Time between Times Storytelling with Owen Staton. The Death of Dic Penderyn

Time Between Times PodcastThe Death of Dic PenderynIn this powerful and deeply moving episode of Time Between Times, Welsh storyteller Owen Staton journeys into the fiery heart of industrial Wales to tell the tragic and haunting story of Dic Penderyn.Travel back with Owen to the iron town of Merthyr Tydfil in 1831, where furnaces roared day and night and thousands of workers laboured in smoke and hardship beneath the shadow of powerful ironmasters like William Crawshay.When poverty, injustice and desperation finally erupted into rebellion during the Merthyr Rising, a quiet young labourer from the village of Penderyn would find himself caught in the brutal machinery of power and politics.Accused of stabbing a soldier during the uprising, Dic Penderyn was tried in Cardiff, condemned to death, and hanged outside the walls of Cardiff Gaol in 1831.But was he guilty?Or was he sacrificed as a warning to the working people of Wales?In this atmospheric twenty-minute story Owen brings the past to life with passion, history and heart. From the blazing furnaces of Merthyr to the lonely scaffold in Cardiff, and finally to Dic’s resting place at St Mary’s Church, this is a tale of rebellion, injustice and the echoes that still linger in the valleys of Wales.And as always in the world of Time Between Times, the story does not end with death… because some say the spirit of Dic Penderyn still walks beneath the mist of the mountains.So dim the lights, settle in, and join Owen Staton for a story of courage, tragedy and memory.🌙 Listen & Follow🎧 Podcast Websitehttps://timebetweentimespodcast.com🎧 Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/time-between-times/id1556333148🎧 Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/0zG7oV5zq2UTWyxlL6ZSnM🌙 Support Owen’s StorytellingIf you enjoy these stories and would like to support the podcast and help keep the lantern burning in the Time Between Times, you can do so here:⭐ Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/owenstaton7☕ Ko-fihttps://ko-fi.com/owenstaton📜 Substack – essays, folklore and storytellinghttps://owenstaton.substack.com🌐 Owen’s Websitewww.welshstoryteller.com