Episode 33. The Laidley Worm and the Ghosts of Bamburgh Castle
Welcome to Episode 33 of the podcast – the first episode of 2025!
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.
Sources and info
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19340415/015/0015
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000086/18930520/035/0006
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19360419/008/0003
- https://bamburghresearchproject.co.uk/
- https://www.bamburghcastle.com/
- https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-places/northumberland
- https://www.higgypop.com/hauntings/bamburgh-castle/
- https://archive.org/details/aviewnorthumber00randgoog
- https://archive.org/details/ACollectionOfTheBalladsMelodiesAndSmall-pipeTunesOfNorthumbria
- https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Exact_and_Circumstantial_History_of_t/-LkhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en
- https://northumberlandarchives.com/2020/06/01/the-laidley-worm-of-spindlestone-heugh/
- Balfour, M.C. (1903) The Folk-Lore Society: Relics of Popular Antiquities
- Denham, M.A. (1846-59) The Denham Tracts, Volumes I and II
- Henderson, W. (1879) Notes on the folk-lore of the Northern Counties
- Histon, V. (2001) Ghosts of Grainger Town: Further tales from Newcastle’s Darker Side. Tyne Bridge Publishing
- Northumberland County History; Vol. I. History of the King’s Works: Brown, Colvin & Taylor: H.M.S.O. 1963
- Tomlinson, Monthly Chronicle, 1891
- Whitlock, R. (1983) Here Be Dragons. George Allen & Unwin
KEYWORDS
THE LAIDLEY WORM BAMBURGH CASTLE GREEN JANE PINK LADY LYING-IN HOSPITAL DRAGON WYRM KNIGHT ARMSTRONG GREEN LADY NORTHUMBERLAND SPINDLESTONE HEUGH DR JOHN SHARPE
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