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n episode 264 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Roman Emperor Macsen Wledig who falls asleep and dreams of a fortress in a land with deep valleys and high mountains - and the beautiful woman living there. But when the emperor goes in search of his bride, who is left to rule Rome? Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Mist-Magic-Legends-Britain/dp/0712355146 Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 263 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Jamie Boyson, a lonely old man who lives by the bogside in County Derry. His only company is a trained cricket, and mysteruous spectre who may or may not be the ghost of his one true love... Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&adgrpid=186818437095&gad_source=1&hvadid=793401954453&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9045888&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=344963261740353442--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=344963261740353442&hvtargid=kwd-2320075622150&hydadcr=24401_2435314_1517&mcid=81be25ed247b3d8b899a76a95fe45908&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_8whx0336vy_e Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 262 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale of Welsh mythology- a lake in North Wales is supposedly a portal to another world - but only twelve mortals are allowed to visit each year. Ieuan wants to go to the other world more than anyone, but as always, be careful what you wish for... Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Mist-Magic-Legends-Britain/dp/0712355146 Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 261 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of an old woman who begins to take out her grief over losing her husband on her own children... until one night, when a door is mysteriously left open and refuses to be shut... Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&adgrpid=186818437095&gad_source=1&hvadid=793401954453&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9045888&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=344963261740353442--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=344963261740353442&hvtargid=kwd-2320075622150&hydadcr=24401_2435314_1517&mcid=81be25ed247b3d8b899a76a95fe45908&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_8whx0336vy_e Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 260 of Fireside, Kevin tells a foundational myth of Britain - Joseph of Aramathia was a wealthy merchant, imprisoned by the Romans - he is visited in jail and given a seemingly insignificant cup. Have you ever wondered how the Holy Grail ended up in Britain? Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Mist-Magic-Legends-Britain/dp/0712355146 Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 259 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of those who go to sea, and the one's who are left behind. Kate Browne has been married to Dermot for seventeen years. But one morning as he and their son Benjamin are about to set sail, Kate notices their boat is damaged. But Dermot refuses to heed Kate's advice leading to a night of anxiety and foreboding for the Fisherman's wife... Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&adgrpid=186818437095&gad_source=1&hvadid=793401954453&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9045888&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=344963261740353442--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=344963261740353442&hvtargid=kwd-2320075622150&hydadcr=24401_2435314_1517&mcid=81be25ed247b3d8b899a76a95fe45908&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_8whx0336vy_e Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 258 of Fireside, we have a foundational myth of Scotland - a story that stretches back thousands of years, before the Celts, to sands of Egypt and the daughter of a Pharaoh... .Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Mist-Magic-Legends-Britain/dp/0712355146 Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 257 of Fireside, Kevin tells a gothic tale of doomed romance, and what obsessive love can drive us toward. Aileen loves Connor, but Connor loves another. So the obsessed Aileen decides to take love into her own hands, and seek out The Spirit of the Hill. But once there, will Aileen find peace, or death> Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&adgrpid=186818437095&gad_source=1&hvadid=793401954453&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9045888&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=344963261740353442--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=344963261740353442&hvtargid=kwd-2320075622150&hydadcr=24401_2435314_1517&mcid=81be25ed247b3d8b899a76a95fe45908&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_8whx0336vy_e Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 256 of Fireside, Kevin tells a foundational myth of the island of Britain. Brutus is the great-grandson of Aeneas, Prince of Troy. After their city is destroyed by Agamemnon and his army of free Greeks, it falls to Aeneas, and eventually his descendent Brutus to protect the Trojan people and legacy. Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Mist-Magic-Legends-Britain/dp/0712355146 Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 255 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale that fuses history and folklore. On July 1st, 1642, Sir Fredrick Hamilton set fire to a church, with all clergymen still inside. But before death, one friar placed a curse on Hamilton and his men - a curse that not even death would release them from. Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&adgrpid=186818437095&gad_source=1&hvadid=793401954453&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9045888&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=344963261740353442--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=344963261740353442&hvtargid=kwd-2320075622150&hydadcr=24401_2435314_1517&mcid=81be25ed247b3d8b899a76a95fe45908&tag=googhydr-21&ref=pd_sl_8whx0336vy_e Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 254, Kevin tells the Hans Christian Andersen tale of the Snow Queen - two friends are divided by the shards of an evil mirror. But not even the harshest cold can keep them apart. Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 253 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk superstition of the Evil Eye: That one bad look that gives you bad luck, and how that same anxiety has roots in the foundational Irish myth... Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 251 of Fireside, Kevin tells the world famous tale of The Little Mermaid - a story of desire, identiy and the sacrifices we make for the things we want. *Note* this episode was recorded in December, but only just released. Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 251 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Scottish folk tale of a wicked stepmother and a young boy who is cooked into a stew, but returns for retribution as a Milk White Doo... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

