LukeLore

Some of folklore's most frightening creatures are the ones you don't recognize as a threat until it's too late. On this episode, Luke heads deep into the Uncanny Valley to explore the history of doppelgangers, and pays a visit to the Good Folk. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: h...

Beltane is upon us! Spring is ending, summer is beginning, and Luke is here, battling a head cold, to tell you all about it. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey all! Halloween is Luke's favorite holiday and so he wanted to share a bonus episode of Lukelore with you. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, the Wheel of the Year rights itself and Luke explains the origin of chocolate eggs, the Jackalope, and the great looming horror of the Osterhase, plus so much more! LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about you...

On this episode, Luke braves the cold and the rain to bring you the Welsh flood myth, tales of Japan's baby-hunting Ame Onna, and Ijiraq, the northern Canadian beast of the cold. Remember the LukeLore motto: the outside is to be avoided. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://...

As Tom Waits once said, "There's a world going on underground" and Luke is here to tell you all about it. From Not-Vampires to a giant Brazilian earthworm and a how-to on escape from being buried alive, this episode will go a long way towards helping you prepare for the horrors below. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @...

Valentine's Day wasn't always a corporate nightmare; once upon a time it involved horniness AND wolves. Lucky for all of us, Luke is here to fill us in on the details. Also: Fenrir Was a Good Who Who Deserved Better LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/group...

One of four Celtic bonfire festivals, Imbolc is the beginning of life returning to the world. On this episode, Luke dives into the unusual history of the ritual to bring us stories of feral hogs, Brigit the Shining One, and much, much more. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https...

The people have spoken and crowned Edinburgh as UK's Most Haunted City! On this episode, Luke takes a closer look at the dark side of the newly-appointed champion, finding ghosts, the plague dead, and much, much more. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/gro...

Krampus is here again and he's brought us a bag full of creepy Christmas legends. On this, LukeLore's third Krampusnacht special, Luke digs into the dark side of the festive season with Iceland's fearsome Mother Grýla, unravels the mystery of Finland's Joulupukki, or Christmas Goat, and then preps you on how to defend your booze cabinet from the Mari Lwyd, Wales' premiere supernatural lush - spoil...

On this episode, Luke rounds out his "UK's Most Haunted" series with a look at what may be the spookiest of them all - Edinburgh. From ghosts like Jack the Child to the Cobbler, to the vaults themselves, Edinburgh hides a wealth of secrets and Luke is here to give you a guided tour. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @Lu...

The shadows grow long and the bonfire is lit: it must be Samhain, that night when beings like the Púca and the Dullahan roam free, preying on the lonely and unsuspecting. Lucky for you, Luke is here with your how-to guide on surviving the season. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group:...

Evil mermaids? A barred door behind which hides horrors unknown? In exploring the legends of Derbyshire, Luke may have just found England's most haunted county. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

The hunt is on to find the most haunted city in the UK and the first stop is York! From a chaos monkey to poltergeists to a good luck ghost, The Chocolate City (Wikipedia said so) makes a strong case to be number one. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/gro...

As Halloween approaches, Luke begins his look at some of the most haunted locations in the UK, starting in Chester. Room 230 in the "haunted as hell" Queen Motel is just the tip of a very creepy iceberg! LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepo...

As a man of self-described "yeti build", Luke is no great fan of the heat but he is a fan of heat/summer based folklore, including the Phoenix, Kunekune (the adorable pig AND the yokai), and Djinn to name a few. Join Luke and beat the heat with knowledge, or at least use the knowledge to distract you from the temperature. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Produc...

If your days have been deprived of murderous cars, spirit phones, and something about a snake that lives in your Roku, then Luke has just the tonic for you. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Joni Mitchell may have been opposed to paving paradise and putting up a parking lot, but I bet she'd feel a lot different if there'd been an onryō running around in there, grudging up the place. On this episode, Luke makes a convincing case for getting into that big yellow taxi and going as far away as possible from the house which inspired the "Grudge" series. Along the way he stops to explore th...

Trances? Rage viruses? Parasitic fungus? By God, when I was a kid the dead stayed dead! Thankfully Luke is here with a guide to our confusing new undead times. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Sirenhead, Slenderman, and The Rake walk into a bar and the bartender says, "I'm over 30, what the hell is happening?" Thankfully Luke is here to explain. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Is the call coming from inside the house? On this month's LukeLore it sure is, because Luke is examining modern folklore in the form of urban legends, and he's brought along a life-sized clown toy - or has he? LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/luke...

Luke has worked hard to instill in you the appropriate amount of fear for the ocean and the woods, now he takes aim at your enthusiasm for the skies with the Poroniec, harpies, and so much more! LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn m...

It's almost Easter, and that means it's time for Luke to break down where some of our modern holiday traditions come from, such as why chocolate eggs have nothing to do with Jesus, and vice versa. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn...

On this episode Luke braves the gulf between folklore and myth to look at Cerberus, Griffins, and other "Dungeons and Dragons"-worthy beasts of legend. LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Bigfoot, el Chupacabra, Mothman, and the Fresno Nightcrawler walk into a bar. Is this is the beginning of a tasteless joke or an episode of LukeLore where Luke digs into the folklore of modern day cryptids? You'll have to listen and find out! LukeLore is: Luke Greensmith - Writer/Host/Researcher Brennan Storr - Production/Editing Links: Luke on Twitter: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: htt...