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Transylvanian Vampires

November 20, 2021 boneandsickle Bram Stoker, death, Dracula, EPISODE, evil eye, folk customs, folk magic, folklore, ghosts, history, horror, legends, literature, moroi, strigoi, Transylvania, undead, vampires, Victorian, witches

Transylvania’s vampire lore inspired the setting of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, if not the character of the Count, and encompasses not[…]

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A Christmas Ghost Story

December 23, 2020 boneandsickle folklore

Four our third year, we embrace the old tradition of seasonal ghost-storytelling. This year Mrs. Karswell reads for us a[…]

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The Frankenstein Method

August 20, 2020 boneandsickle Albertus Magnus, alchemy, EPISODE, folklore, Frankenstein, Gothic, gothic literature, history, homunculi, literature, Mary Shelley, monsters, movies, Romanticism, The Bride of Frankenstein, theater

The method Frankenstein employed to create life is left mostly a mystery in Mary Shelley’s 1818 book. How then did[…]

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