A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
The Nightmare: Henry Fuseli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The picture above is the one Ciaran and I discuss in the episode on the Night Hag. Henry Fuseli also painted an equally terrifying painting called the Night Hag: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436423 Henry Fuseli was a Swiss painter who spent most of his life in Britain and he… Continue reading The Night Hag: Show notes and links
As there are a lot of photos to share with you I'll be adding more to the blog during the week. So keep an eye on social media and do come back to the blog for more photos. You can find the podcast social media links here. You can listen to the episode here. A… Continue reading 17. Biggleswade’s Haunted Tunnels: Show notes and photographs
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