The Sauchie Poltergeist case, one of Scotland's most notorious paranormal events, unfolded in 1960 in the small village of Sauchie. The case centred around 11-year-old Virginia Campbell, who experienced strange occurrences in her home, including unexplained knocking sounds, moving furniture, and eerie apparitions. Investigated by several credible observers, the phenomenon baffled experts and sceptics alike. Dive into this chilling case that continues to intrigue and mystify paranormal enthusiasts.

My Special Guest Is Malcolm Robinson

Malcolm Robinson is an established public speaker, presenter, scriptwriter and International author as well as the Founder of Strange Phenomena Investigations Scotland (SPI). He is the assistant editor of Outer Limits Magazine and has given lectures on UFO's around the world.

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Thomas Lacey was born on November 4, 1895, in Glossop, Derbyshire, England. His journey into the spiritual world began early in life, leading to a lifetime of mediumship. On March 18, 1918, he married Edith Emma Lomas in Whitfield. Edith, born on September 28, 1895, was not a medium herself, but she played a vital role in supporting Thomas's work. 

In the early 1920s, the Laceys made a significant move to Canada—settling in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. It was here in 1924 that Thomas began conducting séances, with Edith actively participating. 

Throughout the 1960s, Thomas and Edith held séances in the home of Otto and Nelda Smith in Kitchener with attendees reporting experiencing apports, materialisations, automatic writing, and even Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). 

My Special Guest Is Dr. Nick Richbell

Dr. Nick Richbell recently received his PhD in History from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. His area of research is the history of Spiritualism, and his doctoral dissertation is a biographical history about the medium Maurice Barbanell and his guide, Silver Birch. The teachings of Silver Birch are still talked about in Spiritualist churches today, however, Maurice Barbanell’s name is rarely mentioned.

Nick has long believed that there is more to life than an earthly existence. However, it was not until he started work as the Head of Special Collections and Archives at the University of Waterloo Library that he started to further consider the afterlife. The archives had two séance related collections. The Maines-Pincock Family collection holds records of seances conducted by the American medium William Cartheuser in the private home of Jenny O’Hara Pincock in St. Catharines, Ontario. Another collection, the Thomas Lacey Lecture collection contains over 400 lectures given by Lacey while in trance. Nick was able to bring in a new Lacey collection during his tenure at Waterloo: the Thomas Lacey séance collection: over 100 reel-to-reel tapes from the 1960s of recordings of seances conducted by Lacey in a Kitchener, Ontario home. He is often invited to give talks about his research about this magnificent collection. Nick was the research associate on the audio-documentary, The Ghost of Thomas Lacey, produced by Anthroscope Media.

Originally from London, England, Nick is currently the Head of Special Collections and Archives at Clemson University in South Carolina. Prior to moving to South Carolina, Nick oversaw the Special Collections and Archives department at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. He also managed the archives of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal and worked at the McGill University Archives as well as the McGill University Health Centre.

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2. Discover more about Thomas Lacey and his mediumship.

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The crash of the R101 airship in 1930 was a devastating disaster, resulting in the loss of 48 lives. In the aftermath, trance medium Eileen Garrett claimed to receive messages from the deceased crew and passengers. These messages suggested design flaws and material failures as the primary causes. While sceptics questioned the validity of her communications, supporters believed Garrett's insights offered a unique perspective on the tragedy, blending the realms of spiritualism and aviation to seek understanding and closure.

My Special Guest Is Sarah Blake

Sarah Blake began Hushed Up History in October 2014 as a way to tell the dark, amusing, surprising, and forgotten true tales hidden inside history's discarded pages. She currently lives in New Jersey and when she is not writing about all things weird she works in cemeteries and museums, studies tarot and mediumship, paints nightmares, and devours everything she can about the history of her ancestor's home of Salem, Massachusetts. She also drinks way too much tea and has absolutely no regrets about it. If learning about tarot floats your boat she can be found at Twin Crows Tarot on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

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2. Look at Eileen Garrett's life and mediumship.

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In today’s podcast we explore the eerie tales of Epping Forest, the spectral whispers of Bosworth Hall, and the ghostly apparitions of the British Schools Museum with special guest, Penny Griffiths-Morgan, renowned author, paranormal investigator, and researcher who brings her unique insights and passion for the supernatural. With years of experience uncovering the unknown, Penny shares spine-tingling stories and personal encounters as well as taking us on a journey through her own haunting tales and passions.

My Special Guest Is Penny Griffiths-Morgan

Penny has had an interest in all things unusual from a young age after experiencing seeing a light anomaly in an old barn in the village that she grew up in. Her love of history has led her to visit as many museums, old buildings and ruins as humanly possible and fast forward some years and she was given the chance to embrace both her loves by both producing and presenting the Haunted Histories podcast.

