The Folklore Podcast
@folklorepod.bsky.social
Official account of The Folklore Podcast. 2 million downloads worldwide. Created by folklorist and author Mark Norman. Find us online at http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com
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Film/TV rep: Past Preservers Author for various publishers
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025:
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
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Christmas day may be done, but there's still plenty of spookiness left this winter, and you can get your fix with the next running of the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL online! And what an array of talent joining us... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Christmas day may be done, but there's still plenty of spookiness left this winter, and you can get your fix with the next running of the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL online! And what an array of talent joining us... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE FOLKLORE PODCAST
Image: the first English Christmas card, sent in 1843.
It quickly became the first controversial Christmas card because of one element in the image…
Image: the first English Christmas card, sent in 1843.
It quickly became the first controversial Christmas card because of one element in the image…
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE FOLKLORE PODCAST
Image: the first English Christmas card, sent in 1843.
It quickly became the first controversial Christmas card because of one element in the image…
Image: the first English Christmas card, sent in 1843.
It quickly became the first controversial Christmas card because of one element in the image…
I'm delighted to be able to announce that The Folklore Podcast has been awarded both
CULTURAL EDUCATION PODCAST OF THE YEAR 2025
and
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD 2025
in the Corporate Vision Media Innovator Awards.
Thanks, as always, for your support. More of the same in 2026!
CULTURAL EDUCATION PODCAST OF THE YEAR 2025
and
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD 2025
in the Corporate Vision Media Innovator Awards.
Thanks, as always, for your support. More of the same in 2026!
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm delighted to be able to announce that The Folklore Podcast has been awarded both
CULTURAL EDUCATION PODCAST OF THE YEAR 2025
and
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD 2025
in the Corporate Vision Media Innovator Awards.
Thanks, as always, for your support. More of the same in 2026!
CULTURAL EDUCATION PODCAST OF THE YEAR 2025
and
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD 2025
in the Corporate Vision Media Innovator Awards.
Thanks, as always, for your support. More of the same in 2026!
ICYMI last night…
My Christmas Special for you all
My Christmas Special for you all
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025:
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
ICYMI last night…
My Christmas Special for you all
My Christmas Special for you all
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025:
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
December 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025:
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
The Mistletoe Bride
Featuring an exclusive performance by critically acclaimed folk singer @jackieoates.bsky.social and a rare example of the legend from 1809
Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/christmas-20...
Or watch the YouTube version at youtu.be/t3-By7BH_1I
SEEKING PERFORMERS for SEASON 2 CAMPAIGN of UNDYING CORRUPTION, a 5e Korean Folk & Mythology adventure book, sponsored by @nineheavenspress.bsky.social & streaming live on Saturdays, starting in February 2026.
Casting call closes January 10th.
Apply: forms.gle/QVwbSC5hk1XF... 👻
#TTRPG #Casting
Casting call closes January 10th.
Apply: forms.gle/QVwbSC5hk1XF... 👻
#TTRPG #Casting
December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The year is drawing to a close and I’m looking ahead to 2026, and season 11 of the podcast.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
December 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The year is drawing to a close and I’m looking ahead to 2026, and season 11 of the podcast.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
The year is drawing to a close and I’m looking ahead to 2026, and season 11 of the podcast.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
December 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The year is drawing to a close and I’m looking ahead to 2026, and season 11 of the podcast.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
What can I do to make things even better for you, as listeners? What would you like? Not like?
Please let me know in the comments, and also give me your views on the show generally.
Thanks for being here.
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According to British #folklore ghost activities are heightened at #wintersolstice & #Christmas 👻
This new book in our collection by @folklorewales.com & @folklorepod.bsky.social presents & categorises some #Welsh #ghoststories now available in English for the 1st time!
#WelshCulture #ghosts
This new book in our collection by @folklorewales.com & @folklorepod.bsky.social presents & categorises some #Welsh #ghoststories now available in English for the 1st time!
#WelshCulture #ghosts
December 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
According to British #folklore ghost activities are heightened at #wintersolstice & #Christmas 👻
This new book in our collection by @folklorewales.com & @folklorepod.bsky.social presents & categorises some #Welsh #ghoststories now available in English for the 1st time!
#WelshCulture #ghosts
This new book in our collection by @folklorewales.com & @folklorepod.bsky.social presents & categorises some #Welsh #ghoststories now available in English for the 1st time!
