Faecraft

By Holly Burk and Chelsea Burk-Betts

A journey into tales of wonder, whimsy, and woe. Brought to you by the Burk sisters.

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February 02, 2026Ohio Cryptids
Originally published: September 28, 2022
Virginia may be for lovers, but Ohio is for the Loveland Frogmen. Journey to the midwest on this episode's latest installment of our state cryptid series, the land of the Frogman, the Mothman, the Ohio Grassman, and so much more.

Sources:
Cryptid Ohio
Top 10 Cryptids Still Creeping Around Ohio- Exemplore
The 11 Most Bizarre Mythical… Columbus Navigator
The Werewolf of Defiance- Fox19
The Mothman Museum- citybeat.com
Cryptid Profile: The Crosswick Monster- Pine Barren Institute
Meet the Monsters: The Crosswick Monster- monstersofohio.com
The Peninsula Python: An Absolutely True Story- the Atlantic
Monsters, Cryptids, and Mysterious Wild Beasts: West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and Beyond, Jannette Quackenbush (2019)
The Loveland Frogmen-WLWT
Loveland Frogman Race
The Gadsden Times, Oct. 18, 1985 (article on the Loveland frog)
Binkowski, Brooke. “ ‘Loveland Frogman’ Spotted Again?” Aug. 5, 2016. Snopes.
Leggate, James. “Officer who shot ‘Loveland Frogman’ says story is a hoax” Aug. 5, 2016.
Mulvey, Ricky. “The Loveland Frog: Still a Legend; Now a Loveland Movie,” January 28, 2010.
Long, Changquan et al. “Neural signs of flexible categorization: Evidence fromt eh flexibility of inclusion of humans in animal/non-animal categorization,” Elsevier, April 2020.
Bessie, the Lake Erie Monster
Ohio Grassman, Green-Clawed Beast, Big Muddy Monster, episode of Monsters and Mysteries
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January 26, 2026The Bunyip
Originally published: September 14, 2022
What's grey and feathered and bipedal and a starfish but also an alligator? The Australian bunyip, of course!

Holly and Chelsea reminisce about Chelsea's year as an exchange student in Australia as they unearth historical and contemporary cultural nuggets about the bunyip, a creature from multiple southern Aboriginal cultures' creation traditions.

Sources:
The Gloomy Bunyip
Red Billabong- wiki
Bunyip wiki
Meet the Bunyip- all that’s interesting
Bunyip cryptid wiki
Steve Irwin Stamps
Dot and the Kangaroo wiki
Bunyip, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd ed. Wilde, William H., Joy Hooton, and Barry Andrews. Oxford UP, 1994.
Holden, Robert; Nicholas Holden. (2001). Bunyips: Australia’s folklore of fear.
South Australian Institutes Journal, Jan. 18, 1901.
Geelong Advertiser, Wed. July 2, 1845.
“Water spirit beings,” Clarke, Philip A. Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early Colonists, 2018.
Clarke, Philip A. “Indigenous Spirit and Ghost Folklore of “Settled” Australia.” Folklore 118.2 (2007), 141-161.
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January 19, 2026Dogs in Celtic Folklore
Originally published: Sept. 15, 2022
Meet the original Dr. Burk, our dad, on this canine-centered episode! Dr. Craig Burk, veterinarian for over 40 years, helps us understand the differences between Cardiganshire Welsh Corgis and Pembroke Welsh Corgis, discusses Kennel Clubs, and reminds us to always bring water for our pups on hot days.

Also, Chelsea solves a corgi-as-fairy-steed mystery and Holly teaches us about best practices when introducing your corgi to its fairy saddle.

Sources:
Can Dogs See Fairies? Wag
Faerie Guardian Dogs- The Faerie Dog… YouTube
What is a Fairy Saddle on a Corgi? corgicare
https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/5370/
Pembroke Welsh Corgi Listed As Vulnerable Breed
“Dog,” The Encyclopedia of Celtic Myth and Folklore, Patricia Monaghan
The American Kennel Club “Cardigan vs. Pembroke: An Interesting Heritage”
"Corgi Fantasy," Anne G. Biddlecome
John Rhys’s Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx
Music:
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51min
January 11, 2026Jinn
Originally published: August 24, 2022
Chelsea learns that she's been confusing I Dream of Jeannie with Bewitched for her entire life while Holly chooses which jinn origin story is the best (hint: witches always win). Hear all about jinn and their evolution from Muslim spirits with the same moral obligations as humans into the Will Smith genie that horrifies us today!

Sources:
El-Zein, Amira. Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn. Syracuse University Press; 2009.
Duggan, Anne E. “From Genie to Efreet: Fantastic Apparitions in the Tales of The Arabian Nights.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 26.1, 2015.
Lebling, Robert. Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar. Berkely, 2010.
O’Meara, Simon. “From Space to Place: The Quaranic Infernalization of the Jinn. “Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions, ed. Christian Lange, Brill, 2016.
Jinn in popular culture- WikiLists
A History of Genies in Folklore- IGN
I Dream of Jeannie- wikipedia
Does the name Shazam! sound familiar to you? Here’s why- DirectTV.com
Jambi- Pee-Wee’s Playhouse wiki
Genie- Disney Wiki
Music:
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1h 15min
January 11, 2026State Cryptids: Missouri
Originally uploaded: August 18, 2022
Picture yourself: it's the dark.

