‘One night, in the early hours of the morning, I was suddenly awoken – and believe me I was wide awake – with the realisation that ‘something’ was standing in the doorway of my bedroom. I don't know how I knew this … but I did. If I could describe it better: it was human but much more animal-like … A kind of low-level creature.  And obviously, the feeling I got from this thing was not friendly or pleasant …

This is episode 60 – Part 3 – of the Haunted UK Podcast, and we’re back again – full to the very rafters with your incredible stories … so join us – but proceed with caution – and maybe find somewhere to hide now … because we are about to come face to face with The Thing and Other Listeners’ Stories …

Do you have an interesting story which you'd be willing to share with the show? If so, your story could feature in our end of season Listeners’ Stories episodes. Please get in touch with the show via our new Haunted UK Podcast Website, or email us at [email protected], marking the subject as Listener Story.

All stories are treated with the utmost privacy and respect – if you wish to remain anonymous – that's no problem at all. Alternatively, you could drop us a voice note via Instagram, and with your permission, we will play your voice note on the show. It would be great for your voice to bring your very own story to life.

Please check out our new  Haunted UK Podcast Patreon page to support the show and gain access to reams of bonus content such as our new series ‘Tour Haunts’ and interview series ‘Talk Haunts’– as well as early access to ad-free episodes and lots more. Thank you so much for supporting us here at Haunted UK Podcast – we can’t wait for you to listen – and join our growing community!

We’re waiting for your stories ...

You can support us and follow us for updates at:

Patreon: Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram: Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

This episode was:

Presented by: Steve Holloway

Produced by: Pink Flamingo Home Studio. Follow the studio on Instagram  Pink Flamingo Home Studio

Script edited and proofread by: Marie Waller. For more information about Marie’s editing and proofreading services, please contact Marie at [email protected]  or  Marie Waller Proofreading Instagram  

Please don’t forget, we are part of an exciting new study – you can get involved too! The Haunted UK Podcast has teamed up with Northumbria University who are interested in sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when people wake up and are unable to move and often see vivid experiences. We would particularly like to hear from people who are over eighteen years old and have paranormal experiences during sleep paralysis.

We are proud to be a part of this fantastic study, and we'd love for all of you listeners to get involved if you've had any experience with sleep paralysis ... no matter how small. Let’s find some answers!

Get in touch using the following links:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThingsThatBump

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Welcome dear listeners, to our series of ‘Talk Haunts’ – a chat that’s all scary ... just for you. So, grab a hot chocolate, maybe a tea, pull up a chair … because this is Haunted UK Podcast’s Talk Haunts – The Ghosts of Hollywood with Gail Porter – iconic broadcaster, stand-up comedian, mental health campaigner and advocate. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Gail was known to millions presenting incredible shows such as Fully Booked, Live and Kicking, Top of the Pops, The Big Breakfast – the list could go on – but Gail is also a big authority on all things paranormal, presenting shows such as Dead Famous and Spooked Scotland as well as the Paranormal Activity Live shows in the very haunted Richmond Theatre …

Join us as we chat with Gail about her supernatural experiences in Hollywood, Salem, a pink castle in Scotland, her own home and the incident which changed her view on the paranormal forever. 

Please check out the extended interview on Haunted UK Podcast Patreon where Gail reveals what scares her most of all, more haunted locations –  and we chat about our cats quite a bit too!

Gail is an ambassador for some very important charities, please check out the work they do and find out how you can get involved too:

Homewards – a homeless charity.

Together Co – a charity that makes sure people are not alone and organise volunteers to share their time with people who may be lonely, as well as organising events for people in the local community. 

Street Vet  – a charity to support owners and their pets who are homeless.

Changing Faces - a charity to support people with visual differences. 

Samaritans

SSPCA

Presented by Steven Holloway and Marie Waller

Produced by Pink Flamingo Home Studios

Script editor: Marie Waller Proofreading 

This episode is kindly sponsored by Enigmazine  – the new magazine which explores the unknown and investigates the paranormal! Available for subscription online – and available to buy in WH Smiths, Tesco and Asda.

The Haunted UK Podcast has teamed up with Northumbria University who are interested in sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when people wake up and are unable to move and often see vivid experiences. We would particularly like to hear from people who are over eighteen years old and have paranormal experiences during sleep paralysis.

We are proud to be a part of this fantastic study, and we'd love for all of you listeners to get involved if you've had any experience with sleep paralysis ... no matter how small.

Get in touch using the following links:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThingsThatBump

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Do you have an interesting story which features the paranormal?  Or even ideas or stance on the paranormal that you would like to discuss?  If so, we would love you to be a guest on Talk Haunts. Please get in touch via:

Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram: Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

We’re waiting for your stories …

You can support us, access bonus material (including extra Talk Haunts, Short Haunts, Tour Haunts – and now Movie Haunts!), join our growing community – and follow us for updates at Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Thank you!

