Knock Once For Yes

Buckle up we're going on a road-trip!  It's coming up on a year now since we had to give up our beloved KOFYmobile and we're missing planning the year's camping and road-trip adventures like we normally would be doing in the first few months of the year. We could probably all do with a little break from reality so, we're going on a pretend adventure – we're going to imagine our ideal haunted road-trip and take you all along for the ride. On the way there will be some choices to make, with outcomes that you can work in to your own imaginary story, to see how your paranormal adventure unfolds during the episode, or you can just listen along and enjoy the hearing about all the cool, and really haunted, locations we're going to dip into today. If you do want to join in you might want to have a regular 6-sided dice or a dice app handy, and perhaps a journal, notebook or writing implement, but we've designed this so that you can do all of this in your head, or of course, just listen along to the story. The aim of the trip, on this occasion, is not the destination, but the journey itself, which will be choc-full of paranormal stops along the way. The idea of stopping off at as many haunted locations on our way to a given destination is actually how we've done our road trips ever since we started this show. We have always tried to maximise our time and petrol by fitting in as many spooky pit stops - and even overnights - in one journey as possible – so you will be getting a taste of a real KOFY road-trip … just … dialled up to 11!

Grab your mince pies and Christmas crackers and settle in for the big festive KOFY Christmas special! This episode is jam-packed with ghost stories for Christmas as well as some hilarious paranormal bloopers. Pit your wits against Lil and Fitz in the annual Christmas Quiz, and this year we take to the skies and dive in to some strange tales haunted planes and airfields in Ghosts of the Air.

Join us as we chat to Sarah Clegg, author of The Dead Of Winter, about Christmas monsters and the deliciously dark festive traditions that are woven through the history of Britain and Europe. This may not be one to listen to with little ears around, as a few of these monsters have some fiendishly grisly habits!

It's HallowBirthdayWeen! We've been sharing spooky stories for 9 years now and it's time, once again, to celebrate All Hallows Eve. Join us for some spooky fun as we find this years most tenuous spooky season tie-in, hear listeners stories from Kris, Abbie & Harper and then we head to Mannington Hall in Norfolk in search of the Antiquary's Ghost! Episode Shownotes

It's week 4 of our 2025 Halloween countdown and the final episode of Spooky Season Shorts before the big day! This time we have some chilling tales from Vic, Vix and Jan to get you in the mood for our Hallowbirthdayween special next week!

Week 3 of our Spooky Season Shorts mini-ep series is out now! Halloween approacheth, so as pumpkins begin to light the windows, and ghosts stir in dusty attics, join us for week 3 of our countdown to Halloween, as we walk Shadowman's Hallway, chase disembodied sounds, and play hide and go spook with true paranormal encounters from Janessa, Cathy and John. Episode Shownotes

Week 2 of our Halloween countdown spooky season shorts has dropped! It's the most wonderful time of the year, so get into the spirit of the season with us as we share true spooky encounters from Kitty, Emily and Kate; meet some of the ghosts of haunted Cade's Cove; and hear about our mishaps with haunted objects. Get those pumpkins a-glowing! https://knockonceforyes.com/2025/10/11/spooky-season-shorts-ghost-stories-for-halloween-week-2/

In the run up to our Halloween special we thought we'd bring you some fun sized mini episodes, featuring some fun sized spooky stories, each week leading up to Halloween. So, strap yourselves in for the first trio of terrors from Kathryn, Kate and Bea! Errata: Fitz claimed in the episode that Benjamin Franklin was buried at the Old Granary Burial Ground in Boston. This was incorrect, he is actually buried in the Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia. It is Benjamin Franklin's parents that are buried in the Old Granary.

