https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/curious-britain--6492998enHistoryCurious Britainhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9c262dbb69c00e77c1b9d172cb80a02e.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/curious-britain--6492998Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:19:36 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranMelissa & Prash Ganendrancuriousbritainpodcast@gmail.comFew places on earth are shrouded in as much myth, history, legend, and mystery as the British Isles. From the archaeological puzzles of stone circles and prehistoric pits to ghosts, smugglers and fascinating folklore, the United Kingdom has it all....false8e7a31dd-8887-5081-832e-2f301e005f06episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-the-flannan-isles-lighthouse-mystery--66998046
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https://www.nlb.org.uk/lighthouses/flannan-islands/ https://www.nlb.org.uk/history/flannan-isles/

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-Eilean-Mor-Lighthouse-Mystery/

https://www.enschrage.nl/lh/hebrides/hebrides_outer/flannan_isles.html

Dundee Evening Telegraph - Saturday 29 December 1900

Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 05 January 1901

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66998046Sat, 09 Aug 2025 08:00:08 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranIn December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from the remote island of Eilean Mòr without a trace. Over the years, their disappearance has become legend through stories, songs, and speculation. But what really happened on that storm-swept rock?...
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https://www.nlb.org.uk/lighthouses/flannan-islands/ https://www.nlb.org.uk/history/flannan-isles/

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-Eilean-Mor-Lighthouse-Mystery/

https://www.enschrage.nl/lh/hebrides/hebrides_outer/flannan_isles.html

Dundee Evening Telegraph - Saturday 29 December 1900

Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser - Saturday 05 January 1901

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>1075bedtime+stories,eileen+mor,flannan+isles,forgotten+history,lighthouse+mystery,maritime+disaster,maritime+history,maritime+mystery,mysterious+disappearance,scottish+history,scottish+lighthouse,scottish+mystery,strange+matters,unsolved+mysteryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/25-the-green-children-of-woolpit--66131617
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https://plover.net/~agarvin/faerie/story/green_children.html
Bury Free Press - Friday 17 February 1984
The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries by Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe

 Music: "Mourning Song" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66131617Sat, 02 Aug 2025 10:10:18 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranStep into 12th-century Suffolk with this episode of Curious Britain, as we uncover the mysterious legend of the Green Children of Woolpit. Found in the fields with green skin and speaking an unknown language, these children have baffled historians for...
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https://plover.net/~agarvin/faerie/story/green_children.html
Bury Free Press - Friday 17 February 1984
The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries by Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe

 Music: "Mourning Song" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sources:

Long, David (2021-03-09T22:58:59.000). Lost Britain : An A-Z of forgotten landmarks and lost traditions . Lume Books. Kindle Edition.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/secret-tunnels-hidden-towers-leicester-3213863 https://www.flickr.com/photos/braunstonehall/8714469687

https://www.winstanleyhouse.co.uk https://www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/our-parks/braunstone-park/braunstone-park-history/#:~:text=Braunstone%20Park%20was%20originally%20part,Hastings%20and%20the%20Grey%20families.

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"Morgana Rides " Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66018779Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranBeneath Leicester’s Braunstone Park lies a hidden mystery — a forgotten network of tunnels beneath a grand Georgian hall. Once the home of the Winstanley family, Braunstone Hall has long held secrets within its foundations. In this episode, we explore...

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Sources:

Long, David (2021-03-09T22:58:59.000). Lost Britain : An A-Z of forgotten landmarks and lost traditions . Lume Books. Kindle Edition.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/secret-tunnels-hidden-towers-leicester-3213863 https://www.flickr.com/photos/braunstonehall/8714469687

https://www.winstanleyhouse.co.uk https://www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/our-parks/braunstone-park/braunstone-park-history/#:~:text=Braunstone%20Park%20was%20originally%20part,Hastings%20and%20the%20Grey%20families.

Music:

"Morgana Rides " Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Long Note Three Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>697abandoned+places+uk,braunstone+park+tunnels,forgotten+tunnels+britain,hidden+history+of+leicester,hidden+tunnels+uk,leicester+underground+tunnels,mysterious+places+uk,secret+tunnels+braunstone,uk+urban+exploration,urban+legends+leicesterfalse24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/23-princess-caraboo-the-royal-hoax-that-fooled-19th-century-england--65804632

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"East of Tunesia" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65804632Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranWhen an exotic traveller knocked on the door of the parson’s house in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, in April 1817 seeking food and shelter, the local community were fascinated by the mysterious young woman who dressed in oriental attire and couldn’t...

