The wonderful Dr Juliette Wood from @folkloresociety.bsky.social answers folklore questions for @wired.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j... (Thanks to @saydescarlett.substack.com for the find)

Two weeks until The Haunted Ladscape VII: Ghosts, Magic and Folklore Terrific speakers @conwayhall.bsky.social and online. Full details at the following link: forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... @icysedgwick.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social @magicnotwitches.bsky.social

Last chance to book for tonight’s talk

Even horses love my book ZOINKS! THE SPOOKY FOLKLORE BEHIND SCOOBY DOO Get yours ( the book, not a horse ) from www.thefolklorepodcast.com/store/p185/Z...

TOMORROW! #Folklore and customs at Waterstones Ipswich with @folklorepod.bsky.social at 7pm! There's still time to book a ticket (phone, email, or message) or to reserve a signed copy if you can't make it on the night. Looking forward to seeing some of you there! #BookSigning #Booksky 📚🪐

Not long to go until we get to enjoy our next online talk, this coming Saturday at 8pm via Zoom. This one is delivered by Michael Fortune, who will be joining us to discuss Irish Death Customs. Tickets are just £5 including access to a recording of the talk. Book on EventBrite at bit.ly/flaevents

New online talk on women in folk tales. Book now on the link below

Everyone stop what you are doing and order this book now. Heard and interview with the author on @folklorepod.bsky.social and had to get it. It's amazing. Just so ridiculously charming and I needed it. I really did. It's a much needed tonic to all the negative news and crap that is flying around.

THIS FRIDAY @waterstonesipswich.bsky.social! Have you reserved your signed copy and/or free tickets yet? Meet author @folklorepod.bsky.social at our British #Folklore Evening & discover fascinating folk customs new and old. Do repost for anyone who might be interested! 🎃🎆🎄 #Booksky

A great episode of Absolute Units ... and also one with me in too.

The next online talk from the Folklore Library and Archive is this coming Saturday. Irish folklore powerhouse Michael Fortune will be presenting on the subject of Irish Death Customs. Plenty of chance for a Q&A, plus a recording if you can't make it live. Book now at bit.ly/flaevents

My second public talk this week is at @waterstonesipswich.bsky.social on Friday 7 Nov at 7pm when I'll be discussing my National Trust book BRITAIN'S FOLKLORE YEAR. Details of this are on the link below, including how to register www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev... Will I see any of you there?

I'm giving two public talks this week in different parts of the country. The first in this Thursday, 6 Nov, at 5pm in Watkins Bookshop, London, when @traceynormanauthor.bsky.social and I will be discussing our book Devon's Forgotten Witches. RSVP on this link www.watkinsbooks.com/event-detail...

My friends at Character Creation Roleplay have joined the podcast world with @oceancitytabletop.bsky.social Expect a future something looking at folklore in tabletop games. They have a library of over 1,000 to choose from. And do follow their BlueSky as they start their new podcast

My latest podcast episode, looking at the TV phenomenon of The Traitors and whether we might see shades of the witch hunts in them

Introducing Darklore - a new podcast created by @drunkstoryteller.bsky.social and I. Our first episode about dark fairies is now live: www.folkloringpodcast.com/2275302/epis... #folklore #darklore #folkloring #fae #fairies

This is the folklore/Traitors crossover I didn't know I needed. Highly recommend for fans for either. Well worth a watch or listen, especially for between-season Americans who need a fix.

We are about 15 minutes behind schedule for the #NationalSeance … this could get confusing!

Halloween appropriate podcast! The overlap between The Traitors and early modern witch hunts is more complex than I even I expected. Hope you enjoy this discussion! #traitors #halloween #witchcraft www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-181....

Episode 181 - OUT NOW! THE TRAITORS: WHIMSY OR WITCH HUNT? Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-181.... Watch on YouTube at youtu.be/vSl9d7db1Zo I gather together a gaggle of witchcraft historians to discuss the cult TV gameshow 'The Traitors' and its parallels with the witch hunts

The horrors! Two episodes of Absolute Units in one week. And an absolute shocker this time too, all about Halloween and folklore (with done discussion if Scooby Doo). This time, @joevaughan.net and I are joined by the amazing Mark Norman, host of @folklorepod.bsky.social. Enjoy!

Episode 181 - OUT NOW! THE TRAITORS: WHIMSY OR WITCH HUNT? Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-181.... Watch on YouTube at youtu.be/vSl9d7db1Zo I gather together a gaggle of witchcraft historians to discuss the cult TV gameshow 'The Traitors' and its parallels with the witch hunts

It's a special spooky podcast episode from @themerl.bsky.social With me, for reasons that anyone is yet to truly fathom. Go and listen!

Happy Halloween! Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.

Absolute Units will be back tomorrow for a very special, one-of-a-kind Halloween episode, where we chat with the brilliant @folklorepod.bsky.social about one of our favourite topics in the world: Scooby Doo! look out for that wherever you get your podcasts 🎃

Apple bobbing is the subject of today’s vintage Halloween postcard. The tradition of bobbing for apples probably (not not definitely) comes from Roman times, being later woven into Samhain rituals. A girl who placed the apple she bobbed under her pillow would hope to dream of her love to be.

