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Just finished a raft of interviews for upcoming episodes of my Weird Tales Radio Show including The Highgate Vampire Revisited, Haunted House Movies, Victorian Ghost Stories Reimagined, and the Trial of the Lowestoft Witches. In the meantime you can catch any shows you may have missed by following this handy link to the podcast downloads... https://www.urbanfantasist.com/weird-tales-radio
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My latest Weird Tales digital radio show is now available to download as a free podcast on Podbean, iTunes and all the usual channels. Stories include Simon Entwistle on the Pendle Witches plus fashion for pagans & wiccans plus more ghost stories (including the spirit of a walled-up nun) and folklore (including why bananas are bad news on fishing boats and why it is unlucky to burn Elder wood. Just click on the player (below) to hear it.
Our latest Weird Tales Radio Show is a must for all writers, plus fans of urban fantasy and Doctor Who, as it features an exclusive interview with best selling Rivers of London author and one-time Doctor Who scriptwriter Ben Aaronovitch. Click on the player link below to hear it.
One listener said "Just listening to your recent Ben Aaronovitch interview, and thought you got the best out of him. I was surprised at how warm he seemed."
We've also tales of horrible history, urban myth busting, ghostly sightings, folklore, and a magick spell. Also available on iTunes and all the usual podcast download suspects.
The next Urban Fantasist Weird Tales Radio Show is now available as a podcast on PodBean, ITunes and all the usual suspects. (Search for Paranormal UK Radio Network) It's a Hunters Moon - we've not one but two headless ghosts, including a cephalophoric martyr - we'll be looking at the folklore of conkers - we go urban mythbusting to Birmingham (UK) - we've a spell to dispel bad dreams - Jane Christian be looking at tales of buried fairy treasure at the Willy Howe barrow - we've an interview with Jim Peters of Folk Horror Revival about the music of the haunted countryside - and we have a cautionary tale about crystal balls. The show repeats over the weekend & will be available as a podcast download from Monday.
This show is now available as a downloadable podcast on PodBean (see player link) iTunes, Stitcher etc.
The next episode of the Urban Fantasist Weird Tales Magick & Folklore radio show goes out tonight on the Paranormal UK Radio Network at 11pm GMT/EST. It will be live streaming tonight – here's the URL http://www.paukradio.com/ – with repeats over the weekend plus will then be available as a podcast download on PodBean, iTunes and all the usual suspects from Monday.
Tonight we have the Ghastly Ghost of the Day + a Hoax Haunting on the Norfolk Broads + a Magick Spell for Mabon + an interview on a new M.R. James theatre adaptation + we're looking at the practicalities of werewolf hunting (no really) + the end of the Salem Witch Trials saga + we'll be grilling the cheese about the folklore of Tiromancy divination (using mouldy cheese to predict events). In the meantime you can still access the earlier show as a 1 hour podcast on PodBean here https://paranormalukradio.podbean.com/e/urban-fantasist-weird-tales-urban-legends/
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Charles Christian was an English barrister, Reuters correspondent-turned editor, author, blogger, podcaster, award-winning tech journalist, storyteller, and sometime werewolf hunter, who sadly passed away in 2022.
Prior to his sudden death he completed one of his largest works to date: The Witches Almanac, the definitive guide on the history of magic and folklore, including 359 of the most important witches and sorcerers in history. This site also has links to Charles' books and the Weird Tales Show videos and podcasts. Latest Video PostLatest book: The Wold Newton TriangleVirtual Tip JarYou can now support Urban Fantasist, its podcasts and its new video channel through our Virtual Tip Jars on PayPal and Patreon, giving you a choice of ad hoc or regular payments.
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