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"East of Tunesia" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>99319th+century+mystery,british+history+podcast,famous+historical+scams,historical+hoaxes,history+storytelling+podcast,hoaxes+in+history,princess+caraboo,victorian+era+deception,women+in+historyfalse23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/22-the-haunted-history-of-blackwall-tunnel-ghostly-hitchhiker-hidden-secrets--65258382

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Sources:

“Blackwall Tunnel”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel
“Blackwall Tunnel Dangers”, Southwark and Bermondsey Reporter, Friday 4th May 1928, British Newspaper Archive
 “Bomb incidents”, Historic Hansard, API Parliament.UK.com, HC Deb 18 January 1979 vol 960 cc1988-94, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1979/jan/18/bomb-incidents “Centenary of the opening of the Blackwall Tunnel”, Greenwich Peninsula History, July 2013, https://greenwichpeninsulahistory.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/centenary-of-the-opening-of-the-blackwall-tunnel/
Huggett, Poppy, “Blackwall Tunnel reported as haunted hotspot in London”, News Shopper, 24th October 2023
Icy Sedgwick Blog, “Who is the phantom hitchhiker that haunts the Blackwall Tunnel?”, September 2019, https://www.icysedgwick.com/phantom-hitchhiker/
Isle of Dogs Life, “The Blackwall Tunnel – The Twenty First Wonder of the World”, https://isleofdogslife.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/the-blackwall-tunnel-the-twenty-first-wonder-of-the-world/ Isle of Dogs Life, “The Mystery of Sir Walter Raleigh’s House in Blackwall”, https://isleofdogslife.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/the-mystery-of-sir-walter-raleighs-house-in-blackwall/
Kendrick, Lauren, “The Hidden Secrets of the Blackwall Tunnel”, March 2022, LondonXLondon, https://www.londonxlondon.com/blackwall-tunnel/
Mansfield, Ian, “Today’s the 125th anniversary of opening of the Blackwall Tunnel”, May 2022, IanVisits, https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/todays-the-125th-anniversary-of-opening-the-blackwall-tunnel-54863/
Noble, Will, “A Brief History of the Blackwall Tunnel”, February 2023, Londonist.com, https://londonist.com/london/transport/blackwall-tunnel-125-years-anniversary
The Shady Old Lady’s Guide to London, “The Blackwall Tunnel”, http://shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=1104
Westwood, J & Simpson, J, The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England’s Legends, 2005, Penguin Group, London

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65258382Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:00:08 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranWho knew that an urban tunnel could be so filled with curiosities? From its celebrated opening in 1897 to today, the Blackwall Tunnel has played host to a mass underwater luncheon, caused various kinds of chaos, and been home to a ghostly hitchhiker...

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Sources:

“Blackwall Tunnel”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel
“Blackwall Tunnel Dangers”, Southwark and Bermondsey Reporter, Friday 4th May 1928, British Newspaper Archive
 “Bomb incidents”, Historic Hansard, API Parliament.UK.com, HC Deb 18 January 1979 vol 960 cc1988-94, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1979/jan/18/bomb-incidents “Centenary of the opening of the Blackwall Tunnel”, Greenwich Peninsula History, July 2013, https://greenwichpeninsulahistory.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/centenary-of-the-opening-of-the-blackwall-tunnel/
Huggett, Poppy, “Blackwall Tunnel reported as haunted hotspot in London”, News Shopper, 24th October 2023
Icy Sedgwick Blog, “Who is the phantom hitchhiker that haunts the Blackwall Tunnel?”, September 2019, https://www.icysedgwick.com/phantom-hitchhiker/
Isle of Dogs Life, “The Blackwall Tunnel – The Twenty First Wonder of the World”, https://isleofdogslife.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/the-blackwall-tunnel-the-twenty-first-wonder-of-the-world/ Isle of Dogs Life, “The Mystery of Sir Walter Raleigh’s House in Blackwall”, https://isleofdogslife.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/the-mystery-of-sir-walter-raleighs-house-in-blackwall/
Kendrick, Lauren, “The Hidden Secrets of the Blackwall Tunnel”, March 2022, LondonXLondon, https://www.londonxlondon.com/blackwall-tunnel/
Mansfield, Ian, “Today’s the 125th anniversary of opening of the Blackwall Tunnel”, May 2022, IanVisits, https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/todays-the-125th-anniversary-of-opening-the-blackwall-tunnel-54863/
Noble, Will, “A Brief History of the Blackwall Tunnel”, February 2023, Londonist.com, 974blackwall+tunnel,blackwall+tunnel+history,british+folklore,ghostly+hitchhiker,ghost+sightings+london,haunted+places+in+britain,haunted+places+uk,haunted+roads+uk,london+ghost+stories,paranormal+uk+history,supernatural+sightings+london,uk+urban+legends,urban+legends+uk,vanishing+hitchhikerfalse22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-the-great-stink-of-1858-how-london-s-sewer-crisis-changed-the-city-forever--65258194

