Strange Stories UK
true crime, mysteries, strange stories, stories,paranormal, UK, I try to be factual and not give too many opinions. Podcasts are 'low fi' with out any editing.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 230
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Strange Stories UK, Jay Slater the first two weeks up until 2 July.
Jay Slater, a teenager has gone missing while on holiday in Tenerife. This is a story that has taken off in the media and social media. This concerns the first two weeks of a strange an…
Strange Stories UK: The Kennedy murders, Surrey, UK.
I can't find any mention of these 1971 murders on the internet. The information is taken from police files and as information is scant, it is a short episode.
Strange Stories : The Wivelsfield mystery of the Volturno
This is a forgotten about story found in a Journal of the Society of Psychical Research.
Wivelsfield is a village in Sussex, the Volturno was an ocean liner, presumably named after the …
Strange Stories : Scandal at Eton College, MI5 investigate Tallulah Bankhead.
1920s in the UK the Authorities were worried about the behaviour of some of the young people who were later called 'The Bright Young things'. The Establishment were worried about nightc…
Strange Stories UK : Madness and murder in Swanage, Dorset.
I am posting this short podcast as the podcasts that I have been working on have become rather complicated, I will finish and broadcast them later. One is about corruption in the Metro…
Strange Stories: The monster of the mere and other huge UK freshwater fish,
What is the largest fish caught in British freshwaters and are they dangerous? This episode is about a huge creature that lived in Martin Mere that was said to feed on swans! Some of t…
Strange Stories UK: Bournemouth drug dealing and murder 2023.
This case was committed in Boscombe, part of Bournemouth during August 2023. The case has come to Winchester Crown Court this month, starting on April 11, it is expected to finish in la…
Strange Stories UK: Constance Marten & Mark Gordon 5, Confrontations and closing speeches.
Confrontations and Closing Speeches.
This is the fifth podcast on the Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial. This one concentrates on the last month of the trial which only sat for a fe…
Strange Stories: A Southampton murder 2023.
Please be aware, this podcast is recorded in one take without editing. This is a case that was heard at Winchester Crown Court between January 2024 and March 2024.
Strange Stories: Fiona Beal, Nicholas Billingham, the background to the 2024 trial.
I am posting this before the retrial of the Nicholas Billingham / Fiona Beal case which is due to be heard at the Old Bailey in the late Spring of 2024. This is a retrial of a case ab…
Strange Stories : The Lydney murder, Maggots and the downfall of William Brittle.
A Famous murder of its time in 1964, almost forgotten today. The case was famous for its forensic breakthrough. Recorded as usual in one take without editing.
Strange Stories UK: Constance Marten & Mark Gordon part 4
This is the fourth podcast of what is proving to be an extraordinary case. I was expecting this to be a one podcast case.T his podcast concentrates on the events of week 7 of this ca…
Strange Stories UK: The Hawthorn Incident, Portsmouth 1973.
Recorded in lo fi without editing. I don't think you would have heard of this story from Portsmouth, UK in March 1973.
Strange Stories UK: Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, Part 3 The Defence.
I am posting this podcast after week 6 of the trial. The case is intriguing with many odd and unexplained aspects . Week 7 is about to commence with Constance Marten continuing her def…
Strange Stories UK: Constance Marten & Mark Gordon Part 2, 5 weeks of the Old Bailey trial
This is part 2 of the Constance Marten, Mark Gordon trial at the Old Bailey. Some reflections on the first five weeks of the trial. As always the podcast is recorded in one take with no…
Strange Stories : Constance Marten & Mark Gordon. Part 1, The background.
The Constance Marten and Mark Gordon trial is at present being held at the Old Bailey, it started January 2024 and is scheduled to finish on 8 March. It seems to have caused great int…
Strange Stories: The Senseless murder of Harrison Tompkins, Crawley, August 2023.
This is a short podcast about a totally senseless murder last August in the West Sussex town of Crawley. Condolences to the family of Harrison Tompkins.
Strange Stories: Alf 'Houdini' Hinds & Shirley 'The Greatest Shop lifter in the world' Pitts
Two characters with links to the Elephant and Castle area of South London. Alfred Hinds probably unjustly imprisoned in 1953 and determined to do something about it. Shirley Pitts born …
Strange Stories UK : The Cleator moor Incident, August 1974.
Cleator Moor is a small town near the East Coast of Cumbria in the North of England on the Eastern edge of the Lake District a few miles away. It is an area quite isolated and probably…
Strange Stories : Bethnal Green, Victoria Hall, Glen Cinema and Barnsley Hall disasters.
This started as a podcast on the Bethnal Green Tube disaster in 1943. I was surprised to learn about other crowd crush disasters that I had never heard of before. I have gone into some …