The Night Hag: Show notes and links

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A woman with long blond curls of hair lies on a bed with her head falling off the end. She wears a white nightdress. On her chest sits a squat demon with cat ears and smug face, A maniacal horse peeks it head through the bed curtains.
The Nightmare: Henry Fuseli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The picture above is the one Ciaran and I discuss in the episode on the Night Hag.

Henry Fuseli also painted an equally terrifying painting called the Night Hag: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436423

Henry Fuseli was a Swiss painter who spent most of his life in Britain and he seems to have had a real fascination with the supernatural! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fuseli My kind of painter, though I’m not so keen on his attitude to “clever women.”

Sleep Paralysis Legends

Here’s the wikipedia page, the one I see in my head when I remember looking up sleep paralysis back in 1995 – which is an impossibility! It must have been an encyclopaedia or book I looked at back then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag

Sleep paralysis facts

This podcast episode from the Gaudian with Prof Chris French is full of useful information about sleep paralysis: https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2013/aug/05/podcast-science-weekly-sleep-paralysis

Alien Autopsy

Here’s the IMDB entry on the alien autopsy show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163521/

Time has an article on the whole alien autopsy hoax: https://time.com/4376871/alien-autopsy-hoax-history/

Roswell

The Sky at Night has an article about the Roswell incident: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/roswell-ufo-incident

The History Hour on the BBC has this podcast episode on the incident you can listen to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057hsyv

Workhouses

A large pale brick house with long narrow windows and a grey roof, set back off the road, with large mature trees in front and an old dark brick wall.

George Hay Accountants, formerly Biggleswade workhouse until 1834.

There is a great resource for looking up information about workhouses across Britain on this website: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/#google_vignette

Here’s the low down on Biggleswade workhouse: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Biggleswade/

Hitchin workhouse: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Hitchin/

Luton workhouse: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Luton/

Bedford workhouse: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Bedford/

A black and white image of an old Victorian building with an octagonal tower and many chimneys on the left there is no roof and signs of burning at the windows. In front of the building are metal fences and boards to keep the public out.
Burnt ruins of Bedford workhouse at the hospital north wing
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Published by Natalie Doig

"Science and sorcery." It's a quote from a beekeeper I saw on the TV, about how he sees the work he does keeping bees, a balance between science and sorcery. For me it also sums up my experience of life, my interests and my outlook. I love photography which is a perfect blend of science and sorcery, using light and technology to create magical images. But when I'm not taking photos you'll find me making the podcast Weird in the Wade. I'm also often to be found writing, reading, knitting, riding my mountain bike or drinking coffee watching the world go by. By day I fight for disability rights, equality and inclusion for all.

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