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http://www.choleraandthethames.co.uk/cholera-in-london/the-great-stink/ https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/photographs/the-great-stink/ https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-great-stink-londons-unbearable-summer-of-1858

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65258194Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:00:08 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranIn the summer of 1858, London was overwhelmed by a horrific stench emanating from the River Thames, which had become a vast, polluted cesspool. The unbearable odour disrupted daily life, with Parliament nearly relocated due to the health risks. The...

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http://www.choleraandthethames.co.uk/cholera-in-london/the-great-stink/ https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/photographs/the-great-stink/ https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-great-stink-londons-unbearable-summer-of-1858

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>75619th+century+london,great+stink+of+1858,history+of+london,history+of+sewage+systems,joseph+bazalgette,london+history,london+in+the+19th+century,london+public+health,metropolitan+sewers+act,river+thames+pollution,sewer+system+history,victorian+era,victorian+londonfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/20-the-strange-case-of-mary-jobson-the-sunderland-poltergeist--65256475

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Sources:
A Faithful Record of the Miraculous Case of Mary Jobson by W.R Clanny
The Sunderland Echo, December 1950
The Yorkshire Post, June 27, 1932
Newcastle Chronicle September 19 1874  

Music: "Night Vigil" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65256475Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranExplore one of the most little-known and unsettling cases of poltergeist activity ever to take place in the UK. This is the case of 12-year-old Mary Jobson from Sunderland, who was brought almost to the brink of death by a series of disembodied...

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Sources:
A Faithful Record of the Miraculous Case of Mary Jobson by W.R Clanny
The Sunderland Echo, December 1950
The Yorkshire Post, June 27, 1932
Newcastle Chronicle September 19 1874  

Music: "Night Vigil" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>1307british+ghosts,british+ghost+stories,british+unsolved+mystery,mary+jobsonfalse20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/19-one-of-our-diplomats-is-missing-benjamin-bathurst--65256241

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Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65256241Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:15:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranHow do you go about finding someone who walks round a corner and disappears, seemingly without a trace? This is what happened in the curious case of Benjamin Bathurst… 💡 Support us on Patreon Enjoying Curious Britain? Help us keep the show going by...

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Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>737benjamin+bathurst,british+history,british+unsolved+mystery,missing+personfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/18-eyam-plague-the-village-of-the-damned--65256375
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https://www.eyamvillage.org.uk/plague
https://www.eyam-museum.org.uk
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Why-Is-Eyam-Significant/   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35064071
https://britishheritage.com/travel/derbyshire-village-of-eyam-the-town-that-stopped-the-plague   https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/02/bubonic-plague-coronavirus-quarantine-eyam-england/  
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Nursery-Rhymes/   https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/great-plague#:~:text=In%201665%20a%20devastating%20epidemic,in%20London%20suddenly%20in%201665   https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/three-myths-you-believe-about-great-fire-london   http://smhccg.org/folklore-legends/lost-love-of-rowland-torre-and-emmott-sydall/  

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65256375Thu, 29 May 2025 06:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranAn extraordinary sighting of a comet over London in 1664 heralded a double disaster of the following two years: The Great Plague and the Great Fire. But it wasn’t just Londoners who suffered. The Peak District village of Eyam made an incredible...
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https://www.eyamvillage.org.uk/plague
https://www.eyam-museum.org.uk
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Why-Is-Eyam-Significant/   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35064071
https://britishheritage.com/travel/derbyshire-village-of-eyam-the-town-that-stopped-the-plague   https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/02/bubonic-plague-coronavirus-quarantine-eyam-england/  
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Nursery-Rhymes/   https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/great-plague#:~:text=In%201665%20a%20devastating%20epidemic,in%20London%20suddenly%20in%201665   https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/three-myths-you-believe-about-great-fire-london   http://smhccg.org/folklore-legends/lost-love-of-rowland-torre-and-emmott-sydall/  

