Lore is a bi-weekly podcast (now also a TV show and book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.
389 episodes transcribedGo deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (267: Curveball) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore catalog:...
Folklore is often grown in the fertile soil of doubt and a lack of control. And within one specific national pastime, those elements have allowed some...
The world around us shapes the stories we tell, even in the harshest conditions. So it’s no wonder these legends from Greenland have the power to give...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (266: What’s in the Box) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore c...
The end of the world has always been a big fear. And fear, as we all know, is a powerful fuel for driving folklore into the future. Let’s meet one ind...
History has left us with countless stories of ghosts that stay in one place. But every now and then, our spectral neighbors uproot themselves and do a...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (265: Friend or Faux) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore cata...
Many animals in the world of folklore are inventions designed to fulfill one purpose or another. But if the stories are true, some of those inventions...
We’ve all heard that war often leaves a few ghost stories in its wake. As proof, we offer a key territory in America’s most formative conflict…and all...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (264: Engine Trouble) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore cata...
Humans have always had a need for speed. But whether we got our fix in the ancient world, or on modern roads, the results have often turned out to be...
Folklore grows. It has roots that run deep and branches that stretch out far and wide. The stories we pluck from it are fruit, in more ways than one—a...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (263: Elementary) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore catalog:...
When we talk about the intersection of history and folklore, few individuals in history sat themselves so firmly on that target like well-known one ma...
Legends 36: Strike It Rich Few human characteristics generate more legends than our greed and corruption. So it should be no surprise that entire town...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (262: Broken Lines) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore catalo...
Some of the darker stories in history take generations to develop, coming down to us over the years one broken piece at a time. And the best way to en...
Some of the most terrifying legends in history come from one place: beneath the shadow of an executioner. Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (261: Attraction) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore catalog:...
Folklore is often confined to circles around the campfire or whispered stories at slumber parties. But for a time in America, people turned folklore i...
