Episode 5 contains an update on the Within the Boggart Wood project, then stories on three ghosts in Lanchester, County Durham, the 19th century tale of the Hedley Kow (a mischievous goblin, bogle or demon depending on your viewpoint) and then finally a listener story detailing a potential UFO encounter near Hexham in the 1970s.

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Batten J. and Jacobs J. (1894) More English Fairy Tales

William Brockie, W. (1886) Legends and Superstitions of the County of Durham 

Briggs, K. (1979) Abbey Lubbers, Banshees & Boggarts: a who’s who of Fairies

Henderson, W. (1879) Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/More_English_Fairy_Tales/The_Hedley_Kow

http://lanchesterparishcouncil.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/MK-Heritage-Audit-gazetteer.pdf

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Lock-down encounters | The Ghosts of the Cooperage | Encounters with Silky.

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Episode 3 looks at the story of the Northumbrian Duergar, or Simonside Dwarfs with the tale's potential origins and ultimate Disneyification...

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The Witches of Allensford | the phantom cyclist of the B6295 | toddler footprints | Peter the Poltergeist, 1962 | Pancake traditions in the 19th century.

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In the first 'pilot' episode of the podcast, the vaguelly terrified Boggart introduces himself and explains the basic premise of the project, then reads out real life ghost stories submitted by a supporter, then delves into the archives and a 1936 newspaper article describing poltergeist activity and hurling stones, before ending with a little folklore snippet about the Hexham Goose.

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