Bones tell stories. Trauma leaves a record. Folklore teaches us what humans fear and what we’ve survived. I’m Ki Roberts, a forensic anthropology student and dark-academia storyteller exploring the strange, scientific, and sometimes haunting intersections between death, history, trauma, and meaning. Join me for candlelit deep-dives into skeletal mysteries, weird anthropology, ancient violence, ghost lore, and the forensic truths buried beneath sensational myths. Field Notes from the Dead is where science meets storytelling and where the past refuses to stay silent.
Field Notes from the Dead
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Bones tell stories. Trauma leaves a record. Folklore teaches us what humans fear and what we’ve survived. I’m Ki Roberts, a forensic anthropology student and dark-academia storyteller exploring the strange, scientific, and sometimes haunting intersections between death, history, trauma, and meaning. Join me for candlelit deep-dives into skeletal mysteries, weird anthropology, ancient violence, ghost lore, and the forensic truths buried beneath sensational myths. Field Notes from the Dead is where science meets storytelling and where the past refuses to stay silent.
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June 7, 2026
Why Ghost Stories Appear After Tragedy
<p>After wars, epidemics, disasters, and personal tragedy, ghost stories often appear</p><p><br></p><p>Why?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Field Notes from the Dead, we explore a fascinating anthropological question: Why do humans tell stories about the dead after periods of profound loss?</p><p><br></p><p>From Gettysburg to Victorian London, from World War I to the COVID-19 pandemic, cultures around the world have used ghost stories to process grief, preserve memory, and make meaning from tragedy.</p><p><br></p><p>This isn't an episode about proving or disproving ghosts.</p><p><br></p><p>It's an exploration of what ghost stories reveal about us.</p><p><br></p><p>Because sometimes the most interesting thing about a ghost story isn't the ghost.</p><p><br></p><p>It's the people left behind to tell it.</p><p><br></p><p> Anthropology • Folklore • Death Studies • Grief • Cultural Memory • The Anthropology of Fear</p><p>#Anthropology #GhostStories #Folklore #DarkAcademia #DeathStudies #History #Paranormal #Grief #FieldNotesFromTheDead #AnthropologyOfFear</p><p><br></p>
May 28, 2026
The Monster in my Cradle!?
<p>For centuries, people believed fairies were stealing children and replacing them with changelings.</p><p>But beneath the folklore may have been something far more human.</p><p>In this episode of Field Notes from the Dead, we explore the anthropology of changeling myths, disability, autism, fear, and the stories societies create when they cannot explain suffering. From medieval Europe to the tragic Bridget Cleary case, this episode examines how folklore can both comfort and harm communities.</p><p>Because monsters are rarely random.</p><p>Sometimes they reflect what humans fear most.</p><p> Anthropology | Folklore | Fear | Death Culture | Dark History</p><p><br></p>
May 22, 2026
The Psychology behind THE WEREWOLF TRIALS
<p>The Werewolf Trials: Fear, Disease, and the Monster in the Woods.</p><p><br></p><p>Why did thousands of people in early modern Europe believe werewolves were real?</p><p>In this episode of Field Notes from the Dead, we explore the anthropology behind the werewolf panic of the 1500s and the infamous case of. </p><p>Through folklore, psychology, disease history, and social fear, we examine how societies create monsters during periods of instability.</p><p><br></p><p>From tuberculosis and starvation to missing children and moral panic, this episode asks a darker question:</p><p>What if the werewolf was never really about wolves at all?</p><p>Join us as we explore:</p><ul><li>Medieval werewolf trials</li><li>Fear and scapegoating</li></ul><ul><li>Disease and monstrous imagery</li><li>Child disappearance narratives</li><li>Social collapse and folklore</li><li>Why humans turn fear into monsters</li></ul><p>Because throughout history, the creatures humans fear most have often reflected themselves.</p><p></p><p>#Werewolves #Anthropology #DarkAnthropology #Folklore #History #Fear #FieldNotesFromTheDead #MedievalHistory #Psychology #TrueCrime #horror</p>
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