Let's face it: most of the time, witches get a bad rap. Some witches, however, are famous gift-givers, protectors, healers, and liberators. In this episode, we'll travel from the first century to the twenty-first and meet La Befana, Arima, Aradia, and many of the other good witches of Italy. Who doesn't need a bit of magic now and again?

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet. Special thanks to this episode's sponsor, The Haunting, Unearthly & Paranormal Stories Podcast.

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When Martin Luther throws down the gauntlet, what's a good Jesuit to do? In this episode, our story spans the lives of three men, two continents, and one hundred years as we explore Counter-Reformation Europe's most influential witch-hunting manual: Martín del Río's Magical Investigations.

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.

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What’s in a hand? If you’re a believer in chiromancy, everything. In this episode, we encounter Oscar Wilde, Carl Jung, and even Adolf Hitler, as we explore the history of palm reading in modern Europe.

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.

Still curious? Check out Alexandra H.M. Nagel's recent article, "From Chiromancy to Psychochirology: The Modern Transformation of a Mantic Art," Aries 21, No. 2 (2021): 246–270. 

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At the end of the sixteenth century, five sisters accuse their neighbors of witchcraft. In this episode, we examine the case against the witches of Warboys. How did a group of children gain the power to destroy an entire family, and could it happen again? 

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“It is not himself but his crimes that I hate.” You don't become pope in the fourteenth century without making a few enemies. In this episode, we explore the life, death, and posthumous witchcraft trial of Pope Boniface VIII. When church and state collide, who can stand?

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.  

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“Either the most ingenious and elaborate hoax ever played upon the public, or else... an event in human history which may in the future appear to have been epoch-making…” With these words, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, presented to the world five photographs, declared to be genuine and featuring unmistakable images of real fairies. How did the Cottingley fairies become one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century, and why do so many of us want to believe?  

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with the voice talents of Jack Krause and Lenny Scovel and original music by Purple Planet.

To see the Cottingley fairy photos, visit the episode page. For more on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Spiritualism, check out the episode "No Ghost Need Apply."

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In the Golden Age of Islam, one twelfth-century philosopher seeks to reconcile pagan philosophy with the Quran. In this episode, we explore The Hidden Secret of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī. When polytheism meets the Abrahamic tradition, where is truth? 

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.

Still curious? Check out Michael-Sebastian Noble’s Philosophising the Occult: Avicennan Psychology and ‘The Hidden Secret’ of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021).

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Danger more savage than any wild beast lurks in the woods. In this special Halloween episode and season two finale, werewolves face trial in sixteenth-century France against the backdrop of the Wars of Religion. In a world where violence knows no bounds, who are the real monsters?   

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.  

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When women owe their ultimate obedience to men, who will avenge their broken hearts? In this episode,  women in ancient Rome take matters into their own hands when their husbands' attentions wander a little too far.   

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, featuring the voice talents of Kiernan Angley and Jack Krause, with original music by Purple Planet.   

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At the turn of the century, modern invention meets the most primal fear. Welcome to Ipswich, where the last trial for witchcraft in the United States is about to get underway. In this episode, we meet a charismatic religious leader and watch her most devoted follower become her bitterest enemy in this saga of faith, jealousy, and mesmerism.

Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, featuring the voice talent of Jack Krause, with original music by Purple Planet.   

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