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Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Forty Four - The Waters Receded Steadily From the Earth (The Flood of 1953 Part Two)When we left our last episode, the storm had hit East Anglia with full force. Lives were lost, communities shattered and thousands were left without electric, light, heat and hope. Today we are going to focus on the community of Sea Palling, and how one of the worst hit villages survived the night, and how the lessons of the storm led to investment in infrastructure that would ensure it never happened again.
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2023-10-1310 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Forty Three - All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (The Flood of 1953)
With the Summer behind us and Autumn breathing softly on our shoulder, we notice the weather more. A subtle change in leaves, and a slight drop in temperature - all subtle, temperate beautiful things. Today we are going to look at weather that couldn't be ignored - the flood of 1953 which affected the landscape, the way we saw our relationship with the sea, and the lives of thousands.
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2023-09-1409 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Forty Two - Back to the Woods (Monsters, Ghosts and Raiders of the Golden Plough in Fritton Woods)Thank you for bearing with us the past few months whilst we have been relocating. Going through all of our books unearthed a few stories about a quiet, tranquil holiday spot with beautiful scenery, placid lakes, great fishing, aliens, monsters and the neolithic dead. Why not book your cabin now?
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2023-08-0709 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Forty One - A City Under the Ocean: The Disaster and Afterlife of DunwichNowhere on the Suffolk Coast holds as much allure for the lover of the strange than the ruins that were Old Dunwich. Once a thriving seaport, and vital to the nation's wellbeing, it tumbled into the sea through bad weather and bad planning. Rumours sprang up that Dunwich did not lie easily though, and some said the bells of the churches under the water still pealed out. It was until recently that science showed the extent of what remained, and came to a shocking conclusion.
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2023-06-0712 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Forty - Round and Round the Chicken Man GoesRoundabouts are strange things - often baffling to tourists, often decorated with flowers in the midst of pollutions, often eerily quiet and empty surrounded by noise and bustle. One man made a difference to a local roundabout in a most eccentric way. Listen to the tale of the Chicken Man of Bungay, and get involved in his memorial here: -
https://mbasic.facebook.com/BungayUKSupportChickenRoundabout/photos/a.435360316528610/435360329861942/?type=3&p=30
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2023-04-0307 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Nine - Buried Standing: Thomas Gooding, Laying Out the Dead and Race for HeavenNorwich Anglican Cathedral is a fine place to spend some time. It was used as a location in the BBC's adaptation of MR James's The Stalls at Barchester, and boasts one of the largest cloisters in Europe. The Cathedral close is picturesque as one could wish for. However, in a dark corner of the Cathedral is a truly frightening image, with a truly bizarre story that we cover in this episode. Thomas Gooding's resting place is an Easter Egg to be discovered in this beautiful building, and we urge you to seek it out.
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2023-03-0407 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Eight - William of Norwich, Blood Libel and Jewish NorwichChristmas is over, and we move from ghost stories for Christmas to a more serious, bloody chapter of Norwich's history. The murder of an apprentice tanner in 1144 sparked off a chain reaction that would affect the Jewish community in Norwich, and the rest of the nation throughout the medieval period. Mix in conspiracy theories, secret societies and centuries old prejudice and we have a recipe for disaster.
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2023-02-0415 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Seven - King's Lynn: The Devil's PortHappy Halloween, and welcome back to another stop on the Devil's tour of East Anglia. We've heard about his throne, but in King's Lynn he seems to have made himself more at home. Not only his cloven hoof print in the cobbles, and his face on the town coat of arms, he also worked in the hearts of the people responsible for a couple of tales of crime, punishment and exploding hearts we have today.
I talk at the end of the book launch for LMK Sheppard's Faith Horror, free online and in person tickets are available...
2022-10-3109 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Six - Two Dreamers, Off to See SwaffhamThe peddler of Swaffham is one of the oldest folk legends of East Anglia, and one that is still present today in Swaffham's streets and buildings. It has the hallmarks of a great legend - an unaware and unlikely hero, a great journey, prophetic dreams and an incredible reward.
Please leave a review, subscribe and recommend this podcast to anyone you know with an interest in East Anglia, history, folklore and the macabre. Contact us at hallowedhistories@gmail.com if the spirit moves you, or check out our website at hallowed-histories.org. This episode was hosted by...
2022-10-0107 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Five - The Luftwaffe Guide to the Norfolk BroadsThe horror of the Baedeker raids in 1942 came about due to a concerted effort by German military command to not only wreck a country, but also break its spirits. Centres of culture and spirituality were targeted, all according to a Victorian travel guide, the Baedeker. How did one innocuous book about tourism lead Norwich to some of its most terrifying nights? Find out here....
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2022-08-0207 min
Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Four - What Drives a Good Hangman Bad?The case of Robert Goodale reads like a Thomas Hardy novel meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre on a particularly blighted part of East Anglian farmland. However, when Goodale murdered his wife and threw her down the well near Wisbech, he assumed that his troubles were over. Unfortunately, due to the Norwich Assizes, an executioner literally battling his own demons, and a misjudged rope calculation, Goodale would be famous for a very different reason than murder.....
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2022-06-0612 min
The Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Twenty-Four - The Long Walk w/Julia Marchese (Host of the Horror Movie Survival Guide, Director of I Know What You Need)Much gratitude to Julia Marchese of the Horror Movie Survival Guide and the director and guiding light behind the forthcoming 'Dollar Baby' adaptation of Stephen King's shot story I Know What You Need. Together Julia and I battled technical difficulties (after my interview with Stewart O Nan I think I might be jinxed, or at least have gremlins in the recoding equipment) and we eventually got around to talking about King's cult novella of death, sex and sports, The Long Walk. Julia explained how a book written in the 1960s still reads fresh, and we both marvel at how...
2022-06-0656 min
The Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Twenty-Three - Duma Key w/Christopher Bean (Co-host of the Chronscast Podcast, Writer of A Sour Ground)Duma Key, an epic of recovery, talent, murderous secrets and the Florida Keys gets a deep dive today. I was recently a guest on the SFF Chrons podcast hosted by fan of the show Dan Jones and co-hosted by today's guest, Christopher Bean. Duma Key hits hard for Christopher, in ways that we discuss in depth on this episode. Thanks to Christopher for coming on and talking about this slice of what he has dubbed 'beach-horror', and please check out his podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chronscast/ and the message board at https://www.sffchronicles.com...
