What The Folklore?

"Little Tiny" ends up being a familiar story with a Don Bluth adaptation, but brings up a lot of important questions along the way, like "would you marry a toad just for the company?" This episode brought to you by executive producer Jax,Aarne-Thompson type 442, "The Woman In the Wood" Suggested talking points: puce thumb, stamen command, smolley, grandma scratcher, toad marriage, imaginary friend...

Some sleepy letter association that leads to a lot of talk about dinosaurs and a new Adam Sandler movie. 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.

Google already made a lot of the edits to "Otesanek" for us, through a wonderful and bizarre translation that makes us wish Google could write a book of fairy tales just for us. This episode brought to you by executive producer Nick Patchett, Aarne-Thompson type 161, "Betrayed by a Pointer Finger" Suggested talking points: a new erudite lifestyle, the human billboard, babies and their tank tops, a...

An in-depth critique of a new robotics product, that for some reason exists. 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 Princess and the Magical Hat" has a lot of solid bird stuff going on, as well as some solid mouse stuff happening. And a little bit of rumpology magic. This episode brought to you by executive producer Spaghetto Depressi, Aarne-Thompson type 163, "The Singing Wolf" Suggested talking points: triple entendre, rumpology.edu, Sam Anus, a hodgepodge of stats, mouse woman and the mischief makers, s...

A pair of book reports: on Death Stranding, and Cats the Musical. 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 wrapping up "The Ivory City and Its Fairy Princess" and you'll finally get to know why the flat horse mattered! And why all of the things from part I mattered. Because they definitely, definitely do. Suggested talking points: garbage princess, Dark Fortnite, retro UI design, Internet Classic,  jealousy murders, dead uncle rice, Dadwise Gamgee, horse blood types, old lady punch code, book DLC...

"The Ivory City and Its Fairy Princess" does a thing that fairy tales like to do, which is just stop the story for awhile for no reason. Which is really our job. Suggested talking points: dog truthers, the multiplicity of dogs, a sexy scar for later, arrow guns, piss and taxes, Gullbasaur, a pit called rock and roll If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter...

This is our Death Stranding anticipation episode, a thing none of us really understand yet. 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 Russian double-header coming to you this week in the form of "Marichka" and "The Heron and the Crane." Can we make them connect to each other though? This episode brought to you by executive producer Kobiskat, Aarne-Thompson type 313, "The Magic Flight" Suggested talking points: big weird chickens, the flavor profile of stories, blood thrifting, from Russia with owl, pecked to death by...

Are you tired of creepypastas? Why not try some Givemspastas or Kringlepastas instead? 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.

A double spooky, double story episode (weeble wobble weeble wobble), we're reading: "The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull" and "Bisclavret." This episode brought to you by executive producer Rachel, Aarne-Thompson type 151, "Music Lessons for Wild Animals" Suggested talking points: a spooky intro, jinglevania, a spirit world computer, great Kazoo speeds, Rockbin Williams, quantum swords, S...

Some additional billboard thoughts this week, as well as plumbing the services that Dale Trusts. 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 Ghost Son" gave us parts of like four different spooky movies, but the story itself needs a bit of a tune-up to achieve True Spooky. This episode brought to you by executive producer Angela McKlusky, Aarne-Thompson type 1291, "Sending One Cheese After Another" Suggested talking points: Dewey Decimal for ghosts, robo hobo oiled goo shoes, winterknit, Victorian ghostbusters, ghost nets, corpse...

Since there are no new billboard thoughts, we might just have to put up our own billboards! Also: the politics of Mario characters. 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.

"Raw Head and Bloody Bones" might sound weird, but it's actually about a pretty cool pig that gets buried in facts about the hit film Nightmare Before Christmas, and Tyler's favorite character, the Mayor. This episode brought to you by executive producer Kaitlyn Rogers, Aarne-Thompson type 569, "The Knapsack the Hat and the Horn" Suggested talking points: Nightmare Before Christmas facts, Danny El...

Another installment in our series of billboard thoughts leads to a lot of speculation about Geico-specific holidays, and a Brands-only version of "The Nightmare Before Christmas." 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 informati...

"La Llorona" kicks off Spooklore 2019! It's a classic monster story, but how scary is it? If only we had the help of a friendly AI in this matter. This episode brought to you by executive producer Yahweh Yaoi, Aarne-Thompson type 981, "The Killing of Old Men" Suggested talking points: labor day pumpkin, frozen diet coke brain, thought stalagmite, the flow of causality, fancy thwippin' tchotchkes,...

Up this week: a video game pitch, and a law billboard that tries to gaslight you into service.   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.

"Wungala" has us arguing over a new cryptid: is he a good sweet boi that just needs someone to be nice to him, or is he just a bad monster who can't get anything done? This episode brought to you by executive producer Frank J. Erdman, Aarne-Thompson type 204, "The Duck In Peril At Sea" Suggested talking points: crytpid check, low self esteem monsters, juicies, sticky as defeat, technical definitio...

What would you call your HVAC company to make it exciting? We're also looking for investors for our new TV remote scheme for apartments and motels. 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.wtfolkl...

"Rola and the Two Sisters" really, really wants to be a musical, so we've spent a considerable amount of this episode trying to translate this story to the stage. This episode brought to you by executive producer Riley, Glutton of All the Foods, Aarne-Thompson type 1335, "The Eaten Moon" Suggested talking points: corpse voltron, bone decorations, Cracker Barrel spirits, a balanced diet for monster...

Have you ever had a sense memory? Is it one that's inexplicably tied to the 1998 Godzilla movie? 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 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.