Dracula, Diaries & Crop Circles

Episode 11: Dracula, Diaries & Crop Circles 🧛‍♂️📖🛸Welcome back to another wildly unpredictable episode of Herefordshire Hearsay — the podcast where absolutely anything can happen… and usually does. 😂This week we dive headfirst into vampires, UFOs, smart fridges, diary disasters and mysterious crop circles in Bromyard. Normal service resumed then.🧛 World Dracula Day Special!Christopher Lee vs Gary Oldman — who is the ultimate Dracula?We celebrate World Dracula Day with tales of Hammer Horror films, terrifying bats on strings and a truly unforgettable childhood scare from Kerry involving:A torch 🔦A pair of tights 🧦Uncle Mick 😱Plus:Why Dracula films were accidentally hilariousThe best vampire movies of all timeWhy Kerry thinks Leslie Nielsen deserves more creditA VERY important Dracula fun fact🛸 UFOs Over HerefordshireThings take a very strange turn when Heidi shares her genuinely spooky UFO sighting near Much Marcle 👽Orange lights… impossible movements… standing in the road staring at the sky…Meanwhile:Doug from Bromyard is STILL reporting alien activityCrop circle chaos continuesToby from The Secret Garden gives his verdictDawn may have accidentally invented “Crop Circle Tourism”Night-time tractor rides and illuminated crop circles, anyone? 🚜✨📖 Diaries, Disaster & Dangerous SecretsWe discuss the strange things people write in diaries… and some things that probably should never be written down at all. 😂Including:The year chafing was discovered 😬Smart fridges refusing midnight snacksA disastrous “reply all” emailPauline’s mum secretly reading her diary 👀Why journals can become treasured time capsulesThere’s also a lovely story about family memories, old Hereford barbers and half-finished haircuts after a quick trip to the pub 🍺✂️☕ Coffee Options? Not Really…The HIT Squad return to tea duty at St Peter’s Church… where coffee choices are:CoffeeTeaCoffee pretending to be a cappuccino ☕Also featuring:Cakes. Lots of cakes.Parish Assembly gossipCommunity heroesPauline accidentally asking if someone wanted water with their coffee🩺 Pauline: Doctor’s Receptionist From Hell?Pauline reveals she once applied to work at a doctor’s surgery… and honestly it may have been the NHS’s greatest near miss 😂Expect:Unsolicited medical diagnosesTerrifying facial expressionsQueue rage“Show me your rash then”You’ll never look at a waiting room the same way again.📚 Hitchhiker’s Guide, Towels & Total NonsenseWe celebrate Towel Day inspired by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 🚀Discover:Why towels are apparently the most important item in the universeThe many practical uses of a towelWhy wet towels are considered a weaponThe Beast of Traal makes an appearance…Probably.🎤 Also This Week…Eurovision confusion 🎶Alan Davies mystery diary entriesSticky toffee pudding reviews 🍮Community events at St Peter’s ChurchWhy Herefordshire is full of the best characters📱 Follow Herefordshire HearsayCome and join the chaos on social media for clips, stories, polls and behind-the-scenes nonsense.And remember…If you see strange lights over Bromyard… it’s probably Doug again. 👽🍺📢 Coming Next Time…Next episode we’ll be talking about:Your medical problemsDriver rage, what makes you mad!The Hay Festival…plus whatever else happens when we leave the house unsupervised.Thanks for listening to Herefordshire Hearsay! 💚👋 Get InvolvedGot a story? A dilemma? A Shire Shout-out?Send it to us at [email protected] us on socials:📘 Facebook – @HerefordshireHearsay📸 Instagram – @HerefordshireHearsay🐦 X – @HfdHearsaySign up to our newsletter - hereEpisode 11 - Where you can find things:00:00.000 Welcome to Herefordshire Hearsay00:10.000 What have we been up to04:22.000 Hitchhiker’s Guide, Towels & Total Nonsense06:44.000 Coffee options! Not really...07:57.000 Pauline: Doctor’s Receptionist From Hell?11:52.000 World Dracula Day Special!12:22.000 Heidi's Dracula Delight14:23.000 Uncle Mick, a torch and a pair of tights! Best scare ever!16:11.000 Hammer Horror Films18:32.000 Dracula Fun Facts19:05.000 Who is Alan Davies?20:10.000 Diaries, Disaster & Dangerous Secrets25:34.000 Crop circles and strange occurences26:04.000 UFO encounters in Much Marcle28:36.000 The Secret Garden Pub, Chatting with Toby31:11.000 UFO round up31:38.000 Eurovision, who won? We don't remember!32:58.000 Crop circle chaos continues34:20.000 Coming Up Next Time