A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
I completely forgot to share photographs of the sites where big cats have been seen in Biggleswade. So here they are! You can listen to the big cat episode of the podcast here or wherever you get your podcasts. Penny's sighting: water meadows between the Ivel River and A1 The image is above is looking… Continue reading Locations where big cats have been seen around Biggleswade
Notes and Links Articles about broadside ballads which mention Sarah Dazley''s case can be found here: https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/bbals_02.htm https://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/bbals_04.htm Execution ballads also appear in this episode of the Folklore Podcast: http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-132.html The actual broadside ballad printed for Sarah Dazley's execution News article about execution memento sold at auction: https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/souvenir-of-last-person-to-be-publicly-hanged-at-bedford-gaol-smashes-pre-sale-estimate-selling-for-2250/ Transcript Part 3 of the Potton Poisoner… Continue reading The Potton Poisoner Part 3 Show notes and transcript
Under the Millennium bridge at Trigg Stairs When I first started researching the story of Sarah Dazley, the Potton Poisoner, one of the aspects of the story that fascinated me was her escape to London and then capture at Broken Warf, Thames Street. An address that still exists though is much changed since 1843. It… Continue reading Broken Warf and Trig Lane Stairs: The site of Sarah Dazley’s capture.
Link to podcast website Further Reading The Golden Eagle Inn Biggleswade Stratton Street 1900 Biggleswade History Society image Find out more about Stratton Street and it's history including the Golden Eagle Inn where Sarah spent her last night of freedom here at Biggleswade History Society: https://www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk/research/roads/stratton-street/ Inquest Juries A rare image of an inquest jury… Continue reading The Potton Poisoner Part 2: Links, notes and transcript.
Further reading Some further reading on the Potton Poisoner and Victorian era. Mentioned at the end of the episode here's a link to the story about the macabre auction item relating to the execution: About half way down this blog entry you'll find an examination of some of the newspaper stories I've used for this… Continue reading Episode 4. Part One of the Potton Poisoner. Further reading and show transcript
Below is the latest photograph I took in the lovely coffee shop which is where the old Pound Stretcher offices used to be, a part of the building that was said to be particularly haunted by Aggie the poltergeist. As the wonderful story teller Owen Staton said on Twitter, this must be a much nicer… Continue reading Photographs for Bonus Update Episode
Find episodes and links to where to listen on the pod website here. Links Below are various links to information mentioned in this month's episode: What's Haunting Potton Wood? Paul’s blog Below is the link to Paul's blog about his visit to Potton Woods: https://www.modquokka.com/single-post/2018/04/30/potton-wood-and-the-ghosts-of-airmen Plane crash Graham Hague’s fabulous website, a cornucopia of historical… Continue reading Links to further reading, show notes and transcript for episode three: What’s Haunting Potton Wood?
Show Notes and Transcript The monument to Sir Walter Scott, in Edinburgh, who has a link to our spooky tale from Luton, Bedfordshire! Some useful links The full poem, The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott can be read here. A news paper article from Aberdeen Live about John Henry Anderson, pioneering stage… Continue reading Bonus episode: Luton’s Noontide Hag
Below you'll find the transcript for the Flying Saucers Over Biggleswade episode but here are some links to further information about the great flying saucer hoax, and other useful reading. Here's a link to information about the UFO monument in Frank Russell's honour in Biggleswade pictured below. There's also this article in the Comet all… Continue reading Show Transcript and Notes: Flying Saucers Over Biggleswade
To accompany this week's mini episode about the Grey Lady of Silsoe I thought I'd share some photographs that I took on the morning whilst I recorded birdsong audio for the episode. Wrest Park gardens just after dawn I love the light in the image above taken just before 6AM. Wrest Park is full of… Continue reading Photographs from Wrest Park and Silsoe to accompany the Grey Lady mini episode
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