Mike Fink- King of the River
In the early 1800's the Mississippi River was filled with keelboats bringing goods and passengers up and down- and the king of all the keelboaters was a larger than life figure named Mike Fink. Cont...
25 Jan 9min
Extra: New England's Dark Day
On May 19, 1780, dawn never really came to the skies above New England. Some would call it the end of days- until the next day.
21 Jan 6min
Folklore from the Eighties!
A mysterious hypnotic video game, spiders in bubble gum, and exploding children! What a time the eighties were! Contact us at fafolklore@gmail.com
18 Jan 10min
Extra- La Chupacabra and UFO Cattle Mutilations
The goat-sucker romes the land the the UFO's fill the skies- in the eighties and nineties they were both blamed for a series of strange animal mutilations in Puerto Rico and the United States. Conta...
14 Jan 7min
Deadwood, South Dakota
In many of these stories, the town of Deadwood is as much a character as the people who live in it. Today, the town of Deadwood and two notable women who you didn't see in the HBO series. Ideas, qu...
11 Jan 11min
Calamity Jane
You can't talk about Wild Bill Hickock, or Deadwood for that matter, without talking about Calamity Jane. Out of all the women who lived in the West in the 1800's, why was her name remembered? She'l...
11 Jan 12min
Wild Bill Hickock
From his days on the Pony Express to his death (spoiler) in Deadwood, South Dakota- Hickock was a legend in his own time. The trouble was figuring out what parts of the legend were true. Contact us...
4 Jan 15min
Belsnickel!
As we get ready for Christmas, a special episode for those who have stayed subscribed- Belsnickel from the Pennsylvania Dutch! Regular episodes will continue the first week of January, and we'll be l...
21 Des 20255min