My audience for the Scooby talk for Warner Library this evening are sending me the most fantastic pictures of their Scoobifications :)

This book comes out soon ... but lucky me has an advance copy and it's just brilliant. Expect a future feature. At least we know now that @lilithepunk.bsky.social isn't going to cough through an interview

There's still just time to register for my FREE online talk for Warner Library, NY this evening at 7 EST / 11 GMT. Registration means you'll get access to a recording if you can't be there live, or if you have to leave early. Come and join me while you can: warnerlibrary.org/2025/09/29/z...

Hey there @colmuseums.bsky.social … I’m doing a talk on Friday 7 November @waterstonesipswich.bsky.social which means we will drive back to Devon on Saturday 8 in your sort of orbit. Just in case anyone at the Castle (or elsewhere) fancied a meet up as we’ve known each other here for a while?

This Friday, I ruin a perfectly good podcast about rural life by appearing on Absolute Units from @themerl.bsky.social

A vintage Halloween card with a smattering of folklore hidden among the costumes, but even more weirdness. The ghost is reminiscent of white sheeting, the origin of which comes from winding shrouds. The child resembles Newfoundland mummering The bloke at the back made no effort at all!

My aim is to somehow sell 100 online tickets to this - I really hope you can make it, will be an evening of Christmas ghosts and fancies!

Take a look at this short announcement about the completion of a new digital archive in our collections for @folkloristan.bsky.social and then follow the link below to browse the contents: t6a6bcb709d708a60.starter3ua.preservica.com/portal/en-US... #folklore #archives #pakistan

Just a quick reminder that I'm giving a FREE talk online for Warner Library, serving the town of Sleepy Hollow in the US, tomorrow night at 7pm EST / 11pm UK I'll be discussing Scooby-Doo and folklore with a particular slant on the gothic and folk horror Join me! warnerlibrary.org/2025/09/29/z...

Early 20th century Halloween postcards loved a verse. This one references the history behind the tradition of fancy dress at this time. This comes from guising, where people would try and avoid the ghosts and spirits of All Hallows through disguise. That fed into what we now do on October 31.

I have spent a portion of my morning writing about folklore in relation to Mr Burns' depiction as a 'sexy mermaid'... The book that this is for, PARANORMAL SIMPSONS, by myself and pop culture commentator Murray Ferguson will come out with @crossedcrowbooks.bsky.social I don't just do Scooby-Doo!

If Ipswich area followers fancy a folklore meet-up, then let me know. Anyone coming to see me at this event?

LONDON FOLKS! We will be speaking at Watkins Bookshop on Thursday 6th November on the subject of Devon's Forgotten Witches: 1860-1910. Anyone fancy a Folklore Podcast London meetup? Let us know :) More details here: www.watkinsbooks.com/event-detail...

Saw the below Halloween card and felt Little Mari need to pose like it!

Today I'll be giving a talk at The Wharf, Tavistock at 2pm. Come along if you're in the area and interested in witch trials, archival documents and family history

Early 20th century Halloween postcards loved a verse. This one references the history behind the tradition of fancy dress at this time. This comes from guising, where people would try and avoid the ghosts and spirits of All Hallows through disguise. That fed into what we now do on October 31.

The second part of a large #donation arrived today, from respected #folklorist John Widdowson. Looking forward to exploring the contents! #Folklore #history #HistorySky #Skystorians #books #library #librarian #archive #archivist Also, pls subscribe to our youtube! youtube.com/shorts/JG4bV...

The Premiere and live chat are over, but you can still watch the Dark Secrets Esoteric Exhibition video on my YouTube channel any time you like via this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep1k...

Join me in the live chat NOW on the Folklore Podcast YouTube channel ready for the premier at 9pm of my Sneak Peak video looking at the Dark Secrets Esoteric Exhibition in Waterloo Vaults, London, including some exclusive coverage of the 'seance' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep1k...

Don’t forget tonight at 9pm UK time, you can join me in a live chat for the YouTube premiere of my sneak peak video for the Dark Secrets esoteric exhibition in London. Here’s the link. The video is around half an hour. youtu.be/ep1k9WywXCA See you there?

The heyday of exchanging halloween postcards was between 1900 and 1920 and the bizarre images often had a folkloric tale to tell. These anthropomorphic cabbages allude to divination recorded in Scotland and Ireland where the shape of a pulled cabbage stalk denoted the figure of your future love!

Have you listened to the most recent episode of the podcast yet, discussing Edith Nesbit and her gothic tales of terror? I'll be watching @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social 's performance this evening, so more to come on this...

Tomorrow night at 9pm UK time, follow this link to join me in a live chat for the YouTube premiere of my sneak peak video for the Dark Secrets esoteric exhibition in London. youtu.be/ep1k9WywXCA Who is coming?

Just two weeks for the next online talk from The Folklore Library and Archive - Irish Death Customs This one is looking popular. Book soon to avoid disappointment