Time Between Times Podcast

The Death of Dic Penderyn

In this powerful and deeply moving episode of Time Between Times, Welsh storyteller Owen Staton journeys into the fiery heart of industrial Wales to tell the tragic and haunting story of Dic Penderyn.

Travel back with Owen to the iron town of Merthyr Tydfil in 1831, where furnaces roared day and night and thousands of workers laboured in smoke and hardship beneath the shadow of powerful ironmasters like William Crawshay.

When poverty, injustice and desperation finally erupted into rebellion during the Merthyr Rising, a quiet young labourer from the village of Penderyn would find himself caught in the brutal machinery of power and politics.

Accused of stabbing a soldier during the uprising, Dic Penderyn was tried in Cardiff, condemned to death, and hanged outside the walls of Cardiff Gaol in 1831.

But was he guilty?

Or was he sacrificed as a warning to the working people of Wales?

In this atmospheric twenty-minute story Owen brings the past to life with passion, history and heart. From the blazing furnaces of Merthyr to the lonely scaffold in Cardiff, and finally to Dic’s resting place at St Mary’s Church, this is a tale of rebellion, injustice and the echoes that still linger in the valleys of Wales.

And as always in the world of Time Between Times, the story does not end with death… because some say the spirit of Dic Penderyn still walks beneath the mist of the mountains.

So dim the lights, settle in, and join Owen Staton for a story of courage, tragedy and memory.

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Episode: The Black Nun of Llangrannog

On this episode of Time Between Times, Owen takes you back to the windswept cliffs of west Wales… and to a childhood memory that still sends a shiver down the spine.

As a boy in the 1980s, Owen travelled to the great Welsh youth camp at Urdd Gobaith Cymru Llangrannog Centre, a place of laughter, adventure, and independence for generations of young people through Urdd Gobaith Cymru.

But when darkness fell, the dormitories told a different story.

Whispers moved from bed to bed…

Footsteps seemed to echo in the corridors…

And somewhere in the shadows walked a figure dressed entirely in black.

The Black Nun.

In this deeply personal and atmospheric episode, Owen shares his own childhood terror of the mysterious figure said to haunt the camp. Where did the legend come from? Is it simply a story passed between generations of children… or does the land above Cardigan Bay remember something far older?

Expect wind off the sea, creaking corridors, childhood fears, and a haunting figure who may still walk the halls long after lights out.

So settle in, turn the lights down low… and join Owen as we return to Llangrannog, where the line between memory and myth grows wonderfully thin.

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Time Between Times is a podcast for lovers of folklore, ghosts, myth and the quiet magic of the landscape… told in the old storytelling tradition.

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Tonight… we walk north.

Out beyond the edge of comfort. Beyond the lamplit villages and into the wind-torn silence of the Farne Islands. Where the tide gnaws at black rock. Where seabirds wheel against a bruised sky. Where a shepherd boy once saw angels and followed that vision into eternity.

In this episode of Time Between Times, I tell the story of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne— monk, hermit, healer, bishop… and the quiet flame of the North.

We journey from his childhood vision of angels carrying the soul of Aidan of Lindisfarne, through his years preaching across wild Northumbria, to the solitude of Inner Farne where he stood waist-deep in freezing water praying beneath the stars.

You’ll hear of:

🌊 The otters who warmed his feet

🦅 The eagle who brought him food

✨ The healings that followed him like a second shadow

⚔️ The Viking storms that forced monks to carry his body across a shattered land

⛪ And the great shrine that rose at Durham Cathedral, where pilgrims still walk in hushed reverence today

This is not simply the story of a saint.

It is the story of solitude and service.

Of wilderness and unity.

Of a man who chose stillness in a restless age — and whose legacy still whispers in the northern wind.

So leave your worries at the door. Draw closer to the fire. Let the sea breathe in… and out…

And step with me, into the thin places.

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Thank you, as always, for walking between the worlds with me.

Owen x

🔥 Ghosts of Afan – A Time Between Times Episode 🌙

Tonight, we walk where steel meets sea… where ruined stone remembers… and where the valley does not sleep.

In this deeply atmospheric episode of Time Between Times, Owen returns to the shadows of the Afan Valley to uncover three lingering presences — the restless lord of Aberafan Castle, the silent monk who walks beside the old wall near the steelworks, and the pale woman who waits by the tide beneath the moon.

These are not simply ghost stories.

They are echoes.

Echoes of power, of prayer, of loss… woven into the landscape of Port Talbot and carried on the salt wind from the Bristol Channel.

So settle yourself by the firepit at the heart of the forest. Let the world slow. Let the valley breathe. And step gently into the place where history and haunting overlap.

Because in The Afan Valley … nothing is ever entirely gone.

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Until we meet again…

Sleep well.

This week on Time Between Times, come with me into a hush of leaves and the long, listening dark…

In the quiet woods of the Gower, when the birds fall silent and the light thins to a bruise of blue, some walkers glimpse a woman standing between the trees. She does not call. She does not chase. She only watches.

