Morbid Curiosities - N is for Necromancy and Necrophilia

In a particularly dark and saturnine episode of Morbid Curiosities (which is nonetheless full of the wacky and inappropriate humour you've come to expect of us) we explore the histories of two very distinct ways of interfering with the dead. 

Please note: while this episode of Morbid Curiosities is profanity-free as ever, it does contain sexual references which some listeners may find uncomfortable or disturbing. Please

George sets himself a literally impossible challenge for the episode – Rosie introduces a surprising range of different forms of love for the dead – George talks you through a couple of necromantic rituals – Rosie introduces one of history’s most notorious killers.

Just a few references to share from this episode:

The Coffindancers, with their homebrew necromantic ritual:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5KMAcQdQ2A&t=627s

A not-at-all insane man performing an Evocation of Azazel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPDnysW0cnE

https://ia801502.us.archive.org/13/items/MorbidCuriositiesNS1/Morbid%20Curiosities_%20N%20is%20for%20Necroma.mp3

Morbid Cuiriosities - Haunted Hallowe'en Special!

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!

On this spookiest of all days, George and Rosie are taking a break from their regular scheduled programming to get ghostly, and tell you all about a selection of haunted hangouts around the world.
George introduces one of the Voodoo queens of New Orleans - Rosie takes a look at ghastly goings-on at Bethlam Royal many years ago - George raises a glass to Edgar Allan Poe - Rosie fancies a spooky sandwich (or salad). And a chilling cheeseburger. And a poltergeist-pizza...


Links of interest:

- St Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans:
http://www.saveourcemeteries.org/st-louis-cemetery-no-1/

- Marie Laveau, Voodoo Priestess extraordinaire:
http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2012/07/marie-laveau.html

- Barthelemy Lafon, engineer and architect-cum-pirate and smuggler
http://www.knowla.org/entry/1198/&view=summary

- Edgar Allan Poe's grave, and the Poe Toaster:
http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm

- Perhaps-tenuous proof of a ghost in a Pizza Hut bathroom - skip to 3:45 for the ghost reveal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4DncMB5GZw





https://ia601500.us.archive.org/8/items/MorbidCuriositiesEpisode6/Morbid%20Curiosities%20Episode%206.mp3