When the Banshee Hollers: Death Omens of the Appalachian Hills

Season One is here. Welcome back to the Geek Pizza MediaPodcast. We’re kicking off a brand new format short, focused episodesevery two weeks, each one tied to the natural calendar and the folklore, lore, and mountain wisdom of the Appalachian hills. Then we follow it straight into the fiction, the games, and the stories we’re all trying to tell. This week we’re starting where spring starts with death. In this episode: • The death omens of the Appalachian mountains screech owls, stopped clocks, death moths, and dogs thathowl at nothing• Where these omens came from the Scots-Irish, Cherokee and African American traditions that layered together inthe hollows• An original short story The Fourth Morning about a grandmother, a screech owl and what warnings are reallyfor• The Banshee in D&D vs. the Bean Síthe of Irish and Scottish folklore what the Monster Manual got right, what the mountain knows that the stat block doesn’t• A wisdom closer to carry with you Runtime: 17 minutes Find Geek Pizza Media at geekpizzamedia.com and on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. New episodes every two weeks. #AppalachianFolklore#DeathOmens #GrannWitch #Folklore #Podcast #DungeonsAndDragons #Banshee#Appalachia #Storytelling #GeekPizzaMedia