Cuddle under your blankets and keep your head on a swivel for the first episode of our state cryptids series! Who knew Missouri had so many weird critters lurking about? We talk MoMo, the Missouri Monster, the Ozark Howler, Batsquatch, and so much more.

Sources:
Momo the Monster- wikipedia
Missouri's mysterious monsters live on through generations of storytelling- VOX magazine
Devil’s Promenade and the Hornet Spook Lights- Legends of America
The Ozark Howler- Explore Southern History
Creature feature: Missouri and Illinois beasts and why we love their stories- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Missouri Monster Momo is the Cryptid that Time Forgot- Vice
Halloween Special: Batsquatch is Missouri’s latest monster mystery- The Salem News Online
Missouri Men Encountered a Flying Humanoid in the Ozarks- Ultimate Unexplained
MO town embraces Mo Mo the Monster 50 years after… St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mountain Lion- MDC website
Paul the Nixa Hellhound Facebook page
Christan, Sara Brooke. “The Cryptid Tourist Gaze: Cryptid Tourism and Monster Hunting.” Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Proquest Dissertations, 2021.
Missouri Urban Legends- Only In Your State
Engel, Brent. “50 years later: ‘Mo Mo’ is a go-go,” Courier-Post, July 8, 2022.
Hahn, Valerie Schremp. “Creature Feature: Missouri and Illinois Beasts and Why We love Their Stories,” Saint Louis Today, Oct 29, 2017.
Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. “Momo—The Missouri Monster,” Legends of America, 2020.
Music:
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48min
January 11, 2026Pixies
And we're back! After a short three-year hiatus, Holly and Chelsea are back to talk pixies--yes, the band, and also the little mischievous critters roaming the Devonshire countryside. From Southern Charm's Craig Conover to Victorian philology, this episode has everything. Listen to find out what kind of gift to give a pixie. Is it a bowl of cream or a piece of cloth, or neither? Find out!
Sources:
Crossing, William. “Tales of the Dartmoor Pixies: Glimpses of Elfin Haunts and Antics.” London: W. H. Hood, 1890.
Wade, Z.E.A. Pixy-Led in North Devon: Old Facts and New Fancies. London: Marshall Brothers, Paternoster Row, 1895.
Nesbit, Edith. THE PIXIES' GARDEN. London:, 1888. ProQuest. 6 June 2025 .
McCook, Henry Christopher, et al. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign in Brownie-Land against King Cobweaver's Pixies: by Henry Christopher McCook; One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations. Hodder and Stoughton, 1895.
James, Ronald M. “The Other Side of the Tamar: A Comparison of the Pixies of Devon and Cornall, Folklore, 131:1 2020.
Pixies (band) Wikipedia
Pixie Cut Wikipedia
Vogue article: How the Pixie Cut Evolved into Today's Biggest Beauty Statement by Kristen Bateman. April 27, 2021.
Manic Pixie Dream Girl Wikipedia
A.V. Club article: The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown by Nathan Rabin. Jan 25, 2007.
Salon article: I’m Sorry For Coining the Phrase “Manic Pixie Dream Girl”. Nathan Rabin. July 15, 2014.
The Disney Fandom Wiki Tinkerbell
Tinkerbell (film) Wikipedia
Writing in Margins article: Why is Disney’s Tinkerbell a Pixie?
“Pixie” Harry Potter Fandom Wiki
NYT article: Disney, Built on Fairy Tales and Fantasy, Confronts the Real World by Brooks Barnes. April 17, 2022.
Michigan Live article: Disney removes ‘potentially problematic’ Tinker Bell from park meet and greets. Warren Kulo. May 15, 2024.
Neverland and fairyland- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan and British fairy tradition.
Good Faeries/Bad Faeries. Brian Froud. Simon & Schu
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59min
June 04, 2025 Thunderbirds
Originally published: August 10, 2022
Thunderbirds and lightning, very very frightening ME! (Galileo, Galileo, Figaro).