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Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Three - The Devil Leaves His Chair on the Shores of East AngliaThe Devil may be in the details - but he's also in the landscape. From Dykes to mountains to valleys to standing stones, any piece of geography can be renamed as belonging to the Devil. However, in the sixteenth century an unusual natural phenomena washed up near Caister that became associated with dark powers, before being associated with another piece of folklore, before a piece of the twentieth century reality came crashing down on it. Please leave a review, subscribe and recommend this podcast to anyone you know with an interest in East Anglia, history, folklore and the macabre...
2022-05-0107 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Twenty-Two - The Speed Queen w/Stewart O'Nan (Writer of Faithful, The Night Country, Ocean State)Stewart O'Nan's new book, Ocean State, has recently been released in the United States to wide acclaim. However, today we are going to look at one of his earlier books - 2001's The Speed Queen. In a change from our usual format, this isn't a book or an adaptation of a Stephen King text, but instead a novel that uses Stephen King as a character. King is the (unnamed but highly guessable) recipient of the last testament of Marjorie Standiford, mother, daughter, drug addict, sex addict, speed freak and apparent killer. On death row, who else but Stephen King...
2022-04-0338 min
Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty Two - The Thumb Line Stops HereCelebrity culture is not a new concept, and often throughout history has made stars of the most unlikely people. Charles Stratton was born with a medical condition that restricted his growth, resulting in a grown man with the stature of a small child. However, he had the ambition that was not miniature, an ambition that would lead to a partnership with PT Barnum, and eventually lead to him leaving a part of his heart in Norwich.
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2022-03-3109 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty One - Oh We Do Like To See UFOs By The SeasideThe quiet seaside town of Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast has had a long and storied history. However, one story that the locals might want to forget is the day that aliens may have come calling on a housewife. Her story inspired others to come forward and talk about what they had seen in the skies, setting a trend in the region for sightings of unusual objects in the sky. Is it connected to the secretive government base on Orford Ness? Or the infamous Rendlesham incident? We take a stroll along the shore to find out.....
2022-03-0108 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Twenty One - Creepshow w/Peter Laws (Writer of The Frighteners, Matt Hunter series, Host of Frightful and Hometown Histories: Europe)The return of author, columnist, minister and podcaster Peter Laws to the podcast, taking a dive into the George Romero/Stephen King collaboration Creepshow (1982). We take part each episode of this mixed bag of gory tales, touching upon George Romero's career, soundtrack obsessives, the beast within and the cockroaches in the wall.
Peter can be found at https://www.peterlaws.co.uk/, and his new podcast, Frightful, can be found here
This episode was hosted by Richard Sheppard, with research and support from Dr Linda Sheppard, and technical and sound production by "...
2022-03-011h 21Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirty - Sea Monsters, Ocean Serpents, Ancient Beasts of the WaterBack to our monthly programme of weirdness from East Anglia, and this time we are looking out to see. Everyone knows Loch Ness, but back in the 1930s Eccles Beach gave it a run for its money with sightings of a beast that terrified fishermen, clergyman and local politicians. What was it? A throwback to the era of dinosaurs? Mass hallucination? A hoax? We throw our net out for answers and sift through the catch.
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2022-01-3108 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Twenty - Needful Things w/Dan Jones (Writer of Man o' War and Host of the Chronscast Podcast)Buyer beware in Castle Rock, as Leland Gaunt only wants a little of your money, and all of your soul. Stephen King's 1994 novel Needful Things gets a dismantling with returning guest Dan Jones. One of our mutual favourites, and one of the stories that signposted the interesting development King's work would take in the 1990s, as he starts to leave Maine behind (in explosive fashion) and branches out to weirder climes....
Dan Jones is the author of Man o' War, published by Snowbooks which can be purchased from amazon, forbidden planet.......and he has his own website...
2022-01-311h 00Hallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Presents - The Winter's Tales: The Adventures of Zachariah Jaeger Part One: The Beast in the CaveWe are honoured to end our series of tales of the macabre and strange with a crossover with a new podcast drama, The Adventures of Zachariah Jaeger, produced by former podcast guest Richard J Hand. This story, part of a trilogy of stories featuring occult investigator Zachariah Jaeger, piqued our interest due to its unusual nature and East Anglian setting.
For another Victorian ghost story in the classical style, please get a free ticket for our exclusively commissioned performance of E.F. Benson's Outside the Door by renowned actor and voice artist, Richard Crowest. Get your ticket h...
2021-12-2447 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Presents - The Winter's Tales: The Shadow of a Midnight by Maurice BaringA reading of a classic tale of destiny, death and fate, taken from the pages of Swan River Press's new book, Ghosts of the Chit-Chat, edited by Robert Lloyd Parry. Available here http://www.swanriverpress.ie/
For another Victorian ghost story in the classical style, please get a free ticket for our exclusively commissioned performance of E.F. Benson's Outside the Door by renowned actor and voice artist, Richard Crowest. Get your ticket here.
Stay tuned for more stories each week in the run up to Christmas.
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2021-12-0509 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Presents - The Winter's Tales: The Easy-Life Box by Johnny RaspinHallowed Histories favorite Johnny Raspin returns with a chilling story of technology dependence and horrific ends that will make you think twice before talking to Alexa.....
For a Victorian ghost story in the classical style, please get a free ticket for our exclusively commissioned performance of E.F. Benson's Outside the Door by renowned actor and voice artist, Richard Crowest. Get your ticket here.
Stay tuned for more stories each week in the run up to Christmas.
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2021-12-0116 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Presents - The Winter's Tales: Between Sunset and Moonrise by RH Malden, Read by Robin McLoughlinA real treat for this edition of our series of winter's tales; RH Malden's Between Sunset and Moonrise, read by Robin McLoughlin.
