Lore 241: Evergreen (ad-free) (Patreon)

There are few locations in our world as loaded with mystery and dripping with folklore as the woods. Let’s step onto the path and see what frightening places it might take us.

Produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research and writing by GennaRose Nethercott and music by Chad Lawson.

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Further Reading:

1. “A Royal Murder at Cumnor Palace.” Dark Oxfordshire.Date Unknown. https://www.darkoxfordshire.co.uk/explore/a-royal-murder-at-cumnor-place/
2. “Amy Robsart.” Tudor Place.Date Unknown. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/AmyRobsart.htm
3. “Briggs, Katherine.” The Folklore of the Cotswolds.(Rowman and Littlefield, 1974). Pp 83, 96. https://archive.org/details/folkloreofcotswo0000brig/page/82/mode/2up
4. “Dering Wood.” Atlas Obscura.November 25, 2021. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dering-woods
5. “Frights and sights in Transylvania: exploring haunted Hoia Baciu.” The Guardian. October 29, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/oct/29/transylvania-hoia-baciu-haunted-forest-cluj-napoca-romania-culture
6. “Haunted forests and scary woods.” National Trust.Date Unknown. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/countryside-woodland/haunted-forests-and-scary-woods
7. “Hoia-Baciu Forest.” Atlas Obscura. February 19, 2019. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hoia-baciu-forest
8. “Hoia Baciu travel guide: Inside the creepiest forest in Transylvania.” Independent. September 13, 2021. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/romania/hoia-baciu-haunted-forest-travel-guide-b2256555.html
9. “How Did Amy Robsart Die?” JSTOR Daily. February 2, 2023. https://daily.jstor.org/how-did-amy-robsart-die/
10. “Legends: Ippikin, the robber knight of Wenlock Edge.” BBC.April 30, 2008. https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/08/24/weird_ippikin_legend_feature.shtml
11. “Site Name: Wychwood.” Historic Oxfordshire.Date Unknown. https://historicoxfordshire.ashmolean.org/SitePages/wychwood.html
12. “Solving the Haunted Hoia-Baciu Forest.” Skeptoid. May 24, 2016. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4520
13. “Stories from the Hoia Baciu Forest.” Excellence Tours. Date Unknown. https://tourinromania.com/reasons-to-visit-romania/stories-from-the-hoia-baciu-forest
14. “The Ghosts of Epping Foreset.” Haunted Rooms. Date Unknown. https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/epping-forest-essex
15. “The Life of Amy Robsart.” Oxford Castle & Prison. Date Unknown. https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/about/news/the-ghosts-of-oxford-amy-robsart/
16. “What is the Wychwood?” Wychwood Forest Trust.Date Unknown. https://www.wychwoodforesttrust.co.uk/about-the-wychwood
17. “Who was the real Robin Hood?” National Geographic. February 6, 2019.