Best Fairy Tale Analysis Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 452: Goose at Heart 1:08:55

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It's a Tale of Two Tales, this week on WTFolklore, again! Again! This time, at least, there's some connective thematic tissue. First up is A Man That Was Married to a Goose, followed up by Uinigumasuittuq and the Origin of Living Beings Suggested talking points: Google-Fingers Activated, Diabolical (Citation Needed), Nary a Grass in Sight, Roolette…

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7.6 | Strange Listener Stories 31: Monsters at the Door 1:28:27

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🔥👉 Watch the Youtube premiere NOW 12am Fri Night! - and JOIN US in the LIVE CHAT 🙌🔗 👉 https://youtu.be/NU00yFyhaPg ------ The time has come! Get cozy with a libation of your choice, and join us for the premiere of Strange Listener Stories 31! This edition into the archive is packed with sincerely strange encounters- from imposter tricksters whisper…

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Episode 451: The Department of Vibes 58:55

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It's a Tale of Two Tales, this week on WTFolklore, again! First up is The Snake Who Became the King's Son-in-Law, followed up by God's Godson Suggested talking points: Get Out Your Smile Calipers, The Foley Files, Idioms Better Watch Out, The Wheel of Cake, My Guns are My Sword, Buff Baby Battle If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors,…

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Episode 450: I Don't Even Like Murder 54:35

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It's a Tale of Two Tales, this week on WTFolklore, as we read both The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Crystal Apple and The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Trasnparent Apple. But not before we spend much too much time discussing World Milk Day, which is apparently a thing. Suggested talking points: #MotherEarthUdders, The Raddest Vitamin on th…

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Episode 449: A Wish Too Dumb for the Monkey's Paw 1:08:38

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This week on WTFolklore, we read The Story of the Black Cow, and as with most things, we try to contort it into a Willy Wonka-esque shape. Suggested talking points: Zipline Magnate, The Ratio of Ghosts to Guys, Legally a Cake, The 352-Day Calendar, Milk From the Heart, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Premium+, Somewhere In the Churro Family If you'd li…

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Episode 448: All Bangers LLC 53:45

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This week on WTFolklore, we read The Legend of Coatlicue & Coyolxauhqui, which are two Aztec names we can absolutely pronounce without mangling them! We learn a lot about the Moon, the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, and a surprising revelation about Dr. Seuss. Thanks, Mesoamerica! Suggested talking points: A Whisper of Citrus, The Crime of Sustenance, Ze…

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7.5 | Dragon Theory: Evidence and Encounters with Real Dragons 1:45:56

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🔥👉 Watch the video Youtube premiere MONDAY 9pm EST of this episode - tons of killer visuals - and JOIN US in the LIVE CHAT 🙌 👉 https://bit.ly/youtube-belief-hole ------ What if dragons weren’t just myth—but memory? In this episode, we dive claw-first into the strange possibility that fire-breathing dragons actually once soared our skies (and maybe …

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Episode 447: Interrupting the Raven Orgy 1:05:46

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Well, hey there, stranger! Been a minute, hasn't it? We're back, and already up to our old antics again as we read The Three Citrons: The Story of Prince That Climbed a Glass Hill, as you may be able to surmise from this week's episode title. Suggested talking points: A Court-Mandated Month of Minutes, The Chosen Treeman, An Expensive Way To Feel B…

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Antarctic Ghosts, Haunted Mountains, Phantoms of the Frozen Lands | 5.24 EXP (Member Episode) 1:16:31

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🔥 Watch the Youtube Video of this Remastered Expansion Episode: 🔗 👉 https://youtu.be/fWpnMjFJ8QU Hey Gang, aren't you a site for sore eyes. Hey Gang, aren't you a site for sore eyes. Things have been a little rough in the Hole lately, so we're hoping you'll join us tonight for the public release of this classic Expansion episode. But don't worry me…

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7.4 | SLS 30 | The Spitting Witch, the Black-Eyed Kid and the Tall Man, and More Terrifying True Encounters 1:24:21