Info on actor, director and writer Robin McLoughlin can be found at https://www.robinmcloughlin.com/
For a Victorian ghost story in the classical style, please get a free ticket for our exclusively commissioned performance of E.F. Benson's Outside the Door by renowned actor and voice artist, Richard Crowest. Get your ticket here.
Stay tuned for more stories each week in the run up to Christmas.
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2021-11-2129 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Presents - The Winter's Tales: The Yellow Tricycle by Jane AppletonA modern ghost story of cursed possessions, haunted lives and the inescapability of fate by Norwich based author Jane Appleton.
For a Victorian ghost story in the classical style, please get a free ticket for our exclusively commissioned performance of E.F. Benson's Outside the Door by renowned actor and voice artist, Richard Crowest. Get your ticket here.
Stay tuned for more stories each week in the run up to Christmas.
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2021-11-1622 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Nineteen - Doctor Sleep w/Alex Grass (Writer of Dreck, A Boy's Hammer, Black River Lantern)Apologies for the wait on this one, thanks for your patience. We will be returning to our celebration of Epix TV's Chapelwaite soon, but for now I was luck enough to sit down with Alex Grass, author of Dreck, about addiction, the writing life, and Stephen King's novel Doctor Sleep.
Alex is a fascinating chap, and a fine writer, and I urge you to seek out his work here.
Thanks to Goran Grmusa at the Dickinson Publishing Group for facilitating this interview.
Back to Chapelwaite soon, and in the coming weeks I will b...
2021-11-1340 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Presents - The Winter Tales: Live for Today by S.A. SolomonWe're kicking off our traditional collection of stories of the macabre in two ways:
For a Victorian ghost story in the classical style, please get a free ticket for our exclusively commissioned performance of E.F. Benson's Outside the Door by renowned actor and voice artist, Richard Crowest. Get your ticket here.
Secondly, each week from November 7 until Christmas, we will be uploading original readings by local authors and actors. This week our selection comes courtesy of S.A. Solomon who will be reading an excerpt from her novel Live For Today.
This p...
2021-11-0719 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Nine - The Sound of his Horn: The Wild Hunt, and How to Avoid It.The Wild Hunt has been a ghoulish mainstay of folklore since time immemorial, but who are the Huntsmen, and what do they want? Often terrifying, sometimes generous and always enigmatic, we take a look at this enduring slice of East Anglian mythology.
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2021-10-1112 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Eighteen - Chapelwaite w/Peter Filardi (Creator of Chapelwaite, Writer of Salem's Lot (TV), The Road Virus Heads North (TV), The Craft, Flatliners)We begin a month long appreciation of the newest Stephen King adaptation, EPIX TV's Chapelwaite. Based on the short story Jerusalem's Lot from the Night Shift anthology, Chapelwaite stars Adrien Brody, Emily Hampshire and genre favorite Julian Richings. Mixing in elements of the short story with mythology established in the novel Salem's Lot, this is a gothic treat for all fans of haunted houses, period drama and well made television.
I was lucky enough to sit down and talk with series co-creator Peter Filardi about the show, how it came to be, and what might be the...
2021-09-0933 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Eight - In the Mood for Mystery: The Vanishing of Glenn MillerThe disappearance of 40s big-band icon Glenn Miller is one of the best known, and most investigated, mysteries of the second world war. Friendly fire, freezing cold, fog and propaganda cover-up have all been suggested as probable cause for the vanished flight that carried Miller and two airmen to the cold East Anglian skies in 1944.
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2021-09-0410 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Seven - The George at Dereham (For Norwich Pride 2021)In honour of Norwich Pride 2021, we take a look at the bloody beginnings of Dereham, before focusing on one it's most famous landmarks, the George Hotel. Stories had been circulating about the ghosts there for decades, before a medium and ghost investigation team uncovered a tale of The Green Lady, and the unusual story of her afterlife.
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2021-07-2906 min
The Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Seventeen - Pennywise's Revenge and the Return to Derry w/Andy Stanton (Writer of the Mr Gum series, co-host of The Tumbler's Willy Podcast)A book as big as 'It' can't be covered in just one episode, and the response we had to the last episode, and my guest Andy Stanton, was so positive that we have decided to make the return trip to Derry. One correspondent asked why we hadn't covered Pennywise much, or Bill Denborough, which sounded like a valid critique. So, Andy kindly agreed to come back and discuss Maine's scariest clown and Stuttering Bill, as well as a bunch of other loose ends.
Andy Stanton is an author who lives in North London. He studied English at...
2021-07-281h 30Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Six - The Ghosts of PoppylandPoppyland, the wide stretch of meadows and fields that runs along part of the North Norfolk coast, was the inspiration for many Victorian poets and artists. However, alongside this celebration if beauty, not a stone's throw away from the poppy fields, like the Shrieking Pits. Once deep, dark mines, now filled in with ink black water, these ponds have claimed the life of many tragic victims, whose stories have become East Anglian folklore.
We're back at UEA's media suite now (although this episode was recorded mainly at home), with support from the Interdisciplinary Institute...
2021-07-2805 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Sixteen - The Dark Half w/James Smythe (Screenwriter of The Last Kingdom, Writer of the Explorer Series, the Australia Trilogy)James Smythe is the winner of the Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2013, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. He is the author of, amongst other things, The Machine, The Explorer, No Harm Can Come To A Good Man, and the Australia trilogy, a series for Young Adult readers. More importantly for us at The Constant Reader Podcast, he is also a huge Stephen King fan, and his column in the Guardian detailing his epic journey to re-read and review King's back catalogue was a constant source of debate and interest. You can find more about...
2021-06-101h 00Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Five - The Song of the SeaThe sea shanty was the recent focus of a social media craze, but in many ways it revival completely predictable. As we shall see today, the shanty has always been a way to connect disparate groups, causing all of them to pull in one direction. It was exactly the tonic that people lockdowned with uncertain direction needed. The history of the shanty, from Victorian work song to curated anthropological archive is a fascinating journey, and one central to East Anglia's coastal communities.
We're back at UEA's media suite now (although this episode was recorded mainly at home...
