Eerie Essex

Send us Fan Mail This months episode is landing with a splash! Join us as we take a look at the legends, stories and folklore surrounding some of the county's waterways. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just search for Eerie Ess...

Send us Fan Mail With all the strange things in the sky at the moment we just had to revisit UFOs... If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just search for Eerie Essex! You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex...

Send us Fan Mail We were thrilled to be joined in this episode by the wonderful Danny Robins from Haunted, The Battersea Poltergeist, Uncanny and The Witch Farm. We talk all things eerie, uncanny and ask some very serious (and not so serious ....Uncanny Community looking at you) questions. You can listen to Danny on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010wp9 ...and contact him via: exp...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we go back to look at witches. As ever with this topic alongside the fascinating there is the tragic and macabre. From Cunning Murrell to the first witch trial ending with a hanging...join us.... *Warning* this episode is particularly dark and looks at subjects such as suicide and sexual assault. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined this month by Loremen's James Shakeshaft in our hunt for the county's strangest animal ghosts/folklore. We have headless chickens, frozen chickens, big cats and dangerous deers. Take a walk on the wild side with us... James Shakeshaft is co-host of The Loremen Podcast with Alasdair Beckett-King and a jolly lovely chap. Loremen is a funny podcast about local...

Send us Fan Mail We are so excited to be joined for this Christmas special by the wonderful, magical Jo Hickey-Hall & Icy Sedgwick. We discuss Christmas folklore, ghost stories and of course segue into some rather random topics.  So join us for a look at the darker side of Yule... You can follow Jo on the The Modern Fairy Sighting Podcast:  https://themodernfairysightingspodcast.buzzsprout.com...

Send us Fan Mail ...and here is part II. Yes that was cruel of us to finish just before Bethan finished her story. But here is the rest of our special gust interview with Peter Laws. Peter is an author, journalist, film critic and public speaker. He is the creator of the Creepy Cove Community Church Podcast , two popular non-fiction podcasts Frightful & Our Curious Past and also the Matt Hunte...

Send us Fan Mail We were delighted to be joined by Peter Laws this month for a jolly good geek-out about all things weird and wonderful. We ended up chatting for two hours so this is going to be a 2-parter. Peter Laws is an author, journalist, film critic and public speaker. He is the creator of the Creepy Cove Community Church Podcast , two popular non-fiction podcasts Frightful & Our Curious...

Send us Fan Mail This month we are stuck between a rock and a hard place as we discuss Essex stones. If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a review. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Join us this month where we discuss the Devil and some of his exploits across the county. To watch the video we talk about please follow the link below: https://youtu.be/_xgx33E4JG0 If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/e...

Send us Fan Mail Grab your map and spade because this month we are off to find treasure! ...but remember, all that glitters isn't always gold.... If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ......

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we speak to curator Ben Paites about the new exhibition at Colchester Castle, Wicked Spirits. It explores the history of changing attitudes towards witchcraft in England from the 1500s into the 1800s and focuses on the stories of the accused rather than the Witchfinder General. Special thanks to Charlotte Evans for talking to us about her time on work experience wi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! In this episode we will be looking at the frightening tales of poltergeists in the county. If you hear your dog crying to get in at the front door...maybe you'll double check before letting it next time 😬 If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com You can support u...

Send us Fan Mail This month we are whisked away, hand in hand, with the fairies. We discuss encounters in Essex and the folklore surrounding such creatures. We very lucky to have been joined by the wonderful Jo Hickey-Hall from The Modern Fairy Sightings podcast to share in our storytelling and discussions. Video of fairy on ring doorbell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr8yo35dr6c The Modern Fai...

Send us Fan Mail We spent a lovely afternoon talking to one of our listeners who had so many stories to share with us. A costume shop on Mersea Island, Red Lion Walk and Made & Found cafe are some of the places mentioned. Thank you again Wendy for meeting with us... You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex ....or by leaving us a r...

Send us Fan Mail What? You want more?....okay, here is part two of our exorcism episode plus a listener story.  Colchester Museum - Witchcraft museum donation: www.artfund.org/wicked-spirits You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon: https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We thought we may struggle to find any stories on exorcisms in Essex. I mean have you ever heard of one?......oh how wrong we were! We have had to split this episode into two parts as there was so many and we still haven't covered them all. So pull the blanket tighter and maybe sleep with the light on tonight... True or False 90s Tv show link (Bill Ramsey): https://youtu.be/j...

Send us Fan Mail This month we look at Monks...and what a naughty lot some of them were!  Tales of ghostly apparitions and even Devil worship; it certainly is an interesting topic. If you would like to contact us with more information on this episode or with your own Essex tale please email us at: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's off to the theatre in this month's episode of Eerie Essex. Join us round the fire for tales of tragedy, ghosts and strange bumps in the night. So let's get this show on the road...break a leg... If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com For more information on the...

Send us Fan Mail Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? No it's....well...who knows? This month we are looking at UFOs/UAPs both in local stories and official reports released from the M.O.D.  Join us as we look to the skies... Bethan also shares a personal UFO encounter and has rather randomly decided to show this through the medium of....puppetry. We will prompt you during the episode to follow the l...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! Join us for our first episode of 2022! In this episode we explore some of the darker depths of local woodlands and forests. From Epping Forest to Basildon some of the few remaining wildernesses harbour terrible secrets. If you go down to the woods today you are sure of a big....surprise? *Warning* this episode is particularly dark and looks at subjects such as suic...

Send us Fan Mail Join us this month as we discuss one of our listener's stories. Christian Jensen Romer tells the story of the strange encounter his mother had in the 1940's at Belchamp  St Paul and how that led him and his friends to have their own eerie experience 40 years later.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This month we discuss haunted roads and wayside graves. What tragic events led to the haunting on Betty Potters Dip*? Who appears on the causeway to Mersea Island in the full moon? Join us as we delve into these mysteries... If you have enjoyed this podcast please consider leaving us a review. You can contact us at eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com *Information found on Betty Potter&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Join us this month for our live podcast on cryptids. This was recorded at the Unfamiliars: On Folk event at Colchester Art Centre. We discuss the Ratman of Southend, the Serpents of Saffron Waldon and the Horned Ape of Wallasea Island. If you enjoy this episode please leave us a review wherever you listen to us. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look at the stories of witches in Essex. From those who practiced openly unharmed to those who were accused and imprisoned.  Join us as we discuss familiars, skeletons, curses, poltergeists and why you perhaps shouldn't run round  certain church tower at midnight on Halloween. Support the show