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So Supernatural

MYSTICAL: The Aberfan Premonitions

So Supernatural

audiochuck | Crime House

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.622.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In 1966, an avalanche struck a school in Wales, killing more than 100 children. Afterwards, dozens of people claimed to have "seen" the disaster in dreams and visions before it happened — inspiring one psychiatrist to start Britain's first Premonitions Bureau. To view this episode’s full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/supernatural Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

In 1966, one of the worst disasters of the 20th century hit the town of Abervand Wales.

0:11.5

By the time it was over, 144 people had died, most of them, children.

0:17.6

It was horrible.

0:18.6

I mean, the kind of thing no one saw coming, except some people had.

0:24.7

In the weeks that followed, people from all over Britain came forward claiming they'd

0:30.1

had premonitions of the disaster mere hours before it occurred.

0:35.1

There was even evidence that some of the Abervand children had predicted their own death.

0:40.8

So was it all a coincidence?

0:43.6

Or were these premonitions meant to save lives?

1:02.3

This is supernatural, a podcast original.

1:05.3

I'm your host Ashley Flowers.

1:07.6

Every Wednesday, I'll be taking a deep dive into a real unexplained occurrence to try and

1:12.2

figure out the truth.

1:14.0

You can find all episodes of supernatural and all other Spotify originals from podcast

1:19.1

for free on Spotify.

1:21.6

This week's episode is about the Abervand premonitions.

1:25.6

After an avalanche struck a village in Wales, people claimed they'd had dreams and visions

1:31.4

of the disaster before it even happened.

1:34.2

One doctor gathered enough evidence to actually study the phenomenon, but his efforts wound

1:40.1

up destroying him.

1:44.2

We'll dig into the mystery coming up.

1:46.5

Stay with us.

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