Strange Stories UK

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true crime, mysteries, strange stories, stories,paranormal, UK, I try to be factual and not give too many opinions. Podcasts are 'low fi' with out any editing. 

  1. 4D AGO

    Strange Stories UK: Chloe and Josh Bashford, Newhaven, Sussex murders

    Send us a text Chloe and Josh Bashford lived at Newhaven with their four children. Their lives were ended by a family friend who killed them for no understandable reason and then claimed diminished responsibility.  The killer will be sentenced on 6 November 2025. This podcast was recorded in one take with no editing with animals in the room.

    30 min

  2. OCT 23

    Strange Stories UK : Halloween 2025, BBC live broadcast of Dene Manor haunting.

    Send us a text This podcast has been produced while I am away, recorded with a borrowed microphone and on a MacBook laptop with which I can't seem to upload any background music. Recorded in one take without editing this is the story off the BBC's first live broadcast from a haunted house. Dene/Dean manor, Meopham, Kent on 10 March 1936.

    34 min

  3. OCT 13

    Strange Stories UK: The Strange Story of John Kealty

    Send us a text John Kealty travelled to Mexico to write a travel guide in the style of a Lonely Planet guide twenty years before they were a thing. It did not end well.

    30 min

  4. SEP 30

    Strange Stories UK: Egon Von Bulow. South London cop killer.

    Send us a text This case is in living memory. Going back to 1974. Egon Von Bulow's parents came from South America, had him while in the UK, then left him when they went back home. Not an ideal start for him. He grew up  anti authoritarian. He shot three policemen and committed other crimes after seemingly losing control during July 1974. He could be living near you today.

    33 min

  5. SEP 16

    Strange Stories UK: Where British soldiers sacrificed to appease public opinion? Suez.

    Send us a text This case happened in Egypt in 1950, so just about in Living memory. It was a difficult time for British-Egyptian relations. When three soldiers were involved in a murder and tried by a British Court Martial, all politicians tried not to get involved as it was easier for all involved to bury an awkward problem.

    28 min

  6. SEP 9

    Strange Stories UK : Ghost Club Chronicles part 1

    Send us a text A selection of Ghost Club discussion topics 1902-1913. These include : Haunted bottles, Egyptian mummy curses, Mrs Etta Wreight’s seances, The Glastonbury Cup, Whymper’s pony, The Pickwick mystery and the Dorchester incident. My narration is not great and there is a pug  called Otto snoring at my feet and it is recorded in one take without editing.  his is the first of four podcasts I will post on Ghost Club meetings over the course of the next year.

    49 min

  7. SEP 1

    Strange Stories: Stephanie Marie and Nimroy Hendricks cases Crawley West Sussex.

    Send us a text Two recent tragic killings from West Sussex. Both preventable, both the result partly of council cuts. These stories are told in one take in lo-fi. Here are the end stories of Stephanie Marie and Nimroy Hendricks, their lives ending just as they were beginning.

    32 min

  8. AUG 28

    Strange Stories : The Reverend Davidson of Stiffkey

    Send us a text The story of Reverend Davidson, the vicar of Stiffkey dominated the newspapers in the early 1930s. This is the story. The Lion and Albert, By  Stanley Holloway was a comic monologue inspired by actual events they had heard about  in 1932. The events in this podcast happened in 1937. Nevertheless, I have put the lyrics here for anyone unfamiliar with the verse. There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool That's noted for fresh air and fun And Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom Went there with young Albert, their son A grand little lad were young Albert All dressed in his best, quite a swell With a stick with an horse's head handle The finest that Woolworth's could sell They didn't think much to the ocean The waves they were piddlin' and small There was no wrecks and nobody drowneded 'Fact, nothin' to laugh at at all! So, seeking for further amusement They paid, and went into the zoo Where they'd lions and tigers and camels And old ale and sandwiches, too There were one great big lion called Wallace His nose was all covered with scars He lay in a somnolent posture With the side of 'is face on the bars Now Albert had heard about lions How they was ferocious and wild To see Wallace lyin' so peaceful Well it didn't seem right to the child So straightway the brave little feller Not showin' a morsel of fear Took 'is stick with the horse's head handle And shoved it in Wallace's ear You could see that the lion didn't like it For givin' a kind of a roll He pulled Albert inside the cage with him And swallowed the little lad whole! Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence And didn't know what to do next Said "Mother, yon lion's ate Albert!" And Mother said "Ee, I am vexed" Then Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom, quite rightly When all is said and done Complained to the animal keeper That the lion had eaten their son The keeper was quite nice about it He said "What a nasty mishap Are you sure that it's your boy he's eaten?" Pa said, "Am I sure? There's his cap!" The manager had to be sent for He came and he said "What's to-do?" Pa said "Yon lion's ate Albert And him in his Sunday clothes, too!" Then Mother said "Right's right, young feller- I think it's a shame and a sin For a lion to go and eat Albert And after we paid to come in" The manager wanted no trouble He took out his purse right away Sayin' "How much to settle the matter?" Pa says "What do you usually pay?" But Mother had turned a bit awkward When she thought where her Albert had gone She said "No, someone's got to be summonsed!" So that was decided upon Then off they went to the police station In front of the Magistrate chap They told him what happened to Albert And proved it by showing his cap The Magistrate gave his opinion That no one was really to blame And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms Would have further sons to their name At that Mother got proper blazin' "And thank you, sir, kindly, " said she- "What, waste all our lives raisin' children To feed ruddy lions? Not me!"

    39 min
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true crime, mysteries, strange stories, stories,paranormal, UK, I try to be factual and not give too many opinions. Podcasts are 'low fi' with out any editing. 

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  • Creator
    DBC
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    235
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Strange Stories UK
  • Show Website
    Strange Stories UK

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