Weird in the Wade
Do you like your spooky stories with some historical context? Do you like your history with a pinch of the paranormal? Then Weird in the Wade is the podcast for you. Weird in the Wade is about all that’s weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in a small English town called Biggleswade and its surrounding area. Each episode we explore a story that will make you pause and ponder, whether its a haunting, flying saucers, witches, poisoners or body snatchers. Social history meets the unexplained in Weird in the Wade.
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June 1, 2026 • 67 mins
After exploring the 1840s haunting of Tempsford Hall Nat delves into the 20th and 21st century history of the hall.
On the eve of the 20th century Tempsford Hall suffered a devastating fire where extreme bravery was shown by the residents, visitor, and servants of the Hall.
Tempsford is probably most famous today for its role in the second world war. A top-secret role involving espionage, and resistance fighters. Nat explores th...
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May 11, 2026 • 65 mins
Whist researching Tempsford’s World War 2 history Nat
discovered a dossier of evidence about a haunting. A haunting that happened a hundred years before the second world war. The statements were gathered by Anne Lucinda Elliott, lady of the manor at Tempsford Hall from 1844 -48. They document four years of disturbing and unusual sounds, sights and experiences at the hall. The witnesses are many, including Mr and Mrs Elliott, their ...
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April 27, 2026 • 74 mins
Join Nat for this 3 year anniversary and 50th episode celebration of Weird in the Wade at Biggleswade’s most haunted pub! (I know it says episode 45 but some bonus episodes weren't numbered.)
Nat and the Scooby Gang (8 friends of the show) spent the night investigating in the bar of the Golden Pheasant. Very little sleep was had, but strange sounds, sensations and communicating with dowsing rods all took place.
The Golden Pheasa...
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April 13, 2026 • 73 mins
Nat meets up with Theresa the landlady of one of Biggleswade’s most mysterious pubs. There’s very little historical information about the Whistle and Flute, which changed its name from the Elephant and Castle in the 1990s. Theresa and her staff have all experienced strange phenomena in the pub, and Nat hopes to shed some light on why that might be.
Nat also speaks with Lloyd Lugsden of the “Dead Pubs of Bedfordshire” project to fi...
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March 30, 2026 • 54 mins
The UK's roads seem to be filled with ghostly encounters and urban legends from phantom hitchhikers to timeslips. In this episode Nat
examines two road ghost encounters shared by listeners. These two road ghosts have a link with foggy weather. Is fog the most paranormal of all weather conditions?
Nat also explores a miraculous healing which was said to have been performed by a ghost who manifested in a cloud of steam like mist.
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March 16, 2026 • 58 mins
In a trip to the seaside, a “Weird in the Waves” episode if you like, Nat tells the tale of Black Humphrey, an infamous smuggler, wrecker, possible pirate, spell caster and general wrongun. On Whipsiderry beach, just north of Newquay, you’ll find a small rugged island which bears the name of Black Humphrey’s rock. Today’s episode explores how this rock got it’s name.
As well as telling this twisty tale of ghost ships, phantom sai...
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March 2, 2026 • 68 mins
Starting with an exploration of the Green Lady of Kempston, a ghost who appears along the banks of the river Great Ouse southwest of Bedford. These colourful lady ghosts can be found all over the UK and Ireland, and Nat wants to know more about this type of female ghost.
Nat is joined by special expert guests:
EvelynHollow (parapsychologist, author and queen of team believer on Uncanny,)
Deborah Hyde (psychologist, folklo...
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January 19, 2026 • 59 mins
The Higgins Bedford (a museum and art gallery.) has a long history of unexplained and supernatural phenomena witnessed by customers and staff alike. It became so infamous that from the 1980s until 2010 ghost tours and investigations were held at the museum. The site includes an old brewery, beautiful town house, munitions tower, and the mound of Bedford castle. Can this history shed any light on the paranormal activity reported and...
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January 5, 2026 • 52 mins
We return to Brighton and the suburb of Prestonville to discover one of the most bizarre hauntings Nat has ever found. Investigated by the Daily Mirror in 1907, the Presonville Horror defies all understanding of what a ghost might be. A mother and daughter are plagued by strange sounds and sights whilst they care-take a large crumbling house. A flamboyant sceptic investigates and claims to have solved the mystery of the haunting, t...
