Weird Tales Radio Show hosted by Charles Christian
175 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsJoin 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, folk horror and other weirdness. "Fun and high strangeness" is how one listener described the show. The show archive of 187 episodes runs from September/Mabon 2017 to October/Halloween 2021.
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Episodes
Episode 35: Michaelmas, the Patron Saint of Sorcerers, and Viking Squirrels
September 26, 2018 08:50 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBEpisode 35 of the Weird Tales Radio Show looks at the folklore surrounding Michaelmas + We meet St Cyprian, the patron saint of sorcerers and witches - and ask how did he get that gig? We also remember the TV series Bewitched and learn why the vikings’ squirrels were to be avoided. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 34: From the Holy Grail to Leprechauns [Part 2]
September 19, 2018 08:45 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBEpisode 34 of the Weird Tales Radio Show contains part two of our interview with Brendan Keane on Celtic Revivalism, the Occult & the Irish Dimension. Janie looks at the surprisingly recent origins of English church Harvest Festivals and the curious folklore of Chalk Back Thursday. And Inanna Arthen offers a handy guide to North American Neo-Pagan resources, including books and websites. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 33: From the Holy Grail to Leprechauns [Part 1]
September 12, 2018 08:43 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBEpisode 33 of the Weird Tales Radio Show contains the first part of a major interview Brendan Keane on Celtic Revivalism, the Occult & the Irish Dimension. We also have news of the latest haunting: the Ghostly Nun of Fawkham Green - don’t look in the attic, that’s where her skull is stored! And we also remember the curious tales of the New York Straw Hat Riot. No, really, people did take to the streets over wearing straw boaters out of season! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...
Episode 32: Anglo-Saxon Paganism Redux
September 05, 2018 14:11 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBEpisode 32 of the Weird Tales Radio Show contains the second in our series of interviews on neo-paganism today - the focus this time is the American revival of interest in Anglo-Saxon heathenism. We also have news on the latest hauntings - the focus is on the ghost of the distinctly crazy Mad Jack Mytton and, in our Practical Magick slot, we look at the Top 7 Reasons Why Your Magick Spells Fail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 31: Neo-Paganism in America
August 29, 2018 13:59 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBEpisode 31 of the Weird Tales Radio Show sees that start of a series of interviews on neo-paganism today and we ask if the United States is now the most heathen nation in the Western world. We also have news on the latest hauntings and, in our Don’t Try This At Home slot, we have the perfect recipe for creating mummies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 30: Mischievous Faeries, Magick Spells & Mystic Pyramids
August 15, 2018 11:46 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBEpisode 30 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our Mischievous Faeries edition and, along with recounting the legends and folklore of the Willy Howe barrow, we look at the latest reports that pyramids have mystical powers, and have a recipe for using spells to magic up money. Clean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 29: Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park
August 08, 2018 12:19 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBEpisode 29 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our Mythbusting in the Waveney Valley edition and, along with two Medieval Ghosts for August, we look at the legend of Robert Johnson - the founder member of the Forever 27 Club, and go Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park with Tom Lehrer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 28: Meet the Ancestors - It’s Lammastide and we owe everything to the Denisovans Part 2?
August 01, 2018 09:56 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBEpisode 28 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our Lammas/Lughnasadh edition and along with walking statues, we air the concluding part of our interview with writer and historian Andrew B. Collins about the Denisovans and Gobekli Tepe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 27: Meet the Ancestors - Do we owe everything to the Denisovans?
July 25, 2018 13:18 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBEpisode 27 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our Meet the Ancestors edition as we talk to writer and historian Andrew B. Collins about the Denisovans and Gobekli Tepe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 26: Top Hats and Brass Goggles Time
July 18, 2018 13:08 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBEpisode 26 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our Top Hats and Brass Goggles edition as we talk to Australian writer and podcaster Madeleine D’Este about Steampunk, Forteana and the Paranormal. Clean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 25: Roswell UFOs Remembered, Infamous Paranormal Hoaxes & Don’t be lured into the marshes
July 11, 2018 14:24 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBEpisode 25 of the Weird Tales Radio Show remembers the Roswell & Rendlesham UFO sightings + looks back at some infamous Paranormal event hoaxes + talks about Paris Green & poisoned library books + it’s Jenny Burn-Tail season - don’t let Will o’the Wisp lure you into the marshes. Clean See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 24: Ghostly Pipers, the British Bigfoot is Back, & Whatever happened to the Goddess Culture?
