Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)!
Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick, the podcast explores folklore, legends, superstitions, mythology, and all things weird, occult and unusual.
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Ralph Hedley: Painter of North East Scenes and the Working Class (00:30:41)
The arts remain one of the best ways to preserve culture in a way that people can interact with. Literature, folk music, and art, among others, allow us to experience culture, even secondhand, using t...
Explore 3 strange legends of the Newcastle Castle (00:22:06)
The Newcastle Castle occupies a strange position in the city centre. So strange that some people can’t believe we have a castle in town at all!
Various buildings have stood on the site for centuries,...
Meet Joe Wilson: The 19th-Century Bard of Tyneside (00:27:20)
Walk along Stowell Street in Newcastle upon Tyne and turn into St Andrew’s Street, and you might notice a plaque on the wall. It marks the site of the house where Tyneside bard Joe Wilson was born - t...
The Blaydon Races: The Story Behind the Tyneside Anthem and Sporting Event (00:20:57)
Inhabitants of the Tyneside region are undoubtedly familiar with the 19th-century song, 'The Blaydon Races'. It describes a journey from Newcastle's city centre to Blaydon to see the races, and even b...
Newcastle Disasters: Fire, Flood, and Plague (00:30:11)
Newcastle upon Tyne is famous for many things: its bridges, nightlife, and being the birthplace of Greggs are just some of them. We've seen plenty of world firsts here, been on the frontline of scienc...
New Year Folklore and Traditions with Eerie Essex (00:46:54)
We're onto the final instalment in this series of Festive Folklore episodes, that are coming to you with the help of some of my Fabulous Folklore friends! This time we're turning our attention to New ...
The Christmas Ghost Story Tradition with Dr Kate Cherrell (00:58:02)
Dr Kate Cherrell is a writer and broadcaster specialising in the long 19th century and paranormal history. Her academic interests include 19th-century Spiritualism, mourning traditions, the gothic, th...
A Portmanteau Ghost Story for Christmas (01:05:19)
For this third episode in our Festive Folklore series for December 2025, I'm adding my own tale to the noble tradition of the Christmas ghost story! And it arrives right ahead of the winter solstice.....
Festive Folklore and Traditions with The Faerie Folk and Celtic Myths & Legends (00:47:22)
For this second episode in our Festive Folklore series for December 2025, I'm joined by my podcast pals, The Faerie Folk podcast and Sian Powell from Celtic Myths & Legends.
We discuss some plant-bas...
Myths of the Stars and Planets with Suki Ferguson (00:41:49)
In this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat to writer Suki Ferguson about some of the myths associated with the celestial bodies, how you approach myths when you don't just want to focus on ...
Festive Folklore & Christmas Carols with Loremen (00:46:03)
For this first episode in our Festive Folklore series for December 2025, I'm joined by my podcast pals, James Shakeshaft and Alasdair Beckett-King, better known as the Loremen.
We discuss some obscur...
Legends of New York's Islands: Buried Treasure and Typhoid Mary (00:24:49)
New York City conjures up images of a neon-drenched Times Square, skyscrapers gleaming in the sun, and the labyrinthine subway system.
Yet the city also boasts three main rivers; the Hudson to the w...
Menorca Legends: Lost Cities, Giants, and the Cyclops (00:18:17)
Menorca is one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Well-known for a huge collection of megaliths, Menorca has seen human activity since the prehistoric era. This period was the Talayotic...
Anglesey Folklore: Witches, Ghosts, and Ancient Druids (00:24:23)
Perhaps most famous as the home of the druids, Ynys Môn, also known as Anglesey, occupies 275 square miles just off the north Wales coast.
It is an ancient place. Archaeologists found Neolithic settl...
Legends of Drake's Island: Tunnels, Ghosts, and a White Lady (00:22:12)
Drake's Island sits in Plymouth Sound, around 500 m from the mainland. The island is just 6.5 acres, and around 250 yards wide at its broadest point. You can reach the island by boat in 10 minutes.
I...
Listener Supernatural Experiences Part 4 (00:25:27)
Today marks All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day or the Feast of All Hallows. That's why Hallowe'en is called that - it's All Hallow's Eve. The day celebrates saints, but the far more inter...
How do we understand the reputation of the Amityville Horror House? (00:18:29)
If I ask you to think of a famous haunted house, will your mind wander to a white Dutch Colonial house, with quarter-round windows lit from within to look like red eyes? Yes? Then the reputation of 11...
Just how bad were the prisons at the Doge's Palace? (00:20:36)
The Palazzo Ducale dominates the view as your vaporetto approaches the San Marco stop. The huge building is an example of Venetian Gothic architecture, all pointed arches and quatrefoils. It's hard to...
British Folklore from Past to Present with Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook (00:50:57)
In this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I'm talking to two folklore heavyweights - Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook!
Owen Davies is Professor of Social History at the University of Hertfordshi...
Newgate Prison: Novels, Escapees, and Dreadful Conditions (00:21:10)
If you've ever read any Charles Dickens novels, especially Great Expectations, then you'll have run into Newgate Prison. The hulking, notorious jail loomed large in London's history, before its demoli...
How did popular culture add to Bedlam's fearsome reputation? (00:24:57)
Bedlam, or Bethlem Royal Hospital to give it its full name, is actually the world's oldest psychiatric institution. It began life in 1247 in the Priory of St Mary of Bethlehem, which stood where we no...
Foxes in Folk Tales: From Aesop to Reynard (00:18:14)
Foxes appear in literature and legend across the world. Look at Brer Fox in the American South. In Rebel Folklore, I discussed the Jiuwei Hu of China, or nine-tailed fox, who drains men of their life ...
Monsters and Strange Creatures with Natalie Lawrence (00:49:43)
Natalie Lawrence is an author and illustrator who explores our relationship with the natural world, looking through multiple lenses - from the biological to the mythic and psychoanalytic. She complete...
Hedgehogs in Folklore: Witches, Familiars, and Milk Thieves (00:20:37)
Hedgehogs are one of the stranger mammals you might encounter. They're nocturnal, they hibernate, they're prone to rolling into a ball when frightened, and they're extremely vulnerable to habitat loss...
Moles in Folklore: Folk Remedies and Weather Omens (00:20:20)
Moles are fascinating creatures. They're phenomenal diggers and while they weigh around 120g, they can shift 540 times their body weight of earth.
Given they live entirely underground, they're a rare...
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