The Three Ravens Podcast
Episodes
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 12 - Where The Crayfish Is Wintering
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 11 - A Spoonful Of Tar In A Barrel Of Honey
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 10 - Appetite Comes With Eating
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 9 - Like A Cat To Sour Cream
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 8 - Talking About The Wolf
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 7 - A Sabre Helps A Cossack
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 6 - Like Two Drops Of Water
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 5 - Two Shoes Make A Pair
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 4 - Borrowed Bread Lies Heavy On The Stomach
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 3 - Every Second Woman Is A Witch
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 2 - Where It's Thin, It Tears
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
Vasilisa The Brave: Part 1 - Like Thunder In A Clear Sky
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new telling of a classic tale based on Slavic folklore, this special Three Ravens winter story is our bonus mini series for Advent 2025.Split into 2...
December Update: In The Bleak Midwinter
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's update episode we're getting ready to hibernate, as it's time for our annual Winter Interlude!As usual, the episode features Three Rav...
Local Legends #52: Mhara Starling
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of Local Legends we have a real treat for you: Martin's good long chat with the truly brilliant Mhara Starling!Mhara is a promi...
Magus #6: Doctor John Dee
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's episode of Magus we're chatting about a genuine icon of esoterica and the occult, Doctor John Dee!Born during the reign of Henry VIII...
Series 7 Episode 6: Anglesey
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're headed over one of the oldest suspension bridges in the world to explore the history and folklore of Anglesey! Perhaps most famous for...
LIVE @ Treadwell's Books 2025!
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our final Three Ravens Live Show release of 2026 we have a Live Q&A hosted by the one and only Treadwells Books!In case you're unfamiliar, Tre...
Local Legends #51: Deborah Winter
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eleanor talks to the wonderful storyteller Deborah Winter about her home county of Pembrokeshire, a land of mermaids, pirates and the cry of the raven...
Forgotten Melodies #7: Witch Songs
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's Forgotten Melodies bonus episode we're singing and talking about Witch Songs!As ever, the episode features new arrangements of three ...
Series 7 Episode 5: Pembrokeshire
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the good ship Three Ravens is pulling into port in the south-westerly Welsh county of Pembrokeshire!Populated in days of yore by 'The Demet...
Local Legends #50: Michael Harvey
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our 50th Local Legends interview episode, we've rustled up author and award-winning storyteller Michael Harvey, and made him talk about the extrem...
Three Ravens Bestiary #20: Wargs and Werewolves
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episode of the Three Ravens Bestiary is all about one of our favourite topics - Wargs and Werewolves!We start with J.R.R. Tolkien, explor...
Series 7 Episode 4: Radnorshire
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode we're off to the least populated historic county of Wales, Radnorshire on the Welsh Marches!As for why Radnorshire has been so ...
Three Ravens Podcast Trailer
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Three Ravens is a Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux.Released on Mondays, each weekly episod...
Local Legends #49: Christine Watkins
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eleanor is joined around the campfire by storyteller priestess Christine Watkins to talk all about her home county of Monmouthshire.Christine was born...
Magic and Medicines #20: Reiki
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this month's Magic and Medicines Bonus Episode, we're talking all about Reiki!We have a bit more direct experience with this one than some of our ...
Series 7 Episode 3: Monmouthshire
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the madness of Haunting Season, we're returning to Series 7 and the history and folklore of Monmouthshire in south east Wales!We discuss the cou...
November Update: The Last Red Berries
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Haunting Season 2025 is over, so in this month's Update Episode we're looking ahead to the continuation of Series 7!As usual, the episode offers the m...
Local Legends #48: Tony Walker
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our final Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor speaks with Tony Walker, author and host of the Classic Ghost Stories podcast.&...
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To wish everyone a very happy Halloween, we warmly present a reading of Oscar Wilde's classic ghost story, The Canterville Ghost.After a month of cele...
Magus #5: Aleister Crowley
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this month's Haunting Season-themed episode of Magus we're digging into the gory life story of "The Beast" himself, Aleister Crowley!One of the mos...
Haunting Season 2025 #4: Wraiths of Helmand
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's already the final week of Haunting Season 2025, so we proudly present our last 'Trilogy of Terror' for this year!The episode features our two las...
Local Legends #47: Dr Marion Gibson
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our third Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Martin chats about spooky stuff with the author of Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials, ...