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December 22, 2025 • 60 mins
Recorded live at the Bigg Theatre in Biggleswade, this is a special Christmas episode of Weird in the Wade! Nat with special guest Owen Staton explore tales of demon dogs, creepy canines and haunted hounds. Avoiding the most famous of them all Old Shuck, this episode considers lesser-known tales including those shared by listeners, as well as folktales from Bedfordshire and across the UK. From Luton’s fiery hound of Galley Hill to ...
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December 8, 2025 • 53 mins
Join Nat on a brief trip away from the wade to the seaside and Brighton’s hidden gem, Preston Manor. This ancient manor house is possibly England’s most haunted. There
is a ghost story, sometimes multiple ghost stories for every room at this beautiful stately home.
Dan Cox Head Guide for Brighton Museums and Preston Manor takes us on a tour of the house sharing ghost stories old and new, including his own creepy encounter.
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November 24, 2025 • 58 mins
Listener Nick, tells Nat about a strange and ghostly experience he had at Coopers Hill in Ampthill, Bedfordshrie back in the early 1980s.
Did Nick witness a ghost, a time slip or is there a more rational but equally intriguing explanation for his sighting?
With the help of Bryan Bland from Ampthill Ghost Walks, Nat uncovers the strange history of Coopers Hill, or the Firs as locals call it. That history includes, Victorian poach...
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November 10, 2025 • 66 mins
Can an historic poltergeist haunting cast light on the current phenomena affecting Andy’s house? We visited Andy’s house in the last episode. Nat uncovers the poltergeist story behind the 1994 newspaper headlines. She considers the historical context of the haunting, including the broadcast in 1992 of Ghostwatch.
Nat also chats with Bethan Briggs-Miller of Eerie Essex podcast and co-founder of the East Anglian Folklore Centre abo...
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October 27, 2025 • 57 mins
Weird in the Wade is back! In this episode Nat investigates haunting phenomena happening in a house right now in Biggleswade. Andy and his little dog Dolly are troubled by bangs, footsteps, and other strange sounds and sights in their cottage.
Do former occupants hold the answers?
Does the recent and ancient history of the land hide clues?
Is Andy's house the only home experiencing ghostly activity in that area of Biggleswade...
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October 20, 2025 • 1 min
A quick trailer for the Return of Weird in the Wade, featuring a teaser of what to expect from the first new episode: What's Haunting Andy's House?
Make sure you're subscribed to Weird in the Wade wherever you listen, so you don't miss an episode. Remember new episodes of Weird in the Wade will be released every two weeks from Monday 27th October 2025
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August 25, 2025 • 55 mins
On a summer wander away from the wade, Nat visits a South Lincolnshire hillside which has attached to it an intriguing medieval tale of a phantom army. In a strange coincidence, Nat learns that her brother who runs there regularly has a tale to tell about that hillside as well. Sempringham was the site of an abbey and a monastic order founded by an Englishman, St Gilbert. The site holds a holy well and a link to a Welsh princess, a...
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July 28, 2025 • 68 mins
On a summer wander away from Biggleswade, Nat investigates one of the UK's strangest seasonal folk customs, the Burryman of Queensferry. For centuries a man covered from head to ankle in spiky burdock seedheads has walked along the banks of the Firth of Forth, bringing luck and banishing evil from the town. Uniquely Scottish, looking like a man covered in bees or a bear walking on his hind legs, scaring young children, but fascinat...
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June 30, 2025 • 63 mins
The medieval chronicles are peppered with odd tales amongst the mundane, when folklorist and historian Dr Francis Young came across one of these peculiar stories he shared it with Nat, because it happened at Biggleswade. In this episode Francis and Nat ask, and hopefully answer the questions: what was this strange sight? What did it mean to the witnesses? How have our interpretations of the uncanny and otherworldly changed over the...
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May 26, 2025 • 82 mins
Beneath the pretty market town of Royston in Hertfordshire, lies a cave that was carved out of the chalk by hand, in the distant past. After being dramatically rediscovered in the mid 18th century, Royston cave has spawned competing theories about its use and meaning and has been a tourist attraction ever since. Smothered in medieval carvings which in turn have been covered by more recent etched graffiti, this cave is unique in man...
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May 5, 2025 • 66 mins
As a celebration of two years of Weird in the Wade, Nat returns to the subject of her first ever episode: The Haunted Poundstretcher. The site is now a café and gym where Nat and her team of friends hold a ghost hunt overnight. They have access to the café, gym, attic and cellar space. They hear from staff and visitors who have experienced something uncanny in and outside of the building.
Nat also explores why the rumour that the ...
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