This is the final instalment of our 3-part poltergeist series, and today we're wrapping up with the less well known but very curious tale of Brian's Poltergeist. On the last weekend of May, 1967, a new family moved into a modest terraced house in a large East Midlands town and they, along with most of their neighbours, were to experience an incredible spate of paranormal activity. Episode Shownotes

This episode we dive into the weird and wonderful world of Poltergeist raps in part 2 of our three-part poltergeist themed series of Curious Cases. Last episode we heard about Dr Barrie Colvin's investigations into Andover's rapping Poltergeist, and this time we pick up the trail again to discover what Barrie did next – a rabbit hole that had us running around KOFY HQ hitting the walls with sticks and questioning everything we thought ever thought we understood about poltergeists. Join us for a spooky exploration of Dr Colvin's research, and our own experimental efforts, as we discover the very strange audio phenomenon of poltergeist raps. Episode Shownotes

Join us for part 1 of our 3-part Poltergeist miniseries, as we take a slight departure from our normal format to share the story of the Andover Poltergeist. Don't worry, our regular format will be coming back, but we hope you will also enjoy exploring some fascinating paranormal rabbit holes with us in our new Curious Cases series of mini-episodes. This time we share an intriguing poltergeist case from the 1970's that occurred a few years before the more famous Enfield case, and was investigated in a truly interesting way by member of the Society for Psychical Research; Dr Barrie Colvin. We will be hearing more about Dr Colvin's work in part 2, but for now, let us transport you back to the 1970's and a terraced council house in the south of England, whose resident family are having nightly conversations … with a poltergeist! Shownotes

This episode we're going to be having a little bit of a catchup to let you all know what's been going on here at KOFY HQ, and we'll be sharing our favourite spooky adventures with our beloved rust-bucket – the KOFYmobile - as we prepare to bid farewell to our trusty adventure van.  We've got Stories from Ted, Leigh and Kat And, following on from a really interesting and fun post in our facebook group – we're bringing you a new game – cos you all know how much we love a good cheesy game – Paranormal Bingo!   Episode 78 - Shownotes   Intro & Farewell to the KOFYmobile: 00:00:00 Ted's Story: 00:48:19 Leigh's Story: 00:58:48 Kat's Story: 01:09:05 Paranormal Bingo: 01:17:30

It's Christmas time again – Happy Holidays everybody whatever festival you are celebrating and if you don't have any particular festivals or celebrations at this time of year then you are still more than welcome to join us for a little bit of creepy fun! So, get your Christmas crackers on standby and buckle up for the Knock Once For Yes Christmas special 2024 This episode we have an old favourite on the paranormal radar, who has some thoughts on both Santa Claus & somewhat bizzarely, Swindon Town Football club. We have listeners stories from Caroline, Rowan, Verity and a short story from Mateo Oxley, we tread the boards in search of ghosts at the Theatre Royal in Bath and, get ready to play along with the inaugural game of pretentious word bingo and, of course, the terribly cheesy, KOFY Christmas quiz!   View the shownotes on the website here!   Intro: 00:00:00 Paranormal Radar: 00:05:09 Quiz question 1: 00:09:48 Caroline's Story: 00:14:05 Quiz question 1 answer and question 2: 00:23:21 Rowan's Story: 00:34:34 Quiz question 2 answer and question 3: 00:46:49 Verity's Story: 00:55:29 Quiz question 3 answer and Listener question: 00:59:54 Matteo's Story: 01:13:58 Quiz - Listener question answer: 01:16:39 Pretentious Word Bingo: 01:20:31 Haunted Theatres: 01:23:11 Christmas Cracker & Outro: 02:18:50

This episode we have our traditional 'find the company with the most tenuous spooky season tie in' competition. We have listeners stories from Tracey, Kate and Kat and we head back to Whitby for the final time…possibly…to share stories of smugglers, occult artifacts and a swashbuckling ghost. Episode Shownotes   Intro - 00:00:00 Paranormal Radar - 00:02:25 Tracey's Story - 00:22:00 Kat's Story - 00:33:48 Kate's Story - 00:37:29 The Gory Hand of Glory & The Swashbuckling Ghost - 00:46:31

In a little spooky season bonus, Lil brings you her re-telling of a classic Whitby Ghost story, channelling all the M.R. James and Poe she can muster, to bring the horrors of the high seas to your ears this Halloween night.

This episode we have a haunted island on the paranormal radar, listener stories from Kat, Rob and Katie and we proudly bring you the second episode of our Whitby adventures in which we discover ghosts, legends and history galore as we return to the cliffs of Whitby … on the trail of Dracula! Click here for to visit the shownotes on the website!

