Broadcast from the Belfry
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Broadcast from the Belfry
23. Bluebeard Is A Reasonable Man
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Who's that knocking at your ears? It's Bluebeard! Tune in this week to hear all about Charles Perrault's fairytale, as well as a couple of characters referred to as "real life" Bluebeards - most notably Gilles de Rais (though we suspect another Elizabeth Bathory slander situtation is afoot).
Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.
For further reading:
https://ashleyleckwold.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/a-story-with-a-ghost-crimson-peak-is-a-chilling-and-thrilling-gothic-romance/
https://www.stephgraves.net/blog/intertextual-spectres-in-crimson-peak
.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Perrault
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gilles-de-rais-bluebeard
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