Wyrd Wessex

Craig Brooks
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Dive into the weird, spooky and supernatural with Wyrd Wessex, a podcast hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens. These self-proclaimed "wyrdo's" delve into the mysteries, myths, and legends of the world, focusing on the UK, but sometimes straying further afield. Expect to hear chilling ghost stories, explorations of unexplained phenomena, and even dabbles into true crime. Whether you're fascinated by hauntings, folklore, Ufology or cryptids, Wyrd Wessex has something for you. So, if you're ready to unravel the hidden weirdness of the world, "Stay Wyrd" and tune in! www.wyrdwessex.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 5d ago

    Borley Rectory (The Early Years Part 1)

    In this episode, Craig and Andy dive into the early, creeping hauntings of Borley Rectory—a location once dubbed "the most haunted house in England." Before the infamous Marianne Foyster era brought absolute chaos to the blue room, the Rectory spent decades quietly accumulating strangeness under the Bull family and the brief, chaotic tenure of Eric Smith. We explore how Britain's premier ghost hunter, Harry Price, first arrived at the scene with his kit of fingerprint powder and mercury gauges, and we chat about how our modern fear of ghosts compares to historical perspectives on the paranormal. Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations! Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Fill out our form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10MVzaWqJXVbLonxf1WiwM4n41-R2fiDMqDN3WKQzYMA/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=100798326189189740063 Join the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessex Instagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!) Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u Stay Wyrd! Written by Craig Brooks and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens Edited by Craig Brooks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Oct 9

    Finding the Real Faye: Sam the Sandown Clown Update

    Andy and Craig return for a special edition of AfterWyrd to dissect a major development in one of the Isle of Wight’s most bizarre modern legends: Sam the Sandown Clown. Following up on their previous discussions and their recent interview with folklorist Paul A. T. Wilson at the Strange Days Festival, the Wyrdo co-hosts dive into new research sent in by a listener. They explore the findings from the debut episode of the Cease to Exist podcast, which uses newspaper archives, ancestry records, and investigation trails connected to BBC’s Uncanny to track down the real "Faye." Is Sam the Sandown Clown an elaborate hoax, a misremembered childhood event, or living folklore in action? Craig and Andy examine the paper trail, discuss whether the story holds up, and ask the lingering question: why has nobody ever tracked down the second child from the 1973 encounter? Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. HERE Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Fill out our form HERE Join the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): HERE Instagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!) Don't blame the Owls! Website: www.wyrdwessex.co.uk Merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/explore Hosted by: Craig Brooks & Andy Stevens Edited by: Craig Brooks Intro music by: Universfield Dark 80s Sci-Fi Atmosphere Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Oct 8

    Bonus Tarot Card Draw

    Broadcasting live from the final night of Strange Days Festival, Craig and Andy are running on absolute empty, a questionable amount of coffee, and pure festival adrenaline. Between nonsensical theories on koalas, farts, and untrustworthy hippos. To mark the end of a wild weekend, they draw two tarot cards live on air to seal their fate: The Lovers (prompting a very necessary, very tired debate on unity and human centipedes) followed immediately by The Tower (symbolising chaos, dramatic collapses, or perhaps just their desperate desire to escape and go to sleep). Win Signed Tarot Cards: Every guest in this episode drew and signed a card from our Major Arcana tarot deck. Follow us on Instagram @Wyrd_Wessex for details on how to win these one-of-a-kind festival pieces! Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations! Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Send your encounter to: wyrdwessex@pm.me Join the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessex Instagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!) Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u Stay Wyrd! Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens Edited by Craig Brooks Intro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - Remix Outro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Oct 7

    Kitchen Shadow Figures, Dragon Sightings & Devon Time Slips

    In the fifth and final instalment of our live coverage from the Strange Days Festival, Craig and Andy wrap up an incredible weekend of high strangeness. We sit down with Fortean Times TV critics Stu and Ruth Neville to discuss British folk horror, low-key hauntings, and a terrifying kitchen-dwelling shadow figure. Festival organiser Matt Page drops by to debrief on the weekend's highlights, followed by cryptozoologist Richard Freeman sharing tales of hunting the Tasmanian wolf, the Mongolian death worm, and modern dragon encounters at Waverly Abbey. Plus, Jackie Tong details an astonishing 1940s GI time slip in Devon, and performer Jacqueline Haig from Witchy Finger joins us to raise the cone of power. Grab a brew, settle in, and join us for the festival finale! Win Signed Tarot Cards: Every guest in this episode drew and signed a card from our Major Arcana tarot deck. Follow us on Instagram @Wyrd_Wessex for details on how to win these one-of-a-kind festival pieces! Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations! Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Send your encounter to: wyrdwessex@pm.me Join the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessex Instagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!) Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u Stay Wyrd! Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens Edited by Craig Brooks Intro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - Remix Outro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Sep 30

