Ep. 603 - Margam Castle

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

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

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The visually stunning Margam Castle is located in Margam, Wales and while the 269,000 square foot structure resembles a castle, it really is technically just a country house. A very large country house. The reason it is referred to as a castle though is because it was made to look like a castle complete with an octagonal tower, turrets and battlements. While this was never a fortification, there are hill forts that dot the landscape, as do burial cairns. And what really makes this site remarkable is the nearby Margam Abbey, which lies in partial ruins. There are several spirits that call the castle home. Join us for the history and hauntings of Margam Castle. This Month in History features The Battle of Sedan. Our location was suggested by listener Lyn Beasley.

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(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Title: "Celebration of the Battle of Nein"
Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)
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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, you spookacular people. Welcome to this 603 episode of the History Ghostbump
0:05.1	podcast. Ghost Tours for The Theater of the Mind. I am your host, Diane. And this is Kelly.
0:09.9	Kelly, on this episode, we're going over to Wales. Oh, nice. I am Welsh. You are Welsh.
0:18.0	Bit. Which doesn't help us with pronunciation.
0:22.6	Oh, no, it certainly does not.
0:28.9	So there's not a whole lot of Welsh that we're going to have to say, but there'll be a couple of words that we'll try our best with.
0:33.0	Anyway, this is a location that was suggested to us by listener Lynn Beasley. This is Margum Castle, and supposedly it's one of the most haunted locations in Wales.
0:38.8	We're looking forward to sharing that with you on this episode.
0:42.9	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:48.1	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:52.5	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida.
0:58.4	It's the History Goes Bump podcast.
1:04.4	Before we get into the history and hauntings of Margum Castle, we want to welcome into the
1:08.7	Sputacular Crew, Stephanie, Eva, Eva.
1:14.9	Molly!
1:15.9	Stop.
1:16.8	I love that movie.
1:17.6	That's my favorite.
1:18.8	Rachel, Ona, and Rame.
1:22.5	Thank you so much for joining the Sputacular Crew.
1:25.5	And now this month in history.
1:27.1	Music for joining the Spooktacular Crew. And now this month in history.
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