History Episodes

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 preserving memory and heritage- something we were able to explore in the podcast today. As always, thank you for listening. If you want to get your hands on The Feminine Macabre Volume I, II or III then make sure to take a look at https://spookeats.com/femininemacabre/ or via...

Everywhere through history you can see the scars of witch trials. Sweden is no different. In today's episode we explore the Torsåker witchcraft trials of 1668- 1676 and the mark it has left on the present with Easter celebrations- a seemingly innocent tradition with roots to a darker period of history involving oppression and persecution. As always, thank you for listening. If you want to get your hands on The Feminine Macabre Volume I, II or III then make sure to take a look at https:/...

In today’s episode we explore the story of a young girl caught up in the political conflicts of her time. It would see her rise to the highest echelon of Queen (a position she held for nine days.) Lady Jane Grey would lose everything.... including her head. In the moments before her death she would be handed her prayer book in which she wrote the following: “Live still to die, that by death you may purchase eternal life...” Lady Jane Grey’s story, and death, is a hauntingly tragic one- ...

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, like a mist along the ground, towards him... Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him, and he found that he could hardly stand when he prepared to follow it." Our final visit shares the ominous and haunting tale of William Stead and his...

"Most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased." A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens. As the clock next strikes we take a look at Ghosts of the Present and the warning that Dickens had to share. Thank you for listening. If you wish to support the Haunted History Chronicles Podcast then please click on the Patreon link. https://www.patreon.com/Haunted_History_Chronicles Please use the links below or on the website to keep in to...

The events of the past are but shadows. In Charles Dicken's creation A Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Past is a strange, otherworldly creature which shimmers and flickers like a candlelight- in it's hand the Ghost holds a branch of holly to symbolise winter. On this winter night, on the eve before Christmas, we visit Ghosts of the Past connected with Christmas time. Dim your lights and settle by the fire and let these visions draw you in to the shadows of the past. If you haven't a...

Joining me in today's episode is Gina- one half of the double act we know on the podcast as Haunted History BC https://hauntedhistorybc.com. We are going to be exploring the resurrectionists, crime and punishment and a variety of other topics around body snatching such as corpse brides and their connection to possible hauntings. If you wish to support the Haunted History Chronicles Podcast then please click on the Patreon link. https://www.patreon.com/Haunted_History_Chronicles Please u...

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 last, the villagers set an extraordinary and enduring example of self-sacrifice. In today’s podcast we explore the haunting tragic history of this village as well as the haunting paranormal stories that endure. Thank you for listening. If you wish to support the...

Borley Rectory was a house famous for being "the most haunted house in England" after being described as such by psychic researcher Harry Price. With tales of Borley’s ghosts first emerging as far back as 1863 it has a vast history with the paranormal. In today's episode we look at the history of the rectory and the evidence and body of work looking at the paranormal aspects attributed to it. Thank you for listening. If you wish to support the Haunted History Chronicles Podcast then ple...

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 and demons that date back to the Middle Ages. In today's episode we explore some of the ghostly stories, folklore and paranormal activity associated with some locations around the world. Thank you for listening. If you wish to support the Haunted History Chronicles ...

Joining me today is Allison Jornlin a leading haunted history researcher, Fortean researcher, writer and spooky history tour guide in Milwaukee to discuss how women were largely responsible for building the foundations of paranormal research. We examined just a few of these forgotten female trailblazers in parapsychology and paranormal research and the importance that they hold to research and paranormal investigating today. If you wish to support the Haunted History Chronicles Podcast the...

Joining me today is Aoife Sutton a doctoral researcher in archaeological and forensic sciences at the University of Bradford. Her research interests include death and dying, embalming, human remains in museums, and death in archaeology. We discussed a range of topics surrounding death and dying as well as discussing some of the content and body of work found on her website blog and her piece on death omens in The Feminine Macabre Volume II. Guest Links: Website https://pathologicalbodiespr...

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 is something else…. In today's episode we are going to be exploring crossroads and roads and why it is that these may be sites for paranormal and ghostly activity. Thank you for listening. If you wish to support the Haunted History Chronicles Podcast then please ...

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 listening. If you wish to support the Haunted History Chronicles Podcast then please click on the Patreon link. https://www.patreon.com/Haunted_History_Chronicles Please use the links below or on the website to keep in touch via our social media pages : to ask...

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 centered on Ouijamania from the 1920s, Hell's Gate, colourful female ghosts and asylums and exploring them from some different angles and topic points. These pieces threw up a range of fascinating questions and insights linked to their macabre writings and I hope you enj...

Joining me in today's episode are Gina and Victoria from https://hauntedhistorybc.com. We are going to be exploring stories of immurement, the ghosts of London Bridge haunting the American desert, a Guinness Record holding female serial killer, the stone tape theory, and objects between a rock and a hard place. If any of that is unfamiliar to you or has you intrigued as to the connections between them then stay tuned as we go on a journey exploring some of these grizzly parts of history. I...

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 the chance to discuss some of Erin's favourite locations associated with this period of history alongside Erin's passion and interest surrounding the paranormal surrounding battlefield sites. Guest links Website: https://www.hauntingsaroundamerica.com Facebook: https://w...

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 the podcast today as we discuss the wider Spiritualist movement, mediumship and seances popular in the 19th century. Guest Links www.burialsandbeyond.com www.patreon.com/burialsandbeyond Social Media: facebook.com/BurialsAndBeyond twitter.com/BurialsBeyond instagram.co...

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 many key English Kings and ambitious men of the court like The Kingmaker would reside. Within the walls of the castle we explore the Victorian Seances carried out by Anne Greville, the Countess of Warwick and the stories of hauntings that this castle is reported to hav...

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 Haunted History Chronicles Podcast then please click on the Patreon link. https://www.patreon.com/Haunted_History_Chronicles Please use the links below or on the website to keep in touch via our social media pages : to ask questions and review other content linked to this episo...

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 exploring in this podcast as many believe that they are still connected to the school today. Like the men who helped to build this house Tettenhall Towers is equally as mysterious. The Towers for many has a frightening reputation and one with many areas where people have ...

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 awaiting rocks. These ships would then be looted and stripped of all cargo. The Jamaica Inn provided a perfect location to hide these goods- isolated as it is on the moor. A light would be placed in a small square window to provide the all clear for nearby smugglers waiting out on ...

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 during this time. Shrewbury Prison, or 'The Dana' as it is also known, has a harrowing history and is a location with a vast array of different areas to explore. There is much reported paranormal activity here. Why not listen for yourself and decide if you think the energy ...

Shirehall in Hereford is one of England’s oldest working courts. This location is an impressive one that has seen many famous trials and notorious figures. It would be here that prisoners would be sentenced and executions carried out. This grand and atmospheric space would reveal some secrets in some newly tried paranormal investigation techniques that date back for centuries- one I hope inspires you to try out this technique for yourself. It would be here I would uncover a rather sinister...