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Episode 470: Wine, Horse, and Husband Insurance

Episode 473

Content Warning: The story this week revolves around the central plot point of a dog's death.

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Dog and the Sparrow…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 469: The Corn is a Metaphor for Corn

Episode 472

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Lambikin, originally an Indian story, retold as an Irish story, that we then wrestle into the shape of a Thanksg…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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Episode 468: The Five-Second-Rule for Poison

Episode 471

This week on WTFolklore, we read Vukub-Cakix, a Mayan tale that purports to be about "Twin Hero-Wizards". We purport they are neither.

Suggested talki…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Episode 467: Two Birds, One Stone, and Also One is a Cat

Episode 470

It's back to business-as-usual this week on WTFolklore as we re-calibrate our fairy tale senses with some good ol' fashion eastern european fare, The…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 466: Thanks for the Sandwiches, My Whole Family Died

Episode 469

DISCLAIMER: Gordie lost about half of his audio recording this week, so we had to improvise. See if you can guess the parts that got re-recorded!

Spoo…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 465: Bed Bath & Unnamed Dread

Episode 468

Spooklore 2025 continues this week, with a bit of a twist. Rather than continually avoiding every instance of a "This is a THING, and here are it's S…

8 months ago

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Episode 464: The Joann Fabrics Power Vacuum

Episode 467

Spooklore begins in earnest this week, as we read what may well be the earliest-recorded Found Footage ghost story, The Haunting of Athenodorus, or a…

8 months, 1 week ago

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Episode 463: The Legend of Pork City

Episode 466

On what is TECHNICALLY the first Spooklore installment of the year...we got a little distracted. Thankfully, our spooky instincts kicked in and we ac…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 462: Give us Uppies, or Give us Death!

Episode 465

This week we return to our good friend Carl Sandburg for a Rootabega-adjacent story, The Haystack Cricket, and How Things Are Different Up in the Moo…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 461: So Now You're a 12-Headed Dragon: A User's Guide (with T. Kingfisher)

Episode 464

We are joined this week by very special guest T. Kingfisher! We had to call in back-up to wade our way through Princess Miranda and Prince Hero, a Po…

9 months ago

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