Episode 3

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23rd Jul 2026

Jack Werner, Uncanny and contemporary legend

Dave and Diane had the pleasure of meeting Jack Werner at the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR) annual conference in Stockholm and knew he’d made a fascinating future guest for Folklore Matters. Jack is the presenter of the Swedish version of Uncanny – he tells us how to pronounce the Swedish title properly in the episode! – and has been researching contemporary legends in Sweden, or Vandringssägen, for many years. Jack’s newsletter can be found here: https://vandringssagen.se/

There were several things we discussed in the episode that will be easy to look up, but we thought it would be worth including the link to the archival reconstruction of ‘Ted's Caving Page’ that Jack mentioned as one of his favourite creepypastas: https://teds-caving-page.netlify.app/ and the Wikipedia page about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_the_Caver

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Why is folklore so compelling? Join the team behind the National Folklore Survey for England to find out.
The profile of folklore in England has never seemed higher. The team behind the National Folklore Survey for England project speak to a variety of people working with or researching folklore to understand why folklore is so compelling, find out more about their work, and to discover their hopes for the National Folklore Survey for England.