Urban Legends
Luke Mordue examines the historical impact of the stories that haunt our society, tales that have gripped towns and cities worldwide for centuries as actual events - Urban Legends. First, hear the tales retold as short stories before delving into the history of the legend, dissecting its cultural significance, factuality, and origins.
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Urban Legends
Banshee
Let's trace the eerie wail of one of Ireland’s most enduring legends, the 'Banshee'.
Often dismissed as myth or metaphor, the Banshee is more than just a ghostly woman who cries in the night. Her story shifts across time and region, tangled in ideas of ancestry, grief, and death itself.
This unsettling figure has followed generations through the centuries but just what is she? and what does she want with us?
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