Krampus - with Al Ridenhour

DreamSwarm Podcast

Dec 01 2021 | 00:21:29

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Show Notes

Krampus special! Interview Part 2 with Al Ridenhour, author of 'Krampus and the Old Dark Christmas'. We discuss his book ann the nature of the folklore and customs surrounding 'The Christmas devil'.

Who or what is Krampus?
Krampus customs in the alps.
Exporting Krampus around the clobe
The future of Krampus

You can get this fantastic book here:

https://feralhouse.com/the-krampus/

You can also listen to Al's podcast Bone and Sickle for dark folklore, history and horror.

https://www.boneandsickle.com/

You can listen to Part 1 of the DreamSwarm interview with Al in our previous episode here:

https://dreamswarm-podcast.castos.com/episodes/folklore-history-horror-bone-and-sickle

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