Eerie Essex
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA podcast for those who want to join us on our journey into the stranger side of the county. We will be exploring the folklore, urban legends and supernatural encounters that form part of it's rich history.
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Fearful Pranks Ensue
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Pinch, punch first of the month! Happy April Fools Day :-) We hope you have all had fun and got up to some shenanigans. This episode we look at some pranks, jokes and tomfoolery of the county. We had great fun making this ....mischief managed! If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] Also please contact us with any tales of telephones calls, voice mails, emails, mes...
Cryptids 2 Electric Boogaloo
February 13, 2024 16:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBSend us a Text Message. In this months episode we delve into the weird and wonderful world of cryptozoology. We cover dogmen, reptilians, sea monsters...and....an evil platypus? Canvey Island Monster Returns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZA2pK6ixGk Manfish Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzDrvgpkIs If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can support us on Ko-Fi and Pat...
Eerie Essex On The Road: Our House in the middle of the Green
December 21, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBSend us a Text Message. On the road again and happy Winter Solstice! Thank you to Sue Whytock and Nick Lumm for sharing their stories from St John's Green, Colchester. Link to property: https://www.onthemarket.com/details/11578215/ Eerie Essex on the road was supported by the Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund, who provided funding and support for this undertaking. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: ...
Eerie Essex On The Road: Southside Story
December 21, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBOn the road again and happy Winter Solstice! Thank you to Sue Whytock and Nick Lumm for sharing their stories from St John's Green, Colchester. Eerie Essex on the road was supported by the Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund, who provided funding and support for this undertaking. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just s...
Eerie Essex on the Road: The Wivenhoe Files
December 04, 2023 15:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBSend us a Text Message. It's another on the road special! We were joined by the enigmatic Martin Newell who had lots of strange tales about the sleepy fishing village of Wivenhoe. Martin's music: https://www.cleanersfromvenus.com/ Martin's Poetry: https://soundcloud.com/essex-record-office/sets/spoke-n-word Eerie Essex on the road was supported by the Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund, who provided funding and support for this undertaking. If you have any more information abou...
Kill or Cure
October 23, 2023 17:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This month we look at stories from some of the county's old asylums. We discuss a mixture of fascinating and heartbreaking tales that we hopefully managed to approach respectfully. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a review. Support...
Eerie Essex on the Road: Painting the town dread, a listener story
September 15, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBSend us a Text Message. It's episode 2 of our listener series and we really enjoyed talking to Jane Stewart about her experiences. Hear the chilling stories we recorded in the Wivenhoe Bookshop... Eerie Essex on the road was supported by the Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund, who provided funding and support for this undertaking. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can ...
Eerie Essex on the Road: The Hitchhiker Ghost, a listener story
September 01, 2023 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBSend us a Text Message. We are so excited to bring you the first episode in our new listener series "Eerie Essex on the Road". Her the chilling tale we recorded in Colchester Castle prisons regarding a hitchhiker who were not all they seemed to be... Eerie Essex on the road was supported by the Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund, who provided funding and support for this undertaking. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please...
Here come the lads in blaaaaack 🎼 UFOs with Alasdair Beckett King
July 14, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBSend us a Text Message. This month we’re joined by the inter dimensional Alisdair Beckett-King to swap stories about UFO’s Find out why a coal shovel might be humanities best defence against little grey men, learn about the intimidating letters received by the MOD and listen to encounters of chilling encounters in Essex forest with Aliens. Alasdair is co-host of The Loremen Podcast with James Shakeshaft and an exceedingly lovely, funny lad. Loremen is a funny podcast about local legends a...
Interview with an Author: Live at the Red Lion Book Shop with Lucy Barker
July 07, 2023 15:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBSend us a Text Message. We were very excited to join Lucy Barker at Red Lion Book Shop in Colchester to discuss her debut novel "The Other Side of Mrs Wood". The Other Side of Mrs Wood is a tale set in a world of illusion and rivalry where the reader is deeply immersed in the high society of Victorian London. With each seance another layer of the rich tapestry of intricate lives is revealed and how closely their fates are interweaved. The story follows Mrs Wood as a celebrated medium in a ...
De Nile is not a river in Essex
May 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBSend us a Text Message. This months episode is landing with a splash! Join us as we take a look at the legends, stories and folklore surrounding some of the county's waterways. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just search for Eerie Essex! You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreo...
UFOMO
April 01, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBSend us a Text Message. With all the strange things in the sky at the moment we just had to revisit UFOs... If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just search for Eerie Essex! You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a review. Support the Show.