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>1141black+death,eyam+plaguefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/17-the-mystery-of-the-devonshire-footprints--63850850

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Sources: 
Cheshire Observer, Saturday 24th February 1855
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000158/18550224/014/0004
Fanthorpe, Lionel & Patricia, “The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries”, 1997, Dundurn Press

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63850850Thu, 22 May 2025 06:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranThe heavy snowfall overnight in Devon in February 1855 was unusual. But what was even more unusual was the trail of footprints that appeared in the snow, ranging for over 100 miles, crossing rivers and 20-foot-high obstacles. They didn’t seem to be...

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Sources: 
Cheshire Observer, Saturday 24th February 1855
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000158/18550224/014/0004
Fanthorpe, Lionel & Patricia, “The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries”, 1997, Dundurn Press

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>788british+folklore,british+history,british+legends,british+monsters,british+mysteries,british+myths,devil's+footprints,devils+footprints,devon+cryptids,devon+footprints,english+folklore,english+mythology,english+mythology+stories,folklore+and+myths,forgotten+british+history,legendary+creatures,myths+and+legendsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-adolph-beck-a-case-of-mistaken-identity--64381548
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Sources: ·
Arkowitz, Hal & Lilienfeld, Scott, 2010, “Why science tells us not to rely on eyewitness accounts”,

Scientific American Mind, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-it/  

Futility Closet Podcast, Episode 165: A Case of Mistaken 

Identity https://www.futilitycloset.com/2017/08/14/podcast-episode-165-case-mistaken-identity/

The Evening Times, December 24, 1909

The Sun, May 31, 1914, “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a detective in real life” https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1914-05-31/ed-1/seq-47/#date1=1789&index=8&rows=20&words=Adolph+Beck&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Adolph+Beck&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

Wikipedia, Court of Criminal Appeal, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal   ·      Wikipedia, “George Edalji” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edalji

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64381548Thu, 15 May 2025 06:00:10 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranIn 19th century England it seemed that having a distinctive moustache was risky, as chemist Adolf Beck found out to his misfortune. At the time, eyewitness descriptions of criminals were accepted as fact, in a world without DNA and the scientific...
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Sources: ·
Arkowitz, Hal & Lilienfeld, Scott, 2010, “Why science tells us not to rely on eyewitness accounts”,

Scientific American Mind, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-it/  

Futility Closet Podcast, Episode 165: A Case of Mistaken 

Identity https://www.futilitycloset.com/2017/08/14/podcast-episode-165-case-mistaken-identity/

The Evening Times, December 24, 1909

The Sun, May 31, 1914, “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a detective in real life” https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1914-05-31/ed-1/seq-47/#date1=1789&index=8&rows=20&words=Adolph+Beck&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Adolph+Beck&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

Wikipedia, Court of Criminal Appeal, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Criminal_Appeal   ·      Wikipedia, “George Edalji” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edalji

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>991adolph+beck,british+history,forgotten+history,forgotten+true+crimefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-how-pigeons-helped-win-wwii-the-secret-history-of-wartime-messengers--64537722
Operation Turtle Dove: https://www.operationturtledove.org
Check out Penny's Pigeon Aid at https://www.pennyspigeonaid.com — a wonderful organisation dedicated to improving pigeon welfare through education and awareness. 

Music:

"March of the Spoons" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Sources:
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/homing-pigeons-contributions-world-war-2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-17138990 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11400814 https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-carrier-pigeons-of-the-first-world-war https://www.rpra.org/pigeons-in-war/ https://www.rpra.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/national-pigeon-service.pdf https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal/gi-joe https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/poultry-101/heroic-pigeons-in-world-war-ii/ https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/poultry-101/the-sport-of-racing-pigeons/ https://www.onekindplanet.org/animal/pigeon/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-62362307 https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/pigeon-takes-secret-message-grave https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/british-army-entrusted-its-secrets-birdbrains   https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/1760047/winkie-broughty-ferry-homing-pigeon/ https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/british-army-entrusted-its-secrets-birdbrains “Birds”, Collins Gem British Birds: A Pocket Guide

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64537722Sun, 04 May 2025 11:21:13 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranFew birds are as quintessentially British as the humble pigeon, but at best, they’re seen as comical, at worst, as vermin. But did you know that pigeons served as daring message carriers in the World Wars? In this episode, we’ll explore the...
Operation Turtle Dove: https://www.operationturtledove.org
Check out Penny's Pigeon Aid at https://www.pennyspigeonaid.com — a wonderful organisation dedicated to improving pigeon welfare through education and awareness. 

