The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories

Deep in the Central Highlands, on the lonely shore of Loch Ericht, Ben Alder Cottage has held a haunted reputation for decades. Old newspaper clippings, bothy folklore, and modern overnight visitors tell the story of Joseph McCook, strange noises in the dark, doors crashing open, objects moving, and the uneasy feeling that this remote shelter is not always empty.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research Links:

Dundee Courier and Advertiser, Friday 20 January 1978

The Courier and Advertiser, Friday 12 April 1985

https://ben-alder.com/mccooks-bothy/

https://ohwhataknight.co.uk/blog/a-night-alone-in-ben-alder-cottage

https://www.alexroddie.com/2018/03/a-night-in-ben-alder-cottage/

https://outdoorsmagic.com/article/britains-most-haunted-bothy/

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/travel/travel-news/man-left-creeped-out-uks-31288955

https://munromoonwalker.com/blog/bothy-ghosts-giant-mice-and-john-ford

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday.

Sarah and Tobie xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A small 1994 newspaper clipping from The Scotsman we came across writes about a skull being uncovered on the island of Coll, in a place long known as Hangman’s Hill and of the islanders frightened enough to ask the church to bless the ground. Behind the discovery lies an older Maclean clan tradition of murder, revenge, execution, unconsecrated burial, and the belief that some dead do not rest quietly.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research Links:

The Scotsman — Monday 4 April 1994 — “Fear of ghosts haunts island”

https://macleanhistory.org/resources/texts/the_clan_gillean.txt

https://archive.org/stream/transactions29gaeluoft/transactions29gaeluoft_djvu.txt

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

https://archive.org/stream/folklore08folkuoft/folklore08folkuoft_djvu.txt

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow.

Sarah and Tobie xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this British UFO episode, we explore four strange cases where ordinary nights became something far harder to explain.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research:

https://www.cambriastories.net/the-pentyrch-ufo-incident/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-todmorden-ufo-mystery-a-close-encounter-in-west-yorkshire

https://www.blaze.tv/series/todmorden-ufo-sighting-britains-roswell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn_Mountain_UFO_incident

https://friends.cymru/the-berwyns-ufo-mystery/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/berwyn-mountain-ufo-the-welsh-roswell

https://www.cambriastories.net/the-welsh-roswell-ufo-event/

Sarah xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorry, there's no YouTube episode today. They will be back in a couple of months!

In today's episode we share 4 spooky Reddit stories.

Special thanks to ElioAbel, Federal-Chemical7736, itswhowho, and swansandfrogs88 for allowing us to share your stories!

Stories:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1tdfodb/a_glitch_in_the_matrix_with_two_witness_or_maybe/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueScaryStories/comments/1te2mg7/when_i_was_a_little_boy_there_was_a_monster_under/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1tgpx6m/real_life_npcs/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1tf6f1i/i_saw_my_mother_looking_out_at_me_from_a_window/

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Follow us on YOUTUBE

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Sunday!

Sarah and Rog xx

"Spacial Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1856, two young brothers vanished into the Allegheny Mountains, only to be found after a farmer dreamed their location three nights in a row. Decades later, another family claimed a dead father appeared in dreams to reveal a hidden will tucked away in an old Bible. Together, these true paranormal stories explore the unsettling folklore of dreams, ghosts, and the dead who seem determined to be found.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research Links:

https://catbirdlife.com/finding-the-lost-children-of-the-alleghenies/

https://uncoveringpa.com/lost-children-of-the-alleghenies-monument

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lost-children-of-the-alleghenies-monument

https://www.thirdstopontheright.com/lost-children-alleghenies/

https://openpublishing.psu.edu/pittsburghnovel/content/lost-children-alleghenies-and-how-they-were-found-through-dream

https://ourdavie.com/2016/06/09/learn-more-about-the-chaffin-ghost-story/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ghostly-beings

https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/ghosts-and-apparitions-psi-research-overview/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93597/time-ghost-had-his-day-court

https://occult-world.com/chaffin-will-case/

https://fairweatherlewis.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/chaffin-v-chaffin-dream-case/

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow.

Sarah and Tobie xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before Blackbeard became the terror of the Atlantic, he may have been just another Bristol sailor, walking the old harbour streets and drinking in dockside taverns.

