The Feral Folklorist
Papa Gee
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The Feral Folklorist is a podcast that blends strange history, old-world witchcraft, and hands-on folk magic. Each episode explores a real haunting, folktale, or magical belief—then digs deeper into the spellcraft, superstition, and shadow work buried underneath. From witch bottles and death omens to crossroads myths and Southern curses, this show uncovers the folklore people whisper about but rarely explain.
Hosted by author and folklorist Papa Gee, The Feral Folklorist combines storytelling with practical magic, revealing how ancient beliefs still shape the way we protect, hex, heal, and haunt. Whether you’re into ghost stories, rootwork, or ritual, this podcast invites you to explore the eerie, the enchanted, and everything that still smells like smoke.
New episodes every other Monday.
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S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - Coyote Steals Fire
Coyote Steals Fire | Native American Trickster Folktale. s a Feral Folktales bonus episode about one of the great trickster stories: the tale of how Coyote helped bring fire to the people.Before…
S2E25 25. The Devil’s Handprint: Devil Marks, Witch Marks & the Folklore of Evil Signs
Devil handprints, witch marks, haunted churches, strange marks in stone, burned signs in wood, and the old fear that evil could touch the ordinary world and leave evidence behind. In this episode of…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Red Shoes
This time, I’m sharing “The Red Shoes” by Hans Christian Andersen, a dark old tale about vanity, obsession, and what happens when desire turns into punishment. Like a lot of Andersen’s stories, it…
S2E24 24. Married in Red: Ghostly Brides and Wedding Curses
Ghost brides, wedding curses, haunted bridal objects, and the old wedding customs meant to protect marriage from envy, death, bad vows, and trouble at the threshold. In this episode of The Feral…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Lion's Whisker
In this episode of Feral Folktales, I’m sharing “The Lion’s Whisker,” a traditional teaching story told in several parts of Africa and later carried into folktale collections around the world. It’s…
S2E23 23. The Book in the Drawer: Grimoires, Family Bibles, and Magical Spell Books
Spell books, grimoires, family Bibles, charm books, and Books of Shadows all belong to the same old habit: writing down what people did when ordinary help ran out. In this episode, we open the drawer…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Raven Who Walked the Road
This time, I’m sharing “The Raven Who Walked the Road,” a folktale about old warnings, strange signs, and the danger of ignoring what people before you already knew. In stories like this, trouble…
S2E22 22. Staked in the Dirt: The Magic and Lore of the Vampire
In this episode of The Feral Folklorist, we dig into one of the most persistent figures in supernatural folklore—the vampire. Long before the polished versions that show up in novels and movies,…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Jar that Caught a Demon
This time, I’m sharing “The Jar That Caught a Demon,” an old folktale about trickery, containment, and the dangerous hope that evil can be shut up and sealed away for good. In stories like this, the…
S2E21 21. Sin-Eaters of the Borderlands: Bread, Burial, and the Last Burden
Sin-eating is one of those borderland customs that sounds too strange to be real, which is probably why it lasted. In this episode, we dig into the old belief from the Welsh Marches and nearby border…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Story of the Night Mare
This time, I’m sharing “The Story of the Night Mare,” an old piece of folklore about the strange weight that sometimes comes in the middle of the night. Long before people had medical names for sleep…
S2 Feral by Night Sneak Peek - Don't Answer the Third Knock at the Back Door
A knock at the back door in the middle of the night is bad enough. A second one is worse. By the time the third comes, it may already be too late.In this first episode of Feral by Night, Papa Gee…
S2E20 20. The Boo Hag of the Gullah South
The Boo Hag is one of the most chilling spirit figures in Gullah folklore. In this episode, we dig into the old Lowcountry belief in a skinless night spirit that slips through cracks, rides the…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Boy Who Drew Cats
This time, I’m sharing “The Boy Who Drew Cats,” a Japanese folktale about a small temple boy who won’t stop sketching cats—on scraps of paper, in margins, anywhere he can get a bit of ink. The…
S2E19 19. Foot Track Magic - Conjure Hidden in the Footprints
Hot Foot is the most well known term. In this episode, we dig into the old Southern conjure practice known as foot track magic—the belief that a person’s footprint can be used as a direct line to…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Woman Who Married a Bear
This time, I’m sharing “The Woman Who Married a Bear,” an old northern folktale about a girl who goes missing into the woods and returns with a husband no one quite understands. In some versions he…
S2E18 18. The Face of Medusa: Myth, Monster, or Magical Shield
Medusa is more than a monster in a hero story. In this episode of The Feral Folklorist, we look at Medusa as a protective figure tied to the Evil Eye and the old idea that envy and bad intent can…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Man Who Sold His Shadow
This time, I’m sharing “The Man Who Sold His Shadow,” a European-style folktale about a bargain that looks harmless at first and the quiet trouble that follows it home. When a man trades away his…
S2E17 17. Witching Hours - Magic, Timing, and the Clock
Some moments aren’t for action—they’re for waiting. In this episode, we step into the folklore of time itself: the hours we were warned not to touch, the nights we were told to leave well enough…
S2 Feral Folktales: A Short Tale - The Monkey King Tricks the Demon
This time, I’m sharing “The Monkey King Tricks the Demon,” a Chinese folktale-style story about a mountain road gone quiet and the kind of creature that thinks a sealed jar is the same thing as…
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The Feral Folklorist has published 42 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Personal Journals.
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