Three Ravens Podcast
@threeravenspod.bsky.social
A history, mythology and folklore podcast. Gather round the campfire and listen in! https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast
We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!
We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!
This month's episode of the Three Ravens Bestiary is all about one of our favourite topics - Wargs and #Werewolves! 🖤
We're chatting about everything from J.R.R. Tolkien's impact on werewolf beliefs to the first "man beast" in recorded mythology - it's a howlin' good time!
Listen now!
#Folklore
We're chatting about everything from J.R.R. Tolkien's impact on werewolf beliefs to the first "man beast" in recorded mythology - it's a howlin' good time!
Listen now!
#Folklore
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This month's episode of the Three Ravens Bestiary is all about one of our favourite topics - Wargs and #Werewolves! 🖤
We're chatting about everything from J.R.R. Tolkien's impact on werewolf beliefs to the first "man beast" in recorded mythology - it's a howlin' good time!
Listen now!
#Folklore
We're chatting about everything from J.R.R. Tolkien's impact on werewolf beliefs to the first "man beast" in recorded mythology - it's a howlin' good time!
Listen now!
#Folklore
Today's #WyrdWednesday theme is “Once and Future Kings & Queens!” 🖤
King Arthur fans, check out our lore-rich 25-part comic retelling of Gawain and the Green Knight released last December.
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/3At...
Start now and you might be finished by Christmas!
King Arthur fans, check out our lore-rich 25-part comic retelling of Gawain and the Green Knight released last December.
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/3At...
Start now and you might be finished by Christmas!
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Today's #WyrdWednesday theme is “Once and Future Kings & Queens!” 🖤
King Arthur fans, check out our lore-rich 25-part comic retelling of Gawain and the Green Knight released last December.
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/3At...
Start now and you might be finished by Christmas!
King Arthur fans, check out our lore-rich 25-part comic retelling of Gawain and the Green Knight released last December.
Here it is on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/3At...
Start now and you might be finished by Christmas!
On this week's episode of The Three Ravens #Podcast we're discussing the history and #folklore of the least populated historic county of #Wales, Radnorshire on the Welsh Marches! 🖤
From Sin Eating to the Radnor Dragon, Spirit Nights to the Llandrindod Sheela Na Gig, it's OUT NOW so have a listen!
From Sin Eating to the Radnor Dragon, Spirit Nights to the Llandrindod Sheela Na Gig, it's OUT NOW so have a listen!
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is joined around the campfire by storyteller priestess Christine Watkins to talk all about her home county of Monmouthshire! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is joined around the campfire by storyteller priestess Christine Watkins to talk all about her home county of Monmouthshire! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Hooray! It's the weekend! And what better thing to do of a cold and gloomy November evening than watch this month's Three Ravens Film Club pick, Dog Soldiers?! 🖤🐺
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hooray! It's the weekend! And what better thing to do of a cold and gloomy November evening than watch this month's Three Ravens Film Club pick, Dog Soldiers?! 🖤🐺
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
Our new episode of Magic and Medicines is out now, and we're talking all about Reiki! 🖤
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Our new episode of Magic and Medicines is out now, and we're talking all about Reiki! 🖤
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
Happy November 5th - a.k.a. Bonfire Night! 🖤
Marked with fires and fireworks for over 400 years, on this day in 1605 Guido Fawkes was arrested attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament - though he was but one member of the broader Catholic conspiracy...
#WyrdWednesday
Marked with fires and fireworks for over 400 years, on this day in 1605 Guido Fawkes was arrested attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament - though he was but one member of the broader Catholic conspiracy...
#WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Happy November 5th - a.k.a. Bonfire Night! 🖤
Marked with fires and fireworks for over 400 years, on this day in 1605 Guido Fawkes was arrested attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament - though he was but one member of the broader Catholic conspiracy...
#WyrdWednesday
Marked with fires and fireworks for over 400 years, on this day in 1605 Guido Fawkes was arrested attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament - though he was but one member of the broader Catholic conspiracy...
#WyrdWednesday
#FairyTaleTuesday One of the first stories we told on the podcast was "The Sockburn Worm" from County Durham.
The stone under which the beast is buried can still be seen at Sockburn, as can the sword the Viking warrior used - the Conyers Falchion which hangs in Durham Cathedral!
