Weird Christmas

The best show of the year: 19 stories of Christmas Weirdness from the annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest. Please… read more 2022 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest (5th Annual Results Show)

any textual evidence that would connect the origins of Christmas to ancient pagan sources, namely the Mithras cult and Emperor… read more Ancient Christmas with Earl Fontainelle of the SHWEP

La Befana, Perchta, Holda, and so many more! We chat with the always encyclopedia Benito Cereno about all the Christmas… read more Christmas Witches with Benito Cereno

Full text of all the winners are at WeirdChristmas.com along with bios, information, and links for all the authors. All… read more 2020 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Results Show

Sometimes when you have a podcast, you talk to people who interest you and you don’t worry so much about… read more Philosophy, Christmas, and Does Santa Exist by Eric Linus Kaplan who wrote Big Bang Theory which I mentioned here totally for clicks

This year’s ghost story is “Between the Lights” (1912) by E.F. Benson. It’s not technically a Victorian ghost story, and… read more The Ghost Story of Christmas 2020 “Between the Lights” by EF Benson

Time to destroy your appetite! I talk to Glen Warren from the Season’s Eatings Podcast about weird Christmas food throughout… read more Weird Christmas Food with Glen Warren of the Season’s Eatings Podcast

As a Thanksgiving treat, enjoy a deep dive down the rabbit hole of Santa history with Tom Jerman, author of… read more Santa is NOT St Nick – Tom Jerman and Santa Claus Worldwide

I’m not usually your go-to source for new movies. But this one is worth your time. The Christmas Ride is… read more Mumblecore Christmas with Stefanie Davis about her film The Christmas Ride

Krampus. Seems like I should have done a show on Krampus years ago, but I was waiting for the right… read more Krampus with Al Ridenour

Christmas werewolves are a thing. I mean, I don’t know if they’re REAL real. But people really used to believe… read more Christmas Werewolves with Benito Cereno

The first podcast episode of the 2020 {shiver} season. We do a bit of deep diving into the world of… read more Halloween Postcard Collecting with Eric Hinton

A talk with Brad Warner, author of the new book Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen. How Buddhism can… read more Christmas and Zen Buddhism, a talk with Brad Warner

What do we know about Christmas during the Middle Ages? Turns out it’s kinda hard to find very much information…. read more Medieval Christmas with Misty Schieberle and Scott Smith

The 2019 Weird Christmas ghost story is “The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance” by M. R. James. I… read more The Ghost Story of 2019, M.R. James

Weird Christmas talks to the indie music blog Christmas Underground about the world of Christmas mixes and how he finds… read more Christmas Music with Christmas Underground

The annual Weird Christmas Flash Fiction show with the results of the 2019 contest. Fourteen odd stories of Christmas uncanniness… read more WC #21 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction 2019 (Contest results show)