Welcome to the photo dump for Episode 165: The Codex Gigas aka “The Devil’s Bible”! This week, Nat & Aly are joined by Kaelyn Moore, the host of @HeartStartsPounding, to discuss one of the scariest medieval texts of all time: The Devil’s Bible. With a dark and twisted origin story and a creepy full-page illustration of the Devil himself appearing halfway through the book, many people - from kings to monks to librarians - have gone insane, and even died, in its presence. What is The Codex Gigas and what makes it so horrifying? Join us as Kaelyn helps Aly tell Nat the absolutely spell-binding story of The Devil’s Bible.
IMAGE 01: A man turns a page of the famed Codex Gigas, an ancient tome weighing in around 160 lbs
IMAGE 02: The National Swedish Library, where the Codex is currently housed
IMAGE 03: The Bone Church in Prague that once held the Codex in its archives
IMAGE 04: King Rudolph II famously went mad after staring for days on end at the Codex Gigas which he stole from a monastery
IMAGE 05: August Strindberg, noted Swedish playwright and author, who once claimed to hear voices coming from the Codex while working as senior librarian at The National Swedish Library
IMAGE 06: The most famous page of the Codex - a fucked up illustration of the Devil that looks different from all other medieval devil illustrations of the time
IMAGE 07: Opposite the drawing of the Devil is an illustration of the kingdom of Heaven
IMAGE 08: Another picture of the Devil’s picture vs God from South Park - am I insane for thinking there’s some similarities?????? Yes? No? Who’s to say.
IMAGE 09: Exterior of the Codex
IMAGE 10: Illustration of someone being walled up alive
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The Codex Gigas aka "The Devils Bible" Feat. Heart Starts Pounding
Welcome to Episode 165: The Codex Gigas aka “The Devil’s Bible”! This week, Nat & Aly are joined by Kaelyn Moore, the host of Heart Starts Pounding, to discuss one of the scariest medieval texts of all time: The Devil’s Bible. With a dark and twisted origin story and a creepy full-page illustration of the Devil himself appearing halfway through the book, many people - from kings to monks to librarians - have gone insane, and even died, in its presence. What is The Codex Gigas and what makes it so horrifying? Join us as Kaelyn helps Aly tell Nat the absolutely spell-binding story of The Devil’s Bible.
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The Devil's Bible and Other Haunting Tales for Halloween
Heart Stars Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries
In honor of Halloween, I'm sharing some of the most chilling tales I've heard this year
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