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.
466 episodes transcribedAt the heart of their dual history and shared rivalry, this pair of midwestern cities hides a darker common ground, and the stories that live there ar...
Humans have reached out to communicate with the dead for millennia, and as this collection of tales will show, that hasn’t always gone according to pl...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (291: Dream Come True) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore cat...
We often use the phrase “dream come true” to describe wonderful things you envision for our lives. But looking at the folklore behind it, there might...
Our passions create powerful bonds. And it turns out that even something as permanent as death can’t totally separate us from the people or places we...
Some graves give us answers to the gaps in our understanding of history. A few, though, fill those gaps with terrifying legends that are still alive t...
Tragic loss is often the catalyst for powerful tales that haunt us for generations. Today’s collection of stories gathers some of the most chilling ex...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (290: Growing Pains) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore catal...
They might appear to be nothing more than simple words spoken by the youngest in our communities, but there’s a darkness hidden beneath many of them....
For the first of our weekly Halloween bonus episodes (every Friday in October), we’re visiting a number of haunted castles. You might want to keep a l...
Humans have, historically, shown themselves to be risk-takers. But in one particular branch of folklore, many of those gambles have come at the hands...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (289: Shake It) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore catalog:...
Folklore can take many forms, but most involve words in a specific language. One exception, though, are the traditions passed down through a very diff...
While you’re guaranteed to find a lot of spooky tales in the biggest, brightest cities, sometimes all it takes is a quick trip upstate to find a set o...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (288: Doom & Gloom) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore catalo...
Folklore might be all around us, but sometimes the most frightening kind of story points in a very particular direction. Narrated and produced by Aaro...
One of the most iconic creatures from folklore has a terrifyingly evil nature hidden beneath its beautiful facade. Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahn...
Go deeper into the subject matter of our most recent episode (287: It Takes a Village) with these three recommendations from further back in the Lore...
If these dark tales from history prove anything, it is that powerful things often come in small packages. Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with...
Some places only have a handful of dark stories to explore. Today’s subject, though, is the land of a ten-thousand tales. Narrated and produced by Aar...