The stone under which the beast is buried can still be seen at Sockburn, as can the sword the Viking warrior used - the Conyers Falchion which hangs in Durham Cathedral!
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#FairyTaleTuesday One of the first stories we told on the podcast was "The Sockburn Worm" from County Durham.
The stone under which the beast is buried can still be seen at Sockburn, as can the sword the Viking warrior used - the Conyers Falchion which hangs in Durham Cathedral!
The stone under which the beast is buried can still be seen at Sockburn, as can the sword the Viking warrior used - the Conyers Falchion which hangs in Durham Cathedral!
Today's #FairyTaleTuesday theme is Norse Tales!
Vikings didn't just raid Britain and Ireland - they settled here, including as the 'Normans.'
Consequently, many counties in the east of England and Ireland and west coast of Scotland and Wales are highly Norse influenced!
Vikings didn't just raid Britain and Ireland - they settled here, including as the 'Normans.'
Consequently, many counties in the east of England and Ireland and west coast of Scotland and Wales are highly Norse influenced!
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Today's #FairyTaleTuesday theme is Norse Tales!
Vikings didn't just raid Britain and Ireland - they settled here, including as the 'Normans.'
Consequently, many counties in the east of England and Ireland and west coast of Scotland and Wales are highly Norse influenced!
Vikings didn't just raid Britain and Ireland - they settled here, including as the 'Normans.'
Consequently, many counties in the east of England and Ireland and west coast of Scotland and Wales are highly Norse influenced!
It's that time again - a new month means a new Three Ravens newsletter, brimming over with folky goodness! 🖤
We hope that everyone on the Three Ravens Patreon enjoys it - and if you would like to read it and aren't a member then do please sign up!
We hope that everyone on the Three Ravens Patreon enjoys it - and if you would like to read it and aren't a member then do please sign up!
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It's that time again - a new month means a new Three Ravens newsletter, brimming over with folky goodness! 🖤
We hope that everyone on the Three Ravens Patreon enjoys it - and if you would like to read it and aren't a member then do please sign up!
We hope that everyone on the Three Ravens Patreon enjoys it - and if you would like to read it and aren't a member then do please sign up!
For our final Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor speaks with Tony Walker, author and host of the Classic Ghost Stories podcast, a.k.a. @classicghost.bsky.social! 🖤
It's a great chat to round out spooky season - listen now wherever you get your podcasts or via our bio!
It's a great chat to round out spooky season - listen now wherever you get your podcasts or via our bio!
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
For our final Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor speaks with Tony Walker, author and host of the Classic Ghost Stories podcast, a.k.a. @classicghost.bsky.social! 🖤
It's a great chat to round out spooky season - listen now wherever you get your podcasts or via our bio!
It's a great chat to round out spooky season - listen now wherever you get your podcasts or via our bio!
To wish everyone a very happy Halloween, we warmly present a reading of Oscar Wilde's classic ghost story, The Canterville Ghost. 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Artwork by Iva Mykhailian.
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Artwork by Iva Mykhailian.
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
To wish everyone a very happy Halloween, we warmly present a reading of Oscar Wilde's classic ghost story, The Canterville Ghost. 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Artwork by Iva Mykhailian.
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Artwork by Iva Mykhailian.
Keep your Jack O'Lantern lit and always check your candy, as our Haunting Season Film Club episode for October 2025 is OUT NOW and all about Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat! 🖤
Listen now exclusively on our Patreon - sign up for ad free listening and tonnes of other exclusive content!
Listen now exclusively on our Patreon - sign up for ad free listening and tonnes of other exclusive content!
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Keep your Jack O'Lantern lit and always check your candy, as our Haunting Season Film Club episode for October 2025 is OUT NOW and all about Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat! 🖤
Listen now exclusively on our Patreon - sign up for ad free listening and tonnes of other exclusive content!
Listen now exclusively on our Patreon - sign up for ad free listening and tonnes of other exclusive content!
On this month's Haunting Season-themed episode of Magus we're digging into the gory life story of "The Beast" himself, Aleister Crowley! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
On this month's Haunting Season-themed episode of Magus we're digging into the gory life story of "The Beast" himself, Aleister Crowley! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
As part of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor had the pleasure of interviewing @fiona_dodwell__ , author of A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls.
