Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser

Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser

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Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser episodes

  • Weird Crusades

    A survey of stranger examples of religious wars in antiquity and the Middle Ages.

    Music Credits:

    "Smooth Joker" by T. Morri
    "Breaking Through the Gate" by Hampus Naeselius
    EpidemicSound.com

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    22 min
  • Sacred Sex

    An exploration of the links between sexuality and religion in the ancient world, including sacred prostitution.

    Music Credits:
    "Smooth Joker" by T. Morri
    "Getting Frisky" by John Runefelt
    EpidemicSound.com


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    20 min
  • Necromancers and Exorcists

    An overview of ancient practices in regards to contacting the dead and binding demons.

    Music Credits:
    "Gravity Fields" by Hampus Naeselius
    "Born Sinister" by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
    EpidemicSound.com
     

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    20 min
  • Dark and Foreboding Forests

    An exploration of myths and historical events connected to woodlands and their inhabitants.

    Music Credits:
    "Smooth Joker" by T. Morri
    "She Is Dead" by Luella Gren
    EpidemicSound.com

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    21 min
  • Mum(mification)'s The Word

    An exploration of practices and instances of artificial mummification in various regions of the world.
    Musical Credits:
    "Smooth Joker" by T. Morri and "Golden Panthers and Pink Lions" by Christian Andersen- EpidemicSound.com

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    22 min
  • Relics, Real and Imagined

    An examination of artifacts of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and of the world of the imagination. Music Credits:
    "Magical Gravitation" www.royaltyfree-music.com

    "Never Mind the Details" by Jerry Lacey  Epidemicsound.com


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    20 min
  • Rome's Got Sack!

     An overview of the numerous attacks on the city of Rome throughout antiquity.

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    www.buymeacoffee/GunnarHauser

    Music Credits:
    "Magical Gravitation" www.royaltyfree-music.com
    "Packs of Savage Dogs" by Dream Cave EpidemicSound.com

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    25 min
  • Popin' Ain't Easy: The Cadaver Synod

    An in-depth discussion of one of the most corrupt periods in the history of the Papacy, featuring the trial of the corpse of Formosus in 897.

    Music Credits:
     Magical Gravitation
    www.royaltyfree-music.com

    The Mourning Song
    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Tales From the Grave
    Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen   EpidemicSound.com

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    27 min
  • The Dogma of Gog and Magog

    An investigation into the Gog and Magog concept and the convenient grafting of enemies onto the legend.

    Music Credits:
    "Magical Gravitation"  www.royaltyfree-music.com
    "Breaking Through the Gate" by Hampus Naeselius  EpidemicSound,com
    "Ba-Bum-Tss" www.fesliyanstudios.com

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    24 min
  • The Religion You've Never Heard Of

    A survey of the Manichaeans, an extinct religion that once had numerous followers from the Mediterranean to China.

    Music Credits:
    Magical Gravitation www.royaltyfree-music.com

    Dragon's Tongue (by Autonomic Sensations ) EpidemicSound.com

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    22 min

About Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser

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The “Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser” podcast is an exploration of obscure people, events, and ideas from ancient history. It will entertain, intrigue, frighten, and amaze you. We will examine…