by The Lineup | Dec 18, 2015 | culture, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, weird/science |
By JENNIFER JACKSON An off-hand remark about coal in stockings is usually enough to scare American kids into submission during the holidays. But in Iceland, parents go to much darker places to garner good behavior … or at least they used to. In the 1600s, little...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 18, 2015 | books, culture, media, monsters, paranormal, radio, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, weird/science, werewolves and shifters, witches |
On tonight’s jingling episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted Radio, 9-11pE on Thursday nights with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we talk weird Christmas customs, traditions, and legends from around the world with Yuletide expert...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 17, 2015 | culture, media, monsters, movies, religion and belief, seasonal, weird/science, werewolves and shifters |
Of all the odd customs, traditions, and legends associated with Christmas around the world, none seems odder than the werewolves of Yule. Werewolves and Halloween? Obviously. Christmas and a baby, a manger, a magical gift giver in red and white? Clearly. But why...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 16, 2015 | culture, religion and belief, seasonal, weird/science |
Mari Lwyd (Gray Mare) is a mischievous, rhyme spouting, party animal Christmastide figure in Wales consisting of a horse’s skull with a hinged jaw — all the better to nip you with, my dear — perched atop a pole, and carted around by a man inside a...
by The Lineup | Dec 15, 2015 | culture, magick and occult, paranormal, religion and belief, weird/science |
By ORRIN GREY Anyone who’s heard of the Hand of Glory raise your, um, hand. Perhaps you’re familiar with these ghastly magic items—the severed hands of fiendish men that are pickled and dried and turned into talismans. Such objects frequently appear in role-playing...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 11, 2015 | art, books, comics, culture, media, movies, paranormal, radio, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, television |
On this special holiday episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we talk Krampus with famed novelist Richard Kadrey, an aficionado of dark Christmas traditions of every stripe! Kadrey, who lives in San...