#WelshCulture #ghosts
I'm looking forward to welcoming @goingmedieval.bsky.social onto The Folklore Podcast in the new year. In the meantime, ghosties...!
My new show on winter ghosts in the medieval period is out today and I am very proud of it
The Dead of Winter: Medieval Ghost Stories - Medieval - History Hit share.google/gz6aMMrchycq...
The Dead of Winter: Medieval Ghost Stories - Medieval - History Hit share.google/gz6aMMrchycq...
The Dead of Winter: Medieval Ghost Stories - Medieval - History Hit
This winter, Dr Eleanor Janega leads us into the darker corners of the medieval imagination - a world where the boundary between the living and the dead was dangerously thin.
Drawing on medieval chro...
share.google
December 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I'm looking forward to welcoming @goingmedieval.bsky.social onto The Folklore Podcast in the new year. In the meantime, ghosties...!
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Just added our reference library as part of John Widdowson’s collections is this handy little reference guide, compiled by the pre-Ollie “keeper of @themerl.bsky.social” Andrew Jewell.
Incidentally, @olliedouglas.bsky.social the book underneath is a fun tome on making cheeses!
Incidentally, @olliedouglas.bsky.social the book underneath is a fun tome on making cheeses!
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Just added our reference library as part of John Widdowson’s collections is this handy little reference guide, compiled by the pre-Ollie “keeper of @themerl.bsky.social” Andrew Jewell.
Incidentally, @olliedouglas.bsky.social the book underneath is a fun tome on making cheeses!
Incidentally, @olliedouglas.bsky.social the book underneath is a fun tome on making cheeses!
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Episode 184, out now
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Episode 184, out now
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
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I had such a fun time talking river lore, folk horror and #THIRST with @folklorepod.bsky.social (a podcast well worth your time). This episode is now available on YouTube and wherever you stream your podcasts. Features a fantastic track from @lunatraktors.bsky.social.👌 @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
Episode 184, out now
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I had such a fun time talking river lore, folk horror and #THIRST with @folklorepod.bsky.social (a podcast well worth your time). This episode is now available on YouTube and wherever you stream your podcasts. Features a fantastic track from @lunatraktors.bsky.social.👌 @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social
Episode 184, out now
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Episode 184, out now
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
Listen at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-184....
For more, watch the interview and music video at youtu.be/DLPIzpXBh3w
This episode features river folklore, a discussion with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social & music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
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Really pleased to have our remixed version of Yarrow in @folklorepod.bsky.social. Yarrow comes out on Friday but you can get a first listen here tomorrow!
COMING SOON
The next episode of The Folklore Podcast is out tomorrow.
In THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE I'll be chatting a little bit about some of the folklore associated with rivers, there will be a major guest interview with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
The next episode of The Folklore Podcast is out tomorrow.
In THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE I'll be chatting a little bit about some of the folklore associated with rivers, there will be a major guest interview with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Really pleased to have our remixed version of Yarrow in @folklorepod.bsky.social. Yarrow comes out on Friday but you can get a first listen here tomorrow!
COMING SOON
The next episode of The Folklore Podcast is out tomorrow.
In THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE I'll be chatting a little bit about some of the folklore associated with rivers, there will be a major guest interview with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
The next episode of The Folklore Podcast is out tomorrow.
In THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE I'll be chatting a little bit about some of the folklore associated with rivers, there will be a major guest interview with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
COMING SOON
The next episode of The Folklore Podcast is out tomorrow.
In THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE I'll be chatting a little bit about some of the folklore associated with rivers, there will be a major guest interview with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
The next episode of The Folklore Podcast is out tomorrow.
In THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE I'll be chatting a little bit about some of the folklore associated with rivers, there will be a major guest interview with @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and music from @lunatraktors.bsky.social
Don’t you always find that Christmas food disagrees with you?
December 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Don’t you always find that Christmas food disagrees with you?
Follow in the footsteps of our Victorian forebears. Put a smile on your child’s face with the gift of a sad puppy. And for that extra something, be sure to add a shotgun
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Follow in the footsteps of our Victorian forebears. Put a smile on your child’s face with the gift of a sad puppy. And for that extra something, be sure to add a shotgun
Not many people know that Annoying Orange got his inspiration for content creation from his grandfather, Gentleman Orange, seen here toasting absent fruits on today’s Victorian Christmas card.
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Not many people know that Annoying Orange got his inspiration for content creation from his grandfather, Gentleman Orange, seen here toasting absent fruits on today’s Victorian Christmas card.
