After a completely unplanned six month break (yeah, the Universe occasionally laughs heartily at plans and recording goals), the Within the Boggart Wood podcast is back with Episode 36. In it, I delve into the history of the Lady's Well at Holystone in Northumberland, before looking at a peculiar...
A couple of weeks ago, 'Candlegate' struck the paranormal Youtube Community. The debunking community...
An exercise in misdirection and video editing to demonstrate how many paranormal shows use those techniques to fake alleged paranormal activity...
Demonstration of masking in video recording techniques alongside a little self deprecating humour...
In the year 1632, two men were convicted of the murder of Anne Walker at the Durham Assizes. One of the men was her uncle, a wealthy Yeoman named John Walker who also stood accused of making her pregnant, and the other was a friend of his, Mark Sharp, a miner originally from Lancashire...
Launching into the podcast, I first of all deal with some project housekeeping, then delve into the County Durham tale of the Sockburn Worm/Sockburn Falchion - perhaps the oldest of the 'dragon' tales from North East England. After that, I tell Brockie's 1886 tale of the ghosts of Nicky Nack Field, then turn to a 'real ghost story' told in the Saturday 27th September 1902 edition of the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - I apologise in advance to the residents of Shotton Colliery for this one - before finishing with an introduction to the new Within the Boggart Wood Bare Bones Project.
One of the most commonly seen image types on ghost investigation websites and social media is that of the ghostly mist...
Demonstration of a 'poltergeist' or 'telekinesis' movement of a small pamphlet. The effect...
Demonstration of a 'poltergeist' or 'haunted' chair seemingly moving across an office by itself. The effect...
