Macabre London

On todays episode we discover some very strange activities in the form of somnambulism - that's sleepwalking to you and I.

We look at how my idle scrolling through TikTok led me to  @Celina SpookyBoo …

On a summers evening in 1910, a man was found bleeding to death in the yard of his ex girlfriends flat.

Extraordinarily this man was the son of the man who found him but he failed to recognise him des…

On todays episode we discover some very strange happenings in Fayetteville North Carolina. When a devastating but seemingly normal house fire took shelves of five innocent children, the remaining six…

On todays episode we discover some very strange happenings from London's many bizarre meteorological events over the years. With everything from the windmills which once dotted it's skyline and how t…

On todays episode we discover some very strange happenings from London's many bizarre meteorological events over the years. With everything from the beer flood which killed 8 people through to a sky …

Hi everybody and welcome to a Valentines special episode.

Today we take a trip to the charming seaside town of Brighton about an hour and half drive away from London and explore the tale of the chocol…

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The grimy back streets in elephant and castle in south London during the Victorian times were definitely not a desirable place to be.

The packed slums, workhouses and transient nature of the area mea…

Welcome to Macabre London's Christmas Special. Today we learn why you have London to thank for many of your Christmas traditions and why you should be thank fun that some of the stranger ones haven't…

A little bedtime story for you on Christmas Eve.

Original poem by Clement Clarke Moore - Adapted by Nikki Druce

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Welcome to door number 23 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn the true origins of Santa and blow open the myth that he was invented by Coca Cola.

Join me to find out the tru…

Welcome to door number 22 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about a mysterious occurrence that happened in Warminster on Christmas Day 1964 when residents were supposedly …

Welcome to door number 21 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about The Lord Of Misrule, Saturnalia and how "Christmas " used to be a bit more murdery!

Join me to find out w…

Welcome to door number 20 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about Hans Trapp, the Christmas cannibal scarecrow of France! Join me to find out why he may have just been a r…

Welcome to door number 19 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about a ton of Christmas superstitions that you may be inadvertently flouting, which is why you're single! Join…

Welcome to door number 18 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about the Greek Christmas goblins the Kallikantzaroi and why they're hell bent on ruining your Christmas, or ev…

Welcome to door number 17 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about two christmas witches La Befana and Frau Perchta. Ones naughty and ones nice. Join me to find out who's w…

Welcome to door number 16 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn how there's a lot of rules you may not know about your Christmas decorations which could upset your whole year …

Welcome to door number 15 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about the Karakoncolos that likes to trick people, put them into a trance and use them as their own personal ta…

Welcome to door number 14 of Macabre London's Abhorrent Advent Calendar. Today we learn about the 13 Yule Lads terrifying mother, Gryla that visits children in Iceland in the run up to Christmas Day …