2021-06-0310 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Fifteen - It w/Andy Stanton (Writer of the Mr Gum series, co-host of The Tumbler's Willy Podcast)Hi, welcome back to the Constant Reader Podcast, with me your host, Richard Sheppard.
Last month’s guest, the mighty Paul Tremblay has recently re-released two of his earlier novels, The Little Sleep and No Sleep Til Wonderland through Titan publishing. They’re wonderful stuff, very offbeat, and will that great Titan design that I love.
The Firestarter film will officially commencing filming in Ontario next month, with Zac Efron in the lead. Stephen King has sent them a message of love, so we’ll see how it turns out. There is certainly a great film so...
2021-05-051h 45Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Four - The Society for Psychical Research: The Science of GhostsThe history and aims of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) provides a fascinating look at a point in our history where religion, science and the paranormal took centre stage in a discussion that would define the modern world.
We're back at UEA's media suite now (although this episode was recorded mainly at home), with support from the Interdisciplinary Institute of Humanities. Thanks for bearing with us over the past few months, we hope to have exciting news about our upcoming episodes as well as our annual film festival for you all very soon.
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2021-05-0111 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Fourteen - The Dead Zone w/Paul Tremblay (Writer of A Head Full of Ghosts, The Pallbearers Club, Survivor Song)Very excited to speaking to one of the most exciting writers of fiction in this episode. Paul Tremblay is the author of A Head Full of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Survivor Song and many others. His new book, an omnibus edition of The Little Sleep and No Sleep til Wonderland is out on the 6th April, and available here from Titan Books.
He's also a fan of Stephen Kings, and he and discuss King's 1979 novel The Dead Zone, a piece of work that resonates with us both, and has fascinating connections to King's other work and...
2021-04-0140 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Three - Eye Witness The DeadAs a follow-up episode to last month's look at the white women ghosts of East Anglia, we present an eye-witness, first hand account of a student teacher who witnessed something sinister in Sprowston. For reasons of privacy we have removed any references to where in Norwich this took place, and changed the name of the witness.
Hear his terrifying account of his visit from the white lady, and even more chillingly, the aftermath and long reach of one of East Anglia's most persistent spectre.
Do you have a tale of the unexplained to tell? Let...
2021-04-0106 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty Two - Madness and Blessings: The Lady in WhiteImagine a ghost and the classical image of a figure in white may pop into your mind. The lady in white is one of the archetypal spectres, and East Anglia certainly has its share. But is the lady in white here to harm or heal? And is she still about her business to this very day? We investigate a mystery that goes back centuries, and yet effects the lives of some to this very day.
We're back at UEA's media suite now (although this episode was recorded mainly at home), with support from the Interdisciplinary Institute of...
2021-03-1008 min
The Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Thirteen - The Gwendy Novels w/Richard ChizmarVery excited to talk to author, producer, editor and all round good-egg Richard Chizmar for this episode. We got to ask him not only about working with Stephen King on Gwendy's Button Box, but also his own formidable body of work, which includes the sequel Gwendy's Magic Feather and the forthcoming Chasing the Boogeyman. We also talk about the next part of Gwendy's story, what it's like when Stephen King asks you to collaborate, Cemetery Dance magazine, writing a 'political' novel and working during a pandemic.
Check out Cemetery Dance here: - https://www.cemeterydance.com/
2021-03-0240 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty One - Midnight in the Village of Heaven and HellWhile locked down in our houses, it is very easy to forget that we are surrounded by wild, open, empty spaces. The Broads exemplify the strange patchwork of countryside that make up a lot of East Anglia, both picturesque and strangely menacing. When the Broads do throw up folklore, it runs that gamut between the sublime and the damned, and no more so than in the shadow of St Helen's Church in Ranworth.
Thank you so much to those of you who joined us for our recent run of ghost stories, as well as the online screening...
2021-02-0309 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Twelve - Revival w/Helena BaconToday's guest, Helena Bacon, is an academic, a teacher and a writer. We discuss Stephen King's 2014 novel Revival, one of (in my opinion) King's most beautifully written stories, with one of the nastiest endings. How does it relate to Arthur Machen, HP Lovecraft and the Old Gods of weird fiction? Find out in this conversation.....
This episode was hosted by Richard Sheppard, with research and support from Dr Linda Sheppard, and technical and sound production by Stephen L. Parkes. Please like, subscribe, rate, review and recommend this podcast, and feel free...
2021-02-0350 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Eleven - The Dead Zone w/Mike MuncerMike Muncer is a guest we have wanted to get on the podcast for a while. His podcast, the long-running The Evolution of Horror, was a major inspiration on The Constant Reader Podcast, and it remains a constant source of erudition and joy to a lot of horror fans. We chose to talk about David Cronenberg's 1983 adaptation of the Dead Zone, dovetailing in with The Evolition of Horror's recent season on Cronenberg's home turf - horrors of the mind and body.
We discussed the film, Mike's podcast and plenty more digressions in our deep dive into this c...
2021-01-0150 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Twenty - Murder On A Winter's Day: The Killer and the LordThank you so much to those of you who joined us for our recent run of ghost stories, as well as the online screening of Clive Dunn's documentary about M.R. James last month. We're going to be bringing you more screenings in 2021, so keep an eye out on our website and on the podcasts for further developments. A lot of the M.R. James footage will soon be available through our Youtube channel for those who missed it, we'll get that up and running very soon.
In the meantime, we will still be bringing you our...
2021-01-0108 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - More Ghost Stories for Christmas: Daffodils by S. A. HarrisHallowed Histories is delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions - ghost stories for Christmas. Each week leading up to our Christmas special (details to come), we will be hosting a story written and narrated by a local author. This episode is a reading of Daffodils by Sally Harris, a chilling rendition of just what may lurk in an English country garden. Sally is the author of one of our favourite books, Haverscroft, links to which can be found below: -
https://www.saharrisauthor.com/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/S-A-Harris/
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2020-12-2312 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - More Ghost Stories for Christmas: Breaking Up is Hard to Do by Shane BrownHallowed Histories is delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions - ghost stories for Christmas. Each week leading up to our Christmas special (details to come), we will be hosting a story written and narrated by a local author. This episode is a reading of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do by writer and academic Shane Brown, a terrifying tale of guilt, longing and the real nature of being 'haunted'. Links to Shane's work can be found below:-
https://silentmovieblog.wordpress.com/author/shaneleebrown/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shane-Brown/
2020-12-1029 min
The Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Ten - Christine w/Lee GambinA deep dive into John Carpenter's 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's Christine, with the wonderful Lee Gambin.
Like ghost stories? Our sister podcast, Hallowed Histories, is hosting an online screening of A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghost of M.R. James, a documentary profiling the life and career of England's master of the ghost story. The screening is free, and will be followed by a roundtable discussion with the director of the documentary, Clive Dunn, and the author of Ghostland, Edward Parnell. Get a free ticket HERE. The screening will be available for 48 hours, starting from midnight...
2020-12-011h 04Hallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - More Ghost Stories for Christmas: Fear Not by Helena BaconHallowed Histories is delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions - ghost stories for Christmas. Each week leading up to our Christmas special (details to come), we will be hosting a story written and narrated by a local author. This episode is a reading of Fear Not by writer and academic Helena Bacon, a terrifying tale of car possession, gifts with strings and family ties.
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Hallowed Histories is hosting an online screening of A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghost of M.R. James, a documentary profiling the life and career...
2020-12-0115 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - More Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Cathedral House Portrait by Richard SheppardHallowed Histories is delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions - ghost stories for Christmas. Each week leading up to our Christmas special (details to come), we will be hosting a story written and narrated by a local author. This episode is a reading of The Cathedral House Portrait by the regular host of Hallowed Histories, Richard Sheppard. It's an old-school ghost story about the past, the present, bloody murder and fireside chats.
We're back at UEA's media suite now, with support from the Interdisciplinary Institute of Humanities. Thanks for bearing with us over the pa...
2020-11-2437 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - More Ghost Stories for Christmas: Tapes by Kathryn LeighHallowed Histories is delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions - ghost stories for Christmas. Each week leading up to our Christmas special (details to come), we will be hosting a story written and narrated by a local author. This episode is the return of writer Kathryn Leigh and their suitably gothic story Tapes.
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2020-11-1708 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - More Ghost Stories for Christmas: The Numanist Experience by Johnny RaspinHallowed Histories is delighted to bring back one of our favourite traditions - ghost stories for Christmas. Each week leading up to our Christmas special (details to come), we will be hosting a story written and narrated by a local author. This episode is the return of writer and scholar Johnny Raspin, and his story of madness, devils in the head and horror, The Numanist Experience.
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2020-11-1020 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Nine - The Outsider w/Adam De CollibusA departure for us this month, as we take a look at a thoroughly modern King novel, 2016's The Outsider. Also, our guest, Adam De Collibus is a newcomer to Stephen King. What did he make of his first foray into the world of the master? And is The Outsider the best or worst place to start?? We talk it all through, and discuss Adam's fascinating novel Caravan, available to purchase at the links below.
https://www.amazon.com/Adam-De-Collibus
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caravan-Novel-Adam-Collibus
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2020-11-0641 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Eighteen - Barking Abbey and England's First Publishing HouseIn this episode we take a look 1400 years back in time at Barking Abbey and the women who ran it. What was often seen as a form of imprisonment for women who had nowhere else to go, the history of Barking Abbey instead reveals freedom, miracles, writing and the secrets of the dead.
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2020-10-2911 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Eight - Cycle of the Werewolf & Silver Bullet w/Peter LawsVery excited to speak to Peter Laws this month, covering the 1983 novella Cycle of the Werewolf and the 1985 adaptation Silver Bullet. As a Baptist minister, part-time werewolf hunter and full-time horror genre fan, Peter is ideally placed to discuss this genuine oddity in the King canon. We cover Bernie Wrightson's beautiful illustrations, the difficulty of writing a novella in the form of an almanac and the unique interpretation of the werewolf legend by Stephen King. We then move on to Dan Attias's Silver Bullet, and Peter explains why this film holds such a dear place in his heart.
2020-10-061h 12Hallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - The Highwayman by Alfred NoyesTo finish off our look at Essex boy Dick Turpin in our last episode, a recictation of Alfred Noyes's classic poem, The Highwayman.
Hopefully we'll be back at our recording studios at the UEA's media suite for the next episode, thanks for bearing with us over the past few months. We hope to have exciting news about our upcoming episodes as well as our annual film festival for you all very soon.
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2020-09-2907 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Seven - Christine w/Dan JonesHost Richard Sheppard and guest Dan Jones look under the hood of Stephen King's 1983 novel, Christine. On the surface a rip-roaring, high-octane story about a killer Plymouth Fury, yet underneath the flashy paint job is a meditation on first love, high school politics, busted family dynamics and friendship.
Dan Jones is the author of Man o' War, published by Snowbooks which can be purchased from amazon, forbidden planet.......and he has his own website here.
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2020-09-0754 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Sixteen - Gentlemen of the RoadDig out your domino mask and flintlock pistols this month, as we go in pursuit of the not so dandy highwayman Dick Turpin. From humble beginnings as a landlord's son, through to a straight life as a butcher, through to his eventual infamy as one of Britain's most feared criminal, Turpin had done it all. Why are we so fascinated by the highwaymen though? We dissect the PR campaign that turned a thief into a romantic legend, courtesy of Harrison Ainsworth's blockbuster novel 'Rookwood'.
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2020-08-2710 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Six - w/Tom Holland - Interview with Fright Night, Child's Play and Stephen King's Thinner DirectorVery happy to have the legendary Tom Holland on the podcast, speaking to us from the United States. We discuss his new book The Notch (links below, buy it, it's a corker), the controversial ending of Thinner, and his life in the film industry including how his first job was to write a sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Plus, Tom gives us some great anecdotes about meeting and working with Stephen King himself.
