In Episode 94 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we look at some weird Christmas folklore traditions to scare naughty children + we talk to author Martin Wall about his book ‘The Magical History of Britain’ - druids, Arthurian tales, Glastonbury legends and Robert Plant + we explore the pagan origins of Yule and ask if Santa Claus is really the Norse god Odin + don’t forget to wear new socks on Christmas Eve otherwise the Yule Cat will get you!

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Weird Tales Radio Show archive - https://www.urbanfantasist.com/weird-tales-radio-show + http://www.historyeducation.co.uk 
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Episode 94: Magical English History & Weird Yuletide Folklore

Join English barrister and Reuters correspondent&nbsp;turned writer, editor, award-winning tech journalist and sometime werewolf-hunter Charles Christian for one hour of folklore, the supernatural, folk horror and other weirdness. "Fun and high strangeness" is how one listener described the show. The show archive of 187 episodes runs from September/Mabon 2017 to October/Halloween 2021.

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All good things must end and in the last-ever episode of the Weird Tales Radio Show our big interview is with Marc Hartzman, who has been described as “one of America’s leading connoisseurs of the bizarre”. With Halloween just around the corner, we’re talking about his latest book Chasing Ghosts and will be looking at our fascination with spirits, the supernatural and talking to the dead.
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https://www.youtube.com/c/weirdtalesshow
https://www.marchartzmanbooks.com
https://www.amazon.com/Marc-Hartzman/e/B001K8EDVS/
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Episode 187: Chasing Ghosts & Talking to the Dead

In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show there's blood on the carpet and murder afoot as we talk to Professor Debbie Felton of the University of Massachusetts Amherst about serial killers in Ancient Greece and Rome. From Procrustes to Ted Bundy, why do we continue to be fascinated by these monsters?
 
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https://www.youtube.com/c/weirdtalesshow 
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=debbie+felton&ref;=nb_sb_noss
https://www.umass.edu/classics/member/debbie-felton 
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Episode 186: Still Bloody After All These Years - the long History of Serial Killers

In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we have offer another smorgasbord of dark delights including the Mystery of Misery Corner, the Horror of Office Jargon, the Grim Fate of being Gibbeted, as well as a serving of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary.
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https://www.youtube.com/c/weirdtalesshow
https://www.sensorylogic.com
https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Hill/e/B001IXPQ6Q
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Episode 185: The Horror of Office Jargon

In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show we find that poisons, tattoos and tarot are a few of our favourite things. Our guest is illustrator Fez Inkwright who has provided work for a wide range of publishing houses and TTRPG game companies. She is the author and illustrator of a number of books and tarot/divination decks. Her books include Folk Magic & Healing and Botanical Curses & Poisons, which was published earlier this year. And did we mention she also does tattoo design?
 
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https://www.youtube.com/c/weirdtalesshow
https://rosdottir.com/work
https://twitter.com/rosdottir
https://www.instagram.com/rosdottir/
https://rosdottir.carrd.co/
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Episode 184: Poisons, Tattoos & Tarot

In this week’s Weird Tales Radio Show our guest is is American author Kevin Lucia talking about horror novels and movies, as well as his own new Halloween-themed collection October Nights. We also look at some Michaelmas folklore and superstitions – and much, much more.
 
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https://www.youtube.com/c/weirdtalesshow
https://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Lucia/e/B003L29OEM
https://kevinlucia.blogspot.com/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3
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Episode 94: Magical English History & Weird Yuletide Folklore

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