Anti-fascist historian Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc returns to the show to share the indigenous Irish origins of Halloween. He gives us the lowdown on púcaí forest fairies, eerie banshees, and even scarier MI5 psyops to create a satanic panic in the 1970s. Sharpen your turnip-carvin' implements and get your Samhain right!
Mag Fhloinn, Bill. Blood Rite: The Feast of St. Martin in Ireland. 2016. Get here! Jenkins, Richard. Black Magic and Bogeymen: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74. Cork, 2014. Gregory, Augusta. Visions and beliefs in the west of Ireland. 1920. Read free here!
My name is Fritz McAlinden and this is The State Between Us, the anti-fascist podcast for dark dives into the ruling class insanity and fashy political cultures as well as our defenses against them through mutual aid and building each other up, sharing knowledge, and connecting the disparate voices in our overlapping struggles. Also TTRPGs, Sci-Fi, and other nerd shit. Let's get weird with it!
