cover of episode 732 Vampires of Eastern Europe; Supernatural Ireland; Haunted Europe

732 Vampires of Eastern Europe; Supernatural Ireland; Haunted Europe

2023/10/28
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At a time of year when, according to some cultures, the worlds of the living and the dead come a little closer together, a historian joins us to explain how vampire stories arose from eastern European legends of the "un-dead." Then Irish writer Fintan O'Toole describes the role of the supernatural in Celtic traditions and in more recent Irish literature. And listeners describe eerie encounters they've experienced while traveling in Europe.

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