Folk Horror Stories for Halloween

Heed the call of the weird, where ancient folklore meets modern fear. Dive into the eerie, the unsettling, and the spine-tingling world of Folk Horror stories told by Daniel Morden at Hay Castle.

Lonely forests, foolhardy pacts, shapeshifters, unquiet graves, and ominous prophecies – the folk and fairytales of our ancestors contain the traces of old superstition, twisted ritual, cult, curses and archaic customs. These stories tap into forgotten fears that never stay buried, leaving you questioning what’s lurking just beyond the edge of your reality. Don’t expect happily ever after!

Daniel Morden is a Welsh storyteller in the oral tradition. Morden retells traditional stories from various cultures, in particular the Celtic and the ancient Greek. He has performed all over the world, in schools and theatres, at festivals and on the radio.