Alton in Hampshire, England, is home to a particular tragic and haunting story. A story that captured newspapers and imaginations at the time and would go on to create macabre words and phrases that are still used today but f...
Joining me in today's podcast is Amy Boucher a writer and folklorist who focuses on her native Shropshire. She is a passionate advocate of Shropshire’s folklore, ghostlore and local history, and the role these play in preserv...
Roy Jenkins concludes in his biography of Sir Winston Churchill that: . ....Churchill, with all his idiosyncracies, his indulgences, his occasional childishness, but also his genius, his tenacity and his persistent ability (t...
In today's podcast we step into the lives of some of the world's greatest literary writers. We explore their experiences of death and the afterlife and how in some cases this set them on new paths of exploration. As Beth Marc...
And so we reach the last strike of the clock, as we enter the Witching Hour. In A Christmas Carol the Ghost of Christmas Future is introduced as an ominous and silent figure, "...a solemn Phantom, draped and hooded, coming, l...
In 1665 a tailor from Eyam ordered a box of materials relating to his trade from London. He unwittingly triggered a terrifying and deadly chain of events that would lead to 260 recorded deaths. Between the first death and the...
Abbeys and priories around the world with their ivy-clad ruins have stirred the imagination of many eighteenth and nineteenth century authors of Gothic fiction, drama and poetry. Some monasteries in fact have tales of ghosts ...
What is it about lighthouses that seem to make them ideal settings for residual hauntings? Perhaps it is the age of many of these magnificent structures- perhaps it is the isolation of the lighthouse keepers themselves who wo...
Have you ever been out along a road or near a crossroad and seen something from the corner of your eye that is not there the next time you look? Maybe you brushed this aside as something you imagined you saw. Maybe the truth...
The ghoulish manifestations of countless ghastly acts wander the streets of Oxford. In today's episode take a journey with me around some of Oxford's haunted locations to hear just some of these haunting tales. Thank you for ...
Joining me today to talk about their pieces in The Feminine Macabre I and II are Amy Bennett from Full Dark Paranormal and Chris Amandier from Buried Secrets Podcast. We are going to be looking a little closer at their pieces...
Joining me today is Erin Egnatz from Haunting's Around America. Erin is a ghost hunter, history lover and paranormal writer and author with a particular interest in the history of the civil war. In the episode today we had th...
Joining me this week is Kate Cherrell a PhD candidate specialising in 19th Century Gothic. Kate lectures widely on Victorian mourning cultures and the Spiritualist movement and will be sharing some of this insight with us in ...
In today's podcast you will have the chance to explore the history and paranormal activity surrounding a castle with over 1000 years of heritage, intrigue, murder, torture, ambitions, plots and so much more. It was here that ...
Llanthony Secunda Manor is an 800 year old manor house with a monastic history. This hidden gem does not disappoint and is one that we dive deep into in this podcast. Thank you for listening. If you wish to support the Haunte...
Tettenhall Towers was first built as a country house in 1771 before being turned into the school that it is today. This large country home was the residence of some intriguing and 'interesting' characters- figures we will be ...
The Jamaica Inn has long provided travellers with a resting place and ales. It is also a location long associated with smugglers and wreckers- people who would purposefully lure unsuspecting ships out at sea on to the awaiti...
Shrewsbury Prison that we see today was built in 1877 having been built to replace an earlier Georgian prison dating back to 1791 on the same grounds. This prison was finally closed in 2013 having seen countless executions du...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone. Thank you for all your support so far with the podcast- from messages, listens , follows on social media and reviews. It truly means a lot to me. Thank you. A huge thank you also t...
"These are the shadows of things that have been. That they are what they are, do not blame me!" Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol As the nights draw in and the year comes to its close - when the veil between the living and t...
The first episode of this two part podcast was only a warm up. Join us again with our special guests Haunted History BC https://hauntedhistorybc.com as we give you even more chilling accounts of history and hauntings. We co...
This week join my guests Haunted History BC https://hauntedhistorybc.com as we take you back in time to BC’s early days to the 1800’s as we travel among the realms of prominent early pioneers from England who settled in Briti...
Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe in Gloucestershire is a place that you fall in love with for its tranquility and beauty. This castle has one of the richest histories - it truly has everything- war, romance, royalty and tragedies...
Salem, Spirits, and the Supernatural: How Superstition Crossed an Ocean In today’s episode we will be joined by Josef from https://salemghosts.com and https://usghostadventures.com to explore Salem: it’s history, the paranor...