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The Three Ravens Podcast

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Three Ravens is a completely independent English myth and folklore podcast where we share stories, celebrate folk culture, and fall backwards through the hedgerows of history. Hosted by real-life couple Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux, and mostly recorded at our home in rural Sussex in southern England, Three Ravens is rated 4.8/5 from over 500 reviews and has grown by word of mouth care of our lovely listener community ‘The Conspiracy of Ravens.’ We release three episodes a week, on Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays, through which we explore folktales, folkways, fairy stories, folk songs, mythology, local heritage, seasonal customs and traditional beliefs. Our research inspires our retellings of stories from across history and culture, with episodes standing alone but connected together across over 500 chatty, mostly light-hearted, swear-free installments driven by passion, kindness and curiosity. Now ranked as an all-time Top 5 podcast across several categories by Goodpods, charting in the Spotify, Apple and Rephonic UK Fiction Top 10 across 2024, 2025 and 2026, if you’re interested in ghosts, monsters, regional beliefs, and the things that unite us all, then join us round the campfire and listen in… About our Bonus Series 🌙 From 2023-2026 we released six different Bonus Series covering the following themes: Magic and Medicine - Eleanor’s 26-part exploration of the history of magical belief and folk practice.Three Ravens Bestiary - Martin’s A-Z of mythical creatures, legendary monsters, and things that go bump in the night.Dying Arts - Eleanor’s 13-episode series about endangered and heritage crafts from their earliest origins to their fates since mechanisation.Something Wicked - Martin’s 13-part exploration of historic True Crime stories with folkloric twists.Forgotten Melodies - Eleanor’s 13-episode foray into the history of folk music and song types featuring original recordings and new arrangements by us and our musical collaborators.Magus - Martin’s 13-part series about the magical lives of the most famous witches and wizards in history and their legacies in the magic of the modern day. The Lang Fairy Tale Project 🧚 Launched in 2025 to help us bridge gaps between main series, we began by sharing readings from us of the iconic stories found in the Blue Fairy Book compiled by Andrew Lang. From the Red Fairy Book onwards, we have also spent time digging into the stories, their histories and relationships to tale types, and are engaged in an ongoing mission to celebrate the woman truly behind the 12 coloured fairy books – Andrew’s wife Leonora, whose impact on children’s literature and fantasy fiction cannot be understated. Join the Conspiracy of Ravens ✨ 🌐 Official Website: Visit the Three Ravens Podcast Official Site to sign up for our mailing list, explore our episode catalogue, and enjoy our blog! 🎤 Three Ravens Live: Find tickets and news about our upcoming live shows! 🛒 Shop: Buy our books and exclusive Three Ravens Merch including mugs, tote bags, tees and hoodies from our Online Shop 👑 Patreon: Support the show and unlock ad free listening, monthly Patreon exclusive episodes, the Three Ravens Film Club, our community chat and newsletters at the Three Ravens Patreon 📚 Our First Book: Buy our stunning hardback collection of 39 historic stories Three Ravens Folk Tales 👻 Our Second Book: Order our brand new hair-raising host of 20 original ghost stories Three Ravens Ghost Tales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Our Third Book: Preorder our upcoming collection of Welsh regional legends Three Ravens Folk Tales of Wales coming to all good bookshops on St David's Day (March 1st) 2027 📱 Socials: Follow our adventures and help us grow on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. Chapter 18 - A Golden Bubble Full of Dreams | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    Chapter 18 of Dog Days sees Kit attending the Gray's Inn Revels, where Oxford's Men are to perform The Spanish Tragedy. Kit is on a mission to find out more about Barnaby's involv…

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  2. Chapter 17 - Folded in the Floods | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    In Chapter 17 of Dog Days, Kit returns to Barnaby's room to find Thomas Walsingham waiting for him. Unusually, Walsingham is surprisingly helpful. Although he does have certain i…

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  3. Chapter 16 - The Loathsome Circle | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    In Chapter 16 of Dog Days, Kit finally tracks down the Earl of Oxford. But although Kit is starting to arrange the pieces of the mystery on the chess board, there are still lots…

