, The Monk, theater, Victorian

Robert the Devil is a supernatural medieval legend that inspired a 19th-century French opera, which incorporates key elements from a[…]

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A Christmas Ghost Story VII

December 23, 2024 boneandsickle Christmas, EPISODE, ghost stories, ghosts, gothic literature, literature, storytelling, Victorian

The Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas has been celebrated by Bone and Sickle since 2018. This year[…]

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A Christmas Ghost Story VI

December 23, 2023 boneandsickle Christmas, crime, criminals, EPISODE, execution, ghost stories, ghosts, holidays, Victorian

Tonight we bring you our sixth annual Christmas ghost story, a tradition particularly beloved in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. First[…]

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