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The Folklore Podcast
Folklore: Beliefs, traditions & culture of the people. Traditional folklore themes from around the world. An accessible podcast ranked in the top 0.5% of shows globally, bringing free access to many of the world's experts in folklore, authors, broadcasters and more.
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Folklore Podcast 2026 announcement
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Christmas Special 2025 - The Mistletoe Bride
Welcome to the 2025 Folklore Podcast Christmas Special.
Folklorist Mark Norman, the creator and host of The Folklore Podcast for the last...
Episode 184 - THIRST: RIVERS AND FOLKLORE
In this episode of the podcast, host Mark Norman discusses some points relating to the folklore of rivers, with a particular focus on their perceived...
Episode 183 - GHOST STORIES WITH MICHELLE PAVER
I chat with author Michelle Paver about all things ghost story. What makes a good haunt? Which are her favourites and which doesn't she like? And what...
Episode 182 - GATHERINGS
The British ritual year is full of fascinating public events, sports, games, processions and festivals. Whether long-running or modern, revival or con...
Episode 181 - THE TRAITORS: WHIMSY OR WITCH-HUNT?
I gather together a gaggle of witchcraft historians to discuss the cult TV gameshow 'The Traitors'. To what extent do the machinations of the contesta...
Episode 180 - EDITH NESBIT'S GHOST STORIES
While there are many famous names associated with the ghost story, some are less commonly linked, and even fewer are women. In the episode of the podc...
Episode 179 - WITCHCRAFT: A HISTORY IN 13 TRIALS
Returning guest to the podcast, witchcraft historian Professor Marion Gibson, discusses her book 'Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials'. The book, and t...
Episode 178 - HETTIE NETTLE'S HANDBOOK FOR HEDGEWITCHES
Folklore Podcast creator Mark Norman once again meets up with children's author Claire Barker, this time to discuss the final version of her new book...
Episode 177 - LORE OF THE LAND: BRITISH ACADEMY
In May of 2025, I was honoured to be asked by the British Academy to chair the final panel in their 'Folklore Reimagined' series, 'Lore of the Land'....
Episode 176 - THE WHITE WITCH OF EXETER
In this episode of the podcast, host Mark Norman takes an in-depth look at the White Witch of Exeter. Most times, when we speak of 'white witches' we...
Seven County Witch Hunts Ep.6 - ARCHIVE HIGHLIGHTS
The Seven County Witch Hunt Project podcast mini-series collaboration comes to a close. In this final episode, Professor Marion Gibson and Dr Tabitha...
Folklore in the Field - MEDICAL HERBALISM
Mark Norman is in conversation with medical herbalist Jenny Carden, who practices as The Dartmoor Herbalist.
In an interview recorded liv...
Seven County Witch Hunts Ep.5 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND WITCH TRIALS
Our six part mini-series examining the seventeenth-century witch hunts across the eastern counties of England continues with a discussion looking at a...
Seven County Witch Hunts Ep.4 - WITCH FAMILIES AND GHOST FAMILIARS
In this episode, Professor Marion Gibson and Dr Tabitha Stanmore turn their attention to the families involved in the witch hunts. Were all family mem...
Folklore in the Field - FOLK HORROR with Prof Bob Edgar
In this mini-episode of The Folklore Podcast, recorded live at the UK Ghost Story Festival 2025 in Derby, UK, I chat with Professor Bob Edgar about th...
Seven County Witch Hunts Ep.3 - GENDER AND WITCHCRAFT
The third episode of our mini-series looking at the witch hunts headed up by Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne looks at the most stereotypical of subje...
Seven County Witch Hunts Ep.2 - WHAT WERE 'WITCHES' ACCUSED OF
In the second episode of the Seven County Witch Hunt Project podcast mini-series, we look at the accusations that were being levelled against people a...
Episode 175 - SCOTTISH FOLKLORE
Scotland has a broad mix of folklore. Some is found elsewhere, or has variations in other areas, and some is unique to the country. Some is well-known...