Forgotten Melodies #6: Murder Ballads
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's Haunting Season, so for this month's Forgotten Melodies bonus episode we're exploring the bloody broadsides of Murder Ballads.As ever, the episod...
Haunting Season 2025 #3: Connect With Me
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We enter the third week of Three Ravens Haunting Season 2025 with our third 'Trilogy of Terror'!Our two winning entries for this week, both submitted ...
Local Legends #46: Rob Kirkup
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our second Local Legends interview of Haunting Season 2025, Eleanor chats to author, paranormal historian, ghost-hunter and the host of the outsta...
Three Ravens Bestiary #19: Zombies and Revenants
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For this week's Haunting Season-themed Bonus Episode we're chatting all about the mythology of Zombies and Revenants! To start off with, which is whic...
Haunting Season 2025 #2: Sundowners
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three Ravens Haunting Season continues today with the second of our four 'Trilogies of Terror' across the month of October!We begin, in tried and test...
LIVE @ Gloucester History Festival 2025!
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roll on another month and another Three Ravens Live Show release - and of not just one but two performances recorded at Gloucester History Festival at...
Local Legends #45: Dr Susan Owens
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our Local Legends interview this week, the first of Haunting Season 2025, we've spoken to the celebrated author of 'The Ghost: A Cultural History'...
Magic and Medicines #19: Voodoo
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month's Magic and Medicines Bonus Episode definitely has Haunting Season associations, as we're talking all about Voodoo! Although, being up fron...
Haunting Season 2025 #1: Uncle Wilf
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three Ravens Haunting Season is now officially risen from the grave, hungry for coziness and chilling tales of terror!As in previous years we begin th...
Local Legends #44: Chris Baglin
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martin is joined around the campfire by storyteller, magician and puppeteer Chris Baglin.Chris performs as 'Professor Llusern' and 'Cyfarwydd Cymru', ...
Three Ravens Guide to Halloween
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ah - smell that wisp of wood smoke in the air? Feel that strange sensation as the hairs rise on the back of your neck? See that ancient spectre stood ...
October Update: What Are You Afraid Of?
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three Ravens Series 7 may be underway, but it's now October, meaning it's Three Ravens Haunting Season!This episode offers a bit of an update from us ...
Series 7 Episode 2: Denbighshire
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our second County Episode of Series 7, we're off to North Wales to talk about the history and folklore of Denbighshire!In terms of the county's hi...
Local Legends #43: Milly Jackdaw
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Series 7's first episode of Local Legends, Eleanor is joined around the campfire by storyteller, theatre maker and ecologist Milly Jackdaw.Milly's ...
Forgotten Melodies #5: Harvest Songs
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grab your scythe, your nut-brown bowl, and keep an eye on the Farmer's Daughter, as on this month's Forgotten Melodies bonus episode we're talking all...
Series 7 Episode 1: Cardiganshire
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The long-heralded first County Episode of Three Ravens Series 7 is finally here and is a bumper-length installment all about the historic county of Ca...
Dog Days: Questions and Answers Episode!
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The dust has now had some time to settle, and with Dog Days finished we thought it was high time to have a chat about the project. Using questions sup...
Three Ravens Bestiary #18: Djinns and Genies
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a bit of a blip, we're now back with an episode all about the mythology of Djinns and Genies from prehistory through to today! Part of our Three...
Romney Marsh Ghost Tour
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Proof of life, everyone: Eleanor is home from the hospital, and here, talking on this episode!As you may have gathered, the last week has been a bit o...
The Ghosts of Glasshayes House
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hullo everybody - Martin here!Just a quick message to say, this is obviously not the episode we were hoping to release today. This was meant to be Ser...
A Brief History of Wales
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an act of gross hubris, we proudly present our first episode of Three Ravens Series 7: A Brief History of Wales!Based on a silly amount of research...
Magic and Medicines #18: Enochian and Angelic Magic
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our first new Magic and Medicines Bonus Episode in ages is out today, and all about Enochian and Angelic Magic! If you happened to listen to our serie...
September Update: Reap What You Sow!
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the launch of Three Ravens Series 7, today's episode is a bit of an update from us about Three Ravens goings-on, containing sections of last ...
Dog Days: Chapter 30 - The Fates Bound Fast In Iron Chains
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sweltering, heady Dog Days of summer are over and the rain comes down for days.With new scars and his eyes open to a world of magic, Kit is safe a...
