331: English Folklore: Bad Habits

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Two stories from English folklore about the secrets we keep. The first is the story of the Monk of Leicester, Dan Hew, a man who has a few verses of poetry he wants to yell at the married women of the village. All the married women.

Humphrey Kynaston likes to party and has made it his life's goal to spend all his dad's money, a goal he'll be able to check off his todo list sooner than he thinks because he's terrible with money.

The creature is the Dobhar-Chu, a vicious otter who might just get his own true crime podcast.

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YouTube video where you can see a couple of the places from the second story, about Humphrey Kynaston: https://myths.link/humphrey
Forbes article on when otters attack: https://myths.link/otter

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Step in, Step Out by Blue Dot Sessions
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0:00.0	Hi, real quickly, if you like Myths and Legends, we have Myths and Legends Plus and Apple
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0:13.0	For more information, check out the show notes.
0:15.1	Thanks so much.
0:16.4	Quick disclaimer, some stronger than usual violence in the first story this week.
0:20.4	Check out the post on mythpigcast.com for more info.
0:23.9	This week, on Myths and Legends, there are two stories from English folklore.
0:28.2	On the first, we'll see how to get away with murder.
0:31.8	The murder of the same guy over and over again.
0:36.4	The second story is what happens when your mutton cash is low.
0:39.5	It's time to go pretend to be Robinhood in the forest.
0:42.7	The creature this week is why you don't want to pet those otters at the zoo.
0:46.8	They are stone cold killers.
0:55.2	This is Myths and Legends, episode 331, Bad Habits.
1:06.4	This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.
1:09.7	Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins.
1:14.2	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
1:17.7	Today, there are two stories from the Midlands, in England, about people with secrets.
1:23.0	Some of those secrets are big ones, involving murder.
1:25.9	Others are about trying to keep it quiet that your mutton and wine money is running low.
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