Long before Bill and Sookie, Bella and Edward, there was the upyr', a mythical creature that caused crops to fail, infants to die in their cribs, and plagues to …
Episode 28: “Demonic Possession” in Early Modern Europe
Descriptions of common men and women convulsing violently, speaking in tongues, expelling foreign objects like nails and pins, and levitating above their beds …
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Episode 27: History of the Ottoman Empire, Part 2
In this second of a two part series, we look at life in the Ottoman Empire for an average person, and the factors that led the Empire to the gates of Vienna ... …
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