The perfect spooky season listen, out now on our Patreon!
The perfect spooky season listen, out now on our Patreon!
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
As part of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor had the pleasure of interviewing @fiona_dodwell__ , author of A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls.
The perfect spooky season listen, out now on our Patreon!
The perfect spooky season listen, out now on our Patreon!
Our final "Trilogy of Terror" for Haunting Season 2025 is OUT NOW! 🖤
Featuring 'Up At The Cross Roads By Tants Farm' by Holly Barratt, 'The Secrets The Snow Keeps' by Sarah Harrison, and Eleanor's story 'Wraiths of Helmand', a harrowing exploration of memory and trauma, we hope you enjoy!
Featuring 'Up At The Cross Roads By Tants Farm' by Holly Barratt, 'The Secrets The Snow Keeps' by Sarah Harrison, and Eleanor's story 'Wraiths of Helmand', a harrowing exploration of memory and trauma, we hope you enjoy!
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our final "Trilogy of Terror" for Haunting Season 2025 is OUT NOW! 🖤
Featuring 'Up At The Cross Roads By Tants Farm' by Holly Barratt, 'The Secrets The Snow Keeps' by Sarah Harrison, and Eleanor's story 'Wraiths of Helmand', a harrowing exploration of memory and trauma, we hope you enjoy!
Featuring 'Up At The Cross Roads By Tants Farm' by Holly Barratt, 'The Secrets The Snow Keeps' by Sarah Harrison, and Eleanor's story 'Wraiths of Helmand', a harrowing exploration of memory and trauma, we hope you enjoy!
Last chance tonight to watch this month's Three Ravens Film Club pick, 2007's Trick 'r Treat! 🖤
Let us know your thoughts about the film, ideally by email, tomorrow to have them included in our episode recording!
Let us know your thoughts about the film, ideally by email, tomorrow to have them included in our episode recording!
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Last chance tonight to watch this month's Three Ravens Film Club pick, 2007's Trick 'r Treat! 🖤
Let us know your thoughts about the film, ideally by email, tomorrow to have them included in our episode recording!
Let us know your thoughts about the film, ideally by email, tomorrow to have them included in our episode recording!
For our third Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025 Martin chats with Dr Marion Gibson a.k.a. @witchesetc.bsky.social 🖤
Settle in for a good ol' chinwag about the relationship between the witch and Halloween, ghostly familiar spirits, The Exeter Book, and a whole bunch more...
Settle in for a good ol' chinwag about the relationship between the witch and Halloween, ghostly familiar spirits, The Exeter Book, and a whole bunch more...
October 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
For our third Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025 Martin chats with Dr Marion Gibson a.k.a. @witchesetc.bsky.social 🖤
Settle in for a good ol' chinwag about the relationship between the witch and Halloween, ghostly familiar spirits, The Exeter Book, and a whole bunch more...
Settle in for a good ol' chinwag about the relationship between the witch and Halloween, ghostly familiar spirits, The Exeter Book, and a whole bunch more...
Our new Forgotten Melodies Bonus Episode came out this morning, all about Murder Ballads! 🖤
Featuring new arrangements and performances by Eleanor and Ben of "Edward", "The Bonny Bows" and "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter" it's available to listen to wherever you get your podcasts, or through our bio!
Featuring new arrangements and performances by Eleanor and Ben of "Edward", "The Bonny Bows" and "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter" it's available to listen to wherever you get your podcasts, or through our bio!
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Our new Forgotten Melodies Bonus Episode came out this morning, all about Murder Ballads! 🖤
Featuring new arrangements and performances by Eleanor and Ben of "Edward", "The Bonny Bows" and "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter" it's available to listen to wherever you get your podcasts, or through our bio!
Featuring new arrangements and performances by Eleanor and Ben of "Edward", "The Bonny Bows" and "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter" it's available to listen to wherever you get your podcasts, or through our bio!
Sorry we have been a bit behindhand on social media and stuff lately; we've been in rehearsals for The Ghost Train at the Bluebell Railway - dress rehearsal tonight. If you're near Sussex then tix are on sale!
Speak to you tomorrow on our new Bonus Episode all about the history of Murder Ballads!
Speak to you tomorrow on our new Bonus Episode all about the history of Murder Ballads!
