Christmas special with Jimmy the Welsh Viking

Welcome to the Wyrd Wessex Christmas Special!This episode, Craig and Andy are joined by special guest, Jimmy the Welsh Viking, for a chaotic, festive dive into chilling ghost stories, bizarre historical hauntings, shocking true crime, and high-strangeness updates. Get ready for a perfectly balanced mix of history, horror, and hilarity.In this mega-episode, we cover:The Devil of Bangor: Jimmy shares his family's incredible Christmas Eve story about his grandfather's unsettling encounter with a sharply dressed figure in a North Wales gasworks.Historical Hauntings: We share two chilling Christmas Eve tales: the tragic, repeating scene of a highwayman's murder in Kent, and the spectral appearance of the Headless Hound of Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville and his vengeful knight.The Ouija Board Murder: Craig brings a dark and serious news story about a boy in Colombia who was tragically murdered by his friends, who allegedly claimed a Ouija board told them to do it, leading to a debate on mass hysteria and drug influence.The Screaming Skull: We briefly touch on the famous Dorset legend of the skull that demands to remain in the manor house.Thomas Hardy's Ghost: A quick, atmospheric anecdote about the author's spooky encounter with his grandfather's ghost on Christmas Eve.Peruvian Mummies Update: Andy shares the latest on the controversial mummified "aliens" shown to Congress, with claims their DNA is 30% unknown, and we explore the possibility of them being an extinct species or a very old hoax.The Ramsbury Krampus: To lighten the mood, we wrap up with a hilarious and on-brand local news story about Krampus sightings disturbing the peace in a quiet Wiltshire village.Wyrd News & AfterWyrd: Don't blame the owls!We also cover the fascinating phenomenon of Koro, or the mass panic over disappearing penises in Nigeria, and the bizarre tradition of magicians attempting to contact Houdini on Halloween.Stay WyrdBuy our merch herewww.wyrdwessex.co.ukWritten and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy StevensEdited by Craig BrooksIntro music by Leonell Cassio - The Paranormal Is Real (ft. Carrie) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Dec 24, 2023

Embed this episode

Attribution link and audio player

NOW PLAYING

Christmas special with Jimmy the Welsh Viking

0:00 1:19:23

1×

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

Share this episode

Similar Episodes

No similar episodes found.

Similar Podcasts

The Wyrd Way Dean Bentley Welcome to The Wyrd Way. This is a podcast where we explore the questions of ”how do we be who we came here to be? How do we live true to our soul?” Join me as I jam out with guests from a wide variety of backgrounds. Speaking to how they found a way to live a life that was truly for them. Going beyond the conditions and the expectations of what had been expected of them to become leaders, creators, entrepreneurs, and healers that have walked a path outside the normal and been all the better for it.Here we challenge you to expand your views, explore new concepts and be immersed in worlds that perhaps you have not explored. Topics include fitness, sexuality, mindset, magick, business, energetics, health, psychedelics and a wide range of philosophy. It’s time to join us, get wyrd and realize in this life, you get to be who you came to be and in doing that, you can have everything you’ve ever wanted. Explicit The Wyrd Sisters The Wyrd Sisters Podcast Welcome to The Wyrd Sisters, a podcast for the morbidly curious. Featuring three crones trapped in the prematurely creaky bodies of twenty-something year olds, every fortnight we tell one another a disturbing tale linked by a single creepy theme. We cover everything from bizarre legends to harrowing true crimes. Please note this podcast contains mature content. Explicit

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of Wyrd Wessex?

This episode is 1 hour and 19 minutes long.

When was this Wyrd Wessex episode published?

This episode was published on December 24, 2023.

Can I download this Wyrd Wessex episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.

URL copied to clipboard!