<p>Welcome to Episode 33 of the podcast - the first episode of 2025!</p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Chapter markers</p><p>00:00:00 Outro</p><p>00:02:40 The folklore and ghostlore of Bamburgh Castle</p><p>00:22:35 From the archives: "Saved by a Ghost", 1893</p><p>00:24:18 Ghosts of the Lying-in Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne</p><p>00:28:01 From the archives: "A tale of the Bamburgh Coast", 1893</p><p>00:43:25 Outro</p><p><br></p><h3>Sources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19340415/015/0015" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19340415/015/0015</a></li><li><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000086/18930520/035/0006" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000086/18930520/035/0006</a></li><li><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19360419/008/0003" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19360419/008/0003</a></li><li><a href="https://bamburghresearchproject.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bamburghresearchproject.co.uk/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bamburghcastle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bamburghcastle.com/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-places/northumberland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-places/northumberland</a></li><li><a href="https://www.higgypop.com/hauntings/bamburgh-castle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.higgypop.com/hauntings/bamburgh-castle/</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/aviewnorthumber00randgoog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/aviewnorthumber00randgoog</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/ACollectionOfTheBalladsMelodiesAndSmall-pipeTunesOfNorthumbria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ACollectionOfTheBalladsMelodiesAndSmall-pipeTunesOfNorthumbria</a></li><li><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Exact_and_Circumstantial_History_of_t/-LkhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Exact_and_Circumstantial_History_of_t/-LkhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en</a></li><li><a href="https://northumberlandarchives.com/2020/06/01/the-laidley-worm-of-spindlestone-heugh/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://northumberlandarchives.com/2020/06/01/the-laidley-worm-of-spindlestone-heugh/</a></li><li>Balfour, M.C. (1903)&nbsp;<em>The Folk-Lore Society: Relics of Popular Antiquities</em></li><li>Denham, M.A. (1846-59)&nbsp;<em>The Denham Tracts</em>, Volumes I and II</li><li>Henderson, W. (1879)&nbsp;<em>Notes on the folk-lore of the Northern Counties</em></li><li>Histon, V. (2001)&nbsp;<em>Ghosts of Grainger Town: Further tales from Newcastle’s Darker Side</em>. Tyne Bridge Publishing</li><li>Northumberland County History; Vol. I. History of the King’s Works: Brown, Colvin &amp; Taylor: H.M.S.O. 1963</li><li>Tomlinson, Monthly Chronicle, 1891</li><li>Whitlock, R. (1983)&nbsp;<em>Here Be Dragons</em>. George Allen &amp; Unwin&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Within the Boggart Wood Paranormal Podcast

Within the Boggart Wood

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

JAN 13, 202543 MIN
Within the Boggart Wood Paranormal Podcast

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

JAN 13, 202543 MIN

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<p>Welcome to Episode 33 of the podcast - the first episode of 2025!</p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>Chapter markers</p><p>00:00:00 Outro</p><p>00:02:40 The folklore and ghostlore of Bamburgh Castle</p><p>00:22:35 From the archives: "Saved by a Ghost", 1893</p><p>00:24:18 Ghosts of the Lying-in Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne</p><p>00:28:01 From the archives: "A tale of the Bamburgh Coast", 1893</p><p>00:43:25 Outro</p><p><br></p><h3>Sources</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19340415/015/0015" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19340415/015/0015</a></li><li><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000086/18930520/035/0006" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000086/18930520/035/0006</a></li><li><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19360419/008/0003" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19360419/008/0003</a></li><li><a href="https://bamburghresearchproject.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bamburghresearchproject.co.uk/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bamburghcastle.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bamburghcastle.com/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-places/northumberland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/haunted-places/northumberland</a></li><li><a href="https://www.higgypop.com/hauntings/bamburgh-castle/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.higgypop.com/hauntings/bamburgh-castle/</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/aviewnorthumber00randgoog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/aviewnorthumber00randgoog</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/ACollectionOfTheBalladsMelodiesAndSmall-pipeTunesOfNorthumbria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ACollectionOfTheBalladsMelodiesAndSmall-pipeTunesOfNorthumbria</a></li><li><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Exact_and_Circumstantial_History_of_t/-LkhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/An_Exact_and_Circumstantial_History_of_t/-LkhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en</a></li><li><a href="https://northumberlandarchives.com/2020/06/01/the-laidley-worm-of-spindlestone-heugh/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://northumberlandarchives.com/2020/06/01/the-laidley-worm-of-spindlestone-heugh/</a></li><li>Balfour, M.C. (1903)&nbsp;<em>The Folk-Lore Society: Relics of Popular Antiquities</em></li><li>Denham, M.A. (1846-59)&nbsp;<em>The Denham Tracts</em>, Volumes I and II</li><li>Henderson, W. (1879)&nbsp;<em>Notes on the folk-lore of the Northern Counties</em></li><li>Histon, V. (2001)&nbsp;<em>Ghosts of Grainger Town: Further tales from Newcastle’s Darker Side</em>. Tyne Bridge Publishing</li><li>Northumberland County History; Vol. I. History of the King’s Works: Brown, Colvin &amp; Taylor: H.M.S.O. 1963</li><li>Tomlinson, Monthly Chronicle, 1891</li><li>Whitlock, R. (1983)&nbsp;<em>Here Be Dragons</em>. George Allen &amp; Unwin&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>