    Doppelgängers, Shadow Men & Lacock Ghosts

    Featureless doppelgängers on dark roads, a 7-foot blonde-hating entity at Tudor World, phantom calls on disconnected payphones, and the morality of paranormal YouTube. Andy and Craig are back backstage at the Strange Days Festival for Part 4 of our special coverage! We’re sitting down with an incredible lineup of researchers, ghost tour hosts, and paranormal creators to explore local high-strangeness, chilling location hauntings, and the ethics of content creation. What We Cover In This Episode: Paranormal YouTube & Ethics with Peter Laws: Host of Into the Fog, Peter Laws joins us to unpack creator monetisation ethics, absurd sex toy sponsorship, and the hallucinatory dangers of festival homebrew wine. Phantom Calls & Tudor World Shadows with Claire: Claire (Don't Scare Claire) shares terrifying historical ghost research, including an impossible time-slip encounter involving a disconnected payphone in an abandoned building, and Tudor World's terrifying 7-foot shadow man with a targeted grudge against blondes. The Wolverton Doppelgänger with Steph: Creator of City of Secrets, Steph discusses her ongoing paranormal mapping project across Milton Keynes and breaks down a chilling eyewitness account of a featureless, pitch-black double matching a runner’s stride step-for-step down a lonely road. Lacock Tithe Barn Hauntings with Charlie: Ghost tour operator Charlie takes us inside his investigations at Wiltshire’s 14th-century Laycock Tithe Barn, sharing remarkable spirit contact with a young woman named Lily and unexpected phantom encounters right behind unsuspecting tour guests. Win Signed Tarot Cards: Every guest in this episode drew and signed a card from our Major Arcana tarot deck. Follow us on Instagram @Wyrd_Wessex for details on how to win these one-of-a-kind festival pieces! Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations! Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Send your encounter to: wyrdwessex@pm.me Join the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessex Instagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!) Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u Stay Wyrd! Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens Edited by Craig Brooks Intro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - Remix Outro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Sep 23

    Tea Leaf Magic, Sam the Clown & Secret Government Agents

    Recorded on location at the Strange Days Festival, Craig and Andy host a massive festival special featuring an incredible lineup of Fortean guests: folklorist Paul A.T. Wilson, researcher Matt Williams (The Secret Vault), author Ben Stockman, Steve Wills (Warminster UFO Group), and James from Loremen podcast. Together, they dive deep into high strangeness, underground military bases, ancient flood myths, crop circle history, and absurd pop-culture horrors. What We Cover In This Episode: The Sandown Clown & Fairy Lore with Paul A.T. Wilson: Folklorist Paul A.T. Wilson breaks down the surreal 1970s encounter in Lake on the Isle of Wight. Addressing recent coverage on Uncanny, Paul presents primary documentation directly from the primary witness, "Fay", and explains why this wooden-faced entity dressed in yellow aligns far more with classical fairy and elf traditions than standard ET contact. Crop Circle Confessions & Rudloe Manor Truths with Matt Williams: Urban explorer and researcher Matt Williams (The Secret Vault) shares the reality of circle-making, getting fined £125 after information was passed to Whitley Strieber, confronting author Peter Paget's claims, and setting the record straight on Spring Quarry / Burlington versus the myths surrounding Rudloe Manor. Atlantis & Crystal Skulls with Ben Stockman: Author Ben Stockman (Atlantis, Children of the Gods) brings a literal crystal skull backstage to discuss Poseidon's lineage, untangling pulp fantasy from ancient astronomical traditions, and esoteric flood memories. The Warminster Phenomenon with Steve Wills: Steve Wills from the Warminster UFO Group drops by to chat about the legendary history of skywatches, lights, and ongoing high strangeness across the Warminster landscape. Enchanted Coats & Bizarre Beasts with James (Loremen): James from Loremen podcast shares a classic family account of a tea-leaf-reading great-grandmother and an enchanted coat that deflected a blow in a bar fight. Plus, we explore how terrible medieval artwork created legendary cryptids, remember Round the Twist scarecrows, and pitch the ultimate movie: Mr Blobby vs. Sam the Sandown Clown. Win Signed Tarot Cards: Every guest in this episode drew and signed a card from our Major Arcana tarot deck. Follow us on Instagram @Wyrd_Wessex for details on how to win these one-of-a-kind festival pieces! Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations! Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Send your encounter to: wyrdwessex@pm.me Join the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessex Instagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!) Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u Stay Wyrd! Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens Edited by Craig Brooks Intro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - Remix Outro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Sep 16

