A multi award winning podcast about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
The Bigg Theatre We start the show at the Bigg Theatre and if you'd like to know more about the theatre then check out their website here. You can also read about the history of the building, once the town hall here. Nat outside the Bigg Theatre in Biggleswade Peppers Ghost The show opens with… Continue reading 22. Haunted Theatres: Show notes, links and further reading
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3vmvy-174b70e They say every theatre has a ghost. Nat embarks on an investigation to see if this is true. Starting with the newest theatre in Biggleswade, the Bigg Theatre. Once a town hall, then a petrol station, department store and a restaurant, it seems the Bigg Theatre building has a long history associated with performance… Continue reading 22. Haunted Theatres
That's right you can now listen to Weird in the Wade on BBC Sounds If you're an existing listener it's important to know that the BBC are starting with Weird in the Wade's back catalogue. On the 28th October the first ever 6 episodes of the podcast go live on BBC Sounds. Then every Monday… Continue reading Wait, What? Weird in the Wade is on BBC Sounds!
Video of Balloon Jumping Including Brainy Dobbs and Nellie Odell Here's a link to the article about this in the Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/sport-balloon-jumping-180958805 And here is the Pathe News reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkCzgK3jEFE Here's a BBC Halloween article which includes the Brainy Dobbs story as an unusual haunting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37717362 RAF Henlow History Here's a link to the… Continue reading Show Notes and links: Haunted Henlow Camp
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vcfs7-171de32 In this episode we travel to RAF Henlow where phantom footsteps in the snow, and a poltergeist are said to be linked to a daring pioneer of parachuting in the 1920s. We'll learn about the hauntings, and this airman's dare devil antics which tragically led to his untimely death. Nat Doig also shares some… Continue reading 21. Haunted Henlow Camp
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-frkup-16e9dcc 19th Century spiritualism is at the heart of this episode which we'll explore through the exploits of a Biggleswade medium who believed he was in direct contact with the spirit of William Shakespeare. John Francis Hunt, who we met in the previous episode, was an extraordinary man, he pursued justice, sought out buried treasure… Continue reading 20. JF Hunt The Victorian Medium Who Worked With Shakespeare’s Ghost
More information about 19th Century Spiritualism The Fox Sisters I listened to this brilliant podcast episode about the Fox sisters and it includes a script of the podcast at the link too: https://wamcpodcasts.org/podcast/the-fox-sisters-and-the-great-american-hoax-a-new-york-minute-in-history/ There's an article in the Smithsonian about the sisters: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ There's a dramatic podcast about the Fox Sisters starring Carey Mulligan which… Continue reading Show Notes: 20. J F Hunt the Medium who Worked with Shakespeare’s Ghost
Below you'll find some further reading about the Burryman and topics I raise in the Patreon exclusive episode all about the Burryman tradition in South Queensferry. The Burryman History Here's some history with brilliant photos from Edinburgh Museums. https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/stories/hip-hip-hooray-its-burrymans-day Queensferry History You can read more about the history of Queensferry here: https://queensferryhistory.org/2021/05/05/a-brief-history-of-south-queensferry/ Plant lore Here… Continue reading Patreon Exclusive Episode 5: The Burryman notes and further reading
I've been trying to read more lately, since having covid in March 2020 I've found it hard to concentrate enough to read books, unless it's for work or podcast. Yet I've always been a book worm. I've never been a fast reader but I always had my nose in a book or my headphones on… Continue reading Book Reviews
Warning there are some spoilers in this blog post so best to read it after you've listened to the episode! Stream, Watermill Bridge by JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Above is the watermill stream, taken from Watermill Bridge aka Murder Bridge. It is the bridge which is on the bend just past Bedfordshire… Continue reading Show notes and photos: 19. Solved: The Haunting of Murder Bridge
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