The Friends Of Folklore

This week, on our most unhinged episode yet, Sydney discusses some spooky haunted islands! Learn all about the plague, William Shatner films, and why you should just let some things die with your uncle.

This Week on The Friends of Folklore Abbie is left alone in the dark and she has a few stories to tell.

In our 50TH EPISODE, Sydney will discuss the mystery of D.B. Cooper, air pirate and, bizarrely, American Folk Hero.

The sisters are BACK! On the Season 3 premier of The Friends of Folklore, Sydney discusses the folklore behind one of Abbie's favorite topics: Bridges! Learn about the dark origins of one of London's most famous bridges, the Goatman, and a number of haunted bridges in America and beyond.

On the Season 2 Finale of the Friends of Folklore, the sisters tackle Twitter CreepyPasta! In the most chaotic and unhinged episode yet, Abbie will tell about why this tiny creepy town has no eggs! Then, Sydney tells the tale of Dear David, the spookiest kid on the internet since Chuckie. Tune in!!!

This week on TFOF, it is the PENULTIMATE episode of season 2 and Sydney is coming in hot with another Cryptid Corner! Phantom Cats, Baby Moose Aliens, and Chupacabra love. Tune in!

This week on the Friends of Folklore, Sydney tells the chilling mystery of the Lost Children of Hamlen. Learn about the historically recorded event that inspired the folktale of the Pied Piper. Were the children killed by the Black Death, kidnapped or sent away to seek their fortunes, or was it all just a dance party that got way out of hand? Find out this week on The Friends of Folklore!

Welcome back to Cryptid Corner! This week, Abbie tells us the stories of three mysterious creatures. Hear the tale of The Beast of Busco, a 500lbs snapping turtle! Learn about Sheepsquatch, the foul smelling protector of the forest! Finally, discover the myth of the mysterious Corfu Island Creature! Find out if Sydney can finally land this outro! All this and more on the Friends of Folklore!

This week, on The Friends of Folklore, Abbie teaches us all about gnomes, both garden and regular. While Sydney names the entire cast of Gnomeo and Juliet from memory, Abbie will explain the less than humble (and X Rated) origins of the garden gnome, the imperialist undertones of the Greek myth, and the most difficult level of a PS2 game two decades ago. Tune in!

This week, on The Friends of Folklore, the sister welcome a very special guest: third sister, host of the BabyShroomPod, and artist for TFOF social media: Monique AKA BabyShroom! On this episode, the sisters discuss the lore behind one of our most mysterious neighbors on this planet: the mushroom. Hear the story of the first (very accidental) recorded "magic mushroom" trip, witness the horrors behind the Bloodied Tooth Mushroom, and sit in on a history lesson about when CottageCore actually began. The ladies will answer questions, such as: What really happens when you step into a Fairy Ring? Did the Industrial Revolution really propel fairy lore into what it is today? And what in the name of the wee man is Zozobra?

This week, on the Friends of Folklore, Abbie tells the history behind Unicorns! The sisters discuss the Scottish Flag, Voldemort's Life Hack, and Plankton Aliens? Tune in to hear more!

This week, on TFOF, Abbie tells the infamous tale of the Roswell Incident of 1947, when something fell from the sky into the New Mexican desert. Was it a weather balloon? Aliens? Or the world's largest Jiffy Pop? Find out this week on the Friends of Folklore!

Welcome to the Penultimate episode of The Friends of Folklore, season 1! We'll be going on a brief hiatus at the end of the month and before our grand finale, the sisters decided to break their brains with stories of people who may or may not have travelled through time! From "Gal Pals" at Versailles to a stranger from a thousand year old country no one has ever heard of, Sydney has many tales to tell! Tune in!

This week, on the Friends of Folklore, Sydney talks about three cryptids from around the world. We'll vist Queensland, Australia to talk about the Queensland Tiger and the Thylacine; Toronto, Canada to discover the Cabbagetown Tunnel Monster; and finally, Mt. St. Helens in Washington State to hear the chilling tale of the eruption that may or may not have freed the dreaded Batsquatch.

