Lore 274: Distant Relations

Despite the oceans and centuries that separate various cultures, it is often the folklore that acts like a glue, uniting humanity in a shared world of terrifying legends.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by GennaRose Nethercott, research by Cassandra de Alba, and music by Chad Lawson.


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Legends 47: Darkness Rising

The cool waters of the ponds and lakes that dot our landscape are often seen as safe retreats for recreation and rest. But if these legends have anything to teach us, it’s that there is always a bit of darkness beneath the surface.

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Lore 273: A Royal Pain

During their earthly lives, rulers often demanded the power of the divine. In death, though, many seem to have stuck around, unable to relinquish the power they loved so much.

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Legends 46: Landslide

History is often a discipline focused on looking backward. But scattered within those dusty pages are stories of those who seemed to be able to look ahead…with terrifying results.

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Lore 272: Tick Talk

We live our lives by the clock and never think twice about it. But history is filled with stories that should make us very, very afraid of time.

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Legends 45: The Only Thing to Fear

The legends that fill our world often give us good reasons to be afraid. But there’s one thing most of us fear above all else, and when it succeeds in defeating us, the results can be terrifying.

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Lore 271: Chill Seekers

This epic crossover between two cultural powerhouses is enough to leave us haunted by a tragic era—and it will give you some chills along the way.

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Legends 44: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Folklore has a way of ringing down through the centuries, calling out to be heard. And for this particular set of legends, that couldn’t be more literal—or terrifying.

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Lore 270: On Display

Sometimes appearances can be deceiving. Right beneath the surface, dark stories are hidden from view. All we need to do to uncover the shadows, though, is to pay them a visit.

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Legends 43: Yule Regret It

The most wonderful time of the year has a few secrets. According to legend, there are a few holiday characters that often get ignored—and that could be dangerous.

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Lore 269: There Goes My Hero

War has given us a lot of artifacts throughout history, but the most frightening relics are the stories it leaves behind.

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Legends 42: Written in Stone

Stone is a powerful tool for recording history. But if the stories are true, the tales it tells can also hide dark and menacing secrets.

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Lore 268: Lost Empire

One of the most ancient folk stories in history has been the subject of debate for thousands of years. And the real world events and ideas that it spawned are truly bizarre.

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Legends 41: Monastic Memories

Some locations in the world have a reputation for being peaceful sanctuaries. Which makes the legends told about them all the more terrifying.

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Lore 267: Curveball

Folklore is often grown in the fertile soil of doubt and a lack of control. And within one specific national pastime, those elements have allowed some wild and unusual stories to take root and grow.

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Legends 40: Skin & Bones

The world around us shapes the stories we tell, even in the harshest conditions. So it’s no wonder these legends from Greenland have the power to give us chills.

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Lore 266: What's in the Box

The end of the world has always been a big fear. And fear, as we all know, is a powerful fuel for driving folklore into the future. Let’s meet one individual who did just that, while also leaving us with a fascinating mystery to unravel.

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Legends 39: Have Love Will Travel

History has left us with countless stories of ghosts that stay in one place. But every now and then, our spectral neighbors uproot themselves and do a bit of traveling, leaving us with stories that are much more frightening than the rest.

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Lore 265: Friend or Faux

Many creatures in the world of folklore are inventions designed to fulfill one purpose or another. But if the stories are true, some of those inventions haven’t been satisfied with remaining in our heads.

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Legends 38: Fife & Drum

We’ve all heard that war often leaves a few ghost stories in its wake. As proof, we offer a key territory in America’s most formative conflict…and all the terrifying stories that still linger there as a result.

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