The Feral Folklorist
The Feral Folklorist is a podcast that blends strange history, old-world witchcraft, and hands-on folk magic. Each episode explores a real haunting, folktale, or magical belief—then digs deeper into the spellcraft, superstition, and shadow work buried underneath. From witch bottles and death omens to crossroads myths and Southern curses, this show uncovers the folklore people whisper about but rarely explain.
Hosted by author and folklorist Papa Gee, The Feral Folklorist combines storytelling with practical magic, revealing how ancient beliefs still shape the way we protect, hex, heal, and haunt. Whether you’re into ghost stories, rootwork, or ritual, this podcast invites you to explore the eerie, the enchanted, and everything that still smells like smoke.
New episodes every other Monday.
The Feral Folklorist
Latest Episodes
Feral Fragments: The Hammersmith Ghost and Murder Trial
In the winter of 1804, people around Hammersmith were convinced something white and ghostly was appearing after dark. Witnesses reported a strange figure near the churchyard and along the roads, and before long, frightened residents were going ...
Feral Fragments: The Kentucky Meat Shower
In March of 1876, Rebecca Crouch was making soap outside her home in Bath County, Kentucky, when pieces of flesh began falling from a clear sky. Meat landed across the yard, caught on fences and briers, and soon attracted neighbors, newspaper r...
Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Three Little Birds
This time, I’m sharing “The Three Little Birds,” a German fairy tale about three royal children taken from their mother at birth and sent down a river by two jealous aunts. A fisherman saves them and raises them as his own, while their innocent...
29. Baba Yaga’s House: The Witch at the Edge of the Woods
Baba Yaga waits at the edge of the forest in a hut that turns on chicken legs, surrounded by burning skulls, bones, and strange servants. But the old witch of Russian folklore is not always the same creature from one story to the next. In this ...
Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Grey Lady of Glamis
This time, I’m sharing “The Grey Lady of Glamis,” a Scottish ghost tale set inside Glamis Castle, where one chair in the chapel is always left empty. A young servant named Elspeth is warned never to move it, but when unexpected guests leave the...
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