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 Updated Show Notes and Links. Episode Ghostly Crime Part 2: Biggleswade Body Snatchers and Things That Go Bump in the Night.
Category: Show notes and links
Show Notes and Photos for: The Mystery of Pegnut Wood‘s Creepy Bridge
https://videopress.com/v/um7N9dmg?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Looking towards the poplar trees and bridge from Potton Brook Here is the photograph of the creepy bridge from the first time I visited Potton Wood. Here’s what the wood looked like on my return. The same bridge in early May. The poplar trees. Here’s some information about John of Gaunt’s castle at Sutton… Continue reading Show Notes and Photos for: The Mystery of Pegnut Wood‘s Creepy Bridge
Updated Show Notes, photos and further reading for episode 12 Ghostly Crime
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
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:… Continue reading Show Notes for Haunted Cinemas with Danny Robins
Show Notes: The Beast of Silsoe, a new witness to the Haunting of the Golden Pheasant and other cases.
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.
22. Haunted Theatres: Show notes, links and further reading
The Bigg Theatre We start the show at the Bigg Theatre and if you'd like to know more about the theatre then check out their website here. You can also read about the history of the building, once the town hall here. Nat outside the Bigg Theatre in Biggleswade Peppers Ghost The show opens with… Continue reading 22. Haunted Theatres: Show notes, links and further reading
Show Notes and links: Haunted Henlow Camp
Video of Balloon Jumping Including Brainy Dobbs and Nellie Odell Here's a link to the article about this in the Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/sport-balloon-jumping-180958805 And here is the Pathe News reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkCzgK3jEFE Here's a BBC Halloween article which includes the Brainy Dobbs story as an unusual haunting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37717362 RAF Henlow History Here's a link to the… Continue reading Show Notes and links: Haunted Henlow Camp
20. JF Hunt The Victorian Medium Who Worked With Shakespeare’s Ghost
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-frkup-16e9dcc 19th Century spiritualism is at the heart of this episode which we'll explore through the exploits of a Biggleswade medium who believed he was in direct contact with the spirit of William Shakespeare. John Francis Hunt, who we met in the previous episode, was an extraordinary man, he pursued justice, sought out buried treasure… Continue reading 20. JF Hunt The Victorian Medium Who Worked With Shakespeare’s Ghost
Show notes and photos: 19. Solved: The Haunting of Murder Bridge
Warning there are some spoilers in this blog post so best to read it after you've listened to the episode! Stream, Watermill Bridge by JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Above is the watermill stream, taken from Watermill Bridge aka Murder Bridge. It is the bridge which is on the bend just past Bedfordshire… Continue reading Show notes and photos: 19. Solved: The Haunting of Murder Bridge
19. Solved: The Haunting of Murder Bridge
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5h4td-16b01b8 I'd almost given up on discovering how murder bridge between Biggleswade and Sutton, got it's name. Until completely by accident I stumbled across a ghost story, reported as part of the minutes of a meeting of the Biggleswade Hospital Board in 1922. That led me on a twisty path to the truth, involving a… Continue reading 19. Solved: The Haunting of Murder Bridge







