In this runner-up topic from the Halloween special poll, we visit a couple of haunted sites in the city of Bristol: the Llandoger Trow pub and beautiful Christmas Steps where spirits order drinks and screams echo.

Theme music: The Nightingale by Ceridwen McCooey

Sound effects from Pixabay.

Cover art by moi, Jenny.

Find out more at folkitory.co.uk.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2004/07/12/christmas_steps_feature.shtml

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/history-christmas-steps-bristol-surprising-827407

https://secretbristol.com/haunted-places-bristol/

https://everything.explained.today/Llandoger_Trow/#google_vignette

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandoger_Trow

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/llandoger-trow/

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/the-llandoger-trow-bristol/

https://gosouthwestengland.co.uk/haunted-bristol-alley/

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In this first bonus episode there's a historic fact that blew Jenny's mind about the connection between ancient Aztec Empire and horrible Henry VIII.

Theme music: The Nightingale by Ceridwen McCooey

Sound effects from Pixabay.

Cover art by moi, Jenny.

Find out more at folkitory.co.uk.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/summary/Aztec

https://www.countryfile.com/people/royals/how-many-henry-viii-kill

https://historycrunch.com/aztec-human-sacrifice/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_period

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Doppelgängers, as souls, spirits and omens of impending death, have existed in folklore across cultures for thousands of years. Mimics, however, have not. Let's take a look at doppelgänger experiences and how new folklore comes into existence, bending with and borrowing from the old, until maybe it becomes real.

0:30: Intro

1:29: History of doppelgängers (ka, vardøger, fetch, karin)

5:13: Experiences of doppelgängers

8:56: Scientific explanations of the doppelgänger

9:27: Mimics and doppelgängers

12:48: The science of mimics

14:36: The origins of new folklore

Theme music: The Nightingale by Ceridwen McCooey

Sound effects from Pixabay.

Cover art by moi, Jenny.

Find out more at folkitory.co.uk.

Transcript and Sources for this episode: https://folkitory.co.uk/2026/10/01/doppelgangers/

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