LukeLore

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - spoiler alert, it involves sick rhymes. 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, 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: @LukeGreensmith LukeLore Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - 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

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the reality (or not) of Amityville, Enfield, and a few other movie haunted houses as well. 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

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.fm/adchoices

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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Luke takes a look at the folklore surrounding the English city of York, with potentially cursed cat statues, a deeply haunted pub, and the perfect setting for a horror movie. 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

Winding up his Water Trilogy, Luke tells you why, in addition to staying away from oceans and lakes, you should also avoid any other collection of water greater than your average cup of coffee. This terrifying journey takes us from Australia to Africa to Europe, along the way introducing us to creatures like Bunyips, Grootslang, and Vixiana, who sound like X-Men but are more like a drown-y version of the Hellfire Club. 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

In this supersized episode, Luke welcomes his first-ever guest host, Mariam Draeger of GrimmFest TV's "The Grimm Exchange (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgVVx6vqSzE) to talk about the some of the myths and misconceptions about witches throughout history. 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

The folklore of eastern Europe is a country unto itself, and on this episode Luke begins exploring it, finding stories of Baba Yaga, Lady Mid-Day, and the best vampire trap anyone has ever heard of. 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 Luke takes us to Scotland to teach us about brownies, unicorns, and other things which await you in the far reaches of the highlands. 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

This year Luke goes beyond Krampus to find stories of Frau Perchta, Befana, and, hang on let me check my notes....a poop log? Is he messing with me? No, it says poop log. 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

Not content with mere ghost dogs, Luke expands into Lancashire to find ghost cats and ghost cows (which are also evil, FYI). 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, Luke is back from Covid just in time to deliver his annual Halloween special! 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

Luke explores the particular horrors that are sea creatures, from the Kraken to Globsters 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/groups/lukelorepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Luke takes a look at some of the hauntings and legends of his home city, Liverpool 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

This month, Luke takes a listener request and explores three of the world's more famous lake monsters. 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

This month Luke examines the concept of death curses, from grudge spirits to the tomb of Tutankhamen. 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

Luke heads deep underground to bring us tales of knockers, knackers, and 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month, Luke takes a look at some of the terrifying creatures of Japanese folklore and reaffirms our commitment to staying out of the forest 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, Luke explores different kinds of divination and much like the Incredible Hulk, he must control the raging skeptic who dwells within him. 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, Luke raids a bookstore while on vacation and comes up with some local legends you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else. 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

Things get hairy on the first official LukeLore of 2020, with Luke taking a look at werewolf phenomenon across Europe. 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

Ho-Ho-Hold on to your kidlets because December means Krampus, and Krampus means trouble. It's also a great Mike Dougherty movie - you should probably watch 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

Is it grandma, Pazuzu, or just the idiomotor effect? With the Oujia Board you just never know. 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

Proving himself to be either the bravest or dumbest man on the Ghost Story Guys staff, Luke is again Ireland bound to explore some of its more water-based creatures. There's a lot of "nope" in this one. 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

Yowies and other critters await Luke in the Dreamtime as he heads to Australia for this month's installment of LukeLore. 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 Luke heads over to the Emerald Isle to examine fairy lore and mangle Gaelic words. 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

This show represents another Luke favorite - stories of black dogs from all over Europe, some signifying tragedy, others sent to watch over those in need. 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 there are French werewolves all over the place - or are there? 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

Welcome to LukeLore, the quick-bite (never more than 20 minutes) mythology and folklore show that also acts as a companion show to The Ghost Story Guys Podcast! On this inaugural episode, Luke takes a deep dive into what may be his favorite topic - The Wendigo. From Algonquin myth to video game villain and back again, this is one legend that still has a lot of life left in 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

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