This episode we put add to our paranormal bucket list after checking out a new book, we have listeners stories from Jo, Pat & Jim and we share the first instalment of our paranormal postcard from one of the spookiest places in England – Whitby. Shownotes   Intro - 00:00:00 Paranormal Bucket List (Go To Hell) - 00:01:58 Jo's Story - 00:07:21 Pat's Story - 00:22:53 Jim's Story - 00:28:11 Whitby Abbey - 00:39:20 Outro - 01:48:39

This episode we dive beneath the waves for our paranormal bucket list, or perhaps this time we might name it the paranormal sonar! As we share a spooky location we'd love to visit. We have listeners stories from Kat, Nancy and Katherine and we get a bit deep as we dive into the fascinating world of Infrasound and the paranormal… and discover that things are rather more complicated than they may first appear.   Timestamps: Intro: 00:00:00 Paranormal Bucket List: 00:02:23 Kate's Story: 00:09:48 Nancy's Story: 00:21:47 Kat's Story: 00:41:28 Infrasound in the Paranormal: 00:50:12

On this special Christmas episode we have one of our favourites – a tenuous paranormal story from the local papers, listener stories from Kat, Harper, and Becky, and then we'll take you on a journey along some of the most haunted railways of England, as we dive into tales of ghost trains and phantom passengers. Not forgetting, of course, the slightly silly Christmas Quiz!

This episode we are returning to Mother Shipton's to share the ghost stories and other exciting stuff that we just couldn't fit into the last episode. We've got haunted pubs, Fawkes facts, coin tree folklore and the second installment of our listeners stories from Sarah, Kelly and Bea and, much, much more! https://wp.me/p7TZ1h-1ud

The world seems to be turning ever faster as it is spooky season once again! Of course, in many ways its spooky season all year round at KOFY HQ, and whereas most creators save up their creepiest content especially for October, we tell ghost stories all year round. So, for this, our 7th year podcasting and our 7th Hallowbirthdayween episode, we thought we'd do something a bit different, and we are diving into premonitions and prophecies!  This episode the paranormal radar is being resurrected from it's early grave. We have listeners stories from Paul, Kelly, Sarah, and Bea and we travel all the way up to Yorkshire to visit the home of a prophetess, in a cave by the river Nidd, and learn her petrifying story.

This episode we have a whole new segment, as we partially retire the paranormal radar. Instead, we'll be taking a look at some locations that we'd love to visit in future as we bring you - the paranormal bucket list! We have true paranormal stories from listeners Cody, Megan & Maddie. And we bring you not just one but 4 haunted locations on this episode's paranormal radar, as we take you all, on a Journey to The World's End….

We are so excited to bring you this special episode with Greg and Dana Newkirk as they prepare to release their brand new feature length documentary 'The Unbinding' into the world. Whether you know them from The Newkirk Museum of the Paranormal, The Haunted Objects Pod, or the award winning Hellier, the Newkirks always bring a fresh perspective to the paranormal field, and this latest release is no exception. Join us as we dive deep into a conversation about the Newkirks' fascinating journey, and explore why their documentary about a haunted object known as 'The Crone' is set to break the mold of paranormal programming as we know it. Check out the trailer over at Planetweird and we hope you're as excited as us for the release on the 8th September!

This episode there's a new sighting of the ghost of Barford bridge, caught on camera, We have listeners stories from Sara, Rowan & Kate, a nd we're following the footsteps, or perhaps rope burns of fearless abseiling archaeologists, by visiting what's left of Dunwich; Britain's Atlantis, before what remains is devoured by the north sea.

A mini episode on some of the ghosts, myths and legends of the beautiful and mysterious Dartmoor National Park, and the battle facing the park today. Originally intended to be a short news article for the paranormal radar, this story, about the folklore of Dartmoor gaining relevance and meaning in these turbulent modern times, ended up turning into something bigger and demanded to be given its own episode, and who are we to deny the ancient land spirits?!

