
Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser
The “Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser” podcast is an exploration of obscure people, events, and ideas from ancient history. It will entertain, intrigue, frighten, and amaze you. We will examine tales of ghosts, vampires and other undead, insane generals and philosophers, heroes and cult leaders, athletes and artists, accounts of dreams, and much more. We will cover stories that specialists have known about for a long time, but they are mostly unknown to the general public and you probably won’t learn about them in history classes. The emphasis is on Greece and Rome, but the ancient histories of other regions of the globe will also be fair game.Email Gunnar at apuleius15@hotmail.com
Podcasting since 2020 • 29 episodes
Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser
Latest Episodes
Weird Crusades
A survey of stranger examples of religious wars in antiquity and the Middle Ages.Music Credits:"Smooth Joker" by T. Morri"Breaking Through the Gate" by Hampus NaeseliusEpidemicSound.com
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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21:49

Sacred Sex
An exploration of the links between sexuality and religion in the ancient world, including sacred prostitution.Music Credits:"Smooth Joker" by T. Morri"Getting Frisky" by John RunefeltEpidemicSound.com
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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19:44

Necromancers and Exorcists
An overview of ancient practices in regards to contacting the dead and binding demons.Music Credits:"Gravity Fields" by Hampus Naeselius"Born Sinister" by Christoffer Moe DitlevsenEpidemicSound.com
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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19:53
