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New episode! The Black Madonna 21: Coup d'état On August 19th 1991, hardliners within the Communist party, backed by the KGB, attempted to seize control of the Soviet government. They were opposed to the reforms and decentralization of power, from Moscow to the republics, that had been launched...

New episode! The Black Madonna 20: Theotokos Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. This is the title of the Mother of God used especially in Eastern Christianity. Theotokos is also used as a term to describe icons of the Mother with Child, in the western tradition called a Madonna...

The Black Madonna 19: PPSh-41 PPSh-41, pistolet-pulemyot Shpagina, was one of the major infantry weapons used by the Soviet Union during the Second World War. It was a cheap, reliable and simple submachine gun and as many as 6 million units were produced. The nickname given to it among Soviet...

The Black Madonna 18: Wolf 359 Wolf 359 is a red dwarf, 7.8 light-years from earth. Its proper motion was measured in 1917 by the German astronomer Max Wolf, the 359th that he measured, which is why it still carries his name. It is the fourth-closest stellar system to our Sun which is why it has...

The Black Madonna 17: Incinerator Incineration converts waste into ash, flue gas and heat. The process can be used to generate electricity, and in some countries the burning of waste and biomass amounts for more than 90% of total generated electricity. A turbine connected to the burners in a...

New episode! The Black Madonna 16: Fravashi According to Zoroastrianism each person has a guardian angel, a Fravashi. They are a manifestation of God’s energy, and responsible for sending our souls, Urvan, out in to the material world to fight in the cosmic battle between good and evil. On the...

New episode! The Black Madonna 15: Cyanide Human ingenuity knows no boundaries when it comes to murder. Since the dawn of time we have found new and innovative ways of ending life, bending creation to become our servant in the destruction of the most sacred. A compound that has been found...

New episode! The Black Madonna 14: Monument History is full of countries and empires that are created, rise, fall and then disappear. All that remains of them are the monuments they left behind. They stand as reminders of the hopes and dreams of the people who built them. But they can also be...

New episode! The Black Madonna 13: Kosmonaut The spacecraft Soyuz 31, en-route to the Soviet space station Salyut 6, carried with it two cosmonauts. One of them was Sigmund Jähn, representing East Germany in the Interkosmos program. The first German native in space. After 124 orbits and...

New episode! The Black Madonna 12: The Killers' Dance Achdarat Chagidiel ferocior Malkuthat Adnanan opressior Cirkulo stadat Cirkulo fundat, in Nomine Chagidiel disparat ex carnata perdotris achdarat Deorgaoth Chagidiel Thaumatorgion ex cricificio, ex carnation ex mondato, ex Homo degrati...

New episode! The Black Madonna 11: Storm-333 We tend to create simplistic narratives; there are heroes and there are villains. Good and evil. Necessary self-deception in order to sleep at night. But evil and malice alone cannot drive the true tragedies of our shared history... for that you also...

New episode! The Black Madonna 10: The Skull Seven millimeters of bone is all that protects our sensitive minds from the hazards of this realm. Seven millimeters between life and death... Do any of our thoughts remain in there after we are gone? Campaign: "The Black Madonna", KULT: Divinity...

New episode! The Black Madonna 09: Murderer Could you kill another human being? How about one that isn’t a direct threat to you? During World War 2 it’s estimated that only 2% of U.S. front line soldiers fired their weapons with the aim of killing the enemy - even when they were in a position...

New episode! The Black Madonna 08: Mr. Mahler Stasi had 90,000 employees and 170,000 unofficial informants prior to the fall of the Berlin wall. It is now 1991, and the East German state is but a painful memory. But those that supported Stasi; some because of jealousy and malice, others out of...

New episode! The Black Madonna 07: The Cemetery Our civilization is built on the bones of our dead ancestors. Billions of souls that are now eternally slumbering in their graves. But is life truly a story that ends with death? Or is death... only the beginning? Campaign: "The Black Madonna"...

A little more than a month ago me and two friends started the actual play podcast Red Moon Roleplaying where we play "The Black Madonna" for Helmgast ABs KULT: Divinity Lost, set to a soundtrack by Atrium Carceri and cut in such a way that it resembles a radio drama. We have released six...

New episode! The Black Madonna 06: Reeperbahn We are here, where forgotten gods are revived by the neon lights and the street noise, and tread their dance of death in seedy night clubs. But where is the book? Where is the book Carver? Campaign: "The Black Madonna", KULT: Divinity Lost Music...

New episode! The Black Madonna 05: An Understanding Pathologist Why are some driven to the brink of insanity by the reality they perceive, while others are able to blissfully enjoy their lives? Is it even reality that we are experiencing? Or could there be something... beyond the veil? Music...

New episode! The Black Madonna 04: The Fire There are moments when time stops. When you meet your true love, hold your newborn child in your arms for the first time... and when you come face to face with death. But a fire... a fire does not wait. Music by: Atrium Carceri Facebook...

New episode! The Black Madonna 03: The Calm before the Storm The fever dreams had felt so... real. Did Magda experience the same night terrors before her disappearance? And what did Filip Kramer mean in his message on her answering machine? "Too late" for what? iTunes: http://apple.co/2wTNqHx...