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Watch Video Episode 👉 https://bit.ly/440hzHZ As Strange Listener Stories turns 30, we unlock the vault to share terrifying true listener encounters—too freaky to forget —yet somehow never aired. "Someone left the gate open… at Camp Creeply." Featuring: 👁️ A forest encounter with a Black-Eyed Kid & her Tall Man 🧙🏽‍♀️ A witch who spits a storm-curse …

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Freaky Alaska: Holographic Humanoids, Sky Freights, and Ghost Story Call Ins (Member Episode) 59:41

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(🔥 Special Member Episode Dropping NOW! Chat Live in the YT Premiere!) 🔗https://youtu.be/MMNbh2FLEa4 From 1970s missing time events on cold Alaskan highways and Holographic Little Dudes dodging cars near Nome, to Kushtika lore and hairy humanoid bride-abduction, we're braving the cold to bring you the strangest untold Alaskan tales! 🗻 Welcome to Fr…

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Final Folktale 06 1:14:20

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Alright, gang. It's time to finally talk fantasy again, with the tragic tale of Clive Rosefield, and...oh, hold up. Did I miss a digit in the title?By What the Folklore

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Episode 446: Extraordinarily Beautiful, Extraordinarily Rude, Extraordinarily Eight Years Old 1:03:28

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After the "celebration" that was reading d'Aulnoy for a month, it's time to get back to basics. And by "basics", I mean Hans Christian Andersen. This week we read The Flea and The Professor. Suggested talking points: Surrounded By Strangers and Smelling Flamingos, Parachuting into Poverty, Magic'd WAY Too Hard, The Fun Husband-Leash™, Living That P…

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7.3 | Camp Creeply 6: Boy Scouts vs Werewolf, Tent to Another Dimension, and True Backwoods Encounters 1:17:51

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🔥⛺️ JOIN US for the creepiest edition of this camping horror anthology If you're strangely hungry for more allegedly TRUE freaky encounters at the edge of your tent, the campfire is lit! Step into the darkness, if you dare, and we'll see you guys there 🙌 🚨🔥🔥 Want Visuals? Watch the Youtube Video! 🔗 👉 https://youtu.be/XFtDsBTpTU0 🔥 Want more Expansi…

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Episode 445: Probably Fairies Did It (The Princess Mayblossom, Part IV) 1:29:44

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This week we finally claw our way to the end of The Princess Mayblossom, and learn much more about Lucky Charms lore than anyone could've anticipated. Suggested talking points: I No Longer Side With The Children, Lucky Charms Creation Myth, Figuring Things Out is for Peasants, Cue Tears (Again), A Life On Emotional Cocaine, Live by the Well Die by …

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Episode 444: Classic Girl-Smells-Boy Story (The Princess Mayblossom, Part III) 1:02:15

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This week we conclude our reading of The Princess Mayblossom! W..wait? We don't? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON'T?? Suggested talking points: You WILL Learn the Pain of Existence, The Copypastas of Yore, An 8-Madrid Woman At Most, 3 Hours Of Silence Well Spent, Royalty Playpen Simulator, Chapeau 2.0, Land-Pirates Never Took Off If you'd like to support Ca…

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The Nullarbor Horror! Australian Sky Creatures and Terror in the Outback (Members Episode) 1:18:59

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👊 Sponsor: Factor 🌮 Eat smart with Factor! Get started at factormeals.com/FACTORPODCAST and use code FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping! Venture with us once more to the strange and lovely land down under for a fascinating expedition into some of the most bizarre encounters from the Darkest reaches of the Australian outb…

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Episode 443: Breaking Punzel Protocol (The Princess Mayblossom, Part II) 1:28:53

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We resume our reading of The Princess Mayblossom this week, down one man from the last. d'Aulnoy just takes and takes and takes from us, doesn't she? Suggested talking points: Big Merlin and Lil' Merlin, Indoor Daughter and Outdoor Daughter, Lions: Are They Real?, The Weeping Five, Comfort Diamonds, Loin-Hunger Vs. Regular-Hunger, Elephantvator, I …

