Folkish Podcast

Is your bubble gum sprinkled with lye? Is that popcorn ball covered with camphor? Is there a razor blade in your apple?  The truth about poisoned Halloween candy in America may surprise you. Recorded live at the Stonebranch Center for the Arts at the 54th Annual Festival of Leaves.    

Discover the origins and folklore surrounding the mysterious cryptid that haunts the mountains, forests, and hollers of Appalachia.

An exciting episode of the Folkish Podcast as we prepare to welcome King Charles III and Queen Camilla for their historic visit to Front Royal, Virginia. Join us as we discuss Royal Etiquette, some Virginia history, and uncover the story behind a local landmark. Enjoy a revolutionary war ballad about the surrender of Cornwallis to Washington at Yorktown. Broadcast live from the Stone Branch Center for the Arts on Main Street in Front Royal.  

Join us this time as we head to Radio City Music Hall and discover who haunts the theater, discuss the folklore and origins of the Tree at Rockefeller Center and look at some theories on who wrote "A Visit From St. Nicholas."

Join us as we walk along 34th Street and tell the haunting story of Evelyn McHale, explore the surprising folklore associated with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, delve into a famous urban legend and sing a song for Thanksgiving first published in NYC in 1844.

Excerpt from Episode 1 of The Folkish Podcast - Pirates, Ghosts, and Gangs of New York City's South Street Seaport. Meet Captain Kidd - vicious pirate or innocent victim? Learn about this infamous privateer and his tragic end.  Liberty Island is home of buried treasure guarded by demonic ghosts not far from the Statue of Liberty.

Excerpt from Episode 1 of The Folkish Podcast - Pirates, Ghosts, and Gangs of New York City's South Street Seaport. A live performance of a version of the original broadside in the historic Chester Street Tavern in Virginia.

Excerpt from Episode 1 of The Folkish Podcast - Pirates, Ghosts, and Gangs of New York City's South Street Seaport. The Haunted Fraunces Tavern is an historic landmark and one of the oldest operating bars New York City. Frequented in the past by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, this bar was also the site of a gruesome murder.

Excerpt from Episode 1 of The Folkish Podcast - Pirates, Ghosts, and Gangs of New York City's South Street Seaport. New York City's notorious The Hole in the Wall Tavern was one of the most dangerous and haunted dive bars in 19th Century Manhattan.   

The Folkish Podcast blends history, folklore, folk music, and mystery as the hosts unravel the eerie legends surrounding the historic Hole-in-the-Wall Tavern and Fraunces Tavern. Next, they spin the tragic tale of Captain William Kidd and his lost treasure on Liberty Island that was said to be guarded by terrifying forces from beyond the grave.