Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained

In the quiet hours of a hospital night shift, routine can feel strangely fragile. A porter receives a transfer call just after three in the morning. No patient name. Only a ward number. The ward is in an older part of the hospital, half-empty and dimly lit, with beds left behind like the last traces of a forgotten shift. One bed is occupied. The patient lies completely still beneath the sheet. There is no nurse waiting, no name on the board, and no explanation for where the patient is meant to go. Then the call bell lights up above the bed, and a quiet voice says one word: “Sorry.” The transfer begins as normal. The bed moves through the corridors and down to the lifts. But when the doors open on the lower floor, the bed is empty. A short, unsettling Fright Bites account from a hospital night worker, where the ordinary machinery of care — wards, call bells, transfer requests, and silent corridors — becomes the setting for something impossible to explain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2026

Clover Cottage was meant to be a new beginning. A quiet home near Ross-on-Wye. A place to rebuild, settle down, and finally create the kind of life that feels permanent. But almost from the moment the couple moved in, the house began to behave as though it already belonged to someone else. A swing moves violently beneath the old oak tree when there is barely any wind. Tapping comes at the kitchen window in the dead of night. Small handprints appear on the bedroom glass. A hidden space beneath the pantry floor reveals old steps leading down into darkness. Then, during a dinner party, a guest sees a young girl standing at an upstairs window… watching from inside a house where no child lives. As the disturbances grow, the history of the land begins to surface. Long before Clover Cottage was built, another house stood there. A house connected to the Flynn family, a devastating fire in the 1930s, and a young girl named Lucy whose story had been half-buried in local memory for decades. This is a haunting shaped not only by fear, but by grief, memory, and acknowledgement. A deeply atmospheric account of a home where the past was not simply discovered, but listened to — and where the living and the dead may have found a way to coexist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2026

A late-night drive on an almost empty stretch of the M6 should have been uneventful. But just past Wigan, one driver noticed a woman standing alone on the hard shoulder. No broken-down car. No hazard lights. No attempt to wave for help. Just a still figure in a light-coloured coat, facing the road as traffic passed in the dark. As the car drew level, she turned and looked directly at the driver - not frightened, not pleading, but waiting. A moment later, she was gone. No movement. No trace. Nothing visible in the mirror but the empty hard shoulder behind. In this short Fright Bites encounter, a seemingly ordinary motorway sighting becomes something far harder to explain, especially when a colleague later mentions the stories attached to that same stretch of road: reports of a woman seen near the place where a fatal accident was said to have happened years before. A quiet, chilling account of late-night roads, roadside ghosts, and the unnerving feeling that some places hold onto the final moments of those who never made it home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2026

On a remote hillside on the Isle of Man, a lonely farmhouse became the centre of one of the strangest cases in British paranormal history. The house was Doarlish Cashen. The family were the Irvings. And the voice inside the walls claimed to belong to Gef — an “extra, extra clever mongoose” that sang, shouted, insulted visitors, mimicked animals, and spoke from hidden spaces no one could fully reach. At first, the story sounds almost absurd. A talking mongoose in a remote Manx farmhouse. But beneath the oddity lies something far more unsettling: a family living in deep isolation, strange noises moving through the walls, a presence that seemed to watch and answer back, and investigators who could never quite agree on what was really happening. This episode of Dark Matters explores the case through the people who tried to explain it, from Harry Price and the National Laboratory of Psychical Research to Nandor Fodor’s more psychological interpretation of the haunting. Was Gef a hoax, a poltergeist, an unusual animal, a projection of loneliness, or something that still sits uncomfortably between all of those explanations? A strange, atmospheric journey into folklore, psychical research, Manx history, and one of the most peculiar voices ever said to emerge from the dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2026

Haunted UK Podcast has officially moved to Acast. In this short update, Steve shares what the move means for the future of the show, reflects on how far Haunted UK has come over the past five years, and looks ahead to more history, hauntings, witness accounts, location episodes, and unexplained stories still to come. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2026

3. Premium episode descriptionAn overnight security guard patrols an almost abandoned office block where little ever changes. Empty corridors. Silent lifts. Rows of stripped-back offices left frozen in time. But on the third floor, one desk remains. At first, it’s easy to dismiss the strange activity as faulty equipment and exhaustion. A lift opening on its own. The sound of typing echoing through empty rooms. A chair inexplicably pulled back from a desk no one should be using. Then the CCTV begins to capture something impossible. In this Fright Bites episode, we hear the unsettling account of a night worker who came face to face with the lingering presence of a former employee… a man said to have died alone at his desk years earlier, unnoticed for days inside the silent building. A short-form paranormal encounter rooted in isolation, empty workplaces, late-night patrols, and the unnerving feeling that some places never truly empty out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2026

Some people experience the unexplained once, and spend the rest of their lives trying to understand it. For Catherine Jackson, it has never been just one moment. It has been a lifetime of knowing things before they happened, sensing presences in empty rooms, hearing voices with no visible source, and living alongside something that seems to follow from house to house. From childhood in Western Australia, Catherine carried a quiet certainty about events before they unfolded. She knew when her grandmother was about to arrive. She sensed the death of her father before the news reached her. Years later, she would hear a radio report of a well-known entertainer’s death a full week before it was officially announced. But Catherine’s story reaches far beyond premonition. Across decades, homes, relationships, and generations, strange activity has continued around her and her family. A hand stopping her from stepping into traffic. A shadow figure standing beside the bed. A child seen in the kitchen and then gone. Objects vanishing and reappearing in impossible places. Voices calling from empty rooms. And, perhaps most unsettling of all, a doppelgänger seen by her own son: an exact version of Catherine sitting on her bed, reading, while Catherine herself was miles away. This is a deeply personal witness account of paranormal encounters, family memory, grief, intuition, and the strange possibility that some people don’t simply pass through the unexplained. They live with it. A calm, atmospheric journey into one woman’s lifelong relationship with the unseen — and the question of whether a haunting can follow a person, rather than a place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2026

Episode 74 — A Life of Knowing – Catherine’s Story explores a lifetime of strange and deeply personal paranormal experiences, from childhood intuition to unexplained presences and a chilling doppelgänger encounter witnessed by her own son. The story begins with an unsettling moment: Catherine’s son sees her sitting on the bed reading — smiling and acknowledging him — while she is actually out of the house. The experience leaves him shaken and raises the disturbing possibility of a thought-formed apparition or double. Catherine’s experiences stretch back decades. She sensed family visits before they happened, knew when loved ones were unwell, and even experienced a celebrity death before it was publicly announced. Alongside this intuitive knowing came other unexplained phenomena — voices in empty rooms, shadowy figures, objects moving or disappearing, and an enduring sense that something unseen followed her throughout life. This episode steps into a quieter, more reflective side of the paranormal, where fear is replaced by presence, intuition, and lived experience. If you’re fascinated by true paranormal stories, doppelgänger encounters, premonitions, mysterious phenomena, and real experiences told in the witness’s own words, A Life of Knowing – Catherine’s Story explores a life shaped by the unexplained. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-paranormal-and-the-unexplained--6759967/support.

Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2026

After closing time in a Somerset social club, the music had stopped, the guests had gone, and the building should have been empty. But as Helen cleaned behind the bar, she saw an elderly woman walking slowly across the dance floor towards the toilets. She hadn’t heard anyone enter. The doors hadn’t opened. And when Helen and her colleague went to check, there was no one there. In this Fright Bites story from Haunted UK Podcast, a listener recalls a quiet Saturday night shift that turned into something far stranger: a vanishing figure, a locked escape route, an empty toilet block, and the sudden sound of furniture scraping across the floor. What follows is a short but deeply unsettling true paranormal experience from Somerset, where an ordinary social club seems to hold the echo of a presence that had appeared before — and left behind the same impossible detail. A ghostly woman. A single chair. And a building that may not have been as empty as it seemed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2026

A family searching for more space finds a beautiful house in Tunis, set behind metal gates, surrounded by fruit trees, heat, and blinding North African sun. But from the moment Emma first sees the property, something feels wrong. The windows are open, the day is bright, and yet the glass shows nothing but blackness. In this Witness Files case from Haunted UK Podcast, Emma shares the deeply unsettling account of the six months she and her family spent inside a house that seemed to resist them from the beginning. What starts as unease soon becomes something far harder to dismiss: dark figures moving through rooms, freezing cold in the middle of a Tunisian summer, pulsing lights, oppressive presences, and the terrifying moment another witness sees what Emma had been trying to explain. Rooted in first-hand testimony, this case explores the fear of living in a place that feels occupied by something unseen, the emotional strain of not being believed, and the cultural shadow of the Jinn — spirits said, in some traditions, to interfere with and torment human lives. A witness account of intuition ignored, darkness behind glass, and a house that left its mark long after the family escaped it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2026

A teenage boy sees a black figure standing motionless in the upper window of an abandoned school building. It doesn’t move. It doesn’t speak. It simply watches. Years later, the same kind of shadow appears again — not in the old school, but behind him. In this Fright Bites story from Haunted UK Podcast, listener Jack Henderson shares a deeply unsettling account of a presence that seemed to appear at different points across his life. From a former school near Strawberry Field, to a locked workshop, to the quiet darkness of a newly bought house, the encounters form a pattern that’s difficult to dismiss. This short true paranormal story explores the fear of being watched, the strangeness of shadow figure sightings, and the lingering question of whether some encounters are tied to places… or to people. A figure in a window. A witness frozen in fear. And a darkness that may never have fully let go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2026

There are moments in the dark when the body refuses to move, the voice disappears, and the room begins to feel occupied by something unseen. For some, it is a pressure on the chest. For others, footsteps beside the bed, figures in the doorway, hands around the ankles, or the unmistakable sense that something is waiting just out of sight. In this first part of a listener-led exploration of sleep paralysis, Haunted UK Podcast gathers real accounts from people who have experienced one of the most frightening states of the sleeping mind. Some describe the classic terror of being unable to move or cry out. Others speak of shadow figures, insect-like entities, green-tinged rooms, dragging sensations, dark masses, strange lights, and the chilling figure known by many as the Hat Man. The episode also touches on the research of Dr Emma Barkus at Northumbria University, whose work into sleep paralysis helped prompt listeners to share their own experiences. What emerges is a deeply human collection of stories, sitting somewhere between science, folklore, trauma, stress, sleep disturbance, and the lingering question of why so many people report such similar encounters. Calm, unsettling, and intimate, this episode explores sleep paralysis not as a simple horror story, but as a strange borderland between waking life and dream — a place where the mind may be vulnerable, the body helpless, and the dark beside the bed feels anything but empty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2026

A young boy sits alone at the top of the stairs in a quiet family home. The upstairs lights are off. The house is ordinary. Nothing should be there. Then movement comes from the bedroom doorway. In this Fright Bites episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares a chilling listener account from Richard, who grew up in a house in a coastal town in the North East of England. One winter evening, after being sent upstairs, he saw the full figure of an older woman glide from his bedroom into his sister’s room — a woman he had never seen before, and one his mother would later admit she had also encountered years earlier. What makes this story linger is its simplicity. No dramatic haunting. No long build-up. Just a clear, unsettling sighting in a family home, witnessed by a child and later echoed by another member of the household. A woman with her hair in a bun, her hands cupped before her, moving silently through the space as though the walls and rooms still belonged to her. Atmospheric, intimate, and quietly unnerving, this short true paranormal story explores memory, childhood fear, family testimony, and the strange possibility that some buildings may hold onto more than just the lives lived inside them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2026

Above an ancient Cornish church, something impossible was said to have appeared. Red eyes. Broad wings. Black claws. A shape too strange to be only a bird… and too vivid to be forgotten. In this opening episode of Dark Matters, Haunted UK Podcast explores the enduring legend of the Owlman of Mawnan — one of Britain’s strangest modern creature stories. Centred around St Mawnan Church in Cornwall, the case draws together alleged witness sightings, local folklore, eerie landscape, and the uncomfortable question of how an unexplained encounter becomes a legend. The story begins with earlier rumours of a large, ferocious bird near the church, before taking shape in 1976, when two young sisters reportedly saw a winged creature above the tower. Later that same year, another account added the sound of hissing from the trees, a strange figure in the darkness, and something lifting into the air before vanishing from sight. But the Owlman is not a simple creature case. Its history is closely tied to Tony “Doc” Shiels — magician, artist, occult showman, trickster, and one of the most colourful figures in British paranormal folklore. Through him, the case becomes harder to separate from performance, mythmaking, misidentification, and the strange power of a story told in exactly the right place. Atmospheric, thoughtful, and quietly unsettling, this episode looks at the Owlman not just as a possible sighting, but as a modern legend: part witness testimony, part folklore, part Cornish mystery, and part shadow cast by the church tower at dusk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2026

A palliative care worker visits the home of a woman she once cared for. The funeral has passed. The house is quiet. The garden is still alive with colour. Then someone steps out of the greenhouse. In this Fright Bites episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares a deeply moving listener account from a member of a palliative care team, whose work brought her close to families at the most difficult moments of their lives. After caring for a woman named Doris in her final days, she later returned to check on Doris’s husband — and saw something in the garden that she has never been able to forget. This is not a story built on fear. It is quieter, stranger, and more tender than that. A woman who had passed away appears healthy, vivid, and real, smiling and waving from the garden she loved. Her husband says nothing, but his knowing expression suggests he may understand far more than he lets on. Atmospheric, intimate, and gently unsettling, this short true paranormal story explores end-of-life experiences, grief, love, after-death encounters, and the possibility that some presences remain close to the places — and people — they loved most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2026

An abandoned Tudor house in a quiet West Midlands village. A hidden room filled with books. Footsteps on the stairs… when no one should have been inside. In this atmospheric listener account from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares the story of “Tom”, whose strange experiences began as a childhood adventure and ended as something far more unsettling. In the late 1980s or early 1990s, Tom and two friends slipped into an empty historic house that had long fascinated the local children. What began as a secret den soon became a terrifying encounter with footsteps moving through the building, climbing the stairs, and stopping directly outside the room where the boys were hiding. Years later, after moving to Cornwall, Tom found himself living in a block of bedsits where another disturbing mystery began to unfold. Room Number Nine, recently vacated by a former friend, should have been empty. But Tom and his girlfriend heard clear movement inside. No one had entered. No lights had come on. No footsteps had crossed the landing. And yet something seemed to be moving around in the darkness next door. With echoes of residual haunting, haunted buildings, unseen presences, and the strange emotional weight certain rooms can hold, this episode explores two deeply personal paranormal experiences connected by memory, place, and the unnerving feeling that some spaces may not be as empty as they appear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2026

A quiet school field. A strange dream in the early hours. A vast ship appearing where no ship should ever be. In this first Fright Bites story from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares Andrew’s unsettling account of a childhood sleepover in February 1987. After spending the day playing golf on their school field, Andrew’s friend woke suddenly from a vivid and distressing dream. He had seen a huge ferry on the grass, red along the bottom and white above, with people moving on the decks before the vessel began to tip onto its side. Two weeks later, on 6 March 1987, a ferry left Zeebrugge harbour in Belgium and capsized shortly after departure. When Andrew later saw footage of the disaster, the details felt impossible to ignore: the colours, the scale of the ship, the people, and the terrible image of it rolling onto its side. Quiet, eerie, and deeply strange, this short true paranormal story explores premonition, childhood memory, disaster, and the unsettling possibility that some dreams may arrive before the events they seem to show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2026

