Ruth is Stranger Than Fiction

Episode 48 - The Giant and the Spider


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A giant named Moses Carter, farmer of cabbages and thrower of rocks! A psychical investigator called Tony Cornell, who will thoroughly examine your claims of supernatural occurrences and, quite probably, debunk them. What do these two seemingly disparate characters have in common? They were both residents of Cambridge-adjacent village of Histon, of course! And also, we’re going to hear about them in this episode. We’re joined by author and proud Histon-dweller Mike Rampton, who has some theories and also quite a lot of jam.

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