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It’s 1343 and Jeanne de Clisson is out for revenge. At forty-three, her perfect life—a loving husband, three young children, and two castles in the French countryside—shatters when Phillip VI, the King of France, arrests and beheads her husband for treachery. There’s no evidence and no trial—only the execution. The nobles are shocked. The paranoid king is relieved. And Jeanne…Jeanne wants the king’s head on a pike.

The year is 1853, and 16-year-old Elisabeth 'Sisi' of Bavaria has been very clear – she will wait for the sweeping, head-over-heels kind of love the poets speak of or she will have no love at all. It is not her fault Mother refuses to listen. After all, just because her older sister Helene has chosen the line of duty and is preparing to marry Emperor Franz of Austria does not mean Sisi also needs to subject herself to such a passionless, regimented existence.

Deaths and disappearances pile up as a mysterious beast stalks the French countryside and two girls seize an unlikely opportunity that just might save them all—or serve them up on a platter. Step into this chilling, historical horror inspired by the unsolved mystery of the Beast of Gévaudan...

Would you face down a monkey for a banana? Accidentally smuggle contraband across a border? Swipe right on the nuttiest shit you've ever seen just to see what happens? Our hosts sure have. Listen in as two storyteller besties try to outdo each other's wildest stories.

Het is 1853 en Elisabeth 'Sisi' in Beieren is heel duidelijk geweest: ze zal wachten op de overweldigende liefde waar de dichters over schrijven, of ze zal helemaal nooit liefhebben. Het feit dat haar oudere zus Helene het advies van hun moeder gretig opvolgt en zich voorbereidt op een huwelijk met Franz, keizer van het Habsburgse rijk, betekent voor Sisi niet dat ook zij zich aan een dergelijk plichtsgetrouw bestaan moet onderwerpen. Ondertussen herstelt Franz in Oostenrijk van een moordaanslag.

Eine außergewöhnliche Frau auf der Suche nach ihrer eigenen Stimme. Während ihre Mutter alles daran setzt ihre Tochter zu verheiraten, schlägt die rebellische Elisabeth einen Verehrer nach dem anderen in die Flucht – ganz im Gegensatz zu ihrer Schwester Helene, die sich auf die Verlobung mit Kaiser Franz von Österreich vorbereitet und von der Aussicht auf die Ehe geradezu begeistert ist. Gemeinsam machen sich die Schwestern auf den Weg nach Bad Ischl, um den Geburtstag des Kaisers zu feiern. Auf einmal steht Elisabeth Franz unerwartet im Schlosspark gegenüber und fühlt sich sofort zu ihm hingezogen.

The new girl in town is having trouble fitting into a community that believes there’s a secret Satanic cult conducting rituals in the woods. When her crush goes missing, she starts to wonder if the town’s obsession with evil isn’t covering up something far worse. Perfect for fans of Fear...

The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth “Sisi” of Bavaria has been very clear: She will wait for the head-over-heels love the poets speak of, or she will have no love at all. Just because her older sister, Helene, is eagerly heeding their mother’s advice and preparing to marry Emperor...