Thanks to Jack Ulrich for setting up this interview.
https://thterrortime.com/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Notch-Tom-Holland/dp/1587677210
2020-08-0344 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Fifteen - Wild BoysWe're heading out of society's comfort zone in this episode, and meeting the wild head on. People have always been fascinated by the feral, the untamed and the uncivilised - we use it as a yardstick by which to measure ourselves. Today we look at two ways in which our fascination with the wild has manifested itself - the mythical woodwoses and the all too real case of Peter the Wild Boy. From feral child to pet of royalty to philosophical talking point to farmhand to vagrant through to dying of love, Peter best shows what happens when the...
2020-07-1812 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Five - The Dark Tower Volume One: The Gunslinger w/Ben CraskeWe take our first steps down the long and winding road that leads us to Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower. Joining Dark Tower-sceptic Richard Sheppard is our special guest, archivist and guide Ben Craske. We talk Roland, Walter O'Dim, gunslinging in the USA and barely talk about the film adaptation at all. Promise.
Ben's project, Local Recall, can be found here https://localrecall.archant.co.uk/login/
And his twitter is here https://twitter.com/bjcraske?lang=en
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2020-07-0439 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Fourteen - Benjamin Britten: Ghost MusicBenjamin Britten was one of the best known names in classical music of the twentieth century. What is less known about him, was that he was born in the East Anglian seaside town of Lowestoft, and it was there that he began his prodigious musical output. We look at Britten's life, and the themes that run through his music, including a preoccupation with ghost stories, and the barriers that not only separate the living and the dead, but also his own clandestine world as a member of the LGBTQ community at a time when being gay was a crime.
2020-06-2308 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Four Extra - Pet Sematary 1989/2019 w/Dr Linda SheppardWe continue our look at all things Pet Sematary with an interview with author, academic and festival organiser Dr Linda Sheppard. Wooden acting, cheesy visual FX and blundered writing aside, there's a lot to enjoy about these two films, as we find out. We look at how the shift from Gage to Ellie in the 2019 version puts a very different spin on the tale, as well as the benefits of shooting on location rather than sets.
We mention SImon Pritchard's art, which can be found here http://www.artbeat64.com/ and is well worth checking out.
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2020-06-041h 03Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Thirteen - Julian of Norwich: You've Got to Hide Your (Revelations of Divine) Love AwayContinuing our look at East Anglia religious mystics, we take a look at the strange, incredible career of Julian of Norwich. A young woman who dedicated to her faith, Julian was rewarded with visions of Heaven and Hell, angels and demons and God and the Devil. What makes her so unusual is that she deliberately asked to receive these visions, and to be taken so close to the brink of death that the lines between our world and the metaphysical world became blurred.
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2020-05-1511 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Four - Pet Sematary w/Edward ParnellEdward Parnell is the author of The Listeners (2014 Rethink New Novels Prize Winner) and 2019's Ghostland (‘a wonderfully evocative book, creating a sense of place and invoking the power of literature and nature.’ The Guardian). He joins host Richard Sheppard in the studio to discuss the haunted world of Louis Creed, a young doctor who has bought a new house in the country, complete with cursed Micmac burial ground and stalking Wendigos.
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2020-05-041h 08Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Twelve - William Cowper, The Man Who Saw Heaven and HellWe begin our look at East Anglian mystics with the blessed and cursed like of William Cowper (pronounced like copper). Cowper was born into riches and comfort, and was bright and talented, yet from an early age he was made aware of how precarious his own life and sanity was. He believed that angels and demons fought for his soul, and after an evening in which he tried to kill himself no less than three times, he saw the Devil himself. Despite this, he also of produced some of the most beautiful poetry this country ever heard, and came up w...
2020-04-1612 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Three Extra - The Shining Miniseries & Room 237 w/Craig Appleby - "Don’t worry, Mom, I know everything about cannibalism. I saw a program on it on TV."This episode we check out of the Overlook Hotel with a look at 1997's The Shining Miniseries and 2012's Room 237. Joining host Richard Sheppard is film critic and scholar Craig Appleby, and together they discuss sometimes interesting, often misfiring epic TV version of Stephen King's novel. Lime-green CGI animals meet a likeable version of Jack Torrance and a feminist take on his wife Wendy. Is it enough to save this adaptation? After that, we take a brief look at the 2012 documentary Room 237, which fills the empty hallways of the Overlook with enough theories, ideas and waffle to overload the...
2020-04-0641 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview with Frank MeeresAs an epilogue to our two-part special on poison murders, we present an exclusive interview with local historian and author Frank Meeres. We talk a load of arsenic, acid, murderers and East Anglian crime and punishment.
Frank Meeres's bibliography: - https://www.waterstones.com/author/frank-meeres/63819
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2020-03-1925 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Three Extra - It's Kubrickian! The Shining (1980) w/Vincent M. GaineThe Constant Viewer podcast turns its eyes on Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of The Shining. This is one of the icons of the horror cinema, and to do it justice we got in film reviewer and genre expert Vincent M. Gaine to wield the scalpel as we dissect this masterpiece. We also take time to check Dr Sleep's temperature, and look how Mike Flanagan's 2019 adaptation of The Shining's sequel continues the story of the Torrance family.
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2020-02-241h 08Hallowed HistoriesEpisode Eleven - Everything is Poison, Nothing is PoisonOur look at murders by poison in East Anglia focuses on the more obscure, convoluted and downright weird cases. We meet the cow that got a family killed, villages torn apart by rumour and adultery and all manners of wrongdoers and their varied eventual fates.
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2020-02-1611 minThe Constant Reader Podcast - The Canon of Stephen KingEpisode Three - The Shining w/Professor Richard J HandThis month we are joined by academic, writer, actor and broadcaster Richard J Hand. Richard is the lead writer on The Poe Radio Theatre out of Baltimore, episodes of which can be found on NPR or through apple podcasts. Today he joins to to discuss The Shining, King's third novel which the set the bar for haunted house stories in the twentieth century. We discuss Jack Torrance, wasp nests, Gothic roots and plenty more besides.