Some stories aren’t built around fear. They’re built around presence, memory, family, and the quiet hope that love may continue beyond death. In this opening case from The Witness Files, Haunted UK Podcast shares Jenny’s deeply personal account of paranormal experiences spanning several generations. Her story moves from wartime London and whispered voices in a bedroom, to a former Bethnal Green fire station where unseen footsteps, missing objects, and the sound of an unknown man whistling became part of everyday family life. At the heart of the case is Jenny’s father — a London fireman, a husband, a grandfather, and a man whose presence may have continued long after his passing. From a child’s sighting in a cathedral, to an impossible electronic game playing without batteries, to a medium’s message that revealed an old promise made between husband and wife, this is a witness account filled with grief, tenderness, and the possibility of reunion. Atmospheric, intimate, and emotionally powerful, this episode explores family hauntings, after-death communication, inherited sensitivity, wartime memory, and the enduring question of whether those we love may still find ways to reach us from the other side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2026

A locked botanical garden.A winter evening patrol.An elderly woman walking slowly along the path… where no one should have been. In this Fright Bites story from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares Connor Pilling’s unsettling account of an encounter that took place when he was thirteen years old. While helping his father, a security officer at a UK botanical garden, Connor joined the final sweep of the grounds after closing time — checking gates, paths, and clearings to make sure no visitors had been left behind. Then their torchlight caught sight of an elderly woman ahead of them. She didn’t respond when they called out. She continued walking until she reached a bend in the path… and vanished. What makes the account even more disturbing is what Connor learned later. His father and several colleagues had reportedly seen the same figure in the same grounds before. For Connor, the experience changed everything. The darkness he had never feared before suddenly felt occupied, uncertain, and alive with possibilities he could no longer dismiss. Quiet, direct, and deeply unnerving, this short true paranormal story explores a repeated ghost sighting, childhood fear, haunted landscapes, and the moment a single encounter can permanently alter the way someone sees the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2026

A tunnel.A brilliant light.A familiar voice saying it isn’t time. For generations, people who have come close to death have returned with stories that seem to follow a strangely familiar pattern — leaving the body, moving toward light, encountering loved ones, and feeling an overwhelming sense of peace. In this first part of Haunted UK Podcast’s exploration of near-death experiences, Steve examines extraordinary accounts from those who stood at the boundary between life and death. From Jeanette Atkinson’s hospital-bed encounter with a grandmother she barely remembered, to neurosurgeon Eben Alexander’s vivid journey during a devastating coma, and Christina Stein’s account of watching surgeons fight to save her life after a catastrophic road accident, these stories raise profound questions about consciousness, memory, survival, and what may wait beyond the final moments of life. The episode also travels to the Cairngorms, where Jackie Greaves endured a brutal mountain survival ordeal after a fall in white-out conditions, guided by strange lights and impossible visions that may have helped keep her alive. Blending witness testimony, medical mystery, scientific theory, and the enduring hope of an afterlife, this atmospheric documentary episode explores whether near-death experiences are the final dream of a dying brain — or a glimpse of something far beyond it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2026

A Victorian music hall where figures still linger backstage. An old dispensary where footsteps, children’s voices, and the scent of smoke are said to remain. A ruined abbey where monks, grief, and legend still move through the stone. In this second part of Tour Haunts: Leeds, Haunted UK Podcast continues its atmospheric journey through some of the city’s most haunted and historically charged locations. Beginning at the City Varieties Music Hall, Steve explores stories of the White Lady, a silent man in a bowler hat, unexplained footsteps, strange cold spots, and a darker poltergeist presence said to have disturbed staff, performers, and even renovation workers. The route then moves to the Old Leeds Dispensary, a former medical building shaped by sickness, poverty, and the realities of pre-NHS healthcare. There, accounts speak of a well-dressed figure drifting through corridors, the sounds of unseen children, moving toys, and the unsettling apparition of a nurse linked by witnesses to smoke, heat, and fire. Finally, the tour ends among the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, where centuries of religious devotion, dissolution, folklore, and ghostly testimony gather around the chapter house, the Sombre Monk, the Mad Monk, and the grieving figure of Mary. With reports of chanting, shadowy forms, strange voices, and the lingering atmosphere of a sacred place disturbed by history, the abbey offers a final, powerful stop on this haunted journey through Leeds. Immersive, historical, and quietly eerie, this episode blends haunted locations, local folklore, paranormal testimony, and architectural history into a cinematic guide to the unexplained side of one of Yorkshire’s great cities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2026

A Tudor-Jacobean mansion marked by tragedy. A vast industrial mill where footsteps still echo through empty rooms. A former workhouse where the past seems to move quietly behind the walls. In this first part of Tour Haunts: Leeds, Haunted UK Podcast begins an atmospheric journey through some of the city’s most haunted and historically charged locations. The route opens at Temple Newsam, one of Leeds’ most famous historic houses, where the stories of Lady Mary Ingram, the Blue Lady, and Phoebe Gray still linger in corridors, staircases, cellars, and rooms said to hold the emotional weight of the past. From there, the tour moves to Armley Mills, once the largest woollen mill in the world and now home to the Leeds Industrial Museum. Within its heavy stone walls are reports of a grieving Victorian woman near the looms, a foreman-like figure in a top hat and cape, the cries of unseen children, and a darker presence said to haunt the old cinema room. The final stop in this first chapter is the Thackray Museum of Medicine, housed in a building that once served as the Leeds Union Workhouse. With its history of poverty, illness, medical care, and human suffering, the site has become associated with apparitions, footsteps, whispers, cold spots, and the unsettling sense that some former patients and staff may never have fully left. Immersive, historical, and quietly eerie, this episode blends haunted places, local folklore, witness accounts, and Leeds’ industrial and social history into a cinematic tour of a city where the past still feels close enough to touch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2026

Islands often promise escape. Sunlight, sea air, hidden beaches, and the feeling of being far from the ordinary world. But some islands carry stories that are far older, stranger, and darker than the postcards suggest. In this Haunted UK Abroad episode, Steve travels beyond Britain to explore mysterious and haunted islands around the world — places shaped by folklore, tragedy, isolation, strange disappearances, and deeply unsettling legends. From the ghost of Catalina Lercaro in Tenerife and the vanishing island of San Borondon, to the plague pits and abandoned asylum of Poveglia, these stories reveal how paradise can become something far more disturbing when history is left to decay. The journey continues through Cemetery Island in South Carolina, the shipwreck-haunted sands of Sable Island, the forbidden shores of North Sentinel Island, and the otherworldly landscape of Socotra, where dragon’s blood trees, Jinn legends, and lost civilisations blur the line between natural wonder and myth. The episode also explores the haunted castles and ghost stories of the Thousand Islands, before ending at the remote Palmyra Atoll — a place associated with shipwrecks, vanished aircraft, murder, buried treasure, and a reputation for hostility that some visitors have described as almost impossible to explain. Atmospheric, wide-ranging, and quietly unsettling, this episode blends haunted travel, island folklore, historical tragedy, cryptic legends, and true unexplained stories into a global journey through places where beauty and darkness share the same shore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2026