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442: Dungeons and d'Aulnoys (The Princess Mayblossom, Part I) 1:34:22

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Ten Years. Ten Years of doing this, and d'Aulnoy is STILL punking us... Suggested talking points: Entering The Eraser-Free Zone, NURSE TOURNAMENT!, This Didn't Take Long To Get Weird, All The King's Leeches, Constantly Leaking Chastity, The Biggest Punzel Money Can Buy, If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreo…

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7.2 | Texas Terror: True Tales of the Strangeness in the Lone Star State 1:17:41

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🔥👀 Get 2x the episodes! Become a member! 🔗👉 https://bit.ly/7-2-exp Well friends, We've been on the road exploring the righteous roadways of big Sky Country, and we wanted to bring you a long for the ride! (in a manner of speaking). In an effort of communion, we're filling the Hole this evening with True, Terrifying Tales from our Texas listeners! J…

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Episode 441: Get Out Of Here, Wife, It's Karate Time! 53:58

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This week on WTFolklore we read two versions of The Wedding of Mrs. Fox, one of which was considered a favorite by Jacob Grimm. One features dick jokes, the other does not. Guess which one was his favorite. Suggested talking points: LEGO Comes For Us All, That's A Lot of Bepis, Is A House a Chef (When It's On Fire)?, An Easy Giggle, A Mickey Mouse …

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Episode 440: Abs Shaped Like a QR Code 57:07

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This week on WTFolklore we read the Ukrainian tale, Oh: The Tsar of the Forest, and are legitimately shocked at how resilient it's canon proves to be, despite our best efforts to deviate from it. Suggested talking points: The Foretold Hose-Pipe, An Eternal Greasy Handprint, The World is Buffering, A Modern O, Babies Made of Things Babies Aren't Mad…

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7.1 | Infrared Gargoyles, Ouija Board Escapes and CIA Animal Spies 1:34:29

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In the shadow of war, soldiers aren't always fighting a flesh-and-blood enemy. Extreme environments can often invite unusual things.. From Ouija board summonings in Okinawa that release entities into our world, to monstrous, infrared sky-gargoyles seen only through experimental military tech, this episode is a payload of incredible, true tales! Als…

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Episode 439: The Episode With Ten Minutes of Uninterrupted Silence 51:56

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EDITORS NOTE: THERE IS A 10 MINUTE STRETCH OF INTENTIONALLY UNEDITED SILENCE FROM 9:09-19:09 This week on WTFolklore, after a very good joke that is worth everyone's valuable time, we read The Immortal Rooster, which is actually, secretly, a much funnier ending to The Hobbit. Suggested talking points: Art World Tea, Reverse-Vampire Rooster, How is …

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Episode 438: Good Morning, It's Time For Crime 49:31

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This week on WTFolklore, we read The Tale of Ming, a relic of significant cultural importance to China. We have perhaps...different takeaways than the original author intended. Suggested talking points: The Year is 2136, Cursed with Good Luck, Baby-Play Polycule, All These Flesh Boys With Their Flesh Births, This Is Our Bulbasaur, Crab Shrimp Nervo…

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New Jersey Drones, UFOs and USO Analysis - Hudson Canyon Theory and Sky Creatures Above! 1:35:01

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Join us now, in digging into the previously unreleased ( FULL ) conversation with our friend, UFO witness, and anomaly enthusiast Bryan King, regarding drones, UFOs, Sky Creatures, the Hudson Canyon Theory, and all the remaining unknown craziness in our skies Attention!: There are alot of compelling visuals, so be sure to check out the video on You…

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Episode 437: Chili-Dog Delivered Via Gun 48:05

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This week on WTFolklore, we read The Snow Daughter and the Fire Son, AKA the story of the first two X-Men, Heatmiser and Snowmiser, a tale that begins, middles, and ends in tragedy for inexplicable reasons. Suggested talking points: Motorcycles Everywhere, The Integrity of the Dog, Distant, Diegetic Battle Music, Of Mice and Mons, But Like Where's …