This week, on the Friends of Folklore, Abbie tells us all about Theatre lore and superstition. The sisters discuss why you should never whistle backstage, the cursed Shakespeare play that may or may not open a portal to hell under your living room, and important groundhogs to watch on Groundhogs Day, all this week on the Friends of Folklore!

This week, on the Friends of Folklore, Sydney tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of the Flannan Isle Lighthouse Keepers! A remote island, three lonesome lighthouse keepers, and a trip down the isle we'll never forget! Tune in to learn about St. Flannan's birds, love triangles, and Lighthouse Doctors who are generally terrible at their jobs!

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Happy New Year, Friends! To start 2021 off right, Abbie tells us a ghost story! The story of Number 14 W 10th St. in Manhattan is said to be one of the most haunting buildings in New York City. Is the brownstone infested by phantoms or just neighbors? Does the ghost of Mark Twain still haunt these hallowed halls? Or perhaps the victim of a murder most foul? Why are there bars on the inside of the windows, what specter resides in apartment 4W, and perhaps most importantly, what year is it?? Tune in to find out on this week's episode of The Friends of Folkly.

Spoiler Alert: Uncharted 4, Treasure Island, and literally every single Pirates of the Caribbean movie

This week, on pAAARt 2 of Pirate Lore! Sydney discusses famous and infamous pirates, fact and fiction, from the bloodthirsty Blackbeard to the roaming identity of the Dread Pirate Roberts! Fun facts about the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, ghost stories about 16th century Nice Guys, and a truly startling amount of Muppet Treasure Island references! This week on the Friends of Folklore! 

YARR! Me Hearties of Folklore! In an EPIC two-parter event, Sydney dives into Pirate Folklore! In part one, the sisters discuss the Golden Age of Piracy, Sailor Superstitions, sea shanties, and sea cryptids that haunt the humble sailor and pirate alike! Pirate Courtroom dramas, including trials with Neptune himself, judgments on Odysseus, magic cats who control the weather, and what it really means to sail beneath the Jolly Roger, discover all of this and more on the Friends of Folklore!

Happy Food Day, Chickadees! This week, Abbie covers three different cryptids: Cactus Cats, the Loveland Frog, and The Fresno Nightcrawler! Stay safe this holiday season, Friends, and tune in to find out which cryptids the sisters are, learn about the sorcery of frog gatherings, and discover whether or not chopsticks wear flowy pants!

This week, on TFOF, the sisters welcome a very special guest and celebrate a monumental moment in our nation's history. Sydney tells the story of American reporter Nellie Bly, righter of wrongs, purveyor of truth and justice, and all around badass who engaged in a race around the world in 80 days. Tune in!

On this very special episode of TFOF, Sydney does a deep dive into the history of everyone's favorite holiday, Halloween! Learn why bats are associated with the spooky season. Just who was Jack of the Lantern? Even get to hear about costumes from the sisters' childhood! Tune in!

Have you ever found yourself in a dark and spooky graveyard and wondered who might be buried within? Have you ever found yourself trying to decipher the strange carvings on a headstone from 1812? This week, on TFOF, Sydney does a deep dive into Graveyard Folklore, the meanings behind some of the symbols on those stones, and a few ghost stories to start spooky season off right! Grab your pumpkin spice lattes and tune in!

Abbie is back! And for the first time, the sisters are recording in the very same room! This week, she tells the story of the legendary Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc. Was she on a mission from God or was she, like many women, sick of the patriarchy and ready to rumble against the English? Tune in to find out!

This week, Sydney tells the story of the Cottingley Fairies, a modern fable that swept Great Britain in the early 20th century. Two young cousins took five photographs of fairies between 1917 and 1920 and sparked the imaginations of thousands. Are you a believer, like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Or do you think the photos might be fakes? Glamours fairy hairstyles, grotesquely optimistic clairvoyants, and critical haikus that don’t pull any punches. Tune in to hear the story of The Cottingley Fairies!

This week, dear audience, we take it all the way back to 1936 and Abbie tells us about the famous RMS Queen Mary and all of her fabulous ghosts. Wartime aesthetics, hatchdoor horrors, and OSHA deregulated swimming pools. Ghosts who creep on sleepers, ghosts who only show up on film, and even ghosts who evaporate before your very eyes! This is a dram-astic story you won’t want to miss!