Lore

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.

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Episode 150: Addition

Episode Date: August 31, 2020

History can be easy to brush aside or paint over, giving us the illusion of control. But just because we can’t see the past doesn’t mean it’s not ther...

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Episode 149: Off Track

Episode Date: August 17, 2020

History has proven just how good humans are at improving things, from weapons and tools to medicine and education. But some advancements come at a pri...

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Episode 148: Predictable

Episode Date: August 3, 2020

If history has shown us anything, it’s that humans are easily motivated by fear. Just what some of those fears have been, though, is more than a littl...

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Episode 147: Contained

Episode Date: July 20, 2020

Humans have long practiced the art of building walls and fortresses in an effort to gain control or find safety. But no place is safe from the danger...

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Episode 145: Invention

Episode Date: June 22, 2020

Human ingenuity knows no bounds. Along with creating all manner of new technology, and ever more complex levels of knowledge, another thing we are goo...

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Episode 144: Birds of Prey

Episode Date: June 8, 2020

Folklore is often about danger and how we, as a community, might avoid it. But real life sometimes becomes a mirror of those fears, and leaves us wond...

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Episode 142: Reflections

Episode Date: May 11, 2020

There’s a lot that science has explained away. Mysteries that left us cowering in fear. Events that challenged our feelings of security and control. B...

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Episode 141: Stains

Episode Date: April 27, 2020

Humanity has always been very good at making the best of a bad situation. Either by burying the past, or at least by building distractions that take t...

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Episode 140: Potential

Episode Date: April 13, 2020

We often speak in lofty terms about all that humans are capable of achieving, and much of that is true. But looking backward in time, we can also see...

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Episode 139: Heirloom

Episode Date: March 30, 2020

The way we treat the past is a great lens into the character of humanity. Sometimes we elevate it, but all too often we work to bury it. And while the...

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Episode 138: Foresight

Episode Date: March 16, 2020

Humanity has grown over the millennia by passing on knowledge through teachings and guides. Even today, how-to books are best-sellers, and people are...

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Episode 137: Elusive

Episode Date: March 2, 2020

Our passion for solving incomplete puzzles is something that unites us as a culture. We will chase any mystery and dig into every single question we e...

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Episode 136: The Third Time

Episode Date: February 17, 2020

Folklore is our legacy. We humans have carried it with us everywhere we’ve gone in the world, and it anchors us to our roots and our community. But it...

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Episode 135: A Good Death

Episode Date: February 3, 2020

We like it when things go according to plan. Even when it comes to death, we long to have some semblance of control over our path. So when those best-...

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Episode 133: Proof Positive

Episode Date: January 6, 2020

The human tendency to study the unknown—to dig deep and search for the bedrock of truth at the bottom of the mystery—is one of our most enduring quali...

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Episode 132: Puzzled

Episode Date: December 23, 2019

We all love a good hiding place. Whether it’s the child who tucks the key to their diary under their pillow, or the parent who hides away the holiday...

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Episode 131: Sea of Change

Episode Date: December 9, 2019

While the ocean represents opportunity and hope, it also holds more mystery than most feel comfortable with. Yes, we’ve explored it in search of new l...