
Strange Stories UK
true crime, mysteries, strange stories, stories,paranormal, UK, I try to be factual and not give too many opinions. Podcasts are 'low fi' with out any editing.
Episodes
219 episodes
Strange Stories UK: The truth about the Helen Duncan seances. Portsmouth UK.
The Helen Duncan seances at Portsmouth during WW2, allegedly called the spirit of a sailor who died aboard the HMS Barham which had been lost with almost 900 onboard. The spirit sailor told Duncan of the loss. It was top secret and nobody...
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Season 8
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Episode 17
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46:02

Strange Stories UK: Pathological jealousy, Sandbanks, Dorset murder.
Pathological jealousy, Sandbanks, Dorset murder.This case dates from 1972, it is an unknown case, I can find no information about it online. The information comes from files in the National Archives. The podcast is told in on...
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Season 8
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Episode 16
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35:03

Strange Stories UK : Parricide, murder at Cannock, Staffordshire.
I am sure nobody listening would have ever heard about this case. The actual case files will not be released until 2057, 100 years plus after the case so there is something to be kept secret. It is a short podcast, with a lot of pad...
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Season 8
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Episode 15
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24:15

Strange Stories UK: Somerset 1972, Beware the drunken unstable extrovert.
An unpleasnt story, the court case said a sordid murder, so maybe not for all. Ilchester, Somerset 1972. I will post some photographs on the F/B site.
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Season 8
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Episode 14
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31:31

Strange Stories UK : Swinging London, The Bayswater murders.
A dreadful story about how three young men in their 20s, fashionable Mods found themselves crossing a line and ruining their lives, killing others with a series of bad decisions in the Swinging London of 1968.
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Season 8
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Episode 13
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31:15

Strange Stories UK: Strange stories from the Isle of Wight.
This is a disjointed ramble about some stories from the Isle of Wight, mainly from the 1960s. A murder at the Blacksmith's Arms, A murder at Carisbrooke, some possible paranormal stories, some local history and some aircraft crashes on the chal...
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Season 8
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Episode 12
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1:11:30

Strange Stories UK : Andrew and Dawn Searle, what is known 6 days after the Les Pesquiès incident
This is a current case after the bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle were found in their home in Southern France on Thursday 6 February 2025. This is what is known after six days of investigation. I discuss the possible theories that have been rep...
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Season 8
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Episode 11
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25:15

Strange Stories UK: Double murder in Greenford, London.
A story based during World War 2, a double murder committed by a younger male who did nothing to help the war effort who seemed totally selfish and was a danger to women. I can only find one other podcast that has covered this podca...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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30:24

Strange Stories UK: Motiveless Double Murder at Edgware, North London.
A rather strange case, a double murder that shocked the UK in 1949 but is almost forgotten about today. 75 years on, we do not know the motive. Told in one take without editing.
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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29:41

Strange Stories UK: Southport Stabbings Cover Up part 2
This is the third and final podcast on the Southport Stabbings from 29 July last year. The most shocking crime committed in the UK that I can ever recall. This is a consideration of unanswered questions and failures of the Authorities in this m...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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24:35

Strange Stories UK: Southport Stabbings Cover up part 1
This short podcast is part one, about the cover up by the authorities over the Southport Stabbings and murders. I like many others feel upset and let down by the authorities about the atrocities they in part allowed to happen in ...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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19:31

Strange Stories UK: Hackney (London) and Upper Mayfield (Derbyshire) hauntings
Two interesting cases that both went to the law courts in some ways trying to prove that ghosts exist. The first case was in Hackney, East London in 1967, the second was in Derbyshire in the 1990s.This podcast is unedited and recording in o...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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41:00

Strange Stories: Maidenhead, tramping and Murder in 1948.
A little Social and Economic history and a murder in Maidenhead during 1948.This podcast is told in one take without editing.
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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29:23

Strange Stories: A Double Devon murder, Plymouth 1994
A case probably long forgotton and not much publicised at the time. The information has been sourced from police records and primary sources. An unpleasant double murder from thirty years ago at Plymouth, Devon. The story is told in on...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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29:30

Strange Stories : Ghost storey for Christmas 2024. Raynham Hall, Norfolk.
It was at Raynham Hall that what is known as the most famous photograph of a ghost was taken. The background to the photograph being taken was the chaotic family history of the Townshend family of Raynham Hall, Norfolk. This podcast is a ramble...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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46:38

Strange Stories UK. Bournemouth Beach murder of Amie Gray, part 1
This case is being heard at Winchester Crown Court during December 2024. Amie Gray was murdered by Nasen Saadi on Bournemouth Beach as he was curious to known what it would be like to kill someone according to the prosecution.This is a shor...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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26:29

Strange Stories UK: Joe Martin, the drunken bully who liked guns.
London 1960. East London, petty criminals playing with guns.Warning: This podcast is lo-fi without editing. There is animal noise in the background.
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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32:04

Strange stories. Halloween 2024: some cases briefly considered, Buried Treasure at Glastonbury Abbey?
All Hallows Eve 2024. There is a brief examination of nine cases. These include the cases of Mr Moss and Mr Munnings and the medium Blanche Cooper. The SPR investigator Guy Lambert was involved in several of these cases all of which are sourced...
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Season 7
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Episode 38
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42:28

Strange Stories: Chris Kaba Shooting, London 2022
This case was heard in court this month, October 2024, the media reported on the case which caused much interest, an unarmed black male being shot by an armed police officer in London. The last time such an event attracted so much attention in ...
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Season 7
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Episode 37
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36:36

Strange Stories : The Sea Serpent part 2, sightings, globsters and possible mistaken creatures.
Sea serpents part 2. This podcasts will consider some well known sea serpent sightings and globsters and also consider some creatures that may have been mistaken for sea serpents.As always this podcast is recorded in one take without editin...
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Season 7
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Episode 36
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48:43

Strange Stories : Sea Serpents part 1, setting the scene.
This is the first of three podcasts on sea serpent sightings over the centuries and theories given for these sightings from a mainly British viewpoint. This podcast concentrates on the history of sea serpent sightings up the mid 19 ...
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Season 7
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Episode 35
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38:00

Strange Stories: Alistair Wilson murder, Nairn, Scotland.
A well known unsolved murder from 2004 when a 30 year old banker who worked for HBOS, Alistair Wilson was shot on the doorstep of his home on a Sunday evening. There are lots of theories but it is looking like that the case will remain unsolved...
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Season 7
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Episode 34
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54:17

Strange Stories: Double murder at Gravesend, Kent.
This horrific and little known incident which resulted in the death of two 16 year old children who had been been to church in 1961 at Gravesend. The story is unpleasant but serves as a case history of paraphilic coercive disorder. This is told...
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Season 7
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Episode 33
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44:08

Strange Stories: Brilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories.
Brilliant Chang, Eddie Manning, Freda Kempton and other stories. Moral Panics in the UK after WW1 made these characters well known to the British Public. These and other stories, mainly about scandal stories about London nightlife 100 years ago...
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Season 7
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Episode 32
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55:22

White Slavery moral panics and the first celebrity drug death in the UK
This is the second podcast setting the scene to examine crime gangs active in the UK between the two world wars.This rambling podcast is about the fear of white slavery and the first celebrity drug death in the UK.This podcast is not ed...
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Season 7
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Episode 31
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38:17
