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In episode 251 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Scottish folk tale of a wicked stepmother and a young boy who is cooked into a stew, but returns for retribution as a Milk White Doo... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

its the 250th episode of Fireside, and The Fireside Bard tells of the original and most significant of all bards - Orpheus. The Supreme master of words and music, who dared to defy the gods to retrieve his beloved Eurydice from the depths of Hades. Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 249 of Fireside, a folk tale from the Hebrides of a rogue named MacPhie who goes hunting with a myserious black hound, only discover that it is true when they say - every dog will have his day... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 248 of Fireside - On the northside of the tiny Isle of Man, the locals endeavour to build a church, but when the would-be house of worship is repeatedly torn down, people start to wonder if the devil has other plans... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 247 of Fireside - Gabriel has always been curious about the other side of the river, a place where no one ever goes...and when he hears that's because of werewolves that live there, he wonders, can that possibly be true? Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 246 of Fireside is the Irish tale of a lustful landlord, a dark eyed woman, and a terrible curse that would bind them together forever... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 245 of Fireside, we have the final adaptation from Bram Stoker's collection Under the Sunset: A brother and sister go on a quest to learn where babies come from - they voyage across the endless sea to a strange island of parsley, dragons and a child who may or may not be an angel... Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 244 of Fireside, A poet is separated from the love of his life, and goes on an impossible journey to reunite with her. He must journey through the Valley of Darkness, hear the Music of the Spheres, and make his way to the castle of the King of Death. Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An audiodrama for fans of Fireside! The Greatest Matter is a new gothic crime tale set in Victorian Dublin, about a criminologist who arrives in the city and gets caught up in a murder investigation with occult connections. It's a full-cast audiodrama, with a cast of great Irish actors, immersive sound design and original music. Have a listen to Ep 1 here, and all 12 episodes are available to listen to in full right now - just type The Greatest Matter into whatever player you're using now, or go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 243 of Fireside, A young girl learns of the Beautiful City where people go to live when they can no longer dwell Under the Sunset. A place where all are welcome except those who love lies. And the girl should take care, because she is being watched over by the foot soldier of the King of Death... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 242 of Fireside, Kevin adapts the Bram Stoker tale of a young boy and his magical pet raven Mr. Daw. When the boy is having trouble with a math problem, he wishes that the number 7 never existed: But as always, be careful what you wish for... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 241 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of The Shadow Builder, who rules over the Procession of the Dead Past - where all things that have happened go, before melting into the Gates of Dread. But every so often even the Shadow Builder becomes invested in the stories of mortals. And it is a mother and child that capture his attention. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 240 of Fireside, Kevin continues his adaptations of Under the Sunset by Bram Stoker. The giants are gone. The giants have been gone for so long, that some doubt that they ever existed at all. But just because you cannot see something, doesn't mean that it isn't there. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 239 of Fireside, we continue the Stoker saga, with an adaptation of The Rose Prince from Under the Sunset. King Mago is the ruler of the land Under the Sunset, but when a horde of giants destroy a neighbouring kingdom, it will fall to the son of the king to face the gigantic foe. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the return of Fireside, Kevin becomes a new series of adaptations from Bram Stoker's book of original fairytales: Under the Sunset. in the title story, we meet a world much like our own, that can only be visited in dreams. But this is a world that once was perfect, until the hearts of mortals grew greedy as they inevitably will... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 237 of Fireside, Kevin adapts the Grimm Tale of Briar Rose, better known as The Sleeping Beauty. A king and queen are desperate to have a child, but when their blessing arrives, one uninvited guest could threaten to take it all away Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 238 of Fireside, Kevin adapts the Grimm Tale of The Frog Prince, a spoiled princess loses her precious golden ball, but when a mysterious frog offers to get it back for her, the princess may get more than she bargained for... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 236 of Fireside, Kevin continues the celebration of the folklore behind Disney, with a story of dress making trees, three day festivals, and brutal self-mutilation...what else but Cinderella? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Describe the Night tickets: https://glassmasktheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873652326/events/129505816 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 235 of Fireside, Kevin begins a new chapter of the podcast, celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of Disney, by looking at the folklore origins of some of the company's most iconic movies. First up is the one that started it all - Hair black as ebony, lips red as blood, skin as white as snow...it's Snow White. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Describe the Night tickets: https://glassmasktheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873652326/events/129505816 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 234, It's the fifth annual Fireside Halloween Special! This year Kevin takes another look at the gothic masterpiece Dracula, reading a segment where Jonathan Harker begins to suspect something is suspicious about his mysterious host Count Dracula... In a second reading, Kevin compares Dracula with the earlier gothic work Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Jane wakes in the middle of the night to sound of demonic laughter, she follows the sound into the room of her master Mr. Rochester. There Jane finds the room on fire, and with Mr. Rochester asleep in the bed! Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/drac-3.html https://victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/janeeyre/15.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices