Hey folks, Aaron here.

Welcome to Deeper LORE, a short bonus episode designed to be a topical guide.

With deeper lore, my goal is simple. There are a lot of episodes in our catalog and it's hard to track specific ones down, even for me, trust me.

So if a new lore episode reminded you of other past episodes on the same topic, or if it maybe sparked your interest in learning more about it

then this bonus episode is designed to point you in the right direction. To that end

this week's new lore 252 until death is all about frightening folklore that falls under the umbrella of love and marriage.

And it kind of makes sense, doesn't it?

The deepest stories often have some powerful emotional component. And what's more powerful than love, right?

That's not to say that things don't get weird in this episode.

You get to explore ghost weddings, which yes are exactly what they sound like, and are also incredibly

fascinating and creepy. And we make sure to cover a couple of really well-known

really terrifying wedding legends, partly for the entertainment factor for sure, but also because these are foundational

stories and essential to any folklore greatest hits collection.

And if you found our wedding journey to be intriguing, here are three older episodes that are related

and might be fun to revisit.

First up, go grab episode 125 paper trails.

This one is sort of a true crime adventure that follows a

lonely hearts killer. Love in this story is a tool, a weapon really and it leads to a

number of brides and a lot of tragedy. I think that you'll enjoy it.

Next, re-listen to 221 remote control. We get a bit chemical in this one and magical,

because if you ask someone about love and folklore, you're inevitably going to have someone bring up love spells.

We can find them in a lot of cultures around the world.

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