Beyond Haunted UK: Ghosts, Mysteries & True Crime

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie explores one of the darkest and most unsettling objects in British folklore - the Hand of Glory. For centuries, thieves were said to carry a candle made from the severed hand of a hanged man into homes in the dead of night. Every sleeping person inside would be rendered completely helpless unable to wake, unable to move, unable to call out for as long as...

In this filler episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie explores one of the most compelling and unsettling chapters in modern British paranormal history — the Highgate Vampire. In the winter of 1969, residents near Highgate Cemetery in North London began reporting a dark figure moving silently between the graves. What followed was a wave of accounts, media frenzy, and a public panic that would see hund...

In this short update episode, Jamie explains why Beyond Haunted UK has been quieter than usual over the past few weeks. After returning from a visit to the infamous Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Pennsylvania, planned surgery and a difficult recovery forced a temporary pause in podcast production. Jamie shares a brief update on his recovery, reflects on the recent Pennhurst trip, and looks...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie revisits a personal experience from the old Gosport Smallpox Isolation Hospital on Monks Walk - a place designed to separate the sick from the public during outbreaks of infectious disease. What began as a quiet investigation inside the abandoned site quickly became something far more unsettling. While sitting inside a small room centred around a Ouija b...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie shares a personal experience involving a crucifix purchased from an antique shop - an object that stayed on his mind long after he first saw it. What began as a simple purchase gradually developed into something more reflective, as wearing the crucifix became part of daily life. Over time, this was followed by an unexpected shift in thinking, including a...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK , Jamie explores the idea of witchcraft — not as it’s often portrayed, but as something rooted in intention, belief, and personal experience. From early curiosity and fascination, to using spiritual practices during a time of grief, this episode reflects on what witchcraft can represent on a personal level. It looks beyond stereotypes to explore how intention,...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK , Jamie explores the story of the Annabelle doll — one of the most famous and widely debated haunted objects in the world. Unlike the version portrayed in film, the real Annabelle is a simple Raggedy Ann doll, reportedly linked to a series of unsettling events that brought it to the attention of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. This episode look...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK , Jamie shares a real personal experience — a story of living in a house that never quite felt right, and the unexplained events that followed. In 2012, Jamie and his partner Chris moved into a small fisherman’s cottage in Bognor Regis. From the outside, it appeared completely ordinary — a quiet coastal home with no known history of paranormal activity. But fro...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie explores the enduring mystery of Bigfoot also known as Sasquatch a creature that has occupied a strange space between folklore, eyewitness testimony, and modern investigation for decades. Across the forests of North America, hikers, hunters, and researchers have reported encounters with a tall, human-like figure moving silently through remote wilderness....

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie explores the history and paranormal reputation of Farrar Elementary School, a former rural schoolhouse in Polk County, Iowa that has become one of the most well-known haunted locations in the American Midwest. Rather than focusing only on ghost stories, this episode traces the origins of the school, the community it once served, and the decades of everyd...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie explores the history of Pennhurst State School and Hospital - an institution that became one of the most infamous symbols of America’s treatment of people with disabilities in the twentieth century. Rather than focusing on ghost stories alone, this episode traces the origins of Pennhurst, the beliefs that shaped its creation, the daily lives of those who...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK , Jamie reflects on the Moors Murders, one of the most tragic true crime cases in British history. This episode explores the events of the crimes, the social context of Britain in the 1960s, and the lasting impact on families, communities, and the landscapes connected to what happened. Rather than focusing on notoriety, this episode centres the victims and the...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK , Jamie reflects on two remarkable objects found within the tomb of Tutankhamun - a dagger forged from meteoritic iron and a scarab carved from Libyan Desert Glass. Rather than focusing on curses or mythology, this episode explores humanity’s long relationship with the night sky and how ancient cultures understood materials that fell from beyond the Earth. It r...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the life and death of Anneliese Michel – a young woman whose suffering became one of the most widely known exorcism cases in modern history. Rather than focusing on sensationalism or fear, this episode explores the human cost behind the headlines, and the cultural and religious context of 1970s Germany, where faith, guilt, and limited underst...

In this special episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on a first investigation at Rowtons Museum of the Paranormal & Spirituality, housed within the historic Penuel Chapel in Carmarthen, Wales. This episode explores the experience of sitting within a space shaped by centuries of prayer, healing, and spiritual intention, and the quiet impact such places can have on those who enter them....

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the life and crimes of Aileen Wuornos, often described as America’s first female serial killer. This episode explores Aileen’s early life shaped by abandonment, abuse, and survival, alongside the events that led to her crimes and the lasting impact on the victims and their families. Rather than focusing on notoriety or spectacle, this episode...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on repeated investigations at the Ancient Ram Inn, one of England’s oldest and most storied buildings, located in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. This episode explores the long history of the Ancient Ram Inn, including centuries of folklore, alleged witchcraft, imprisonment, and reported unexplained activity, alongside what it means to retur...

In this special episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the Hinsdale House in Western New York — a location associated with reports of intense paranormal activity and one of the rare cases in which a building, rather than a person, was the subject of a Catholic exorcism. This episode explores the history of the land, the experiences reported by the Dandy family after moving into the farmho...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the Roswell incident of 1947 and the enduring cultural weight it carries. This episode explores the reported crash debris, witness accounts, and the shifting official narratives that followed, alongside the impact these events and stories had on a desert community shaped by silence, military presence, and long-running uncertainty. Rather than...

In this breather episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the need for stillness and inner space amid noise, pressure, and expectation. This episode explores the act of pausing - stepping away from constant stimulation to sit or lie down, slow the breath, and reconnect with a steadier inner state. Rather than focusing on external stories or phenomena, this episode centres the inner landscap...

In this penultimate episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice - a story of love, loss, and the boundary between life and death. This episode explores the origins of the myth, the symbolism woven through Orpheus’s descent into the underworld, and what this story has come to represent across centuries of retelling. Rather than approaching the myth as di...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the story of Zhanggong Zushi, a Buddhist monk from Fujian, China, whose mummified body was encased within a gilded statue, revered for centuries, and later stolen and drawn into an international legal and cultural dispute. This episode explores the historical and spiritual context of Zhanggong Zushi’s life and posthumous veneration, alongside...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the story of the Pendle Witches and the 1612 witch trials beneath the shadow of Pendle Hill in Lancashire. This episode explores the historical context of the accusations, the fear, superstition, and social pressures that tore a community apart, and the lasting impact these events left on the people and landscapes connected to the trials. Rat...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the life and crimes of Ed Gein, uncovered in 1957 at a farmhouse in Plainfield, Wisconsin, in a case that went on to influence Psycho , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , and The Silence of the Lambs . This episode explores the circumstances surrounding Gein’s life, his profound isolation, grief, and deteriorating mental state, alongside the impac...

In this episode of Beyond Haunted UK, Jamie reflects on the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden in 1892 and the enduring legacy of the Lizzie Borden House at 92 Second Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. This episode explores the historical events surrounding the killings, the trial that followed, and the long shadow these events cast over the house and the community. Rather than focusing on sensat...