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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.

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rdfs:label	The Folklorist (en)
rdfs:comment	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)
location	Newton, Massachusetts
dcterms:subject	2012 American television series debuts American public access television shows
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Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://acm-ne.org http://folklorist.newtv.org https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2015/04/29/folklorist-adds-comcast-regional-network/oSKWFcqtJr5Jf4fPtbV2aL/story.html
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ShortSummary	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)

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