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A dueling storytellers show in which the best re-telling of a folktale wins. Come with us to explore the strangest, darkest, oddest tales from British folklore. Write word. Listen now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Today57 min
Wyrd Folk Book Club: The Bloody Branch by Brigid Lowe
For the first episode of the Wyrd Folk Book Club we are talking to author Brigid Lowe about her fierce retelling of the fourth branch of the Mabinogion from the perspective of three women who's struggles form the heart of the narrative. Although Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd are not traditionally the protagonists of these tales, their stories have much to teach us about ancient and modern attitudes to women's roles.For book club listeners, make sure to listen in and then sign up for the first book club meeting at 8pm on Monday 14th December via the sign up sheet on our website or join our book club community chat on our Patreon page.You can get a copy of the book via the Penguin website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/470653/the-bloody-branch-by-lowe-brigid/9781529956535Like the show? Then follow us on Instagram @wyrd.folkpodSupport the show on Patreon and help us keep recording https://www.patreon.com/cw/WyrdFolkPodOr visit us at www.wyrdfolkpod.com for show updates, writing challenges and moreWyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago26 min
Halloween Campfire Tales
Join us for our two year anniversary special as Sam and /I try to scare each other with our best campfire tales in a fright swap of horrible urban legends. Listen in for our choice of our favourite chilling tales. Wyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago48 min
Bloody Bones
This week we have two gruesome stories for you for Halloween. Have you ever felt a presence under your bed or under the stairs, or even down the cellar? Every child knows that is where Bloody Bone lurks, waiting to eat you up. Come with us for two stories of grisly haunting and childhood terror. Beware the dark spaces or Bloody Bones will get you.Like the show? Then follow us on Instagram @wyrd.folkpodSupport the show on Patreon and help us keep recording https://www.patreon.com/cw/WyrdFolkPodOr visit us at www.wyrdfolkpod.com for show updates, writing challenges and moreWyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago31 min
Rabbit Trap with Bryn Chainey
If you haven't seen Rabbit Trap then you are missing out on a folk-fantasy treat of a film. We love it and we think you will too. Listen this week as Sam talks to Rabbit Trap director Bryn Chainey about his influences and inspirations for the film.Watch Rabbit Trap here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rabbit-Trap-Bryn-Chainey/dp/B0GMRGH15BLike the show? Then follow us on Instagram @wyrd.folkpodSupport the show on Patreon and help us keep recording https://www.patreon.com/cw/WyrdFolkPodOr visit us at www.wyrdfolkpod.com for show updates, writing challenges and moreWyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 4 weeks ago36 min
Black Annis
This week we look at Leicester's own hag, Black Annis. Said to live in a bower decorated with the skins of all the children she'd devoured, Black Annis is the ultimate British bogeywoman. But where does she come from? Is she a gold over from pagan myth? Or was she once a real woman whose religious devotion made her an outcast? Join us this week for two stories of the hag of the Dane Hills. Wyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 1, 202621 min
Wyrd Folk Book Club
This week we'd like to take you a bit deeper into two of our favourite folklore books of all time. Join us for a chat about George MacDonald's classic children's novel The Princess and the Goblin and Samantha's most mentioned book of the show 'Dark and Dastardly Dartmoor'. Read along with us and let us know what you think of the books. Wyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 24, 202642 min
7.2- Cutty Dyer
Content Warning: as always, this episode contains two deliciously compelling folklore retellings. However, this week the focus is the murderous Cutty Dyer and it was extremely difficult not to write something rather gory and bloodthirsty. So we do suggest that you don't listen to this in the car with young children or alone in the dark at night, especially if you live in Ashburton in Devon. Most especially, don't go looking for Cutty Dyer under the bridge there!Wyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 17, 202646 min
The Devil and Meon Hill (Wyrd Folk Festival Special)
Dare you defy the devil of Meon Hill? Listen in this week for the two stories of devilish terror we wrote for the live podcast performed at The Wyrd Folk Festival on 6th September. This brilliant piece of Gloucestershire folklore is part wild hunt lore, part cautionary tale. Come with us to meet the demon huntsman of Meon Hill and his terrible hooters.Like the show? Then follow us on Instagram @wyrd.folkpodSupport the show on Patreon and help us keep recording https://www.patreon.com/cw/WyrdFolkPodOr visit us at www.wyrdfolkpod.com for show updates, writing challenges and moreWyrd Folk is a duelling folk storytelling podcast. Every episode will contain two stories for your listening pleasure, and you are the final judge of which one of us told the best version of the tale. Once you've listened, tell us which one you liked best by heading over to the episode blog on our website to vote on the episode poll for that story. https://www.wyrdfolkpod.com/episodes-1Remember to keep writing wyrd! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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