New Year’s Folklore of Wales podcast: From the Mari Lwyd to Calennig, Mark Rees explores Welsh New Year’s Eve and Day customs.
Curious Christmas Folklore of Wales: A Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast Christmas special
It’s Christmas Eve – the perfect time to pull up a chair next to the log fire, pour yourself a glass of mulled wine and listen to some old folklore of Wales.
The Magical Welsh Christmas Tree: A Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast Christmas special
The Mari Lwyd is arguably the most well-known character in Welsh folklore. But why do people carry a horse’s skull door-to-door late at night, and challenge their neighbours to a battle in verse?
Mari Lwyd, the Welsh Christmas “Ghost Horse” podcast: Secret history and folklore of the “bone horse” of Wales
The Mari Lwyd is arguably the most well-known character in Welsh folklore. But why do people carry a horse’s skull door-to-door late at night, and challenge their neighbours to a battle in verse?
Ghost hunting in Wales’ “most haunted” places on the Ghosts and Folklore podcast
Ghost hunting in Wales’ “most haunted” places: Paranormal investigators Cymru Paranormal reveal what it’s REALLY like to search for the supernatural in some of the spookiest Welsh locations
The Secret Islands of the Faeries on the Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast
The Secret Islands of the Faeries: How the fairies of Wales are connected to King Arthur, why they are called y Tylwyth Teg, and more Welsh folklore about the fair folk who haunted the forests
The Cursed Room at the Millennium Stadium: How a jinx caused football and rugby to lose cup finals
The Cursed Room at Wales’ National Sports Stadium: How a jinx caused rugby and football teams to lose finals at the Millennium Stadium, and the Welsh artist-turned-exorcist who banished the ghosts with his brush.
Guy Fawkes Night: the folklore, traditions, history and ghosts of Bonfire Night, and how Noson Guto Ffowc was celebrated in Wales
Guy Fawkes Night special on the Ghosts and Folklore podcast: Can the ancient druids of Wales really lay claim to inventing the traditions of the 5th of November AND July the 4th? Explore the curious customs of Bonfire Night, or Noson Guto Ffowc as we say in Wales, on this special episode of the podcast.
Ghosts of Wales podcast Halloween special: Ghosts of Wales Live goes online to ghost hunt in Wales’ “most haunted” places
Ghosts of Wales podcast Halloween special: Mark Rees launches his new book Paranormal Wales with a special online edition of the annual Ghosts of Wales Live event on the Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast. Join him and special guests as they explore some of Wales’ “most haunted” places, and go ghost hunting on the spookiest night of the year.
Spooky Halloween Folklore and Traditions of Wales: Ghosts & Folklore of Wales podcast Halloween special
Join Mark Rees (author of Ghosts of Wales/ Paranormal Wales etc.) for a journey in search of the curious, and at times macabre history and folklore of Nos Calan Gaeaf, the Welsh Halloween.