Strange Stories UK
A podcast exploring true crime, mysteries, and unsolved cases across the UK, with a focus on strange and paranormal events. The host aims to present factual information without personal opinions, and the episodes are deliberately low-fi with minimal editing. Topics range from historical oddities to modern-day unexplained phenomena.
Episodes
Strange Stories UK: Jason Arday is dead, is anyone to blame?
Send us Fan MailThis is a short podcast after the sad news that Jason Arday was found dead yesterday, Friday 14 August 2026. As I have made a couple of podcasts on the Arday affair, I thought I would make some final comments.This matter is not going to be forgotten as a result of the many issues raised. The spotlight now falls on John Moores University Liverpool and Cambridge University and other
Strange Stories: Jason Arday 2: How was he appointed at Cambridge University?
Send us Fan MailThis is another podcast concerning the Jason Arday affair at Cambridge University. Although so much has been posted on the subject I was concerned that those involved in Arday’s appointment had not been widely made. I thought I would name them hopefully in a neutral way. To make my position clear I will state my political views, in the past I had voted Labour and for the past coupl
Strange Stories UK: Jason Arday and the failure of the University of Cambridge.
Send us Fan MailI have read this story in the news reports today and felt like making a podcast on it. It concerns a Critical Race theory sociologist who was appointed a professor at the University of Cambridge. The person was Jason Arday and he had not been truthful in his claims and should never of been given the appointment. The blame lies with the University of Cambridge for not carrying out d
Strange Stories UK: The Strange Case of Michele Lupo.
Send us Fan MailThe Michele Lupo case is the story of a serial killer and also a window into the mid 1980s London of High Society and High fashion. Also of the London GAY community during the AIDS crisis. The whole story will never be told as some influential characters involved thought it best for them to keep quiet.The story is loft, told in one take with no editing. I know I stumble over some
Strange Stories : The Peter B's, Fleetwood Mac and the Cobham Apparition
Send us Fan MailThe Peter B's, Fleetwood Mac and the Cobham Apparition explores one of Britain's most unusual ghost stories. In November 1965, four young musicians—including future Fleetwood Mac founders Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood—reported seeing a mysterious figure beside the A3 near Cobham, Surrey, while driving home from a rhythm-and-blues gig. Drawing on contemporary witness stat
Strange Stories UK: Tattooing people and Stories from the UK.
Send us Fan MailSome offbeat stories about tattooing in the UK since the late Victorian period up to the modern day. Told in one take outside in the garden, lo fi and with a replacement microphone.
Strange Stories : Double murder at Cadno Farm, Wales.
Send us Fan MailRonnie Harries was in his mid twenties, newly married with a baby girl living in rural South Wales, a member of a community where he had lived all his life. How did he think he could kill relatives he called uncle and auntie and take over their farm without anyone asking where they were and what was going on? Recorded in one take with the usual shortcomings. The description says se
Strange Stories: Hanwell, London. A forgotten murder.
Send us Fan MailThis is a case you will not be aware of. A forgotten murder. A marriage dispute where a man kills his wife. What is a surprise is the sentence. Recorded in one take in the garden, with no edit, I do not even listen through after recording, so apologies for any mistakes.
Strange Stories: Belmont Road, Southampton murder.
Send us Fan MailBelmont road Southampton. Henry Novak was murdered outside number 68 Belmont Road during May 2026. 66 years before this date, there was another murder at 11 Belmont Road. At that time, the UK was a different country, this is the story.Recorded in one take, without editing.
Strange Stories UK: Melanie Hall, Bath unsolved murder 30 years on.
Send us Fan MailI wanted to post this podcast on the 30th anniversary of the unsolved murder of Melanie Hall on 9 June 1996. I know Bath well having lived there during the 1980s. This is the story of Melanie Hall's disappearance and murder. The police have the case open and are asking for help in solving the crime.Told in one take without editing with all the usual faults.
