What The Folklore?

"The Changing of Mikcheech" is closely related to another story we've read involving turtle transformation, but more importantly: WOW turtles are really horny huh? This episode brought to you by executive producer Major Major Major Major, Aarne-Thompson type 952, "The King and the Soldier" Suggested talking points: Surgerygiri, badburger, that's folklore baby!, 82-year-old diap...

The Merp Report: Cricket's Worst Day Ever. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Content warning: incest "Donkey Skin" made us really break out our toolbox to try and give this story a tune-up, because everyone's relationships in this one are just a mess. This episode brought to you by executive producer Danielle, Aarne-Thompson type 107, "Dog Leader Fears Defeat, Because Their Forces Are of Different Breeds" Suggested talking points: who wants to be a boat...

Get ready for our new lines of lifestyle merchandise, coming soon! If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

"The Dwarf With the Long Beard" is a Slavic story which leaves us much to enjoy, and a few bits to fix up at the end. There is indeed a dwarf with a VERY long beard, and what more can you ask for? This episode brought to you by executive producer DJMollyC, Aarne-Thompson type 72, "Teaching Young Animals to Observe" Suggested talking points: Augustween, what that beard do, the c...

We have a collection of food anecdotes, including a few from a very bizarre sub restaurant. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

"The Rolling Head" is a story that has us returning to that perennial question: "why?" There's also a lot of snake play (??) in this one. This episode brought to you by executive producer Wyatt, Aarne-Thompson type 1204, "Fool Keeps Repeating His Instructions So As To Remember Them" Suggested talking points: a trip down memory flank, wwwwtm, snake culture appropriatio...

Gordie really needs to get a piece into the local Museum of Bad Art, and we're trying to figure out the best plan. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

"Maid Maleen" by the Grimm Brothers makes a lot more sense when you start thinking about it in the context of a princess trying to solve the Y2K scare. Just trust us on this one. Suggested talking points: dark tower as bedtime, mightydad, go to your room for seven years, war thoughts, head chopping noise ordinance, a slug princess's width, the most metal ending, standard royalty temper t...

What does two weeks of life changes hold? Puppy training? Remembering bad standup acts? Obscure music trivia? All of the above? If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We didn't make it far into "The Selkie Bride" before we had to start tinkering with it, adding in the singer Seal and a whale-shaped nuclear-powered fishing submarine. This episode brought to you by executive producer Kelty, Aarne-Thompson type 569, "The Knapsack The Hat and The Horn" Suggested talking points: bass skin, a hail mary for endorphins, Willy Gear, a very good bonem...

The new trailer for Cats the Musical has hit us all in strong ways, and we gotta talk about it. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Hans Christian Andersen's "the Happy Family" seems to be the result of a strange trip he had out in the garden. It's about racist snails, has no events in it, and is low key a dystopia. This episode brought to you by executive producer Olwen, Aarne-Thompson type 1927, "The Cold May Night" Suggested talking points: dingle dash, fairy tale google, where's the snail beef?, Immorta...

We've seen so many low-budget kids movies, we thought it was about time to write our own. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

The author of "Cowlick Ricky" spent a lot of effort trying to write a story where nothing actually happens, which seems hard to actually do. This episode brought to you by executive producer Allykazam, Aarne-Thompson type1567g, "Good Food Changes the Song" Suggested talking points: reservoir water dogs, le Goofy de Disney, world-ending bagel, picnic chef, Guy Fieri's fox tips,...

We got a question about our animorph forms, which kicks off a whole conversation about that franchise. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're reading "The Princess and the Mountain Dweller" this week, but DO NOT be fooled by the grandma: she knows what she's doing. This episode brought to you by executive producer Eabhlin, Aarne-Thompson type 707a, "the Bird of Truth" Suggested talking points: a breezy summer look, crimeception, the last crimebender, the secret science grant, grandma crimes, the Neon, summer gr...

Connect 4 is really just there to expose your personal failings. We also have to talk about sandwich wine, y'all. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We're reading the second part of "The Monkey Prince and Princess Kalabati," and there's a lot going on in this one that needs that special flavor to spice it right up. Suggested talking points: the milkshake situation, a hijacked boatwatch, the Crimeweaver's creed, witch belly conversations, oops all salmon, vow of seclusion, magic drum con, square princess, moon dicks, extinction zoo If...

We're reading the first part of "The Monkey Price and Princess Kalabati," and just HAD to stop to talk about how we could improve the magazine experience. This episode brought to you by executive producer Mel Hayes, Aarne-Thompson type 366, "The Golden Arm" Suggested talking points: Exboatia, fishing pole that causes werewolves, animorph car, the many kinds of monkey, king-kong...

Our brain comedians served us up "driveway leggings" because it's been that kind of a week. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

We've got a pair of short Cinderella stories for you, which has lead us to the conclusion that there are two many of these, and we're going to have the One True Cinderella story. This episode brought to you by executive producer Allison (Awalk) , Aarne-Thompson type 881a, "the Abandoned Bride Disguised as a Man" Suggested talking points: John Waterbubbler, wooden dresses, plankmail, citr...

This is our first recording with our new long-distance setup! Gordie's off in Boston, but that isn't going to stop us from researching dangerous bus competitors. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show...

Content warning: cannibalism and matricide We finally have to read "Little Saddleslut" and there's just a whole lot of WHY in this story. This episode brought to you by executive producer McGregor Boyle, Aarne-Thompson type 700 "Tom Thumb" Suggested talking points: Butter wolverine, butter Halloween, assassin's creed tactics, bitcoin tithing, running at the speed of bird shit, cool wishes, desert...

We're breaking the taboo and telling you all about our dreams! Tyler also has a specific pig-wish. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.