The folk tales space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 85 of the best, including MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories, Lore, and Old Gods of Appalachia.
Lore
The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events...
Old Gods of Appalachia
In the mountains of central Appalachia, blood runs as deep as these hollers and just as dark. Since before our kind knew these hills, hearts of unk...
Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest
🎃 You're invited to see Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest live with Adam Gidwitz on October 25 in Tarrytown, NY! 🎟️ Get tickets: tinyurl.com/GrimmLive2026...
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser and Carissa Weiser tell stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories...
Our Fake History
A podcast about myths we think are history and history that might be hidden in myths! Awesome stories that really (maybe) happened!
Mythology
Ancient myths, modern twists. This episodic audio drama brings history’s greatest stories to life, analyzing their origins and giving insight into ...
Loremen Podcast
Join the Loremen (James Shakeshaft and Alasdair Beckett-King) as they "investigate" local legends and forgotten folklore.
The Three Ravens Podcast
Three Ravens is a completely independent English myth and folklore podcast where we share stories, celebrate folk culture, and fall backwards throu...
New England Legends Podcast
Twice each week, legend hunter, author, and historian Jeff Belanger and radio host Ray Auger explore the ghosts, monsters, aliens, folklore, histor...
Little Stories Everywhere
A good story can take you anywhere. Every week Little Stories Everywhere will bring you magical, adventurous, fantastical tales to excite your imag...
Unobscured
Each season of Unobscured digs deep into one of history's darkest and most misunderstood moments, and sheds light on the true story beneath the myt...
Freaky Folklore
Host Carman Carrion explores myriad myths both modern and ancient to discover what mankind fears - and why we fear it. From monsters old ...
Fair Folk Podcast
Fair Folk is a podcast rediscovering and sharing the sacred song and folk traditions of Europe.
Uncanny Japan
Uncanny Japan is a podcast about all the more obscure corners of old Japan, from strange superstitions, cultural curiosities, to creepy creatures. ...
Mythos
Thanks to the backers on Kickstarter, we are pleased to present the original 3 Mythos episodes, remixed for 2025, with brand new music by Tim Elsen...
Wyrd Folk
A duelling storytelling podcast in which the best re-telling of a folktale wins. Come with us to explore the strangest, darkest, oddest tales from ...
The Folklore Podcast
Folklore: Beliefs, traditions & culture of the people. Traditional folklore themes from around the world. An accessible podcast ranked in the top 0...
Espooky Tales
Latin American folklore, myths, legends, haunted places,true crime and espooky cuentos del rancho. Hear the stories you grew up with like La Lloron...
Fireside
Fireside is the Irish Storytelling Podcast. Kevin C. Olohan is your host and Fireside Bard. Every Wednesday, Kevin takes a story from Folklore or M...
Colored Folklore
Mythology extends past the Greek and Roman pantheon, and European fairy tales are only one section in the worldwide folklore lexicon. Every other M...
Chinese Folk Tales
Immerse yourself in the enchanting narrative of Chinese Cinderella, the romantic tale of the cowherd and the fairy, and the heroic legend of the fe...
The Folktale Project
Every week The Folktale Project brings you new folklore, fairytales, myths and legends from around the world. Some tales you've heard before and so...
Tales of Britain and Ireland
A storytelling and folklore podcast. Telling some of the famous and not so famous British and Irish myths, legends and folktales, in no particular ...
New Books in Folklore
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episo...
Tell Me A Story with Eddie Lenihan
Eddie Lenihan is Ireland’s most well known storyteller. He has been telling tales for over 35 years. Each month, Eddie will share Irish wisdom...
Celtic Myths and Legends Podcast
A podcast focused on the myths, legends and folkloric creatures of the 6 Celtic Nations; Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle ...
Folklore
We Will talk about tipical dishes, culture, travel and more.
Family Folktales
What is Family Folktales? Think of it as story time on demand. Whether you're running errands, trying to make dinner, or getting little someones re...
Bone and Sickle
BONE AND SICKLE explores historical topics related to folklore and horror. With acerbic wit and a scholarly penchant for the grotesque, rogue folkl...
Folkloring
In the ancient forest of the past, the roots of our family trees intertwine. Deep within the heartwood of our lineages, the stories and folkways of...
The Fairy Tellers
Welcome to The Fairy Tellers podcast! We explore what myths, legends, folklore, fables, and fairy tales say about cultures both then and now. So gr...
