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Welcome weary traveller, rest your weary bones, and while you warm up by the fire, we'll tell you tales from home. Join Meg and Jasper every Thursday for strange and spooky stories from around the UK. And maybe a biscuit. Or two.
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Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
This week the Wandering Eye delves into the life of one of spiritualism's most famous frauds - is it ectoplasm? Is it just sticky gauze? Where is it coming from? (Do you really want to know?) And discover how working class mediums ended up being catalysts for the first wave of feminism.
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Think it's easy being a medium? Think again. If the sceptics don't get you then the believers just might. Make sure you listen to our guide to ensure your seance doesn't get out of hand and maybe learn a trick of the spirit photography trade or two.
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
This week, grab your hot chocolate and favourite cosy blanket and settle in for the dark and stormy tale of the disappearances at Eilean Mor. Situated on a grassy rock out in the open ocean, keeping this lighthouse is not for the faint hearted and neither is the tragic story of three men who went out into the cold unknown, never to return.
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
In the last of our Halloween Bonus mini episodes, Meg welcomes you in for a biscuit and a seat by the fire to hear some of the strange and extraordinary halloween customs that we have Ireland to thank for.
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
You may think you know a thing or two about Edinburgh's most infamous body-snatchers. But did you know they never once actually robbed a grave? Or that they never could have commited their atrocities without the help of their loving wives? Whether you're a grave robbing buff or you don't know one end of a shovel from another, or you've only seen that one film about it with Simon Pegg, we think you'll be shocked as silent as the grave by the bloody tale of Burke and Hare.
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
In the third installment of the Halloween 2020 mini pods, Jasper has some strange and interesting stories from the beautiful and undulating land of the dragons: Wales. And is also very sorry about any horrible pronounciations of the Welsh language.
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
This week prepare yourself for the ultimate in Choose Your Own Adventures. Come with us to Edinburgh in the summer of 1645 to learn a little more about the Auld Reekie's last battle with the bubonic plague. Joining us for the ride today is our wonderful first podcast guest, vegan instagrammer, Sarah Welch.
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
In the second installment of our 2020 halloween mini pods, join Meg to discover the strange and unusual things that the English have historically gotten up to on All Hallows Eve. Who knows, maybe you'll even find some new ways to celebrate the spookiest time of the year.
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Over the years, Scotland has played host to all sorts of mysteries and strange occurences. Join us this week as we explore two such odd and interesting - and still unexplainable - parts of Scottish history. From the conundrum of a severed arm discovered on the sea shore in Aberdeen, to a series of cavernous rooms carved beneath the streets of a small and unsuspecting mining community - which may have had ties to witches and satanic cults.
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
In this first of four mini podcasts specially recorded to celebrate the month of October (the spookiest month of the year), Jasper brings you a selection of Halloween stories and traditions all the way from Scotland.