She has been featured in a national newspaper, been interviewed on radio, tv and other podcasts, is a regular historian on “Help! My House is Haunted” , a guest on the recent “A history of the paranormal” documentary, a regular speaker at paranormal events around the UK and is also a feature writer for Haunted magazine. If that was not enough, she is a published author, her five current books are available via Amazon, and a sixth is on the way.

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2. Explore some of the haunting histories behind Penny's passions and research.

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Thomas Bradford, a spiritualist in early 20th century Detroit, sought to prove the existence of an afterlife through a unique and tragic experiment. Partnering with fellow spiritualist Ruth Doran, Bradford devised a plan where he would take his own life and attempt to communicate with Doran from the beyond. In February 1921, Bradford was found dead in his apartment, leaving a note detailing his intentions. Despite his tragic end, Bradford's experiment did not produce the hoped-for proof of life after death, but it did ignite public fascination and debate over spiritualism and the mysteries of the afterlife.

My Special Guest Is Sarah Blake

Sarah Blake began Hushed Up History in October 2014 as a way to tell the dark, amusing, surprising, and forgotten true tales hidden inside history's discarded pages. She currently lives in New Jersey and when she is not writing about all things weird she works in cemeteries and museums, studies tarot and mediumship, paints nightmares, and devours everything she can about the history of her ancestor's home of Salem, Massachusetts. She also drinks way too much tea and has absolutely no regrets about it. If learning about tarot floats your boat she can be found at Twin Crows Tarot on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

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In today's episode we delve into "The Lady in the Bay Window," a true ghostly tale by William, who turned his experiences into a bestselling book. After his mum's cancer diagnosis, William channelled his energy into writing, raising nearly £30,000 for charity. Join us as we explore the haunted happenings at number 333.

My Special Guest Is William C. Graves (Pseudonym)

William’s Mum was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer 5 years ago, feeling pretty helpless William spent the first 2 years doing sponsored dog walks and managed to raise just under £3000 for local cancer charities. After suffering an injury to his knee and having to undergo surgery, Will was asked by an old housemate if any spooky goings on had happened recently in his home. He proceeded to tell a ghostly tale before having a lightbulb moment to try his hand writing down the many true ghostly tales which have occurred at number 333 over the past 18 years. Having never written before and working full time as an area manager in the motor trade, the now self published best selling paranormal book took 3 years to complete. All the proceeds go to a local cancer charity who helped his mother through the mental battle of her diagnosis and treatment. The book 'The Lady in the Bay Window - A true story of a Sheffield haunted home' has now raised a staggering £29500 in the first 7 months since release and sold over 7500 copies worldwide.

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Maurice Barbanell (1902-1981) was a pivotal figure in spiritualism, renowned as the founder and editor of "Psychic News," a leading spiritualist publication. His work promoted the spiritualist movement, emphasising the reality of life after death through mediums and psychic phenomena, significantly shaping public understanding and acceptance of spiritualism.

My Special Guest Is Dr. Nick Richbell

Dr. Nick Richbell recently received his PhD in History from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. His area of research is the history of Spiritualism, and his doctoral dissertation is a biographical history about the medium Maurice Barbanell and his guide, Silver Birch. The teachings of Silver Birch are still talked about in Spiritualist churches today, however, Maurice Barbanell’s name is rarely mentioned. Barbanell spent 61-years dedicated to Spiritualism and Dr. Richbell’s research has started to correct this omission and put’s Barbanell back into the historical discourse about him being the twentieth-century’s leading propagandist of the religion and movement.

Nick has long believed that there is more to life than an earthly existence. However, it was not until he started work as the Head of Special Collections and Archives at the University of Waterloo Library that he started to further consider the afterlife. The archives had two séance related collections. The Maines-Pincock Family collection holds records of seances conducted by the American medium William Cartheuser in the private home of Jenny O’Hara Pincock in St. Catharines, Ontario. Another collection, the Thomas Lacey Lecture collection contains over 400 lectures given by Lacey while in trance. Nick was able to bring in a new Lacey collection during his tenure at Waterloo: the Thomas Lacey séance collection: over 100 reel-to-reel tapes from the 1960s of recordings of seances conducted by Lacey in a Kitchener, Ontario home. He is often invited to give talks about his research about this magnificent collection. Nick was the research associate on the audio-documentary, The Ghost of Thomas Lacey, produced by Anthroscope Media.

