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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.

Original Release

03/23/2012

US Release

03/23/2012

Cast

John Horrigan	Host
Stephen Kessinger	German Soldier
Jason Lucas	Child 1
Randy Morris	Judge
Jack Burk Goldman	Arthur Jell
Herbert A. Fuchs	Robert Macnamara
Bless Robinson	John Smalls' Sister
Steve Sumner	The USS Onward First Mate
Elle Matarazzo	The Mermaid
Ron G. Young	Mate John Smith Hancock

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Boston Molasses Flood, Boston Massacre, New England's Dark Day, the Christmas Truce	Friday, 23 March 2012
2	Cuban Missile Crisis, American Army of Two, the Grasshopper & the Ant, Amelia Earhart	Tuesday, 01 January 2013
3	The Lady in Black, the Prince of Pirates, the Los Angeles Nuclear Meltdown, Porky's Prank	Tuesday, 01 October 2013
4	The Hoosac Tunnel, the Great Moon Hoax, We Broadcast This Interruption, the Battle of LA	Tuesday, 15 October 2013
5	The Lost City of Norumbega, the Legend of DB Cooper, the Poe Toaster, the Night the Stars Fell	Tuesday, 29 October 2013
6	The Hurricane of 1938, Tesla, Kilroy Was Here, the Grape Island Alarm	Tuesday, 12 November 2013
7	Robinson Crusoes of Wake Island, Washington D.C. Tornado, Springheeled Jack	Tuesday, 26 November 2013
8	Ponzi Scheme, the Dover Demon, the Children's Blizzard, George Washington and the Poison Peas	Tuesday, 10 December 2013
9	Cottingley Fairies, Ernest Shackleton, Gloucester Sea Serpent	Friday, 31 October 2014
10	The New England Lighthouse Storm, Elizabeth Jennings, Cardiff Giant	Thursday, 13 November 2014
11	Angels of Mons, Year Without Summer, the Wooden Horse	Thursday, 27 November 2014
12	The Legend of Hugh Glass/Deborah Sampson/Gasparilla	Thursday, 11 December 2014
13	Princess Caraboo, Powder Alarm, Ape Canyon	Thursday, 15 October 2015
14	The Great Brant Rock Fire, Robert Smalls, and Ichabod Paddock	Thursday, 01 September 2016

Directors

Andrew Eldridge, Angela Harrer, Jesse Kreitzer

Writers

John Horrigan, Angela Harrer, Andrew Eldridge, Shelby Levinson, Trevor Frederick, Anastasia Bogomolov, Jim Pruy, Melissa Moriarty, Scott Trumbo, Travis Bourassa, Katie Rubino, Steve Russo

Cast

John Horrigan	Host
Stephen Kessinger	German Soldier
Jason Lucas	Child 1
Randy Morris	Judge
Jack Burk Goldman	Arthur Jell
Herbert A. Fuchs	Robert Macnamara
Bless Robinson	John Smalls' Sister
Steve Sumner	The USS Onward First Mate
Elle Matarazzo	The Mermaid
Ron G. Young	Mate John Smith Hancock
Ron G. Young	William Brattle
Pamela Jayne Morgan	Colonial Woman Civilian 01
Van Brockmann	Japanese Soldier
Ralph Regine	Police Chief William Pratt / Whaler
Craig Capone	British Soldier
Wayne Malm Jr.	Joseph Warren
Wayne Malm Jr.	Newlywed Man
Anabel Graetz	Older Frances Griffiths
Tony Sharra	Roger Bushell
Joe Plouffe	Soldier

Producers

Robert Sean Kelly	Executive Producer
Andrew Eldridge	Producer
Angela Harrer	Producer
Melinda Garfield	Producer
Katie Rubino	Producer
John Horrigan	Producer
Jesse Kreitzer	Producer