A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
If you're missing weird in the wade during it's brief hiatus then I have the perfect remedy for you. Every Monday I am going to share with you some recommendations for weird reads, visits or listens. Today's recommendation is Owen Staton's wonderful Time Between Times Storytelling Podcast, that returned last week with a special guest,… Continue reading Weird Recommendations: The return of Time Between Times Storytelling
Don't worry Weird in the Wade isn't being cancelled or anything like that 😀 But the podcast is going to take a short break in September, which means the next episode of Weird in the Wade will be released just before Halloween in October 2025. Lantern by Toby Ord, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia… Continue reading The Future of Weird in the Wade: Important News!!!
Listen to the episode on BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lyhtvh Or everywhere else here: https://weirdinthewade.podbean.com/ My brother standing by a large tree Further reading Below are links to further reading and information about those who contributed to the episode. To find out more about the future of Weird in the Wade visit here: https://weirdinthewade.blog/2025/08/25/the-future-of-weird-in-the-wade-important-news/ To find… Continue reading Show Notes and Photographs: A Spectral Army at Sempringham
Rave Man Listen to the episode here on the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ld1pgn You can also listen wherever you get your podcasts here: https://weirdinthewade.podbean.com/ All photographs used in this post are taken by Matt Champion Alterations to the Cave Horse and "Sheela na gig" or St Paul Above is the horse and "sheela na gig" which was… Continue reading Show Notes: The Secrets of Royston Cave
I know I can't quite believe it either, but as of today, 1st May 2025, it is two years since the first episode of Weird in the Wade was released! Thank you so much for listening and being part of this weird corner of the podcasting world, and the internet. I really appreciate every one… Continue reading Two Years of Weird in the Wade!
Spoilers! This episode is available first and exclusively on BBC Sounds here. It will be available everywhere else on Monday 5th May. So if you haven't listened to the episode yet you might want to read this blog post once you have! Original Episode and Blog Posts If you haven't listened to the first ever… Continue reading Return to the Haunted Poundstretcher: Show notes and links
That's right you can now listen to Weird in the Wade on BBC Sounds If you're an existing listener it's important to know that the BBC are starting with Weird in the Wade's back catalogue. On the 28th October the first ever 6 episodes of the podcast go live on BBC Sounds. Then every Monday… Continue reading Wait, What? Weird in the Wade is on BBC Sounds!
More information about 19th Century Spiritualism The Fox Sisters I listened to this brilliant podcast episode about the Fox sisters and it includes a script of the podcast at the link too: https://wamcpodcasts.org/podcast/the-fox-sisters-and-the-great-american-hoax-a-new-york-minute-in-history/ There's an article in the Smithsonian about the sisters: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ There's a dramatic podcast about the Fox Sisters starring Carey Mulligan which… Continue reading Show Notes: 20. J F Hunt the Medium who Worked with Shakespeare’s Ghost
If this photograph of a garden near Leith Hill in Surrey doesn't scream May, I don't know what does! Bedfordshire May Carols Do you remember the episode of the podcast on the most haunted pub in Biggleswade? If you've missed it you can find it here. In that episode ghostly singing is heard coming from… Continue reading May! Bedfordshire May Carols and what’s happening on the podcast in May.
Clophill Old Church surrounded by winter trees The photos shared on this blog follow the content of the New Years Day bonus episode of Weird in the Wade which you can listen to here. View across the fields The photograph above is of my view from where I sat on the church step looking out… Continue reading Bonus Episode Photos: A visit to the black magic church
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