its the 250th episode of Fireside, and The Fireside Bard tells of the original and most significant of all bards - Orpheus. The Supreme master of words and music, who dared to defy the gods to retrieve his beloved Eurydice from the depths of Hades. Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 249 of Fireside, a folk tale from the Hebrides of a rogue named MacPhie who goes hunting with a myserious black hound, only discover that it is true when they say - every dog will have his day... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 248 of Fireside - On the northside of the tiny Isle of Man, the locals endeavour to build a church, but when the would-be house of worship is repeatedly torn down, people start to wonder if the devil has other plans... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 247 of Fireside - Gabriel has always been curious about the other side of the river, a place where no one ever goes...and when he hears that's because of werewolves that live there, he wonders, can that possibly be true? Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 246 of Fireside is the Irish tale of a lustful landlord, a dark eyed woman, and a terrible curse that would bind them together forever... Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64665323-celtic-weird Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 245 of Fireside, we have the final adaptation from Bram Stoker's collection Under the Sunset: A brother and sister go on a quest to learn where babies come from - they voyage across the endless sea to a strange island of parsley, dragons and a child who may or may not be an angel... Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 244 of Fireside, A poet is separated from the love of his life, and goes on an impossible journey to reunite with her. He must journey through the Valley of Darkness, hear the Music of the Spheres, and make his way to the castle of the King of Death. Order Gardensea Paperback: ⁠https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/⁠ Order Gardensea Kindle: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P⁠ Support Fireside: ⁠https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An audiodrama for fans of Fireside! The Greatest Matter is a new gothic crime tale set in Victorian Dublin, about a criminologist who arrives in the city and gets caught up in a murder investigation with occult connections. It's a full-cast audiodrama, with a cast of great Irish actors, immersive sound design and original music. Have a listen to Ep 1 here, and all 12 episodes are available to listen to in full right now - just type The Greatest Matter into whatever player you're using now, or go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 243 of Fireside, A young girl learns of the Beautiful City where people go to live when they can no longer dwell Under the Sunset. A place where all are welcome except those who love lies. And the girl should take care, because she is being watched over by the foot soldier of the King of Death... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 242 of Fireside, Kevin adapts the Bram Stoker tale of a young boy and his magical pet raven Mr. Daw. When the boy is having trouble with a math problem, he wishes that the number 7 never existed: But as always, be careful what you wish for... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 241 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of The Shadow Builder, who rules over the Procession of the Dead Past - where all things that have happened go, before melting into the Gates of Dread. But every so often even the Shadow Builder becomes invested in the stories of mortals. And it is a mother and child that capture his attention. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 240 of Fireside, Kevin continues his adaptations of Under the Sunset by Bram Stoker. The giants are gone. The giants have been gone for so long, that some doubt that they ever existed at all. But just because you cannot see something, doesn't mean that it isn't there. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 239 of Fireside, we continue the Stoker saga, with an adaptation of The Rose Prince from Under the Sunset. King Mago is the ruler of the land Under the Sunset, but when a horde of giants destroy a neighbouring kingdom, it will fall to the son of the king to face the gigantic foe. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the return of Fireside, Kevin becomes a new series of adaptations from Bram Stoker's book of original fairytales: Under the Sunset. in the title story, we meet a world much like our own, that can only be visited in dreams. But this is a world that once was perfect, until the hearts of mortals grew greedy as they inevitably will... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 238 of Fireside, Kevin adapts the Grimm Tale of The Frog Prince, a spoiled princess loses her precious golden ball, but when a mysterious frog offers to get it back for her, the princess may get more than she bargained for... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 237 of Fireside, Kevin adapts the Grimm Tale of Briar Rose, better known as The Sleeping Beauty. A king and queen are desperate to have a child, but when their blessing arrives, one uninvited guest could threaten to take it all away Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 236 of Fireside, Kevin continues the celebration of the folklore behind Disney, with a story of dress making trees, three day festivals, and brutal self-mutilation...what else but Cinderella? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Describe the Night tickets: https://glassmasktheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873652326/events/129505816 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 235 of Fireside, Kevin begins a new chapter of the podcast, celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of Disney, by looking at the folklore origins of some of the company's most iconic movies. First up is the one that started it all - Hair black as ebony, lips red as blood, skin as white as snow...it's Snow White. