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- The Folklorist is a half-hour television series produced by NewTV, a community access television station located in Newton, Massachusetts. The series explores some of the unique and lesser-known stories throughout history. Each half-hour episode of the show contains three or four featured segments that go into the backstory and lasting effects of a particular topic of folklore or hidden history. (en)
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- Andrew Eldridge (en)
- Angela Harrer (en)
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- In the pilot, host John Horrigan describes the flood of molasses in Boston in 1919, the events surrounding the Boston Massacre, an eerie change in weather in 1780 that rapidly affected New England, and an unexpected truce during the midst of World War II. Features short segments on Babe Ruth, Neil Armstrong, Santa Claus, the Titanic, and demons. (en)
- This episode features stories of a divine intervention that helped turn the tide for the British Expeditionary Force in WWI, a mysterious weather anomaly that creates a panic across the world in 1816, and three WWII Prisoners of War who devised an ingenious plan to try and escape the German prison camp known as Stalag III. (en)
- This episode features stories of a famous frontiersman and his legendary fight for survival, a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight for her country, and the rise and fall of one of history's most famed pirates. (en)
- This episode tells the stories of a lost legendary city in North America, a mystery hijacker who was never found, the enigmatic Poe Toaster, and a meteor shower that caused panic in 1833. Features tales about Christopher Columbus, Walt Disney, Aladdin, and Medusa. (en)
- Host John Horrigan describes the troubled construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, a series of fabricated articles published in the New York Sun, an attack on Los Angeles in 1942, and two signal intrusions, one in 1986 and another a year later in 1987. Includes "campfire" stories about Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs. (en)
- Horrigan investigates the Cuban Missile Crisis, the story of the two girls who made up an army, Aesop's fable "The Grasshopper and the Ant", and a lesser-known tale of the great aviator Amelia Earhart. Also includes stories of the Vietnam War, The Pharaoh’s Curse, and Julius Caesar being abducted by pirates. (en)
- This episode features stories about two men hiding in the midst of WWII on Wake Island, a tornado during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812, and an eerie legend in English folklore. Includes "campfire" segments on Thomas Edison, Gertrude Ederle, and the Trojan Horse. (en)
- Host John Horrigan tells audiences of the roots of the Ponzi scheme, an assassination attempt on George Washington, an unsolved mysterious sighting of a creature in Dover, Massachusetts, and a blizzard in the Midwest that caught many children and families unaware. Also features descriptions of Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, and Barack Obama. (en)
- Host John Horrigan tells a story of two brave men who hold their stations atop a doomed lighthouse, a woman who fights for her right to ride on a streetcar, and how an unbelievable discovery attracts the attention of the greatest showman on Earth. (en)
- The episode features a story of an explorer’s attempt to survive in a snowy wasteland, a town that descends into hysteria when visited by an unknown beast, and two young ladies enchant the world with their mystical photographs. (en)
- This episode explores the history behind infamous pirate Samuel Bellamy, an astounding prank that caused quite a boom, a Los Angeles cover-up of a nuclear meltdown, and the legend of the "Lady in Black" of Georges Island (Massachusetts). Includes short stories about George Washington, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and Dracula. (en)
- This episode features stories of an eccentric woman who tricked her way into the aristocracy, five gold miners who found themselves under attack by a group of strange creatures, and a seizure of arms by the British that caused alarm in the American colonies. (en)
- Horrigan tells audiences about the great inventor Nikola Tesla, a reoccurring graffiti in WWII, a Revolutionary War effort on Grape Island (Massachusetts), and a massive hurricane in New England. Features segments on Leonardo da Vinci and Muhammad Ali. (en)
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- The Ponzi Scheme, The Children's Blizzard, George Washington and the Poison Peas, The Dover Demon (en)
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, An American Army of Two, The Grasshopper & the Ant, Amelia Earhart (en)
- The Legend of Princess Caraboo, Powder Alarm, Ape Canyon (en)
- Angels of Mons, The Year without a Summer, The Wooden Horse (en)
- The Boston Molasses Flood, The Boston Massacre, New England's Dark Day, The Christmas Truce (en)
- Shackleton’s Voyage, The Gloucester Sea Serpent, Cottingley Fairies (en)
- The Robinson Crusoes of Wake Island, The Tornado That Saved Washington D.C., Springheeled Jack (en)
- The Hurricane of 1938, The Tale of Nikola Tesla, Kilroy Was Here, The Grape Island Alarm (en)
- New England Lighthouse Storm, Elizabeth Jennings, The Cardiff Giant (en)
- The Legend of Hugh Glass, Deborah Sampson, Gasparilla (en)
- The Hoosac Tunnel, The Great Moon Hoax, We Broadcast This Interruption, The Battle of LA (en)
- The Lost City of Norumbega, The Legend of D. B. Cooper, The Poe Toaster, The Night the Stars Fell (en)
- The Lady in Black, The Prince of Pirates, The Los Angeles Nuclear Meltdown, Porky's Prank (en)
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- The Folklorist is a half-hour television series produced by NewTV, a community access television station located in Newton, Massachusetts. The series explores some of the unique and lesser-known stories throughout history. Each half-hour episode of the show contains three or four featured segments that go into the backstory and lasting effects of a particular topic of folklore or hidden history. (en)
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