Tales From the Otherwood

This episode was recorded and produced whilst on holiday in Madeira!  So it’s only appropriate that for this episode I found a story from Madeira.  This story was found online with a passage from the book ‘Madeira Folktales and Legends’ by José Viale Moutinho.   A rich traveller from Madeira stays in a local hotel and encounters the supernatural with a very different approach than most people woul...

The year is 1626 and it's the reign of King Charles I.  The Duke of Buckingham has rivalry to the left of him, jealousy to the right, and here he is: stuck in the middle with too much going on.... yet he is about to completely transform the life of one VERY small boy forever.  'The Boy in the Pie' is the first in the Jeffrey Hudson series, which will span a total of four episodes. ...

This month sees us take a detour from the East Midlands and straight to Dylan's native Sheffield.  Here we encounter the story of a very sorry woodman who not only has a lot of trees to fell in one day, but he's lost his axe!  With missing tools and others that fall apart and the fact he seem's to have awoken a water fairy, can he finish his work? In the chat that follows, we'l...

The year is 1092 and the very first Bishop of Lincoln is looking forward to seeing the cathedral completed.... only it seems to have attracted the attention on unholy eyes. Dylan tells this story of spiritual warfare, mischievous entities and how throwing salt over your shoulder just might stop you from being dragged to Hell! Send us Fan Mail You can contact Dylan by email on: talesfromtheotherwoo...

A farmer and his wife are aghast to learn they have been burgled!  Not only have their valuables been stolen, there's no sign of how nor whom has taken them..... when all obvious steps have been explored and even the local police can't help, who you gonna call? The Wizard of Lincoln of course! Join Dylan in a tale of theft, shapeshifting, shadow magic and magpies! This story is set on th...

Robin Hood wants to attend mass on a very holy day in Nottingham, even if the Sheriff is watching out for him.  Little John wins a bet of five shillings, but this leads to Robin's capture!  Listen and find out how Little John sets on a daring, cheeky and bloodthirsty mission to get his friend out of gaol. Dylan Knight tells the earliest published story of Robin Hood, meaning there are no well...