Special Guest Interview: Danny Robins
March 16, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBSend us a Text Message. We were thrilled to be joined in this episode by the wonderful Danny Robins from Haunted, The Battersea Poltergeist, Uncanny and The Witch Farm. We talk all things eerie, uncanny and ask some very serious (and not so serious ....Uncanny Community looking at you) questions. You can listen to Danny on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010wp9 ...and contact him via: [email protected] If you have any more information about these stories or want...
100% that Witch!
February 07, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we go back to look at witches. As ever with this topic alongside the fascinating there is the tragic and macabre. From Cunning Murrell to the first witch trial ending with a hanging...join us.... *Warning* this episode is particularly dark and looks at subjects such as suicide and sexual assault. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can also ...
Animal, vegetable....spiritual? Animal folklore with James Shakeshaft
January 11, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBSend us a Text Message. We are joined this month by Loremen's James Shakeshaft in our hunt for the county's strangest animal ghosts/folklore. We have headless chickens, frozen chickens, big cats and dangerous deers. Take a walk on the wild side with us... James Shakeshaft is co-host of The Loremen Podcast with Alasdair Beckett-King and a jolly lovely chap. Loremen is a funny podcast about local legends and forgotten folklore: http://www.loremenpodcast.com If you have any more informatio...
A Darker Side of Yule
December 22, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBSend us a Text Message. We are so excited to be joined for this Christmas special by the wonderful, magical Jo Hickey-Hall & Icy Sedgwick. We discuss Christmas folklore, ghost stories and of course segue into some rather random topics. So join us for a look at the darker side of Yule... You can follow Jo on the The Modern Fairy Sighting Podcast: https://themodernfairysightingspodcast.buzzsprout.com/ & Icy Sedgwick on Fabulous Folklore: https://www.fabulousfolklore.com If you have an...
Special Guest Interview Part II: Peter Laws
December 01, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBSend us a Text Message. ...and here is part II. Yes that was cruel of us to finish just before Bethan finished her story. But here is the rest of our special gust interview with Peter Laws. Peter is an author, journalist, film critic and public speaker. He is the creator of the Creepy Cove Community Church Podcast, two popular non-fiction podcasts Frightful & Our Curious Past and also the Matt Hunter novel series. The first of which, 'Purged', was released in February 2017, followed by 'Un...
Special Guest Interview Part I: Peter Laws
November 20, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBSend us a Text Message. We were delighted to be joined by Peter Laws this month for a jolly good geek-out about all things weird and wonderful. We ended up chatting for two hours so this is going to be a 2-parter. Peter Laws is an author, journalist, film critic and public speaker. He is the creator of the Creepy Cove Community Church Podcast, two popular non-fiction podcasts Frightful & Our Curious Past and also the Matt Hunter novel series. The first of which, 'Purged', was released in ...
Don't go getting sedimental on me!
November 04, 2022 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBSend us a Text Message. This month we are stuck between a rock and a hard place as we discuss Essex stones. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a review. Support the Show.
Speak of the Devil!
October 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Join us this month where we discuss the Devil and some of his exploits across the county. To watch the video we talk about please follow the link below: https://youtu.be/_xgx33E4JG0 If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a review. Suppor...
EsseX marks the spot!
September 01, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Grab your map and spade because this month we are off to find treasure! ...but remember, all that glitters isn't always gold.... If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a review. Support the Show.
Colchester Castle: Wicked Spirits Interview
August 18, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we speak to curator Ben Paites about the new exhibition at Colchester Castle, Wicked Spirits. It explores the history of changing attitudes towards witchcraft in England from the 1500s into the 1800s and focuses on the stories of the accused rather than the Witchfinder General. Special thanks to Charlotte Evans for talking to us about her time on work experience with the exhibition. For more information on the exhibition and ticket prices please go...
Boom! Shake shake shake the Room!
August 05, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Welcome back! In this episode we will be looking at the frightening tales of poltergeists in the county. If you hear your dog crying to get in at the front door...maybe you'll double check before letting it next time 😬 If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex .....
I Gnome What You Did Last Summer!!!
June 17, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBSend us a Text Message. This month we are whisked away, hand in hand, with the fairies. We discuss encounters in Essex and the folklore surrounding such creatures. We very lucky to have been joined by the wonderful Jo Hickey-Hall from The Modern Fairy Sightings podcast to share in our storytelling and discussions. Video of fairy on ring doorbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr8yo35dr6c The Modern Fairy Sighting Podcast: https://themodernfairysightingspodcast.buzzsprout.com/ The Fol...