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: 0141442220 Describe the Night tickets: https://glassmasktheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873652326/events/129505816 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 234, It's the fifth annual Fireside Halloween Special! This year Kevin takes another look at the gothic masterpiece Dracula, reading a segment where Jonathan Harker begins to suspect something is suspicious about his mysterious host Count Dracula... In a second reading, Kevin compares Dracula with the earlier gothic work Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Jane wakes in the middle of the night to sound of demonic laughter, she follows the sound into the room of her master Mr. Rochester. There Jane finds the room on fire, and with Mr. Rochester asleep in the bed! Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/drac-3.html https://victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/janeeyre/15.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 233 of Fireside, Kevin tells the whimsical tale of a man who wakes up in the middle of the night to discover a party being held in his kitchen. A party of witches, all gearing up for a hell of a night out.... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 232 of Fireside, Kevin tells the gruesome tale of a priest's long journey home - the farmer's complain that their cows give no milk...and the priest may have found out why - bringing about a horrific encounter that will make him question everything... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 231 of Fireside, Kevin tells the gothic tale of Charles McCarthy, who lives a hedonistic life of whiskey, wine and women. But when his lifestyle catches up to him, and Charles has a brush with death - what will he do with his second chance? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 230 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale of the figure that heralds the death of Irish families...Thomas Connolly is on his way to visit old Biddy Maguire. But when he reaches the old stone bridge he meets a woman who gives him quite the tale to tell... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 229 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Daniel O'Rourke who drunkenly leaves a party and ends up encountering a bog, an eagle, a whale, a flock of geese, and even the man on the moon...or is it just one shapeshifting faerie? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 228 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of the staff of a Dublin townhouse, all of whom begin to hear creaks and clatters in the night. Who has cleaned the kitchen? Was it one of them? Or was it a shapeshifting faerie? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 227 of Fireside, Kevin tells a changeling tale with a twist - Jamie Friel works hard and looks after his mother. But one Halloween he takes a visit up to the ruins of an old castle, to meet the other folk and seek his fortune... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 226 of Fireside, Kevin tells the bloody tale of Abhartach, a supernatural demon dwarf who terrorised the folk of Derry a long time ago. Abhartach may also have inspired a Dublin writer who would redefine the world of horror... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dracula-bram-stoker-inspiration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 225 of Fireside, Kevin tells the ghost story of Captain Stewart, who while hunting, gets caught in a storm. After taking refuge in a large country estate, the captain has an encounter that may change the course of his life, and indeed, his death... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stewart,_Viscount_Castlereagh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 224, Kevin explores the ghost story of a hard working, honest woman named Grace Connor, whose spirit has unfinished business with the mortal world. Also featuring the poem A Legend of Tyrone by Ellen O'Leary Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 223 of Fireside, Kevin weaves the worlds of Myth, Religion and History with the story of Brendan the Navigator, who set out to discover the Isle of the Blessed, and on his way may have discovered a few other lands... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 222 of Fireside, Kevin enters the world of Chinese Mythology with the ancient tale of the Zodiac. How it came about, what it's purpose was, and how its animals were chosen... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/st-brendan-and-the-original-big-fish-story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 221 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Irish folk tale, of the tragedy of two lovers, and the vow of a princess to wait for her love, whatever the cost, even if it means spending an eternity as a fish... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 220 or Fireside, Kevin tells the of the voyage of Máel Dúin, who's troubled birth leads him on a sea voyage to find his parents and avenge his father. But how many islands will it take to find his answer? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: maeldun_en.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 219 of Fireside, Kevin dives into Egyptian Mythology with the epic love story of the goddess Isis and her husband Osiris. The King of all of Egypt is buried alive by his treacherous brother Set, but Isis will not rest until her husband is found - dead, alive...or in pieces... In episode 218 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Irish folk tale of Teig O'Kane - an irresponsible and wandering rover. After his father gives him an ultimatum based on his behaviour, Teig takes a moonlit walk, and runs into twenty faeries carrying a dead body. But by the end of the night, it just might be Teig who is the corpse... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/plutarch/moralia/isis_and_osiris*/a.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 218 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Irish folk tale of Teig O'Kane - an irresponsible and wandering rover. After his father gives him an ultimatum based on his behaviour, Teig takes a moonlit walk, and runs into twenty faeries carrying a dead body. But by the end of the night, it just might be Teig who is the corpse... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 217 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology - Cú Chulainn, The Hound of Ulster does face to face with The Morrigan - the goddess of battle, war and death, and in their encounter, history will be written. In episode 214 of Fireside, Kevin tells another pre-tale of the Ulster Cycle. Queen Maebh of Connaught has taken Fergus Mac Roich into her home and into her bed, but in the neighbouring kingdom of Mayo is a another chieftain, who also harbours a lust for Fergus... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/regamna.html#1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices