#91 Ghost Stories (Part 1)

Oh What A Time...

CBW Productions | Wondery

Comedy, History, Education

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re looking at horror throughout literature. Come with us as we meet the undead of Ancient Greece, Werewolves and the absolutely terrifying Wendigo.

And are we in the golden age of the peeler? Would stone-age man have struggled to peel all the potatoes and carrots for Christmas dinner using flint? I mean, who knows. But if you’ve got anything to add on this or anything else, hit us up on: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to episodes of Oh What a Time early and ad-free.
0:04.9	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:08.7	Your child was born to be a famous chef.
0:12.1	All those deconstructed dinners in their early years and walls decorated with abstract banana smears.
0:18.7	You taught them the recipe for success. Prepared for chef school, and dined out at their
0:24.6	restaurants all around the world, whilst decorating their future baby room.
0:30.9	There's more to imagine when you listen. Discover inspiring parenting titles on Audible.
0:35.9	Subscription required. See Audible.co.uk for terms.
0:38.7	With the new Lloyd's app, you can do it all.
0:41.5	You can freeze your card if you misplace it.
0:44.1	Whilst you search behind the sofa,
0:46.1	blame the dog, run upstairs, run downstairs,
0:48.7	empty your bag, look behind the sofa again,
0:51.1	only to realise it's in your back pocket.
0:53.0	Curse quietly under your breath and unfreeze your card, shove it's in your back pocket. Cursed quietly under your breath and
0:54.3	unfreeze your card, shove everything back in your bag, take a deep breath, smile and run for
0:59.7	the boss. Freeze and unfreeze your card at the touch of a button. The power to do it all on the new
1:05.6	Lloyd's app. Download now. Please and C supply.
1:22.8	Hello and welcome to Oh, what a time.
1:25.0	The history podcast that asks,
1:29.1	how annoying this life have been in a pre-peeler age?
1:34.4	I love a raw carrot, but I never ever eat a carrot with skin on.
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