The Devil’s Role in Folklore with Amy Boucher

03/14/25 • 71 min

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Join me for a fascinating episode with Amy Boucher, writer and folklorist specialising in Shropshire’s rich folklore, ghostlore, and history. Amy explores the interplay between folklore, the paranormal, and historical memory, shedding light on how stories shape our understanding of the past. In this episode, we delve into devil narratives, uncovering their significance in Shropshire’s eerie landscapes and myths. How do these tales preserve heritage? And what do they reveal about shifting beliefs? Tune in for a captivating discussion on history, hauntings, and folklore’s enduring power.

My Special Guest Is Amy Boucher

Amy Boucher is a writer and folklorist who focuses on her native Shropshire. Her emphasis is primarily on the interplay between Folklore, history and the paranormal, as well as perceptions of the past through the lens of folk beliefs. She is a passionate advocate of Shropshire’s folklore, ghostlore and local history, and the role these play in preserving memory and heritage.

In this episode, you will be able to:

1. Explore devil narratives in Shropshire, their meaning, and their role in storytelling, belief, and folklore.

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My Special Guest Is Amy Boucher

In this episode, you will be able to:

1. Explore devil narratives in Shropshire, their meaning, and their role in storytelling, belief, and folklore.

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UFOs, Consciousness, and the Paranormal: A Deep Dive with Grant Cameron

Join me on this fascinating episode of Haunted History Chronicles as I welcome Grant Cameron, award-winning UFO researcher and author. From his early encounters with Charlie Red Star to his deep dive into consciousness, non-human intelligence, and paranormal inspiration, Cameron explores the hidden links between UFO phenomena, creativity, and apports. With decades of experience, TV appearances, and groundbreaking books, he shares extraordinary insights into the unknown. Don't miss this thought-provoking discussion!

My Special Guest Is Grant Cameron

Grant Cameron is the recipient of the Leeds Conference International Researcher of the Year and the UFO Congress Researcher of the Year. He became involved in Ufology as the Vietnam War ended in May 1975 with personal sightings of an UFO type object which locally became known as Charlie Red Star.

After experiencing a noetic mental download event on February 26th, 2012 Cameron turned his research interests away from “nuts and bolts” research to the role of consciousness in the UFO phenomena. This new research has expanded out to the possible involvement of non-human intelligence in modern music and in the phenomena of inspirations and downloads in scientific discoveries, inventions, Nobel Prizes, music, art, books, near-death experiences, meditation, and with individuals known as savants and prodigies.

Cameron has lectured widely in Canada, the United States, and Europe. He was one of the 40 witnesses who testified before six ex-Senators and Congressmen in Washington for the “Citizen’s Hearing UFO on Disclosure.” He has appeared on many television documentaries on UFOs, and been interviewed by nearly a hundred radio shows including a number of appearances on Coast to Coast AM.

Other books included “Alien Bedtime Stories” “Inspired: The Paranormal World of Creativity,” “Tuned-In: The Paranormal World of Music,” “The Alien Documents,” “Contact Modalities: The Keys to the Universe,” and soon “Weird: The Paranormal World of Manifestations and Apports,” “The Case Against UFO Disclosure,” and “Extraterrestrials: Or Maybe Not.”

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1. Grant Cameron's journey in Ufology – from witnessing Charlie Red Star to exploring the connection between UFOs, consciousness, and inspiration.

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Microbes with Fangs: Death, Disease, and the Vampire’s Grasp with Michael Bell

The story of New England’s vampires begins with a scourge whose tragic trail is visible in cemeteries throughout the region. Incredible as it may seem today, vampires preyed upon their not-so-distant ancestors. Vampire attacks increased dramatically during the eighteenth century and remained the leading cause of death in New England throughout the nineteenth century. But this unseen killer did not resemble the clever Count Dracula of Bram Stoker’s imagination. Indeed, it was so small that it was undetectable. New England’s authentic vampires, you see, were pathogenic microbes (“bacteria with fangs,” as a nurse once described them). Prior to the twentieth century, a diagnosis of consumption (as pulmonary tuberculosis was called at that time) was a virtual death sentence.

My Special Guest Is Michael Bell

Michael E. Bell has a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University, Bloomington; his dissertation topic was African American voodoo beliefs and practices. He has an M.A. in Folklore and Mythology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a B.A. , with M.A. level course work completed, in Anthropology/Archaeology from the University of Arizona, Tucson. Bell was the Consulting Folklorist at the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, Providence, Rhode Island, for more than twenty-five years. He has also taught courses in folklore, English, anthropology and American studies at several colleges and universities. His book, Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires, was a BookSense 76 Pick and winner of the Lord Ruthven Assembly Award for Best Nonfiction Book on Vampires. He has completed the manuscript for a second book on American vampires, titled The Vampire’s Grasp: The Hidden History of Consumption in New England. Michael Bell and his wife, Carole, split their time between Rhode Island and Texas.

In this episode, you will be able to:

1. Learn how tuberculosis was once mistaken for vampire attacks in New England.

2. Discover why families dug up loved ones to stop the spread of a deadly disease.

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