Originally from London, England, Nick is currently the Head of Special Collections and Archives at Clemson University in South Carolina. Prior to moving to South Carolina, Nick oversaw the Special Collections and Archives department at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. He also managed the archives of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal and worked at the McGill University Archives as well as the McGill University Health Centre.

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In today’s episode we delve into the remarkable rise of supernatural phenomena in post-World War II Germany, a period marked by the extraordinary popularity of faith healers like Bruno Gröning and a wave of witchcraft accusations. Joining us is Monica Black, the acclaimed historian and author of ‘A Demon-Haunted Land: Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany’. Monica offers a compelling exploration of how a nation, grappling with the aftermath of war and the Holocaust, turned to supernatural beliefs and practices to cope with its collective trauma.

In the wake of the war, Germany saw a resurgence of messianic figures and mystical healers drawing enormous crowds, prayer groups conducting exorcisms, and widespread sightings of the Virgin Mary. This period also witnessed a startling number of witchcraft accusations as neighbours turned against each other in a climate of pervasive fear and suspicion. Monica Black unpacks these phenomena, arguing that they were deeply intertwined with the nation's unaddressed guilt and the haunting silence over its recent atrocities.

Our discussion highlights how these supernatural obsessions reveal a darker, more troubled side of Germany's postwar recovery, often overshadowed by narratives of economic resurgence and democratic rebirth. Monica’s insights, drawn from previously unpublished archival sources, paint a vivid picture of a society struggling with profound moral and spiritual disquiet. This episode is a deep dive into the shadow history of postwar Germany, offering a fresh perspective on the emotional and psychological toll of trying to bury a painful and horrific legacy.

My Special Guest Is Monica Black

Monica Black is a historian of modern Europe. Her research focuses on the cultural and social history of Germany, with an emphasis on the era of the World Wars and the decades immediately after 1945. Much of her work has concerned how National Socialism functioned in daily life, and what happened to it after 1945.

She is a Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), where she has been a faculty member in the history department since 2010. From 2021 to 2023, she served as associate director of the UT Humanities Center. Earlier in her career, she taught at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina and at the University of Virginia. Since 2019, she has been the editor of the journal Central European History (Twitter: @CentralEuropean). She also serve as an associate review editor for the American Historical Review and served from 2016 - 2021 as a member of the editorial board of German Studies Review. In 2022, she joined the German Studies Association’s executive board. In 2023, she was named to the advisory board of the George L. Mosse Series in the History of Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas (University of Wisconsin Press). In 2014, she was awarded the Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. She has been a fellow of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University and the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities have supported her research.

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In this spine-chilling episode, we delve into ghostly encounters and afterlife beliefs across ancient civilisations! Journey with us through Mesopotamia’s restless spirits, Egypt’s elaborate rituals for the dead, and Rome’s fearsome spectres. Discover how Greece’s underworld, India’s reincarnation beliefs, China’s ancestral spirits, and MesoAmerican death gods shaped their cultures. Learn about rituals to appease the supernatural, the roles of spirit guardians and dogs, and the vivid portrayals of the afterlife. From the eerie to the divine, we unravel the mysteries of the afterlife and the spirits that walk among us. 

My Special Guest Is Joshua J. Mark

Joshua J. Mark is co-founder and Content Director of World History Encyclopedia. He has lived in Greece and Germany, travelled extensively, especially through Egypt, and presently lives in upstate New York with his dog, Sammie. Joshua Mark was a part-time philosophy professor and writing instructor at Marist College, where he received a Faculty of the Year Award and the Special Services Award of Merit, and has also taught history and literature courses at the college level. He has published articles, short fiction, and creative nonfiction through various journals, magazines, and online.

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In this episode, we sit down with William Abbitt from WTCW Paranormal, a paranormal investigator who has explored the eerie corners of Hampton Roads, Virginia. William shares some of his experiences from haunted locations such as the Ferry Plantation House as well as delving into local cryptids and folklore such as the Wendigo and Skinwalkers, adding layers of mystery to the region's stories.

Discover some of the unique places that make Hampton Roads a hotspot for the supernatural as William also shares his group's methodology and approach to paranormal investigations, offering invaluable tips and suggestions for aspiring ghost hunters.

My Special Guest Is William Abbitt From WTCW Paranormal

On Halloween of 2021, William Abbitt and 3 of his childhood friends decided to set out to see if the, often sensationalised, paranormal industry truly was as real as they say it is. Thus, the WTCW Paranormal Investigation Firm was born with the goal of showing the truth and nothing but the truth behind the life of a paranormal investigator. Since the formation of the group, they have conducted over 35 official paranormal investigations across the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, encompassing house calls, commercial businesses, historic museums, and so much more!

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