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Stone Houses
by Stone Houses
LB Meeker and Kaitlin Bruder set off to create an amateur guide to fiction, fable, and folklore! They’re definitely not experts, but they sure do have a good time. New episodes every Sunday.
Episodes
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41 - Nautical Folklore
Coming to you live from the middle of the ocean… Bern and Kaitlin are back and ready to chat about life at sea! This episode's hot topics: vandalism, lakes, sunken cities, tattoos, boat animals, Davy Jones, aquatic femme fatales, centaurs, the afterlife, sea shanties, mirages, ghost ships, and...
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40 - Dragons
Here be dragons! This week Bern and Kaitlin are back with more big ol' serpents! This episode's hot topics: human fears, dino bones, Tolkien influence, bodily fluids, Pete's Dragon, mockumentaries, taxonomic ranks, bad pronunciations, cryptids, and much more! Find us on Twitter for more info…
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39 - Sentient Trees
After many, many, many moons, Stone Houses has risen again! Join Bern and Kaitlin in celebrating a TRIUMPHANT RETURN to the internet radio waves. Let's talk trees! This episode's hot topics: finding faces, screaming plants, bog people, biblical foliage, Alexander the Great, womanly elms, Tolkien...
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38 - The Moon
Join Kaitlin and LB as they explore ways Earth’s lone satellite has influenced folklore, mythology, and superstition… Let’s learn about the moon! This episode’s hot topics: Borat impressions, moon creation, cycles, childhood anecdotes, films, the man in the moon, moon rabbit, Big Bird, conspiracy...
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37 - Baba Yaga
This week LB and Kaitlin learn about the chaotic neutral Slavic mortar-and-pestle rider who just really wants you to stop asking questions. Let's talk about Baba Yaga! This episode’s hot topics: Baby Yoda, vibe checks, Mother Nature, more baby eating, chicken-footed houses, crybaby Ivan, Koschei...
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36 - King Arthur
This week LB and Kaitlin finally circle around to the once and future king! Let’s take a seat at the round table and learn about the psuedo-history of King Arthur! This episode’s hot topics: time traveling motorcycles, Geoffrey of Monmouth, fanfiction, historical propaganda, the many Arthurs,...
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35 - Rainbow Serpent
This week LB and Kaitlin talk a lot of interpretations of Rainbow Serpents in Australian oral tradition! This episode’s hot topics: cultural anthropology, relativism, The Dreaming, snakes, water gods, rainbows, creating the universe, various bleeding, the Lightning Snake, moon dogs, tickling…
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34 - Kappa
This week LB and Kaitlin just…. plot kappa murder. That’s it. That’s the episode. This episode’s hot topics: the worst street noise to date, troublemakers, bummers, anime tropes, sumo wrestling, cucumbers, fake science, kappa traps, concrete, horses, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, fake science…
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33 - Clowns
This week LB and Kaitlin talk about a history of clowns, their evolution in pop culture, and how they might have become associated with horror. Are you down to clown… This episode’s hot topics: masks, romans are still horny for the greeks, clowning, traveling circuses, slapstick comedy, uncanny...
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32 - The Mothman
Join Kaitlin and LB as they discuss the only thing that could lead to the headline “A Man-Sized Bird… Creature… Something…” and learn more about moths than we ever needed to. Let’s make friends with the Mothman! This episode’s hot topics: moth facts, missing mouths, newspaper articles, men in...
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31 - La Llorona
This week LB and Kaitlin talk sad ladies with questionable morals and the many different ways La Llorona has been interpreted. Let’s cry by a river in the middle of the night and tell some ghost stories! This episode’s hot topics: foam, Aztec mythos, bird magic, historical women who didn’t…
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30 - Sewer Alligators
Kaitlin and LB make a triumphant return as they immediately traverse the sewers to uncover the urban legend of the Sewer Alligator! Let’s learn about gigantic, possibly albino, mutant gators that possibly live in the sewage works underneath big cities! This episode’s hot topics: new setups, gator...
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Stone Houses Announcement
We sadly have to announce that Stone Houses will be taking a small hiatus this summer due to travel and work and maybe-possibly bad olives... But! Stone Houses WILL RETURN! Tune in to get the inside scoop. We'll see you again in August! Find us on Twitter for more info about our show and upcoming...
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29 - Sappho
This week Kaitlin and LB talk about The Poetess, Sappho! The real-life muse, romantic poet, and patron of women who love women. Happy Pride! This episode’s hot topics: denial, women loving women, the Greeks, patron of lesbians, foolish scholars, poems, jealousy, First Ladies, gal pals, and much...
