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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. Sacha Coward | Local Legends #68

    On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin chats with British author, LGBTQ+ historian, museum researcher and escape room artist Sacha Coward. Sacha's first book, Queer As Fol…

    S7 E10101:00:51
  2. The Marvellous Musician and The Story Of Sigurd | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)

    It's been a strange, charming, and sometimes baffling journey, but we've reached the end of the Red Fairy Book! Two very different stories finish the collection off. The Marvellou…

    S10 E5801:00:42
  3. Death and Afterlife Songs | Forgotten Melodies #13

    In this final episode of our 13-part exploration of folk music history we are concluding with Death and Afterlife Songs! We welcome our musical collaborators for the series Ben an…

    S7 E10001:57:22
  4. Karen Kay | Local Legends #67

    On this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is chatting with the Fairy Whisperer, Karen Kay. Fairies are notoriously tricksy beings, but if there’s anybody out there with exac…

    S7 E9901:07:13
  5. Snowdrop and The Golden Goose and The Seven Foals | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)

    For our penultimate episode of the Red Fairy Book, we have a triple bill of rather different stories. First, we have one of the best known fairy tales out there - Snowdrop, otherw…

    S10 E5701:11:26
  6. Fairies | Three Ravens Bestiary #26

    For the final episode in our 26 part A-Z of mythical creatures we're slipping into some liminal spaces to talk about Fairies! Starting with the question of what even is "a fairy"…

    S7 E9901:22:07
  7. Christina Oakley Harrington | Local Legends #66

    On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin is chatting with recovering Medievalist, occult bookshop owner, and esoteric researcher Christina Oakley Harrington! Growing up for…

    S7 E9801:02:04
  8. Minnikin | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)

    This Norwegian tale from the Red Fairy Book features a plucky, diminutive hero so unscrupulous, he might just be worse than Dapplegrim! With trolls with increasing numbers of head…

    S10 E5649:13
  9. Palmistry and Phrenology | Magic and Medicines #26

    For the last episode in the second series of Magic and Medicines, we're talking about Palmistry and Phrenology! We start by looking at uses of palmistry across the world, from Ved…

    S7 E9701:26:37
  10. Frankie Archer | Local Legends #65

    On this very special episode of Local Legends Martin is chatting with the brilliant British folk singer-songwriter Frankie Archer! To mark the release of her debut album, The Danc…

    S7 E9601:01:00
  11. Bushy Bride and Mother Holle | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)

    For today's episode of the Lang Fairy Tales, we're proceeding on apace through the Red Fairy Book, and we've got another double bill of stories. First up is the excellently named…

    S10 E5544:08
  12. Well Dressing & Rush Bearing | July 2026 Update

    In this month's update episode we're chatting all about the folkiness of summertime - including Well Dressing and Rush Bearing! Though that's not all, as, in addition to sharing s…

    S7 E9501:22:31
  13. Cornelius Agrippa | Magus #12

    This month on Magus, for our penultimate episode of the series, we're exploring the life and work of the father of Western esotericism, Cornelius Agrippa! Born into a Europe wrack…

    S7 E9401:44:44
  14. LIVE @ Great Dunmow BookFest

    For this episode, we go where no podcast has gone before - welcome to Three Ravens Live @ Great Dunmow BookFest! During a one day festival where an entire Essex town famous for gi…

    S39 E1044:16
  15. Rapunzel, The Nettle Spinner, and Farmer Weatherbeard | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)

    On this week's Lang Fairy Tales episode we have another triple-bill - though these ones are all slightly wonky... We begin with Rapunzel, a tale with its roots in ancient Persian…

    S10 E5401:05:35
  16. Nature Songs | Forgotten Melodies #12

    Get ready to escape to the lake isle of Innisfree, because for the penultimate episode of Forgotten Melodies we're talking all about Nature Songs! We explore the English trees and…

    S7 E9301:22:19
  17. LIVE @ Leominster Festival

    Recorded on steamy summer's evening in the John Abel Room of Grange Court, welcome to Three Ravens Live @ Leominster Festival! While Hereford might try to steal all the glory - li…

    S39 E901:26:50
  18. The Enchanted Canary | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)

    On this week's Lang Fairy Tales episode we're encountering a tale by folklorist Charles Deulin, The Enchanted Canary. Positioned as a legend out of Flanders, it sees a prince head…

    S10 E5349:31
  19. Ogres | Three Ravens Bestiary #25

    Let's strip away the meat of mythology and render down the fat of folklore to cook up a delicious chat all about Ogres! The word itself was coined by Chrétien de Troyes during the…

    S7 E9201:10:26
  20. Dapplegrim and The Twelve Brothers | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)

    We present a double bill of tales from the Red Fairy Book today! First up, we've got the Norwegian tale of the cleverest (and possibly the most ruthless) horse out there, Dapplegr…

    S10 E5254:11
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