Weird Tales Radio Show hosted by Charles Christian

Weird Tales Radio Show hosted by Charles Christian

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  • Episode 51: Saucy St Valentine Rhymes from Olden Times
    In Episode 51 of the Weird Tales Radio Show Janie explores some saucy - and in some instances just plain weird - St Valentine rhymes from olden times. We also have a roundup of paranormal news in brief. And we explore the legend that is Pablo Fanque - a 19th century circus superstar and inspiration to The Beatles.
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    36 min
  • Episode 50: Headless Ghosts & Saxon Sirens

    In Episode 50 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have not one but two headless hauntings and ask: why did these ghosts lose their heads? Plus we look at the folklore surrounding the English tradition of wassailing - is it really all about cider and Saxon sirens? And in our Practical Magick slot we have a #101 on all you ever need to know about graveyard dirt.

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    30 min
  • Episode 50: Headless Ghosts & Saxon Sirens
    In Episode 50 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have not one but two headless hauntings and ask: why did these ghosts lose their heads? Plus we look at the folklore surrounding the English tradition of wassailing - is it really all about cider and Saxon sirens? And in our Practical Magick slot we have a #101 on all you ever need to know about graveyard dirt.
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    30 min
  • Episode 49: Love Locks and Mad Earls
    In Episode 49 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we celebrate St Paul’s Day (25th January) because if it is fair and clear, we shall have a happy year. We also look at a couple of modern urban legends: love locks on bridges and shoes tossed over telephone cable and ask: are they really ancient traditions or modern fads? And we remember the Mad, Bad Life of Earl Ferrers who ended his life swinging from the Tyburn Tree by a silken noose. Clean.

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    32 min
  • Episode 49: Love Locks and Mad Earls
    In Episode 49 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we celebrate St Paul’s Day (25th January) because if it is fair and clear, we shall have a happy year. We also look at a couple of modern urban legends: love locks on bridges and shoes tossed over telephone cable and ask: are they really ancient traditions or modern fads? And we remember the Mad, Bad Life of Earl Ferrers who ended his life swinging from the Tyburn Tree by a silken noose. Clean.
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    32 min
  • Episode 48: Oh, The Mistletoe Bough

    In Episode 48 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we sing the sad song of the Mistletoe Bride, trapped in her living tomb - we review the legend and have a new version of the song for you from Andy Brown. We also look at the tradition of Old Twelfth Night + Take a quiz on some little known legendary facts - seriously King Arthur, your spear is called Ron? + We have the strange story behind the Brazen Head pub name + in our practical magick slot we discover a churchyard in Northern Ireland where the graveyard dirt really does deliver a miracle cure.

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    32 min
  • Episode 48: Oh, The Mistletoe Bough
    In Episode 48 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we sing the sad song of the Mistletoe Bride, trapped in her living tomb - we review the legend and have a new version of the song for you from Andy Brown. We also look at the tradition of Old Twelfth Night + Take a quiz on some little known legendary facts - seriously King Arthur, your spear is called Ron? + We have the strange story behind the Brazen Head pub name + in our practical magick slot we discover a churchyard in Northern Ireland where the graveyard dirt really does deliver a miracle cure.
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    32 min
  • Episode 47: Rook di goo - There’s blood in the shoe

    In Episode 47 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we all chant “Rook di goo, There’s blood in the shoe” as we look at the horrid origins of another traditional pantomime – this time Cinderella. Got a woodburning stove? Have we got some log-burning folklore for you. We also go Urban Mythbusting - was the Ploughman’s Lunch really only invented in the 1950s by a cheese marketing committee? And in our Practical Magick slot, we have a hooddo spell for container work.

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    28 min
  • Episode 47: Rook di goo - There’s blood in the shoe
    In Episode 47 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we all chant “Rook di goo, There’s blood in the shoe” as we look at the horrid origins of another traditional pantomime – this time Cinderella. Got a woodburning stove? Have we got some log-burning folklore for you. We also go Urban Mythbusting - was the Ploughman’s Lunch really only invented in the 1950s by a cheese marketing committee? And in our Practical Magick slot, we have a hooddo spell for container work.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
    28 min
  • 46: Step into Christmas with some Yuletide Dishes to turn your Stomach
    Episode 46 of the Weird Tales Radio Show podcast is our Christmastide edition - we have traditional Yuletide dishes to turn your stomach. Frumenty! You cannot be serious? We encounter a Renaissance Vatican spy. We learn the tragic but true origins of the Babes in the Wood pantomime – and also why it’s still OK to misbehave under the mistletoe. And in our Ritual Year, it’s time to go Thomasing. Clean.

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    36 min

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Join English barrister and Reuters correspondent turned writer, editor, award-winning tech journalist and sometime werewolf-hunter Charles Christian for one hour of folklore, the supernatural,…