Music:

"March of the Spoons" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Sources:
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/homing-pigeons-contributions-world-war-2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-17138990 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11400814 https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-carrier-pigeons-of-the-first-world-war https://www.rpra.org/pigeons-in-war/ https://www.rpra.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/national-pigeon-service.pdf https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal/gi-joe https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/poultry-101/heroic-pigeons-in-world-war-ii/ https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/poultry-101/the-sport-of-racing-pigeons/ https://www.onekindplanet.org/animal/pigeon/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-62362307 https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/pigeon-takes-secret-message-grave https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/british-army-entrusted-its-secrets-birdbrains   https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/1760047/winkie-broughty-ferry-homing-pigeon/ 1486animal+war+heroes,bletchley+park+wwii,british+pigeon+history,carrier+pigeons,dickin+medal,homing+pigeon,national+pigeon+service,operation+turtle+dove,pigeons+first+world+war,pigeons+in+world+war+ii,racing+pigeon,second+world+war,ve+day,ve+day+anniversary,ve+day+ww2,war+pigeon,wood+pigeon,ww2+pigeons,wwii+animal+war+heroesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/14-the-drowned-village-of-herne-bay--63850846Curious Britain as we uncover the lost village swallowed by the tide.


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Sources:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/mystery-heartbreaking-remains-drowned-village-27041964 https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/hampton-sea-drowned-herne-bay-6321829 http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/hampton.html

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63850846Thu, 01 May 2025 06:00:10 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranHampton-on-Sea, a once-thriving Kent village, now lies beneath the waves—forgotten by time but not by history. Among its final residents was Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, famed for his role in the Jack the Ripper investigation. As the sea devoured...Curious Britain as we uncover the lost village swallowed by the tide.


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Sources:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/mystery-heartbreaking-remains-drowned-village-27041964 https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/hampton-sea-drowned-herne-bay-6321829 http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/hampton.html

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>564abandoned+uk+villages,british+history,coastal+erosion+uk,drowned+village,edmund+reid,forgotten+british+history,forgotten+history,hampton+on+sea,herne+bay,herne+bay+hidden+history,kent+history,lost+british+villages,sunken+village+kent,underwater+townsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-the-vanishing-heiress-violet-charlesworth--63847836
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Sources:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/welsh-woman-who-stole-2m-24779142 https://www.welshcountry.co.uk/january-1909-the-motor-car-mystery/
Magazine Echo, 2 October 1954, British Newspaper Archive

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63847836Thu, 24 Apr 2025 06:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranFraud, deception, a striking red cloak, and a crashed car on a lonely Welsh clifftop road. What was the enigmatic story behind this curious little-known incident, and why is this spot still known as “Violet’s Leap” today? 💡 Support us on Patreon...
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Sources:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/welsh-woman-who-stole-2m-24779142 https://www.welshcountry.co.uk/january-1909-the-motor-car-mystery/
Magazine Echo, 2 October 1954, British Newspaper Archive

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>715bedtime+stories,british+history,british+mystery,con+artists+in+history,edwardian+scandal,historical+fraud,infamous+hoaxes,strange+disappearances,true+story,vanishing+heiress,violet+charlesworth,violet's+leap,women+criminalsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-the-hammersmith-ghost-a-strange-murder-defence--63841911
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Sources:
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18040111-79?text=Francis%20Smith
Hull Packet, 17 January 1804
London Courier and Evening Gazette, 9 January 1804
The Lore of the Land by Westwood & Simpson

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63841911Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranIf you shoot a ghost that’s been frightening people to death, is it against the law? This could be one of the strangest murder defences in history, when Francis Smith armed himself with a pistol and went in search of the ghoulish apparition that was...
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Sources:
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18040111-79?text=Francis%20Smith
Hull Packet, 17 January 1804
London Courier and Evening Gazette, 9 January 1804
The Lore of the Land by Westwood & Simpson

