Show Notes for Haunted Cinemas with Danny Robins

This episode’s guests

Find out more about Owen Staton the wonderful Welsh story teller at: https://www.welshstoryteller.com/

Owen’s podcasts are:

• Time Between Times Story Telling: https://podfollow.com/1573244734
• Spectre of the Sea with Bethan Briggs Miller: https://podfollow.com/1638157950

Find out more about Danny Robins here: https://www.dannyrobins.com/

Danny Robins’ many wonderful shows include:

• Uncanny: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010x7c
• Battersea Poltergeist: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0940193
• Witch Farm: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0d508t8
• Rudy’s Rare Records, the sitcom Danny wrote and mentions in the chat can be listened to here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b00n58x4

Show Notes

Bedford Cineworld articles

From Haunted Rooms:

7 Most Haunted Places in Bedford

A report on an investigation where a strange laugh was heard: https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/bedfordshire-news/ghost-hunters-hear-strange-laugh-5613011

Priory Park

Here’s some information about Priory Park in Bedford next to Aspects Leisure Complex: https://www.bedford.gov.uk/leisure-parks-and-sport/parks-and-open-spaces/parks-bedford-borough/priory-country-park

Newnham Priory

Here’s some information from the Bedfordshire archives about the history of Newnham Priory: https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/Goldington/Newnham-Priory.aspx

Biggleswade Cinemas

Here’s some information about the Regal Cinema in Biggleswade and photos: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43553

History website by Ken Page: https://www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk/Roads/station_road.htm

The Exorcist

History of it’s release and classification in UK: https://www.bbfc.co.uk/education/case-studies/exorcist

Article about the moral panic around the film: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231005-the-exorcist-and-why-demonic-possession-taps-into-our-darkest-fears

An article that shows it wasn’t just in Biggleswade but in Kent to ambulances were asked to wait outside cinemas after members of the audience fainted: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/a-film-like-this-draws-evil-forces-267492/

Tiswas and the phantom flan flinger

Here’s some information about the children’s TV sensation that was Tiswas: https://www.tiswasonline.com/

Here’s a video of Annie Lennox, then of the Tourists (it was before her Eurythmics days) being flanned in the face by the Phantom on Tis Was:

Doppelgangers

Some information about doppelgangers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger

An article about meeting your doppelganger: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/11/twice-in-a-lifetime-would-you-dare-meet-your-doppelganger-

Information about the Vardøger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vard%C3%B8ger#:~:text=Vard%C3%B8gr%20is%20a%20Norwegian%20word,mind%22%20or%20%22soul%22.

Drury Lane Theatre

Articles about ghost stories connected with the Drury Lane Theatre in London:

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/29/most-haunted-theatre-ghosts-superstitions-theatre-royal-drury-lane

Vogue: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/theatre-royal-drury-lane-history-vogue-world-london-2023

Dan Leno

Here’s some information about Dan Leno, who is said to haunt the Drury Lane Theatre, the scent of lavender is said to signal his phantom’s approach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Leno

English: Portrait of Dan Leno (1860–1904) as the baroness in Cinderella from The Sketch, Vol. XII, No. 156, January 22, 1896, page 663

Dan Leno, hys booke By George Galvin, published 5 November 1899, facing title page. Photograph attributed to the Sims and Ronsham studio