For much of the nineteenth century, people travelled across Ireland to seek the help of Biddy Early, a famous County Clare healer and clairvoyant. She was purported to 'know' why visitors had come to see her before she was ever told. Stories claimed that Biddy could see future events through a mysterious bottle, cure illnesses blamed on the fairies and even take the form of a hare. Though she was eventually accused of witchcraft, the case against her collapsed, and then after her death in 1874 the stories about her only continued, including the belief that her strange bottle had never really belonged to her at all.

As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessings for homes, and darker stories of those who bent nature to their will.

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https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922321/4869829/5053150

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922348/4872795/5074505

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5177625/5173913/5199488

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5177621/5173767/5198998

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922102/4852403/4948361

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922348/4872797/5074525

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5177647/5176343/5200662

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5177641/5175691/5196981

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5177653/5177264/5190832

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5177618/5173611/5198581

https://www.clarelibraries.ie/localstudies/people/biddy-early/

https://www.binneas.ie/tape-33-mikeen-mccarthy

https://www.historyireland.com/feakles-biddy-early-a-victim-of-moral-panic/

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2024/04/21/healer-and-clairvoyant-brian-maye-on-biddy-early-the-wise-woman-of-clare/

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High in the hills of Shimla, India, an old roadside water source known as Chudail Baudi has been feared since the British Raj. Drivers say their vehicles slow down as they approach, before a woman with long hair and backwards feet appears beside the road asking for a lift. Refuse her, and according to the legend, she may just appear inside the car anyway. We explore the stories surrounding the Witch’s Well and the much older folklore of the chudail.

As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessings for homes, and darker stories of those who bent nature to their will.

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https://www.outlookindia.com/culture-society/-angrez-chudail-and-nakalchi-bhoot-the-ghosts-of-shimla-live-on-news-191428

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/An_introduction_to_the_popular_religion_and_folklore_of_northern_India_%28IA_introductiontopo00croorich%29.pdf

https://aguidetohimachal.com/chudail-baudi-shimla-the-haunted-road-and-the-woman-who-asks-for-a-lift

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On 15 September 1875, seventy-nine-year-old Ann Tennant left her home in the Warwickshire village of Long Compton to buy a loaf of bread. Minutes later she was attacked by agricultural labourer James Haywood, a neighbour who had become convinced that Ann and a number of other villagers were witches. His extraordinary claims would follow him from the harvest fields of Long Compton to the courtroom at Warwick and eventually to Broadmoor.

As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessings for homes, and darker stories of those who bent nature to their will.

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https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/the-murder-of-my-great-great-grandmother-ann-tennant-of-long-compton-part-one

https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/the-murder-of-ann-tennant-of-long-compton-part-two

https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/murder-long-compton

https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/370166320/Julia_Phillips_Doctoral_Thesis.pdf

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Season of the Witch – Archive Note:

As part of this year’s Season of the Witch, we’re bringing our two-part Charles Walton case back into the feed. Charles Walton’s story connects with some of the new cases we’re covering this season, so we thought it was the perfect time to revisit it.

Patreon and Apple subscribers can listen to Charles Walton Parts One & Two and our new Ann Tennant episode now. For everyone else, Charles Walton Parts One & Two will be released on Friday and Saturday, followed by Ann Tennant on Sunday.

The Charles Walton episodes were originally released around 14 months ago and have been refreshed with our current music.

As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessings for homes, and darker stories of those who bent nature to their will.

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http://www.stratford-herald.com/news/witchcraft-and-murder-on-meon-hill-9223403/

http://www.crimemagazine.com/last-witch-killing-united-kingdom-murder-charles-walton-1945-0

https://www.vice.com/en/article/charles-walton-murder-victim/

https://medium.com/@anncarney51/a-murder-on-valentines-day-f1088bde52c6

http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/02/meon-hill-valentines-day-death-celia.html

http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/charles.htm

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Season of the Witch – Archive Note:

As part of this year’s Season of the Witch, we’re bringing our two-part Charles Walton case back into the feed. Charles Walton’s story connects with some of the new cases we’re covering this season, so we thought it was the perfect time to revisit it.

