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 transcribedFire is a dangerous tool. Used properly, it can transform a society, but if it isn’t respected, it can burn that society to the ground. Which is why w...
There are very few bits of folklore that haven’t spread around the globe over the past few centuries. Yet every now and then, something fresh and dist...
The bigger the city, the easier it is to miss the little details. Stories of loss, tragedy, and horrifying events have a way of vanishing beneath the...
Folklore and popular culture are filled with a type of event that seems both unusual and logical: time and time again, criminals return to the source....
Folklore and medicine often go hand in hand. In fact, for a long time they were the very same thing. But folklore has a way of leading people to tragi...
You can tell a lot about a culture by the things it creates. Tools, exploration, weapons; all of it speaks to the priorities and character of that soc...
Humans have an innate desire to fix what’s broken, and that’s a good thing. We’re not the best at it, though, and we often fail—sometimes horribly. An...
H.P. Lovecraft said it best: “…the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”. And no other place in the world is as unknown to us as t...
Human culture has a different expression no matter where you go. Despite that variety, though, we do share one common thread: music. And while it has...
Nearly four centuries ago, a wave of sickness spread through a community in the French countryside. It wasn’t a traditional disease they were fighting...
Fear has a way of spreading. It’s contagious, moving from person to person. Given enough time, fear can consume an entire community. Sometimes, though...
Folklore is more than just a collection of stories; it’s the soul of a culture or location. Without them, our world has less texture and beauty. And l...
The more crowded our world becomes, the more frequently we are confronted with our commonality. Our interests, our passions…even our appearance. But j...
Our connection to animals is ancient, intimate, and complex. Humans have worshiped them, sacrificed them, lived with them, and been buried with them....
History is full of criminals. They come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. Some are cheerful, some are dark. Some, however, steal more than money or p...
We crave safety. We build rules and systems and even physical barriers in order to create a sense of security. But darkness has a way of creeping in,...
The Spiritualist movement placed a large focus on reaching beyond the veil, which made us the outsiders pressing into a foreign realm. In the late 180...
It’s often said that our real identity is the person we are in private, away from the public eye. Over two centuries ago, however, one person gave lif...
Tragedy is never something we plan for. It sneaks up on us like a bandit in the night, and takes away our sense of security and purpose. But throughou...
Our world is full of mysterious sightings, but most of them can be explained away with cold logic and common sense. When multiple reports flood in, th...