The Llandoger Trow has stood since the seventeenth century, gathering stories of pirates, sailors, writers and ghosts.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research Links:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/who-was-blackbeard

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blackbeard

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Queen-Annes-Revenge

https://www.qaronline.org/

https://www.qaronline.org/historical-background-queen-annes-revenge-shipwreck/open

https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/blackbeard/

https://www.visitocracokenc.com/blackbeard-lore/

https://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/

https://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/about/

https://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/

https://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/people-involved/

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/anti-racism-at-bristol/university-slavery/legacies/

https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-shed/historical-walk-pirates-and-prejudice/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/21/last-orders-for-bristol-pub-linked-to-robinson-crusoe-and-treasure-island

https://visitbristol.co.uk/blog/post/a-pirate-themed-day-out-in-bristol/

https://visitbristol.co.uk/blog/post/dark-tour-of-bristol/

https://showofstrength.org.uk/productions/blood-blackbeard-buccaneers

https://www.getyourguide.com/en-gb/bristol-l445/pirate-activities-tc161/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandoger_Trow

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/llandoger-trow/

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow.

Sarah and Tobie xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1988, Bob and Lesa Cranmer moved their family into a large old house on Brownsville Road in Brentwood, Pennsylvania, believing they had found their dream home. But over the years, the family claimed the house became the centre of violent supernatural activity, including shadow figures, moving objects, broken religious items, mysterious scratches, and blood-like stains on the walls.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research:

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19983845W/The_Demon_of_Brownsville_Road

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/ex-county-commissioner-authors-book-about-dark-forces-haunting-his-home/

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/paranormal-activity-in-brentwood/

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/demonic-possession-real-or-mental-illness/

https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/demon-of-brownsville-road-house-to-open-as-bed-breakfast/

https://www.wtae.com/article/photos-homeowner-introduces-you-to-the-demon-of-brownsville-road/7402276

Sarah xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorry, there's no YouTube episode today. They will be back in a couple of months!

In today's episode we share 4 spooky Reddit stories.

Special thanks to tool-king-887, SaltyHailey, Divitelocuenta, and Slurpeepatch for allowing us to share your stories!

Stories:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1th6seg/teleportation_happened_to_me/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1tehjdr/a_few_years_ago_when_i_was_15_my_friends_mum_died

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1tbaenc/something_strange_is_happening_and_i_have_no/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1tjzoi9/the_demon_haunting_my_school/

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Follow us on YOUTUBE

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Sunday!

Sarah and Rog xx

"Spacial Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Across New England, old harbours, coastal towns, wind-scoured islands, and shadowed woodland have given rise to a variety of legends. From the black-cloaked phantom of Provincetown to Ocean-Born Mary, the cursed island of Nix’s Mate, and the buried pirate treasure said to lie beneath Dungeon Rock.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research Links:

https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-black-flash-of-provincetown-hoax-or.html

https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/by-location/new-england/cape-cod/the-black-flash-of-provincetown-ma-folk-horror-and-hysteria-from-new-england-echoes-in-the-midwestern-countryside/

https://ptownie.com/history/a-black-flash-in-the-pan-provincetowns-boogeyman/

https://provincetownmagazine.com/2011/10/16/the-black-flash-the-legend-lives-on/

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/ocean-born-mary-new-hampshire-legend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Born_Mary

https://www.nps.gov/places/nixes-mate.htm

https://www.bostonharborislands.org/blog/nixes-mate/

https://historicaldigression.com/2024/10/31/nixs-mate-in-boston-harbor-and-a-pirates-curse/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fly

https://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1830

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dungeon-rock

https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/dungeon-rock-lynn-woods-pirate-treasure-ghost/

https://primaryresearch.org/dungeon-rock/

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday.

Sarah and Tobie xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In early eighteenth-century Connecticut, a murdered peddler was found buried beneath Micah Rood’s apple tree, his skull shattered and his money gone. When the tree bloomed again, its white blossoms had turned red, and the apples it bore were said to carry a blood-like stain at their core.

The BOOK

BY US A COFFEE

Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP

Subscribe to our PATREON

EMAIL us your stories

Join us on INSTAGRAM

Join us on TWITTER

Join us on FACEBOOK

Visit our WEBSITE

Research Links:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Myths_and_Legends_of_Our_Own_Land/Volume_2/Micah_Rood_Apples

https://www.ctgenweb.org/county/conewlondon/MicahRood.htm

https://www.applesearch.org/newsletters/2011AppleSearchNewsletter.pdf

https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/news-people/article/The-disturbing-true-story-behind-Franklin-s-17044838.php

https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-178-franklins-cursed-apple/

Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on tomorrow.

Sarah and Tobie xx

"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

SURVEY

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.