Seven County Witch Hunts Ep.1 - METHODS AND STORIES
In the years 1645–1647, when England was embroiled in a traumatic and bloody Civil War, roughly three hundred people in the South East were accused of...
Episode 174 - FOLKLORE AND HERBALISM
This episode of The Folklore Podcast is an interview of two halves, as host Mark Norman sits down to chat with herbalist and writer Su Bristow.
...
A History of Paganism: Folklore Podcast Rewind with Liz Williams
Award winning author, historian and occultist Liz Williams discusses her book 'Miracles of our own Making: A History of Paganism', published by Reakti...
Episode 173 - BROKEN FOLK
Folklore Podcast creator and host Mark Norman delves into the topic of folk music and performance with special guests Lunatraktors. The duo, formed in...
Meet the Author: Kailey Tedesco
In this 'Meet the Author' bonus episode of The Folklore Podcast, creator and host Mark Norman introduces a conversation between literary correspondent...
Episode 172 - DRACULA AND THE WESTCOUNTRY
Folklore Podcast creator and host, Mark Norman, explores the rumours that the author of 'Dracula', Bram Stoker, found inspiration for his famous count...
Folklore in the Field - RONNIE TURNER
Folklore Podcast creator and host Mark Norman meets with Ronnie Turner. author of the gothic and folk horror novel 'Small Fires' in this episode of th...
Special Edition - CYNTHIA PELAYO
We chat with Bram Stoker and International Latino Award Winning horror author Cynthia Pelayo as her latest book, 'Vanishing Children' is released.
Bonus Episode: FOLK HORROR IN GAMING - GAST
Folklore Podcast creator and host Mark Norman chats with Kat the Lore Mistress about using folklore and folk horror themes in tabletop roleplaying gam...
Episode 171 - NORDIC FOLK
We welcome back onto The Folklore Podcast musician and composer Einar Selvik, founder of the band Wardruna and expert in Old Norse music and culture....
Meet the Author: Alexandra Beaumont
We meet British fantasy author Alexandra Beaumont, who specializes in utilizing folklore and the gothic in her writing. She discusses themes of Cornis...
Episode 170 - SCOTT COHEN
RETURN TO 10th KINGDOM:
We chat with actor Scott Cohen, who played Wolf in the mini-series 'The 10th Kingdom' about possible plans for a...
Bonus Episode: THE MAIDEN AND THE DRAGON
In this bonus episode of The Folklore Podcast we shine a light on another fantastic folklore audio project as we meet Charlie Dobres, the writer and c...
Episode 169 - SLAVIC VAMPIRES
We return to the subject of vampires on The Folklore Podcast, a subject which we last covered in detail way back in Season 2 with a two-part investiga...
Folklore Podcast Rewind - CHRIS ALLAUN
In this new strand of The Folklore Podcast, we delve into the archives and pull out old interviews from previous seasons that never made it to air.
Episode 168 - THE SEANCE
It all starts when two friends are invited to the home of a mysterious spiritualist medium to experience a seance in their search for evidence of the...
Special Edition - GRADY HENDRIX
In this special edition release of The Folklore Podcast, we chat with the New York Times Bestselling horror author Grady Hendrix about his fiction and...
Folklore in the Field - CLAIRE BARKER
Folklore in the Field is the bonus episode strand of The Folklore Podcast where we chat with people out on location about their work and interests. No...
Episode 167 - The 10th Kingdom
In this episode, the first show of the 10th anniversary season of The Folklore Podcast, we look at the classic TV mini-series 'The 10th Kingdom' which...
Episode 166 - LOST IRISH FOLKLORE: LIFTING STONES
The old Irish tradition of using enormous stones in the landscape, sometimes known as testing stones, as a feat of strength has been all but lost for...
Folklore in the Field - Dr Megan Kenny
In this bonus interview from The Folklore Podcast, recorded live at the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research 40th anniversary confer...