A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
This is where I spent the night as part of my Haunted House challenge when I turned 50! These photos will be a useful reference when listening to the Weird in the Wade podcast episode 15 released on Monday 29th April, which when it's released you can find here. I challenged myself to spend the… Continue reading Photos and information about the Golden Fleece Hotel in York where I stayed in early April 2024
Weird in the Wade Mug with cat logo on front. You asked so I delivered! Yes that's right you can now buy mugs, and bags from the Weird in the Wade shop over at https://weirdinthewade.teemill.com/ T-shirts will be coming really soon, hopefully by next week (1st May) Reverse of mug which reads This Mug Might… Continue reading Weird in the Wade Merch is Here!
The Shambles by David Oxtaby, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons I turned 50 this week I think it's a real privilege to reach half a century; I have friends and family who weren't so lucky. With it being a milestone birthday I wanted to mark it in an unusual way. So back last… Continue reading My Haunted House Challenge
Blind George of Anstey Memories of Hertfordshire has some further information about Blind George: https://www.hertsmemories.org.uk/content/herts-history/towns-and-villages/anstey/blind-fiddler-anstey More information about the WW2 plane crash: https://www.398th.org/FlakNews/Articles/Ostrom/Ostrom_Anstey.html Litha have information about the story on their website too: https://www.litha-music.com/index.php/de/11-news/27-blind-george-story You can listen to the whole albumn, Dancing into the Light on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1TYePJFyFmu6EhP6PGPOeY Or buy the CD here: https://musicscotland.com/products/litha-dancing-of-the-light You… Continue reading Show notes and further reading for episode 14 Blind George of Anstey
Blind George of Anstey Welcome to Weird in the Wade’s first Weird Wander. A weird wander is where I take you on a journey further afield from Biggleswade and Bedfordshire. We’ll travel to a different location. We’ll investigate a new and unusual story. We’ll explore aspects of history and the paranormal we’ve not looked at… Continue reading Show Transcript: 14. Weird Wander: Blind George the Ghost of Anstey
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-k6xx4-15c9bf2 We take a short wander away from Biggleswade, over the county border into Hertfordshire in this episode. Nat Doig tells the tale of Blind George of Anstey. It's a folktale with a bit of everything, a secret tunnel, a blind fiddle player, a faithful dog, the devil, and a ghost. Nat also explores myths… Continue reading 14. Weird Wanders One: Blind George Ghost of Anstey
Moss smothered grave stones I went in search of Thomas Cooper's grave. Sadly the church yard at St Andrew's church was remodelled some decades ago and the headstones were moved to the outer wall of the church yard and stacked around it. These stones have not been kept clear of ivy and moss and so… Continue reading Photos of Biggleswade and Green Park
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3g7f9-15abb79 In this episode Nat Doig explores the tale of Biggleswade's body snatchers. As is often the case it turns out that the truth is stranger and more satisfying than fiction. Do the body snatchers haunt the town still? Why might the town have forgotten the most exciting part of the story, preferring instead to… Continue reading 13. Ghostly Crime Part 2: Biggleswade Body Snatchers and Things That Go Bump in the Night
Listen to the episode at: https://weirdinthewade.podbean.com/ Image of resurrection men being frightened by the ghost of the body they are digging up. Image by Richard Newton 1792 Resurrection Men A Wikipedia page about the resurrection men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_Men National Geographic have an interesting article about Burke and Hare: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/walking-tours-museums-edinburgh-william-burke Last month's guest Eerie Edinburgh have an… Continue reading Show Notes and Links. Episode 13 Ghostly Crime Part 2: Biggleswade Body Snatchers and Things That Go Bump in the Night.
Show Transcript You can listen to the show here December 8th 1826. The snow was falling heavily now, covering the freshly dug earth of his father’s grave with a soft white shroud. Joseph Cooper’s horn lantern cast a pitiful light, and the surrounding graveyard was becoming less distinct; the tombs softened by a veil of… Continue reading 13. Ghostly Crime Part 2. Biggleswade Body Snatchers and Things That Go Bump in the Night
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