Alexander Maberry's Tales from the Tower

Long before Hans Christian Andersen put pen to paper to write his seminal work "The Little Mermaid" a little town on the North Wales coast was the scene of its very own mermaid tale.

The Conwy Mermai…

"Who is Alexander Maberry?" is the third episode of season two of Tales from the Tower.

Written and read by Elliot Randall Wood, this tale is mostly based on the letters received by Alexander's paren…

Season 2 continues with the second part of The Mystery of the Celtic Triangle.

Written and read by Elliot Randall Wood, this tale is based on true events that were reported to have happened during th…

Season 2 begins with the first part of The Mystery of the Celtic Triangle.

Written and read by Elliot Randall Wood, this story is based on true events that were reported to have happened during the 1…

Season 2 of Alexander Maberry's Tales from the Tower starts next week at 5am on Tuesday the 4th of May.

To say thank you to all our listeners we'd like to share an unpublished Viking tale that we rec…

Season 2 of Fireside Stories is coming... With a couple of changes.

Firstly, we will now be releasing new episodes on a Tuesday at 5pm instead of the old time slot of Thursdays at 7am. This means eac…

Welcome to the final episode of the first season of Fireside Stories.

This episode tells the tale of the Crying Boy. A real life ghost story that effected people from all walks of life right across t…

Welcome to 2021!

Our first episode of the year is the spooky tale of Little Mary's Dolly.

This episode was written and produced by Elliot Randall Wood and is read by professional magician and voice o…

This is the fifth and final episode in our run of Christmas themed topics, and is also the final podcast of 2020. This week's episode is a reading of the poem The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver by Edna St…

This is the fourth episode in our run of Christmas themed topics, and this week Professor Llusern, the Storyteller of Wales, tells the tale of the Mari Llwyd.

Find out more about Professor Llusern by…

This is the third episode in our run of Christmas themed topics, and this week we're talking about Santa's reindeer.

Written and read by Elliot Randall Wood, Head Curator of Alexander Maberry's Museu…

This is the second episode in our run of Christmas themed topics, and this week we're talking about elves.

Written and read by Elliot Randall Wood, Head Curator of Alexander Maberry's Museum of Stran…

This is the first episode in our run of Christmas related stories and we begin with the Krampus.

Written and read by Elliot Randall Wood, Head Curator of Alexander Maberry's Museum of Strange Things,…

This is the final episode of our 5 part Viking special read by Christof Gallon called War of the Gods. You can find out more about Christof via his Facebook page that can be found at facebook.com/Tho…

Episode 4 of our 5 part Viking special is read by Christof Gallon and tells the tale of how Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, was created. You can find out more about Christof via his Facebook page that can be…

This is episode 3 of our 5 part Viking special read by Christof Gallon. You can find out more about Christof via his Facebook page that can be found at facebook.com/Thorgrimbroadshield.

This story wa…

Episode 2 of our 5 week Viking special is Loki Bound read by Christof Gallon. You can find out more about Christof via his Facebook page that can be found at facebook.com/Thorgrimbroadshield.

This st…

Our brand new podcast kicks off with a 5 episode Viking special. Episode 1 is a classic Norse myth read by Christof Gallon. You can find out more about Christof via his Facebook page that can be foun…