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Blind George of Anstey Welcome to Weird in the Wade’s first Weird Wander. A weird wander is where I take you on a journey further afield from Biggleswade and Bedfordshire. We’ll travel to a different location. We’ll investigate a new and unusual story. We’ll explore aspects of history and the paranormal we’ve not looked at… Continue reading Show Transcript: 14. Weird Wander: Blind George the Ghost of Anstey →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-k6xx4-15c9bf2 We take a short wander away from Biggleswade, over the county border into Hertfordshire in this episode. Nat Doig tells the tale of Blind George of Anstey. It's a folktale with a bit of everything, a secret tunnel, a blind fiddle player, a faithful dog, the devil, and a ghost.  Nat also explores myths… Continue reading 14. Weird Wanders One: Blind George Ghost of Anstey →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3g7f9-15abb79 In this episode Nat Doig explores the tale of Biggleswade's body snatchers. As is often the case it turns out that the truth is stranger and more satisfying than fiction. Do the body snatchers haunt the town still? Why might the town have forgotten the most exciting part of the story, preferring instead to… Continue reading 13. Ghostly Crime Part 2: Biggleswade Body Snatchers and Things That Go Bump in the Night →

Show Transcript You can listen to the show here December 8th 1826. The snow was falling heavily now, covering the freshly dug earth of his father’s grave with a soft white shroud. Joseph Cooper’s horn lantern cast a pitiful light, and the surrounding graveyard was becoming less distinct; the tombs softened by a veil of… Continue reading 13. Ghostly Crime Part 2. Biggleswade Body Snatchers and Things That Go Bump in the Night →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8etw2-1590d66 In this bumper episode I explore why so many ghost stories and hauntings have a connection with crime or criminals. I investigate the local legend of Biggleswade's Murder Bridge, a place every school child knows not to approach.  I tell you the tale of Thomas Dun, reported to be Black Tom's phantom friend or… Continue reading 12. Ghostly Crime Part One: Murder Bridge, Thomas Dun and a Chat with Eerie Edinburgh →

Listen to Weird in the Wade here. Dramatic Introduction: Murder Bridge It’s 1960, a warm Saturday evening, springtime. We’re on Biggleswade common up near the hospital, the south side of Potton Road known as the pastures. Children have been playing here for most of the afternoon. Fishing with colourful nets in the stream, building dens… Continue reading Episode 12, Ghostly Crime Part One: Murder Bridge, Tomas Dun and A Wee Chat With Eerie Edinburgh →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8fyrp-1562f93 In this episode we explore one of Bedford's most famous hauntings. A folktale so well known it gave it's name to an area of the town. What is now a rather unassuming roundabout just north of Bedford town centre, known locally as Black Tom's Grave, was once a place of fear. Was a highwayman… Continue reading 11. Black Tom Phantom Highwayman of Bedford →

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-skzbm-153a609 Happy New Year! In this bonus episode I visit the ruin of St Mary's Old Church, Clophill. On a chilly December morning, 60 years after the ruin became notorious for black magic rituals, devil worship, vandalism, desecration and hauntings, I spend a few hours recording and photographing the site. An instance of pareidolia (seeing… Continue reading Bonus Episode: Facing my Demons at the Black Magic Church →