Norfolk Folklore Society

This week the team discuss an account of a haunted house in Tharston during the 1930s.

This week we discuss one of the most famous ghost pictures ever taken. The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.

Who is the lady in red who haunts the old cross stone at Hardley crossroads? The team debate several theories as well as realising they have terrible memories when it comes to TV shows.

This week on the podcast we discuss the warring brothers of Wickhampton. Stacia shares her extensive knowledge of petrification with us and Siofra shares her love of Memento Mori.

This week the team are given a tour of acurious antique/cocktail bar situated in the Norwich Lanes. Gregory the propietor tells us about his unusal collection and historical cocktails.

In the heart of the Fens is a lonely church which, legend has it, makes its own entertainment thanks to a haunted Victorian pipe organ . We discover that Stacia and Siofra are very immature and can’t say organ without sniggering.

This week the team share the tale of a mythical king who is said to be buried under Norwich Castle and his strange companion.

Stacia, Siofra and Richard host an evening of ghost stories at Arboretum in Norwich.

This week Stacia, Siofra and Richard have a wander around the Weird Norfolk Heritage Open Days exhibition at The Forum in Norwich.

This week our winsome weirdoes wonder about warrens and in particular the Monty Python-esque phantom rabbit of Thetford Warren Lodge which also boasts a gibbering ghoul. We also have two spooky tales from listener James Coates.

This week playwright Mark Finbow from the theatre company The Keeper's Daughter joins us for a chat about his new production which is inspired by the Rendlesham incident (yes we know that is in Suffolk). We also have a chat about the mysterious Norfolk dim-out which happened just a month before Rendlesham...was it a coincidence or was it a cover-up?

He’s the invisible menace that terrified us as children. But is there more to the bogeyman than an imaginary behaviour monitor?

This week we go adventuring to the church at Upper Sheringham to meet the mermaid who resides there. We also give a fairly extensive list of films which feature mermaids (mostly Disney films...).

Stacia, Richard and Siofra show appreciation for one of Norfolk’s only fairy creatures and brush up on faerie etiquette.

This week the weird ones discuss poltergiest activity and share some spooky poltergiest encounters from around Norwich. Also, Stacia gives some sage like advice about talking to dolls...

Thirteen is unlucky for some, but not for this team. This week our 13th episode features Stacia, Siofra and Richard discussing the legendary Black Shuck

The tales of the Lily Pit at Gorleston lead to a chat about the stone tape theory and the morals that can be found in traditional ghost stories.

This week the team discuss the Scole Experiment, Derren Brown and all things related to contacting the dead. Also Siofra owns up to being asked to leave a seance by a ghost.

This week Stacia and Richard try and convince Siofra that the truth is out there (and that the truth is that there are UFOs) and Stacia ups her game with the podcast snacks.

This week the Weird Sisters get their claws into a discussion about the Devil in folklore before getting stuck in to morals, religion and whether or not the Devil takes taxis.

WARNING: Do not play in wooded areas (unless you want to attract bigfoot) This week Stacia and Siofra discuss the possibility of bigfoot living in Thetford forest.

This week we welcome our first ever guests, The Shadowcaster and The Silent Hand from Norwich Ghost Walks! The team dropped in to chat about all things weird and wonderful, ghostly and great and shared their favourite film with a ghost in it (we banned them from choosing Ghost or Ghostbusters) and let us know where they'd haunt if they were ghosts!

Siofra and Stacia are pleased to present their most favourite cursed item EVER. The cursed goat's head of Strumpshaw which just keeps coming back....  Click here for the full story of the cursed goat's head of Strumpshaw

This week the Weird Sisters discuss the apparitions which appeared on Sandy Lane in Dereham and Stacia recounts the time an interview she doing was gatecrashed by a celebrity spirit.

In which Stacia and Siofra conclude that they would not have survived the Witchfinder General's reign of terror.