Episode 188: Hide and Seek (ad-free)
Added 2021-12-20 05:02:00 +0000 UTCSome of the darkest stories and traditions are hiding inside one of our most beloved times of the year. Let’s take a fun and frightening journey into the heart of it all.
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Further Reading
- “Does ‘Triscuit’ Mean ‘Electric Biscuit’?,” Snopes, March 2020, https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/triscuits-electric-biscuits.
- The strange legend of the Swedish Yule goat, CBC Kids, https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/the-strange-legend-of-the-swedish-yule-goat.
- One Town's Fight to Save Their 40-Foot Yule Goat, National Geographic, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/christmas-gavle-goat-yule-fire-protection-sweden-video-spd.
- The Fiery History of Scandinavia's Yule Goat, Mental Floss, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54262/fiery-history-scandinavias-yule-goat.
- 15 Unusual Christmas Rituals From Around The World, Business Insider, https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/culture/15-unusual-christmas-rituals-from-around-the-world/slidelist/27863380.cms.
- 10 Terrifying Christmas Customs & Legends From Around the World Will Give You Chills, History Collection, https://historycollection.com/ten-terrifying-christmas-customs-legends-around-world-will-give-chills/7.
- THE TERRIBLE TALE OF HANS TRAPP, THE CHRISTMAS SCARECROW, Ripley’s, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hans-trapp.
- A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories, Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553.
- The Real Reason Charles Dickens Wrote A Christmas Carol, Time, https://time.com/4597964/history-charles-dickens-christmas-carol.
- Why Do People Tell Ghost Stories on Christmas?, Smithsonian Magazine, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547.
- Christmas under the Puritans, History Today, https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/christmas-under-puritans.
- The Bramshill House Bride, or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough, Burials and Beyond, https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0ZPR-bQaVL79GyjTqjILoLQOinwA5B9e3oKNBe_YKucYVgMYf2aXCx_PU.
- The Bridal Chest of Bramshill, or, A Ghost Tale from the Cope Collection, University of Southampton Special Collections, https://specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/the-bridal-chest-of-bramshill-or-a-ghost-tale-from-the-cope-collection.
- The Skeletal Welsh Horse You Must Beat in a Battle of Rhymes, Hyperallergic, https://hyperallergic.com/345156/the-welsh-undead-horse-of-christmas-you-must-beat-in-a-battle-of-rhymes.
- Thanksgiving Used to Look a Lot Like Halloween, Except More Racist, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/11/people-used-to-celebrate-thanksgiving-like-we-now-celebrate-halloween/383173.
Comments
Came back to listen to this episode again. My first introduction to the story of the Bride playing Hide and Seek on her wedding day was in the “Scary Stories told in the Dark” book series. I had no idea that story was based on an actual event! Just want to say thank you for sharing that story.
Brian Moynihan
2022-06-16 01:20:38 +0000 UTCWe were a triscuit family :)
Kimberley Ross
2021-12-20 17:06:32 +0000 UTCAaron, I second the 'Ritz Cracker' family. We ALWAYS had them in the house and we'd take sleeves when we went on trips.
Jamie
2021-12-20 16:55:10 +0000 UTC
