Broadcast from the Belfry

Send us Fan Mail Alright, you asked for it. If you ever wondered what it's like to hang out with us while we're drunk, well it isn't pretty but you no longer have to wonder. The audio quality isn't great as we were sharing a mic in a hotel room but we had a lot of fun diving into New Orleans legends live on location.  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski....

Send us Fan Mail Tune in now to hear the first part of our deep dive into witch trials across time and space. We start with the Black Death; then one badass lady, Helena Schuberin, and the Malleus Maleficarum; followed by King James VI's hunt for weather witches and the trials of Geilles Duncan (Outlander?!) and Agnes Sampson; and rounded out with brief mentions of the Pendle witches and the...

Send us Fan Mail Things get a little bit hairy by the end of this episode as Hannah barks through the diverse wolf and dog creatures of Asian folklore. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://www.wolfsongalaska.org/chorus/node/256 https://www.britannica.com/topic/yaksha https...

Send us Fan Mail Perk up your ears this week for a *howling* good time as we talk about all things werewolves in folklore and pop culture. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/werewolf.htm https://www.history.com/...

Send us Fan Mail The mummy conversation continues as Hannah talks about mummification practices in Mesoamerica. The ethics conversation ALSO continues as we discuss public exhibits for displaying mummified human remains and colonizing burial practices. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further...

Send us Fan Mail It's all about Mummies this week as Georgia dives into the spread of Egyptomania, medicinal cannibalism, and the truth behind the "curse" of King Tutankhamun, amongst other things. We also have a (surprisingly) intelligent conversation about the ethics of handling human remains and cultural appropriation in horror tropes (it's like that's part of our jobs...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Hannah goes over some real-life zombie examples and how disease has played a part in the idea of a zombie apocalypse. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270819/ https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/index.html https:...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Georgia briefly discusses the introduction of zombies into western pop culture before doing a deep dive on one of our favorite re-animated corpses, Frankenstein's monster! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_...

Send us Fan Mail It only makes sense we continue the conversation about vampires so join us this week for a deep dive into the origins of western vampire lore and literature! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://juliamartins.co.uk/on-the-medusa-vampires-and-the-fear-of-the...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in this week to hear the conclusion of our vampire discussions with stories from East Asia! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://web.archive.org/web/20180109180950/http://travel.sohu.com/20090914/n266715927.shtml https://archive.org/details/B-001-000-...

Send us Fan Mail Tune in to our very first episode all about the origins of headless horseman legends in Europe, which led to the birth of the first "American" short story. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://freerangeamerican.us/legend-of-the-headless-horseman/...

Send us Fan Mail Join us this week to hear about the Vetala, a paranormal being in Hindu folklore that could have helped to inspire Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For further reading: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54697/54697-h/54697-h.htm   (Duncan Forbes) https://www.g...

Send us Fan Mail Broadcast from the Belfry is a brand new weekly podcast with two archaeologists discussing all things folklore, mythology, history, anthropology, literature, pop culture, and much more.  Created and cohosted by Georgia Abrams & Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.  Support the show