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Back to SearchEpisode 363: The Time is Sweden, the Space is Sweden
Episode 366
This week on WTFolklore, we read The Barrel Bung, A Swedish tale about jump scares and glory holes, and we peppered in a light dusting of Satanic Pan…
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 362: Don't Look a Kiss-Horse in the Mouth
Episode 365
This week on WTFolklore, we read Hans Christian Andersen's The Swineherd, which may or may not even feature a swine herd in it...
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3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 361: Chekhov's Hidden Spatula
Episode 364
This week on WTFolklore, we read The Legend of Leech, which is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it titular detail.
Suggested talking points: Posthumous Donut T…
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 360: A Glass Shovel and a 6PM Deadline
Episode 363
This week on WTFolklore, we read The Two Kings' Children, Another Grimm tale. Gotta be honest, the boys REALLY phoned it in on this one. We'd have be…
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 359: Princess Quests Really Change a Man (Fair Goldilocks Part II)
Episode 362
We'll be honest, we got a little smug this week. We felt confidant in our abilities to predict where a story featuring an Animal A-
Team would go. We …
3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 358: Just Magic Fish Stuff (Fair Goldilocks Part I)
Episode 361
Well, Here we are, right on time, in the first week of 2023. Time to rev up the ol' Folklore machine again, after it's winter slumber. For some reaso…
3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 357: The Fine Line Between Horror and Whimsy
Episode 360
Don't let the title fool you, this is DEFINITELY a Christmas themed episode, and it is chock-full, jam-packed with 3 different tales of holiday cheer…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 356: Salt Isn't Weather
Episode 359
This week we read Why the Sea is Salt, courtesy of Asbjornsen and Moe. The answer is much, much closer to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" than anyone cou…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 355: If You Give a Goat a Gatling Gun
Episode 358
This week we read The Goat of Mr. Seguin, and in the process accidently dredge up a centuries-old subtweet from an extremely bitter windmill adressed…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 354: Pastry Treason (Dwarf Long Nose, Part II)
Episode 357
This week we continue reading Dwarf Long Nose, by Wilhelm Hauff, AKA Satan's Ghostwriter. Based on how things went last week, if you weren't expectin…
3 years, 6 months ago