Fey Fellows Podcast

This peculiar German fairytale sees a fisherman win magical wishes from a fish who can speak. His wife goes a bit crazy. Nothing will stop her ambitions, except perhaps the fish... While this tale is relatively unknown, it has many equivalents from English to Indian and potentially even Japanese folklore. There isn't always a fish, and there isn't always ambition to rule the world, but you can see the similarity even when it's just a greedy jackal waiting for a bull's private parts to fall off. Not that this version ends well either, mind.

A final episode exploring one of the most terrifying cryptids of all itme

Another whimsical German fairy tale, The Enchanted Princess takes two brother's on a magical journey with impossible tasks - come along and see how they do! We might just tell you how the bees came to know all the secrets of the world on top of that.

Today's episode is about my all time favourite American cryptid and his lesser-known British cousin. Get ready to wind down some dark country lanes in search of the infamous (and beloved) Point Pleasant Mothman and the Cornish Owlman.

This little fairy tale has it all - a magic cloak, neverending riches, a bad witch, a young maiden, giants, oh yes, and donkeys and cabbages. Find out how all these go together and how some utterly unnecessary characters were treated very unfairly in this forgotten tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.

This episode we explore the bigfoot legend, it's origins and various other iterations of the myth

Join us to find out about fairy tales that put their lucky protagonist in the right place at the right time. Doctor Know-All wants to earn some extra cash and sets out to find the stolen money of a noble. Lucky that the Doctor is called Crabbe. Why? Let us tell you...

Meet a dragon's very own grandmother, whom he tells everything! This is the first of shorter episodes which will be exploring lesser known fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and others.

Join us for a slither around the famous Penshaw Hill (or Worm Hill near Fatfield, depending who you ask) to discover the North East's most infamous Wyrm, speculations about its horrible historical background, and funny quibbles between the tale tellers through the centuries. There's a curse over nine generations, a wise woman, an evil noble coming of age, the crusades and a very poor greyhound in it, too!

Join us as we investigate the Celtic traditions of Samhain and their legacy on modern day halloween

This time, we set out to find grey ladies across England. Join us to hear about the two grey ladies of Durham Castle, the heartbreak hauntings of Beamish Hall and Langley Castle and most importantly, the grey lady of Levens Hall who made friends with a ghost dog. Find out how you can summon the grey lady of Aycliffe and speculate with us about the mysterious connection between the deaths of the grey ladies in the North East. We hope you enjoy and we would love to hear about any grey ladies or ghost dogs you've heard of on our social media accounts!

In this episode, come along to Crook Hall in Durham, a very spooky and very haunted mansion in the heart of the city, which surprised us by having not one but two ghosts who have been reported in sightings through the centuries. The hauntings and sightings are closely entangled with the local history, its famous occupants and their scandals. We hope you enjoy!

Episode one of our podcast is finally here and we're excited to take you on a very spooky journey in the first of our four spooky episodes. We're still getting the hang of recording this distantly with all the local restrictions in place over here but so bare with us while we iron out any technical difficulties that come with recording and editing this is in different spaces. 

Lucy and Janina find out a few curiosities about each other, just to let their listeners know who (and what!) is in store for them. Get to know some personal ghosts and favourite jumpers!

Short introduction to our whimsical world! Have a listen if you'd like to know whether you want to spend time with us crazy folk.