James Thompson

Subterraneans Podcast

Society EN ↓ 52 episodes

A podcast about the underground history of London. Hidden places and forgotten stories beneath the City.

Author

James Thompson

Category

Society

Podcast website

soundcloud.com

Latest episode

Jan 2, 2026

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Episodes

S05E04: Doves Type 23.08.2022

The Doves Press and its unique typeface printed what have been described by design historians as “some of the finest books ever produced in England”. Why, then, did it end up spending a hundred years at the bottom of the river? www.patreon.com/subterpod

S05E03: Not Deer 09.08.2022

Why have mysterious creatures from Appalachian folklore begun appearing in the roads near Richmond Park? www.patreon.com/subterpod

S05E02: Mole Men 26.07.2022

The Mole Man of Hackney, and a discovery beneath Finsbury Park. www.patreon.com/subterpod

S05E01: The Stick 12.07.2022

Hypnosis, murder, and the music industry. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

SUBTERRANEANS SEASON 5 06.07.2022

PREMIERES 12 JULY 2022

S4E5: Ephemera 13.08.2021

Ephemera: Four stories from the edge. Rat boat, walking into traffic, creatures of the tube, and a painting from another dimension. The finale of Subterraneans Season 4. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

S4E4: Cutting the Line, Part 2 30.07.2021

Mansel Wheeler strikes back against the Returners. Part two of the Mass Rock Heist. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

S4E3: Cutting the Line, Part 1 16.07.2021

Part one of a two-part series on Mansel Wheeler, the Returners, and a heist which split the city in two. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

S4E2: Luddites and the River Lea 02.07.2021

Fortunes in flux along the East End's industrial riverfront. https://www.patreon.com/subterpod

S4E1: Classified Material 18.06.2021

This is a love story. http://patreon.com/subterpod

Season 4: Episode 0 07.06.2021

Subterraneans Season 4 will begin on Friday 18 June 2021. http://patreon.com/subterpod

S3E5: The Estuary 09.01.2021

Searching for Parthenope in the cold mud of the estuary. Sewers, sirens, wading birds, and bovril boats, in the season finale of Subterraneans. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: www.twitter.com/Subterpod

S3E4: Panic Rooms & Priest Holes 12.12.2020

Wren's churches, Chaucer's clergy, and the sanctuary within the sanctuary; I take a look at the secret codes in the City's churchyards. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: www.twitter.com/Subterpod

S3E3: Underground Shopping 28.11.2020

Raves at the end of history in the failed shopping malls of late capitalism. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: www.twitter.com/Subterpod

S3E2: Little Compton Street 14.11.2020

A mysterious grate in the centre of Charing Cross Road, and the troubled organics of a restless city. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

S3E1: Gasometers 31.10.2020

Subterraneans Season 3 kicks off with a tribute to the suburbs, and the Victorian gasometers, of the ex-industrial estuary. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

S2E5: Reinterment in Clerkenwell and Camden 17.04.2020

Clerkenwell Prison, the Camden Catacombs, and the drowned. The season finale of Subterraneans Season 2. The show will now be on hiatus as I regroup and prepare for the next step. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

S2E4: Nuclear Apocalypse 03.04.2020

Nuclear war, plague, and learning to fly at the end of the world. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

S2E3: The New Cross Tube Experiment 20.03.2020

The natural world, tube lines, and giant sloths. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

S2E2: Blackfriars 06.03.2020

I visit Blackfriars Bridge, conspiracy theories, numbers stations, and the search for truth. Subscribe on Patreon: www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: twitter.com/Subterpod

S2E1: Burial 21.02.2020

Season two of Subterraneans picks up where we left off, exploring the hidden city and its secret hinterlands beneath the earth. Stories of burial, exhumation, reburial, drowning, and surviving beneath the cold earth. Subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/subterpod Follow my twitter: https://twitter.com/Subterpod

Broadcast 24.01.2020

A broadcast from somewhere...

Episode 5: Return to Aldgate 03.10.2019

In the season finale of Subterraneans, I return to the Aldgate Cavern to try to connect it to the rest of the City. Subterraneans will now be on hiatus until season 2 is ready. Follow on Twitter or subscribe on iTunes for more information as it's ready. https://twitter.com/subterpod https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/subterraneans-podcast/id1475124265

Episode 4: Billionaires' Row 14.09.2019

In the wealthy suburbs of Kensington and Hampstead, billionaires are building super-basements to artificially extend their properties an extra five of six storeys below the ground... but that's not all they're doing. In this episode, I explore money and power beneath London's quiet residential streets. Subscribe on iTunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/subterraneans-podcast/id14751242...

Episode 3: Going to Aldwych 30.08.2019

In episode 3 of Subterraneans, I discuss the building of the tube, the kind spirits who walk with us through the darkness, and the ghost stations and hidden vaults which lie beneath London. Subterraneans is written and produced by James Thompson. All my feeds can be found at https://twitter.com/Subterpod

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