Episode 33. The Laidley Worm and the Ghosts of Bamburgh Castle

Welcome to Episode 33 of the podcast - the first episode of 2025!In this episode we explore the ghostlore and folklore of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, and the ghost sightings at the Lying-in Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. The episode also details two ghostly tales from the 20th May 1893 edition of the Newcastle Courant. Chapter markers00:00:00 Outro00:02:40 The folklore and ghostlore of Bamburgh Castle00:22:35 From the archives: "Saved by a Ghost", 189300:24:18 Ghosts of the Lying-in Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne00:28:01 From the archives: "A tale of the Bamburgh Coast", 189300:43:25 OutroSourceshttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19340415/015/0015https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000086/18930520/035/0006https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19360419/008/0003https://bamburghresearchproject.co.uk/https://www.bamburghcastle.com/https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-places/northumberlandhttps://www.higgypop.com/hauntings/bamburgh-castle/https://archive.org/details/aviewnorthumber00randgooghttps://archive.org/details/ACollectionOfTheBalladsMelodiesAndSmall-pipeTunesOfNorthumbriahttps://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Exact_and_Circumstantial_History_of_t/-LkhAAAAMAAJ?hl=enhttps://northumberlandarchives.com/2020/06/01/the-laidley-worm-of-spindlestone-heugh/Balfour, M.C. (1903) The Folk-Lore Society: Relics of Popular AntiquitiesDenham, M.A. (1846-59) The Denham Tracts, Volumes I and IIHenderson, W. (1879) Notes on the folk-lore of the Northern CountiesHiston, V. (2001) Ghosts of Grainger Town: Further tales from Newcastle’s Darker Side. Tyne Bridge PublishingNorthumberland County History; Vol. I. History of the King’s Works: Brown, Colvin & Taylor: H.M.S.O. 1963Tomlinson, Monthly Chronicle, 1891Whitlock, R. (1983) Here Be Dragons. George Allen & Unwin   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.