<description>&lt;p class=""&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;For full show notes visit &lt;span class="s3"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2025/10/24/episode-306-the-atlas-of-deadly-plants"&gt;https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2025/10/24/episode-306-the-atlas-of-deadly-plants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;My new book &lt;a href= "https://jane-perrone.squarespace.com/books/#atlas"&gt;The Atlas of Deadly Plants&lt;/a&gt; is out this week, published by Greenfinch, so I thought I'd celebrate by offering up a series of mini-podcast episodes digging into some of the themes and facts from the book - just in time for Halloween!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt;In this mini-ep you'll hear a personal spooky story from my childhood. Who was the laughing man? Let me know your theories.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt; If you'd like to find out more about Gore Hill and the Martyrs burned on a pyre in Amersham in the reign of King Henry VIII, visit this page on the &lt;a href= "https://amershammuseum.org/history/research/memories/legends-of-amersham/"&gt; Amersham Museum&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=""&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"&gt;Want to buy a copy of The Atlas of Deadly Plants right now? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;" href="https://www.janeperrone.com/books"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p3"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Check out Legends of the Leaf, my book on houseplants and my houseplant cards Houseplant Gardener in a Box &lt;a href= "https://www.janeperrone.com/books"&gt;&lt;span class= "s4"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p2"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;Support On The Ledge on Patreon: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkNzTE5CT2ZhSU5PWV9UYWl1cGQ0VEhxNC1uUXxBQ3Jtc0tuTTFzTjE5TFBxT0NGVWU5cTEyY25GVEdic290NzJwUXJiVFpOU3h6ZDdaZGZZMkQyYUxQaDlfa1RuSXAtdkJLMldpQ1p5cFpWcFJpUEpmalJjRDZGd2VtQWR0Y0h6eW9FMVMtSjJ4YU5qUjJPMUpmSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fontheledge&amp;v=IboYX9Qa2Uo"&gt;&lt;span class="s3"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/ontheledge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="p2"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;Follow Jane Perrone on Instagram: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblVEM1lpTHBmckVzYWRYRFhHbTdWdy1WQS01Z3xBQ3Jtc0trY204Nm12OUhIdzl6WGxLMTJWcGtVaGV2dGZ0bUd0OHhhUm51TlVySmprMTRZWnlnc2lEbzh3LW40dl9fam9iTnQzSVJUNzQ3aWxxTmNXNWN2Zy1ZYTBWZlVuc0g2NllJeUxxMV9KeVhHVmxoRTJwcw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fstories%2Fj.l.perrone&amp;v=IboYX9Qa2Uo"&gt;&lt;span class="s3"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/j.l.perrone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

On The Ledge

Jane Perrone

Episode 306 part seven: the laughing man

OCT 31, 202514 MIN
On The Ledge

Episode 306 part seven: the laughing man

OCT 31, 202514 MIN

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For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2025/10/24/episode-306-the-atlas-of-deadly-plants

My new book The Atlas of Deadly Plants is out this week, published by Greenfinch, so I thought I'd celebrate by offering up a series of mini-podcast episodes digging into some of the themes and facts from the book - just in time for Halloween!

In this mini-ep you'll hear a personal spooky story from my childhood. Who was the laughing man? Let me know your theories.

If you'd like to find out more about Gore Hill and the Martyrs burned on a pyre in Amersham in the reign of King Henry VIII, visit this page on the Amersham Museum website.

Want to buy a copy of The Atlas of Deadly Plants right now? Click here.

Check out Legends of the Leaf, my book on houseplants and my houseplant cards Houseplant Gardener in a Box here.

Support On The Ledge on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ontheledge

Follow Jane Perrone on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j.l.perrone