Dark Cornwall Presents: Droll Podcast Series

A journey through Cornwall’s darker screen history, from haunted houses and sea witches to Hammer horror, Doctor Who, Straw Dogs, Dracula, Enys Men, and the strange future of Cornish cinema. This episode explores how cliffs, coves, mines, villages, and old ruins have shaped Cornwall’s lasting place in horror, suspense, and the uncanny.

A chilling legend haunts a quiet Cornish village - a man-sized, winged, and watching from the treetops. Dive into the eerie true accounts of the Owlman of Mawnan Smith, and the strange creature that just might be more than myth

This episode traces how the Cornish spriggan has moved from ancient hills and burial sites into modern videogames and popular culture. Beginning with game depictions in worlds such as Skyrim, The Witcher, World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy, it explores how spriggans have become forest guardians, fae creatures, mining hoarders, or even forms the player can inhabit. The focus then returns to Cornwa...

Cornwall’s coast is steeped in stories of sea serpents and strange creatures from the deep. In this episode, we explore the legend of Morgawr, the mysterious monster said to haunt Falmouth Bay and the Helford River. From Victorian sea serpent reports to the famous Mary F photographs of the 1970s, from the discovery of the so-called Falmouth skull to the testimony of fishermen who knew the waters b...

Beneath the hedges and fields of Cornwall lie chambers cut deep into the land. Narrow stone passages, entered on hands and knees, where the air is cool, the sound is strange, and the outside world seems to vanish. They are called fogous, and you will not find them anywhere else in Britain. In this episode, Robin Vickery takes us underground. From Pendeen Vau on the high cliffs to Halliggye on the...

Beyond the cliffs of Cornwall, past the last fishing boats and into the restless Atlantic, legend speaks of a kingdom lost to the sea. Fields, forests and towers lie drowned, yet some say their bells still toll beneath the waves. This is Lyonesse… Britain’s Atlantis. In this episode of Dark Cornwall, we follow the currents of myth and memory — from Tennyson’s haunting vision of Arthur’s final jour...