Boggart and Banshee: A Supernatural Podcast

Chris and Simon

So a Brit and a Yank walk into a supernatural podcast… Nattering on fairies, folklore, ghosts and the impossible ensues. Cross your fingers, turn your pockets inside out and join Simon and Chris as they talk weird history, Fortean mysteries, and things that go bump in the night.

  1. 09/01/2025

    Victorian Shapeshifters: Furries, Shaggies or Folk Angels?

    Is it a dog!? Is it a calf?! No, it’s something in between or just possibly a headless bear or a giant lolloping rabbit, instead. Simon and Chris debate the appearance and habits of a class of supernatural creatures Simon insists on calling, to Chris's irritation, 'furries': solitary, shaggy shapeshifters that haunted the roads and wilds of nineteenth century Britain. These ambiguous animals, with their trademark fiery, saucer-like eyes, might predict death, assault those who confront them, or protect vulnerable travelers from attack. Then there are the big questions. Did these shapeshifters make their way to the United States as Chris claims? Did they become the Alien Big Cats and Black Dogs of modern folklore, as Simon insists? Are they ghosts, cryptids, fairy-animals, or just a mangy tabby glimpsed in the moonlight? And watch out for swelling sheep on those late-night rambles. Further Reading Wilder Mann, Charles Freger https://www.charlesfreger.com/portfolio/wilder-mann-fr/ Explore phantom black dogs, Bob Trubshaw Black Dog Folklore, Mark Norman Mystery Big Cats, Merrily Harpur American Monsters, Linda S. Godfrey Monsters Among Us, Linda S. Godfrey http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/creature-feature-something-between-a-dog-and-a-calf/ Past Praying For: Something Sinister in a Field http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/12988/ http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/a-ghost-of-evil-odour/ http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/black-dogs-and-dynamite-south-mountains-washington-monument/ https://esoterx.com/2018/11/06/exit-stage-left-pursued-by-a-ghost-bear/

    50 min
4.9
out of 5
35 Ratings

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So a Brit and a Yank walk into a supernatural podcast… Nattering on fairies, folklore, ghosts and the impossible ensues. Cross your fingers, turn your pockets inside out and join Simon and Chris as they talk weird history, Fortean mysteries, and things that go bump in the night.

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