ROCK-A-BYE- BABY

The history of the famous lullaby Rook-a-bye baby is multifaceted, mysterious and most importantly it's defiantly cruel. Then we hear something more scary than a baby; a ghostly dead one.

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When you live near an actual, proper Hallowe'en town (well, a village) but the House of Mouse think they can outdo that with an ice cream sundae, you know somethings gone wrong as you write the summary...

We have a peek through our syrup encrusted fingers at Halloweentown and then dive into a sampling platter of Pluckley. Don't worry; it'll sort of make sense

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THE GREEN INFERNO (2013)

This episode we trek into a film in the rainforest with cannibals with the munchies, overdone fart sounds and activist sashimi; yet this may not be meanest part. To cleanse our palate after that Alice set our minds at rest with a story of yet more flopping intestines and a whistling song...

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Sisters are weird, terrifying things. Sometimes, murderous things... especially in Scotland.

Explore with us the famous murder ballet The Cruel Sister and how a rib cage and a few well chosen yellow hairs make a damn good harp; blondes have the most fun after all! Inspired by that, we stick with the theme of haunted instruments. Wouldn't it be nice to give us a listen?

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Time to delve into the motley selection of stories sent into us by our lovely listeners (yes, that's you) for the new year!

Jails, horses, cats and creeps

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SILENT NIGHT (2021) - Christmas day often includes dangerous green things, but in Silent Night (2021) the gas cloud is very much lethal. We look at this darkly comic apocalyptic film and then hear about The Yule Lads who bring the festive cheer (among other more strange habits) to the children of Iceland.

As an extra little present for you, we hear a bit from Steve from the Haunted UK podcast.

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'Tis the season for some carolling

Fa La La Lala...

Getting somewhat into the festive spirit in the style of the Victorians after we learn about a gruesome story behind a traditional Christmas carol.

If you've been affected by the accents attempted by Alice in this episode; we're somewhat sorry

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RINGU (1998) - When there's a mysterious and murderous videotape to watch, what's a girl to do? Might as well investigate it for your newspaper and drag your ex-husband along for the ride...

Alice also tells the story of The Dish Mansion of Bancho, thought to be one of the inspirations for the horror classic.

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A darkness and cruelty run through this well known song, even in the verses you learnt as a child - and we never find out what happened to the ducks...

Then we hear about more water-y spectres; one of which may or may not have been a fan of the Spice Girls

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In this episode we hear about bones, the mysterious appearance of red hair and the terrors of ascending scales!

History brings us many strange tale, as we have seen before; but the story of The Red Ghost might be one of our favourites yet.

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