For those of you who listen to the Ancient History Hound podcast you may well be aware that from its beginning I have recorded Halloween specials titled ‘Night of the Livy Dead’. This mixed two passions of mine, horror and ancient history. Over the years I have covered a range of topics so here’s a list of the episodes, some of their platform links and a bit about each.
I have also done a few ancient history Halloween pumpkins – so check them out as well!
Night of the Livy Dead 1 – a two parter.
This was the first episode I recorded and with a guest. I like to think my kit and production quality is better these days (well, the kit certainly is!). However, I still think there’s some great content there. Me and my guest covered a fair amount of topics. Part One focused mainly on werewolves and vampires. Part Two included sweating statues, zombie, UFOs and ghosts.
- Part One – Libsyn
- Part One – Spotify
- Part One – iTunes
- Part Two – Libsyn
- Part Two – Spotify
- Part Two – iTunes
Night of the Livy Dead 2.
This was a bit more of an examination of the werewolf, vampire and ghost stories.
Night of the Livy Dead 3.
Mesopotamian ghost stories as well as ways to placate them in Greece and Rome
Night of the Livy Dead 4.
This was a minisode looking into werewolves of Arcadia in a bit more detail.
Night of the Livy Dead 5.
This time we are heading down and into the Greek Underworld. How did you get there and how did the depiction of it change over time?
Night of the Livy Dead 6.
Witches and demons in Mesopotamia.
Night of the Livy Dead 7.
This is a mixture of a few creatures you wouldn’t want to meet. A Mesopotamian demon who hung around toilets, a dogged trio and shapeshifters.
