A podcast and blog about all that's weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, UK.
If this photograph of a garden near Leith Hill in Surrey doesn't scream May, I don't know what does! Bedfordshire May Carols Do you remember the episode of the podcast on the most haunted pub in Biggleswade? If you've missed it you can find it here. In that episode ghostly singing is heard coming from… Continue reading May! Bedfordshire May Carols and what’s happening on the podcast in May.
Top bar at the Golden Fleece The Golden Fleece Find out more about the Golden Fleece's many ghost stories here: https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/the-golden-fleece-pub-york An article about a journalist from the Metro who stayed the night at Golden Fleece. https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/24/a-chilling-check-in-i-spent-the-night-in-britains-most-haunted-pub-18991929/ This YouTube video from nearly 20 years ago by Most Haunted's Richard Felix includes a big section on… Continue reading Show Notes and further reading for episode 15. Weird Wanders Two: My night spent in York’s most haunted pub
The Shambles by David Oxtaby, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons I turned 50 this week I think it's a real privilege to reach half a century; I have friends and family who weren't so lucky. With it being a milestone birthday I wanted to mark it in an unusual way. So back last… Continue reading My Haunted House Challenge
Blind George of Anstey Memories of Hertfordshire has some further information about Blind George: https://www.hertsmemories.org.uk/content/herts-history/towns-and-villages/anstey/blind-fiddler-anstey More information about the WW2 plane crash: https://www.398th.org/FlakNews/Articles/Ostrom/Ostrom_Anstey.html Litha have information about the story on their website too: https://www.litha-music.com/index.php/de/11-news/27-blind-george-story You can listen to the whole albumn, Dancing into the Light on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1TYePJFyFmu6EhP6PGPOeY Or buy the CD here: https://musicscotland.com/products/litha-dancing-of-the-light You… Continue reading Show notes and further reading for episode 14 Blind George of Anstey
Show Notes and Sources The roundabout known as Black Tom's Grave in Bedford Bedford Ghost stories including Black Tom Here is some recommended reading for Black Tom and other Bedfordshire ghost stories. Bedfordshire Libraries ghost pamphlet: Download the booklet here. Damien O'Dell's books about paranormal Bedfordshire are a great source for stories including Black Tom.… Continue reading Episode 11 Show Notes and Transcript: Black Tom, Bedford’s Phantom Highwayman
Clophill Old Church surrounded by winter trees The photos shared on this blog follow the content of the New Years Day bonus episode of Weird in the Wade which you can listen to here. View across the fields The photograph above is of my view from where I sat on the church step looking out… Continue reading Bonus Episode Photos: A visit to the black magic church
Show Notes and Links Link to the podcast: https://weirdinthewade.podbean.com/ Old Church Path, leading up to St Mary's Sources used for this episode and further reading Damien O'Dell's book Paranormal Bedfordshire and his other works can be found here: https://damienodell.com/shop/ Kevin Gates book: Black Magic Church: The True Story of Clophill can be found here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/black-magic-church/kevin-gates/9781781550502 Information… Continue reading Show Notes and Transcript for Episode 10: The Ghosts of St Mary’s Old Church
Show notes, links and transcript The Golden Pheasant Pub, October 2023 Show notes and links Here's the website for the Golden Pheasant pub which includes some brilliant old photographs of the pub and Biggleswade high street. Below is an image of the yard at the Pheasant where William Robinson was taken after his accident. You… Continue reading Episode 8: The Most Haunted Pub in Biggleswade
Transcript will be available shortly but until then... 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 jungle cat: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2020/02/03/flashback-february-3/ Here's a blog post from a… Continue reading Episode 7: The Big Cat of Biggleswade and Phantom Felines
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
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