Fey Worlds

12 min read, 28 min listen

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Etymology, the mysterious case of James Worson, and the film ‘Absentia’––all underscoring themes of loss and the terror of disappearance and abduction . . .

Watery Worlds

13 min read, 26 min listen

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After a near drowning experience, large bodies of water, even swimming pools, can become hostile domains of weird, slimy, and alien creatures.

Prehistoric Sites

14 min read, 29 min listen

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The sense of mystery and ancientness and spiritual ‘otherness’ evoked by prehistoric sites . . .

Demon Dogs, Part 1

8 min read, 19 min listen

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The baying of hounds in Dartmoor; the tragic omen of the stag-horned hunter; suffering in Newgate prison manifested as a giant black dog . . . potent images no storyteller could resist.

Demon Dogs, Part 2

6 min read, 18 min listen

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The baying of hounds in Dartmoor; the tragic omen of the stag-horned hunter; suffering in Newgate prison manifested as a giant black dog . . . potent images no storyteller could resist.

Land of the Dead, Part 1

13 min read, 27 min listen

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To the Romans, Britain was a haunted and mysterious place where life and death, human and divine, were interchangeable. To them, the island itself was almost a myth . . .

Land of the Dead, Part 2

12 min read, 27 min listen

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From the castle haunts of witch hares in England to fey goat maidens in Scotland and horse-mounted portents of death in Ireland, we will explore stories from the land of dead.