https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-a2if4-1529bad In this Christmas bonanza episode chock full of ghosts, I tell you about the many hauntings reported at St Mary's Old Church, Clophill, over the last 60 years. From Spectral beasts scaring news agents at Christmas, to a punk band who felt their haunting encounter at the church brought them bad luck, to more… Continue reading 10. The Ghosts of St Mary’s Old Church
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9. The Black Magic Church
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yxyp9-150b649 There's an abandoned church on a hill top at Clophill in Bedfordshire, that fuelled my nightmares as a child. In today's episode I explore the history of this notorious church that the tabloid press labelled a "black magic church" back in the 1960s. This ruined church has associations with magic, ghosts, grave robbers, the… Continue reading 9. The Black Magic Church
Bonus Episode: More Big Cats of Bedfordshire and Beyond
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tiavn-14f96de In this bonus episode we hear from a new witness who saw a large black cat in Bedfordshire in the 1990s. His sighting was near to the famous encounters with the beast of Silsoe which I also explore. We also catch up with Owen Staton, completing the interview started in episode 7, The Big… Continue reading Bonus Episode: More Big Cats of Bedfordshire and Beyond
Bonus Episode: More Bedfordshire Big Cats show notes.
Below are some links to further information about big cat sightings and other information mentioned in the bonus episode. 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 about the Zoo Owen… Continue reading Bonus Episode: More Bedfordshire Big Cats show notes.
8. The Most Haunted Pub in Biggleswade
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jnnf5-14e37e5 The Golden Pheasant in Biggleswade is not the town's oldest or even grandest pub, but this real ale beer house is reported to be Biggleswade's most haunted. Over the years strange phenomena and mysterious stories have built up around the establishment. I visited the pub and chatted with regulars and staff to try and… Continue reading 8. The Most Haunted Pub in Biggleswade
7. The Big Cat of Biggleswade and Phantom Felines
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3nek3-14b2718 There have been several sightings of a big cat stalking the water meadows, heaths, and back gardens of Biggleswade in the last twenty years. And they're not your usual black panther type sightings; they're more intriguing. Of course, I just had to investigate. In this episode I speak with an eye witness about the… Continue reading 7. The Big Cat of Biggleswade and Phantom Felines
6. The Potton Poisoner: Part 3
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-d79bw-14970eb In this final part of the story of Sarah Dazley, the Victorian poisoner, we follow the evidence shared at William Dazley's inquest and murder trial. We unpick tricky testimony and tangled timelines in an attempt to decide if Sarah really did it. There's gossip, pills and powders, a dead pig, and a teenage pregnancy… Continue reading 6. The Potton Poisoner: Part 3
Broken Warf and Trig Lane Stairs: The site of Sarah Dazley’s capture.
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.
5. The Potton Poisoner: Part Two
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-npfth-148de3d This is the second part of a three part story about Sarah Dazley the Potton Poisoner. This episode opens with Sarah's arrest on the banks of the Thames in London and her appearance in front of the Lord Mayor. We'll hear a late night conversation between Sarah and the women guarding over her in… Continue reading 5. The Potton Poisoner: Part Two
4. The Potton Poisoner: Part One
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9daku-146a51a On Saturday 5th August 2023 it will be 180 years since the execution of Sarah Dazley the Potton Poisoner, she was hanged outside Bedford Gaol in front of 10,000 people. The haunting of a pretty cottage ties to the story of the Potton Poisoner. A murder case that was a Victorian sensation. Scandalising a… Continue reading 4. The Potton Poisoner: Part One
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