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Episode 436: Bedtime Stories For Sleep Paralysis Demons 53:58

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This week on WTFolklore, to make up for missing you on Christmas Eve, and to kick off 2025 in style, we're in for a "Rootabaganing". In layman's terms, that means we're reading both How Five Rusty Rats Helped Find a New Village and The Potato-Faced Blind Man Who Lost the Diamond Rabbit on his Gold Accordion, two stories from the...unique mind of Ca…

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6.21 | Hidden UFOs of New Jersey: Hudson Canyon Theory and Drones on the Water 2:05:40

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Join us in investigating freaky UFO Encounters, drone activity, and other phenomena around NJ! 🔥🔗 Join the Expansion for Member's-Only Episodes https://expansion.beliefhole.com/ The Hudson River has a haunted past. A history of strange spectacles in the sky: unsettling encounters with UFOs and unearthly craft that drift silent in the air just above…

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Episode 435: Graffiti Kills Wizards and Saves Lives 1:00:36

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This week on WTFolklore we read The Stones of Plouhinec, a "seasonal" story from "France" (but not THAT France...) Suggested talking points: We're Not Going to MegaFrance, Put Fear Into the Egg, Tangentially Seasonal, Bee Soup, Faith-Based Graffiti, Eavesdropping on Magic, Innocent Until Proven Wizard If you'd like to support Carman's artistic ende…

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6.20 | High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle with Derek Hayes and David Flora 1:50:03

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In our haunted world, there exists special places. Landscapes of stark beauty that inexplicably call out to us to explore their desolate and haunting, which are not only treacherous to traverse, but are breeding grounds the unexplained. Many of these places are infamous, but one in particular has only recently been identified... the Borrego Triangl…

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Episode 434: Men Are Like Failed Potatoes 46:18

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This week on WTFolklore we read the Irish tale How The Wise Women Got Their Farm of Land Rent-Free from Lord Kilmaine, a title whose brevity matches the alleged wit of it's main characters. Suggested talking points: You Got Trucker In Your Soul, A Pilgrim-Themed Corner, Women Who Want Money for Sandwiches, Potato Drunk, Joggromancy, Winking Women o…

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Episode 433: Ancient Chinese Among Us 53:46

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Here we go again...By What the Folklore

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6.19 | Graveyard Shift: True Workplace Horror Stories 1:20:47

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From police chase phantoms that vanish in the snow, to disembodied hands beckoning in Ski resort crawlspaces- Join us, on this episode of belief hole, as we clock in for the graveyard shift to share True terrifying tales of encounters with the unseen things that never clock out! 👊 Thanks to our Sponsors: ZBiotics: Remember to use the code BELIEFHOL…

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Episode 432: THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION AT ALL (What the Rose Did to the Cypress, Part III) 42:28

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This week we conclude the twisting, turning road that is What the Rose Did to the Cypress, with and even the story is sick of itself by the end. Suggested talking points: No Secrets When There's Breadsticks on the Line, Final Butt Diamond, Taking Baths With Strange Deer, Marriage In Exchange For Advice, Run-Of-The-Mill Sludge Prince, Miscellaneous …

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Episode 431: Livin' on Deer Time (What the Rose Did to the Cypress, Part II) 43:50

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This week we continue our puzzling journey into What the Rose Did to the Cypress, but we take a bit of a detour away from riddle-solving in order to gather snacks, learn nothing, and kill hundreds of thousands of men. Suggested talking points: A Human Hand Clap, Backseat Riddlers, Men of a Indeterminate Age, An Alternate Pant-Leg of Time, This is D…

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6.18 | Our Haunted Planet - True Paranormal Encounters from Around the World 1:39:04

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In scattered pockets of our planet, shadows come to life, creatures claw there way from untrodden forests and massive objects move silently through our skies. We know the world is full of mysteries, but what happened when the unacknowledged phenomena comes looking for you? The stories shared tonight reveal a chilling thread that weaves its way acro…