Episodes

A Farting Dragon Burlesque & The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese In this special Patreon preview, Abbie recites for Kelsey the 1680’s satirical poem The Dragon of Wantley, also known as A Farting Dragon Burlesque. Kelsey then regales her co-host with the tale of The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese. Both of these stories are exactly what they say on the tin, and it’s glorious. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod....

The Brave Little Tailor, Children of Famine, & The Ungrateful Son In this special Patreon preview, Abbie & Kelsey pick a couple of random fairy tales to read, and boy do these stories deliver! Kelsey discovers an incredible tale about an unreasonably confident man who has ALL the audacity in The Brave Little Tailor. Abbie brings the mood way down with Children of Famine, then way, WAY back up again when she reads The Ungrateful Son. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or whereve...

The Mermaid’s Vengeance It’s the end of MerMay, and wow, do we have one helluva story to end it with! Abbie cold reads a Cornish folk tale, The Mermaid’s Vengeance, and it’s a slow burn – you’ll just have to trust the process. We’re leaving on summer vacation for our #GretaGremlinSummer, but we’ll be back in August. See you soon, Fairy Tale Fixers! Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod.com and follow us ...

The Lady of Gollerus & About A Puri Enchantment Mermaids Ahoy! Kelsey kicks off MerMay 2024 with the Irish tale of Fish Fitzgerald…err…the Lady of Gollerus – about an unlucky merrow whose story was definitely written by a weird old man. Abbie follows up with the true Bangladeshi story of a Puri Enchantment, and we hope everyone’s doing ok. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod.com and follow us on Instag...

The Castle of Murder, The Carpenter and the Turner & The Cat and Rooster Join us this week as Abbie cold reads a couple of obscure Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including The Castle of Murder and The Carpenter & The Turner. Kelsey cold reads a tale that a listener sent specifically for Kelsey to read to Abbie. Can you guess where this is going? That’s right – this tale is called The Cat and…erm… Rooster. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send ...

Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears & The Princess in the Iron Tower This week we finally learn the term “cold reading” thanks to our amazing Faerie Overlord and good friend, Giselle! Kelsey reads from a book discovered in her Little Free Library, posing the timeless question: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. Meanwhile, Abbie treats us to a cold reading of a tale from our favorite storyteller, Ruth Manning-Sanders, featuring The Princess in the Iron Tower. Make sure to subscribe on Apple,...

Little Red Robin Hood & Nursery Rhymes & The Heavenly Wedding This week we’re joined by our longtime friend Caroline Donham! Caroline tells us her Red Riding Hood fix that she rewrote when she was little, and it’s just as cute as you’d imagine. Then she tells us some effed up nursery rhymes, and Abbie reads an even more effed up Brother’s Grimm tale, The Heavenly Wedding. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalef...

The Harp of Dagda & Hudden Dudden and Donal O’Leary We’re into some 100% real faerie stuff for Irish Fairy Tale Month with Abbie tackling the Harp of Dagda and attempting to coherently describe the Tuatha De Danann. Then Kelsey brings it home with a story that left our jaws on the FLOOR MULTIPLE TIMES: Hudden, Dudden, and Donal O’Leary. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod.com and follow us on Instagram...

The Doom & The Legend of Ballytowtas Castle For our first episode of Irish fairy tale month, we’re joined by some incredibly special guests… Katrina and Geoff from The Fairy Tellers podcast! Strap in for this super-sized and hilarious episode where Geoff puts the fear of God into us with The Doom, and then Katrina takes us for a wild ride that literally none of us could have ever predicted with The Legend of Ballytowtas Castle, both by the illustrious Lady Jane Wilde. Make sure to check out The...

Lonna And Cat Woman & Little Saddle Slut This one is for the #VillainSympathizers out there so…us basically! Kelsey retells the African American folktale Lonna And Cat Woman (we’ll let you guess who we’re rooting for here), and Abbie relates the story of Greek Cinderella – the most unreliable narrator of all time. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod.com and follow us on Instagram @fairytalefixpod. If y...

What Happened to Ivan & Niassa and the Ogre We’re back with another of Abbie & Kelsey’s favorites – it’s random reading time! Abbie continues our journey into the Ivanverse with the worst Ivan yet in What Happened To Ivan by Ruth Manning-Sanders, and Kelsey reads a fun dog-saves-the-day story with RMS’s Niassa and the Ogre. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod.com and follow us on Instagram @fairytalefi...

The Snow Queen Part 2 Kelsey and Abbie finish part two of The Snow Queen, Hans Christian Andersen’s timeless tale of friendship, childhood innocence, the darkness of the human heart, epic quests, strange side drama, and the enduring power of love. There’s just one problem; where the heck is the Snow Queen!? Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod.com and follow us on Instagram @fairytalefixpod. If you enjo...

The Snow Queen Part 1 We just can’t get enough of Hans Christian Andersen on this show and it’s freaking COLD out there anyway, so bundle up in your finest faux fur blankets, clutch a mug of something warm, and harken to this winter tale. That’s right, Abbie and Kelsey are finally tackling The Snow Queen. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Send your stories to info@fairytalefixpod.com and follow us on Instagram @fairytalefixpod. If you enjoy ...