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2020-01-2955 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Eleven - A Century of PoisonersThe Hallowed Histories podcast is back from hiatus with the first part of a two part look at a subject that gets people frothing at the mouth - poison. In this episode we'll take a brief look at how and why poison became the murder weapon of choice for so many people in the 19th century. Then we'll take a look at the criminal careers of three men who chose poison as the way to solve their problems, but found themselves dangling at the end of the rope.
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2020-01-1612 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Eight - Hell Comes to NorwichIn this episode we start our two part look at the gruesome stories behind Norfolk's brush with almost total annihilation in 1349. The country was ravaged by bubonic plague, and the people of Norwich rushed to finish the city walls that may not have only made them safe from disease, but given them strength to rival London as England's capital city. What went wrong?
This episode was sponsored by Liberty Restaurant, American inspired food in the heart of the Norfolk Broads.
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2019-03-3109 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories and EAUFOG - Rendlesham and the Belgian WaveHallowed Histories is glad to welcome back Tony Buckingham from the East Anglian UFO group for another discussion of all things extraterrestrial. This time we're not straying too far, and heading for an airbase in Suffolk, where the legendary 'Rendlesham Incident' occurred in 1980. One of the most witnessed and discussed UFO encounters in history, the details will amaze you. We also discuss the 'Belgian Wave' of sightings in 1989, another widely attested and controversial chapter in UFOlogy.
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2019-02-2829 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Seven - Children of the Wolf PitIn this episode we take a look at the life and strange times of two children who crawled out of a pit in 12th century Suffolk. Where they came from remains a mystery that no-one has been able to explain. The most curious factor was the colour of the their skin - bright green. Were they aliens? Fairies? Refugees? Or something altogether different? Please take the time to rate and review the podcast on iTunes, stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from. Sponsored by Liberty Restaurant
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2019-01-3109 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories and EAUFOG - Many Shades of GreysHallowed Histories is delighted to have Tony Buckingham from the East Anglian UFO Group back to guide us through the alien hierarchy. We all know the greys, their influence on pop culture is pervasive. However, what is their connection with the Nordics? Or the Lizards? And what is their interest in us? This episode was sponsored by Liberty Restaurant, the top-rated American-inspired restaurant in Wroxham. Try the catfish beignets while you're there, they have to be tasted to be believed.
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2018-12-1134 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Six - Mr VampyreIn this episode we look into one of the most famous parties of all time, as we go to the Villa Diodati to see Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Dr John Polidori. But why is Polidori almost forgotten? We look at the troubled life and career of the angry young man, and investigate the role a thriving intellectual scene in Norwich became a safe haven for him.
This episode was sponsored by Liberty Restaurant, American inspired cuisine in the heart of Norfolk's Wroxham Broads.
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2018-11-0211 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories - UFOs, Aliens, Conspiracies and UsRecently we sat down with Tony Buckingham from the EAUFOG (East Anglian UFO Group) to discuss all manner of unexplained ariel phenomena, the aliens who are visiting us, and the truths that are concealed from us everyday. It's what's been did, and what's been hid, in this fascinating interview with an absolutely charming guest.
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2018-09-1920 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Five - Massacre in NorfolkIn 1848, a stranger entered a beautiful Norfolk mansion called Stanfield Hall. Within a few minutes he had converted this stately family home into a bloodbath. We give you the life and death of James Blomfield Rush, whose desperate desires turned to plotting and murder.
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A film about the Stanfield Hall Massacres from the invaluable EAFA:- http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/2311
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2018-09-0610 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Richard Hand's The Empty HouseContinuing our season of Richard Hand productions, we present a story originally written and recorded for the online horror journal, Revenant. It's a real chiller, combining Richard Hand's love of sound to create atmosphere with a classic haunted house yarn. It was performed by Richard Hand and James Langham. Find us on iTunes and Spotify, just search for Hallowed Histories. More to come very soon, including details of our upcoming film screenings, our appearance on the BBC and big news in the pipeline.
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2018-07-1814 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Frankenstein at the Talos FestivalRichard Hand's play, the Devil at Midnight, opens tonight at the Great Hall Theatre in Norwich. In honour of this we present an earlier work he directed. Recorded live at the Bread and Roses pub in March of this year, the UEA Radio Players present a new interpretation of Frankenstein. In the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley's masterpiece, Hallowed Histories is proud to present a fresh look at an old monster.
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2018-06-2630 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview With Vincent M. GaineOn the first of July, 2.45pm, the Hallowed Histories team will be hosting a screening of Guillermo Del Toro's The Devil's Backbone at Norwich's Cinema City. This is part of the Philosophers At The Cinema strand, developed by UEA and Picturehouse Cinemas, and masterminded by Doctor Vincent M. Gaine. Apologies for the sound quality on this one, a few technical issues.
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2018-06-2214 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Richard Hand on Brian Clemens's 'The Devil At Midnight'At the end of June, the Great Hall Theatre in Norwich will be hosting a production of 'The Devil At Midnight'. This will be directed by Richard Hand, a seasoned veteran of many other productions. We sat down with Richard to discuss the play, and it's author, cult writer Brian Clemens. Buy tickets at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/greathall Please check out the podcast on Spotify, just search for 'Hallowed Histories', and 'like', rate and review us on iTunes and any other podcast platform you like.
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2018-06-1308 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Exclusive - Black Shuck TrailerHallowed Histories is delighted to follow our interview with Josh Trett with the exclusive first screening of the trailer to his new film 'Black Shuck'. We'll be posting updates on this fascinating project ahead of it's premiere at the 2018 Fear In The Fens Festival.
http://www.fearinthefens.com/
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2018-05-2700 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview with Black Shuck's Josh TrettLocal film-maker Josh Trett joins us in the Hallowed Histories studio to discuss his take on the Black Shuck legend. The Fear in the Fens festival this Autumn will be hosting the release of his film, a fascinating look at the way in which anicent folklore reflects modern fears. We discuss the film and the legend ahead of the trailer being exclusively released on our website
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2018-05-2610 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview with Chloe McMinn and Emily TaitheAs a companion piece to our last podcast, we present an interview with crusading documentarians Chloe McMinn and Emily Taithe. They were kind enough to come into the Hallowed Histories studio to add a background to the disturbing series of mutilations and disappearances that have plagued the campus recently. We're hoping to show their documentary on our site pretty soon, so keep an eye on hallowed-histories.org. We're also now on spotify! Just search 'hallowed histories'.
