Wyrd Wessex

In this episode—part two of our deep dive into Borley Rectory—Craig and Andy pick up the story as the chaos enters its most turbulent and heavily documented chapters. Moving past the early years, we tackle both the infamous Marianne Foyster residency and the dramatic 1937 investigation scheme led by Harry Price.From violent poltergeist phenomena, wall scrawlings, and flying objects to Price's ambitious recruitment of independent observers to spend time in the haunted ruins, we explore how the legend cemented its place in history. We break down the accounts, the investigators, and the lingering mysteries of Britain's most notorious rectory.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=100798326189189740063Join the Wyrdo Community:Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessexInstagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!)Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=uStay Wyrd!Written by Craig Brooks and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy StevensEdited by Craig Brooks

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=100798326189189740063Join the Wyrdo Community:Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessexInstagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!)Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=uStay Wyrd!Written by Craig Brooks and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy StevensEdited by Craig Brooks

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. HERESend Us Your Stories: Have you experienced high-strangeness, seen something unexplained in the skies, or have local folklore to share? Fill out our form HEREJoin the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): HEREInstagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!)Don't blame the Owls!Website: www.wyrdwessex.co.ukMerch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/exploreHosted by: Craig Brooks & Andy StevensEdited by: Craig BrooksIntro music by: Universfield Dark 80s Sci-Fi Atmosphere

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

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.meJoin the Wyrdo Community:Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows):https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessexInstagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!)Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=uStay Wyrd!Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy StevensEdited by Craig BrooksIntro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - RemixOutro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong

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.meJoin the Wyrdo Community:Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows):https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessexInstagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!)Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=uStay Wyrd!Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy StevensEdited by Craig BrooksIntro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - RemixOutro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong

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.meJoin the Wyrdo Community: Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessexInstagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!)Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=uStay Wyrd!Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy StevensEdited by Craig BrooksIntro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - Remix Outro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong

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.meJoin the Wyrdo Community:Buy Me a Coffee (Ad-Free Episodes, Discord & Bonus Shows): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyrdwessexInstagram: @Wyrd_Wessex (Make sure to include the underscore!)Shop our merch: https://www.redbubble.com/people/saxonforageruk/shop?asc=uStay Wyrd!Written and hosted by Craig Brooks and Andy StevensEdited by Craig BrooksIntro music by Antipodean Writer: Full of Soul - Neon Waves Extended - RemixOutro music by Colt Fingaz: Ding Ding Dong