Dog Days: Chapter 29 - The Sweet Fruition of an Earthly Crown
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate chapter of Dog Days, Kit stumbles through London as the rain falls, letting his feet lead the way.Where they take him is of some su...
Dog Days: Chapter 28 - The Tempest of the Gods
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Dog Days enters its final days, Chapter 28 reveals to us a crystal world of mysteries: that of The Kasal. Who is he? Why is he? What does he want?M...
Dog Days: Chapter 27 - Fill All The Air With Fiery Meteors
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 27 of Dog Days sees Tamburlaine Part 2 end in triumph.The two magi, Hues and Herriot, scour the playhouse for any sign of the Kasal.But even t...
Dog Days: Chapter 26 - The Sky Shall Wax As Red As Blood
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 26 of Dog Days, Tamburlaine Part 2 has opened at last!Outside the Theatre, Kit is too nervous to watch.But even then he isn't left alone, b...
Dog Days: Chapter 25 - Brighter than the Lamps of Heaven
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Only five more chapters of Dog Days to go, and in this one Doll and Kit race back to the Theatre to see the debut performance of Kit's play. Backstage...
Dog Days: Chapter 24 - With My Hand Turn Fortune’s Wheel About
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode of Dog Days, Chapter 24, sees Kit finally attending to the thing he ought to be focused on: Tamburlaine The Great Part 2 - his play, w...
Dog Days: Chapter 23 - From Mine Ashes Let a Conqueror Rise
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Dog Days Chapter 23, Kit proceeds to his new rooms, for tonight his play, Tamburlaine The Great Part 2, will enjoy its first performance.The journe...
Dog Days: Chapter 22 - The Black and Fatal Ravens
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 22, Kit, Doctor Dee and Edmund Spenser rush back to Mortlake.They find the Rainbow stolen, and Katherine and the ravens in the middle of a ...
LIVE @ Black Shuck Festival 2025!
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let's wag our shaggy tails and howl at the Barley moon everyone, as today we have something very special - not just one but two Three Ravens Live Show...
Dog Days: Chapter 21 - Black is the Beauty of the Brightest Day
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our third week of Dog Days concludes with Chapter 21, in which Kit finds himself beside the corpse of the Queen of the Roses. Deep in their temple, mo...
Dog Days: Chapter 20 - Murderous Fate Throws All His Triumphs Down
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's chapter of Dog Days - the twentieth (only 10 more to go!) - Kit is taken, by boat, back to the underground Temple of Aphrodite. Morning is ...
Dog Days: Chapter 19 - Jove’s Dreadful Thunderbolts
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Time for some mid-week madness in this episode of Dog Days: hot on the heels of a well-dressed man who has created a fire in a records room at Gray's ...
Dog Days: Chapter 18 - A Golden Bubble Full of Dreams
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 18 of Dog Days sees Kit attending the Gray's Inn Revels, where Oxford's Men are to perform The Spanish Tragedy.Kit is on a mission to find out...
Dog Days: Chapter 17 - Folded in the Floods
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 17 of Dog Days, Kit returns to Barnaby's room to find Thomas Walsingham waiting for him.Unusually, Walsingham is surprisingly helpful.Altho...
Dog Days: Chapter 16 - The Loathsome Circle
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 16 of Dog Days, Kit finally tracks down the Earl of Oxford. But although Kit is starting to arrange the pieces of the mystery on the chess ...
Dog Days: Chapter 15 - The Measures of Delight
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 15 of Dog Days takes Kit and Doll on a mysterious journey through London's secret tunnels to a lost Roman temple, deep below Southwark. There,...
Dog Days: Chapter 14 - The Stars Fall Down
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 14 of Dog Days, Kit makes it back to the north bank of the river and strikes out, exhausted, for home. As he goes, he has much to consider....
Dog Days: Chapter 13 - In Spite of All Suspected Enemies
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode of Dog Days, Chapter 13, sees Kit progressing to Syon House - home of the enigmatic Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland - the 'Wizard ...
Dog Days: Chapter 12 - Climbing after Knowledge Infinite
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 12 of Dog Days sees Kit's evening going further sideways, as the raven that has been following him all day suddenly turns the tables. Kit, and...
Dog Days: Chapter 11 - Chase the Stars from Heaven
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We start the week with Chapter 11 of Dog Days, during which we find Kit Marlowe high-tailing it to The Mermaid Tavern on the north bank of the Thames....
