Weird Tales Radio Show hosted by Charles Christian

In Episode 72 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: we interview American writer & poet Sara Tantlinger about her new book on the notorious serial killer H.H. Holmes and ask: why poetry? We also look at the tale of the Mayfly, the ghostly wherry of the Norfolk Broads - a true story or just fiction? And Jane delves into The Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words & Spells.

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In Episode 71 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: we have a bumper collection of Paranormal News in Brief stories including job discrimination against witches, haunted pubs, Japanese ghost telephones & exorcism going all management-speke - plus Janie revisits the saga of alien UFO contactees - and Charlie fails his DNA test!.

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In Episode 70 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: we have a catch-up on some recent stories including another Jack the Ripper suspect and English witchcraft burnings - Janie takes a look at the old Fairlop Fair in her latest delve into seasonal folklore - and for some practical magick we report on M.R. James’s story ‘The Ash Tree’ and its use of Bibliomancy - or divination by the book.

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In Episode 69 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: we talk to Las Vegas-based author G.S. Denning about the adventures of his fictional dark fantasy character Warlock Holmes – and we also hear about Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft, the King in Yellow, as well as Bottomless French Fries and the beneficial effects of Toast – yes, toast!

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In Episode 68 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: we learn the significance of Litha/Midsummer to wiccans & pagans from Naomi of Inanna’s in Norwich; before heading to the Great Yarmouth Comic Con to talk to members of the cast of some of the hottest fantasy & sci-fi TV and movie franchises of recent years including Clive Russell (Game of Thrones), Chris Rankin (Harry Potter) & Ross Mullan (GoT - the Whitewalker & Doctor Who); and we end with the cryptozoologist who believes the Loch Ness Monster and Sasquatch don’t exist – because if they did, someone would have photographed them by now.

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In Episode 67 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: We take a look at a new book about alien contactees called ‘A is for Adamski’ and ask: are they mad, bad or sad? We also report on the latest DNA evidence that supposedly identifies Jack the Ripper and review some of the 100+ suspects now named. We have the heartening tale of an old woman who was accused of being a witch - and had her revenge from beyond the grave. And we learn why in the 21st century a flood the blighted a modern-day Noah’s Ark was an uninsurable Act of God. Ironic or what!

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In Episode 66 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: We take a look at Whitsuntide folklore and ask how did Old Mother Shipton get involved? And we also investigate the sale of religious relics today - did you know your can bid for a vial of the blood of Jesus Christ or a piece of the Virgin Mary’s vest on the internet right now? We have a truth is stranger than fiction tale worthy of M.R. James from 17th century France where a murder was condemned to death on the strength of the wrong skeleton. Finally we revisit the perennial urban myth of the White Van Man.

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In Episode 65 of the Weird Tales Radio Show: Janie has a round-up of weird news from around the world and takes a skeptical look at Romanian witches on the web, the latest yeti sightings and an online magick scam. And we also revisit the medieval tale of the Green Children of Woolpit - was this an early close encounter with aliens, the Fae or merely displaced orphans of war?

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In Episode 64 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we interview mythographer Martini Fisher to ask whether witchcraft is a feminist issue and take an international perspective on the stereotyping and persecution of witches.. We also celebrate Thomas Midgley Day. Who? The man who singled-handedly did more to ruin the Earth’s environment than Hitler, the Black Death or anything else!.

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In Episode 63 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we interview Maja D’Aoust - the Witch of Dawn - about Familiars and the Reawakening of Witchcraft in Los Angeles. We also have more Tales of Historical Witchcraft and some Curious Folklore about Toenails.

Urban Fantasist: https://www.urbanfantasost.com

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The Old Parish on Nonington: http://www.nonington.org.uk

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