Lore

Fire is a dangerous tool. Used properly, it can transform a society, but if it isn't respected, it can burn that society to the ground. Which is why we are obsessed with controlling it—and completely,...

7 Aug 201724min

There are very few bits of folklore that haven't spread around the globe over the past few centuries. Yet every now and then, something fresh and distinct pops up. But just because it's relatively new...

24 Juli 201725min

The bigger the city, the easier it is to miss the little details. Stories of loss, tragedy, and horrifying events have a way of vanishing beneath the bustle of everyday life. And no place is better at...

10 Juli 201724min

Folklore and popular culture are filled with a type of event that seems both unusual and logical: time and time again, criminals return to the source. But as one man proved a century ago, it's not alw...

26 Juni 201726min

Folklore and medicine often go hand in hand. In fact, for a long time they were the very same thing. But folklore has a way of leading people to tragic actions—all in the name of getting better. * * *...

12 Juni 201724min

You can tell a lot about a culture by the things it creates. Tools, exploration, weapons; all of it speaks to the priorities and character of that society. But if that's true, then what are we suppose...

29 Maj 201726min

Humans have an innate desire to fix what's broken, and that's a good thing. We're not the best at it, though, and we often fail—sometimes horribly. And few examples are as powerful as the world of men...

15 Maj 201723min

H.P. Lovecraft said it best: "…the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown". And no other place in the world is as unknown to us as the ocean. It's dark, it's deep, it's full of quest...

1 Maj 201724min