Crystal Myth Podcast
Hosted by Scottish friends, Lesley Anderson and Mark Dornan.
Crystal Myth is a podcast about all sorts of Myths and Legends, be they ancient or modern mixed with our sense of humour and banter.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 76 minutes
- Episodes
- 177
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Full Natural Disasters
Mark is back with Lesley to look at the mysteries and theories behind natural disasters that have occurred around the world. Some are mythic, some just plain ole bizarre.
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Natural Disasters
Just a wee mini episode with Lesley reading some old myths that explained Natural Disasters. Mark was away on holiday with the myth child, so rather than have a big gap between episodes that's why yo…
The Hapsburgs
In this episode Lesley explores the world of Incest in Royal families of Europe and in particular the Spanish Royal house of Hapsburg and their mutated Jawline. This episode does get a bit erratic an…
The Mitford Sisters
Yes this episode was supposed to be about crazy Royals but Mark fell down a British Aristocratic family rabbit hole so now this episode is all about the Kardashians of the early 20th century - The ou…
Serial Killers - Male and Female
Mark and Lesley revisit the Serial Killer topic, one is a French Lady and the other has a fixation for Dynamite and trains. They also discuss is there a fine line between Serial Murder and mass murde…
Get yer Freak Off
This week's episode Lesley and Mark return to the topic of sideshow freaks, however this time Lesley goes back to ancient Egypt and how they treated dwarfs contrasting that that with how 17th Century…
Mad Conspiracy Theories
Wow we are on season 15! and to kick start Lesley and Mark dive into mad conspiracy Theories of the modern era, with extra random Bee Gees and Liberace chat thrown in.
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Goblin (2020) Movie Review
We are back! and reviewing the masterpiece that is the 2020 movie Goblin. You can watch it on Prime!
Track: "1980S"
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An update on our Podcast
As we recorded ll our episodes over Skype and that's been shut down the podcast is on pause until we can find an alternative way of recording remotely. Until then why not go watch Goblin (2020) a mas…
Trickster Gods Part Two
Mark and Lesley re visit Trickster Gods in this episode . . . enjoy!
Track: "1980S"
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The Orange Order and Royal 2nd Sons
In this episode Lesley tells Mark all about King William the 3rd AKA King Billy of Orange and how his reign started a silly thing called the Orange Order. Mark talks second sons of Royal families and…
Invisible Entities
On this episode Mark and Lesley explore invisible entities! be they ghosts or mythical creatures of old.
Track: "1980S"
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The Twilight Zone
Mark and Lesley have each watched an episode of the original run of "The Twilight Zone" and then share their thoughts on what the hell they just watched.
Track: "1980S"
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Oh it's more Cryptids!
Mark and Lesley bring you more weird and wonderful Cryptids, some from the USA and some from Scandinavia.
Track: "1980S"
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Antarctica - Myths or no Myths?
Antarctica - It's a continent with not much on it save some scientists, snow and a shit ton of Penguins. The question is - Are there any myths concerning Antarctica?
Lesley and Mark try to find out.
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Serial Killers - Ancient and Modern
Lesley and Mark offer up more Serial Killer stories - One was about in the early to mid 20th Century and the other takes place in ancient Sri Lanka. We hope you find it interesting!
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Hammer Horror - Curse of the Werewolf
On this episode we revisit the Hammer Horror Universe - The movie we chose was Curse of the Werewolf - The only Werewolf movie Hammer produced and the first werewolf movie to be filmed in colour. Rel…
Cryptids in the USA
In this episode we revisit the cryptids of two random states of the USA. Mark has South Carolina and Lesley was given Arkansas. What weird and wonderful creatures we have to share with you all!
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Heaven and Hell
In this Episode Lesley and Mark discuss various different heaven and hell myths.
Track: "1980S"
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Freaks and Sideshows
In this episode Mark and Lesley return to the topic of Freaks and sideshows - One of them is almost too bizarre to be believed!
Track: "1980S"
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