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  4. Chapter 15 - The Measures of Delight | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    Chapter 15 of Dog Days takes Kit and Doll on a mysterious journey through London's secret tunnels to a lost Roman temple, deep below Southwark. There, they are initiated into the…

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  5. Chapter 14 - The Stars Fall Down | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    In Chapter 14 of Dog Days, Kit makes it back to the north bank of the river and strikes out, exhausted, for home. As he goes, he has much to consider. His day, long and baffling,…

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  6. Chapter 13 - In Spite of All Suspected Enemies | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    Today's episode of Dog Days, Chapter 13, sees Kit progressing to Syon House - home of the enigmatic Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland - the 'Wizard Earl.' Kit has questions he w…

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  7. Chapter 12 - Climbing after Knowledge Infinite | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    Chapter 12 of Dog Days sees Kit's evening going further sideways, as the raven that has been following him all day suddenly turns the tables. Kit, and his secret package, soon fi…

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  8. Chapter 11 - Chase the Stars from Heaven | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    We start the week with Chapter 11 of Dog Days, during which we find Kit Marlowe high-tailing it to The Mermaid Tavern on the north bank of the Thames. A nexus for traders, actors,…

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  9. Chapter 10 - Thy Words Are Swords | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    Hey, you know a cool thing? Today's episode of Dog Days means we are now a third of the way through the story. Thank you so much to you, and all of the people listening, for making…

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  10. Chapter 9 - Rise Aloft and Touch The Hornéd Moon | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    For today's episode of Dog Days we have a slightly shorter chapter, though one filled with revelations care of a pair of the Earl of Northumberland's closest allies, Hues and Harri…

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  11. Chapter 8 - This Tragic Glass | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    In our eighth episode of Dog Days Kit find himself with much to attend to, only then a pudgy lad with freckles grabs his arm and steers him rapidly away towards other things. Befo…

    S1589 E838:00
  12. Chapter 7 - Sweetness To My Wound | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    During today's episode of Dog Days we catch up with Barnaby, who has been waiting up for Kit. And waiting. And waiting. Two men from very different walks of life, events have brou…

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  13. Chapter 6 - Drawn By Darkness | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    Our sixth episode of Dog Days finds our hero weary from a long day beneath the baking heat - yet the dying hours of Lammastide still have some tricks up their sleeves before Kit Ma…

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  14. Chapter 5 - No Bounds But Heaven | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    In this chapter of Dog Days, Kit Marlowe finds the blade of a dagger pressed against his throat - and not for the first time. He has come to the docks of Shad Thames, as instructe…

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  15. Chapter 4 - New Fancies’ Shapes | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    Reunited with his sister, who he really wishes would go back to Canterbury, the fourth episode of Dog Days sees Kit Marlowe following up on his wishes to have, in a list of descend…

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  16. Chapter 3 - The Shining Palace of the Sun | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    In today's episode of Dog Days, Kit Marlowe finally arrives at work, where he finds the entire company of The Theatre, under Ned Alleyne, awaiting the arrival of his new script: Ta…

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  17. Chapter 2 - Lord Of My Fortune | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    On today's episode, we pick up right where yesterday's chapter left off - with Kit Marlowe cracked over the back of the head with a club and bundled into a pure black covered carri…

    S1589 E223:24
  18. Chapter 1 - Like Summer’s Vapours | Dog Days: A Kit Marlowe Mystery

    As long heralded, and under the influence of the Canis Dog Star, we warmly present the first installment of our Bonus Series project for August 2025! Set in 1589, Dog Days follows…

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  19. It's Hot Dog Summer | August 2025 UpdateBonus

    Happy Lammas, and the first of our monthly update episodes! We have included excerpts from our two Patreon Exclusive episodes for July 2025, including a chunk of our discussion of…

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  20. Snow White And Rose Red and Toads And Diamonds | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Blue Fairy Book (1889)

    For the final Lang Fairy Tales episode of this 'between series break' we have another double bill for you! We begin with Snow White and Rose Red, then it's time for another tiddle…

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