Holly and Chelsea learn about thunderbirds, creatures that hold importance for indigenous peoples across North America. Chelsea pontificates on why she hates nineteenth-century ethnographies while Holly refuses to purchase a full text on Google Books.
Sources:
• Thunderbird (mythology) wikipedia
• Harry Potter Wiki- Thunderbird
• Thunderbird- American Gods wiki
• American Gods- Grace’s Literature Blog
• The Legend of the Thunderbirds- Pennsylvania Wilds
• Thunderbird Cryptid Wiki
• Book- The Exploits of Chief Aj: As Told to Chuck Vaughn- Google Books
• The Giant Thunderbird Returns- liveabout.com
• Did Giant Birds Roam the American Plains? HistoryDaily
• A flying creature has spooked the South Texas area for decades. Do you think they’re real? My San Antonio
• Monsterquest- Birdzilla IMDB
• Kettle Creek State Park- DCNR.PA.GOV
• Carrol, Al and William A. Starna. “Thunderbird Warriors, Injuneers, and the USNS Red Cloud: Native and Pseudo-Indian Images and Names in the Military,” Medicine Bags and Dog Tags: American Indian Veterans from Colonial Times to the Second Iraq War. UN Press, 20008.
• Peyote, Encyclopedia of World Religions, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2006.
• Cry of the Thunderbird: The American Indian’s Own Story, 1950.
• Senter, Philip J. “Pterosaur Thunderbird: The Origin of a Fake Native American Legend with an Anti-Evolution Agenda.” Skeptic Magazine, 24.2, 2019.
• Lenik, Edward J. “The Thunderbird Motif in Northeastern Indian Art.”
• Alex, Bridget. “Rulers of the Upper Realm, Thunderbirds are Powerful Native Spirits,” Audubon Magazine, Nov. 30, 2020.
• Milliner, Matthew J. “Christ and the Thunderbird: The creative resistance of Native American Christian art.” Christian Century, Dec. 15, 2021.
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June 04, 2025 The Bwbach & Hobgoblins
Originally published: August 3, 2022
Churn, baby, churn! Hear all about the butter churning, anti-teetotaler the Bwbach, a creature near and dear to Holly and Chelsea's hearts. We share family lore about bwbachad (plural for bwbach--fun, right?) and learn more about hobgoblins in general.

Sources:
•Jenkins, Geraint. Studies in Folk Life (RLE Folklore): Essays in Honour of Iorwerth C. Peate. 2/17/2015, Taylor & Francis.
•Wood, Juliette. “Perceptions of the Past in the Welsh Folklore Studies.” Folklore, 108:1-2, 93-102 (1997).
•Rhys, John. Celtic Folklore, Welsh and Manx. 1901.
•Froud, Brian and Alan Lee. Faeries: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2002.
•https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095539451
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamorgan
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(folklore)#Bwbach
•Hobgoblin- wikipedia
•Hobgoblin- Marvel
•Hobgoblin Music- Folk & Acoustic Musical Instruments website
•Hobgoblin DnD- website
•Pathfinder- website
•Hobgoblins- Tolkien website
•Hobgoblins movie- IMDB
•Hobgoblin book- Goodreads
•Good Faeries/Bad Faeries
•Bwbach Explained- Bluestone National Park Resort
•The Lonely Bwbach book- website
•Hobgoblin (Marvel comics)- wikipedia
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52min
June 01, 2025La Llorona
Originally published: July 27, 2022
La Llorona: the patriarchy makes me cry, too, sometimes. This week the Burk sisters learn about a fascinating figure from Mexican folklore, La Llorona, the weeping woman. We talk colonization, Coco, and Chicana feminism in relation to this powerful story of love, motherhood, loss, and grief.

Sources:
Biggs, Mary Jo Garcia. "La Llorona." The Encyclopedia of Latino Culture: From Calaveras to Quinceaneras, edited by Charles M. Tatum. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013.
Perez, Domino Renee. There was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture. 2008, UT Press.
Perez, Domino Renee. "La Llorona." The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, by Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez, Oxford UP, 2005.
Nahua people. Encyclopedia Britannica, britannica.com.
La Llorona, Wikipedia entry
The Curse of La Llorona: The Real Legend Behind the Horror Film. Vanity Fair.
The Many Faces of "La Llorona," Grammy Awards.
La Llorona, Legend and Protector in the Streets of San Francisco--KQED.org
Mulholland Drive.net
The Wailing Woman--History Today
The Weeping Woman: The Folklore and Pop Culture Influence of La Llorona--Bloody Disgusting
La Llorona: Hispanic folklore goes mainstream--The Conversation
La Llorona (1933 film)-- Wikipedia
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51min
May 22, 2024The Banshee
Originally published: July 21, 2022
Holly and Chelsea have a WAIL of a time this week talking ... you guessed it, banshees! Fae in Ireland, ghosts in Scotland, these wailing women are thought to be harbingers of death, mourners ushering souls to the next realm, and family protectors.

Sources:
Irish Mythology
Soul Screamer book series (Goodreads)
Banshee book series (Amazon)
Banshee (Disney wiki)
Scream of the Banshee movie (Wikipedia)
Banshee (short story)- Wikipedia
The Making of Darby O'Gill and the Little People - Irish Times
Banshee Bakes a Cherry Pie - Ghostbusters Wiki
The Hound of Ulster - Gargoyle Wiki
Cú Chulainn - World History
Banshee (character) - Wikipedia
Noetzel, Justin T. "Banshee." The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters, Jeffry Andrew Weinstock, Ashgate Publishing, 1st ed, 2014
The Banshee
Banshee, New World Encyclopedia
Tips for Visiting Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland
Cooper, James Davis. Is It True? Tales Curious & Wonderful. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Seale, 1872
Koch, John T. and Antone Minard. The Celts: History, Life, and Culture [2 Volumes] : History, Life, and Culture, 2012
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