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In this episode, Delapore Media treads forbidden paths in the deep woods, searching for ways to understand witchcraft and how to use its folklore as inspiration for cosmic horror ttrpgs and fiction. We will watch as Margaret Murray attempts to "reconstruct" a religion from puritanical witchfinder lore, see what horrors assault Newfoundlanders in their beds and who might be responsible, and observe modern Neo-Pagans at play.

All this, and a persistent barnyard visitor with dangerous appetites.

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Primary Resources

The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, Margaret Murray, 1921.

Making Witches: Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counter-Spells, Barbara Rieti 2008.

Witching Culture: Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America, Sabina Magliocco 2004.

Additional Resources

The Terror that Comes in the Night, David Hufford, 1982.

The VVitch: A New-England Folktale, Written and Directed by Robert Eggers, 2015.

"The Dreams in the Witch House," H.P. Lovecraft, 1933.

Music Credits

Theme by Cyber Angel

Additional Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

CapCut, and Brighid Wall

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