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Top Podcasts for Folk Tales in 2026

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The folk tales space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 56 of the best, including MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories, Lore, and Old Gods of Appalachia.

  1. MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
    MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
    MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories is a true crime and mystery podcast that presents strange, dark and mysterious content deliv...
    Content:
    Black Women True CrimeMystery StorytellingSerial KillersSeries AnalysisTrue CrimeFolk Tales
    +1
    Audience:
    EngineersTrue Crime Fans
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  2. Lore
    Lore
    The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events...
    Content:
    Bizarre CrimesBizarre HistoryDark FantasyDark FictionFictionFolk Tales
    +16
    Audience:
    Fantasy FansHistory BuffsStudents
    Goal:
    Following A StoryLearning New SkillsRelaxingSleeping BetterTo Fall Asleep To
    Style:
    DocumentaryNarrative StorytellingSolo Commentary
    When:
    Background NoiseBefore BedCommutingDoing ChoresLong Drive
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  3. Old Gods of Appalachia
    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...
    Content:
    Appalachian FolkloreAudio FictionDark FantasyDark FictionFictionFolk Tales
    +6
    Audience:
    Fantasy FansHorror CreatorsSci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
    When:
    Long Drive
  4. Stuff You Missed in History Class
    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.
    Content:
    Bizarre HistoryChristian LivingEducationEntertainmentHistoryFolk Tales
    +5
    Audience:
    College StudentsHistory BuffsRetireesRunnersStudents
    +2
    Goal:
    Discovering New Ideas
    Style:
    EducationalQ And A
    When:
    At The GymCommutingFocused LearningLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  5. Myths and Legends
    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...
    Content:
    FictionLegends FolklorePoetic StorytellingRoad Trip StoriesWorld MythologyFolk Tales
    Audience:
    Fantasy Fans
    Goal:
    Following A StorySleeping BetterTo Fall Asleep To
    Style:
    Narrative Storytelling
    When:
    At WorkBackground NoiseBefore Bed
  6. Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
    Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
    The most entertaining and enraging stories from 'Classical' mythology (and, often, ancient history of the wider Mediterranean!) told casually, cont...
    Content:
    World MythologyFolk Tales
  7. Our Fake History
    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!
    Content:
    Bizarre HistoryHistoryMusicStrange HistoryFolk Tales
    Audience:
    History BuffsSci-Fi FansStudents
    Goal:
    Unwinding And Laughing
    When:
    At The GymWeekend Deep Dive
  8. Little Stories Everywhere
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  9. Sleep and Sorcery | Folklore & Fantasy-Inspired Sleep Stories
    Sleep and Sorcery | Folklore & Fantasy-Inspired Sleep Stories
    Welcome to Sleep and Sorcery, a folklore and fantasy-inspired sleep series. Step across the threshold into a world of myth and magic, where you can...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  10. New England Legends Podcast
    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...
    Content:
    Haunted PlacesLegends FolkloreParanormal InvestigationsFolk Tales
  11. The Three Ravens Podcast
    The Three Ravens Podcast
    Three Ravens is an English myth and folklore podcast hosted by Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux.In each weekly episode, released on Mondays, we explo...
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreFolk Tales
  12. Mythos
    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...
    Content:
    FictionLegends FolkloreFolk Tales
  13. Tales of Britain and Ireland
    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 ...
    Content:
    FictionLegends FolkloreFolk Tales
  14. The Moonlit Road Podcast - Southern Ghost Stories & Folklore
    The Moonlit Road Podcast - Southern Ghost Stories & Folklore
    Leave the highway behind for the back roads of the American South. The Moonlit Road brings you authentic Southern ghost stories and folklore, prese...
    Content:
    Ghost StoriesFolk Tales
  15. Uncanny Japan
    Uncanny Japan
    Uncanny Japan is a podcast about all the more obscure corners of old Japan, from strange superstitions, cultural curiosities, to creepy creatures. ...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  16. Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology Podcast
    Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology Podcast
    We are a group of storytellers, performers, and musicians. We tell Irish myths to a live audience with live music. Candlelit Tales was founded by b...
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreWorld MythologyFolk Tales
  17. Loremen Podcast
    Loremen Podcast
    Join the Loremen (James Shakeshaft and Alasdair Beckett-King) as they "investigate" local legends and forgotten folklore.
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreWorld MythologyFolk Tales
  18. Dark and Twisty Tales: folk stories and fairy tales for the unafraid.
    Dark and Twisty Tales: folk stories and fairy tales for the unafraid.
