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A comedy podcast that exposes the absurd side of folklore. Each week we read a story, fix plotholes and create new ones, and invent unintended connections between tales.
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- 1 weeks ago46 min
Episode 504: Where Crime Was First Hatched
Another Spooklore come and gone, we send it off this year with a reading of the Algonquin story, The Girl-Chenoo and certainly no other surprises whatsoever.Suggested talking points: Nothing Spookier than Disaffected Teenage Boys, Uno-Reverse Scary, No Time for Revenger When There's Elk to Find, PTO for Guilt, That's Snizzlin', Malware the ManCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
- 2 weeks ago42 min
Episode 503: Carl Sandburg’s Silent Hill
We've got something of a rarity for Spooklore this year: an honest-to-goodness, albeit short, unnerving story! This week, we read The Ghost VillageSuggested talking points: Solemnly Observing a Rock, Hungrystaking, Cowboy-Watch Update, This Time The Cloud Yells Back, A Literal Trap for Tourists, A Cackle-Worthy Revelation, An Ominous EllipsisCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
- 3 weeks ago1h 10m
Episode 502: Somewhere, an Apple Smiles
Spooklore 2026 continues with a Romani story simply titled The Vampire. You'd be forgiven if you forget that halfway through it.Suggested talking points: Jump Scare Intro, The Game-Ending Turtle, The Return of Old News, Vaguely Related to Feet, Road ExasperationCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
- Oct 6, 20261h 14m
Pathogen Brink
Spooklore 2026 begins with an important question: "What if Final Fantasy was Spooky?". 1998's Parasite Eve dared to answer that question, with a dubious grasp on the concept of mitochondrial DNACheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
- Sep 22, 20261h 29m
Episode 501: READY THE WOMAN CATAPULT!
Welcome to Season 2! Our inaugural story is Cherry the Frog Bride, a Grimm tale that starts silly and becomes increasingly...well...Grimm.Suggested talking points: Time for Numbers to Go on Vacation, Mandatory Internet Buddy-System, Specializing in Guilt and Shame, Eavesdropping on a Pig Race, Corn Jacuzzi, Double-Negative Taxes, Welcome to Dog-Corpse IslandCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
- Sep 15, 20261h 42m
Episode 500: Running the Podcast in Admin Mode (AKA Alergic to Information) {AKA Animal Alphabet, 2nd Edition}
Episode 500
- Sep 8, 202656 min
Episode 499: I AM THE HORSE
This week, on the eve of episode 500, we read The Baker's Apprentice, a story that serves as a tortured metaphor for the kingdom of Heaven, but works great as a metaphor for the worst cake you've ever heard of.Suggested talking points: Season 2 Eve, Linkin Park Shaped Gummies, Audio SkyMall, Passed the Point of Poignant, Anti-Dipping Propaganda, VIP Ticket to Hell, Report In For Your Scheduled BeatingCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
- Sep 1, 20261h 8m
Episode 498: The Kindly Wizard, Updog
This week, after a brief look at the stupid, stupid future of Golf, we journey to Scandinavia for the tale of Wet George. Suggested talking points: Golf With Sidequests, Bath Taxi, Breaking New Dum-Dum Ground, Bad at Existing but Really Good at Knots, A Rich Minefiled Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
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