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28 - Loki
Join Kaitlin and LB as they learn about the trickster of the Norse pantheon. Snakes and spiders and eight-legged-horses, oh my! Let's talk about Loki! This episode’s hot topics: mischief, the Prose Edda, blood brothers, tricksters, horny horses, weird uncles, invincibility parties, deadly...
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27 - Creature Crunch 2
This week we revisit our old friends from the past few months and just get all up in that mind theater in CREATURE CRUNCH 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO! This episode’s hot topics: microphones, movies, approximations of dating shows, an abundance of limousines, buddy cops, Elijah Wood, the phantom, laser...
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26 - Basilisks
In today’s episode LB and Kaitlin dunk on historical dudes and learn about some amalgam chicken snakes who have one hell of a stink eye! Let’s talk about basilisks, baby! This episode’s hot topics: Pliny the Elder, baby vibes, chimeras, Leonardo Da Vinci, taxidermy, bad science, bad…
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24 - Twins
This week LB and Kaitlin talk about twins in fiction and folklore! This episode’s hot topics: historical medicine, phrenology, vague existentialism, siblings, twin selves, demigods, Homestuck, The Duality, Shakespeare, souls, creep factor, and much more! Find us on Twitter for more info about our...
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23 - Kelpies
This week Kaitlin and LB brave the waters again to meet some carnivorous equine friends! Let’s learn about Kelpies! This episode’s hot topics: deep dark fears, batman, lawnmower sounds, hooves, centaur configurations, gigantic sculptures, Loch Ness monster, horse cons, dog teeth, poetry, OP…
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22 - Magical Girls
This week Kaitlin and LB push the limits of what technically fits under the umbrella of this podcast’s tagline as they discuss the history and origins of Magical Girls! This episode’s hot topics: swear city results, the Kentucky derby, serpent ladies, TOEI, American sitcoms, Miyazaki, Tezuka…
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21 - Trolls
Let’s talk about trolls! This week Kaitlin and Bernadette get real goofy and talk about these funky Scandinavian dudes. This episode’s hot topics: swear city, still relearning how to podcast, internet trolling, Tolkien, troll farming communities, neurodivergence in folklore, sculptures, jotuun,...
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20 - Rusalka
UPDATE: Sorry to folks who tried to listen within the first 12 hours of the episode being live, there was a mix up and only half of the audio was uploaded. Thanks for your patience! We’re back! Hang out in your local pond with Kaitlin and LB to learn about the many variations of these Slavic…
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19 - Aliens (Part 2)
Take Kaitlin and Bernadette to your leaders to show off the thrilling conclusion to the aliens episodes! Aliens need to be catalogued, things get heated, it's a wild UFO joyride! This episode’s hot topics: the X-Files theme song, ufology, types of contact, ancient aliens and racism, dunking on...
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18 - Aliens (Part 1)
Bernadette gets replaced by an alien, Kaitlin marries the moon, it’s a good time. This week we get real science-y as we start out a new accidental two-parter all about Aliens! Come count planets with us! This episode’s hot topics: aliens replacing podcast hosts, cosmic pluralism, earth-like...
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17 - Hell (Part 2)
Abandon all hope you who enter here! This week Kaitlin and LB talk about hellish literature and bible fanfiction. Journey with us and our new friends Dante and Blake and Bosch, oh my! This episode’s hot topics: the inferno, circles of hell, bible fan fiction, poetry, hell hath frozen over,...
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16 - Hell (Part 1)
We’re back and we’re going to hell! This week Kaitlin and LB begin their expedition into the depths of the afterlife! This episode’s hot topics: souls, moral codes, logistics and fallacies, making it illegal to be horny, ghost jaegers, existentialism, death gods, monks-for-hire, and much more!…
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15 - Kitsune
This week we’re learning about Kitsune! Join Kaitlin and LB as they chat about the incredibly diverse lore behind these funky little foxes. This episode’s hot topics: terrible jokes, manga, trickery, omniscience, Inari, fried tofu and other favorite foods, divine tails, Yōkai, foxy foxes,...
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14 - Manananggal
This week Kaitlin and LB are talking about the Manananggal! A malevolent creature from the Philippines with bat wings and an a taste for human liver. Let’s hear it for our guts-out gals! This episode’s hot topics: poor pronunciations, muppets, women loving women, man eaters, guts-out gals…
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13 - Eros
LB and Kaitlin prepare for Valentine’s Day by learning about Eros, the Greek god of love! This episode’s hot topics: the Greeks and the Romans, primordial lore, stealing religions, gaggles of gods, cherubs, more Metamorphoses, Hallmark-ification, Psyche, red flags, fairytale temptation, divine...
