A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
I completely forgot to share photographs of the sites where big cats have been seen in Biggleswade. So here they are! You can listen to the big cat episode of the podcast here or wherever you get your podcasts. Penny's sighting: water meadows between the Ivel River and A1 The image is above is looking… Continue reading Locations where big cats have been seen around Biggleswade
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3nek3-14b2718 There have been several sightings of a big cat stalking the water meadows, heaths, and back gardens of Biggleswade in the last twenty years. And they're not your usual black panther type sightings; they're more intriguing. Of course, I just had to investigate. In this episode I speak with an eye witness about the… Continue reading 7. The Big Cat of Biggleswade and Phantom Felines
Find out more about my fabulous guest Owen Staton and his podcast Time Between Times here: https://www.welshstoryteller.com/ Show notes and links to further reading General history of big cat sightings General summary: https://thewebinarvet.com/blog/british-big-cats-truth Interactive map of sightings across the UK: https://www.britishbigcats.org/sightings.php Jungle Cats Indian video about jungle cats https://youtu.be/s5G9d5ON9EA?si=V6CsFfO16xGjImYU Here's an article about the Shropshire… Continue reading Episode 7: The Big Cat of Biggleswade and Phantom Felines
Lithograph by Anton Seder 1890, blackberries, raspberries and gold finch A few weeks back when visiting the secret sunflower field in Biggleswade I tasted one of the wild blackberries growing on surrounding bushes. At that point in the summer we'd had a lot of rain and I suspected that the blackberry would taste quite insipid… Continue reading A ramble through bramble folklore
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-d79bw-14970eb In this final part of the story of Sarah Dazley, the Victorian poisoner, we follow the evidence shared at William Dazley's inquest and murder trial. We unpick tricky testimony and tangled timelines in an attempt to decide if Sarah really did it. There's gossip, pills and powders, a dead pig, and a teenage pregnancy… Continue reading 6. The Potton Poisoner: Part 3
Notes and Links Articles about broadside ballads which mention Sarah Dazley''s case can be found here: https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/bbals_02.htm https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/bbals_04.htm Execution ballads also appear in this episode of the Folklore Podcast: http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-132.html The actual broadside ballad printed for Sarah Dazley's execution News article about execution memento sold at auction: https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/souvenir-of-last-person-to-be-publicly-hanged-at-bedford-gaol-smashes-pre-sale-estimate-selling-for-2250/ Transcript Part 3 of the Potton Poisoner… Continue reading The Potton Poisoner Part 3 Show notes and transcript
Under the Millennium bridge at Trigg Stairs When I first started researching the story of Sarah Dazley, the Potton Poisoner, one of the aspects of the story that fascinated me was her escape to London and then capture at Broken Warf, Thames Street. An address that still exists though is much changed since 1843. It… Continue reading Broken Warf and Trig Lane Stairs: The site of Sarah Dazley’s capture.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-npfth-148de3d This is the second part of a three part story about Sarah Dazley the Potton Poisoner. This episode opens with Sarah's arrest on the banks of the Thames in London and her appearance in front of the Lord Mayor. We'll hear a late night conversation between Sarah and the women guarding over her in… Continue reading 5. The Potton Poisoner: Part Two
Link to podcast website Further Reading The Golden Eagle Inn Biggleswade Stratton Street 1900 Biggleswade History Society image Find out more about Stratton Street and it's history including the Golden Eagle Inn where Sarah spent her last night of freedom here at Biggleswade History Society: https://www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk/research/roads/stratton-street/ Inquest Juries A rare image of an inquest jury… Continue reading The Potton Poisoner Part 2: Links, notes and transcript.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9daku-146a51a On Saturday 5th August 2023 it will be 180 years since the execution of Sarah Dazley the Potton Poisoner, she was hanged outside Bedford Gaol in front of 10,000 people. The haunting of a pretty cottage ties to the story of the Potton Poisoner. A murder case that was a Victorian sensation. Scandalising a… Continue reading 4. The Potton Poisoner: Part One
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