This week on WTFolklore, we read The Charcoal Maker Who Became King, a Filipino tale. It's quite helpful in elucidating for us the qualities that birds and fairies each look for in a king. Either way, murder is usually involved. Suggested talking points: The Chilliest Open, Maslow's Hierarchy of Blankies, The Decrepit Age of 17, Frying Pan Induced Sleep, HornfluencersIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

What The Folklore?

Episode 312: Artisinal Small-Batch Crimes

For the finale of What the Spooklore 2021, we head over to Korea to learn about hobgoblins, goblins, and additional haunted houses. We also attend a pretty rad Demon open house, with parkour and dogs and even brooms! (They're just brooms, though) Suggested talking points: Gossip Goblin, A Touch of Grime, The Prairie Community, Scooby-Dooby-Crooners, Myth-times Hatsune Miku, License to Smash a BoyIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Episode 311: Spooky is the Color of Our Energy

For the finale of What the Spooklore 2021, we head over to Korea to learn about hobgoblins, goblins, and additional haunted houses. We also attend a pretty rad Demon open house, with parkour and dogs and even brooms! (They're just brooms, though)  Suggested talking points: Gossip Goblin, A Touch of Grime, The Prairie Community, Scooby-Dooby-Crooners, Myth-times Hatsune Miku, License to Smash a Boy If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings">https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings</a>If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

What the Spooklore 2021 continues this week with two tales from Appalachia. We're reading about Tailypo and The Bell Witch, though we did give a decidedly meatier spin to that second one. Suggested talking points: Moss Planet, Monthly Finger Pruning, Autonomous O'Malley, Deep Bud, Beef Vs Machine, Ratsgiving, Beef TokensIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Episode 310: My Three Dogs: It Knows, It Knows and It Knows

What the Spooklore 2021 continues this week with two tales from Appalachia. We're reading about Tailypo and The Bell Witch, though we did give a decidedly meatier spin to that second one.  Suggested talking points: Moss Planet, Monthly Finger Pruning, Autonomous O'Malley, Deep Bud, Beef Vs Machine, Ratsgiving, Beef Tokens If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings">https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings</a>If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

What the Spooklore 2021 begins! We're not reading a singular story this week, but three tales about various haunted locations around New Orleans! Is there a surprise visit from our friend and yours the Spooktralizer? listen and find out! Suggested talking points: The Witchy Spectrum,  Devil Seminars, Famously Sticky, The Scariest Ghost Story Dogs Tell, Haunted by Smash Mouth, Ghost Tesla Toilet EngineIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Episode 309: Spookweather Friends

What the Spooklore 2021 begins! We're not reading a singular story this week, but three tales about various haunted locations around New Orleans! Is there a surprise visit from our friend and yours the Spooktralizer? listen and find out!  Suggested talking points: The Witchy Spectrum,  Devil Seminars, Famously Sticky, The Scariest Ghost Story Dogs Tell, Haunted by Smash Mouth, Ghost Tesla Toilet Engine If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings">https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings</a>If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

This week we're reading Dr. Know-All, which is Grimm Tale #98. Or it could've been the Griww brothers, accounts vary.  We hypothesize it may have been the origin of the farce, as well as the evolutionary junction for humans towards crabs. Suggested talking points: Agents of the Nothing,  Doct Rs Us, A Fatal Amount of Food, A Doctorate in General AwarenessIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Episode 308: It's Hip to be Crab

This week we're reading Dr. Know-All, which is Grimm Tale #98. Or it could've been the Griww brothers, accounts vary.  We hypothesize it may have been the origin of the farce, as well as the evolutionary junction for humans towards crabs.  Suggested talking points: Agents of the Nothing,  Doct Rs Us, A Fatal Amount of Food, A Doctorate in General Awareness If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings">https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings</a>If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

This week we're reading The Devil and the Guachinango from the Philippines,  and given that title, you'd probably never guess which of those characters we find more sympathetic. Who are we kidding, if you've listened to the previous 306 episodes you've probably got a good idea Suggested talking points: An Hit Wonder, The Urge, Devil-Sized Jars, Digging Holes for Exposure, Stuck Marrying a Devil in a 21 ft. Hole, Many Much More MoneyIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Episode 307: Glistening Ab Hologram of Your Dad's Approval

This week we're reading The Devil and the Guachinango from the Philippines,  and given that title, you'd probably never guess which of those characters we find more sympathetic. Who are we kidding, if you've listened to the previous 306 episodes you've probably got a good idea  Suggested talking points: An Hit Wonder, The Urge, Devil-Sized Jars, Digging Holes for Exposure, Stuck Marrying a Devil in a 21 ft. Hole, Many Much More Money If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings">https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings</a>If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

This week we're reading The Fisherman, which, i'm sure you surmised, given the title of the episode. I mean, what else could an episode title like that imply?? Suggested talking points: A Definite Bean Through-line, Critters of an Unpleasant and Potentially Poisonous Variety, Mermaid Law, Lift Down Things Up for Eat?, Aphorisms for Venture CapitalistsIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Episode 306: Of Mermaids and Murderers

This week we're reading The Fisherman, which, i'm sure you surmised, given the title of the episode. I mean, what else could an episode title like that imply??  Suggested talking points: A Definite Bean Through-line, Critters of an Unpleasant and Potentially Poisonous Variety, Mermaid Law, Lift Down Things Up for Eat?, Aphorisms for Venture Capitalists If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings">https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings</a>If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

This week we're reading The Candy Cottage, which is some flagrant Fairy propaganda, if we've ever seen any (and we have)But first, did you know about the strange connection between Holes and Donnie Darko? You will, after the first twenty minutes of this week's show...Suggested talking points: Dance skills directly inverse to exuberance, Liminal Home and Gardens, the cracker of passion, 4chan made manifest, The Wonka GauntletIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Episode 305: Living in an Unsustainable Paradigm While a Rabbit Teaches You Math and Evil

This week we're reading The Candy Cottage, which is some flagrant Fairy propaganda, if we've ever seen any (and we have) But first, did you know about the strange connection between Holes and Donnie Darko? You will, after the first twenty minutes of this week's show...Suggested talking points: Dance skills directly inverse to exuberance, Liminal Home and Gardens, the cracker of passion, 4chan made manifest, The Wonka Gauntlet If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings">https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings</a>If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

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 connections between tales.

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What The Folklore?

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