Strange Stories UK: The ghosts of the Airship R101.
Send us Fan MailThis podcast is based on Eric Dingwall’s private papers that became available to view by the public during October 2025 at London University. It is about the R101 that crashed in October 1930, and resulting seances and investigations into the crash and the resulting Official report. This podcast is recorded in one take, (in the garden) without edit and is a lo-fi production.
Strange Stories UK, Henry Nowak, Southampton Murder.
Send us Fan MailThis case has just made national news headlines. It was not widely reported at the time or when the trial started but police worn body cam footage was reminiscent of the Black Lives Matter case when George Floyd Jr restrained by police said he could not breath and was ignored by police. In this case Henry Nowak a Southampton University Fresher was the victim.
Strange Stories UK: Windrush Men, Marriage and Murder
Send us Fan Mail Windrush Men, Marriage and Murder” examines a series of domestic homicide cases involving Caribbean and African migrants in postwar Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing on police files, psychiatric reports, witness statements and court records, it explores how jealousy, marital breakdown, sexual insecurity and fears of abandonment were understood within the social pressures
Strange Stories : Eva C, Margery and Stella C séances & scandals investigated by the SPR
Send us Fan MailThis podcast will be niche. It is an in depth assessment about the Society of Psychical Research’s investigations into three famous mediums of the 1920s. Eva C., also known as Marthe Béraud or Eva Carrière, and Mina Crandon, better known as Margery and Dorothy Stella Cranshaw, aka Stella C. Most people will find it dull, although quite shocking in places; but I enjoyed researching
Strange Stories UK. The 2025 murder of Karen Carter in the Dordogne.
Send us Fan MailSomething a little different in this podcast, an unsolved murder in the Dordogne. Karen Carter was murdered in April 2025 at her home in a small French village. A couple of months earlier a British couple were killed about 100n kms away and there were similarities. This was also an officially unsolved murder.
Strange Stories UK : The Wimbledon car crash of 6 July 2023 mystery.
Send us Fan MailThis is a curious case. July 2023, a car mounts a pavement and crashes into a school injuring a number of people and killing two 8 year old girls who were all standing on a lawn in the school grounds. There seems to be a news blackout after initial reports.A year later, 2024, The Crown Prosecution Service says there will be no further action as it was a result of a medical emergenc
Strange Stories UK: The missing boys of South London. What happened to Kevin Hicks?.
Send us Fan MailDuring the 1980s there were at least 10 pre-teenage and teenage boys that went missing from South London. This podcast is a reflection on what may have happened to them, the focal point is the case of Kevin Hicks who went missing on Sunday 2 march 1986 from Croydon.
Strange Stories UK: Richmond, Surrey. A fatal stabbing, unnoticed during a family argument.
Send us Fan MailJuly 1966. A Labour government in trouble, America getting bogged down in a foreign war and England winning a world cup, Are there Parallels with July 2026? This case is long forgotten today from Richmond, Surrey. The sons from the dysfunctional Brown family fight in the living room. A rather strange story unfolds, how can a fatal injury go unnoticed during a family fight?
Strange Stories UK: Society of Psychical Research investigations 1919-1922.
Send us Fan MailA selection of Society of Psychical Research investigations 1919-1922 get a mention and brief analysis.Lord Rayleigh's presidential address. Arthur Conan Doyle, Veronica Laparelli, Hereward Carrington, The Swanton Novers poltergeist, The Woods family tradition, book review about by Bligh Bond,.Martha Beraud, aka Eva C, Charles Richet, Gustave Geley, Mr Hope's psychic ph
Strange Stories UK Society of Psychical Research investigations 1917 and 1918.
Send us Fan MailSociety of Psychical Research investigations 1917 and 1918.Usual poor narration, warning this is lo-fi, recorded in one take and no editing. There are also mistakes. I call Oliver lodge a physicist when he was a physician. I was conscious of this mistake at the time but there may be more. I am not a professional podcaster, I just enjoy making them rather than watching tv or scrolli
Strange Stories UK: Not a podcast, an announcement about Podcast Bully, Murder Mile.