Welcome dear listeners, to our series of ‘Short Haunts’ – a shot of scary ... just for you. So, grab a hot chocolate, maybe a tea, maybe something stronger … because this is Haunted UK Podcast’s 'Short Haunts – The Room with the Nursery Rhyme Wallpaper’.

Sometimes we get a Short Haunt which just can’t wait, it needs to be heard … this was undoubtedly one of them. When Jackie moved into a 1940s’ home – with a wallpaper to match in the nursery, things felt awry from the start and as she began to look around and delve deeper… she started to wonder if there was a mystery in The Room with the Nursery Rhyme Wallpaper.

Presented by Steve Holloway

Produced by Pink Flamingo Home Studios

Script edited by  Marie Waller Proofreading 

Do you have an interesting story which features the paranormal? If so, your story could be featured in our new series ‘Short Haunts’. Please get in touch via:

Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram: Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

We’re waiting for your stories …

You can support us, access bonus material, join our growing community – and follow us for updates at Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Please don’t forget, we are part of an exciting new study – you can get involved too! The Haunted UK Podcast has teamed up with Northumbria University who are interested in sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when people wake up and are unable to move and often see vivid experiences. We would particularly like to hear from people who are over eighteen years old and have paranormal experiences during sleep paralysis.

We are proud to be a part of this fantastic study, and we'd love for all of you listeners to get involved if you've had any experience with sleep paralysis ... no matter how small. Let’s find some answers!

Get in touch using the following links:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThingsThatBump

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

‘As I was coming down the road, I saw what I thought were the lights of an oncoming car, so I stopped to let it pass. After a few moments I flashed my lights but got no response so, thinking the car may have broken down in the snow or got stuck; I walked into the woods towards the lights to help. As I neared, I saw there had been an accident and ran to the car which had struck a telegraph pole, knocking it into the woods. I pulled the car door open …’

This is episode 60 – Part 2 – of the Haunted UK Podcast, and we’re back with another jam-packed episode of listeners’ stories – hold tight because this is The Crash and Other Listeners’ Stories.

As usual, the response from all of you fantastic listeners has been phenomenal. So many stories, so many experiences, so many elements of the paranormal ... and all brilliant. A huge thank you to each and every single one of you who have taken the time out to type your stories up and send them in to the show. And let’s remember it’s never easy to share a story about the supernatural – it takes courage and some vulnerability. Some of these experiences have unsettled some of our listeners in this episode – troubled them even; so, to come forward and entrust us with their stories – well, it’s massively appreciated. So, with that said, it’s time to dim the lights, time to get comfortable, and time to listen … to your stories.

Do you have an interesting story which you'd be willing to share with the show? If so, your story could feature in our end of season Listeners’ Stories episodes. Please get in touch with the show via our new Haunted UK Podcast Website, or email us at [email protected], marking the subject as Listener Story.

All stories are treated with the utmost privacy and respect – if you wish to remain anonymous – that's no problem at all. Alternatively, you could drop us a voice note via Instagram, and with your permission, we will play your voice note on the show. It would be great for your voice to bring your very own story to life.

Please check out our new  Haunted UK Podcast Patreon page to support the show and gain access to reams of bonus content such as our new series ‘Tour Haunts’ and interview series ‘Talk Haunts’– as well as early access to ad-free episodes and lots more. Thank you so much for supporting us here at Haunted UK Podcast – we can’t wait for you to listen – and join our growing community!

We’re waiting for your stories ...

You can support us and follow us for updates at:

Patreon: Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram: Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

This episode was:

Presented by: Steve Holloway

Produced by: Pink Flamingo Home Studio. Follow the studio on Instagram  Pink Flamingo Home Studio

Script edited and proofread by: Marie Waller. For more information about Marie’s editing and proofreading services, please contact Marie at [email protected]  or  Marie Waller Proofreading Instagram  

Please don’t forget, we are part of an exciting new study – you can get involved too! The Haunted UK Podcast has teamed up with Northumbria University who are interested in sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when people wake up and are unable to move and often see vivid experiences. We would particularly like to hear from people who are over eighteen years old and have paranormal experiences during sleep paralysis.

We are proud to be a part of this fantastic study, and we'd love for all of you listeners to get involved if you've had any experience with sleep paralysis ... no matter how small. Let’s find some answers!