Settle by the firepit and let the world loosen its grip as I tell the true-told tale of The Lady in the Woods — a story of old paths, ancient stones, and the soft, unsettling feeling that the forest remembers more than it should. Leave your worries with the embers. Walk the path with me. But don’t step off it.

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This Week on Tales from the Time Between Times

Tonight, by the low glow of the firepit at the heart of the forest, Owen Staton invites you to lay down the weight of the day and step softly into the dark. Inspired by the haunting artwork of Katie Marland, this week’s tale carries us over Croydon Hill, where an old road bends, the wind whispers of old sins… and something ancient is said to still walk.

Come closer to the flames. Let the world grow quiet. Breathe deep.

And listen, as Owen tells the terrifying legend of the Devil of Croydon Hill — a story of dread, mercy, and the thin places where our world wears away.

If these tales bring you comfort in the dark, you can find more stories, shows, and whispers from the woods here:

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🖤 Episode art by Katie Marland

Take care, my friends…

And I’ll see you… in the time between times.

Some stories refuse to rest.

High above the Severn plain, within the red-stone walls of Powis Castle, a presence once walked the corridors by candlelight — not to terrify, not to threaten… but to finish something left undone.

In this episode of Time Between Times, we step quietly into the shadows of an eighteenth-century Welsh castle, where an old woman, a hidden chest, and a ghost clad in gold lace cross paths in the stillness of night. It is a tale of silence and listening, of trust placed in the dark, and of a spirit bound not by malice — but by duty.

This is a story that lives in the spaces between — between rooms, between centuries, between the living and the dead.

So draw closer.

Lower your voice.

And walk with me…

into the time between times.

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Thank you for listening — and for carrying these stories forward.

Time Between Times Storytelling with Owen Staton

Step with me, if you will, into the gloaming — that soft, half-lit hour where the old stories still breathe and the past leans close enough to whisper.

As St Dwynwen’s Day draws near, it feels only right to open the door to Wales’ most heart-rending tales of doomed love. Tonight, on Time Between Times, we walk a sorrowful, beautiful road. We begin on the shores of Llanddwyn, with the aching legend of Dwynwen, the Welsh saint of lovers — her heart broken, her prayers carried on the tide. From there, we journey inland to Nant Gwrtheyrn, where the wind still knows the names of Rhys and Meinir, childhood sweethearts torn apart on the very morning of their wedding. A story of searching. Of storms. Of love that refuses to lie quietly in the grave.

I’m joined this evening by the wonderful Russ Williams, author of Where the Folk, a lyrical road trip through the living folklore of Wales — a book that reminds us these stories are not relics, but companions, waiting by the roadside for those willing to listen.

So draw closer to the fire. Let the night press in at the windows. This is a time for love stories that end in shadow, but never truly end at all.

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Between the heartbeats… between the words… welcome to the time between times.

This week I am joined by the wonderful folklorist Amy Boucher, and together we wander into the shadowed lanes and hedgerows of Shropshire to speak of one of its most intriguing figures — the cunning man Thomas Light. A man whispered about rather than written down. A man of charms, counter-spells, and uneasy knowledge. We explore his life, his reputation, and the strange power such figures once held over their communities — half feared, half needed, and never entirely trusted.

And as the embers glow, I also share a famous and unsettling tale of the Welsh seer Huw Llwyd, a story carried on the breath of generations, heavy with prophecy, second sight, and the terrible cost of knowing too much.

So draw your chair closer to the fire. Let the dark stay where it belongs. And step with us, just for a while, into the Time Between Times

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Amy Boucher – https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com

Amy Boucher – Blue sky - @g0blinegg.bsky.social

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Take care, my friends… and I’ll see you, once again, by the fire.

Nos Da

Owen

In this special episode of Time between Times, I’m joined by the wonderful artist Katie Marland — a creator whose work feels as though it has stepped straight out of the old stories and into the present moment. Together we wander that twilight space where art meets folklore, where imagination is rooted deep in the soil of myth, memory, and the half-heard whispers of the past.

Katie speaks about her creative process, her love of folklore, and the quiet power of stories that refuse to be forgotten. We talk about the pull of old tales, why certain images return to us again and again, and how art can act as a doorway — a way of slipping, just for a moment, into the time between times.

And, of course, no gathering like this would be complete without a story.

As the embers glow, I share one of Katie’s favourite traditional tales — a story shaped by shadow and wonder, told as it was meant to be told: aloud, slowly, and with heart. It’s a tale that lingers, the kind that stays with you long after the final words have been spoken.

So settle in, listen close, and let yourself drift a while.

Katie Marland

Website:www.katiemarland.com

Instagram:@kmarlandart

Owen Staton

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Substack:https://open.substack.com/pub/owenstaton/p/time-between-times-storytelling-with-98d?r=56bicy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

My heartfelt, thanks to Katie for her time, her generosity, and her art — and to you, dear listener, for keeping the old stories alive by listening.

Until next time,

Nos Da

Owen x

Marland