Send us Fan MailPlease be advised that this is not a podcast but an announcement.I feel sorry that I have to make this boring and tedious announcement, but I feel I have to stand up to a fellow podcaster who I find an arrogant bully.
Strange Stories UK. Organised Crime in London 1975, murder of Biddy Gold 2
Send us Fan MailPart 2 of the Biddy Gold murder investigation. Crime gangs, corrupt police, suspicions about Bernie Silvers.Please be advised, recorded in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK. Organised crime in London 1975, murder of Biddy Gold part 1
Send us Fan Mail1975 was a time of corruption in Central London. There was a power struggle taking place over the vice trade in Soho. The Bernie Silvers led Syndicate was losing control of the area after investigations into corruption had exposed it. Although Silvers was in jail there may have been attempts to silence those who may have know of other crimes. Bent police were a complication in tryi
Strange Stories UK: The Mystery of Alice Williams and June McKechnie
Send us Fan MailThis podcast is about events and a mystery that took place in London during 1950. A very different London than exists today. The story centres on a small cafe in Paddington. Told in one take and without editing.
Strange Stories UK. The Mystery of Sandy Lane, Ham Hill, Somerset.
Send us Fan MailThis is a story you have not heard before. It comes from the unpublished papers of Eric Dingwall. It concerns an incident at Ham Hill in Somerset that was investigated by Dingwall. Not much happens and not much is resolved but it has some interest of the type of investigation, the state of knowledge and the history of the area in 1950s Uk.The podcast is recorded in one take, there
Strange Stories UK: Peter Griffiths, Blackburn murderer.
Send us Fan MailWarning. This episode is not suitable for children. The police files on this case were released to the public in 1924. It tells of a dreadful event in Blackburn during 1948.The podcast is recorded in one take and has not been edited.
Strange Stories UK. Society of Psychical Research investigations during 1915 and 1916
Send us Fan MailThis is another podcast looking at some investigations by the Society of Psychical Research during 1915 and 1916 during World War 1. So not a podcast to interest everyone.This podcast examines some premonition and myths during the war, perhaps the best known being the Angels of Mons. It also looks at some other strange events and makes an evaluation on them.
Strange Stories UK: A Bloody weekend in Plumstead.
Send us Fan MailTwo murders unconnected within a mile and three days of each other in Plumstead, a district in South East London.This podcast is recorded in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK : Duke of York, Fitzrovia incident and murder.
Send us Fan MailPlease be advised that the podcast starts after about six minutes when I share with you an accusation made by another podcaster who has called me a disgusting plagiarist.The story when it starts, is a forgotton story about an affray at the Duke of York public house when some South African black nationalist exiles start an affray which ends in murder.
Strange Stories UK :Journal for the Society of Psychical Research, selected stories 1913-14.
Send us Fan MailI thought I would try something a little different for the podcast during 2026. Each month (in conjunction with the usual podcast content) I shall broadcast a podcast giving selected stories from SPR’s journal as they have been bound together (two years at a time) in the British Library. I am starting with the journals from 1913/14 and will continue in chronological order. I have s
William Hepper of Chelsea and Brighton. painter, spy, BBC employee and child killer.
Send us Fan MailThis is the last podcast of 2025, calling it William Hepper of Chelsea and Brighton. painter, spy, BBC employee and child killer. A case you are unlikely to have ever known about. An unpleasant story, I try not to comment, please listen and make up your own mind.
Strange Stories UK, Ghost story for Christmas 2025, The Sauchie Case.
