Ep. 633 - Chistlehurst Caves
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The name Chistlehurst Caves is a bit deceiving because this system of tunnels and caverns near London is not natural. These are man-made. They started off as chalk and flint mines and later were used for ammunition storage and then as a bomb shelter and this was even a music venue for a time, hosting the likes of Hendrix and Bowie. An entire underground city was once here. There are legends connected to the caves that include tales of Druid ceremonies and there are claims of ghosts. Join us for the history and hauntings of Chistlehurst Caves. This Month in History features the Black Monday of 1360. Location suggested by listener Alana Ashby.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you sputacular people. Welcome to this 633rd episode of the History Ghostbump podcast. Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind. I am your host, Diane. And this is Kelly. Kelly on this episode, we're hopping across the pond. Again? If you can do such a thing. Very good. And we better don some hard hats with some lights on them. Because we're going to some caves. Oh, nice. The Chislehurst Caves. There's not as much history as there is ghost story, so it's going to be very heavy with the paranormal on this one. I love spulunking, and I love paranormal. So here we go. Can we call it spulunking because it's spooky spulunking? Oh boy. Okay. |
| 0:42.6 | History tells the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. |
| 0:52.2 | Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida. |
| 0:58.0 | It's the History Goes Bump podcast. |
| 1:04.3 | Before we get into talking about the history and haunts of Chislehurst Caves, |
| 1:08.1 | we want to welcome into the sputacular crew, Myra. |
| 1:11.3 | Thank you so much for joining our Facebook group. |
| 1:14.6 | And now this month in history. |
| 1:38.1 | Music In the month of April on the 13th and 1360, a Black Monday occurred. |
| 1:43.9 | Although historically better known to describe stock market crashes, this Black Monday was different. This particular Black |
| 1:46.0 | Monday took place on Easter Monday during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. |
| 1:52.1 | King Edward III had led his army of 10,000 men to the gates of Paris on April 5th, where he was |
| 1:57.7 | unsuccessful in engaging the French who refused battle. |
| 2:04.8 | The English were unable to breach the French's defenses, |
| 2:08.6 | so over the next week, the English moved on to the gates of Chartre. |
| 2:12.5 | The French defenders at this location again refused battle and took shelter behind the Chartre walls. |
| 2:15.4 | On the night of April 13, 1360, the English soldiers made camp outside the walls |
| 2:20.6 | of Sartra and an unexpected storm materialized. Lightning struck killing many soldiers, the temperatures |
| 2:27.7 | dropped, and huge hailstones and freezing rain fell down upon the English. Two English leaders were |
| 2:33.8 | killed and hysteria set in |
| 2:35.6 | amongst the remaining soldiers. Surely they thought God was trying to kill them. I mean, good grief. |
| 2:41.4 | Approximately 1,000 English soldiers and 6,000 horses were killed during the storm. Oh, 6,000 horses. That's awful. |
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