A hotel room should be a place of rest. A temporary home, a locked door, a quiet corridor, and the comforting feeling that whatever waits outside belongs to the world beyond your room.But some guests check in… and discover they may not be alone. In this Haunted UK Abroad episode, Steve explores haunted hotels around the world — from historic inns and castle hotels to grand resorts, former fortresses, luxury landmarks, and even a retired ocean liner. These are places where footsteps cross empty floors, lights flicker in locked rooms, unseen hands pull at bedsheets, and figures from the past still seem to move through the corridors. The journey begins in Salem, Massachusetts, at the Hawthorne Hotel, where unexplained voices, ghostly touch, moving objects, and the scent of apples are said to linger. From there, the episode travels to South Africa’s Nottingham Road Hotel, Florence’s Hotel Burchianti, Canada’s Fairmont Banff Springs, and Colorado’s Stanley Hotel — the inspiration behind Stephen King’s The Shining. Along the way, Steve uncovers stories of tragic brides, loyal bellmen, ghostly chambermaids, haunted portraits, restless miners, Hollywood apparitions, castle prisoners, unexplained elevator activity, and rooms where former guests appear to have never fully left. From The Queen Mary in California to Dragsholm Castle in Denmark, Hotel Chelsea in New York, and the Jekyll Island Club in Georgia, these locations suggest that hotels may be uniquely suited to hauntings — places shaped by arrivals, departures, secrets, grief, glamour, and unfinished stories. Atmospheric, wide-ranging, and quietly unsettling, this episode blends haunted travel, paranormal folklore, historical tragedy, and ghostly testimony into a global tour of the rooms, corridors, staircases, and suites where the past still seems to have a key. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2026

In Quebec, folklore doesn’t sit quietly in the past. It lingers in cemeteries, convent corridors, mountain trails, waterfalls, and the old stories passed from one generation to the next. Some legends warn. Some remember. Others refuse to die. In this Haunted UK Abroad episode, Steve continues the journey through the ghostly tales and legends of Quebec — a province shaped by survival, faith, conflict, isolation, and centuries of French-Canadian storytelling. The episode begins with the infamous story of Marie-Josephte Corriveau, known as La Corriveau, whose execution in 1763 and posthumous display in an iron cage transformed a real woman into one of Quebec’s most enduring supernatural figures. From there, the episode explores the Loup-Garou, Quebec’s distinctive werewolf legend, alongside the eerie Feu Follet lights, Wendigo folklore, haunted cemeteries, ghostly convents, and the tragic Lady in White of Montmorency Falls. The journey also moves through places where history and the unexplained seem tightly bound together, including Mount Royal Cemetery, Chateau Frontenac, Mount Saint-Hilaire, the Grey Nuns’ Convent, and Montreal’s old Horse Palace. The episode closes with a first-hand account from a listener who worked night shifts in a Quebec City convent in the 1990s, caring for elderly nuns in a building where unseen voices, opened curtains, call bells, singing in empty rooms, and a disturbing story from the convent garden left questions that have never been answered. Atmospheric, folkloric, and deeply rooted in place, this episode blends haunted history, French-Canadian legend, witness testimony, religious tradition, and unexplained encounters into a journey through one of Canada’s most mysterious cultural landscapes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2026

Quebec is a place where history and folklore have never been far apart. Across its forests, rivers, battlefields, villages, and lakes, old stories still move through the landscape — carried by generations of storytellers, shaped by faith, fear, warning, and wonder. In this Haunted UK Abroad episode, Steve begins a journey through the ghostly tales and legends of Quebec, exploring the French-Canadian folklore that grew from early settler life, Indigenous tradition, religious belief, and the dangers of a harsh and mysterious land. The episode opens with La Chasse-Galerie, Quebec’s famous legend of the flying canoe, in which a group of lumberjacks make a dangerous New Year’s Eve bargain with the devil. From there, the story moves into darker territory with Bonhomme Sept-Heures, the terrifying Seven O’Clock Man used to warn children away from the night, before turning to the cursed history of the Quebec Bridge, the haunted battlefield of the Plains of Abraham, and the deeply unsettling paranormal reputation of Montreal’s Chateau Ramezay. This first part also explores strange newspaper accounts of revenants, the alleged possession of Gabrielle in Saint-Irénée, the skeletal horrors of Lake of the Tombs, the forest-dwelling Jacks Mistigris, the sirens of the Gulf of St Lawrence, and the lake monsters said to inhabit Quebec’s dark inland waters. Atmospheric, folkloric, and rich with haunted history, this episode blends ghost stories, moral legends, creature lore, battlefield hauntings, and unexplained phenomena into a journey through one of Canada’s most storied and mysterious provinces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2026

In the hills of Massachusetts, the grand summer homes of America’s Gilded Age still stand among forests, gardens, waterfalls, and quiet country roads. But behind the elegance of the Berkshire Cottages, something older and stranger seems to remain. In this Haunted UK Abroad episode, Steve explores the ghosts, mysteries, legends, and unexplained encounters of the Berkshires — a region once shaped by immense wealth, lavish estates, artistic ambition, industrial danger, and stories that refuse to fade. The journey begins at Ventfort Hall, a vast mansion linked to the Morgan and Vanderbilt families, where footsteps, perfume, whispers, and apparitions are said to linger in its restored rooms. From there, the episode moves to Naumkeag, where ghostly cigar smoke, screams, garden apparitions, and a headless figure on the staircase add a darker edge to one of the region’s most beautiful estates. Beyond the mansions, the Berkshires hold deeper shadows. The Hoosac Tunnel, known as “The Bloody Pit”, carries the memory of nearly 200 workers who died during its construction, with reports of blue lights, disembodied moans, ghostly miners, and a headless apparition deep beneath the mountain. At Bash Bish Falls, old Mohican legend speaks of loss, punishment, and figures seen behind the falling water, while October Mountain brings accounts of Bigfoot, strange creatures, ghosts, and UFO activity. The episode also explores the famous 1969 Sheffield UFO encounters, the alleged Egyptian curse of Ashintully, the haunted legacy of Edith Wharton’s estate, The Mount, and the strange possibility that some places attract the unexplained through layers of grief, history, fear, and memory. Atmospheric, historical, and quietly unsettling, this episode blends Gilded Age history, haunted estates, cryptid sightings, UFO testimony, local folklore, and paranormal mystery into a cinematic journey through one of New England’s most intriguing landscapes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2026

At the bottom of the world lies a continent of silence, ice, and impossible scale. Antarctica is remote, restricted, and almost entirely unreachable to ordinary life — a place where science, survival, secrecy, and speculation have long existed side by side. In this Haunted UK Abroad episode, Steve journeys into the mysteries and legends surrounding the frozen continent, exploring the stories that have gathered around one of the most isolated places on Earth. From ancient maps such as the Piri Reis chart and the long-standing fascination with lost civilizations, to the Antarctic Treaty, restricted access, and the strange mythology of what may lie hidden beneath the ice, this is a landscape where fact and imagination often blur. The episode also examines Operation Highjump, Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s vast 1946–47 polar expedition, and the extraordinary rumours that later grew around it — tales of hidden valleys, secret technology, subterranean worlds, and encounters that exist far outside the official record. From there, the story moves through UFO lore, Albert Bender and the Men in Black, claims of underground Antarctic bases, ancient viruses trapped in ice, modern scientific anomalies, and the unsettling disappearance of a Chilean military aircraft en route to King George Island. Atmospheric, speculative, and grounded in the eerie power of place, this episode explores Antarctica not as a simple conspiracy landscape, but as a symbol of the unknown: a frontier where science has made extraordinary discoveries, yet where the continent’s silence still leaves room for rumours, legends, and questions that refuse to disappear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2026