Aloreing
Do you like folklore, cryptids, urban legends, and art? Aloreing is a podcast that brings all these together. Your hosts, Kimmy Hammons & Ryan ...
Tales
Tales, c'est une émission qui vous présente un jeu de rôle sous tous ses aspects (univers, auteur, système de jeu, matériel etc...). Tales est prés...
Fabulous Folklore with Icy
Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)! Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy ...
What The Folklore?
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 conn...
Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children
Sometimes "happily ever after" is no guarantee. We feature short, original fairy tales that turn towards the dark and unsettling. These stories are...
FOLKLORE
When Tamsin Wheatley receives a series of mysterious cassette tapes from her late University Professor, she finds herself drawn into a world of gho...
Fabled Collective
Fabled Collective is your gateway into a world where folklore, haunted history, and creative storytelling converge. Hosted by Vanessa K. Eccles, an...
Celtic Myth Podshow
The Celtic Myth Podshow will tell you ancient tales, stories, legends, folklore and mythology of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and t...
Folklore, Food and Fairytales
A storytelling podcast featuring stories with recipes and food history connected to each episode's story. Is the food in fairytales and folklore re...
Into the Greenwood
Robin Hood is one of the most ubiquitous figures in the English-speaking world. He’s been the star of countless films, television shows, books, gam...
Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
Welcome to the Wise Crone Cottage podcast with storyteller, Kathy Shimpock. Here we'll meet the crone and uncover her wisdom as found, in fairy tal...
Folk Tales
Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has illuminated culture and amplified voices from around the world. Folk Tales extends the Festival’s...
Ohh Folk!!
Sheer delight of oral storytelling with the enchantment of folktales! That’s Ohh Folk!! for you. This folktale storytelling podcast delves into the...
Folklore & Fiction
Welcome to the Folklore & Fiction podcast, where folklore scholarship meets the storytelling craft.
Stories from the Hearth
Stories from the Hearth is an experimental storytelling podcast, a free artistic space in the style of a painter's studio or writer's diary. It is ...
The Friends Of Folklore
Join Sydney and Abbie every other Wednesday as they tell tall tales from all over the world From Paul Bunyan to Loch Ness all the way to the Moth M...
Folklore, Myths and Legends
This podcast is a folklore revival project by Jackie Piper and Andrew Wilkinson. Researching and retelling stories from our past, based in the UK. ...
Legend Has It
A football podcast obsessed with Tom Brady or a Tom Brady podcast obsessed with football…you decide.
The Drunken Storyteller’s Podcast
A lover of Gothic Horror, folklore and the weird, a place to explore all. Beware all ye who enter here, for it is not for the faint of heart. The s...
The Crannog-Cast
In this Podcast we will be looking at a huge variety of content, all inspired and influenced by the Collection here at the Scottish Crannog Centre....
Spirits
My podcast is a collection of me talking to people in my life about witch craft, ghosts, spirts, deititys, and other thing in my thing.
Deep in the Dark Forest
Fairy tales and stories old and new, some familiar, some not. New adaptations told by a storyteller from London Town with specially composed music ...
Roots of Lore
Roots of Lore is a podcast from Caitlin Brehm that explores the roots of fairy tales and folklore to ponder the messages and morals they offered in...
Fieldnotes and Folklore
Fieldnotes And Folklore is a naturalist's view of science, nature, and culture. Naturalist Bekah Simon takes listeners outdoors to learn about what...
Folk-Told Folk-Tales
Summarizing and reviewing folktales from all across the world and all over history, we're just a couple of best friends geeking out together. We co...
Three Ravens
Three Ravens is co-hosted by Ben Hanten, Brooke Lancaster, and Josh Kramer. We are breaking down the final season of Game of Thrones. Each week we ...
Tales of Folk and Fairies
In "Tales of Folk and Fairies" Ms. Pyle tells 15 different children's stories from around the world; each more delightful than the last. Each story...
Fireside Folktales
Fireside Folktales was created by Dallas Hawthorn as a way to celebrate and create artwork. Whether a show takes one year or five years, the end re...
BandCamp
Join Battle Rapper/ Entertainer , as he highlights on day to day news , politics , BattleRap , Music industry Etc . . . .
Folk's Tales
Folk’s Tales combines stories from the lives of ordinary people with lovingly crafted musical scores. The result is a unique fusion of both song an...
House of Legends Podcast ™
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