There are places in the world that we rarely see. Our busy lives never take us there, and as a...
Podcasts de myth
Episode 24: A Stranger Among Us
Many family traditions and treasured folktales involve strangers who visit us. What would...
Over the centuries, all sorts of methods have been used to govern people. And while some have...
Humans have been obsessed with escaping the grasp of death for thousands of years. It’s...
Safety is a basic human need, and we build a lot of our life around achieving it. This is nothing...
Stories leave a mark on us. They can act like scars or decoration, always there, always reminding...
Thanks to the writings of Stephen King, the state of Maine has become known as a place of...
Episode 30: Deep and Twisted Roots
When two boys discovered a macabre surprise while playing in a Connecticut gravel pit, they...
We spend every waking moment surrounded by people. People who talk to us, who interact with us,...
Maybe it’s human pride, or maybe it’s a tendency toward superstition, but humans are very good at...
Folklore can changing and evolving over time. But when we uncover the roots of these stories, we...
Episode 34: All the Lovely Ladies
Folklore has often developed as a response to real-world events, but the opposite has also been...
Popular culture is obsessed with the idea of a lost humanity. Countless films, novels, and...
Episode 36: When the Bow Breaks
The cities and buildings where tragedy has concentrated over the years always seem to hold...
For as crowded as this world has become, most people feel isolated and alone. Perhaps that’s why...
Humans have always wandered off into unexplored territory. It’s a key part of our identity to...
For as long as humans have lived together in community, there has been the need for crimes and...
The older the city, the more stories there seem to be. Some places are home to tragedy, while...
We’ve been taught since childhood to be honest, because our actions have consequences and our...
Most of our fears can be blamed on a deeper, more instinctive anxiety: we hate losing control....