Three colleagues wake in the dark to the sound of a guesthouse door opening. Something moves around the room. Then a tiny green light appears at shoulder height… and every man sees it. In this final listener stories episode of the season, Haunted UK Podcast brings together a chilling collection of real paranormal accounts, ranging from haunted family homes and possible time slips to childhood apparitions, shadow figures, spirit animals, haunted pubs, unsettling dolls, and strange encounters in places with darker histories than anyone first realised. Among the stories are Karen’s account of a “limbo dancing” figure later connected to a vanished staircase, Em’s lifelong experiences with presences, black dogs, shadow forms, and the lingering spirit of a beloved border collie, and Becky’s encounters with the Hat Man, phantom customers, a ghostly chef, and a boy seen beneath the stairs in a house in France. The episode also includes reports of a blind child describing a little boy in a former hospital building, a Christmas Eve apparition believed to be a mother returning for her child, a possible firsthand connection to the Enfield Poltergeist, and Ryan’s investigations using spirit boxes, EMF responses, and the Estes method. But the final story gives the episode its name: a work trip, an old guesthouse, a shared room, and a green light that may have marked the presence of a murdered policeman still carrying out his patrol decades later. Atmospheric, varied, and deeply personal, this listener-led episode closes the season with true paranormal stories that explore memory, family, haunted buildings, residual echoes, spiritual encounters, and the moments when ordinary life is quietly interrupted by the unexplained. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2026

The public have gone. The doors are closed. And inside the ancient walls of Oxford Castle & Prison, the silence begins to change. In this atmospheric location episode, Haunted UK Podcast visits one of Britain’s most historically charged sites: Oxford Castle & Prison. On 6 September 2025, Steve was granted exclusive access to the building after hours, following interviews with members of the team who know its corridors, cells, stairways, and shadows better than anyone. With nearly a thousand years of history behind it, Oxford Castle & Prison has been a fortress, a prison, a place of punishment, and a place of execution. But for some of those who work there today, its past doesn’t feel entirely confined to history. Staff share calm, firsthand accounts of unexplained moments within the building — experiences that are not exaggerated, but quietly unsettling in the way only real testimony can be. The episode features conversations with Kesia and Hayley Vice, along with other members of staff who describe strange incidents inside the prison walls, before Steve is taken on a personal after-hours tour through the empty site. As darkness falls and the building settles into silence, the episode becomes more than a historical visit. It becomes a journey through a place that seems to remember. Immersive, grounded, and deeply atmospheric, this Haunted UK Podcast special blends location investigation, staff testimony, prison history, and the lingering presence of one of Oxford’s most remarkable haunted landmarks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2026

Not every ghost story begins with fear. Some arrive quietly, gently, and with a tenderness that changes how we think about death, grief, and the people we love. In this opening case from The Witness Files, Haunted UK Podcast shares Richard Barnes’ deeply personal account of a moment that stayed with him for more than a decade. After the death of his uncle Wally, Richard travelled with his mother to East Yorkshire to support his grieving aunt. The house was heavy with loss, the evening subdued, and two exhausted relatives had drifted off to sleep in front of the television.Then Richard saw something he had never expected to see. His uncle appeared in the lounge, not as something frightening or dramatic, but as a faint, shimmering figure. He walked across the room, sat beside his heartbroken wife, and gently put his arms around her before fading away. Quiet, intimate, and deeply moving, this witness account explores after-death communication, grief, family love, and the possibility that some encounters are not warnings or hauntings, but final acts of comfort from those who have gone ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2026

A retired police officer.Two old police stations.And the names staff gave to whatever seemed to linger there. In this Short Haunts episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares the account of Jon Williams, a former police officer whose career included military service, specialist policing roles, and disaster victim identification work. A sceptic by nature, Jon doesn’t claim to believe in ghosts — but some experiences from his time in Gwent Police have stayed with him. At Chepstow Police Station, built on the site of an old pub dating back to the 17th century, colleagues spoke of a presence known as Sarah. One night, an officer saw a woman in Victorian dress pass the kitchen window before vanishing inside the locked building. On another occasion, Jon heard a woman’s voice answer him from upstairs when no one was there. Then, in a moment harder to dismiss, a missing work folio appeared in the middle of his paperwork while he was briefly out of the room. The account then moves to Monmouth Police Station, an older building with its own named presence: Gladys. There, loud unexplained noises, footsteps, crashes, and what sounded like movement on the upper floors became familiar enough that staff would call out to her — and, strangely, the noises would often stop. Quietly eerie and grounded in firsthand testimony, this episode explores police station hauntings, workplace folklore, scepticism, residual activity, and the strange way certain buildings seem to gather names, stories, and presences over time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 February 2026

An old farmhouse.A name spoken aloud.A closet door opening by itself. And by morning… someone wakes inside it. In this third listener stories collection from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares another unsettling range of true paranormal accounts sent in by listeners. These stories move from haunted family homes and childhood apparitions to doppelgängers, spirit signs, battlefield ghosts, unsettling objects, and encounters that seem to sit somewhere between memory, grief, and the unexplained. The episode begins with a disturbing account from Exeter, where nightly events at 3am, marks on the body, strange lights, phantom footsteps, and a possible wartime presence left one family deeply shaken. From there, the stories explore a grandfather who may have continued visiting after death, a hand felt in the darkness, a father’s impossible double, and strange signs connected to departed loved ones. Among the accounts are John’s family experiences with falling light bulbs and hidden money, Matt’s childhood encounter with a mischievous young spirit named Alvin, Nigel’s daytime footsteps in a Kent home, and Polly’s deeply troubling account of a cursed family book connected to dark history and spiritual disturbance. The episode closes with Sherrie’s experiences in New York State, including revolutionary war spirits, haunted battlefield landscapes, animal visitations, and the chilling story that gives the episode its title: Seth in the Closet — a presence in an old farmhouse whose name was known, whose door opened, and whose mystery remained. Atmospheric, varied, and deeply personal, this listener-led episode explores true paranormal stories, haunted homes, family spirits, doppelgängers, historic hauntings, and the strange moments when ordinary life opens onto something far harder to explain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2026

An office building after dark. Grey carpets, glass panels, motion-sensor lights, and the kind of silence that only arrives once everyone else has gone home. But silence doesn’t always mean emptiness. In this Short Haunts episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares the unsettling account of a contract cleaner working alone on the late shift in a modern office building in the Midlands. At first, there was nothing about the place that suggested anything unusual. It wasn’t ancient, ruined, or atmospheric in the traditional sense. It was ordinary. Functional. Familiar. Then the vacuum cleaner switched itself on while unplugged. After that, small things began to happen. A cloth moved from a desk to the floor. A caution sign scraped across the corridor. Three deliberate knocks came from inside a closed kitchen cupboard. Footsteps followed behind the cleaner, matching their pace — until one night, they carried on after they had stopped. Quiet, restrained, and deeply unnerving, this short true paranormal story explores the strange unease of empty workplaces, possible poltergeist activity, and the feeling that some buildings may only reveal themselves once the lights go out and the working day is over. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 14 February 2026

The interviews are over. The stories have been told. Now it’s time to step into the places where they happened. In this final part of Steve’s return to Dudley Castle, Haunted UK Podcast moves out onto the castle grounds with Amy, the site’s paranormal host and historian, for an atmospheric location-led tour through one of the Midlands’ most historic and haunted landmarks. After exploring the castle’s long, brutal history in part one, and its ghosts, legends, and strange happenings in part two, this closing episode brings the series directly into the spaces most closely linked to reported paranormal activity. From shadowed corners and ancient stonework to open areas that seem to hold centuries of memory, Amy guides Steve through the locations where the stories of Dudley Castle truly come to life. Grounded, immersive, and rich with atmosphere, this episode blends on-location investigation, historic storytelling, staff knowledge, and ghostly tradition into a final journey through a place where the past still feels close enough to touch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 February 2026

The history has been set. The people who shaped Dudley Castle have stepped back into view. Now the stories move into darker territory. In part two of Steve’s return to Dudley Castle, Haunted UK Podcast continues the on-location interview with Amy, the castle’s paranormal host and historian. After exploring the long and often brutal history of the site in part one, this episode turns more directly toward the ghosts, legends, and unexplained experiences that have helped make Dudley Castle one of the Midlands’ most atmospheric haunted landmarks. From recurring apparitions and strange encounters to ongoing activity reported by staff, visitors, and investigators, Amy shares the stories most closely tied to the castle’s paranormal reputation. These are the moments that make even experienced people pause — footsteps where no one is walking, presences felt in quiet spaces, and accounts that seem to echo through the stone long after the living have moved on. Immersive, grounded, and quietly unsettling, this episode blends historic atmosphere, firsthand knowledge, ghostly tradition, and paranormal testimony into a deeper look at the strange activity said to linger within Dudley Castle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2026

