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  • S4E9 – The Ghosts of Featherstone Hall

    The Ghosts of Featherstone Hall with Chris Cantrill A special guest CO-HOST this week! Fan favourite Chris Cantrill (The Delightful Sausage) is BACK and he has a great story all about an ill-fated Cumbrian wedding. He also has a bunch of stories that had to be either bleeped or edited out wholesale due to their […]
  • S4E8 – Rushton Triangular Lodge

    In the smoking room of the Loregentleman’s Club, Mr James Shakeshaft puffed on his pipe with a look of consternation...
  • S4E7 – The Ghost Coach of Burford

    Take a trip to Burford, jewel of the Cotswolds. Home of the Burford Garden Centre, Cotswold Wildlife Park and, naturally, ghosts.

S3E107 – William Adams, The First Englishman in Japan (Part 1)

May 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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The meandering, misbegotten sea voyage of William Adams, the first Englishman to visit Japan.

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S3E106 – The Witches of Wallsend

May 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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This tale was once told in Seaton Delaval Hall: home to Sir Francis Delaval – the man who puts the “pranks” in “I am sick of this guy’s terrible pranks”.

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S3E105 – The Public Universal Friend and the Fresno Nightcrawlers

May 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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Two legends from the other side of the extremely big pond: “aliens” in Yosemite National Park and a “miracle worker” on Rhode Island.

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S3E104 – The Legend of Maud’s Elm

April 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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The “pathetic” legend of Maud’s Elm, a story as thrilling as it is obviously made up.

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S3E102 – Dame Creswyke’s Spectre

April 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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The bite-sized tale of Dame Creswyke: a restless spirit who has more than outstayed her welcome at one Moreton-in-Marsh hotel.

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S3E102 – The Wells of St Walstan – LIVE!

March 2022May 2022 Alasdair

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James brings Alasdair a piece of Norfolklore… It’s the story of St Walstan, a monk who was mates with a pair of oxen who had magic wee wee.

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S3E101 – St Columba and the Monster with Seán Burke

March 2022March 2022 Alasdair

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Happy St Patrick’s Day! Seán Burke brings the Lorebois the monster-packed story of Ireland’s rival patron saint.

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S3E100 – The Cauld Lad of Hylton with Danny Robins

March 2022March 2022 Alasdair

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Supernatural pod king and award-winning playwright Danny Robins brings James and Alasdair a little-known North-Eastern legend.

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S3E99 – Talking Heads – LIVE!

March 2022March 2022 Alasdair

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Alasdair and James chart the history of talking automata, from Friar Bacon’s diabolical brazen head to Professor Faber’s ill-fated “Euphonia”.

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S3E98 – The Curse of the Silk Shoes: Live at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2022

February 2022February 2022 Alasdair

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The story of a devilish gentleman and a pair of silk shoes that are very much house shoes. As in, if you take them out of the house… you die.

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