    This is a bi-monthly podcast featuring songs and stories from some lesser known fairy tales and folk stories. Stories which lean toward the grisly ...
    Content:
    FictionFolk Tales
  19. The Folklore Podcast
    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...
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreFolk Tales
  20. Live Laugh Lore: A Podcast on the Story of Warcraft
    Live Laugh Lore: A Podcast on the Story of Warcraft
    Join Ali and Gin as they talk all about the story of Warcraft from the angles you always wished they'd cover. They won't be explaining the lore to ...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  21. House of Legends: World Myths & Legends
    House of Legends: World Myths & Legends
    World myths and legends with Scottish storyteller and USA Today bestselling author Daniel Allison. Discover breathtaking stories from around the wo...
    Content:
    World MythologyFolk Tales
  22. Fireside
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  23. Fair Folk Podcast
    Fair Folk Podcast
    Fair Folk is a podcast rediscovering and sharing the sacred song and folk traditions of Europe.
    Content:
    Legends FolklorePoetic StorytellingFolk Tales
  24. Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  25. Celtic Myth Podshow
    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...
    Content:
    World MythologyFolk Tales
  26. Fabled Collective
    Fabled Collective
    Fabled Collective is your gateway into a world where folklore, haunted history, and creative storytelling converge. Hosted by Vanessa K. Eccles, an...
    Content:
    FictionHaunted PlacesFolk Tales
  27. Tell Me A Story with Eddie Lenihan
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  28. Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  29. Espooky Tales
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  30. New Books in Folklore
    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...
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreFolk Tales
  31. The Fairy Tellers
    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...
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreFolk Tales
  32. Fabulous Folklore with Icy
    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 ...
    Content:
    FictionLegends FolkloreFolk Tales
  33. What The Folklore?
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  34. Folkloring
    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...
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreWorld MythologyFolk Tales
  35. Into the Greenwood
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  36. Aloreing
    Aloreing
    Do you like folklore, cryptids, urban legends, and art? Aloreing is a podcast that brings all these together. Your hosts, Kimmy Hammons & Ryan ...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  37. Echoes of Elgin: Timeless Tales from the Elgin History Museum
    Echoes of Elgin: Timeless Tales from the Elgin History Museum
    A captivating podcast dedicated to unveiling the rich and diverse history of Elgin, Illinois. Each episode brings to life fascinating stories and l...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  38. The Faerie Folk - Folklore, Myths and Legends from the U.K
    The Faerie Folk - Folklore, Myths and Legends from the U.K
    Hello and welcome to The Faerie Folk - a travel, folklore and storytelling podcast that takes you on an magical tour to discover the myth and the m...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  39. The Skald’s Circle: Stories of Myth, Folklore, and Legend
    The Skald’s Circle: Stories of Myth, Folklore, and Legend
    Myths, Stories, Folklore, and More!
    Content:
    World MythologyFolk Tales
  40. Colored Folklore
    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...
    Content:
    World MythologyFolk Tales
  41. FOLKLORE
    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...
    Content:
    World MythologyFolk Tales
  42. Stories from the Hearth
    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 ...
    Content:
    Dark FantasyFolk Tales
    Audience:
    Fantasy Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative Storytelling
  43. The Friends Of Folklore
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  44. Deep in the Dark Forest
    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 ...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  45. Ohh Folk!!
    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...
    Content:
    Audio FictionCultureFolk Tales
    Style:
    EducationalNarrative Storytelling
  46. The Drunken Storyteller’s Podcast
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  47. The Crannog-Cast
    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....
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  48. Legend Has It
    Legend Has It
    A football podcast obsessed with Tom Brady or a Tom Brady podcast obsessed with football…you decide.
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  49. Spirits
    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.
    Content:
    Ghost StoriesLegends FolkloreWorld MythologyYA BooksFolk Tales
  50. Three Ravens
    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 ...
    Content:
    FictionLegends FolkloreFolk Tales
  51. Fireside Folktales
    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...
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  52. BandCamp
    BandCamp
    Join Battle Rapper/ Entertainer , as he highlights on day to day news , politics , BattleRap , Music industry Etc . . . .
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  53. Myth podcast
    Myth podcast
    Myth podcast
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  54. Dark and Twisty Tales
    Dark and Twisty Tales
    Content:
    FictionFolk Tales
  55. House of Legends Podcast ™
    House of Legends Podcast ™
    Great things are in motion.… 2026🎙️Meanwhile, explore our main sanctuary:Instagram  @graciela_thehouseoflegends
    Content:
    Folk Tales
  56. Singing Bones
    Singing Bones
    Content:
    Legends FolkloreFolk Tales