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>492british+ghost+stories,british+true+crime,curious+history+stories,forgotten+history,ghost+stories+from+britain,hammermsith+ghost,hammersmith+ghost+case,hammersmith+ghost+legend,haunting+true+crime+tales,historical+events,history+of+british,london+ghost+stories,london+history,old+bailey+murder+trials,paranormal+crime+stories,supernatural+legal+cases,thomas+millwood+shootingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/11-hermits-for-hire--63841901

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Music:
"March of the Spoons" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Sources:
Campbell, Gordon, “The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome”
London Courier and Evening Gazette, 10 April 1829
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ornamental-hermits-were-18th-century-englands-must-have-garden-accessory-180982469/https://www.historicmysteries.com/ornamental-hermit

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63841901Wed, 09 Apr 2025 06:15:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranThink modern fads are strange? Try the Georgian craze for having a hermit living in your back garden. Let’s explore this forgotten trend which saw a spate of advertisements for people to spend seven years living on country estates without washing or...

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Music:
"March of the Spoons" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Sources:
Campbell, Gordon, “The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome”
London Courier and Evening Gazette, 10 April 1829
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ornamental-hermits-were-18th-century-englands-must-have-garden-accessory-180982469/https://www.historicmysteries.com/ornamental-hermit

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>831bizarre+british+customs,british+folklore+podcast,british+history,curious+history+stories,forgotten+history,georgian+england,hermit+craze+england,hermits+for+hire,hermits+in+history,historical+mysteries,history+of+british,myths+legends,old+british+customs,strange+british+storiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-mccaig-s-folly-scotland-s-colosseum-oban-s-hidden-gem--63841869
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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCaig%27s_Tower

https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/mccaigs-tower-p255141
 
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/oban/mccaigstower/index.html

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63841869Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranDid you know there’s a replica of the famous Colosseum of Rome in Scotland? Let’s find out where it came from, who built it, and why, in this episode of Curious Britain. 💡 Support us on Patreon Enjoying Curious Britain? Support the podcast on Patreon...
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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCaig%27s_Tower

https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/mccaigs-tower-p255141
 
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/oban/mccaigstower/index.html

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>365british+monuments,curious+britain+podcast,famous+scottish+buildings,highlands+history,historic+scotland,mccaig's+folly,mccaig's+tower,roman+colosseum+scotland,scotland+sightseeing,scotland+tourism,scotland+travel,scottish+history,scottish+landmarks,victorian+scotlandfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/9-the-headless-boggart-of-longridge--63821105

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Sources:
Westwood & Simpson, “The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England’s Legends”, 2005, Penguin Books 
https://ludchurchmyblog.wordpress.com/places-further-afield/the-boggart-stone/ https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Boggart https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/22628672.lancashires-fairy-folklore/#:~:text=The%20headless%20boggart%20of%20Longridge,It%20was%20hers https://www.spookyisles.com/boggart-headless-lady/ https://from-bedroom-to-study.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-latter-day-legends-of-devilish-dogs.html

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63821105Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:30:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranWe explore the cryptic inscription on a stone slab which hints at the terror wrought by a boggart in the village of Longridge, Lancashire. Many people in the area have reported tales over the centuries of apparitions, misfortune, and mischievous...

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Sources:
Westwood & Simpson, “The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England’s Legends”, 2005, Penguin Books 
https://ludchurchmyblog.wordpress.com/places-further-afield/the-boggart-stone/ https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Boggart https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/homes-and-gardens/places-to-live/22628672.lancashires-fairy-folklore/#:~:text=The%20headless%20boggart%20of%20Longridge,It%20was%20hers https://www.spookyisles.com/boggart-headless-lady/ https://from-bedroom-to-study.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-latter-day-legends-of-devilish-dogs.html

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Sources:
Charles River Editors, “The Mysterious British Isles: A Collection of Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena across Britain and Ireland”, Kindle Edition. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blood https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Theft-of-the-Crown-Jewels/
https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/Trails/the-crown-jewels
https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/education/thomas-blood.pdf

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63820969Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:15:06 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranDisguises, sword fights, kidnapping, and a band of 17th century rogues – they’re all here in this eventful episode of Curious Britain, as we explore this historic attempt to purloin every thief’s dream target…The Crown Jewels. 💡 Support us on Patreon...
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Sources:
Charles River Editors, “The Mysterious British Isles: A Collection of Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena across Britain and Ireland”, Kindle Edition. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blood https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Theft-of-the-Crown-Jewels/
https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/Trails/the-crown-jewels
https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/education/thomas-blood.pdf

