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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

by Icy Sedgwick
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  • Three More Female Ghosts from North East England

    October 24, 2026 · 16 min

    It is the month of Halloween so welcome to the Fabulous Folklore Fireside, for we shall have some more ghostly tales this week! Unlike my usual episodes, which feature some kind of dissection of the stories, this episode will entertain…

  • Three Ghosthunters and a Podcast with Rob Kirkup and Wayne Gilbert

    October 17, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

    For this special Spooky Season episode of Fabulous Folklore, I'm joined by my very good friends Rob Kirkup from the How Haunted? podcast, and Wayne Gilbert from the Eerie Edinburgh podcast. Both have been on the podcast before, but here…

  • 3 Ghostly Tales from North East England for Halloween

    October 10, 2026 · 18 min

    It is the month of Halloween so welcome to the Fabulous Folklore Fireside, for we shall have some ghostly tales this week! Unlike my usual episodes, which feature some kind of dissection of the stories, this episode will entertain you…

  • Phantom Cubes and Spectral Smells: Ghost Stories with Three Ravens

    October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

    Welcome to Spooky Season! I'm talking to Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux from the Three Ravens podcast about ghost stories! We talk about the fascination we have for ghost stories, what ghost stories need to be creepy, what kinds of ghosts…

  • Very Very Frightening: The Folklore of Thunder and Lightning

    September 26, 2026 · 20 min

    Thunder and lightning offer one of nature's more cinematic spectacles, so it's unsurprising they would accrue a degree of folklore. The danger that lightning particularly poses sees a range of practices to ward off storms, while other…

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  • The Folklore of the Autumn Equinox: Marking the Sun's Path

    September 19, 2026 · 21 min

    The autumn equinox falls on 23 September in the UK in 2026. This marks the definite slide towards the winter solstice! In terms of folklore, there are many articles about the autumn equinox from a neopagan perspective. Yet the festival…

  • Sticking to the Faery Rules with Charlie Creed

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    In this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I'm joined by writer Charlie Creed, to chat about his new book, The Faery Rules: Forgotten Folklore for Living in Harmony with the Fae. We talk about why people persist in thinking fairies…

  • Moon Folklore: The Monthly Phases and their Superstitions

    September 12, 2026 · 21 min

    Much online discussion of the moon focuses on the new and full moons, especially when it comes to setting intentions and releasing things. I prefer to work on a more seasonal basis than monthly, but I'm also terrible at intention setting…

  • The Aurora Borealis: The Beautiful Northern Lights in Folklore and Myth

    September 5, 2026 · 23 min

    As we’re focusing on the Folklore of the Skies this month, it seemed only right to start with a celestial phenomenon that becomes a lot easier to see as the nights draw in. Yes, we’re looking at the northern lights, or aurora…

  • Folklore of Poison Hemlock: The Poison that killed Socrates

    August 29, 2026 · 18 min

    Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a member of the Apiaceae family—otherwise known as the Carrot family. It's also known as Beaver Poison, Devil's Porridge, Herb Bennet, Poison Parsley, Water Parsley, and Spotted Hemlock. The plants can…

  • The Folklore of Deadly Nightshade: Devils, Witches, and Murder

    August 22, 2026 · 17 min

    Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna) is part of the Solanaceae family, which also contains peppers, aubergines, tomatoes and potatoes! This most famous of poisonous plants is also known as belladonna, banewort, deadly dwale, Devil’s…

  • Aconite Folklore: From the Underworld to the Poisoner's Cabinet

    August 15, 2026 · 19 min

    Aconitum, referred to as ‘aconite’, is part of the Ranunculaceae family, or the buttercup family.  The Aconitum genus contains around 100 species, each of which is poisonous. Records of its use date back 3000 years.  The Anglo-Saxons…

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About the show

Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)! Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick, the podcast explores folklore, legends, superstitions, mythology, and all things weird, occult and unusual.