and here's the soundbite from this year's Halloween special on the Headless Horseman! 🎃 (and see you in December!)

and we're live with this year's Halloween special! Hop onto your favourite streaming service or follow the link in our bio to hear all about the Headless Horseman!

excited for this spooky special return? I know we are!! Join us on Myth Monsters for the Headless Horseman from British, Irish and European folklore later today! 🎃

I told you I'd be back...but this time, without a head! For this spooooky Halloween special, we're coming home to Ireland for the terrifying Headless Horseman (or the Dullahan)🎃 Join me ON Halloween for this special one!

here's the soundbite from this week on the Domovoy from Slavic folklore! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

here's the soundbite from this week on Mami Wata from African mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

here's the soundbite from this week’s episode on the Baku from Japanese mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

here's the soundbite from this week’s episode on the Ghouls from the Fallout universe!

I'm delighted to be able to announce that The Folklore Podcast has been awarded both CULTURAL EDUCATION PODCAST OF THE YEAR 2025 and AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD 2025 in the Corporate Vision Media Innovator Awards. Thanks, as always, for your support. More of the same in 2026!

Merry Xmas! For 100s of years, Christmas was a time of revelry and chaos, where social norms were actively cast aside. Today, the paper crowns we wear for Xmas dinner remind us of a time when we could all embrace this 'misrule' - the servants being served by the 'upper classes'. #christmasfolklore

We're live with a sneaky surprise episode, here's the soundbite from this week on the Pixies from British mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

and that's a wrap on Spotify 2025! I am always so thrilled to see these stats every year and so unbelievably thankful for the support! #SpotifyWrapped2025

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Ijiraq from Inuit mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Chimaera from Greek and Roman mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Sharabha from Hindu mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Demogorgon from Stranger Things to celebrate the release of the last season! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

and we're live with this week's special episode! Hop onto your favourite streaming service or follow the link in our bio to hear all about the Demogorgon!

excited for this week? I know we are!! Join us on Myth Monsters for the Demogorgon from Stranger Things tomorrow!

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Inkanyamba from Zulu mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Feldgeister from German mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Tiyanak from Philippine mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

and the news is out! This week we're heading over to Hawkins for the last season premiere of Stranger Things and looking at the legendary beast, the Demogorgon! Come into the Upside Down with me on Thursday!

We're doing an episode a day all this week! So here's the soundbite from this week on the Dhampir from Balkan mythology! Wanna hear the rest? Find us on all streaming services!

here's the soundbite from this week’s episode on Zombies for our Halloween Special!

and we're live! Join us on the #podcast to learn all about Zombies in our Halloween Special! You can listen on our website below or any streaming platforms! 👻❤️https://mythmonsters.co.uk/listen #zombies

tonight, we're BACK and the episode is all ready to go!

SURPRISEEE! We're coming back on Friday for a spoooooky Halloween special on our favourite brain-munchers, Zombies! I hope you're hungry for some more myth monsters coming your way!

I'm intrigued by the similar prefix attached to words for 'goblin' throughout the UK: eg bogle, bogey, boggart, bugaboo and in Wales bwgan. Either of the last two may have given us 'Boo!' Bug - a small, creepy thing - is perhaps from the same root word, one which may be 1000s of years old. #folklore

here's the soundbite from this week’s episode on the Blue Mountains Panther!

'Daemonologie', written in 1603 by King James I of England (VI of Scotland), convinced that a storm that nearly wrecked his ship off the coast of Scotland had been summoned by witches. The canny Shakespeare wrote 'Macbeth' to gain the favour of the newly crowned and paranoid king. #FolkyFriday