It's been a great year for The Folklore Podcast on Spotify (and other platforms too).
- Listened to for longer than 97% of other podcasts
- More comments than 95% of other podcasts
- Shared more than 98% of other podcasts
758,000 minutes of listening
New audience up 999% !!
Thanks everyone 😊
- Listened to for longer than 97% of other podcasts
- More comments than 95% of other podcasts
- Shared more than 98% of other podcasts
758,000 minutes of listening
New audience up 999% !!
Thanks everyone 😊
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's been a great year for The Folklore Podcast on Spotify (and other platforms too).
- Listened to for longer than 97% of other podcasts
- More comments than 95% of other podcasts
- Shared more than 98% of other podcasts
758,000 minutes of listening
New audience up 999% !!
Thanks everyone 😊
- Listened to for longer than 97% of other podcasts
- More comments than 95% of other podcasts
- Shared more than 98% of other podcasts
758,000 minutes of listening
New audience up 999% !!
Thanks everyone 😊
Last call for tickets ... talk starts in just over 2 hours.
Last call for tickets!
Our last online talk of 2025 starts in just over 2 hours. James Frost will be talking about hobby horse customs, and in particular the Hooden Horse found in Kent.
Tickets are just £5 with a video replay to watch it back later too
Visit bit.ly/flaevents to book
Our last online talk of 2025 starts in just over 2 hours. James Frost will be talking about hobby horse customs, and in particular the Hooden Horse found in Kent.
Tickets are just £5 with a video replay to watch it back later too
Visit bit.ly/flaevents to book
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Last call for tickets ... talk starts in just over 2 hours.
The first paper Christmas card has arrived at home, triggering the thought that it’s time to start sharing everyone’s favourite festive season weird Victorian examples.
We kick off being giving the greetings of the season in the traditional way … by a giant anthropomorphic onion in stripy socks.
We kick off being giving the greetings of the season in the traditional way … by a giant anthropomorphic onion in stripy socks.
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The first paper Christmas card has arrived at home, triggering the thought that it’s time to start sharing everyone’s favourite festive season weird Victorian examples.
We kick off being giving the greetings of the season in the traditional way … by a giant anthropomorphic onion in stripy socks.
We kick off being giving the greetings of the season in the traditional way … by a giant anthropomorphic onion in stripy socks.
Time is running out to get tickets for the last Folklore Library online talk of the year, tomorrow at 8pm.
Come and join us
Come and join us
Our next online talk is this coming Sunday, 7th December, at 8pm GMT.
James Frost will be talking about Christmas hobby horse traditions with a focus on hooden horses.
Tickets are just £5, including a video replay of the event, and income supports our charity work.
Book now at bit.ly/flaevents
James Frost will be talking about Christmas hobby horse traditions with a focus on hooden horses.
Tickets are just £5, including a video replay of the event, and income supports our charity work.
Book now at bit.ly/flaevents
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Time is running out to get tickets for the last Folklore Library online talk of the year, tomorrow at 8pm.
Come and join us
Come and join us
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Let us bring the hauntings to you this February, with that latest online UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL, running from 6th-8th February with a very exciting line-up of talent taking part! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #festival #festivals #online
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Let us bring the hauntings to you this February, with that latest online UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL, running from 6th-8th February with a very exciting line-up of talent taking part! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #festival #festivals #online
BOOK REVIEW
Wicked Strange, by Jeff Belanger
"Wicked Strange is fun, entertaining, engaging and beautiful to look at. If you have any kind of interest at all in the folklore and legend of New England, you won’t want to be without it."
Read my review at
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/wicked-stran...
Wicked Strange, by Jeff Belanger
"Wicked Strange is fun, entertaining, engaging and beautiful to look at. If you have any kind of interest at all in the folklore and legend of New England, you won’t want to be without it."
Read my review at
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/wicked-stran...
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
BOOK REVIEW
Wicked Strange, by Jeff Belanger
"Wicked Strange is fun, entertaining, engaging and beautiful to look at. If you have any kind of interest at all in the folklore and legend of New England, you won’t want to be without it."
Read my review at
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/wicked-stran...
Wicked Strange, by Jeff Belanger
"Wicked Strange is fun, entertaining, engaging and beautiful to look at. If you have any kind of interest at all in the folklore and legend of New England, you won’t want to be without it."
Read my review at
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/wicked-stran...