Hello and welcome to 31 Days of Terror 2023, day number 8.

And I've got a bit of a different episode for you today as you guys know I absolutely adore theatre and I don't get paid promote theatre generally I just love it so when Joel reached out to me and told me about his new show I jumped at the chance to do something with it so just a regular house our theatre company and this year they are bringing a spooky double bill to London for Halloween and I am so excited to go and see it so it's two shows we are monsters and glass

they are two short plays that are playing in the barren's court theatre in London from Tuesday to Saturday from the 24th of October to the 4th of November so when you book your tickets you get to see two new theatre shows so you have about 45 minutes of one show then interval and then 45 minutes of another show and to give you a little bit of a brief rundown we are monsters is about two siblings who spend their time trying to freak out tourists to Lake Winterbeer and then glass is the other show is about a man who is

about a parody in a skyscraper when he receives a phone call from a mysterious man who is in a broken down train outside so later in the week you'll get to hear about the individual shows so Joel be coming on to have a chat about we are monsters and next week Connor will be coming on to have a chat about glass they wrote both plays and I'm so excited so for today's episode we are going to be exploring some of the ghost stories and folklore of Lake Winterbeer the links to buy tickets are going to be in the description for this episode so let's go to the next episode

let's get into the stories the Lake District is the largest national park in England and is a famous

scenic region which covers 866 square miles of the county of Cumbria bordering Scotland to the north

and the Irish siege the west Cumbria and the Lake District is known for its inspiring rugged

natural beauty an area with a rich history travelers to the Lake District can expect breathtaking

views ancient ruins and the chance to participate in a wealth of outdoor activities such as hiking, sailing and cycling

each year the Lake District welcomes over 15.8 million tourists and in July 2017 it was given UNESCO world heritage status

Lake Winterbeer is the largest lake in England and sits in the southeastern region of the Lake District

one of the 16 lakes which gives the area its name Lake Winterbeer is 10.5 miles long 220 feet deep but only

one mile wide Lake Winterbeer attracts tourists to its shore each year and has been home to

romantic poet William Wordsworth children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter and even a

holiday destination of the British royal family and it's also home to plenty of ghosts it's not

really surprising that an area so rich in history and so full of wild beauty is the setting for so

many supernatural stories the lake and the surrounding area are home to ancient stone circles

gothic castles manor houses mountains hills and thick woodland all providing suitable backdrops

for their own haunted tales northeast of Lake Windmere stands one of the finest stone circles in

the north of England thought to date back to 1500 BC the circle is thought to have been used as an

ancient meeting place or site of religious rituals the circle is known as Long Meg and her daughters

and is said to be endowed with magic with strange intricate carvings decorating many of the stones

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