Storms, shipwrecks, salvaging, surprisingly donkeys and satanic forces all feature in two tales of wrecking on the Cornish Coast.
The second of two episodes on Irish fairy lore, with three more tales of the Aos sí.
Featuring a new trendy get rich quick scheme (robbery), absolutely banging tunes and highly restrictive music licencing laws, and what's sure to be a heroic rescue!
The first of two episodes on Irish fairy lore - featuring three tales of the Aos Sí, and there's not a pair of gossamer wings in sight.
This episode features a number of accounts of encounters with the fearsome Scottish water-horse known alternately as the Each-Uisge and the Kelpie. The tales involve a kindly magical old woman, a not so kindly magical old woman, sticky situations...
A brief biography of Medieval Welsh chronicler Walter Map, taking a brief look at his work De Nugis Curialium, focusing on his weirder tales
This episode we've a Medieval tale from the pen of Walter Map featuring two weddings, a suspicious contract, dust, a cute little goat man, the wild hunt (but not really) and a dog that just won't quit.
This episode we've a tale from the Isle of Man featuring a manifesting Saint, a local Kaiju, unusual ordinance, a brave little tailor (but not that brave little tailor) and more nautical terms than you can shake a main brace at.
This episode we've a folk-horror tale of marshes, night time terrors and the power of a firm handshake.
This episode we have a delightful Fairy Tale.
With fairies, castles, witches, princesses and princes, step mothers and ugly step sisters (alignments to be revealed), lots of things done in threes, and body horror that's positively Cronenbergesque.
A mini-essay contemplating why there are so many folklorists named on a podcast about tales where we can't pin down exact origins