In this episode, the podcast takes a deep-dive into the history, archaeology and ghostlore of Queen Street Masonic Hall, Sunderland, the oldest custom-built Masonic Hall still in use by Freemasons in Britain.
The episode begins at Nafferton Castle in Northumberland, and the many fates of the murderer Long Lonkin, then moves a mile to the west to the site of Nafferton New Hall, and its pesky poltergeist.
The episode’s archives story is “A Ghost at Whitby” from the 8th December 1891’s
Episode 26 starts with a visit to the community archaeology project at Carlisle Cricket Club, the Uncovering Roman Carlisle project, with an interview with archaeologists Frank and Anna Giecco. Staying in Carlisle, the podcast then looks to the 1864 sighting of a ‘ghost’ in Milbourne Street, and reports from the
Episode 25’s main tale is a look at the gypsy curse of Levens Hall, Cumbria, along with its Grey Lady, Pink Lady and ghost dog. We then move onto a 1903 tale of a haunted house told in the Wemyss Gazette, before moving on to William Henderson’s version of the
The podcast starts with the tales of revenants described by the 12th century Augustinian Canon William Parvus, with stories that eventually became the tales we now know as the Vampires of Berwick, Melrose, Alnwick/Annan Castle and Buckingham. This episode’s ‘from the archives’ then looks at an article of a ghostly
The episode opens with the 1828 poem “The Benighted Traveller”, then moves to the history and tales of fairies and the Lambton Worm at Penshaw Monument near Sunderland. This episode’s archives story relates a case of mistaken identity in 1848, followed by the second story of the day which looks
Episode 22 starts with the origins of Burns Night and a look at the folklore surrounding Scotland’s national dish, haggis. From there the episode turns to Durham City and the tale of Sir John Duck and the Raven, before heading across to Northumberland for a swift peek at the ghosts
As the podcast sneaks into 2024, The Boggart starts the New Year with a report of a ghost in Sunderland in 1786, then moves on to give a rapid tour of some UK-wide and North East ghosts and hauntings associated with World War II, including brief glimpses at The North
Episode 20 marks the Boggart’s 2023 Christmas episode, and the last episode of 2023.
It it, for the Scrooges among you, the episode delves into the non-festive tale of The Hexham Heads, before then plunging into the folklore surrounding this festive season. There’s also a shoutout to two of
Out of all of the anomalous ‘mist’ images I’ve seen over the years, the imagery produced by smoke introduced to a cold damp atmosphere is by far the most evocative and easily prone to pareidolia and very simple imaginative interpretation…
Long exposure photography lies behind a lot of alleged paranormal imagery seen on the internet today – whether it be deliberate fakery or lack of knowledge on how the camera they’re using works…
In this episode we explore the ghostlore and folklore of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, and the ghost sightings at the Lying-in Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. The episode also details two ghostly tales from the 20th May 1893 edition of the Newcastle Courant.
Welcome to Episode 32, the 2024 ‘Festive’ edition of the Within the Boggart Wood podcast, with the Boggart’s own rendition of “Twas a Night Before Christmas”, before having a look at the 19th century author Jerome K Jerome and his issue with Christmas Eve ghosts. The podcast then delves into
The Haunting of Historic Dilston, Episode 31 and Halloween 2024 edition with guest chats
Episode 30 first takes us to the village of Brancepeth in County Durham with its tales of ghosts and porkine problems… the episode’s from the archives tells of some shenanigans in Redcar at the turn of the 20th century, then we have a wander up the coast from Redcar to
Episode 29 first takes us into the Scottish Borders and Northumberland for a look at the bloodthirsty goblins known as Redcap. From there, there’s a book review/recommendation of “Dirt Upon my Skin” by Steve Toase. The second tale then looks at the 17th century tale of Margaret Hooper and demonic
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