Craig and Andy dive deep into the chilling four-decade history of the Penhill Poltergeist in Swindon. From post-war council housing built over ancient, capped brewery springs to an official authority spokesman going on record to confirm a haunted house, the Wyrdos unpack how a modest 1950s estate became Wiltshire's epicentre for high strangeness.
The Wyrdos pull back the curtain on the bizarre and terrifying events on Westbury Road and Melksham Close—where heavy cassette players levitated, doors snapped off their hinges, children were pinned to walls by invisible forces, and a BBC camera crew captured drastic temperature drops during a 1973 exorcism.
They trace the legacy of Swindon's professional ghost-hunting priest Canon Christopher Harmon, examine the tragic history and dark trauma of the land beneath the concrete, and debate whether psychokinesis, sleep deprivation, or underground water tables were to blame.
Finally, Craig and Andy share their own unnerving experiences with things that go thud in the night.
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Written by Craig Brooks 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
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