Ep. 138 - Battle of the Somme

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Battle of the Somme began on July 1st 1916, one hundred years ago this month, and it lasted until the 18th of November. This was the defining battle of the first world war and the very first day of this clash was the bloodiest in the history of the British Army. Hundreds of thousands would lose their lives in the four months of fighting. This was a campaign fought between the German and British empires and the Battle of the Somme has been called the beginning of modern all-arms warfare. The bloodshed is similar to the Gettysburg and Antietam battles during the American Civil War and as we have found with the locations where these meetings took place, the Battle of the Somme battlefield is reputed to be incredibly haunted. Join us as we explore the history and hauntings of the Battle of the Somme! The Moment in Oddity was suggested by listener Brittany Cox and features Crybaby Bridge and This Day in History features the discovery of the Hale-Bopp Comet. Our location was suggested by and researched by Oddity Editor Bob Sherfield.

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0:00.0	And the History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:26.0	Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the supernatural in Central Florida,
0:39.0	it's the History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:45.0	Hello, you spook-tacular people.
0:50.0	Welcome to this 138th episode of the History Ghost Bump Podcast.
0:54.4	Ghost Tours for The Theater of the Mind.
0:56.5	I am your host Diane.
0:57.5	And this is Denise.
0:59.0	And on today's episode, we have a location that was suggested by and researched by Bob Sherfield and that is the Battle of the Somme
1:07.0	Denise this is a battle as I mentioned on the previous podcast that reminds us of our Gettysburg and Antietam
1:12.3	A lot of men are going to die in this battle.
1:15.0	I know it's very, very sad.
1:17.0	And the reason why Bob Sherfield recommended that we do this particular event in history right now is because July is the 100th anniversary
1:26.8	of the start of that battle.
1:28.8	Before we get into that, we'd love to have you check out our website, History GoesBump.
1:32.1	com, and Denise, if people want to send
1:33.7	us some feedback where can they do that they can do that at history goes bump at gmail
1:38.1	dot com we got an email from crista hello ladies I am a new listener to the show and absolutely love it.
1:46.2	Your mixture of history and creepy happenings makes even the most mundane work day enjoyable,
1:51.8	and I dread the day that I catch all the way up. I have to admit
1:55.3	being a native Ohio one and having grown up close to Lebanon Ohio your
2:00.3	episodes on the Golden Lamb Inn caught my eye and was the first episode I listened to.
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