July 05, 2018 07:22 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBEpisode 24 of the Weird Tales Radio Show has ghostly Highlanders playing their phantom bagpipes + in cryptozoology news Woodwose the British Bigfoot is back + in our Big Interview we talk to mythographer Martini Fisher about the Matriarchy and the Goddess Culture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 23: Midsummer Folklore, the Weird, Lumberjacks & the Black Death is back
June 27, 2018 14:25 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBEpisode 23 of the Weird Tales Radio Show talks to Holly Lyn Walrath about writers’ fascination with the Weird. We also explore some Midsummer love divination rituals, celebrate Paul Bunyan Day & party like its 1345. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 22: Witch Cults, Geeks & Ghostly Aeronauts
June 20, 2018 09:53 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBEpisode 22 of the Weird Tales Radio Show talks to Darren Charles of Folk Horror Revival about the speakers, movies & music at next month’s Witch Cult event in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Clean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 21: The Hollow Land - Aspects of Norfolk Folklore
June 13, 2018 11:26 - 41 minutes - 38 MBEpisode 21 of the Weird Tales Radio Show carries a major interview with Peter Tolhurst, the author of the new book “This Hollow Land - Aspects of Norfolk Folklore” in which we talk about rural traditions, folk songs, frogbone rituals and black magick rituals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 20: Old Stinker - the Yorkshire Werewolf Revisited
May 30, 2018 11:35 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBEpisode 20 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our Werewolf Special Edition as we revisit the legend of Old Stinker, the East Yorkshire Werewolf and the second anniversary of our midnight hunt for the Beast of Barmston Drain down the mean streets of Hull. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 19: Headless Queens, Treacherous Monks & Old West Gunfights
May 23, 2018 10:44 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBEpisode 19 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our Royal Weddings edition, everything from Anne Boleyn losing her head to giant cheeses. We’ve also some weird Whitsun folklore + a tale of treachery at St Benet’s Abbey + we go urban mythbusting with the saga of the Buntline Special from the American Old West + the worst man in the world? No, not the inventor of the duvet cover but Tom Midgley. Er, Tom Who? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 18: Goths, Ghosts and Kung Fu
May 10, 2018 07:43 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBEpisode 18 of the Weird Tales Radio Show is our “Down with the codfish aristocracy” edition… We look at the mystical side of Japanese martial arts + get the inside skinny on Goth culture from well-known fashion and travel blogger La Carmina + report on the builder who sold his soul to the Devil and is now trapped for all eternity in a churchyard porch + in a true WTF?!? moment, learn about a deadly riot in New York that was sparked off by a dispute over who was the best Shakespearean actor t...
Episode 17: Artists and Werewolves, plus St Mark's Eve Vigils
April 25, 2018 07:38 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBWelcome to Episode 17 of the Weird Tales Radio Show. We talk about the legend of the St Mark’s Eve Vigil and learn how Charles failed to see any ghosts. In our big interview we talk to painter Stuart Pearson Wright about art, werewolves and J.K.Rowling. Janie explores the myth of the underground tunnel beneath Bungay Castle. And we look at the legend of the Spinning Highwayman’s Stone. For light relief we’ll also be playing some suitably occult music by Jethro Tull and the late Warren Zevon....
Episode 16: Aleister Crowley - the Godfather of Modern Witchcraft
April 11, 2018 08:07 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBWelcome to Episode 16 of the Weird Tales Radio Show. This is our our Friday the Thirteenth, All you ever wanted to know about Aleister Crowley but were afraid to ask, Get out your Hagstones to fight the Evil Eye, is it a Bird, is it a Plane, no it’s the Monster Owl Witch Show. The Big Interview is with Ashley Cowie and the music is by Ozzy Osbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 15: When Good Faeries Go Bad
March 28, 2018 07:44 - 59 minutes - 54 MBWelcome to Episode 15 of the Weird Tales Radio Show. This is our April Fool pondering, Mermaid spotting, Faeries and King Arthur discussing, Syd Barrett remembering, Hobgoblins who can cure Whooping Cough, and ET don’t bothering phoning home because all the other Aliens are dead, show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 14: Beware the Ides of March
March 14, 2018 08:57 - 59 minutes - 54 MBWelcome to Episode 14 of the Weird Tales Radio Show. This is our our Beware the Ides of March, Headless Radioactive Cockroaches in the Loo. Let’s talk about Cunning Men, Wise Women, Folk Magic, Spells, Charms and Potions Show. Clean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 13: Ghostly Drummer Boys and Led Zeppelin Played Backwards
February 27, 2018 19:14 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWelcome to Episode 13 of the Weird Tales Radio Show. This is our our Ghostly Drummer Boys drumming, playing Led Zeppelin backwards (and forwards) to raise the Devil, all the Folklore you ever need to know about Mad March Hares, I married the Ghost of a Dead Pirate, what’s so unlucky about the Number 13 anyway edition. We also play a classic early-1970s Greek prog rock track featuring Demis Roussos. Folklore. Urban Myths. Ghosts. Clean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 12: St Valentine's Day and Arthur C. Clarke
February 16, 2018 10:56 - 58 minutes - 54 MBThe Hare is rapping the tabor! Yes, the latest Weird Tales Radio Show (episode 12) is now available as a podcast. This is our our Grey Lady haunting, Brown Monk lamenting, Skipping and Pancake Bell ringing, Seven Things you didn’t know about St Valentine’s Day, Arthur C Clarke Remembering, Tales of Brave Ulysses Ancient Origins editor interviewing edition. And don’t be like the Duke of Suffolk - don’t lose your head over it. Folklore. Urban myths. Greek legends. Ghost stories. Science ficti...
Episode 11: Candlemas and Paranormal Detectives
February 03, 2018 23:48 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBThe Hare is knocking at the door! It can only mean the latest Weird Tales Radio Show (episode 11) is now available as a podcast. This is our Southwold haunting, Stilton Cheese rolling, Mark E. Smith remembering, Candlemas weather lore, paranormal detective novel author interviewing show with Carolyn Haines and E.E King show. Along with ghosts, witches, urban myths and folklore, we're also playing tracks by The Fall and and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton. Content: Clean. S...