Deer Folklore: Omens, Cults, and White Stag Legends
Human relationships with deer stretch back thousands of years. Archaeologists uncovered red deer skulls at Star Carr in Yorkshire which are 11,000 years old. No one knows what they were used for, if t...
9 Nov 202423min
Listener Supernatural Experiences Part 3 of 3
I’ve been sharing real-life supernatural experiences from Fabulous Folklore listeners for the past couple of weeks. It’s been brilliant to see how vulnerable people have been in sharing these, since t...
2 Nov 202429min
Scottish Folk Magic with Scott Richardson-Reed
In this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat to Scott Richardson-Read of Cailleach's Herbarium about Scottish cosmology, discuss the differences between Scottish folk magic and folk magic pra...
28 Okt 20241h 4min
Listener Supernatural Experiences Part 2 of 3
If you listened the real-life supernatural experiences I shared last week, you would have noticed two things. First, not all experiences are terrifying. Some can be affirming, or so regular as to have...
26 Okt 202428min
Listener Supernatural Experiences Part 1 of 3
If you believe the movies, supernatural experiences are big, brash and bold - or they’re just so bone-chillingly terrifying that you’re completely unable to do anything. I’m looking at you, 1963 versi...
19 Okt 202424min
Tarot, Love Magic and Voodoo with Lilith Dorsey
In this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat to the legend that is Lilith Dorsey! We talk about tarot, some New Orleans lore, and why the city has such an unusual reputation, and why people a...
13 Okt 20241h 1min
The Tedworth Drummer: Haunting or Hoax?
Certain cases loom large in the history of the supernatural, especially in relation to the investigation of the supernatural. The 20th century provided the likes of the Enfield Poltergeist. Even Willi...
12 Okt 202422min
The Mysterious Haunting at Willington Mill, Wallsend
We might think of ghost hunts or investigations as a predominantly 20th and 21st-century endeavour. Yet the legend of the ghosts at Willington Mill shows that people were trying to unearth the superna...
5 Okt 202422min