Send us Fan MailPodcast 243 and the number eight Christmas podcast. This case took place in Scotland sixty five years ago over the Christmas period of 1960 in Sauchi, Scotland. Skeptics that studied the case concluded that some of the phenomena reported was genuine although they could not be sure of what caused it.I am putting this podcast out on the shortest day of 2025, Sunday 21 Dec.This podcas
Strange Stories : A Forgotten Newcastle Murder.
Send us Fan MailThis is a forgotten murder from a different time. 63 years ago, in the city of Newcastle a minor crime of embezzlement led to a murder. Not so much an exciting story but more of a reflection of the time. Told in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK: Nora and Judy fall out, Chiswick 1971.
Send us Fan MailAnother short podcast while I am away. This is a story of a couple of women who breaking up in London in 1971 had a nasty falling out. Told in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK: Soho murder and prison. The life of George Pickering
Send us Fan MailI am still out of the country so am posting some shorter podcasts to keep the podcast ticking over. This one concerns a case from 1963 going on to 1967. The podcast is recorded in a studio that is soundproofed but visited by various cats and dogs and sometimes other creatures.This podcast is set in Soho, Central London an area where I used to work and knew quite well back in the la
Strange Stories UK: Dorothy Wallis, High Holborn.
Send us Fan MailThis is a short podcast just to post something while I am away. Daisy / Dorothy Wallis started a business in High Holborn, central London. She lived a quiet home life with her parents, one wonders who would have wished her harm ?
Strange Stories UK: Chloe and Josh Bashford, Newhaven, Sussex murders
Send us Fan MailChloe and Josh Bashford lived at Newhaven with their four children. Their lives were ended by a family friend who killed them for no understandable reason and then claimed diminished responsibility. The killer will be sentenced on 6 November 2025.This podcast was recorded in one take with no editing with animals in the room.
Strange Stories UK : Halloween 2025, BBC live broadcast of Dene Manor haunting.
Send us Fan MailThis podcast has been produced while I am away, recorded with a borrowed microphone and on a MacBook laptop with which I can't seem to upload any background music. Recorded in one take without editing this is the story off the BBC's first live broadcast from a haunted house. Dene/Dean manor, Meopham, Kent on 10 March 1936.
Strange Stories UK: The Strange Story of John Kealty
Send us Fan MailJohn Kealty travelled to Mexico to write a travel guide in the style of a Lonely Planet guide twenty years before they were a thing. It did not end well.
Strange Stories UK: Egon Von Bulow. South London cop killer.
Send us Fan MailThis case is in living memory. Going back to 1974. Egon Von Bulow's parents came from South America, had him while in the UK, then left him when they went back home. Not an ideal start for him. He grew up anti authoritarian. He shot three policemen and committed other crimes after seemingly losing control during July 1974. He could be living near you today.
Strange Stories UK: Where British soldiers sacrificed to appease public opinion? Suez.
Send us Fan MailThis case happened in Egypt in 1950, so just about in Living memory. It was a difficult time for British-Egyptian relations. When three soldiers were involved in a murder and tried by a British Court Martial, all politicians tried not to get involved as it was easier for all involved to bury an awkward problem.
Strange Stories UK : Ghost Club Chronicles part 1
Send us Fan MailA selection of Ghost Club discussion topics 1902-1913. These include : Haunted bottles, Egyptian mummy curses, Mrs Etta Wreight’s seances, The Glastonbury Cup, Whymper’s pony, The Pickwick mystery and the Dorchester incident. My narration is not great and there is a pug called Otto snoring at my feet and it is recorded in one take without editing. his is the first of four podcasts
Strange Stories: Stephanie Marie and Nimroy Hendricks cases Crawley West Sussex.
Send us Fan MailTwo recent tragic killings from West Sussex. Both preventable, both the result partly of council cuts. These stories are told in one take in lo-fi. Here are the end stories of Stephanie Marie and Nimroy Hendricks, their lives ending just as they were beginning.