Before a place becomes haunted, it has to become historic. And at Dudley Castle, that history stretches back nearly a thousand years. Recorded on location in September 2025, this first part of Steve’s return to Dudley Castle begins with an in-depth interview with Amy, the castle’s paranormal host and historian. Together, they explore the long, dramatic, and often brutal story of one of the Midlands’ most fascinating historic landmarks. In this opening episode, the focus is on the people, power struggles, conflicts, and remarkable events that shaped Dudley Castle across the centuries. From its ancient walls and surviving ruins to the lives once lived within them, this is the foundation on which the castle’s ghostly reputation rests. While the deeper hauntings are still to come in parts two and three, part one begins to open the door to the strange atmosphere of the site, with a few ghostly stories woven through the history as the past slowly begins to stir. Grounded, atmospheric, and rich with historical detail, this episode sets the scene for a three-part Haunted UK Podcast journey into Dudley Castle — a place where history, legend, and the unexplained stand side by side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2026

A whisper in a care home.A clock that stops every night at four.A figure in the hallway with empty eyes.And a haunting that may have come from somewhere far closer than expected. In this second collection of listener stories from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares another unsettling set of real paranormal experiences, ranging from childhood encounters and care home hauntings to strange family warnings, apparitions, moving objects, possible spirit attachments, and unexplained moments that continue to trouble those who lived through them. The episode begins with Alana’s terrifying work experience in a care home, where residents had long spoken of a troublesome little boy named Timmy. A whispered warning, a figure with white eyes, crying from an empty floor, and a door that refused to open left her shaken enough never to return. Other accounts include a family clock that stops at the exact time of death, a life-saving voice on a country road, a strange warning before the 7 July London bombings, and a house where a mist-like child figure, thrown objects, footsteps, cold breezes, and disturbing responses suggest something may be deeply active. The episode also features stories from care work, possible deathbed visitations, time-slip-style premonition, and the return of Sam, whose vivid dream in Melbourne appeared to show events before they happened.But the closing account gives the episode its name. Robert Ensor shares his deeply personal experience of what he first believed to be poltergeist activity — strange noises, crawling sensations, smells, movement, fear, and apparent disturbances — before developing his own interpretation of the phenomena as something generated not by an external ghost, but by the mind itself. Atmospheric, varied, and thought-provoking, this listener-led episode explores true paranormal stories, care home ghosts, family warnings, strange entities, possible poltergeist activity, and the uneasy question of whether some hauntings may begin within us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2026

Hospitals are places of life, loss, pressure, and silence. Behind the controlled routines of operating theatres, something unseen can feel very close. And in Theatre Three, staff had already given it a name: the presence. In this Short Haunts episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares Victoria’s unsettling account from a hospital theatre department in Derbyshire. Once a firm sceptic, Victoria began to question that certainty after hearing colleagues describe strange activity in Theatre Three — sterile gowns thrown from shelves, voices calling names, and a presence so widely felt that cleaning staff avoided working there alone. Then Victoria experienced it herself. First came a voice clearly calling her name in a full operating theatre, though no one present had spoken. Later, while alone with a colleague, she felt what seemed like a finger stroke the back of her neck — only to turn and find no one close enough to have touched her. But the story doesn’t end inside the hospital. Victoria also shares the deeply emotional account of her partner Miles, who was left critically injured after a serious car accident shortly after returning from America. As he lay in intensive care, a chain of strange coincidences, unexpected cancellations, family grief, rosary beads, and a message from an unknown woman in Lincolnshire seemed to suggest that someone — perhaps his grandmother Betty, whose full name was Elizabeth — was watching over him when his loved ones could not. Quietly eerie, emotional, and deeply human, this Short Haunts story explores hospital hauntings, unseen presences, family protection, impossible messages, and the fragile moments when the line between coincidence and comfort becomes almost impossible to define. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 24 January 2026

A father in his final days. A white light he was afraid to face. And outside the hospice room, a small injured sparrow that would not leave. In this first listener stories collection of the season, Haunted UK Podcast opens the archive once again to share real paranormal experiences from listeners. These accounts move from childhood spirit encounters and mediumistic impressions to haunted workplaces, ghostly footsteps, premonitions, and signs from loved ones that seem to arrive at the moments they’re needed most. The episode begins with Dave from Dorset, whose experiences include seeing his grandfather after death, a motorway accident that appeared first in a dream, and a strange farewell connected to a former quarry worker. From there, Steve shares accounts from Sam Ingram, whose library workplace seems to have its own presence, known by staff as Hazel — a figure associated with moving books, phantom doors, vanished belongings, and sightings among the shelves. Other stories include footsteps in a Louisiana home after the death of a local judge, an Oxfordshire haunting involving disembodied voices, rasping breath, unexplained lights, and a child’s toy playing without working batteries, and a deeply moving possible message from the other side after the passing of a beloved grandmother. But the final account gives the episode its name. Mark Ashby shares the heartbreaking story of his father Phillip’s final days in hospice care, the white light he feared, the possible presence of his own mother waiting nearby, and the injured sparrow that remained outside his room until the moment he passed. Tender, unsettling, and deeply human, this listener-led episode explores true paranormal stories, after-death communication, family grief, workplace hauntings, premonitions, spirit signs, and the fragile hope that something of love may remain after death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2026

Some people pass through life without ever seeing anything strange. Others seem to encounter the unexplained again and again, across different homes, different jobs, different places, and different stages of life. In this Short Haunts episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares the anonymous account of a former Royal Army Medical Corps combat medic who later spent eighteen years working in a large ambulance service. From childhood encounters in a police house to unsettling incidents on an old military base, a 1930s family home, an ambulance station, and even the back of an emergency vehicle during lockdown, his experiences seem to follow him through life. As a child, he was said to stare at unseen figures and speak to someone no one else could see. Later, his mother returned home more than once to find kitchen cupboards emptied without explanation. Years after that, both he and his wife woke to the feeling of something sitting on the bed — with his wife seeing a woman in white seated silently at the end of it. The account moves from home to military service, where an old RAF control tower carried reports of icy rooms, strange noises, and lights switching themselves back on after dark. Later, in civilian life, a family home brought unexplained smells, moving shadows, and a cat apparently frightened by something unseen. Then came the ambulance station: scraping noises in an empty garage, a clinical waste bin dragged across the floor with its brakes still locked, and another crew member reporting the sensation of breath blown into their face. Quietly disturbing and deeply atmospheric, this episode explores the idea of a lifelong sensitivity to the paranormal — whether certain people act as witnesses, magnets, or something stranger still when the unseen seems to follow them from place to place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 10 January 2026

