Hey folks, Aaron here. Welcome back to another edition of Deeper lore, a bonus episode designed to serve as a topical guide to the most recent episode of lore.

Have you ever wondered where you can find more episodes on the topic you just heard about?

Did this particular type of folklore get you interested in keeping the vibe going, so to speak? Did the newest

episode of lore make you want to go deeper into a particular topic? Well, that's the purpose of

deeper lore. In this short bonus episode, I'll dig into our vast 10-year archive and point out

some old episodes that fit well with this week's newest. The hope is that you can keep

this spooky feeling going well into the weekend, putting a handful of episodes into a new,

more powerful context. So let's get started, shall we? This week for episode 295,

making your mark, we take a look at the wild and wacky world of gambling folklore. It's fascinating how

embedded many of these superstitions are in our culture today, and how different the true

roots of those beliefs are from what you would assume. But it's not the first time we've

discussed everyday folk beliefs here. So here are three older episodes that will pair up

nicely with this week's new one.

First up, episode 54, Teacher's Pet. In this classic episode, we explore an idea that most

people have heard of because of how ubiquitous the term has become, doppelgangers. The roots of

the folklore, though, are eye-opening and very, very difficult to fully

explain away. So check it out today. Next, download episode 74. All Fall Down. What a better place

to find mundane, subconscious folklore than in our conversations about the weather. This episode

explores some of the more weird weather phenomena that have been documented,

and it is a fascinating journey that I think you'll really enjoy.

And finally, there's episode 87 road trip.

You can't throw a stick these days without hitting an alien conspiracy.

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