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In this Bonus Episode, Eleanor and Martin talk about the uncanny tradition of Witch Bottles.

Part of the new "Magic and Medicines" series, they discuss what witch bottles are, their range of uses, ingredients, and their strange connections to Renaissance-era Cardinal Bellarmine and the occultist Giordano Bruno, all before digging into well-recorded stories about their power - some from as late as the mid-20th century!

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On the first episode of Series 2 of The Three Ravens Podcast, Martin and Eleanor head to Cumberland, England's most north-westerly county.

With the episode released just before St Benedict's Day, they discuss the tenets of, and assassination attempts against, the "Father of Western Monasticism," then scramble up the Pennine Hills to discuss the history and folklore of Cumberland - from Hadrian's Wall and the court of Eveling, England's faerie king, to rumours of winged hedgehogs, a spectral monk who cried himself to death, the legend of the outlaw Adam Bell, and much more besides. Then it's time for the main event: Martin's telling of "Long Meg and her Daughters."

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In advance of the launch of Series 2, Eleanor and Martin discuss what they've learned and what's coming next.

In addition to chatting through things they learned during Series 1, they discuss some of their new ideas, including the sequences of Bonus Episodes they will be releasing in the weeks ahead, Magic and Medicine, the Three Ravens Bestiary, Dying Arts, and Something Wicked, as well as new Patreon-exclusive content such as the Three Ravens Film Club.

Then they mention some of the counties they will be discussing over the next 13 episodes, and some of the stories they are excited to tell...

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In our first-ever Listener Episode, we read four stories and a poem sent in by members of the Three Ravens community.

The stories are "The Crowhurst Yew" from Georgia, "The Folklore of the Scarlet Pimpernel" from Dawn, "The Myth of the Cuckoo Pen" from David, and "Badbury Clump" from Dawn. We then end the episode with a short poem called "Losing Faerie" which was submitted to us by Tim Lambon.

To send us your own folktales to be read on future listener episodes, please email us at [email protected], and we'll be back next week for the launch of Series 2!

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The final in a trio of bonus compilation episodes of the Three Ravens podcast, to plug the gap before Season 2 starts in July.

We’ve entitled this episode Three Heroes because it contains three of our tales of heroism and derring-do, including our Warwickshire story, Guy of Warwick, our Durham story, The Sockburn Wyrm, and our Middlesex story, Brutus of Troy and the Giant Gogmagog.

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The second in a trio of bonus compilation episodes of the Three Ravens podcast, to plug the gap before Season 2 starts in July.

We’ve entitled this episode Three Devils because it contains three of our devil tales, including our Lancashire story, The Cockerham Devil, our Sussex story, Cuthman of Steyning and The Devil, and our Shropshire story, The Legend of a Cat.

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The first in a trio of bonus compilation episodes of the Three Ravens podcast, to plug the gap before Season 2 starts in July.

We’ve entitled this episode Three Witches because it contains three of our witch tales, including our Kent story, The Queen of Bones, our Somerset story, The Restless Witch of Sandhill, and our Nottinghamshire story, The Blidworth Witch.

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On the final episode of Series 1 of The Three Ravens Podcast, Eleanor and Martin venture to Suffolk, the county of Eleanor's birth.

With the episode released on Oak Apple Day, they talk Charles II and the day's strange association with bottom-pinching, all before paddling round the coast to discuss the history and folklore from Suffolk - from The Green Children of Woolpit and the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident to Black Shuck, the sunken city of Dunwich, and much more besides. Then it's time for the main event: Eleanor's telling of "The Wild Man of Orford."

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In this episode of The Three Ravens Podcast, Martin and Eleanor venture to wild and wondrous Shropshire.

With the episode released on no particular Feast Day, they chat through options from either side, then discuss the incredibly rich history and folklore of Shropshire - from Eadric The Wild and The Wrekin Giants to the Monster Fish of Bomere Pool and The Bridgenorth Witch. Then it's time for the main event: Martin's telling of "The Legend of a Cat."

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In this episode of The Three Ravens Podcast, Eleanor and Martin head to Middlesex, which most people now call 'London.'

With the episode released on St Dympna's Day, they talk about her life, which - spoilers - was pretty rough, as well as Toad Fairs and Franklin Days, all before tucking into a giant-sized helping of history and folklore from Middlesex - from Livery Companies and inter-dimensional portals to Old Father Thames, the vanishing village of Elswick, and much more besides. Then it's time for the main event: Eleanor's telling of "Brutus of Troy and the Giant Gogmagog."

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