27 episodes

A podcast for those who want to join us on our journey into the stranger side of the county. We will be exploring the folklore, urban legends and supernatural encounters that form part of it's rich history.

Eerie Essex Bethan Briggs-Miller and Ailsa Clarke

    • History
    • 4.9 • 29 Ratings

A podcast for those who want to join us on our journey into the stranger side of the county. We will be exploring the folklore, urban legends and supernatural encounters that form part of it's rich history.

    De Nile is not a river in Essex

    De Nile is not a river in Essex

    This months episode is landing with a splash!

    Join us as we take a look at the legends, stories and folklore surrounding some of the county's waterways.

    If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com

    You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just search for Eerie Essex!

    You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:

    https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex
    https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex

    ....or by leaving us a review.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    UFOMO

    UFOMO

    With all the strange things in the sky at the moment we just had to revisit UFOs...

    If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com

    You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just search for Eerie Essex!

    You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:

    https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex
    https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex

    ....or by leaving us a review.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Special Guest Interview: Danny Robins

    Special Guest Interview: Danny Robins

    We were thrilled to be joined in this episode by the wonderful Danny Robins from Haunted, The Battersea Poltergeist, Uncanny and The Witch Farm. We talk all things eerie, uncanny and ask some very serious (and not so serious ....Uncanny Community looking at you) questions.

    You can listen to Danny on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010wp9

    ...and contact him via: experiences@dannyrobins.com

    If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com

    You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:

    https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex 
    https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex 

    ....or by leaving us a review.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    100% that Witch!

    100% that Witch!

    In this episode we go back to look at witches. As ever with this topic alongside the fascinating there is the tragic and macabre. From Cunning Murrell to the first witch trial ending with a hanging...join us....

    *Warning* this episode is particularly dark and looks at subjects such as suicide and sexual assault.
    If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com

    You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. Just search for Eerie Essex!

    You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:

    https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex
    https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex

    ....or by leaving us a review.

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Animal, vegetable....spiritual? Animal folklore with James Shakeshaft

    Animal, vegetable....spiritual? Animal folklore with James Shakeshaft

    We are joined this month by Loremen's James Shakeshaft in our hunt for the county's strangest animal ghosts/folklore. We have headless chickens, frozen chickens, big cats and dangerous deers. Take a walk on the wild side with us...

    James Shakeshaft is co-host of The Loremen Podcast with Alasdair Beckett-King and a jolly lovely chap. Loremen is a funny podcast about local legends and forgotten folklore:

    http://www.loremenpodcast.com 

    If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com

    You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:

    https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex
    https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex

    ....or by leaving us a review.

    • 1 hr 26 min
    A Darker Side of Yule

    A Darker Side of Yule

    We are so excited to be joined for this Christmas special by the wonderful, magical Jo Hickey-Hall & Icy Sedgwick. We discuss Christmas folklore, ghost stories and of course segue into some rather random topics. 

    So join us for a look at the darker side of Yule...

    You can follow Jo on the The Modern Fairy Sighting Podcast: 
    https://themodernfairysightingspodcast.buzzsprout.com/

    &

    Icy Sedgwick on Fabulous Folklore: 
    https://www.fabulousfolklore.com

    If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.com

    You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:

    https://ko-fi.com/eerieessex
    https://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex

    ....or by leaving us a review.

    • 1 hr 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
29 Ratings

29 Ratings

Missypeeps ,

Like an afternoon with spooky friends

Listening to these two friends share tales of weirdness from Essex is like being party to an intriguing chat in a warm country pub. Thanks for your thorough research and easy way of conveying these eerie tales.

Jo Modern Fairy Sightings ,

Love this pair!

It’s always a fun listen and lots of interesting content. The ‘bants’ is of a consistently high standard 😝 and I keep coming back for more.

TheFaerieFolk ,

Highly Recommend

Eerie Essex is such a fun listen. I love the podcast’s focus on Essex’s ghosts and folklore and the enthusiasm Bethan and Alisa bring to every episode. The Danny Robbins episode is a stand out favourite of mine. I definitely recommend listening to this podcast if you haven’t already!

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