October 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Sorry we have been a bit behindhand on social media and stuff lately; we've been in rehearsals for The Ghost Train at the Bluebell Railway - dress rehearsal tonight. If you're near Sussex then tix are on sale!
Speak to you tomorrow on our new Bonus Episode all about the history of Murder Ballads!
Speak to you tomorrow on our new Bonus Episode all about the history of Murder Ballads!
Today's #WyrdWednesday theme is Witches! 🖤
As regular listeners will know, we love a witch story, and have told loads of them.
But do you know the truth behind England's most famous witch, Mother Shipton?
If not, we have an episode all about her - and her story is pretty flippin' odd...
As regular listeners will know, we love a witch story, and have told loads of them.
But do you know the truth behind England's most famous witch, Mother Shipton?
If not, we have an episode all about her - and her story is pretty flippin' odd...
October 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Today's #WyrdWednesday theme is Witches! 🖤
As regular listeners will know, we love a witch story, and have told loads of them.
But do you know the truth behind England's most famous witch, Mother Shipton?
If not, we have an episode all about her - and her story is pretty flippin' odd...
As regular listeners will know, we love a witch story, and have told loads of them.
But do you know the truth behind England's most famous witch, Mother Shipton?
If not, we have an episode all about her - and her story is pretty flippin' odd...
Three Ravens Haunting Season continues today with the second of our four 'Trilogies of Terror' across the month of October! 🖤
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, and speak to you on Thursday on our Bonus Episode about the history and folklore of Zombies and Revenants!
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, and speak to you on Thursday on our Bonus Episode about the history and folklore of Zombies and Revenants!
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Three Ravens Haunting Season continues today with the second of our four 'Trilogies of Terror' across the month of October! 🖤
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, and speak to you on Thursday on our Bonus Episode about the history and folklore of Zombies and Revenants!
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, and speak to you on Thursday on our Bonus Episode about the history and folklore of Zombies and Revenants!
Our Three Ravens Live Shows recorded at Gloucester History Festival are OUT NOW!!! 🖤
As we chat about on the episode, we met lovely people such as @davidolusoga.bsky.social and performed two sets - one spooky one full of witchy folk songs, one a live telling of our story "The Torbarrow Guardian."
As we chat about on the episode, we met lovely people such as @davidolusoga.bsky.social and performed two sets - one spooky one full of witchy folk songs, one a live telling of our story "The Torbarrow Guardian."
October 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Our Three Ravens Live Shows recorded at Gloucester History Festival are OUT NOW!!! 🖤
As we chat about on the episode, we met lovely people such as @davidolusoga.bsky.social and performed two sets - one spooky one full of witchy folk songs, one a live telling of our story "The Torbarrow Guardian."
As we chat about on the episode, we met lovely people such as @davidolusoga.bsky.social and performed two sets - one spooky one full of witchy folk songs, one a live telling of our story "The Torbarrow Guardian."
For our Local Legends interview this week, the first of Haunting Season 2025, we've spoken to the celebrated author of 'The Ghost: A Cultural History' Susan Owens! 🖤👻🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
October 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
For our Local Legends interview this week, the first of Haunting Season 2025, we've spoken to the celebrated author of 'The Ghost: A Cultural History' Susan Owens! 🖤👻🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Hello, lovely friends! Did you hear our Bonus Episode from yesterday, all about Voodoo? 🖤
Papa Legba certainly seems excited about it...
Hope you're enjoying our Haunting Season generally, and speak to you tomorrow on Local Legends, for which we have interviewed Susan Owens!
#PhantomsFriday
Papa Legba certainly seems excited about it...
Hope you're enjoying our Haunting Season generally, and speak to you tomorrow on Local Legends, for which we have interviewed Susan Owens!
#PhantomsFriday
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hello, lovely friends! Did you hear our Bonus Episode from yesterday, all about Voodoo? 🖤
Papa Legba certainly seems excited about it...
Hope you're enjoying our Haunting Season generally, and speak to you tomorrow on Local Legends, for which we have interviewed Susan Owens!
#PhantomsFriday
Papa Legba certainly seems excited about it...
Hope you're enjoying our Haunting Season generally, and speak to you tomorrow on Local Legends, for which we have interviewed Susan Owens!
#PhantomsFriday