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Where Myth & Science Meet
ORIGINS is a bi-weekly podcast that shares the story behind legend and lore, written and produced by award-winning author Jaimie Engle. You can learn more about her books, read show notes, and research through provided links by visiting podcastORIGINS.com, where as a show sponsor your products and services will reach thousands of new customers.
Thanksgiving is just a few days away. This chapter of ORIGINS looks into superstitions surrounding the holiday, such as breaking the wishbone, and dives deeper into some "fowl" play involving mystic chickens and an uprising of Walking Dead Turkeys. Butter your biscuits for Chapter 16!
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Netflix's Stranger Things has brought back the look and feel of the classic 1980s style storytelling. From ET to Goonies, and everything in between, this chapter of ORIGINS looks deeper into those iconic 80s monsters, the Gremlins.
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Want revenge? Why not make a doll in the image of the one you're after? In this chapter of ORIGINS, we poke around with the roots of Voudon and Voodoo Dolls. With a special reading of Kate Wars's short story at the end. Support: patreon.com/thewriteengle Show Notes: podcastorigins.com Music: bensoundcom
Pots of gold and four-leaf clovers, rainbows and little men in green. In this chapter of ORIGINS, learn the story behind the guard at the rainbow's end: the Leprechaun. Support: patreon.com/thewriteengle Show Notes: www.podcastorigins.com Music by: Ben Sound at www.bensound.com & Music from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston www.musopen.org
Even candy-coated, chocolate dipped bunnies and marshmallow chicks have ORIGINS that are not as sweet as they would like you to believe. In this podcast, discover the lore and history behind Easter and Child Sacrifice. It's dark like chocolate, but bittersweet. Support: patreon.com/thewriteengle Show Notes: www.podcastorigins.com Music by: Ben Sound at www.bensound.com
Magic words once harnessed power. Today, they are used by magicians to set the mood. In this chapter of ORIGINS, discover the roots of Abracadabra, Hocus Pocus and more. Support: patreon.com/thewriteengle Show Notes: www.podcastorigins.com Music by: Johann Jacob Froberger at www.musopen.org
Whether fact or fiction, there are a few men that we have grown to love. In this chapter of ORIGINS, we look at some favorites: Slender Man, Mothman, and the ever present Boogey Man. Show Notes: www.podcastORIGINS.com Music by: Nicolaus Bruhns at www.musopen.org
We love monsters. The classics, the new favorites, even those still locked in our closets or hiding beneath our beds. Why this infatuation? What is it about monsters that makes us seek them out to prove they exist? In this chapter of ORIGINS we scrape the tip of the iceberg about the monsters we fan over and why. Show Notes: www.podcastORIGINS.com Music by: Baldassaro Galuppi at www.musopen.org
In this chapter of ORIGINS, look into the theories of time travel, parallel universe, and space-time fabrics through the eyes of science and individuals who claim to have experienced alternate time lines. Is time travel possible or are we at Time's mercy? Show Notes: www.podcastORIGINS.com Music by Ferruccio Busoni at www.musopen.org
There's something about porcelain dolls that scares the hell out of us. The ORIGINS of dolls give you all the reasons why: they are intermediaries, used for magic, and can cause bodily harm. Yes, dolls are the greatest of all my fears. In this week's podcast, explore dolls and their contemporary version, AI robots, plus a reading of a great scifi story on nanobots & AI from "The Toilet Papers." Show Notes: www.podcastORIGINS.com Music by: www.BenSound.com and www.musopen.org
When we think of the otherworldly, what comes to mind most often are ghosts. Where do we go when we die? Are spirits trapped between this world and the next? If ghosts walk among us, then do they move freely or are they stuck where they died? From Casper the Friendly Ghost to vengeful spirits, what are their ORIGINS and do haunted houses really exist? Show Notes www.podcastORIGINS.com Music By: www.bensound.com
Throughout history, people have blamed other people or other things for their problems. Sickness has been the result of a curse. Mental health issues the spell of a witch. And a murderous spree the act of demon possession. What are the ORIGINS for our need to find something to blame? How did the concept of the scapegoat begin? Show Notes: www.podcastORIGINS.com Music by: www.bensound.com
What happens when the world splits and something else comes into view? The ORIGINS of portals into worlds beyond Earth more than fiction. Ancient man created temples to facilitate passage, and modern man has slipped through these fissures unknowingly. Do they really exist, and if so, can aliens and even demons find their way into our world? Show notes: www.podcastORIGINS.com Music by: Ben Sound
We believe haunted places exist. Visitors, decades apart, have reported similar experiences of sights and sounds they couldn't explain. In this podcast, several locations with supernatural activity will be studied to decide if the ghost is connected to the haunted grounds or if the oak is simply a bystander of mankind's evil. Music by Ben Sound Show notes at podcastORIGINS.com.
Skinwalkers or “werewolves” are part of the lore of many Native American tribes. They have become an eccentricity of Hollywood’s imagination and our culture on a whole. Is there truth to this phenomenon? Do humans shift into animal form to feed their carnal desires? Music by Ben Sound Show Notes at podcastORIGINS.com
Not all superheroes are the work of comic book fantasy. They walk among us, both heroes and villains, and have since the beginning of time. We wish we had their super human qualities and abilities. But be careful what you wish for: you just might become a villain. Music by Ben Sound. Show Notes at podcastORIGINS.com