Exmoor Folklore: Witches, Ghosts, and Fantastic Beasts
The name 'Exmoor' conjures mental images of ponies, undulating moorland, and Lorna Doone, R D Blackmore's 1869 novel. It crosses the Somerset and Devon border, hugging the north Devon coast, and take...
13 Jan 202429min
Newcastle's Town Moor: Fairs, Witches, and Common Land
If you say 'moor' to most people, they might think of Wuthering Heights, Dartmoor, or Bodmin. You probably won't immediately think of the Town Moor that lies immediately north of Newcastle upon Tyne'...
6 Jan 202419min
50 Berkeley Square: The Most Haunted House in London
If I asked you to name "the most haunted house in London", you probably wouldn't pick Berkeley Square as your location. Yet for almost a century, No. 50. Berkeley Square had quite the supernatural re...
30 Dec 202318min
A Welsh Christmas Story with Owen Staton
Merry Christmas Eve Eve! In honour of the festive season, it's my absolute pleasure to welcome Owen Staton of the Time Between Times podcast to Fabulous Folklore. He's a master storyteller par excell...
23 Dec 202316min
Herbalism & the Plant Path with Sarah Corbett
I’m thrilled to be speaking to Sarah Corbett from Rowan + Sage is this special extra edition of Fabulous Folklore Presents! Sarah (she/her) is a Clinical Herbalist, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner,...
17 Dec 20231h 27min
Tower of London Ghosts: From Anne Boleyn to the Phantom Bear
The Tower of London has been many things through its over 900 years of history. Royal palace, fortress, menagerie, armoury, treasury, Royal Mint, public record office, and now, a tourist attraction. ...
16 Dec 202318min
The Norse Legends and Runes with Dr Thomas Birkett
This month, I've got the joy of introducing you to Dr Thomas Birkett, a lecturer in Old English and Old Norse at University College Cork, Ireland. He is the author of Reading the Runes and Legends of ...
11 Dec 202350min
Two London Ghosts and Messages from Beyond the Grave
There's a particular branch of ghost stories that sees the dead appear to warn the living of their own impending death. They act as a form of death omen. London has many such tales, but two of them ...
9 Dec 202315min
