Tales From the Otherwood Dylan Knight

Send us a Text Message.This Northamptonshire tale is in regards of a very curious building called the Triangular Lodge. On the grounds of Rushton Hall, it is in fact, younger than the hall itself.However, this also means that because of its unusual shape, it has inspired many tales all of its own!Towards the end of the 18th Century, the 6th Viscount Cullen is showing off his inherited home to a friend of his.... until the friend finds an entryway into a mysterious tunnel in the cellar o...

Send us a Text Message.I've always wanted to cover a vampire story..... and here it is!Set in Hungary, 1725, the villagers of Medveða are being haunted by one of their own who died a sudden death! Keeping one of the undead down is hard enough, what happens when others start being attacked?The Chat section discusses the two government investigations that brought the "Vampire" to European infamy, it also challenges what we think we know about these blood sucking creatures and where our be...

Send us a Text Message.Now 10 years old, young Jeffery is sent as part of an envoy for Queen Henrietta Maria to her home country of France.Jeffrey will learn what it is to be loved and adored and yet..... events beyond his control will teach him a stark reminder of what the outside world away from the royal courts is truly like. If this is the first time you have found this podcast (Greetings and welcome!), scroll until you see 'Jeffrey Hudson: The Boy in the Pie' before listening to thi...

Send us a Text Message.In the depths of Lincolnshire, time was that the coming of Spring was hurried with certain rituals to the spirits of the land. People looked for the Green Mist, for only on its arrival was Winter truly over. The Green Mist is a tale that warns about things unseen that are always listening....The Chat section discusses Boggarts, bogles and ancient field rites from Anglo-Saxon times. There is also an update on the previous tale The Boggart and the Fa...

Send us a Text Message.Yuletide greetings and cheer! Back home in Nottinghamshire, this month's tale sees King Henry II getting himself lost whilst hunting in Sherwood Forest.... until he meets a very strange individual indeed. December's chat includes a talk about wassailing. So grab yourself a mulled wine, put your feet up and enjoy this winter tale of hospitality, generosity and friendship.Wassail!You can contact Dylan by email on:talesfromtheotherwood@gmail.comAnd I...

Send us a Text Message.In her home village of Birstall, Leicestershire, Katie learns to her horror that the stories surrounding the haunting of Black Lane by a black ghostly hound might not just simply be a ghost story.....The Chat section of this month's episode examines the differences between a Black Dog and a Barguest in folklore as well as what the two share in their characteristics. You can contact Dylan by email on:talesfromtheotherwood@gmail.comAnd Instagram:@tales_from_the...