Dog Days: Chapter 10 - Thy Words Are Swords
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, you know a cool thing? Today's episode of Dog Days means we are now a third of the way through the story. Thank you so much to you, and all of th...
Dog Days: Chapter 9 - Rise Aloft and Touch The Hornéd Moon
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For today's episode of Dog Days we have a slightly shorter chapter, though one filled with revelations care of a pair of the Earl of Northumberland's ...
Dog Days: Chapter 8 - This Tragic Glass
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our eighth episode of Dog Days Kit find himself with much to attend to, only then a pudgy lad with freckles grabs his arm and steers him rapidly aw...
Dog Days: Chapter 7 - Sweetness To My Wound
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During today's episode of Dog Days we catch up with Barnaby, who has been waiting up for Kit. And waiting. And waiting.Two men from very different wal...
Dog Days: Chapter 6 - Drawn By Darkness
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our sixth episode of Dog Days finds our hero weary from a long day beneath the baking heat - yet the dying hours of Lammastide still have some tricks ...
Dog Days: Chapter 5 - No Bounds But Heaven
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter of Dog Days, Kit Marlowe finds the blade of a dagger pressed against his throat - and not for the first time.He has come to the docks ...
Dog Days: Chapter 4 - New Fancies’ Shapes
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reunited with his sister, who he really wishes would go back to Canterbury, the fourth episode of Dog Days sees Kit Marlowe following up on his wishes...
Dog Days: Chapter 3 - The Shining Palace of the Sun
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode of Dog Days, Kit Marlowe finally arrives at work, where he finds the entire company of The Theatre, under Ned Alleyne, awaiting the...
Dog Days: Chapter 2 - Lord Of My Fortune
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, we pick up right where yesterday's chapter left off - with Kit Marlowe cracked over the back of the head with a club and bundled i...
Dog Days: Chapter 1 - Like Summer’s Vapours
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As long heralded, and under the influence of the Canis Dog Star, we warmly present the first installment of our Bonus Series project for August 2025!S...
August Update: IT'S HOT DOG SUMMER!!!
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well hello, hey, and hi there - we're currently at Black Shuck Festival in Suffolk doing a whole bunch of Three Ravens-related stuff, but, as it has b...
'Snow White and Rose Red' and 'Toads and Diamonds'
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the final Lang Fairy Tales episode of this 'between series break' we have another double bill for you!We begin with Snow White and Rose Red. And i...
Hansel and Gretel
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Come inside, children!Today, to start a new week with a bang, we present an all-time Hall of Fame fairytale: Hansel and Gretel. If you listened to Lit...
The Forty Thieves
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And for our final Lang Fairy Tale of the week, we warmly recommend The Forty Thieves. It's a story that starts with two brothers, then becomes a spira...
Little Thumb
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People know him by many names, but, according to Nora Lang, he was called Little Thumb - and he was a clever chap! Settle in for a legend of terrible ...
The Master Cat; or 'Puss in Boots' and The History of Whittington
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new week begins with a double-bill of Lang Fairy Tales - both pretty cat-focused. The Master Cat; or Puss in Boots introduces us to a frankly psycho...
Beauty And The Beast
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To cap off this momentous week, we have another Lang Fairy Tale for your listening pleasure: Beauty and the Beast - a tale of a quite emo monster, a y...
The Terrible Head
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OUR FIRST EVER BOOK, THREE RAVENS FOLK TALES, IS PUBLISHED TODAY!!!Also, we have a new Lang Fairy Tale for you to enjoy. It is called The Terrible Hea...
Secrets of the Thames Part 2 of 2: The Shadwell Shams
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As promised, here is the second of our two-part double-bill of special episodes made with the help and support of London Museum Docklands, all about t...
Secrets of the Thames Part 1 of 2: Harry Lambeth's Teeth
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And now for something completely different! Today we bring you the first of a two-part double-bill of special episodes made with the help and support ...
The Wonderful Sheep
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're starting this week strong, with a Lang Fairy Tale called The Wonderful Sheep which starts out like King Lear, and then, all of a sudden, a woman...
Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feel that sizzling summer heat? Well, it might just be blowing off today's Lang Fairy Tale, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Fair warning though, it's ...
The Water-Lily And The Gold Spinners
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our Lang Fairy Tale for this episode is The Water-Lily and the Gold Spinners, which is a story about a prince who transforms himself into a crab, thre...