Hello, you sputacular people. Welcome to this 609th episode of the History Ghostbump Podcast.

Ghost tours for the Theater of the Mind. I'm your host, Diane.

And this is Kelly. Kelly, on this episode, we are going to be bringing everybody

the haunts of Chatham, which is in Kent. So we're going across the pond.

And a lot of these are forts. And then we have the Chatham Dockyard, so it has a lot

of military history here, and quite a few ghosts, so we're looking forward to bringing that to you.

History tells the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. Broadcasting from the

center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida. It's the history goes bump podcast.

Kelly, before we get into the history and haunts of Chatham, we want to welcome into the Sputacular

crew. You know, it's October. We have a whole bunch of people coming in here. We have Miranda

with two R's, Myra, Beth, Hall, Alan with one L, and Crystal. Thank you so much for joining

the Spooktacular Crew.

And now this month in history.

In the month of October on the 20th, in 1632, Christopher Wren was born in East Noil, Wiltshire.

Sir Christopher Wren was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician, and physicist,

and was widely considered a polymath. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, Ren was tasked with rebuilding the city.

His architectural portfolio was quite impressive, having designed over 50 churches, one of which being St. Bride's Church.

That particular church was the inspiration of apprentice baker Thomas Rich, who wanted to

make an extravagant wedding cake. The baker imitated the design of St. Bride's Church, which

continues in the traditional style of wedding cakes today. Ren's architectural designs reshaped London

skyline after the Great Fire, but he is most well known for St. Paul's Cathedral.

The cathedral is considered a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture.

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