A clearing in the woods that shouldn’t have been there. A porcelain doll that seemed to move on its own. A haunted school bathroom, a disappearing house, shadow figures, time slips, doppelgängers, and encounters with the dead. In this deeply personal episode of Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares the extraordinary experiences of Katie, an eclectic witch now living in Dublin, whose life has been shaped by magic, sensitivity, spirit contact, and the unexplained. Raised in the Bible Belt of Alabama, Katie grew up surrounded by strict religious ideas while quietly sensing, seeing, and knowing things she couldn’t easily explain. Her story moves through childhood encounters in haunted woods, strange loops in the landscape, a clearing filled with shadow figures, and the unsettling possibility that something in the forest tried to keep her and her friend from leaving. From there, Katie recounts a disturbing family doll, a ghostly girl in a school bathroom, an abandoned cottage that later vanished, a face at a second-floor window, spirit activity in restaurants and hotels, and vivid experiences in some of the most haunted places in Savannah, Edinburgh, and Dublin. The episode also explores Katie’s modern witchcraft practice, her connection to ancestor veneration, nature spirits, sacred Irish sites, familiars, tulpas, time slips at the Hill of Tara, and the strange phenomenon of doppelgängers appearing in her life. Atmospheric, intimate, and full of strange detail, this episode blends witchcraft, folklore, personal testimony, haunted places, spirit encounters, and the uneasy sense that some people may live closer to the unseen world than others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2026

As we come to the end of 2025, it’s time to announce our latest batch of patrons and Kofi subscribers.    A huge thank you to each and every single one of you who have supported the show this year… it wouldn’t be where it is today without you and all of the incredible listeners out there.    If you want a shout-out, why not get over to Patreon or Kofi, and join one of our 2 tiers. The following people have, and these are their shoutouts:    Didge  QueenZ  SaraEllen Hutchinson  L H  Kathryn Foot  F. Kaori  Matt  David Bruce  Ryan Hennessy-Saunders  Andrea Barrier  Lucy  Stephanie Petersen  Helen Hoyland  Lyndsay  Lisa Simmons  Sheba  Keith Dale  Gloria Stitts  Howard Grimshaw  Matthew Barry  Ged  Krissie Wright  Amanda Smith  Tracey Flanagan  AJLaw  Nick Banks  Gerald L  Amy  Vebeke Hokstad  Samantha Beecham  Didge  Diane Piggott  Rusty  Drew  Robin Lynn  Karen Brett  Sydney Cruce Harrison  Joe Verity    Before I go, I’d just like to also extend a thank you to Robin on Instagram, who kindly informed me that there was a slight error in Episode 68 - The Hauntings of Flitwick Manor and Himley Hall.    At the time of the building work the Hotel wasn’t owned by the Menzies Group at all, but instead by West Register Hotels under the Royal Bank of Scotland. Incredibly, Robin actually worked with all the people mentioned in the episode and also had his own experience.    Robin said that at the time the hotel had plastic laundry bins, and while he was working just off the main kitchen, he discovered the lid of one of these bins on the floor… over the opposite side of the kitchen. There had been nobody in the kitchen to have done this… another strange incident in the continuing story of Flitwick Manor, and a huge thank you to Robin for getting in touch.    From the Haunted UK Podcast, and Haunted UK Fiction… for the last time this year… stay safe… and have a wonderful new year.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufo-s-and-strange-creatures--6759967/support. Enter the world of Haunted UK Podcast, where we explore ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs, strange creatures, and the unexplained from across the UK and beyond. Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com Follow Haunted UK Podcast: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/hauntedukpodcast/ X — https://x.com/HauntedUKPod YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedUKPodcast1974 Support the show: Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/cw/HauntedUKPodcast Ko-fi — https://ko-fi.com/hauntedukpodcast Listen on: Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufos-and/id1571182283 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/4nzMpgYfGo7B8RUaMr8Hzm?si=0e5902c52e70480a Contact: contactus@hauntedukpodcast.com

Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2025

A quiet road in the early hours. Two armed police officers returning from a call. And a hooded figure standing in the lane ahead. In this Short Haunts episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares another account from retired police officer Jon Williams, whose career included military service, armed response, road policing, and years of dealing with the harder realities of life and death. Jon does not claim to believe in ghosts — but this experience, involving a close colleague on a dark road near Abergavenny, left him with questions he still cannot fully answer. While driving through the village of Llanover at around 4:30 in the morning, Jon’s colleague suddenly shouted for him to stop, convinced they had just struck a man standing in the road. But when Jon got out to check, there was no body, no damage, no blood, and no sign of anyone at all. His colleague described the figure as a man in a long brown hooded cloak, standing near the centre of the road like a monk. When they returned to the same stretch of road moments later, Jon saw nothing — but his colleague reacted with genuine fear, insisting the figure was now right beside Jon’s window. What followed was a sudden wave of sadness, guilt, regret, and anger that seemed to overwhelm him until they left the village behind. Grounded, unsettling, and told through the lens of a sceptical witness, this short true paranormal story explores roadside apparitions, phantom monks, police testimony, emotional impressions, and the strange question of why one person can see something clearly while another sees nothing at all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 December 2025

A bead of sweat careered down the dome of his forehead like a wet cockroach.  Slapping his head and rubbing frenziedly, he squeezed his eyes tight shut and groaned quietly.  What to do? What to do?  When he re-opened his bleary eyes, his heart lurched.  In wiping the sweat from his brow, he must have caught the curtains, and they had parted more widely.  A good six or seven inches.  Blinking his vision back into focus, he saw the dark invaders stop dead where they were; a tableau from some obscene pantomime. Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independent and professional. In today’s episode we’ll be reading a true Christmas horror story called The Retribution of Parson Beelzebub Brown which was sent in to us by Jed Vesper. Jed Vesper is a horror writer with a taste for the macabre and strange.  His home county of Yorkshire, UK is steeped in atmosphere and inspiration for the ghoulish and ghostly, so he fits right in.  His debut anthologies:  Tales of Dread and Dismay, Volumes 1 and 2, are available in e-book format from Amazon worldwide.  Jed has also appeared in the BHF Books of Horror Stories, in Book Ate-th (special cannibal edition), and Book 11 (a folk horror special). Jed’s stories have also been published on the Planet Raconteur podcast as well Nocturnal Transmissions podcast.  Jed is usually most active around the witching hour.  That’s when the company is best. He sincerely hopes you are disturbed by his stories. We truly hope you enjoy this terrifying tale. If you would like to hear more from Jed Vesper, you can all details of Jed’s past, present, and future writing projects on his Facebook page: Jed Vesper Ghost Story and Horror Writer – and he can occasionally be found haunting X @jedvesper If you have an original story that would send a chill down our spines, and you would like to submit it for review, simply send it in to hauntedukfiction@hotmail.com Until next time, stay safe, and take care.    Episode Credits: Story by Jed Vesper Narrated by Steven Holloway Script prepared by Melissa West Produced by Pink Flamingo Home Studio Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufo-s-and-strange-creatures--6759967/support. Enter the world of Haunted UK Podcast, where we explore ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs, strange creatures, and the unexplained from across the UK and beyond. Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com Follow Haunted UK Podcast: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/hauntedukpodcast/ X — https://x.com/HauntedUKPod YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedUKPodcast1974 Support the show: Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/cw/HauntedUKPodcast Ko-fi — https://ko-fi.com/hauntedukpodcast Listen on: Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufos-and/id1571182283 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/4nzMpgYfGo7B8RUaMr8Hzm?si=0e5902c52e70480a Contact: contactus@hauntedukpodcast.com

