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- Gunpowder Plot (UK) and Helltown (Ohio)
November 5th, Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night, Guy Fawkes Night... so many names from one failed terroist plot to blow up the houses of Parliment. Isadora looks at why it has gone down in history.
Adam takes a look at some of the abandoned towns of Ohio, including two towns names Helltown
1 hr 17 min - Sleep Paralysis and The Call is Coming From Inside the House
Halloween special! Adam looks at Sleep paralysis, and learns that it's more common than he thought - and not caused by demons. Isadora creeps herself out talking about the opening for Scream, and the real life babysitter slaying that started it all.
54 min - Mahavir (India) and Children's Parables (India)
Isadora looks at one India's oldest stories which features a Princess with a very strange power. She also looks at some of the problems of patriarchy in India, and all the great ways it's changing. Adam tackles the way that tales in India are constructed differently than those in the Western world, and at a few children parables written for a King's witless sons.
1 hr 12 min - Hadrian's Wall (UK) and the Ghosts of Henry VIII's Wives (UK)
Adam talks about his recent trip to Hadrian's Wall and tells us about its history including ghost stories. Isadora looks at the lives of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard - including taking a look at ALL the places Anne Boleyn is thought to haunt.
1 hr 28 min - Plant Hunters (Scotland and Global) and Man Eating Trees (Madagascar)
Isadora questions why adventurous botantists risk their lives for the sake of discovering new plants. Adam looks at some legendary man-eating trees with a long-lasting legacy.
1 hr 19 min - Alexander of Abonoteichus (Greek) and Human Combustion (Global)
Adam looks at a false prophet from Greece, while Isadora investigates fanciful tales of Spontaneous Human Combustion.
1 hr 12 min - Rasputin (Russia) and Divination (Greek) - Part 2
In Part One, Isadora looks at the life, and death of Rasputin - developing some fairly strong opinions along the way. Part Two, Adam starts with Harry Potter, and ends with Oedipus, as he looks at the Fates.
43 min - Rasputin (Russia) and Divination (Greek) - Part 1
In Part One, Isadora looks at the life, and death of Rasputin - developing some fairly strong opinions along the way. Part Two, Adam starts with Harry Potter, and ends with Oedipus, as he looks at the Fates.
56 min - The Notorious RBG - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Isadora looks into the life, work and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away yesterday. She changed the world with her feminism, optimism and down right badassary.
39 min - La Ciguapa (Dominican Republic) and Queen of Sheba (Yemen)
Adam looks at a spirit/siren from the Dominican Rebublic and Isadora learns about Yemen, including one of it's more famous (and more positive) leaders. Just a one-part episode this week!
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About The Legendary Tales
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Every week we take two legends in history, investigate what brought them to the public eye, and look at the sources that can verify, or disprove their existence. Our topics range from biographies of…
legendary people, to spells cast with a Unicorn horn. Adam is an American journalist who is new to the supernatural and Isadora is a History major from England who believes that without legends history would be very boring indeed!