    Bigfoot, Conspiracies & The Barge Inn UFO

    A terrifying sonic UFO abduction over the Wiltshire fields, Himalayan Yeti hunting, elite cloning theories, and multi-billion-year-old alien transmissions. Andy and Craig are back backstage at the Strange Days Festival for Part 2 of our special coverage! We’re sitting down with an incredible lineup of researchers, artists, cryptid hunters, and comedians to explore local high-strangeness, global conspiracy lore, and the deep emotional connection behind searching for the unknown. What We Cover In This Episode: The 2008 Barge Inn Sonic UFO & Abduction: Local artist JoJo shares an exclusive, terrifying account from the Honeystreet camping field. At 3:30 AM, a low-frequency tsunami-like rumble gave way to a blinding light beam and a violent acoustic pulse over the trees. Hear how temporary paralysis, telepathic contact with 7-foot entities, and physical reactions shook campers in the heart of Wiltshire’s crop circle country.Conspiracies & Cryptid Hunts with Dom Joly: Comedian and author Dom Joly joins us to chat about trekking through the Himalayas in search of the Yeti, hunting for Canada’s Ogo Pogo, the bizarre apocalyptic lore of Denver International Airport, and the wild world of conspiracy theories from his tour Mugwuffin.Bigfoot & Finding Your Tribe: Cryptozoology researchers Ryan 'RPG' Golembeske and Daniel Lee Barnett break down the emotional reality of Sasquatch investigations, the psychological impact of seeing the impossible, and why the cryptid community is all about community.HENGE’s Cosmic Transmissions: Extraterrestrial frontman Zpor details how the band engineers 75-minute sonic frequencies to dispel global sadness, his multi-billion-year history across clone bodies, and an astral connection forged at a Wiltshire Neolithic site.Hand-Sculpted Monsters with Mike Strick: Artist Mike Strick unboxes his incredible cryptid blind boxes, discussing ancient fossil discoveries in Swindon, the creation of the bootilshous lion, and a surprise appearance from the Enfield Poltergeist. Win Signed Tarot Cards: Every guest in this episode drew and signed a card from our Major Arcana tarot deck. Follow us on Instagram @Wyrd_Wessex for details on how to win these one-of-a-kind festival pieces! Explore the Wyrd Wessex Map: Every local UFO encounter, ghost story, cryptid sighting, and ancient earthwork featured on the show is plotted directly onto our custom interactive Google Map. Head to our Instagram bio or join our Discord to explore the locations! Send Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Send your encounter to: wyrdwessex@pm.me Join the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessex Instagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!) Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u Stay Wyrd! Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens Edited by Craig Brooks Intro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - Remix Outro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Sep 9

    The Quantum Mechanics at Strange Days Festival Jots, Uri Geller & High Strangeness

    Recorded live on-site at the Strange Days Festival 2026, Craig and Andy sit down with Peter and Ben, hosts of The Quantum Mechanics Podcast. What was planned as a quick ten-minute catch-up expands into a deep dive on navigating the middle ground between total belief and complete skepticism. The group discusses the origins of The Quantum Mechanics, the challenges of podcast discoverability, and why some strange stories just defy explanation—such as the bizarre "Tooth Fairy" entity. From mysterious "Jots" (Just One of Those Things) and Uri Geller coincidences to spooky encounters at Shepton Mallet Prison, the conversation explores why we are endlessly drawn to the unexplained. To wrap up, Ben and Peter draw The Magician Tarot card for a future listener giveaway and share their thoughts on the cultural stigma separating ghost stories from UFO sightings. In this episode: The origin of The Quantum Mechanics Podcast Dealing with algorithms and the "in-between" stance "Jots" (Just One of Those Things) & Uri Geller watch stories Shadow figures at Shepton Mallet Prison Why ghost stories carry less stigma than UAPs Festival Tarot Card Draw: The Magician Links & Mentions: The Quantum Mechanics Podcast: Search "The Quantum Mechanics Paranormal" on your favourite podcast app, or visit their Patreon. Stay Wyrd! Support the Show: Join our Discord: buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessex Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=u Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens Edited by Craig Brooks Intro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - Remix Outro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Dive into the weird, spooky and supernatural with Wyrd Wessex, a podcast hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy Stevens. These self-proclaimed "wyrdo's" delve into the mysteries, myths, and legends of the world, focusing on the UK, but sometimes straying further afield. Expect to hear chilling ghost stories, explorations of unexplained phenomena, and even dabbles into true crime. Whether you're fascinated by hauntings, folklore, Ufology or cryptids, Wyrd Wessex has something for you. So, if you're ready to unravel the hidden weirdness of the world, "Stay Wyrd" and tune in! www.wyrdwessex.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Craig Brooks
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    190
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Wyrd Wessex
  • Show Website
    Wyrd Wessex

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