Ep. 418 - Epping Forest

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

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

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

There is nothing quite so epic when it comes to ghost stories as a haunted wood. About an hour outside of London is Epping Forest. This is an ancient woodland with more aged trees than any other site in the United Kingdom. One can only imagine how many elementals and fae people must call this place home. There is history and some legends and, of course, ghosts. Join us as we set off on an adventure through Epping Forest! The Moment in Oddity features the Roman Dodecahedron and This Month in History features Georgia becoming a state.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

(Moment in Oddity) Vanishing by Kevin MacLeod
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(This Month in History) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
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Village Consort by Kevin MacLeod
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

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Transcript

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0:00.0	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:21.8	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night, broadcasting from the Central
0:34.9	Apology and the Supernatural in Central Florida. It's the History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:46.8	Hello, you spooktacular people. Welcome to this 418th episode of the History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:52.8	Ghost tours for the theater of the mind. I'm your host, Diane. And this is Kelly.
0:57.8	Kelly, on this episode we're going to a forest. Woo! Epping forest. We got to love haunted forests and ones that have legends.
1:05.8	This one is near London and it's got a lot of great stories to go with it. Before we get into that,
1:10.8	we want to welcome into this spooktacular crew, Chris, with the CH, and Dan.
1:15.8	Thank you for joining us in our Facebook group. And now, this moment, not any.
1:29.8	Brian Campbell was digging around his yard in Romford East London in 1987 when his shovel hit something metal.
1:36.8	He quickly uncovered the clay caked object and discovered an interesting artifact.
1:41.8	He wasn't sure what to make of it and assumed it was some kind of measuring tool because it had multiple sized holes in the round object with 12 sides that was smaller than a tennis ball.
1:50.8	He kept it on the windowsill and didn't think much of it until he saw a similar object decades later in a museum in Germany.
1:57.8	It was then he discovered it was a Roman dodecahedron. The first was discovered 300 years ago and archaeologists have been baffled by them ever since.
2:05.8	Artifacts are finally crafted from metal. More than 100 have been found in total and there are varying sizes.
2:12.8	There's no written documentation in any historical sources to shed light on their use.
2:17.8	Were they used in trade like coins? Were they for ornamentation? Were they used in magical practices?
2:23.8	Or were they a measuring tool as Campbell suspected? Nobody knows and that makes the Roman dodecahedron very odd.
2:35.8	Hello, this is Victoria from victorianslith.com. When I'm not taking those must choose their destiny for a ride on the lift.
2:50.8	I'm listening to history ghost bump podcast.
2:54.8	Strease and boring, it's terrifying. The past remains with us and so do its spirits.
3:01.8	Can you hear them calling? They want you to know their stories. Listen now to their voices and the truth from the past.
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