This episode we look into a spate of paranormal activity in the 80's that spurred the local council to take dramatic action on the paranormal radar.  We have listeners stories from Cody, Eliott and Megan. And we'll be speaking to one of the pioneers of paranormal podcasting – The one and only Jim Harold!   Check out all of Jim's shows at JimHarold.com

It's the Knock Once For Yes 2022 Christmas Special! So, get your crackers at the ready, stand by to don your party hats and brace yourselves for some terrible, terrible jokes. We've got an update on the creepy dolls washing up on a Texas beach and a ghost cow on the paranormal radar. We have listener stories from Alyson, Bob and Cody. We'll be giving you a detailed run down of why Fitz shouldn't be left unattended in charge of planning, as we share our Christmas Comedy of Errors, from Lincoln. And of course, as if you might have believed that we'd forgotten, we have the terribly cheesy, but always fun, Knock Once For Yes Christmas Quiz! www.knockonceforyes.com

This episode we've got some of our favourite tenous-link Halloween news stories today on the paranormal radar. We have listener stories from Harriett, Tony and Selena, and an update from Caroline about the ghost chicken. We'll be chatting to our very special guest, Folklorist Icy Sedgwick, about Folklore and the Paranormal and we round out the show with some of your recollections of Ghostwatch; we were thrilled that so many of you got in touch to share these with us following the release of our special Ghostwatch bonus episode on Halloween.   00:00:00 – 00:02:15     Intro 00:02:16 – 00:17:15     Paranormal Radar 00:17:16 – 00:23:57     Caroline – Ghost Chicken Story 00:23:58 – 00:39:28     Harriett's Story 00:39:29 – 00:49:45     Tony's Stories 00:49:46 – 00:55:29     Selena's Stories 00:55:30 – 02:00:33     Interview with Icy Sedgwick 02:00:34 – 02:08:19     Ghostwatch comments 02:08:20 – 02:09:18     Outro

In this episode we diverge from our usual content to bring you a special Halloween Bonus episode in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the 1992 BBC classic; Ghostwatch. Join us on a trip down memory lane as we share our childhood memories and experiences of that infamous Halloween night that would become part of our paranormal origin story, and hear an interview 30 years in the making, as we talk to the man behind the legend - Ghostwatch writer Stephen Volk. So grab yourself some popcorn and maybe even a cheese and pickle sandwich for this one, it's an unabashed and joyous celebration of 90's Halloween nostalgia, and the genius and legacy of Ghostwatch.   Stephen Volk - Homepage Ghostwatch - Behind the Curtains Buy Ghostwatch - Limited edition 30th Anniversary Blu Ray! Buy Afterlife - Series 1 DVD! Buy Afterlife - Series 2 DVD! Buy The Awakening on Blu Ray!   20th Century Geek Podcast   Ouijatorium - Instagram Buy Ghosts in the Garden of England - Alan Tigwell Buy Collecting Ouijaboards in the UK - Alan Tigwell

This episode, on the paranormal radar, as is becoming a bit of a tradition in our Halloween episodes, we looked for the cheesiest Halloween tie in from a business not even slightly related to the paranormal, and we've got quite a good one for you this year. We have listener stories from Megan, Tony and Rochelle and we walk the ramparts of the haunted Castle of Framlingham where we might have gotten more of a feel for the place than we originally intended.

This episode, we have a bit of a catch up about some of the spooky activity here at KOFY HQ, and play you a possible EVP caught during one of our patron zooms. Then, we have a haunted pub in Canterbury, and – one of Lil's favourite topics – spooky dolls – on the paranormal radar. We have listener stories from have Mike, Kate and Bob and we head over to Holywell, St Ives to bring you a curious tale 2 years in the making; of The Ghost that Never Was, and why you should always go back for ice cream.

In this episode we dive into the weird and wonderful world of Screaming Skulls; including the cases of Theophilus Broome, Bettiscombe, Threlkeld Place, Calgarth, Wardley Hall, Brougham Hall, Burton Agnes and Dickie of Tunstead. Don't worry, you haven't missed out on all our usual paranormal news, stories and chat, we've just given them their own episode this time and have released both at once. So, if you fancy listening back to back as one giant episode, just queue up episodes 61 and 62 and settle in for 3 hours of spooky goodness!   Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:01:00 Screaming Skulls: 00:01:01 - 00:05:39 Theophilus Broome: 00:05:40 - 00:21:20 Bettiscombe Skull: 00:21:21 - 00:35:25 Threlkeld Place Skull: 00:35:26 - 00:36:22 Calgarth Hall Skulls: 00:36:23 - 00:44:47 Brougham Hall Skull: 00:44:48 - 00:50:20 Burton Agnes Hall Skull: 00:50:21 - 00:55:18 Wardley Hall Skull: 00:55:19 - 01:32:32 Dickie of Tunstead Farm: 01:32:33 - 01:50:00 Outro: 01:50:01 - 01:52:00

