A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
Coopers Hill sunset You can listen to the episode the Ghosts of Coopers Hill on BBC Sounds here or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Below are notes and further reading about some of the subjects covered in the episode and the people who took part. Bryan on a ghost walk Bryan Bland from Ampthill… Continue reading Show notes for: The Ghosts of Coopers Hill
Listen to the episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mf3flx or where ever you get your podcasts. Special guest Bethan Briggs-Miller Listen to Eerie Essex here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/eerie-essex/id1579236448 Find out more about the East Anglian Folklore Centre here: https://www.eastanglianfolklorecentre.co.uk/ Gemma and Bethann co-founders of the East Anglian Folklore Centre Special guests Andy, and Dolly Andy has a fishing channel on… Continue reading Show Notes and Links for The Potton Road Poltergeist Episode
Here are the links to where to listen to today's episode of weird in the wade: BBC Sounds Spotify Apple (Remember you can listen to weird in the wade ad free on BBC Sounds or by becoming a member of Weird in the Wade's Patreon) Below is a drone photograph of Northfields in Biggleswade from… Continue reading Show notes and links: What’s Haunting Andy’s House
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
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
Listen to the episode here: https://weirdinthewade.podbean.com/e/25-old-ragbones-biggleswades-unidentified-man/?token=c07da198503677dc355fd9ff2f4da4a8 Below is some key information about the case from Locate International the Missing Person's charity, including images of Biggleswade Man with and without his beard. There's also an image of his tattoo. NEW COLD CASE APPEAL Mystery of the Travelling Knife SharpenerWho is this unidentified man found near Biggleswade… Continue reading Show Notes: Old Ragbones Biggleswade’s Unidentified Man.
Listen to Weird in the Wade here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0klwdlq The view towards the murder bridge on Biggleswade common Murder Bridge Very little is written online about the Murder Bridge story. But here's some information from the We Love Potton facebook group. There is a website about the three counties asylum. Murder bridge Thomas Dun Here's a… Continue reading Updated Show Notes, photos and further reading for episode 12 Ghostly Crime
Below are some links to further information about big cat sightings and other information mentioned in the bonus episode. The Beast of Silsoe Pheasants on a path at Wrest Park, Silsoe Huffington Post Beast of Silsoe article: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-beast-of-silsoe-villagers-warned-of-credible-sighting-of-labrador-sized-big-cat_uk_57bc5f4de4b0f78b2b4ba8ca Hybrid Panther sighting in Aberdeenshire: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hybrid-panther-caught-camera-prowling-31417269#ICID=Android_TMNewsApp_AppShare Link to Owen Staton's Time Between Times podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/time-between-times-storytelling-with-owen-staton/id1573244734 ITV programme… Continue reading Show Notes: The Beast of Silsoe, a new witness to the Haunting of the Golden Pheasant and other cases.
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
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