Tales From the Otherwood

• Tales From the Dark

  Although Halloween has passed, the dark nights are here and although the sunlight is low and blinding, the shadows are long!Tales From the Dark is a collection of three tales that were amongst those told in the run up to Halloween for the Nottingham Pagan Network on Wednesday 22nd October 2025. For although the spooky season has given way to the build up to Christmas, the dark nights are still prime time for ghostly and ghastly tales to be told…. Tales From the Dark!Bill Shepherd and the Ghost: is the Derbyshire tale of a man who claims to be afraid of nothing, does this include the ghost in the local graveyard?Wanted: A Husband: is a Nottinghamshire tale of a handsome travelling youth who sees an advertisement for being a husband to a rich woman who has been widowed several times already….The Werewolf of Langrick Fen: is a Lincolnshire tale of a lone archaeologist who discovers a very strange skeleton comes with a very strange companion….Unscripted and told to you to keep you thrilled in the dark half of the year. Listen if you dare! Send us a textYou can contact Dylan by email on:[email protected] Instagram:@tales_from_the_otherwoodOr even "Send Us a Text Message" link at the bottom of the description! Please don't forget to follow this podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts and please, please do leave me a review!

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• Bonus Episode: The Witch and the Buttermilk

  A dedication episode for Ni Claydon who sadly died just before Halloween. Listening to my Podcast, Ni told me that I hadn't '... covered Old Sarah'. It was always on the back burner, and I unfortunately never told it until now.'The Witch and the Buttermilk' is a Nottinghamshire folk tale about a young farmer's wife who refuses to give buttermilk to the local witch, Old Sarah. The story also contains some charms of deflecting witchcraft should you ever need it!Send us a textYou can contact Dylan by email on:[email protected] Instagram:@tales_from_the_otherwoodOr even "Send Us a Text Message" link at the bottom of the description! Please don't forget to follow this podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts and please, please do leave me a review!

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• Proper Chat: 'The Ghost of Kingshill Middle School'

  For this Halloween episode, I chatted with Robert Valentine, storyteller and author from Northampton about his children's novel 'The Ghost of Kingshill School'. His book was inspired by an actual school said to have been haunted by one its students who met a very grisly end!We also discuss actual ghostly occurrences we ourselves have encountered, ghost hunting and the power of suggestion. This episode also includes Robert reading two parts from his book.You can get your own copy of 'The Ghost of Kingshill Middle School from Troubadour Publishing at: https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/young-children/the-ghost-of-kingshill-middle-schoolHappy Halloween!Send us a textYou can contact Dylan by email on:[email protected] Instagram:@tales_from_the_otherwoodOr even "Send Us a Text Message" link at the bottom of the description! Please don't forget to follow this podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts and please, please do leave me a review!

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• The Nine O'Clock Horses

  Leicestershire children were always told that if they weren't in bed before 9PM the Nine O' Clock Horses would get them!.... something that was even told to people my age when they were children! Some said the horses would take any wayward children away, others said that they were kidnapped and forced to work in local farms.... but what did happen?This story follows one brave young girl who wants to see the 9 O'Clock horses for herself: will she survive being taken away? Will she be eaten alive? Will she be dragged off to Hell? Find out in this month's episode!Links include: https://www.abbeypumpingstation.org/9-oclock-horseshttps://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2023/12/leicestershires-nine-oclock-horses.htmlhttps://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/remember-9-oclock-horses-story-1250450https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/night-soil-men-victorian-era-poopSend us a textYou can contact Dylan by email on:[email protected] Instagram:@tales_from_the_otherwoodOr even "Send Us a Text Message" link at the bottom of the description! Please don't forget to follow this podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts and please, please do leave me a review!

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• Jeffrey Hudson: Captain of Horse

  It’s 1642, the Civil War has just kicked off! Queen Henrietta Maria, exhausted, weakened, dispirited and physically ill; has taken refuge, in a family residence in Nevers, Brittany. Jeffrey Hudson is now 25 years old and is not taking any more of being an object of ridicule from the remnants of the Queen's Court. As the adult Jeffrey tries to assert his worth as a man, he finds his eighteen inches of height will cause others to underestimate him….This month’s chat includes information about the reservoir, Rutland Water, from listener of the show, Adam. And also includes some folklore about Jeffrey Hudson that had been believed to be fact until as recently as the 1920s! Warning! One of the alleged stories about Jeffrey contains elements of animal cruelty. Send us a textYou can contact Dylan by email on:[email protected] Instagram:@tales_from_the_otherwoodOr even "Send Us a Text Message" link at the bottom of the description! Please don't forget to follow this podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts and please, please do leave me a review!

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