Strange Stories : The Reverend Davidson of Stiffkey
Send us Fan MailThe story of Reverend Davidson, the vicar of Stiffkey dominated the newspapers in the early 1930s. This is the story.The Lion and Albert, By Stanley Holloway was a comic monologue inspired by actual events they had heard about in 1932. The events in this podcast happened in 1937. Nevertheless, I have put the lyrics here for anyone unfamiliar with the verse.There's a famous s
Strange Stories, Manchester Airport Attack, Amaaz and Amaad court case.
Send us Fan Mail Brothers Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad were tried for assault at Liverpool Crown Court. The case is of interest due to CCTV footage going viral amid accusations of violent racist behaviour by the police and accusations of two tier policing. This podcast is posted without editing and recorded in one take.Amaaz has been found guilty on three charges, no verdict on one cou
Strange Stories: Shepherds Bush/Clifton Suspension Bridge suitcase murders.
Send us Fan MailThis is a dark and dreadful case, it will be well covered in the news. Told in one take without editing.
Strange Stories: Sunderland Grandad shots family for Christmas 1966.
Send us Fan MailYou will not of heard this story before. Christmas Castletown, Sunderland, County Durham. A grandad feeling story for himself and ignored by his family decides to do something about it. December 1966.Recorded in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK, Nicholas Prosper, Luton murders.
Send us Fan MailThis shocking case dates from September 2023. Nicholas Prosper aged 18 had an ambition to become known as a spree killer.
Jennifer Abbott, Camden Town murder, June 2025.
Send us Fan MailThis is a short podcast about a case that was reported this week. Jennifer Abbott was murdered on around 10 June. Police originally thought she had been targeted by drug addicts. But the truth seemed a little more unusual. Recorded in a couple of hours in lo-fi and without editing.
Strange Stories: John Henry Pull, archaeology and murder in Worthing
Send us Fan MailA story that rambles on about the murder of Worthing based amateur archaeologist John Pull on 10 November 1960. He was shot in a bank being raided by teenagers. There is an interesting contrast between John Pull who contributed so much during his life, compared to the nihilistic life style of those responsible for his death. His wannabe gangster killer actually claimed to be a rein
Strange Stories: A Forgotten murder, Middlesborough December 1972
Send us Fan MailA forgotten murder that took place in Middlesborough during December 1972. A vicious murder for the sake of a few pounds so the killer could place some bets at the Bookies. RIP Nellie Tighe.
London East End Police Murders 1961
Send us Fan MailHello anyone reading or listening to this. Sorry it has been so long since my last pod. This case dates back to 1961 but it is an interesting case, virtually forgotten today. It is set in the East End of London when three policeman were shot by an angry man who had argued with his wife.There is no editing and all is in lo-fi.
Strange Stories UK: The truth about the Helen Duncan seances. Portsmouth UK.
Send us Fan MailThe Helen Duncan seances at Portsmouth during WW2, allegedly called the spirit of a sailor who died aboard the HMS Barham which had been lost with almost 900 onboard. The spirit sailor told Duncan of the loss. It was top secret and nobody was supposed to have knowledge of it, so was this proof that spirits called at the séance were genuine? Well of course not, but other documenta
Strange Stories UK: Pathological jealousy, Sandbanks, Dorset murder.
Send us Fan MailPathological jealousy, Sandbanks, Dorset murder.This case dates from 1972, it is an unknown case, I can find no information about it online. The information comes from files in the National Archives. The podcast is told in one take and there is no editing. I think there is some frog and sparrow noise in the background. I will attempt a change of subject matter for the next pod.
Strange Stories UK : Parricide, murder at Cannock, Staffordshire.
Send us Fan MailI am sure nobody listening would have ever heard about this case. The actual case files will not be released until 2057, 100 years plus after the case so there is something to be kept secret. It is a short podcast, with a lot of padding because there is no information. Recorded in lo-fi in one take with no editing. I will post some photos on the F/B site, not however the corpses wh
Strange Stories UK: Somerset 1972, Beware the drunken unstable extrovert.