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2018-05-1213 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Four - The Nightmare of UEA LakeContinuing with our cryptozoology theme, we present a timely warning about the dangerous creature that is rumoured to be stalking the campus at the University of East Anglia. Based on groundbreaking investigative journalism of Chloe McMinn, Emily Taithe and Matthew Jenkins. We're hoping to have an interview with the survivors of the investigation, as well as hosting the full documentary on our site pretty soon. Until then, please listen to this warning, heed it's message and stay safe out there.
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2018-04-2612 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview with Richard Hand and the UEA Radio Theatre PlayersAhead of their production of Frankenstein on the 26th March 2018, Richard Hand and a few members of the UEA Radio Theatre Players dropped by the studio to discuss Frankenstein, the art of foley and keeping up with the Shelleys.
Tickets still available, follow some links below:-
https://www.cyborphic.com/talos-2018/
https://www.breadandrosestheatre.co.uk/talos.html
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2018-03-2313 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Three - An American Werewolf in CambridgeshireIn the latest episode of the Hallowed Histories podcast, we catch a dose of full moon fever and head down to RAF Alconbury in the wilds of Cambridgeshire. The infamous 'Hard Stand Monster' was apparently prowling this area during the 1970s, scaring and tearing up the airforce base. We look at what made these tales of lycanthropes and monsters so attractive to the men who served there under the full East Anglian moon.
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2018-03-1609 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview with Mark JancovichAhead of our screening of the Tomb of Ligeia on the 26th January at the Forum Auditorium, we sit down for an exhaustive, informative and downright fascinating interview with film expert, Professor Mark Jancovich. We touch on how horror films, and the genre itself, has been treated by Hollywood, and how films like Psycho, Rosemary's Baby and even the homegrown Hammer Horror movies have their unique places in cinema history.
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2018-01-2532 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Sabrina Poole on 'Blood and Ice'An interview with Sabrina Poole, director of 'Blood and Ice', playing at the Sewell Barn Theatre this month. We discuss the play, Mary Shelley, and the two-hundredth anniversary of the world's most famous monster. http://www.sewellbarn.org/current1.html
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2018-01-1510 minHallowed HistoriesPortrait of Love by Neil Walker - Hallowed Histories Present Ghost Stories for ChristmasThe last story in out ghost stories for Christmas strand is a little different. Neil Walker's tale of suicide, artists and a memory-haunted Florence has all the ingredients of a classic macabre tale, but then wrong-foots you into something else entirely. We're going to be making the short story readings a regular part of the Hallowed Histories line-up, so please keep on checking back. If you're a writer or voice actor who wants to get involved,
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2018-01-0420 minHallowed HistoriesSelected Entries from the Diary of Lillian Vicarage by Liza Blackman - Hallowed Histories Present Ghost Stories for ChristmasNext up is Liza Blackman, with a vampire story inspired by the great-grandfather of all vampire stories, John Polidori's 'The Vampyre'. It's a cracking story, full of passion, romance and gore. The way Liza handles the tone changes is masterful, and we hope you enjoy hearing 'Selected Entries from the Diary of Lillian Vicarage' as much as we did.
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2017-12-2413 minHallowed HistoriesDark Eyes by Johnny Raspin - Hallowed Histories Present Ghost Stories for ChristmasNext up is Johnny Raspin, with his story 'Dark Eyes'. Johnny is not only a born writer, but also (as you will hear), a born storyteller. He breathes life into this Gothic chiller through his words and his delivery, making you almost feel like you were there. Although given the kind of people who creep the dark corridors of Chillingham orphanage, where 'Dark Eyes' is set, that may put you a little too close for comfort.
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2017-12-1913 minHallowed HistoriesKill Your Youngest by Kathryn Leigh - Hallowed Histories Present Ghost Stories for ChristmasNext up in our season of ghost stories for Christmas is 'Kill Your Youngest' by Kathryn Leigh. Kathryn is a student at UEA and one of the editors of Octarine Magazine, which can be found on campus and at octarinemagazine.wordpress.com. 'Kill Your Youngest' is not to be listened to if you find yourself snowed in this Christmas, under any circumstances.
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2017-12-1607 minHallowed HistoriesThe Listeners by Walter De La Mare - Hallowed Histories Present Ghost Stories for ChristmasTo commence our season of classic and original ghost stories for Christmas, we present a true masterpiece - Walter De La Mare's poem 'The Listeners'. Reading it for us is Professor Richard Hand, who was responsible for putting together the Hallowed Histories radio play earlier in the year, and has been an invaluable source of support and advice. Stay tuned for the next chilling story in just a few days.
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2017-12-1002 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview with Keith Johnston and Paul FrithPaul Frith and Keith Johnston both lecture at the UEA, and will be at the Hallowed Histories screening of the Shuttered Room this November. The film is a heady mix of karate, Oliver Reed, family curses, shaky accents and HP Lovecraft. In this brief interview we scratch the surface of Eastmancolor and it's place in revolutionising cinema, and how it gave The Shuttered Room it's lurid look.
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2017-11-1611 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode Two - Black ShuckIn this episode we look at East Anglia's most famous legend, Black Shuck. We find out how this spectral dog went from demonic murderer to protector and finally to town mascot.
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2017-10-3010 minHallowed HistoriesHallowed Histories Extra - Interview With Piers WarrenLocal conservationist and author Piers Warren sits down to talk to us about his novel 'Black Shuck'. Join us for our own episode on Norfolk's demon dog soon.
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2017-09-2919 minHallowed HistoriesEpisode One - The Lantern Man of the BroadsEpisode One - The Lantern Man In this episode we profile one of East Anglia's most interesting and pervasive legends. if you were walking through the Broads a couple of hundred years ago, you may have found some comfort in the sight of a fellow traveller with a bright light leading you on. However, where the stranger would lead you, and what awaits you there, would not have been welcome at all.
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2017-07-0612 min