Get in touch using the following links:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThingsThatBump

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

My grandfather, being the gentleman he is, graciously offered to give them a lift. He drove the women home and, in true Irish fashion, they invited him in for a cup of tea to say thanks. My grandfather accepted their offer and went into the house for a cup of tea. Upon entering the house, my granda instantly felt a heaviness in the air, a feeling he had never felt before …

This is episode 60 (part 1) of the Haunted UK Podcast and it’s time to hear from you …  and your stories

So, coming to the end of another season, means that we’re here once again … listeners’ stories; and as always, we have an amazing selection for you to listen to. It’s always an absolute pleasure – and sometimes a very frightening experience – to read through all of your stories, and to assemble them into these brilliant episodes. So, with that said, it’s time to dim the lights, time to get comfortable, and time to listen … to your stories.

Do you have an interesting story which you'd be willing to share with the show? If so, your story could feature in our end of season Listeners’ Stories episodes. Please get in touch with the show via our new Haunted UK Podcast Website, or email us at [email protected], marking the subject as Listener Story.

All stories are treated with the utmost privacy and respect – if you wish to remain anonymous – that's no problem at all. Alternatively, you could drop us a voice note via Instagram, and with your permission, we will play your voice note on the show. It would be great for your voice to bring your very own story to life.

Please check out our new  Haunted UK Podcast Patreon page to support the show and gain access to reams of bonus content such as our new series ‘Tour Haunts’ and interview series ‘Talk Haunts’– as well as early access to ad-free episodes and lots more. Thank you so much for supporting us here at Haunted UK Podcast – we can’t wait for you to listen – and join our growing community!

We’re waiting for your stories ...

You can support us and follow us for updates at:

Patreon: Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Website:https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram:Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

This episode was:

Presented by: Steve Holloway

Produced by: Pink Flamingo Home Studio. Follow the studio on Instagram  Pink Flamingo Home Studio

Script edited and proofread by: Marie Waller. For more information about Marie’s editing and proofreading services, please contact Marie at [email protected]  or  Marie Waller Proofreading Instagram  

Please don’t forget, we are part of an exciting new study – you can get involved too! The Haunted UK Podcast has teamed up with Northumbria University who are interested in sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when people wake up and are unable to move and often see vivid experiences. We would particularly like to hear from people who are over eighteen years old and have paranormal experiences during sleep paralysis.

We are proud to be a part of this fantastic study, and we'd love for all of you listeners to get involved if you've had any experience with sleep paralysis ... no matter how small. Let’s find some answers!

Get in touch using the following links:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThingsThatBump

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Welcome dear listeners, to our series of ‘Talk Haunts’ – a chat that’s all scary ... just for you. So, grab a hot chocolate, maybe a tea, pull up a chair … because this is Haunted UK Podcast’s Talk Haunts– Defining Ghosts with Loyd Auerbach who is, of course, a world-renowned parapsychologist – known to many as ‘Professor Paranormal’ – with forty-five years of experience investigating the paranormal and over forty years teaching courses in parapsychology.

He is the director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations, president of the Forever Family Foundation and president of the Board of Directors of the Rhine Research Center where he teaches online parapsychology courses. Loyd is also a prolific author and co-author of many titles such as A Paranormal Casebook, ESP Wars: East & West and Psychic Dreaming – alongside many other notable works including fiction.

He can be regularly seen on episodes of The UnXplained, Surviving Death on Netflix as well as a number of other shows on various platforms. 

Join Steve and Marie as they chat with Loyd about his incredible career, what parapsychology involves and how we can define ghosts – as well as many of his ‘ghostbusting’ experiences. This was such an illuminating chat – which may just make you see the world a little differently!

Please check out the extended interview on Haunted UK Podcast Patreon where Loyd tells us about the media mayhem and interest which surrounded him after the Ghostbusters film release in 1984!

For further information on Loyd’s work, books and courses, please visit his website  –  you can also find Loyd on Instagram as Profparanormal and on his YouTube channel @LoydAuerbach.

Presented by Steven Holloway and Marie Waller

Produced by Pink Flamingo Home Studios

Script editor: Marie Waller Proofreading 

The Haunted UK Podcast has teamed up with Northumbria University who are interested in sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when people wake up and are unable to move and often see vivid experiences. We would particularly like to hear from people who are over eighteen years old and have paranormal experiences during sleep paralysis.

We are proud to be a part of this fantastic study, and we'd love for all of you listeners to get involved if you've had any experience with sleep paralysis ... no matter how small.

Get in touch using the following links:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThingsThatBump

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Do you have an interesting story which features the paranormal?  Or even ideas or stance on the paranormal that you would like to discuss?  If so, we would love you to be a guest on Talk Haunts. Please get in touch via:

Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram:Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

We’re waiting for your stories …

You can support us, access bonus material (including bonus Talk Haunts), join our growing community – and follow us for updates at Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Thank you!

Welcome dear listeners, to our series of ‘Short Haunts’ – a shot of scary ... just for you. So, grab a hot chocolate, maybe a tea, maybe something stronger … because this is Haunted UK Podcast’s'Short Haunts – A Tale of Two Sightings’.