Bonus Episode: Dead Men Pay No Bills, A Listener Story
June 01, 2022 15:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBSend us a Text Message. We spent a lovely afternoon talking to one of our listeners who had so many stories to share with us. A costume shop on Mersea Island, Red Lion Walk and Made & Found cafe are some of the places mentioned. Thank you again Wendy for meeting with us... You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a review. Support the Show.
The Essexorcist: Part Two
May 06, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBSend us a Text Message. What? You want more?....okay, here is part two of our exorcism episode plus a listener story. Colchester Museum - Witchcraft museum donation: www.artfund.org/wicked-spirits You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex Support the Show.
The Essexorcist: Part One
May 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBSend us a Text Message. We thought we may struggle to find any stories on exorcisms in Essex. I mean have you ever heard of one?......oh how wrong we were! We have had to split this episode into two parts as there was so many and we still haven't covered them all. So pull the blanket tighter and maybe sleep with the light on tonight... True or False 90s Tv show link (Bill Ramsey): https://youtu.be/jLEh9LIkiG8 *May is EDS awareness month (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) and as it is a condition b...
Monks Behaving Badly!
April 01, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBSend us a Text Message. This month we look at Monks...and what a naughty lot some of them were! Tales of ghostly apparitions and even Devil worship; it certainly is an interesting topic. If you would like to contact us with more information on this episode or with your own Essex tale please email us at: [email protected] You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the Show.
It'll be all fright on the night!
March 01, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBSend us a Text Message. It's off to the theatre in this month's episode of Eerie Essex. Join us round the fire for tales of tragedy, ghosts and strange bumps in the night. So let's get this show on the road...break a leg... If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: [email protected] For more information on the online Witchcraft conference 19-20th March please follow the link: http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com...
Essex Ghouls are Easy!
February 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? No it's....well...who knows? This month we are looking at UFOs/UAPs both in local stories and official reports released from the M.O.D. Join us as we look to the skies... Bethan also shares a personal UFO encounter and has rather randomly decided to show this through the medium of....puppetry. We will prompt you during the episode to follow the link below: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZbzi18I0NZ/ Support the Show.
If you go into the woods today...
January 01, 2022 07:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Happy New Year! Join us for our first episode of 2022! In this episode we explore some of the darker depths of local woodlands and forests. From Epping Forest to Basildon some of the few remaining wildernesses harbour terrible secrets. If you go down to the woods today you are sure of a big....surprise? *Warning* this episode is particularly dark and looks at subjects such as suicide and murder. Support the Show.
The Dark Side of Yule, with Folkways
December 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBSend us a Text Message. We are excited to bring you this special Christmas episode of Eerie Essex. We have teamed up with our good friend Ashleagh from Folkways podcast to discuss the darker side of Yule. From customs to Krampus, devils to Dickens, we explore stories that will leave you checking under your bed this season. So pour a mug of hot chocolate and join us around the fire for some spooky festive tales.... Support the Show.
Bonus Episode: On The Road Again, A Listener Story
December 01, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Join us this month as we discuss one of our listener's stories. Christian Jensen Romer tells the story of the strange encounter his mother had in the 1940's at Belchamp St Paul and how that led him and his friends to have their own eerie experience 40 years later. Support the Show.
The Byway to Hell
November 01, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBSend us a Text Message. This month we discuss haunted roads and wayside graves. What tragic events led to the haunting on Betty Potters Dip*? Who appears on the causeway to Mersea Island in the full moon? Join us as we delve into these mysteries... If you have enjoyed this podcast please consider leaving us a review. You can contact us at [email protected] *Information found on Betty Potter's Dip comes from "Folklore Journal Vol.125 (Betty Potter's Dip: The Folklore of an Essex ...
Jeepers Creepers where'd you get those Big Yellow Peepers!
October 04, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Join us this month for our live podcast on cryptids. This was recorded at the Unfamiliars: On Folk event at Colchester Art Centre. We discuss the Ratman of Southend, the Serpents of Saffron Waldon and the Horned Ape of Wallasea Island. If you enjoy this episode please leave us a review wherever you listen to us. Support the Show.
All of them witches
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode we look at the stories of witches in Essex. From those who practiced openly unharmed to those who were accused and imprisoned. Join us as we discuss familiars, skeletons, curses, poltergeists and why you perhaps shouldn't run round certain church tower at midnight on Halloween. Support the Show.
Bed and Breakfast and Spooks. Oh my!
August 01, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Welcome to the first episode of a brand new podcast all about the folklore, the strange and spooky tales of Essex UK. In this first episode we discuss a few of our historic haunted Inns and Hotels. If you enjoy this episode why not leave us a review wherever you listen to our show. We'll be posting a new episode every month and keep a watch on our Instagram page for more content! @eerieessex Support the Show.