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Since the 1990s, I’ve engaged in various pursuits as a journalist, author, artist, animator, event producer, and smalltime cultural agitator (the last under the nom de guerre, “Rev. Al.”) This website is a sort of walk-in closet for those interested in rummaging through the results of those endeavors.
- Vitae
A Bit More Vitae. My vocations and avocations are diverse...
- Bone & Sickle
Every episode offers a bounty of frightful tales, fantastic...
- Vitae
A Bit More Vitae. My vocations and avocations are diverse and curiously entangled. My academic background includes BAs with honors in German and English, interests recently combined in the 2016 publication of my second nonfiction book, The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas.
Every episode offers a bounty of frightful tales, fantastic legends, and macabre historical anecdotes harvested by eccentric artist, collector, and rogue folklorist Al Ridenour. Dramatized readings of historical texts unfold within an immersive ever-shifting soundscape of original music, old folk ballads, intricately layered effects, and audio ...
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Oct 4, 2016 · Al Ridenour is the author of the only English-language book on Krampus history and folklore, “The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas.”
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Al Ridenour is the writer and producer of the folklore and horror podcast Bone and Sickle (including two recent episodes exploring Pan’s curious cultural impact, and the episode ”It is 100 Years since our Children Left”, which looks at the Pied Piper myth alongside the phenomena of Italian tarantism).
Al Ridenour is known for The Forbidden Dimensions (2013), Pox (2011) and Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society (2012). He has been married to Margaret Cho since 13 June 2003.
