The Feral Folklorist

Papa Gee
  • 5.0 (14)
  • Documentary

The Feral Folklorist is a podcast that blends strange history, old-world witchcraft, and hands-on folk magic. Each episode explores a real haunting, folktale, or magical belief—then digs deeper into the spellcraft, superstition, and shadow work buried underneath. From witch bottles and death omens to crossroads myths and Southern curses, this show uncovers the folklore people whisper about but rarely explain. Hosted by author and folklorist Papa Gee, The Feral Folklorist combines storytelling with practical magic, revealing how ancient beliefs still shape the way we protect, hex, heal, and haunt. Whether you’re into ghost stories, rootwork, or ritual, this podcast invites you to explore the eerie, the enchanted, and everything that still smells like smoke. New episodes every other Monday.

  1. 5d ago ·  Bonus

    Feral Fragments: The Hammersmith Ghost and Murder Trial

    In the winter of 1804, people around Hammersmith were convinced something white and ghostly was appearing after dark. Witnesses reported a strange figure near the churchyard and along the roads, and before long, frightened residents were going out at night trying to catch it. Then one of those ghost hunts ended with a gunshot, a dead man, and a murder trial that raised a question English courts would wrestle with for generations. In this Feral Fragment, I’m telling the strange true story of The Hammersmith Ghost—a haunting scare that became something much more serious. Feral Fragments are bonus episodes where I share subjects that are short but impressive—odd legends, bizarre incidents, strange creatures, unexplained events, and pieces of weird history worth telling. ---------- Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:   https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/  and be sure to checkout our new podcast if you love spooky storytelling - Feral by Night Support the show

    Feral Fragments: The Hammersmith Ghost and Murder Trial

  2. Aug 31 ·  Bonus

    Feral Fragments: The Kentucky Meat Shower

    In March of 1876, Rebecca Crouch was making soap outside her home in Bath County, Kentucky, when pieces of flesh began falling from a clear sky. Meat landed across the yard, caught on fences and briers, and soon attracted neighbors, newspaper reporters, doctors, and scientists trying to figure out exactly what had fallen. Some people smelled it. Some put it under a microscope. And for reasons that seemed perfectly reasonable to them at the time, several people actually tasted it. In this Feral Fragments episode, I’m looking at the strange but well-documented Kentucky Meat Shower, the competing explanations people offered at the time, and the theory that may finally explain how pieces of real animal tissue ended up falling out of a perfectly clear sky. Feral Fragments are bonus episodes where I share subjects that are short but impressive—odd legends, bizarre incidents, strange creatures, unexplained events, and pieces of weird history worth telling. --------------- Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:   https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/  and be sure to checkout our new podcast if you love spooky storytelling - Feral by Night Support the show

    Feral Fragments: The Kentucky Meat Shower

  3. Aug 24 ·  Bonus

    Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Three Little Birds

    This time, I’m sharing “The Three Little Birds,” a German fairy tale about three royal children taken from their mother at birth and sent down a river by two jealous aunts. A fisherman saves them and raises them as his own, while their innocent mother is blamed and locked away. Years later, the children return to the castle, and three strange little birds help bring out the truth that was hidden for so long. Feral Folktales is where I step aside from the main show and tell a straight folktale—simple, spoken, and exactly as it’s meant to be heard. These bonus episodes are just a little something extra between the full installments of The Feral Folklorist, which is where you’ll find the deeper dives into history, folklore, magic, hauntings, and the stranger corners of human belief. A new folktale often appears between the regular podcast releases—just a short story to keep the world of folklore moving. Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:   https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/  and be sure to checkout our new podcast if you love spooky storytelling - Feral by Night Support the show

    Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Three Little Birds

  4. Aug 17

    29. Baba Yaga’s House: The Witch at the Edge of the Woods

    Baba Yaga waits at the edge of the forest in a hut that turns on chicken legs, surrounded by burning skulls, bones, and strange servants. But the old witch of Russian folklore is not always the same creature from one story to the next. In this episode of The Feral Folklorist, we explore Baba Yaga as cannibal, host, taskmaster, helper, and keeper of dangerous knowledge. From Vasilisa and the burning skull that destroys her cruel stepfamily, to the girl who survives by feeding Baba Yaga’s cat and dogs, oiling her gate, and treating her servant with kindness, these tales reveal the strange rules of Baba Yaga’s house. We look at why food and hospitality matter, why some travelers receive help while others are threatened with death, and why knowing when to stop asking questions may be just as important as knowing what to ask. We also look at the modern Baba Yaga—why some witches now approach her as a spirit or goddess, what the old folktales actually support, and how modern magical practice has grown around one of folklore’s most dangerous old women. Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:   https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/  and be sure to checkout our new podcast if you love spooky storytelling - Feral by Night Support the show