We're doing something a little different this time; our main feature ended up being 2 hours long all on its own so we decided to release two separate bumper episodes! This one has all your usual paranormal news, stories and chat; with stories from Joe, Pascale, and Bob, as well as stories from the brothers of the Belief Hole Podcast. For our epic Screaming Skulls feature, head on over to episode 62, and – as we are releasing both at the same time – you can always listen to them back to back as one mega 3 hour long episode! Intro: 00:00:00 - 00:06:35 Paranormal Radar: 00:06:36 - 00:09:05 Joe's Story: 00:09:06 - 00:14:59 Pascale's Story: 00:15:00 - 00:28:09 Bob's Story: 00:28:10 - 00:36:49 Belief Hole - Chris's Story 1 00:36:50 - 00:43:49 Belief Hole - Jon's Story: 00:43:50 - 00:46:24 Belief Hole - Chris's Story 2 00:46:25 - 00:59:09 Outro: 00:59:10 - 01:00:58  

A new cryptid is spotted in our neck of the woods and there's a ghost dropping f-bombs on the paranormal radar, listeners stories from Caroline, Matt, Vix & Lenny and we pin down the master of puns himself Paul Stevenson, editor of Haunted Magazine to chat about all things spooky. View showmotes on the website! 00:00:00 - 00:03:32 - Intro 00:03:33 - 00:15:09 - Paranormal Radar 00:15:10 - 00:21:38 - Caroline's Story 00:21:39 - 00:25:42 - Matt's Story 00:25:43 - 00:30:27 - Vix's Story 00:30:28 - 00:35:15 - Lenny's Story 00:35:16 - 01:48:58 - Interview with Paul Stevenson 01:48:59 - 01:50:40 - Outro

This episode we have a ghost with opinions on interior design and a paranormal convention for the age of that which shall not be named on the paranormal radar. Listeners stories from Kevin, Molly, Robert & Pat and we travel to Hitchin in Hertfordshire in search of ghosts. Join us on Repod! Check out Phenomenacon!

We've got a bit of a theme going on this episode and it's all about ghostly carriages, there's even one on the paranormal radar! We'll be bringing you our favourite festive phantom carriage stories, as well as chatting with Michelle and Gillian of Haunted Heritage about a very famous ghostly carriage tale, and of course we've got some spooky listener's stories from Bob, Ruthie & Gareth BUT!! If you were worried that we might have forgotten, fear not, for – of course - we also have the unbelievably cheesy KOFY Christmas quiz!

It's spooky season and it's KOFY's 5th Birthday. It's Hallowbirthdayween 5! – The return of the revenge of the spooky stories striking back! This episode we have some Halloween themed stories on the paranormal radar, listeners stories from Pete, Julie & Sam, and we find poltergeists, body snatchers, deadly clowns and an ancient Egyptian Mummy's curse in Great Yarmouth.

This episode the Wold Newton Triangle pings the paranormal radar, we have listeners stories from Desiree, Sara & Sue and we continue what has now turned into our 3 part Norfolk series to find out just what it is that makes the county so spooky, with the wonderful ladies behind Weird Norfolk.

This episode we have a mummified human heart and The Ghost Detective on the paranormal radar, listeners stories from Tracy, Piers & Samantha and we get our first taste of freedom this year as we escape KOFY HQ to hunt down the legend of Skulking Dudley.

This episode we have both another haunted item and a haunted bunker on the paranormal radar, listeners stories from Desiree, Chelsea and Cindy, and we look into another of our favourite spooky phenomena, Crisis apparitions.

This episode we have a haunted Christmas present on the paranormal radar, Listeners stories from Melissa, Marianne and Juliet and we look into one of our favourite paranormal mysteries, time slips.