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>891british+history,colonel+blood,crown+jewels,crown+jewels+heist,england's+crown+jewels,infamous+criminals,tower+of+londonfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-mother-shipton-s-prophecies--63820918
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Sources:
https://www.mothershipton.co.uk
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/10456/
The Strange and Wonderful History of Mother Shipton Plainly Setting Forth Her Prodigious Birth, Life, Death, and Burial, with an Exact Collection of All Her Famous Prophecys, More Compleat than Ever Yet before Published, and Large Explanations, Shewing How They Have All along Been Fulfilled to This Very Year. London: Printed for W.H. and sold by J. Conyers, 1686.

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63820918Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:30:06 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranDid a 15th century witch who lived in a remote North Yorkshire cave really predict the rise and fall of monarchs, world wars, planes, and even the internet? Some people think so, and even today tourists flock to visit Mother Shipton’s cave in...
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Sources:
https://www.mothershipton.co.uk
https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/10456/
The Strange and Wonderful History of Mother Shipton Plainly Setting Forth Her Prodigious Birth, Life, Death, and Burial, with an Exact Collection of All Her Famous Prophecys, More Compleat than Ever Yet before Published, and Large Explanations, Shewing How They Have All along Been Fulfilled to This Very Year. London: Printed for W.H. and sold by J. Conyers, 1686.

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>889ancient+curses,british+folklore,british+history,british+legends,british+mysteries,british+myths,english+folklore,english+mythology+stories,knaresborough,mother+shipton,mother+shipton+predictions,mother+shipton's+cave,petrifying+well,superstition,witchcraft,witches,yorkshire+historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-coningsby-s-curious-church-clock--63820879
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Sources:
https://coningsby.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/parish-information/famous-one-handed-clock/1#:~:text=The%20one%20handed%20clock%20in,Very%20few%20survived

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/history/peculiar-lincolnshire-clock-largest-kind-8836927

https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/08/coningsby-lincolnshire.html https://roys-roy.blogspot.com/2013/10/curious-church-clocks.html

https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=2619

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63820879Thu, 06 Mar 2025 07:30:09 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranSt Michael’s Church Clock in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, is the largest of its kind in the country. But what else is unique about this historic timepiece? Find out in this episode of Curious Britain. 💡 Support us on Patreon Enjoying Curious Britain?...
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Sources:
https://coningsby.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/parish-information/famous-one-handed-clock/1#:~:text=The%20one%20handed%20clock%20in,Very%20few%20survived

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/history/peculiar-lincolnshire-clock-largest-kind-8836927

https://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2016/08/coningsby-lincolnshire.html https://roys-roy.blogspot.com/2013/10/curious-church-clocks.html

https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=2619

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>430british+history,british+monuments,coningsby,natural+historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-aliens-or-airships-the-forgotten-ufos-of-ireland--63815289

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Sources:
The Irish Times, 21 May 1909 
The Staffordshire Sentinel, 21 May 1909
The Western Times, 22 May 1909
The People, 23 May 1909
The Weekly Freeman, 14 May 1910
The Belfast Newsletter, 11 May 1910
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_G._Spencer

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63815289Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:30:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranUFO sightings today are often blamed on modern aircraft. But how can we explain the reports of moving lights and mysterious airships across Ireland as early as 1909, in the infancy of aviation? 💡 Support us on Patreon Enjoying Curious Britain?...

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Sources:
The Irish Times, 21 May 1909 
The Staffordshire Sentinel, 21 May 1909
The Western Times, 22 May 1909
The People, 23 May 1909
The Weekly Freeman, 14 May 1910
The Belfast Newsletter, 11 May 1910
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_G._Spencer

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Sources:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-britain-blue-eyed-boy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man
https://www.majesticdesigns.co.uk/news/10-facts-never-knew-cheddar/ https://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/education/workshop/cheddar-man https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/mesolithic-skeleton-known-as-cheddar-man-shares-the-same-dna-with-english-teacher-of-history
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/cheddar-gorge https://www.visitsomerset.co.uk/things-to-do/attractions/cave/cheddar-gorge-caves https://www.westcountryparks.co.uk/10-interesting-facts-about-cheddar-gorge-and-caves
Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, 3 February 1904 

