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
Show Transcript and Notes: Flying Saucers Over Biggleswade
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
Photographs from Wrest Park and Silsoe to accompany the Grey Lady mini episode
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
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
What have AI done to deserve this?
The rise of artificial intelligence might seem spooky sometimes, certainly some of the art AI can create goes beyond uncanny valley into something even darker and stranger. Just look at the case of Loab the AI art that became an urban legend for our times. So I was a little shocked and strangely touched when… Continue reading What have AI done to deserve this?
Bonus episode: New evidence about Biggleswade’s Great Fire
Transcript and show notes Intro Welcome to Weird in the Wade’s first bonus episode! Weird in the Wade is a podcast about all that’s weird, wonderful, and little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. We cover the kinds of stories that make you pause and ponder, and will speak to you where… Continue reading Bonus episode: New evidence about Biggleswade’s Great Fire
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