Not your average Fairy God Mother, in fact, she's more of an Ogre God Mother granting wishes with dire consequences. Often seen fly around in a Mortar, wielding a Pestle and living in a ramshackle cabin on chicken legs, Baba Yaga is one of the more terrifying and intriguing tales of Slavic folk lore. While there isn't a ton of...
There's gold in them thar hills!
Originating in the hills of Iceland, Gryla the Witch was a 13th century fairy tale parents would tell to children to keep them in line. Likewise, the Yule cat and the Yule Lads were of similar origin and eventually they were portrayed as a family in the early 19th century. Nathan gives a brief overview of the history of this...
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold; ... the icy fang and churlish chiding of the winter's wind...bites and blows upon my body; I shrink with cold; what freezings I have felt, what dark days seen, what old December's bareness everywhere! I, that did never weep, now melt with woe that winter should cut off our spring-time so; hideous...
As the feasting of Solstice and Christmas move into full swing, the Mari Lwyd appears in darkened streets.Her troupe, who themselves represent the dead, guide her to the enticing lights of celebration.They lead a stark white skull of a horse, adorned in ribbons, a flowing white gown about her form, with jaws that snap at those whose poetic...
Robert Stroud, a man who's unfortunate upbringing lead to an untimely encounter which set him into a lifetime in prison. Alaska's most well known criminal, and a respected ornithologist, Stroud was known as the Bird Man of Alcatraz. We dig into his 50+ years in prison and what lead to his receiving that moniker.
CW: talk of mental health, suicide, drugs and drug use, cults, brainwashing, and sexual abuse
After WWI, the Australian Government struggled to find things for their veterans to do upon returning home. From 1915, a 'soldier settlement scheme' began to be rolled out across all states.
On the morning of June 30th 1908 a massive explosion occurred over the sparsely occupied eastern Siberian taiga. It flattened 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 km or 830 s miles, nearly the size of Tokyo (or the size of greater Vancouver, Canada)
Most of us know about Private Investigators from our favorite shows, books, or other media. Names like Sherlock Holmes, Dick Tracey, or more recently Veronica Mars pop into mind, but who started this as a career option and what were they like? Nathan digs into the tale of the first professional Police Detective and Private Eye, Eugene-Francois...