Wandering Eye Curios

This week the Wandering Eye delves into the life of one of spiritualism's most famous frauds  - is it ectoplasm? Is it just sticky gauze? Where is it coming from? (Do you really want to know?) And discover how working class mediums ended up being catalysts for the first wave of feminism.

Think it's easy being a medium? Think again. If the sceptics don't get you then the believers just might. Make sure you listen to our guide to ensure your seance doesn't get out of hand and maybe learn a trick of the spirit photography trade or two.

This week, grab your hot chocolate and favourite cosy blanket and settle in for the dark and stormy tale of the disappearances at Eilean Mor. Situated on a grassy rock out in the open ocean, keeping this lighthouse is not for the faint hearted and neither is the tragic story of three men who went out into the cold unknown, never to return.

In the last of our Halloween Bonus mini episodes, Meg welcomes you in for a biscuit and a seat by the fire to hear some of the strange and extraordinary halloween customs that we have Ireland to thank for.

You may think you know a thing or two about Edinburgh's most infamous body-snatchers. But did you know they never once actually robbed a grave? Or that they never could have commited their atrocities without the help of their loving wives? Whether you're a grave robbing buff or you don't know one end of a shovel from another, or you've only seen that one film about it with Simon Pegg, we think you'll be shocked as silent as the grave by the bloody tale of Burke and Hare.

In the third installment of the Halloween 2020 mini pods, Jasper has some strange and interesting stories from the beautiful and undulating land of the dragons: Wales. And is also very sorry about any horrible pronounciations of the Welsh language.

This week prepare yourself for the ultimate in Choose Your Own Adventures. Come with us to Edinburgh in the summer of 1645 to learn a little more about the Auld Reekie's last battle with the bubonic plague. Joining us for the ride today is our wonderful first podcast guest, vegan instagrammer, Sarah Welch.

In the second installment of our 2020 halloween mini pods, join Meg to discover the strange and unusual things that the English have historically gotten up to on All Hallows Eve. Who knows, maybe you'll even find some new ways to celebrate the spookiest time of the year.

Over the years, Scotland has played host to all sorts of mysteries and strange occurences. Join us this week as we explore two such odd and interesting - and still unexplainable - parts of Scottish history. From the conundrum of a severed arm discovered on the sea shore in Aberdeen, to a series of cavernous rooms carved beneath the streets of a small and unsuspecting mining community - which may have had ties to witches and satanic cults.

In this first of four mini podcasts specially recorded to celebrate the month of October (the spookiest month of the year), Jasper brings you a selection of Halloween stories and traditions all the way from Scotland.