{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65170886148834001160950d/68e9006dde9a2a62c4b08b47?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"179 - Spooky Chat 29 - Ghosts, Crimes and Abandoned Placed","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65170886148834001160950d/1760099236640-972e3e7d-640f-4d76-afd8-cfb7d1345297.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>From angelic strangers at train stations to entire villages lost to history — this episode of Cars of the Macabre explores the strange, the unsettling, and the absurdly human side of the macabre.</p><p>We start on a dark train platform, where an unexpected musician may (or may not) have been an angel. From there, we dive into the tragic story of Imber, a Wiltshire village evacuated in 1943 so American troops could train for the D-Day landings. Promised their homes back after the war, the villagers never returned — leaving behind a ghost village frozen in time.</p><p>Then it’s on to a little bit of British superstition, from childhood myths about lightning to the small, petty acts of modern life that drive us mad (and occasionally lead us to dream about meeting a moose). But beneath the laughter, there’s a darker thread: the terrifying beauty of the death cap mushroom, and how a simple lunch in Australia turned into one of the country’s most chilling murder cases.</p><p>History, folklore, and true crime blend into one unsettling mix — stories of displacement, poisoning, superstition, and fleeting grace. Because sometimes, the strangest horrors aren’t supernatural at all… they’re entirely human.</p><p><br></p><p>https://linktr.ee/carsofthemacabre</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/carsofthemacabre</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/allieofthemacabre/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/park_lanestudios/</p><p><br></p><p>#CarsOfTheMacabre #TrueCrimePodcast #DarkHistory #UrbanLegends #BritishFolklore #GhostStories #Paranormal #AbandonedPlaces #WWIIHistory #MushroomPoisoning #ErinPatterson #DeathCap #HauntedBritain #CreepyStories #DarkComedyPodcast</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Cars of the Macabre"}