Send us Fan MailAn unpleasnt story, the court case said a sordid murder, so maybe not for all. Ilchester, Somerset 1972. I will post some photographs on the F/B site.
Strange Stories UK : Swinging London, The Bayswater murders.
Send us Fan MailA dreadful story about how three young men in their 20s, fashionable Mods found themselves crossing a line and ruining their lives, killing others with a series of bad decisions in the Swinging London of 1968.
Strange Stories UK: Strange stories from the Isle of Wight.
Send us Fan MailThis is a disjointed ramble about some stories from the Isle of Wight, mainly from the 1960s. A murder at the Blacksmith's Arms, A murder at Carisbrooke, some possible paranormal stories, some local history and some aircraft crashes on the chalk Downs.I usually read up on the stories making a few notes beforehand and then write them and post them in a day so I am afraid they a
Strange Stories UK : Andrew and Dawn Searle, what is known 6 days after the Les Pesquiès incident
Send us Fan MailThis is a current case after the bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle were found in their home in Southern France on Thursday 6 February 2025. This is what is known after six days of investigation. I discuss the possible theories that have been reported in the media.
Strange Stories UK: Double murder in Greenford, London.
Send us Fan MailA story based during World War 2, a double murder committed by a younger male who did nothing to help the war effort who seemed totally selfish and was a danger to women. I can only find one other podcast that has covered this podcast, which was Murder Mile, which is a recommended listen. This podcast was recorded in one take and has not been edited, I hesitate and mispronounce as
Strange Stories UK: Motiveless Double Murder at Edgware, North London.
Send us Fan MailA rather strange case, a double murder that shocked the UK in 1949 but is almost forgotten about today. 75 years on, we do not know the motive. Told in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK: Southport Stabbings Cover Up part 2
Send us Fan MailThis is the third and final podcast on the Southport Stabbings from 29 July last year. The most shocking crime committed in the UK that I can ever recall. This is a consideration of unanswered questions and failures of the Authorities in this matter.
Strange Stories UK: Southport Stabbings Cover up part 1
Send us Fan MailThis short podcast is part one, about the cover up by the authorities over the Southport Stabbings and murders. I like many others feel upset and let down by the authorities about the atrocities they in part allowed to happen in Southport last year. These authorities are all trying hard to deflect and cover up.In this podcast I give a brief overview of events in Rwanda over the pa
Strange Stories UK: Hackney (London) and Upper Mayfield (Derbyshire) hauntings
Send us Fan MailTwo interesting cases that both went to the law courts in some ways trying to prove that ghosts exist. The first case was in Hackney, East London in 1967, the second was in Derbyshire in the 1990s.This podcast is unedited and recording in one take, and I am not the best at pronouncing or enunciating words, so I apologise for that but do not need reminding of it.
Strange Stories: Maidenhead, tramping and Murder in 1948.
Send us Fan MailA little Social and Economic history and a murder in Maidenhead during 1948.This podcast is told in one take without editing.
Strange Stories: A Double Devon murder, Plymouth 1994
Send us Fan MailA case probably long forgotton and not much publicised at the time. The information has been sourced from police records and primary sources. An unpleasant double murder from thirty years ago at Plymouth, Devon. The story is told in one take and without any editing.
Strange Stories : Ghost storey for Christmas 2024. Raynham Hall, Norfolk.
Send us Fan MailIt was at Raynham Hall that what is known as the most famous photograph of a ghost was taken. The background to the photograph being taken was the chaotic family history of the Townshend family of Raynham Hall, Norfolk. This podcast is a ramble, told in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK. Bournemouth Beach murder of Amie Gray, part 1
Send us Fan MailThis case is being heard at Winchester Crown Court during December 2024. Amie Gray was murdered by Nasen Saadi on Bournemouth Beach as he was curious to known what it would be like to kill someone according to the prosecution.This is a short podcast giving an overview of what is known as the case is live and seems to be attracting some media interest.Apologies for the sound of a no
Strange Stories UK: Joe Martin, the drunken bully who liked guns.
