Weird Tales Radio Show Hosted By Charles Christian

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 Maja D’Aoust: http://www.witchofthedawn.com/home.html The Old Parish on Nonington: http://www.nonington.org.uk

In Episode 62 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have Cuckoos and Swallows as Janie delves into some seasonal bird folklore. And we head off to the Time & Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth for a preview of their new Medieval Medicine show. It’s all plague and pustules – and prayers and witchy potions.

In Episode 61 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have the concluding part of our interview with Naomi of Inanna’s Magical Gifts in which we find ourselves the mystical awakening of the English countryside, our fascination with hares from Boudicca onwards, storytelling, Pan and neopaganism, and the Fellowship of Isis. It’s an eclectic mix even by our standards!

In Episode 60 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have part #1 of our interview with Naomi of Inanna’s Magical Gifts in Norwich and learn how her dreams and the study of witchcraft became a personal quest that resulted in the creation of unique shop full of esoteric, magic and bookish delights – and in the process helped spread the word of paganism and witchcraft. We also look at the tradition of holding the St Mark’s Eve porch vigil and take a skeptical look at the English patron saint St George and ask why? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a cut-down sample episode of the Weird Tales Radio Show - the Today programme of the weird and the supernatural - designed to give you a quick flavour of the podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 59 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we look at the saga of the Ghosts of the Norfolk Broads - was it a hoax or just convincing fiction? And we recount the awful legend of the Witch of Berkeley - when you’ve sold your soul, the Devil is going to get you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 58 of the Weird Tales Radio Show Janie uncovers some curious legends about Hot Cross Buns - they never grow stale! Really? And in our section on weather lore and love divination, we ask: Red sky at night, sailor’s delight - but will he still love you tomorrow? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 57 of the Weird Tales Radio Show, we look at sorcery and witchcraft ancient and modern - from the Tower of London to Abu Ghraib - we also have some curious tales about Stonehenge pigs and Swiss cheeses, plus more practical magick and local legends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 56 of the Weird Tales Radio Show, our Janie talks us through some of the curious customs of the English “dole” – and we look at aspects of the Ritual Year including the "borrowed days" of March, Carling Sunday and All Fools Day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 55 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we have the second and concluding part of our interview with Tobias Churton about his latest book “The Spiritual Meaning of the Sixties - the Magic, Myth & Music of the Decade That Changed the World”. This week we discuss Aleister Crowley, the man whose thinking most closely defined the decade but who was written out of history - apart from an appearance on the cover of "Sergeant Pepper" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 54 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to the UK’s leading authority on Western Esotericism – Tobias Churton – about his latest book “The Spiritual Meaning of the Sixties - the Magic, Myth & Music of the Decade That Changed the World”. Everything from the Beatles to the Chariot of the Gods to Wicca. The concluding part of the interview is next week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 53 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we talk to film producer John West about making Spooky Movies in East Anglia and ask where does our fascination with scary stories come from. And we also end up talking about The Beatles and Kenny Everett – not sure how the interview ended up there! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 52 of the Weird Tales Radio Show Janie looks at some legends of healing lochs and haunted pits + we’ve got witchcraft in caves and in Essex + we look at the folklore and origins of the fairy tale Bluebeard + and we talk to Moscow about Bonnie & Clyde!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 45 of the Weird Tales Radio Show meets a mysterious cloaked figure – the Shadowcaster – who takes us on a walk along the haunted lanes of old Norwich. And we also look at the obscure life of that obscure Saxon saint St Tibba. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.