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12 - Creature Crunch
LB and Kaitlin are snowed in! Join them in the first ever Creature Crunch as they rank all the creatures they’ve talked about so far by criteria suggested by listeners… NOTE: the audio in this episode is less than optimal but we’ve found that it sounds a little better if you aren’t using...
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11 - The Ningen
This week LB and Kaitlin make a new friend, the ocean-dwelling Ningen! This episode’s hot topics: oceans, blobfish, the corporeal consistency of cryptids, volcanic vents, cryptozoology, men in black, government cover-ups, decaying underwater, dinosaurs, the evolution of whales, aliens, and much...
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10 - The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui
Kaitlin and LB talk about sound and atmospheric phenomena in this week’s episode all about the Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui! This episode’s hot topics: mountains, Queen Victoria, sorry Gaelic, witness accounts, tall shadow men, moondogs, poetry, the human brain, infrasound, fight or flight…
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9 - Living Armor
This week LB and Kaitlin are talking about animated armor and are extremely good at staying focused. Hi welcome to our Bedknobs and Broomsticks fancast! This episode's hot topics: automatons, suits of armor, ancient robots, our good friend Leonardo, art historians, chess playing machines, golems,...
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8 - Gargoyles
Starting the new year right with some... architecture? In today's episode Kaitlin and LB learn all about gothic tendencies, fancy drainage systems, and GARGOYLES! This episode's hot topics: gargling gutters, hunky punks, salvation in flying buttresses, art history flashbacks, the mouth feel of…
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7 - Werewolves (Part 2)
This week we conclude our two-part series on werewolves! WARNING: Some of the topics we discuss in this episode are a little gruesome and a few parts may be unsettling to some listeners. This episode's hot topics: Teen wolves, blue eyes, the crimes of Peter Stumpp, wolf hunts, more cannibalism,...
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6 - Werewolves (Part 1)
This week LB and Kaitlin talk lycanthropy as we dive into part one of our first ever multi-episode topic! Werewolves! Stick around at the end to hear some exciting news about Stone Houses in the new year... WARNING: Some of the topics we discuss in this episode are a little gruesome and a few…
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5 - Koschei the Deathless
This week's episode is all about Koschei the Deathless! Join us as we make jokes about an undying man who is probably supposed to be scarier than we make him out to be. (Ducks, rabbits, and needles! Oh my!) This episode's hot topics: witty horses, immortality, avian boy-wizards, crying princes…
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4 - Jiangshi
This week we talk about the Jiangshi, also known as "hopping vampires"! Let's have a corpse party! This episode's hot topics: Rigor mortis, Qi, decomposition, long tongues, more phosphorescent glowing, comic recommendations, peach tree wood swords, "saint bits", the rise of kung fu horror comedy,...
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3 - Headless
This week LB and Kaitlin learn about a whole assortment of legends about beings who have been relieved of their heads! Things get real goofy... This episode's hot topics: Sleepy Hollow, real swords in Arthurian poetry, headless vigilantes, really goth carriages, fanfiction, bad (good?) band…
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2 - The Goatman
Episode two! 2 Stone 2 Houses! This week we talk about the Goatman and several of its iterations as we dig down through the many layers of goat symbolism. It's a doozy. This episode's hot topics: cryptids, why are goats associated with the devil, statues of Baphomet, the Knights Templar,...
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1 - Fairies
The very first episode of Stone Houses! This week LB and Kaitlin dive into tales of fairies. This episode's hot topics: Richard Dadd, the Cottingley Fairies, the Victorians, fairy art, Theosophy, fairy protection, William Blake, unsettling youtube videos, and much more! Find us on Twitter for…
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0 - Stone Houses Trailer
Stone Houses: An amateur guide to fiction, fable, and folklore! Have you ever wanted to learn about folklore, myths, legends, cryptids, obscure artists, sightings, and hoaxes? Specifically from a duo of comic artists and amateur folklore enthusiasts? Well, we've got you covered! Join Kaitlin…
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What is Stone Houses about?
LB Meeker and Kaitlin Bruder set off to create an amateur guide to fiction, fable, and folklore! They’re definitely not experts, but they sure do have a good time. New episodes every Sunday.
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