Send us Fan MailLondon 1960. East London, petty criminals playing with guns.Warning: This podcast is lo-fi without editing. There is animal noise in the background.
Strange stories. Halloween 2024: some cases briefly considered, Buried Treasure at Glastonbury Abbey?
Send us Fan MailAll Hallows Eve 2024. There is a brief examination of nine cases. These include the cases of Mr Moss and Mr Munnings and the medium Blanche Cooper. The SPR investigator Guy Lambert was involved in several of these cases all of which are sourced from the Journals and Proceedings of the Society of Psychical Research. There is also a search for buried treasure at Glastonbury Abbey.
Strange Stories: Chris Kaba Shooting, London 2022
Send us Fan MailThis case was heard in court this month, October 2024, the media reported on the case which caused much interest, an unarmed black male being shot by an armed police officer in London. The last time such an event attracted so much attention in 2011, there was a week of rioting across the country. To avoid a repetition, the authorities decided to charge the police officer with murde
Strange Stories : The Sea Serpent part 2, sightings, globsters and possible mistaken creatures.
Send us Fan MailSea serpents part 2. This podcasts will consider some well known sea serpent sightings and globsters and also consider some creatures that may have been mistaken for sea serpents.As always this podcast is recorded in one take without editing.
Strange Stories : Sea Serpents part 1, setting the scene.
Send us Fan MailThis is the first of three podcasts on sea serpent sightings over the centuries and theories given for these sightings from a mainly British viewpoint. This podcast concentrates on the history of sea serpent sightings up the mid 19 century.
Strange Stories: Alistair Wilson murder, Nairn, Scotland.
Send us Fan MailA well known unsolved murder from 2004 when a 30 year old banker who worked for HBOS, Alistair Wilson was shot on the doorstep of his home on a Sunday evening. There are lots of theories but it is looking like that the case will remain unsolved.
Strange Stories: Double murder at Gravesend, Kent.
Send us Fan MailThis horrific and little known incident which resulted in the death of two 16 year old children who had been been to church in 1961 at Gravesend. The story is unpleasant but serves as a case history of paraphilic coercive disorder. This is told in one take without editing.I have just realised this is podcast number 200! I am posting on Facebook Strange Stories UK again. If you wish
Strange Stories: Brilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories.
Send us Fan MailBrilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories. Moral Panics in the UK after WW1 made these characters well known to the British Public. These and other stories, mainly about scandal stories about London nightlife 100 years ago are told here in one take and without editing.
White Slavery moral panics and the first celebrity drug death in the UK
Send us Fan MailThis is the second podcast setting the scene to examine crime gangs active in the UK between the two world wars.This rambling podcast is about the fear of white slavery and the first celebrity drug death in the UK.This podcast is not edited and recorded in one take with words mispronounced.
Strange Stories: Drugging the UK, how drugs were introduced to the UK.
Send us Fan MailThis is the first of a series of podcasts regarding some incidents in the UK (London) that took place 100 years ago and caused a 'moral panic'. This first podcast tells of how drugs, (class A drugs as we understand them today) were introduced into the UK, at first accepted but then rejected after misuse. The second podcast will be about what was known as 'White Slave
Strange Stories: The Leicester Square Incident August 2024.
Send us Fan MailI have put this short podcast together on Wednesday evening, a couple of days since an incident in Leicester Square which saw a young girl randomly stabbed. The 11 year old girl was visiting from Australia and is still in hospital. It is a bit of a rant against the state of the UK so probably best to give it a miss. It has been written and posted in the space of an afternoon so as
Strange Stories : The Southport Stabbings. What we know after Day 1.
Send us Fan MailThis is a short podcast as a response to the Southport stabbings. What we know after Day 1.