This is a tale of a former police officer who saw something on his patrols he just can’t forget … and definitely can’t explain. Don’t look up now …

Presented by Steve Holloway

Produced byPink Flamingo Home Studios

Script edited by Marie Waller Proofreading 

Do you have an interesting story which features the paranormal? If so, your story could be featured in our new series ‘Short Haunts’. Please get in touch via:
Website:https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram:Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

We’re waiting for your stories …

You can support us, access bonus material, join our growing community – and follow us for updates atHaunted UK Podcast Patreon

Thank you so much for listening and supporting us!

Northumbria University and The Haunted UK Podcast need your help. If you have suffered at any time throughout your life with sleep paralysis, then we want to hear from you.

Dr Emma Barkus of Northumbria University, has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology, as well as a PHD in Psychology and Neuroscience. A while ago she approached the Haunted UK Podcast as an avid listener…with a question. Would we be prepared to help out in a scientific study, to try and further understand the condition of sleep paralysis.

You can get in touch directly with the show by emailing us at

[email protected]

and we will provide you with a link directly to the survey.

You can also get in touch with both Emma Barkus and Nick Neave via email, at;

[email protected]

[email protected]

Alternatively, you’ll find posters with all the relevant contact details on our website, which iswww.hauntedukpodcast.com - on our instagram feed @hauntedukpodcast, or on our X account @hauntedukpod.

Thank you so much for listening, and we look forward to hearing from you very soon.

‘Exhausted, he approached his doorstep with heavy footsteps; his eyes glued to the cobblestones – when he heard the clang of something hit the ground … it was a comb, the symbol of the banshee, and when he looked ahead to his doorstep, an old ghostly woman with the longest grey hair looked at him; her face wizened … she silently pointed up to the sky with her fingers …’

The banshee is a Celtic legend who heralds death to families on the island of Ireland; we’ll be exploring her history, her myth – as well as some real-life encounters with this wailing entity. So, sit back, listen but take heed as you do – for this is episode 59 of the Haunted UK Podcast, and we're going to hear the call, the wail, the distant cry and of course: The Tale of the Banshee.

Content warning: This episode does discuss the process of dying and death – please take care. 

Do you have an interesting story which you'd be willing to share with the show? If so, your story could feature in our end of season Listeners’ Stories episodes. Please get in touch with the show via our new Haunted UK Podcast Website, or email us at [email protected], marking the subject as Listener Story.

All stories are treated with the utmost privacy and respect – if you wish to remain anonymous – that's no problem at all. Alternatively, you could drop us a voice note via Instagram, and with your permission, we will play your voice note on the show. It would be great for your voice to bring your very own story to life.

Please check out our new  Haunted UK Podcast Patreon page to support the show and gain access to reams of bonus content such as our new series ‘Tour Haunts’ and interview series ‘Talk Haunts’– as well as early access to ad-free episodes and lots more. Thank you so much for supporting us here at Haunted UK Podcast – we can’t wait for you to listen – and join our growing community!

We’re waiting for your stories ...

You can support us and follow us for updates at:

Patreon: Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram: Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

This episode was:

Presented by: Steve Holloway

Written by: Marie Waller

Produced by: Pink Flamingo Home Studio. Follow the studio on Instagram  Pink Flamingo Home Studio

Script edited and proofread by: Marie Waller. For more information about Marie’s editing and proofreading services, please contact Marie at [email protected]  or  Marie Waller Proofreading Instagram  

Sources:

National Folklore Collection

The Banshee: Modern Encounters with the Banshee  by Barry Fitzgerald and Cormac Strain

Beware of the Banshee's Cry: The Folklore & History of Messengers of Death   by Steven J. Rolfes

Welcome dear listeners, to our series of ‘Short Haunts’ – a shot of scary ... just for you. So, grab a hot chocolate, maybe a tea, maybe something stronger … because this is Haunted UK Podcast’s ‘Short Haunts’.

The places in which we grow up will always be closest to our hearts and where we ultimately feel the safest and most secure. However, when it comes to the paranormal, nothing is ever as secure as it may seem, and in some cases even the most familiar place can be obscured into something unrecognisable – this is listener Katherine’s experience … which begs the question – are there Spirits in the House … or in the Witness?

Presented by Steve

Written by: Tiggy Chadwick

Produced by Pink Flamingo Home Studios

Script edited by  Marie Waller Proofreading 

Do you have an interesting story which features the paranormal? If so, your story could be featured in our new series ‘Short Haunts’. Please get in touch via:

Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com/

Instagram: Haunted UK Podcast

Twitter/X: @hauntedukpod

We’re waiting for your stories …

You can support us, access bonus material, join our growing community – and follow us for updates at Haunted UK Podcast Patreon

Thank you so much for listening and supporting us!