This episode we have a tale featuring Lancashire Witches, Phenomenal cosmic power, a sort of gap year/nature documentary, unexpected...
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This episode we have a fairy tale like story that's meant for children... and is probably the most traumatic and violent I've covered yet...
Branch Three of the Mabinogi(on): Marrying mothers, misty magic, market disruption, mice, milquetoast Manawydan and much much more!
A collection of stories telling the life and active afterlife of one of Ireland's most notorious and corporeal ghosts, with a rather...
A tale of Fionn and the Fianna featuring heroism (maybe), murder (definitely), theft, even more animal transformations and other laddish...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Three stories with a particular emphasis on the post-mortem, with a light dusting of Boggarts and faeries to keep things interesting.
This episode is the first of two looking at some legends from the nearly 2000 year old city of Manchester. We have two stories - In the...
Walter Map’s charming little tale of a Princess, ambition, obsession, one of the most taboo acts known to humanity, an unlikely weapon from...
A Knight! A dark and stormy night! A Castle! A quest! A hot headed wizard! A damsel, probably in distress! Northumberland! What more could...
A short episode about the loveable little Trows of Orkney and their delightfully happy Christmas adventures. Where nothing bad happens at...
Two part Branch two of the Mabinogion: Giants, Magic, Marriage, necromancy, war, peace, horses, housing, birds, feasts. It really has it...
A liminal tale of York, drunk monks, wild partying and even wilder coincidences
This episode we've got three short stories of Stone circles. There's the lasting consequences of poor wedding planning, there's a beautiful...
Do you like prank(e)s? Do you like jests? Do you like them mad and merry? Do you like characters who are cruel, capricious and also have...
Get in the mood for the season with a narrative version of a wildly popular Victorian Christmas song with a distinctly gothic twist.
A Cornish tale with ghosts, pirates, murder witches and even an enchanter, eventually.
What more could you realistically want?
This episode we're back with a very spooky story from Lancashire featuring, amongst other things, class politics, horses, a kiss and...
This episode concludes our look at some stories from the biggest smokes of biggest smoke - London. This time there are three stories of...
Three stories of those who, like many throughout the centuries, travelled to the city from elsewhere. One is a genuine Elizabethan wonder...
This episode we continue working our way through the origin phase of the Fenian cycle. There's an evil Sídhe, animal transformations, and...
The origin story of two of the most important characters in The Fenian cycle: Fionn's dogs. We'll learn about the dangers of an angry ex...
Two festive episodes in which we invoke the dark winter's night and the roaring fire in the venerable old tradition of the Christmas ghost...
This time we've a Scottish fairy tale, name checked by none other than J.R.R. Tolkien. It features a whole lot of threes, an Epic Battle...
Two episodes beginning our look at the renowned collection of medieval Welsh tales, the Mabinogion with the tale of Pwyll, prince of Dyfed...
Not strictly about Halloween but does feature a host of seasonal favourites: Black magic, dismembered body parts, murder and a pug.
A creepy Lincolnshire legend featuring a collection of evil creatures that haunt the darkness, spells to keep them away and a possible...
The link between Troy and London revealed. All by way of a murder packed cruise around the Mediterranean with everyone’s favourite cuddly...
This episode we take a look at the surprising mythical origins of Britain. Without giving too much away this turns out to feature Syria...
Three (well sort of four) stories vaguely linked by the theme of Churches: featuring Devilish plots both thwarted and not, great marketing...
A lighter tale this episode in the form of The Dragon of Wantley. There is everything you'd expect from a good dragon slaying story: a...
This episode continues the podcast's look into the beginnings of the Fenian cycle. There's a grisly plot item, a definitive answer to the...
The beginnings of the Fenian cycle: in an untamed Ireland, threatened by the Sídhe, a boy named Demne is born into danger.
A Scottish Border ballad - the Queen of the Faeries makes another appearance, there's tithes to pay, lust and its results, one BAMF and a...
This first ever episode is a a retelling of a famous ballad from the Scottish borders. It features Elves, a bard, too much prophecy and...