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: Ghost Cats.
This podcast is dedicated to Megan Finlay Horowitz, a friend of the podcast and a fellow cat lover.
The podcast examines a number of alledged paranormal cats and briefly looks at cat fol…
Strange Stories UK, The Ladies Directory case, Soho, London. 1960
this was a well known case although virtually forgotten today, a prosecution for a conspiracy to corrupt public morals. There were a number of prosecutions for this charge in the 1960s,…
Strange Stories UK, Four murdered in a Sussex field, Tragedy at Arundel.
I suspect that you will not of heard of this case before. It is a tragic case of a mentally unbalanced man trying to kill his family while on a picnic next to the River Adur at Sussex d…
Strange stories: Ballechin part 3, The Ballechin House haunting
This is part three of the the Ballechin House haunting, known as the most haunted house in Scotland when the story was told in the newspapers in 1897.
This case caused a fair amount of e…
Strange Stories, Ballechin House part 2, The Clandon House Haunting.
This is the second Ballechin House podcast. This podcast continues the background research on Ada Goodrich Freer's investigations leading to the Ballechin case. We concentrate on the …
Strange Stories: Ballechin House part 1: The Highland Second Sight Enquiry.
This podcast is part 1 of the story of the alleged haunting of Ballechin House, the so called most haunted house in Scotland. Ballechin House was a well known case in the 1890s and 40 y…
Strange Stories UK, Psychotic Boy Scout in Bournemouth.
This podcast is about a Bournemouth in 1954 and an obsessive Boy Scout became a psychotic murderer. I had not heard of this story until I discovered it in police files in the National A…
Strange Stories Uk: The Brighton Blue Gardenia Club shooting, 1962.
Those that have listened to the podcast in the past will know what to expect by now, an interesting story based on primary sources but a flawed presentation with me stumbling over words…
Strange Stories Uk: The Ghost Society & Ghost Club.
I have attempted to give a history of the Ghost Society from 1850/1 which ran until the late 1870s. A very similar club reformed in 1882 calling itself the Ghost Club. This ran until 19…
Strange Stories UK, Red Mini Murder, a Reading murder, part 2
This is part 2 of a case that was well publicised in the UK in 1967 but is now virtually forgotten.
The information for the podcast comes from police records and goes into detail over …
Strange Stories UK. Red Mini murder part 1.
This is a case that despite being all over the media at the time in the UK during that psychedelic year of 1967 it seems to be almost forgotten about today.I have told the story in det…
Strange Stories UK, Donald Omand, exorcist.
This is the story of the Reverend Dr.Donald Omand (1903-83). He was said to have been an exorcist and the cleanser of malignant zones on roads where there have been multiple accidents. …
Strange stories uk. Rolling Stones, murder, terror and corruption in Sussex
This is something of a ramble. After becoming famous, the Rolling Stones developed links with Sussex. Their rock star behaviour upset some people who seemed determined to have them sent…
Strange Stories, Murder in Chichester Harbour
This story takes place during August 1969. Alec Keen who described himself as a self employed chartered yacht owner was desperate for money and claiming that he found it impossible to h…
Strange Stories, Ghost story for Christmas 2022. Two Yorkshire ghosts?
Two stories from Yorkshire, one from Leeds from the 1880s and one from York from 1950s, both investigated by Trevor H.Hall.
Strange Stories: Kent Serial Killer thwarted part 2.
This is part 2 of the story of how the police prevented Mark Brown becoming a serial killer of sex workers. Brown killed his mistress Leah Ware whose body was never found.
There is a mis…
Strange stories : Kent serial killer thwarted. Part 1
I think it will become obvious that Mark Brown was going to become a serial killer targeting woman who were operating as sex workers. He was going to be detected by automatic number p…
Strange Stories UK: Halloween 2022, The Story of Bobbie Newlove
This story was uploaded at 10:00 pm 31 October 2022. Another story from the Journals of the Society of Psychical Research. This story regards the death of a young boy, Bobby Newlove, w…
Strange Stories : Delusion and Murder in Worthing, Sussex.
July 1 1968 in Worthing UK. The Rolling Stones were top of the singles charts with Jumping Jack Flash. 2001, A Space Odyssey was being seen in the cinemas. Manchester United had recentl…
Strange stories: The Victorian Book of Ghosts.
This is a Halloween podcasts for 2022. An attempt by the British Society of Psychical research (SPR) to explain paranormal activity.
Phantasms of the Living was to be the book publishe…