Patreon and Apple subscribers can listen to Charles Walton Parts One & Two and our new Ann Tennant episode now. For everyone else, Charles Walton Parts One & Two will be released on Friday and Saturday, followed by Ann Tennant on Sunday.

The Charles Walton episodes were originally released around 14 months ago and have been refreshed with our current music.

As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessings for homes, and darker stories of those who bent nature to their will.

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http://www.crimemagazine.com/last-witch-killing-united-kingdom-murder-charles-walton-1945-0

https://www.vice.com/en/article/charles-walton-murder-victim/

https://medium.com/@anncarney51/a-murder-on-valentines-day-f1088bde52c6

http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2012/02/meon-hill-valentines-day-death-celia.html

http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/charles.htm

Sarah xx

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In today's episode we share 3 spooky Reddit stories.

Stories:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/i2l2zv/my_haunted_doll_wants_to_be_buriedhelp/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/nf0pbt/witchlike_laughs_heard_at_night_immediately/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/k7x891/the_witch_in_the_woods/

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Above the Warwickshire village of Long Compton stands one of England's strangest prehistoric landscapes. According to legend, the Rollright Stones are a king and his army turned to stone by a witch, while generations of local people told stories of bleeding elder trees, fairies dancing around the stones, impossible stone counts, shape-shifting witches and ancient monuments that moved after dark. Even into the twentieth century, Long Compton retained its extraordinary reputation as a village where the influence of witches was said to come and go like the full moon.

As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessings for homes, and darker stories of those who bent nature to their will.

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 https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/articles/story/folklore-and-legends

https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/stones/whispering-knights

https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/stones/kings-men

https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/stones/king-stone

https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/murder-long-compton

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/51780/folklore/king-stone

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/54048/folklore/rollright-stones

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/150625/folklore/rollright_stones.html

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/65/rollright-stones

https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/462/king-stone

Julia_Phillips_Doctoral_Thesis.pdf

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During the bitter winter of 1698, Moll Dyer was driven from her home in St Mary’s County, Maryland, after local people blamed her for sickness and misfortune and accused her of witchcraft. According to the legend, she escaped her burning cabin only to freeze to death beside a large rock deep in the woods, leaving behind the impression of her hand and a curse upon those responsible. More than three hundred years later, Moll’s rock still exists, while stories of strange lights, sudden fog, shadowy figures and Moll herself continue along the road and woodland that carry her name.

As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessings for homes, and darker stories of those who bent nature to their will.

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https://www.stmaryshistory.org/content.aspx?club_id=706426&module_id=487754&page_id=22

https://www.visitstmarysmd.com/blog/legend-of-moll-dyer/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/leonardtown-witch/2021/03/01/5237dc20-7aa8-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

https://smcm.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/SMCM/id/24036/download

https://thebaynet.com/the-tale-of-moll-dyer-html/

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Late on 8 January 2004, a woman calling herself Hasumi began posting to the Japanese message board 2channel after her usual train travelled far beyond its normal route and stopped at a deserted station she had never heard of. Over the next four hours, strangers online followed her journey through tunnels, distant drums, a terrifying encounter and finally a ride with a mysterious man, until Hasumi posted one final message and disappeared from the thread. Her story would become one of Japan’s most enduring internet legends and inspired an entire genre of mysterious “otherworld stations.”

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https://xn--u9jv84l7ea468b.com/kaidan/2wa.html

https://mikanseijin.livejournal.com/986.html

https://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/kisaragieki/

https://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/kisaragieki/case/

https://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/station/saginomiya.html

https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/364920

https://sanblo.com/kisaragi/

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

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

A special thank you to glasyalabolass and FaithlessnessOld3594 for allowing us to share your stories!

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

Stories:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1vjet5o/my_workplace_is_haunted_i_saw_a_woman/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/WIMwTmmQds

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1v9h1ma/the_things_i_saw_after_my_house_burned_down_still

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/s/YC9dR6LPJz

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