Strange Stories UK

Oct 30 2024 202 ep. 50 mins 159
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true crime, mysteries, strange stories, stories,paranormal, UK, I try to be factual and not give too many opinions. Podcasts are 'low fi' with out any editing. 

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Strange stories. Halloween 2024: some cases briefly considered, Buried Treasure at Glastonbury Abbey?

Oct 30 2024 42 mins  
Send us a textAll 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 Glaston

Strange Stories: Chris Kaba Shooting, London 2022

Oct 27 2024 36 mins  
Send us a textThis 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 offi

Strange Stories : The Sea Serpent part 2, sightings, globsters and possible mistaken creatures.

Oct 21 2024 48 mins  
Send us a textSea 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.

Oct 16 2024 38 mins  
Send us a textThis 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.

Oct 01 2024 54 mins  
Send us a textA 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.

Sep 21 2024 44 mins  
Send us a textThis 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 agai

Strange Stories: Brilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories.

Sep 15 2024 55 mins  
Send us a textBrilliant 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

Aug 29 2024 38 mins  
Send us a textThis 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.

Aug 23 2024 37 mins  
Send us a textThis 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 Slaver

Strange Stories: The Leicester Square Incident August 2024.

Aug 15 2024 27 mins  
Send us a textI 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 af