Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:15:02 -0700WeeblySun, 16 Mar 2025 10:23:53 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/special-edition-cynthia-pelayo

We chat with Bram Stoker and International Latino Award Winning horror author Cynthia Pelayo as her latest book, 'Vanishing Daughters' is released.

Cynthia's writing intersects with the world of fairy tales, with Charles Perrault's story of Sleeping Beauty providing inspiration for 'Vanishing Daughters'.

Please note that this interview deals with themes of parental loss, and touches on suicide.

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]]>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:04:35 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/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 games (TTRPGs). In particular, we look at a new Zine based folk horror game called GAST for which Kat is part of the development team.

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To find out more about GAST and the creators Hatched Games, visit their website at https://www.hatchedgames.co.uk/

Visit Kat's website at https://www.theloremistress.co.uk/

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]]>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:43:49 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/bonus-the-maiden-and-the-dragon

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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 creator of audio drama The Maiden and the Dragon. This 6-part production takes a well-known folk tale that we have covered on this show before, The Lambton Worm, and retreats it with a female protagonist in the lead role.

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​Visit Charlie's website at www.goodintentmedia.com

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]]>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:42:46 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/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 non-fiction writing, and about his new book 'Witchcraft for Wayward Girls' which is released on the same day as this episode - January 14th, 2025.

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]]>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:10:00 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/bonus-minisode-thanksgiving

As our listeners in the US celebrate Thanksgiving, we take a quick look at what we know about the history of this festival versus the popular myth.

​Thanks to Nikki Blake from Scooby Addicts for additional research notes for this episode.

]]>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:09:04 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/uk-ghost-story-festival-lauren-mcmenemy

In this last of three interviews recorded live at the UK Ghost Story Festival in Derby, podcast host Mark Norman chats with author Lauren McMenemy, who was also one of the people helping with the organisation of the festival itself. The pair discuss ghosts, recommendations for spooky fiction and the time that Lauren spent living in the bizarre serial killer capital of Australia!

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]]>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 20:49:48 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/uk-ghost-story-festival-camilla-bruce

In another interview recorded live at the 2023 UK Ghost Story Festival at the Museum of Making in Derby, Folklore Podcast host Mark Norman chats with Norwegian author Camilla Bruce about the folklore of her country, ghosts, witches and the inspiration for her writing.

Visit Camilla's website at www.camillabruce.com

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]]>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:03:23 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/uk-ghost-story-festival-stephen-volk

Recorded live at the 2023 UK Ghost Story Festival at the Museum of Making in Derby, host Mark Norman chats with screenwriter and novelist Stephen Volk (Gothic, Afterlife, Ghostwatch) about ghost stories and his writing.

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]]>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:57:40 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/divination

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​A bonus episode of The Folklore Podcast exploring the different types of divination found in cultures around the world, and looking at how these can be used through storytelling mechanisms for playing games.

Folklore Podcast creator and host Mark Norman talks to David Whitworth of The Drunken Storyteller podcast about a new book on this subject which he is developing for UK-based game company Hive Mind Games.

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Hive Mind Games are on the web at www.hivemindgames.co.uk

You can visit the Kickstarter for the book, Eye to the Void, at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coreycreates/eye-to-the-void-using-divination-in-ttrpgs

]]>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:44:27 GMThttps://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/bonus-content/17-solemn-vale-the-atlas-mines-part-3

Our adventure in the Atlas Mines concludes as storyteller Matthew Dawkins brings our campaign in the folk horror world of Solemn Vale to a conclusion.

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Please note that this episode is not suitable for children.

This episode was produced in association with Red Moon Roleplaying

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