Find out more about my fabulous guest Owen Staton and his podcast Time Between Times here: https://www.welshstoryteller.com/ Show notes and links to further reading General history of big cat sightings General summary: https://thewebinarvet.com/blog/british-big-cats-truth Interactive map of sightings across the UK: https://www.britishbigcats.org/sightings.php Jungle Cats Indian video about jungle cats https://youtu.be/s5G9d5ON9EA?si=V6CsFfO16xGjImYU Here's an article about the Shropshire… Continue reading Episode 7: The Big Cat of Biggleswade and Phantom Felines
A ramble through bramble folklore
Lithograph by Anton Seder 1890, blackberries, raspberries and gold finch A few weeks back when visiting the secret sunflower field in Biggleswade I tasted one of the wild blackberries growing on surrounding bushes. At that point in the summer we'd had a lot of rain and I suspected that the blackberry would taste quite insipid… Continue reading A ramble through bramble folklore
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
The Potton Poisoner Part 3 Show notes and transcript
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
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
The Potton Poisoner Part 2: Links, notes and transcript.
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.
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
Episode 4. Part One of the Potton Poisoner. Further reading and show 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
Photographs for Bonus Update Episode
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
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