From (A)rsenic to (Z)ombies, Macabre: A Dark History Podcast exhumes the darkest corners of the past. We dig deep into deadly devices, ghastly crimes, and sinister secrets that history tried to bury. Join us as we unearth the truth—one morbid tale at a time through a not-so-serious approach to storytelling, MACABRE offers a uniquely entertaining escape into the strange and sinister corners of the world.
Warning: This podcast explores graphic and disturbing themes. Listener discretion is advised.
#morbid #macabre #darkhistory #truecrime #darkhumor
From (A)rsenic to (Z)ombies, Macabre: A Dark History Podcast exhumes the darkest corners of the past. We dig deep into deadly devices, ghastly crimes, and sinister secrets that history tried to bury. Join us as we unearth the truth—one morbid tale at a time through a not-so-serious approach to storytelling, MACABRE offers a uniquely entertaining escape into the strange and sinister corners of the world.
Warning: This podcast explores graphic and disturbing themes. Listener discretion is advised.
#morbid #macabre #darkhistory #truecrime #darkhumor
Think Christmas has always been wholesome and holy? Think again.
In A Very Pagan Christmas, we rip the halo off the holiday and dive headfirst into its messier origins — from the boozy chaos of Saturnalia, to bonfires, goat symbolism, and the general “let’s survive winter” vibes of Yule. We even take a detour into the nightmare fuel that is Perchtenlauf — because nothing says seasonal cheer like demon masks and public terror.
We unpack how Christianity quietly rebranded all of this into Christmas, why the joy-killing Puritans literally banned the holiday, and how the Victorian era dragged it back from the dead, added mistletoe, and told us all to behave.
It’s festive. It’s forbidden. It’s historically unhinged — and it’ll make you question everything you were taught about Christmas.
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🎄 Pagan & Pre-Christian Traditions
Saturnalia
Yule
Perchtenlauf
https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/christmas.shtml
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/christmas-history-pagan-origins