Widdershins Stories

Sep 15 2024 45 ep. 30 mins 90
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Widdershins Stories is a storytelling podcast delving into the darkened pathways of folklore, fairy tales, mythology, legend, and beyond. Each tale is accompanied by a sparse and haunting live composed score, setting the mood for a journey deep into the woods. Before the episode comes to an end, join both Narrator and Bard as they peer into their process and explore the importance of story.

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40. Revival By S.T. Gibson

Sep 15 2024 27 mins  
Episode 40: Revival by S.T. Gibson Revival is a short story by S.T. Gibson appearing in the folk horror anthology The Fiend in the Furrows. A young girl, granddaughter to the Reverend and keeper of snakes used to show the movement and devotion of the Holy Spirit, finds herself on Revival day filled with some spirit-but what is it that is truly speaking to her? If you’ve been en

39. Tam Lin

Aug 01 2023 13 mins  
Tam Lin comes to us from Scotland and Childe’s ballads. Tam Lin is a human captured by the fairy queen who spends his free time tormenting fair maidens in the woods of Carterhaugh. After a tryst with fair Janet who becomes pregnant with his child, they devise a plan to free him from being the Halloween tithe. This version combines many of the story points from the earlier ballads

38. Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

Apr 30 2023 31 mins  
It is Walpurgisnacht, and we find ourselves in Munich before leaving for Transylvania to be a guest of Count Dracula. Our titular Englishman, interested in taking some local sights, wanders into a desolate valley and finds himself at nightfall in a cemetery beset by a curious storm and strange forces. This story is thought to be a preliminary chapter of Dracula that was later remov

37. Dando And His Dogs by Robert Hunt

Apr 11 2023 10 mins  
In this tale, sinful priest Dando lives a life as one who worships “the sensual gods” despite his godly attire. He hunts, drinks, and does what he wishes regardless of cost. While out hunting one sabbath morning with his dogs and other men, Dando finds a strange hunter in his company who offers a drink so good, Dando would go to hell for it. A fun aside, this Cornish tale tie

36. Snow White And Rose Red by the Brothers Grimm

Jan 08 2023 16 mins  
Episode 36: Snow White & Rose Red by the Brothers Grimm Journey with us back to a classic: Snow White & Rose Red. A mother with two lovely daughters named after the roses growing in her yard one day are visited by a great black bear who spends many a snowy winter evening by their fire. When summer comes, the bear must leave to protect his home from a wicked dwarf. Will the sisters

35. Cupid & Psyche by Josephine Preston Peabody

Feb 14 2022 20 mins  
Celebrate love this Valentine’s Day with a retelling of Apuleius’ “Cupid & Psyche” by Josephine Preston Peabody. When a princess rivals the goddess of beauty, Venus sends her son Cupid to punish her for her charms. But when Cupid’s arrow strikes himself, he falls in love and protects her from the wrath of his mother in a royal home where she is treated like a goddess hers

34. A Christmas Ghost Story

Dec 24 2021 22 mins  
“A Christmas Ghost Story” by an unknown author is a tale much like the Dickens classic. A miserly old man heads to bed on Christmas Eve only to find himself face to face with a ghost who offers him all the gold he could wish for-which comes with a hard price to look back on his life’s mistakes. He cannot undo the past, but perhaps he can learn from the bitterness he sewed alo

33. October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman

Oct 31 2021 35 mins  
“October in the Chair” by Neil Gaiman is a dark and whimsical tale. What do the months of the year do to harken the change of their time? Why tell stories, of course! And with October in the chair, you know it’ll be something to give you a bit of a shiver. Special thanks to Neil Gaiman for his affirmative tweet giving our lowly little podcast permission to read one of his wo

32. Madam Lucifer by Richard Garnett

May 21 2021 17 mins  
“Madam Lucifer” by Richard Garnett is a bit of a divergence in our tales of fairy and nature, offering a peek into the whimsical fantasy realm from his classic, The Twilight of the Gods, written in 1903. Lucifer sits with Man, playing chess for his soul when, hearing his lament for his beloved, decides to keep her company. Smitten upon sight with Adeliza, he gets it into his he

Daughters of Darkness Special: She by Allison Carr Waechter

Apr 24 2021 26 mins  
On this special episode for Salem Daughters of Darkness Festival, we have created a virtual wander through the woods to go along with our tale. To celebrate the dark and strange, we chose “She” by Allison Carr Waechter for our tale. Listen on to this queer and dark tale of a curious entity taking over the body of another. A tale that brings us the fey strangeness of changeling