Welcome back to Wyrd Wessex! For this spooky Halloween special, Craig and Andy have put together a couple of dark and chilling ghost stories just for you. Grab your pumpkin spice tea and get ready for tales of betrayal, curses, and restless spirits.
In this episode:
- The Cursed Manor: Craig shares a gruesome tale from Little Cop Manor in Berkshire, where a horrifying act of infanticide led to a curse on the land and a series of hauntings by a murdered baby, its mother, and the cruel man responsible.
- The Screaming Skull: Andy delves into the legend of Bettiscombe Manor in Dorset, where a broken promise to an enslaved man resulted in a terrifying haunting that could only be quelled by keeping his skull locked away.
- Houdini's Last Trick: We discuss Harry Houdini's death on Halloween, his crusade against fraudulent spiritualists, and the tradition of magicians attempting to contact him every year. We also float the idea of doing our own séance!
- A Haunting Debate: We get into a debate about the psychology of mediumship, the history of spiritualist frauds, and whether we're believers or skeptics at heart.
- Weird News: In our weird news segment, we're talking about necrobotics (scientists reanimating spiders as tiny robots!), and a recently confirmed story from 1942 about a group of men who claimed to have chopped up and incinerated the body of the Loch Ness Monster.
Stay Wyrd!
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Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens
Edited by Craig Brooks
Intro music by Leonell Cassio - The Paranormal Is Real (ft. Carrie)
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