Strange Stories UK

Send us Fan Mail All Hallows Eve 2024. There is a brief examination of nine cases. These include the cases of Mr Moss and Mr Munnings and the medium Blanche Cooper. The SPR investigator Guy Lambert was involved in several of these cases all of which are sourced from the Journals and Proceedings of the Society of Psychical Research. There is also a search for buried treasure at Glastonbury Abbey.

Send us Fan Mail This case was heard in court this month, October 2024, the media reported on the case which caused much interest, an unarmed black male being shot by an armed police officer in London. The last time such an event attracted so much attention in 2011, there was a week of rioting across the country.  To avoid a repetition, the authorities decided to charge the police officer with mur...

Send us Fan Mail Sea serpents part 2. This podcasts will consider some well known sea serpent sightings and globsters and also consider some creatures that may have been mistaken for sea serpents. As always this podcast is recorded in one take without editing.

Send us Fan Mail This is the first of three podcasts on sea serpent sightings over the centuries and theories  given for these sightings from a mainly  British viewpoint. This podcast concentrates on the history of sea serpent sightings up the mid 19 century.

Send us Fan Mail A well known unsolved murder from 2004 when a 30 year old banker who worked for HBOS, Alistair Wilson was shot on the doorstep of his home on a Sunday evening. There are lots of theories but it is looking like that the case will remain unsolved.

Send us Fan Mail This horrific and little known incident which resulted in the death of two 16 year old children who had been been to church in 1961 at Gravesend. The story is unpleasant but serves as a case history of paraphilic coercive disorder. This is told in one take without editing. I have just realised this is podcast number 200! I am posting on Facebook Strange Stories UK again. If you wi...

Send us Fan Mail Brilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories. Moral Panics in the UK after WW1 made these characters well known to the British Public. These and other stories, mainly about scandal stories about London nightlife 100 years ago are told here in one take and without editing.

Send us Fan Mail This is the second podcast setting the scene to examine crime gangs active in the UK between the two world wars. This rambling podcast is about the fear of white slavery and the first celebrity drug death in the UK. This podcast is not edited and recorded in one take with words mispronounced. 

Send us Fan Mail This is the first of a series of podcasts regarding some incidents in the UK (London) that took place 100 years ago and caused a 'moral panic'. This first podcast tells of how drugs, (class A drugs as we understand them today) were introduced into the UK, at first accepted but then rejected after misuse. The second podcast will be about what was known as 'White Slav...

Send us Fan Mail I have put this short podcast together on Wednesday evening, a couple of days since an incident in Leicester Square which saw a young girl randomly stabbed. The 11 year old girl was visiting from Australia and is still in hospital. It is a bit of a rant against the state of the UK so probably best to give it a miss.  It has been written and posted in the space of an afternoon so a...

Send us Fan Mail This is a short podcast as a response to the Southport stabbings. What we know after Day 1.  

Send us Fan Mail Quite a complicated story which I have tried to simplify. This is a well known case in the North East, still just about in living memory (1967). It is a case of miscarriage of justice, organised crime and corruption in the Newcastle, County Durham area. This podcast is one man in his office putting out a story the way he understands it. I know that I am not very good at presenting...

Send us Fan Mail Jay Slater, a teenager has gone missing while on holiday in Tenerife. This is a story that has taken off in the media and social media. This concerns the first two weeks of a strange and fast moving  case that may well be solved by the time you have read this.  The story is told in one take  without any editing.. 

Send us Fan Mail I can't find any mention of these 1971 murders on the internet. The information is taken from police files and as information is scant, it is a short episode.

Send us Fan Mail This is a forgotten about story found in a Journal of the Society of Psychical Research.  Wivelsfield is a village in Sussex, the Volturno was an ocean liner, presumably named after the Italian river. Please be advised that this podcast is recorded in one take and is not edited.

Send us Fan Mail 1920s in the UK the Authorities were worried about the behaviour of some of the young people who were later called 'The Bright Young things'. The Establishment were worried about nightclubs, dancing and drinking and the Home Secretary was determined to do something about it. When he found out about a scandal at Eton College where boys were supposedly being seduced by act...

Send us Fan Mail I am posting  this short podcast as the podcasts that I have been working on have become rather complicated, I will finish and broadcast them later. One is about corruption in the Metropolitan police force in London during the 1970s, the other is a paranormal case.  I have started and completed this short podcast on a rainy Sunday in May 2024. The story comes from 1973 from Swanag...

Send us Fan Mail What is the largest fish caught in British freshwaters and are they dangerous? This episode is about a huge creature that lived in Martin Mere that was said to feed on swans!  Some of the podcast is rather silly but all of it true. There is a Slightly boring opening about geological features, folklore and drainage systems, this lasts about five minutes, so maybe  skip that part. ...

Send us Fan Mail This case was committed in Boscombe, part of Bournemouth during August 2023. The case has come to Winchester Crown Court this month, starting on April 11, it is expected to finish in late May, more likely early June 2024. I am not sure how to describe the case in a line or two. A gregarious extrovert couple with addiction and mental health problems commit an atrocious act. The tri...

Send us Fan Mail Confrontations and Closing Speeches. This is the fifth podcast on the Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial. This one concentrates on the last month of the trial which only sat for a few days. The trial has again been delayed halfway through the Judge's summing up speech. I don't think that there will be a verdict until around 29 April 2024. The Strange Stories podcast...

Send us Fan Mail Please be aware, this podcast is recorded in one take without editing. This is a case that was heard at Winchester Crown Court between January 2024 and March 2024.

Send us Fan Mail I am posting this before the retrial of the  Nicholas Billingham / Fiona Beal case which is due to be heard at the Old Bailey in the late Spring of 2024.  This is a retrial of a case abandoned during June 2023 for no apparent reason.  I am giving the background to the original trial. It is told in one take without editing.  I will post another podcast when the case finishes probab...

Send us Fan Mail A Famous murder of its time in 1964, almost forgotten today. The case was famous for its forensic breakthrough. Recorded as usual in one take without editing.

Send us Fan Mail  This is the fourth podcast of what is proving to be an extraordinary case.  I was expecting this to be a one podcast  case. T his podcast concentrates on the events of week 7 of this case being heard in Court 5 of the Old Bailey in London. This is being posted before the expected start of week 8 on March 25 2024. 

Send us Fan Mail Recorded in lo fi without editing. I don't think you would have heard of this story from Portsmouth, UK in March 1973.