Music:
"Ancient Rite" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63815256Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranWhen a group of workers on a routine drainage project accidentally discovered something buried in a cave in the Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, they could never have predicted that it would become one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever...
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Sources:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/cheddar-man-mesolithic-britain-blue-eyed-boy.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Man
https://www.majesticdesigns.co.uk/news/10-facts-never-knew-cheddar/ https://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/education/workshop/cheddar-man https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/mesolithic-skeleton-known-as-cheddar-man-shares-the-same-dna-with-english-teacher-of-history
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/cheddar-gorge https://www.visitsomerset.co.uk/things-to-do/attractions/cave/cheddar-gorge-caves https://www.westcountryparks.co.uk/10-interesting-facts-about-cheddar-gorge-and-caves
Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, 3 February 1904 

Music:
"Ancient Rite" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>754archaeology,british+discoveries,cheddar+gorge+caves,cheddar+man,folklore+and+myths,natural+history,prehistoric+britain,prehistoric+man,somerset+landmarksfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-the-rollright-stones--63815252
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Sources:
https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/stones/whispering-knights https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/rollright-stones/
Oxfordshire Weekly News, 30 January 1924

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63815252Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranWho (or what) placed these curious monuments on top of a Cotswold hill between 3,500 and 1,500 BC, and what was their purpose? Let’s explore the archaeology and folklore that surrounds the Rollright Stones, which are less well-known that Stonehenge,...
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Sources:
https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/stones/whispering-knights https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/rollright-stones/
Oxfordshire Weekly News, 30 January 1924

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>958ancient+folklore,british+history,british+mysteries,cotswolds,neolithic,oxfordshire,pagan+rituals,prehistoric+mysteries,rollright+stones,stone+circles,stone+circles+of+britain,witch,witchesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-britain-s-great-blizzard--63815228

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Sources:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Blizzard-1891/
Norfolk News 14 March 1891 
Exeter Flying Post 14 March 1891

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63815228Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:00:09 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranBritain isn’t known for its extreme weather events, but did you know the country was battered by snowstorms in 1891? The storm caused chaos, burying trains, blowing ships onto the rocks, and bringing down telegraph wires in an oft-forgotten incident...

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Sources:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Blizzard-1891/
Norfolk News 14 March 1891 
Exeter Flying Post 14 March 1891

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>4751891+storm,britain's+great+storm,britain's+worst+storms,british+history,british+snow,british+storm,devon+and+cornwall,extreme+weather,great+blizzard,historical+storms,maritime+disasters,snow+stormfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-the-legend-of-black-shuck--63815207
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Sources:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21406687.weird-suffolk-thunderbolt-lightning-frightening-day-black-shuck-terrorised-suffolk/
https://bungay-suffolk.co.uk/about/history/bungay-history-the-black-dog/
https://www.strangehistory.net/2014/05/26/non-discovery-shuck/
https://blackshuckfestival.comDownham Market Gazette, 23 July 1898
Norfolk and Suffolk Journal, July 1970
Ben Brierley’s Journal, 28 March 1891
Evening News, 28 November 1996
Daily Chronicle, 17 July 1922

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63815207Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:00:07 +0000Melissa & Prash GanendranAugust 1577. Lightning struck. Thunder rumbled. And a demonic black dog appeared in a Suffolk church, terrifying the villagers, and leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. This was one of the earliest sightings of the mysterious beast...
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Sources:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21406687.weird-suffolk-thunderbolt-lightning-frightening-day-black-shuck-terrorised-suffolk/
https://bungay-suffolk.co.uk/about/history/bungay-history-the-black-dog/
https://www.strangehistory.net/2014/05/26/non-discovery-shuck/
https://blackshuckfestival.comDownham Market Gazette, 23 July 1898
Norfolk and Suffolk Journal, July 1970
Ben Brierley’s Journal, 28 March 1891
Evening News, 28 November 1996
Daily Chronicle, 17 July 1922

Created by Prash and Melissa Ganendran]]>675black+shuck,blythburgh,british+cryptids,british+folklore,british+legends,british+monsters,british+myths,bungay,east+anglia+mystery,english+folklore,english+folklore+creatures,english+mythology,english+mythology+stories,ghostly+black+dog,legendary+creatures,legend+of+black+shuck,myths+and+legends,suffolk+mysteries,uk+history,uk+mysteriesfalsefull