The Fantastical Tales Podcast

The Fantastical Tales Podcast

Reveling in the glory of story, this is a podcast that explores tradition, the preternatural, folktales, fairy lore, gothic horror, and all things wonderfully weird.

Episodes

October 28, 2025 6 mins

A folklore episode about vampire hysteria

#Halloween #vampire #Dracula #undead #VampireHunters #VanHelsing #ghost #haunting #paranormal #preternatural

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A Victorian ghost story!

#paranormal #Preternatural #ghost-story #ghoststory #spooky #scary-story #Halloween #ghost #gothichorror #storytelling #haunting

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May 23, 2025 9 mins

What happens when a minister encounters an unearthly being?


#folklore #fairytale #fae #sidhe #DaoineSidhe

#faerie #scottish #folktale #preternatural #bagpipes

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April 25, 2025 13 mins

This is a Mini Episode discussing Walpurgis Night. It is a informative follow up to Episode 3 “Dracula’s Guest”


#WalpurgisNight #Walpurgisnacht #Hexennacht #Beltine #WitchesNight #Witchessabbot #WitchesSabboth #Witch #DraculsGuest #BramStoker #Deacula #Folklore

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April 15, 2025 38 mins

This episode is courtesy of Mr. Bram Stoker! It is a dramatized version of what is believed by many to be a chapter deleted from an early draft of Dracula!


For best results listen using headphones on a stormy night.


I am planning on a short follow up on the folklore surrounding Walpurgis Night!


#Dracula #DraculasGuest #BramStoker #vampire #undead #Gothic #GothicHorror #FolkHorror #Nosferatu #Beltane #Horror #ClassicHorror...

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For the month of March I am featuring a creature, and story, from Irish folklore.


(“Darby O Gill and the Little People” is in the public domain)


For further accounts of this entity


“The School’s Collection”


FAIRY LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND.


Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series


THE BANSHEE BY ELLIOT O’DONNELL


#StPatricksDay #IrishFolklore #Celtic #Fairylore #Fae #Faerie...

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February 26, 2025 13 mins

What if you died and didn’t know it? The maiden voyage of the Fantastical Tales Podcast is a 19th century ghost story. Headphones are recommended for the full experience.

#gothichorror #folkhorror #paranormal #victorian #ghost #ghoststory #immersive

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