On September evenings the ghost of a murdered nun is said to haunt Pennis Lane (note the double 'N') in the Kent village of Fawkham Green. For reasons unexplained, her skull is now kept in the attic of a nearby house and it is deemed bad luck to remove it 

Also today - the 13th September - is the anniversary of the start of the Straw Hat Riots in New York City in 1922. Apparently it was socially unacceptable for men to wear straw boaters after 15th September and an invitation to have them knocked from your head and stomped on. The riots began when a mob of youths jumped the gun and started stomping on hats two days prematurely.

The next Weird Tales Radio Show podcast is in the can – recorded and edited – out this Thursday – everything from Screaming Skulls to Leprechauns and Riots over Straw Boaters!

Episode #30 - 16th August of the Weird Tales Radio Show podcast is our Mischievous Faeries edition and, along with recounting the legends and folklore of the Willy Howe barrow, we look at the latest reports that pyramids have mystical powers, and have a recipe for using spells to magic up money.​

​Available on iTunes and multiple podcasting platforms, as well as the player below.

Episode #28 - 2nd August: of our weekly Weird Tales Radio Show podcast is our Lammas and Lughnasadh edition where, along with walking statues, we air the concluding part of our interview with writer and historian Andrew B. Collins about the Denisovans and Gobekli Tepe.

Check out the latest podcast episode #26 - 19 July: This our Top Hats & Brass Goggles edition as we talk to Australian writer & podcaster Madeleine D’Este about Steampunk, Fortean, Folklore, the Paranormal and Bunyips. Yes, bunyips. Available on all the usual podcast platforms and by clicking the <Play> link below.

Check out this week's podcast episode #25 - 12 July: Roswell and its UFO (or weather balloon!!) remembered + we look at some infamous paranormal hoaxes + it's Jenny Burn-Tail month so don't let will-o-the-wisps lure you away! Available on all the usual podcast platforms and by clicking the <Player> link below.