Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings, and Mysteries - Introducing Family Lore

Episode Date: June 1, 2026

amily Lore is a weekly narrative podcast that celebrates and investigates ancestral mystique. Each episode begins with a guest sharing a fascinating family legend, followed by a historical deep-dive to uncover the truth and meaning behind the tale. Available now. https://link.pscrb.fm/f0281/FLFD To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, hearts are spanning listeners. We all inherit stories. Some are told proudly at every holiday while others live in hushed tones over old photo albums. The legends pass down through generations, half remembered, half hidden, and always lingering in the backs of our minds.

On family lore, they take a thoughtful look at the narratives families protect and the deep curiosity required to finally look behind the curtain. It explores the nuance of our origins and asks the questions we were always too hesitant to voice. Because when you look close

enough, you realize that family history isn't just a timeline of the past. It's the greatest mystery we're born into. Enjoy this preview of family lore, and when you're ready to get to the bottom of these mysteries, search for family lore wherever you get your podcasts. So here's what I want to understand. Yes. What made you so interested in all this ancestral lines and ancestral influences? So I've been interested in it for so long that I can't remember when it started, but all I can tell you, like in childhood? Childhood. Did you do the DNA test?

I've not done that. I wasn't all that interested in the statistical breakdown of my DNA. I'm more interested in the stories. Stories of your ancestors. Of my ancestors and the circumstances that moved them around the planet. Every family has its stories. Your grandparents met on a blind date, or your great-grandmother passed through Ellis Island. But every once in a while, you'll hear something a little more unusual.

I have a really vague memory of somebody saying, did you know your great-uncle killed somebody? I've heard my whole life that she invented the margarita. He gets a patent one month before the Wright brothers. Oh, my God. Some of these stories are hard to believe. Others are hard to imagine. And as these tall tales get passed down through the generations,

they become something more than a family story. They become family lore. My name is Lloyd Lockridge. And in this podcast, I'm going to have people on to tell stories about their families. And then we're going to investigate those stories and find out how much of it is true. To go into the archive and find what you think is like not just the secret of your family's life, but the explanatory secret of your family's life. Wow.

You know, maybe this old family story. that I overheard in my grandmother's kitchen is true. This is family lore, a new series from Odyssey Podcasts. You're always wondering why your dad is a certain way. Well, here's one answer. I love when I hear somebody says, I have a boring family history. They didn't do anything.

I say it's because you don't know anything about your history. Please follow and listen to Family Lore on any of your podcast apps.