Explore Ancient & Medieval Britain with Amy Jeffs
This month, I've got the joy of introducing you to Amy Jeffs, the Somerset-based art historian and printmaker beyond the books Storyland and Wild. She's got expertise in medieval art and literature, a...
26 Okt 202356min
The History of Folk Witchcraft with Amaya Rourke
As part of a month-long series on Fabulous Folklore about magical practice and witchcraft in the 21st century, I'm chatting to Amaya Rourke, an Ireland-based animist folk witch, diviner, and spirit wo...
21 Okt 20231h 21min
Magical October 2 - Connecting with Nature with Emma Kathryn
As part of a month-long series on Fabulous Folklore about magical practice and witchcraft in the 21st century, I'm chatting to Emma Kathryn, a Nottinghamshire-based practitioner of non-Wiccan Traditio...
14 Okt 202351min
Magical October 1 - Shetland Folk Magic & Tarot with Una Blyth
I'm kicking off a month-long series on Fabulous Folklore by talking to magical practitioners and witches in the 21st century. This week, I chat to Ùna Blyth, the Shetland-based folk magic practitioner...
7 Okt 202350min
Haunted Libraries: Footsteps and Shushes in the Stacks
Haunted libraries became famous with Ghostbusters. Our heroes investigate disturbances at the New York Public Library and encounter a ghost that tells them to shush. Surprisingly, this doesn't seem t...
30 Sep 202319min
Haunted Prisons: Ghosts of Joliet, Shepton Mallet, and Barlinnie
While schools and universities boast urban legends alongside ghosts, prisons tend to be more like hospitals. You find tales of hauntings, but little in the way of folklore. It's probably due to the co...
23 Sep 202320min
The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts with Delyth Badder and Mark Norman
This month, I've got the absolute pleasure of bringing back not one but two previous guests, since they've only gone and written a book together! Yes, I mean Mark Norman and Dr Delyth Badder, co-auth...
18 Sep 202347min
Haunted Hospitals: Porters, Matrons, and Past Patients
If you go looking for ghost stories, you very quickly stumble across haunted hospitals. In fact, it was finding so many tales about Cardiff Royal Infirmary that prompted this post in the first place. ...
16 Sep 202320min
