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Back to SearchEpisode 7 - GLITTER AND GRAVEDUST
Hallowe'en, Samhain or Allantide. However you view the time surrounding October 31st, it is an important part of our ritual year. It is traditionally a time when the veil between the worlds is thinne…
Published on 8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 6 - APPLE OF YOUR EYE
The Autumn Equinox passes and as the Wheel of the Year turns we enter a state when the world is said to be in balance. This is a time of harvest and of appreciation for the fruits of the land. The Fo…
Published on 8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 5 - PLAYING THE GHOST
Dr David Waldron, lecturer at Federation University, Australia, and folklore researcher gives an exclusive talk to The Folklore Podcast on the phenomenon of ghost hoaxing and guising in Victorian Tim…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 4 - BLACK DOGS & THE WILD HUNT
Host of the Folklore Podcast, Mark Norman, is one of a few researchers specialising in the field of Black Dog ghosts and holds what is thought to be the UKs largest archive of sightings and tradition…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 3 - CONCEALED REVEALED
Cats ... shoes ... bottles ... coins. At first glance these objects don't seem to have much in common. But these, and many other objects, are all items which have been found concealed within the fabr…
Published on 9 years ago
Episode 2 - COCKSTRIDES AND CARRIAGES
Ghosts are undoubtedly one of the most popular aspects of folklore stories. But in folklore there are two distinct types of ghost: the folk (or legendary) ghost or the haunting. In this episode of Th…
Published on 9 years ago
Episode 1 - SLENDER MAN
The inaugural episode of The Folklore Podcast examines the recent development of the Slender Man phenomenon, with folklorist and associate professor, Dr Andrea Kitta.
It is a rare event indeed to be…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago