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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Bonus Episode: Updates, News and a New Spooky Story
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-k8ysy-1459a86 A bonus episode with updates from previous episodes, a new spooky story that happened to Nat Doig earlier this year, and some news about changes to the podcast. There's also a new trailer for the next episode about the Potton Poisoner. If you haven't listened to all of our previous episode's here's some timings… Continue reading Bonus Episode: Updates, News and a New Spooky Story
Potton Wood Photographs for episode three
The podcast website has all the links to where to listen here. Photographs taken on my visit to Potton wood on 26th April 2023 I took the photo below just after I set off, it gives a good indication of the elevation of Potton woods. It's just up from the bus stop! View across Bedfordshire… Continue reading Potton Wood Photographs for episode three
3. What’s Haunting Potton Wood?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e2tgi-1448cfa Can a WW2 plane crash explain the strange phenomena that have been reported in this quiet corner of English woodland over the last 70 years? How does the tale of a little hero dog tie in with the ghostly encounters? Why do so many visitors to the wood smell burning when there are no… Continue reading 3. What’s Haunting Potton Wood?
Bonus Episode: Luton’s Noontide Hag
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vjyun-14342a1 In 1848 a boy from Luton workhouse has a strange and horrifying encounter in church. His story is reported in the newspapers and there are links to Scotland, Sir Walter Scott and a pioneer of stage magic. Hear all about it in this bonus episode. Get in touch with Weird in the Wade on… Continue reading Bonus Episode: Luton’s Noontide Hag
Bonus episode: Luton’s Noontide Hag
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
2) Flying Saucers Over Biggleswade
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vj4ne-142602e It's the 1950s and for a few short weeks Biggleswade becomes the flying saucer capital of the world! A UFO hoax is uncovered, whilst two flying saucer sightings a year apart, remain to this day, a mystery. Find out how the hoax and the genuine UFO mystery are intertwined, meet a cast of characters… Continue reading 2) Flying Saucers Over Biggleswade
Mini episode: Silsoe Grey Lady
Transcript with links for bonus mini episode 3 Welcome to weird in the wade’s first mini episode, a minisode if you like. A short and hopefully sweet snapshot of something spooky or unexplained. A fleeting tale that flits through your ears in a flutter of bird’s wings. It may leave you wanting more but still… Continue reading Mini episode: Silsoe Grey Lady
Bonus Mini Episode: The Silsoe Grey Lady
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qdw4c-141cb4e In this bonus, mini episode, partly recorded on a dawn walk around Wrest Park, hear the ghost story of the grey lady of Silsoe in Bedfordshire. Birdsong will accompany you as we travel back in time and discover what haunts the George Inn and how the haunting is linked to the beautiful and stately… Continue reading Bonus Mini Episode: The Silsoe Grey Lady
New episodes and how to support the podcast
One of the tall American trees planted at Wrest Park Holiday and a Bedfordshire ghost story I was on holiday last week not too far from my home, but over the other side of Bedfordshire at Wrest Park. The weather was gorgeous and we were staying in the old gardeners house which had lovely oval… Continue reading New episodes and how to support the podcast
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