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2025

In keeping with the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, we offer you this expertly crafted submission from our sister podcast Haunted UK Fiction... Find this and over two dozen more stories on Haunted UK Fiction: https://linktr.ee/hauntedukfiction On the two-minute walk home, Sally and Dan picked their starlit way back to their cottage and felt – at last – Willerby was home.  There was a note pinned to their front door: Things don’t lie still in Willerby. You must be more careful. Here to help when you’re ready... Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independent and professional. In today’s episode we’ll be reading Jack’s Pool, another story hailing from the strange town of Willerby. We aren’t sure who, exactly, is behind these stories, or even whether they’re authored by one person, or many. We stumbled upon the Willerby website, which features a collection of stories about the town’s inhabitants, whilst in the early stages of planning Haunted UK Fiction and were able to reach the webmaster, who would not share their identity but granted permission to share these stories after we agreed to a number of bizarre conditions we aren't allowed to give any more details about. We truly hope you enjoy this story from the eerie and mysterious town of Willerby, which seems as though it exists in a different plane to the rest of the world. If you would like to read some of these stories for yourself, visit Willerby’s website at WelcomToWillerby.co.uk and follow on Instagram @WillerbyVillage. If you have an original story that would send a chill down our spines, and you would like to submit it for review, simply send it in to hauntedukfiction@hotmail.com Until next time, stay safe, and take care.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufo-s-and-strange-creatures--6759967/support. Enter the world of Haunted UK Podcast, where we explore ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs, strange creatures, and the unexplained from across the UK and beyond. Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com Follow Haunted UK Podcast: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/hauntedukpodcast/ X — https://x.com/HauntedUKPod YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedUKPodcast1974 Support the show: Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/cw/HauntedUKPodcast Ko-fi — https://ko-fi.com/hauntedukpodcast Listen on: Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufos-and/id1571182283 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/4nzMpgYfGo7B8RUaMr8Hzm?si=0e5902c52e70480a Contact: contactus@hauntedukpodcast.com

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2025

In keeping with the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, we offer you this expertly crafted submission from our sister podcast Haunted UK Fiction... Find this and over two dozen more stories on Haunted UK Fiction: https://linktr.ee/hauntedukfiction My father was in a strange mood that day. He welcomed me with genuine warmth and appeared, to me at least, quite comfortable and content in his soft armchair and his cup perched delicately on the left knee. His words, however, were of the most serious sort; he betrayed no emotion by stating the facts clearly and with a certain stiff formality. I was informed that he had something very important to tell…  Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independent and professional. In today’s episode we’ll be reading The Overcoat, an eerie, spine-tingling tale which was sent in to us by LD Brown. LD Brown lives in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria with his wife and too many cats. They own a beer shop together. For the past seven years, he has been running Ghost Walks in the village under the name: Tallow Tales; The Hawkshead Ghost Walk. Twice weekly he takes visitors around the village, regaling them with stories of local folklore. This also gives him the opportunity to wear a top hat. In his free time, LD writes horror stories and has been fortunate enough to get a few published here and there. His fiction is influenced by the bleaker side of the Lake District landscape; rainy, dripping woodlands, mosses, tarns, wetlands and their sinister ilk. His literary influences include Arthur Machen, MR James, EF Benson, JH Riddel and Algernon Blackwood. He also enjoys Folk Horror films and Peter Cushing. We truly hope you enjoy this unsettling, atmospheric tale that is reminiscent of times gone by. If you would like to hear more from LD Brown, you can find his contact information, current and upcoming work, both as an author and as a ghostly tour guide, and follow him on social media with the links below: Upcoming Works: LD Brown is hoping to get a collection of his short fiction published in the near future. He has also written a short horror novella which he has been sending to publishers. Social Media Links: Instagram and Facebook @tallowtales               Website: www.kittchen.co.uk/tallowtales Email: lukebrown7@hotmail.co.uk  If you have an original story that would send a chill down our spines, and you would like to submit it for review, simply send it in to hauntedukfiction@hotmail.com, that’s hauntedukfiction@hotmail.com   Until next time, stay safe, and take care.  Episode Credits: Story by L.D. Brown Narrated by Steven Holloway Script prepared by Melissa West Produced by Pink Flamingo Home Studio Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufo-s-and-strange-creatures--6759967/support. Enter the world of Haunted UK Podcast, where we explore ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs, strange creatures, and the unexplained from across the UK and beyond. Website: https://hauntedukpodcast.com Follow Haunted UK Podcast: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/hauntedukpodcast/ X — https://x.com/HauntedUKPod YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedUKPodcast1974 Support the show: Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/cw/HauntedUKPodcast Ko-fi — https://ko-fi.com/hauntedukpodcast Listen on: Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast-ghosts-poltergeists-ufos-and/id1571182283 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/4nzMpgYfGo7B8RUaMr8Hzm?si=0e5902c52e70480a Contact: contactus@hauntedukpodcast.com

Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2025

Electronic music has always carried something ghostly. A voice through circuitry. A machine that seems almost alive. A sound that feels as though it’s arriving from somewhere just beyond the room. In this Talk Haunts Christmas Special, Haunted UK Podcast sits down with Gary Numan — one of the most influential figures in electronic music — for a conversation about creativity, fear, atmosphere, haunted spaces, and the strange ideas that have helped shape his work. Taking a break from rehearsals for his UK Telekon 45th anniversary tour, Gary joins Steve and Marie to discuss his iconic career, songwriting, the ghosts and darker themes that have influenced his music, and the unsettling possibilities behind the idea of monsters in the machine. From era-defining tracks such as Cars and Are “Friends” Electric? to later albums including Splinter, Savage, and Intruder, this special episode explores the meeting point between music, memory, machinery, hauntings, and the imagination of an artist whose sound has always felt both futuristic and deeply human. Atmospheric, thoughtful, and intimate, this Christmas edition of Talk Haunts offers a rare conversation about the supernatural edge of creativity — and the strange shadows that can live inside sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 December 2025

Old manor houses have a way of holding onto the past. Behind their landscaped grounds, quiet corridors, hidden rooms, and polished public faces, something older can remain — something disturbed by renovation, memory, grief, or time itself. In this atmospheric episode of Haunted UK Podcast, Steve visits the haunted histories of two remarkable English properties: Flitwick Manor in Bedfordshire and Himley Hall in Staffordshire. Both are places shaped by centuries of family life, social change, private tragedy, and the uneasy transition from grand residence to public venue. At Flitwick Manor, the story begins with a mysterious hidden room discovered during roofing renovations in the 1990s. Behind brickwork and tiles, builders found a small doorway, a staircase, and a forgotten space with no visible access from inside the house. Soon after, staff and guests began reporting a change in the atmosphere — followed by apparitions, footsteps, strange lights, objects moving, unexplained noises, and the figure of a woman seen in guest rooms and corridors. The episode then moves to Himley Hall, once home to the Lords of Dudley and later linked to Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson shortly before the abdication. Its hauntings are rooted in Civil War history, local legend, and witness testimony: a ghostly Cavalier seen near the lake, a Grey Lady walking the grounds, a servant girl crossing the road where a gate once stood, and strange encounters with mist, knocking, shadows, and figures that vanish without trace. Rich with stately home history, ghostly tradition, and unsettling witness accounts, this episode explores how places built for power, beauty, and inheritance can become something else entirely — houses where the past doesn’t simply survive in portraits and stone, but seems to move quietly through the rooms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 December 2025

A family holiday in Portugal should have meant sun, rest, and time away from ordinary life. But inside one rented villa in the Algarve, one room seemed to change the atmosphere of the entire house. In this Short Haunts episode from Haunted UK Podcast, Steve shares the anonymous account of “Nathan”, whose family holiday took a disturbing turn after arriving at a villa rented near his uncle’s property. At first, everything seemed ordinary: bedrooms, a private pool, a games room, and space for a large family gathering. Then Nathan found the staircase leading down to the basement. Behind heavy white metal grates was the games room, but the feeling around it was wrong — dark, oppressive, and watched. That same unease seemed to gather most strongly around one particular bedroom, later known by the family as “The Priest Room”. Nathan felt it immediately. His sister felt it too. Then his mother entered the room and experienced the same dread. The door was closed and kept closed, but the fear didn’t entirely leave. Dreams of shadowy figures, cold air, the sound of a latch opening, and the sense of something waiting just out of sight turned an ordinary holiday villa into a place none of them could fully explain. Quietly unsettling and deeply atmospheric, this short true paranormal story explores haunted holiday homes, shared feelings of dread, possible spirit attachment, and the strange way some rooms seem to carry an atmosphere that everyone can feel — even when no one knows why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2025