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Dark Cornwall Presents: Droll Podcast Series

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The Dark Cornwall Droll Podcast explores the strange, the sacred, and the half-forgotten stories of Cornwall. Each episode unpacks a traditional tale (droll) alongside its archaeology, mythology, and cultural memory. Created by Dark Cornwall, the world’s largest platform devoted to Cornish folklore, this series goes beyond ghost stories, tracing what the land still holds in its ancient stones, its magic, and its stories.

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Spriggans - Ancient Guardians or Modern Monsters

This episode traces how the Cornish spriggan has moved from ancient hills and burial sites into modern videogames and popular culture. Beginning with game depictions in worlds such as Skyrim, The Witcher, World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy, it explores how spriggans have become forest guardians, fae creatures, mining hoarders, or even forms the player can inhabit. The focus then returns to Cornwall, drawing on the work of Robert Hunt and William Bottrell, where spriggans are tied to cairns, dolmens and ancient burial sites, feared as hostile custodians of buried treasure and agents of consequence rather than confrontation. Rather than correcting modern interpretations, the episode places these versions side by side, reflecting on how folklore adapts over time, what changes as stories move into new mediums, and why the spriggan continues to hold its power.

27 dec 2025 - 21 min
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Into the Fogou: Cornwall’s Underground Mysteries

Beneath the hedges and fields of Cornwall lie chambers cut deep into the land. Narrow stone passages, entered on hands and knees, where the air is cool, the sound is strange, and the outside world seems to vanish. They are called fogous, and you will not find them anywhere else in Britain. In this episode, Robin Vickery takes us underground. From Pendeen Vau on the high cliffs to Halliggye on the Lizard, Carn Euny with its domed side chamber, and the Piskey Hall of Trewardreva, we explore what these ancient places were, how they were built, and the folklore that still clings to them. Were they refuges, storehouses, or ritual spaces? Why do stories of piskies, spirits, and time slips gather in their shadows? Blending archaeology with folklore, this journey is about more than facts and theories. It is about how the earth itself can hold memory. Step below the surface with us, and discover why these Cornish fogous remain some of the most evocative and mysterious places in Britain.

31 aug 2025 - 25 min
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