  5. Aug 10 ·  Bonus

    Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Grey Lady of Glamis

    This time, I’m sharing “The Grey Lady of Glamis,” a Scottish ghost tale set inside Glamis Castle, where one chair in the chapel is always left empty. A young servant named Elspeth is warned never to move it, but when unexpected guests leave the family short of seats, she decides one old rule can’t possibly matter. What follows is a cold reminder that the chair already belongs to someone—the Grey Lady said to still appear inside the castle chapel. Feral Folktales is where I step aside from the main show and tell a straight folktale—simple, spoken, and exactly as it’s meant to be heard. These bonus episodes are just a little something extra between the full installments of The Feral Folklorist, which is where you’ll find the deeper dives into history, folklore, magic, hauntings, and the stranger corners of human belief. A new folktale often appears between the regular podcast releases—just a short story to keep the world of folklore moving. Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:  https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:  https://aromags.com Papa Gee's personal website, Folkloreum, showcases his books, blog, podcast information, and more: https://folkloreum.com/  Support the show

    Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Grey Lady of Glamis

  6. Aug 3

    28. The Bell Witch Speaks: Tennessee’s Talking Haunting

    Strange knocks, unseen hands, disembodied voices, and a presence that seemed to know every secret inside the Bell family home. In this episode of The Feral Folklorist, we explore the Bell Witch, the talking spirit said to have tormented a Tennessee family, attacked John Bell and his daughter Betsy, entertained visitors, and become one of America’s most famous hauntings. From a strange dog-like creature near the Red River and mysterious sounds inside the farmhouse, to the spirit’s conversations with neighbors, the bottle found after John Bell’s death, and the later claim that Andrew Jackson came to investigate, this episode follows the haunting as it grew from a family ordeal into an enduring American legend. Was the Bell Witch a ghost, a witch, a demon, a fraud, or something the Bell family never understood? More than two hundred years later, the story still carries the terrifying idea that something unseen could enter a home, learn everything about the people inside, and refuse to leave. Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:   https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/  and be sure to checkout our new podcast if you love spooky storytelling - Feral by Night Support the show

  7. Jun 29

    27. Working the Weather: Witches Who Called the Storm

    Storm magic, wind knots, hail charms, thunder candles, weather workers, and the old fear that someone could call trouble down from the sky. In this episode of The Feral Folklorist, we explore the folklore of weather magic, from sailors buying wind tied into knots to witches accused of raising storms, sending hail, and working with thunder, rain, and lightning. From Agobard of Lyons and the strange cloud-ships of Magonia, to wind-selling traditions in Cornwall and Devon, Manx wells, St. Kilda fishermen, Olaus Magnus’s northern wind-seller, the Malleus Maleficarum, the Constance hailstorm case, and the North Berwick witch trials, this episode looks at how weather became charm, service, warning, accusation, and evidence. A storm could save a crop. It could wreck a ship. It could bring rain after prayer, or hail after a quarrel. And when the weather turned dangerous, people sometimes looked for the person who knew too much about the sky. These stories remind us that weather magic was never just about storms. It was about survival, blame, power, fear, and the old belief that someone, somewhere, might know how to speak to the wind. Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:   https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:   https://aromags.com Browse Papa Gee’s books, tarot readings, and more at:   https://folkloreum.com/  and be sure to checkout our new podcast if you love spooky storytelling - Feral by Night Support the show

  8. Jun 22 ·  Bonus

    Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - Jack and the Beanstalk, An Appalachian Jack Tale

    n this Feral Folktales bonus episode, Papa Gee tells an Appalachian-flavored version of Jack and the Beanstalk, one of the best-known Jack tales in folklore. Jack is poor, hungry, and sent out with one last chance to make things better. Instead of doing the sensible thing, he trades for something that looks useless. But in Jack stories, foolish choices have a way of opening strange doors. Soon there’s a beanstalk reaching higher than any ordinary plant should, a dangerous world above, and a giant who owns more than he ought to. It’s a story about luck, nerve, hunger, risk, and the kind of poor-boy cleverness that runs through so many Appalachian Jack tales. These shorter Feral Folktales sit between the deeper episodes of The Feral Folklorist, offering traditional stories, old beliefs, animal tricksters, fairy-tale patterns, and the kind of folklore that explains how people made sense of danger, chance, and survival. Want more from The Feral Folklorist? Dive deeper into each episode, explore merch, and get all the latest updates at:  https://feralfolklorist.com Become a patron to unlock Feral Footnotes (our exclusive after-show), get early sneak peeks, weekly folk magic articles, and downloadable spells featured in each episode: https://patreon.com/papagee Stock up on your magical supplies from our metaphysical shop that’s been serving the public for over 25 years:  https://aromags.com Papa Gee's personal website, Folkloreum, showcases his books, blog, podcast information, and more: https://folkloreum.com/  Support the show

    Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - Jack and the Beanstalk, An Appalachian Jack Tale
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The Feral Folklorist is a podcast that blends strange history, old-world witchcraft, and hands-on folk magic. Each episode explores a real haunting, folktale, or magical belief—then digs deeper into the spellcraft, superstition, and shadow work buried underneath. From witch bottles and death omens to crossroads myths and Southern curses, this show uncovers the folklore people whisper about but rarely explain. Hosted by author and folklorist Papa Gee, The Feral Folklorist combines storytelling with practical magic, revealing how ancient beliefs still shape the way we protect, hex, heal, and haunt. Whether you’re into ghost stories, rootwork, or ritual, this podcast invites you to explore the eerie, the enchanted, and everything that still smells like smoke. New episodes every other Monday.

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  • Creator
    Papa Gee
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Feral Folklorist
  • Show Website
    The Feral Folklorist

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