A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
Post card from between 1908 -18 showing Camden House School on the left and Stratton St opening up to the Baulk. The Red Lion pub is also shown1. Crab Lane Gardens Crab Lane gardens stretched from the back of the Stratton House Hotel today through the car park and over the site of Chestnut Avenue… Continue reading Show notes, photos, and further reading for Episode 16: The Haunting of Camden House
Top bar at the Golden Fleece The Golden Fleece Find out more about the Golden Fleece's many ghost stories here: https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/the-golden-fleece-pub-york An article about a journalist from the Metro who stayed the night at Golden Fleece. https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/24/a-chilling-check-in-i-spent-the-night-in-britains-most-haunted-pub-18991929/ This YouTube video from nearly 20 years ago by Most Haunted's Richard Felix includes a big section on… Continue reading Show Notes and further reading for episode 15. Weird Wanders Two: My night spent in York’s most haunted pub
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
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.
Listen to Weird in the Wade here. 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 link… Continue reading Show Notes, photos and further reading for episode 12 Ghostly Crime
Show Notes and Sources The roundabout known as Black Tom's Grave in Bedford Bedford Ghost stories including Black Tom Here is some recommended reading for Black Tom and other Bedfordshire ghost stories. Bedfordshire Libraries ghost pamphlet: Download the booklet here. Damien O'Dell's books about paranormal Bedfordshire are a great source for stories including Black Tom.… Continue reading Episode 11 Show Notes and Transcript: Black Tom, Bedford’s Phantom Highwayman
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
Show Notes and Links Link to the podcast: https://weirdinthewade.podbean.com/ Old Church Path, leading up to St Mary's Sources used for this episode and further reading Damien O'Dell's book Paranormal Bedfordshire and his other works can be found here: https://damienodell.com/shop/ Kevin Gates book: Black Magic Church: The True Story of Clophill can be found here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/black-magic-church/kevin-gates/9781781550502 Information… Continue reading Show Notes and Transcript for Episode 10: The Ghosts of St Mary’s Old Church
Black and white image of St Mary's Church Clophill. Taken May 2023 Notes and Links Devil folklore and landscape Nearly Knowledgeable website about Shropshire folklore, she has a real interest in devil folklore: https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/ The Devil in Marston Moretaine: https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/history/devils-toenail-bedfordshires-frightening-version-5808785 https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/Marston-Moretaine/The-Devil-in-Marston-Moretaine.aspx Witchcraft information Ronald Hutton biography and books: https://www.waterstones.com/author/ronald-hutton/566642 BBC podcast Witch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mc4p Willow Winsham… Continue reading Show Notes, Links and Transcript for The Black Magic Church
Show notes, links and transcript The Golden Pheasant Pub, October 2023 Show notes and links Here's the website for the Golden Pheasant pub which includes some brilliant old photographs of the pub and Biggleswade high street. Below is an image of the yard at the Pheasant where William Robinson was taken after his accident. You… Continue reading Episode 8: The Most Haunted Pub in Biggleswade
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