Bone and Sickle

BONE AND SICKLE explores historical topics related to folklore and horror. With acerbic wit and a scholarly penchant for the grotesque, rogue folklorist Al Ridenour delves into a wide but carefully curated range of topics illustrated by stories from histo

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#27 Lilith and the Breeding of Demons

Posted May 29, 2019 • 00:42:00

Our episode continues from our last with more terrors...

#26 Lullabies and Nightmares

Posted May 20, 2019 • 00:38:50

This episode examines the terrors that come by night, not-so-soothing lullabies, prayers and charms against the nightmare.

We open with the grim...

#25 Death by Mother

Posted April 30, 2019 • 00:42:30

For Mother’s Day this year we examine murderous mothers and maternal instincts gone very, very wrong in folklore, legends, and ballads.

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#24 Possessed Nuns and Holy Demoniacs

Posted April 18, 2019 • 00:41:10

This episode finds the Devil where you’d least expect him: stories of possessed nuns and demonic attacks on the rigorously devout.. It’s a bit of...

#23 Ghastly Saint Stories

Posted March 30, 2019 • 00:43:28

Our collection of ghastly stories of saints highlights notions of extreme self-mortification as a spiritual practice along with a preoccupation with...