Lore 293: Mother Knows Best

Figures from folklore are often one-dimensional. But if the popularity of this particular woman tells us anything, it’s that legends can sometimes become more powerful than real life people.

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Legends 66: Devour

The stories of people who cross the line are often the most terrifying. And that fear has turned those tales into weapons of a different kind.

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Lore 292: Message in a Bottle

Our world can often feel like an open book, with every secret laid bare. But there are still locations that cling tightly to mystery, and the questions they force us to ask are sometimes terrifying.

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Trick or Treat 5: Drained

For the final Trick or Treat episode of the season, we’re taking a tour through some of the lesser-known vampire folklore around the world. But just because they don’t fit the stereotype we’ve come to know and love does not mean these stories are any less terrifying.

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Legends 65: Twin Spirits

At the heart of their dual history and shared rivalry, this pair of midwestern cities hides a darker common ground, and the stories that live there are more than a little frightening.

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Lore 291: Dream Come True

We often use the phrase “dream come true” to describe wonderful things you envision for our lives. But looking at the folklore behind it, there might be a darker, more complicated nightmare at work.

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Trick or Treat 3: Loved and Lost

Our passions create powerful bonds. And it turns out that even something as permanent as death can’t totally separate us from the people or places we love.

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Legends 64: No Rest for the Wicked

Some graves give us answers to the gaps in our understanding of history. A few, though, fill those gaps with terrifying legends that are still alive today.

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Trick or Treat 2: Too Young

Tragic loss is often the catalyst for powerful tales that haunt us for generations. Today’s collection of stories gathers some of the most chilling examples of that truth.

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Lore 290: Growing Pains

Folklore can take many forms, but most involve words in a specific language. One exception, though, are the traditions passed down through a very different kind of communication.

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Trick or Treat 1: Lavish

For the first of our weekly Halloween bonus episodes (every Friday in October), we’re visiting a number of haunted castles. You might want to keep a light on for this one.

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Legends 63: Dance With the Devil

Humans have, historically, shown themselves to be risk-takers. But in one particular branch of folklore, many of those gambles have come at the hands of a very sinister otherworldly third party.

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Lore 289: Shake It

Folklore can take many forms, but most involve words in a specific language. One exception, though, are the traditions passed down through a very different kind of communication.

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Legends 62: The Little Things

While you’re guaranteed to find a lot of spooky tales in the biggest, brightest cities, sometimes all it takes is a quick trip upstate to find a set of stories that are truly unique—and downright terrifying.

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Lore 288: Doom & Gloom

Folklore might be all around us, but sometimes the most frightening kind of story points in a very particular direction.

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Legends 61: Drowning Deep

One of the most iconic creatures from folklore has a terrifyingly evil nature hidden beneath its beautiful facade.

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Lore 287: It Takes a Village

If these dark tales from history prove anything, it is that powerful things often come in small packages.

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Legends 60: Operatic

Some places only have a handful of dark stories to explore. Today’s subject, though, is the land of a ten-thousand tales.

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Lore 286: Lazarus

One of the most intriguing topics throughout history has infectious disease and the way we handle it.

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