Midsummer Horror
Folk horror stories & ghostly goings-on for the solstice.
Welcome to Midsummer Horror on BBC Sounds
Don your robes for a brand new Misdummer Horror collection for BBC Sounds
Uncanny: The Torrelaguna House Part 1
Sinister events in Spain in a new Uncanny Summer Special.
1948 report on the midsummer ceremony at Stonehenge
The Ancient Order of Druids gather at Stonehenge for their annual summer solstice ceremony
Episode 1: The House—Assume Nothing, A Belfast Haunting
Summer, 1989 – rumours spread about strange events in a terraced house in West Belfast.
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Black magic comes to Norfolk in 1963
Creepy scenes as ancient sites appear to show signs of black magic in the Norfolk area
Shard—Drama on 4
Atmospheric folk horror about communes, nature and the price that must be paid.
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The Modern-Day Witches of 1982
In 1982 The Afternoon Show visited some kindly witches to hear their side of the story
1: The Barrowbeck Survey—Voices in the Valley
Maxine Peake kicks off ten chilling strange tales from the folk-horror author of The Loney
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Fear in the Furrows
Exploring the darker side of the landscape and the revival of Folk Horror in the arts.
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EF Benson - The Terror by Night
Inexplicable moods and smells mar a friendly reunion. What can it mean? Read by Brian Gear
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Witch: 1. The Spark in the Fire
India Rakusen finds out what it means to call yourself a witch today.
1. BETHLEHEM—DEADHOUSE
Unable to move or speak, you listen as your fate is determined by petty bureaucrats.
England's Darkest Folklore—After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Dark folk tales from England: from misty peaks, to dark roads, and rough waters.
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Episode 1—Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Written by Timothy X Atack; read by Amanda Lawrence.
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Episode 1: 63 Wycliffe Road—The Battersea Poltergeist
Strange events start at an ordinary house in South London. Is it a poltergeist?
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Old Mother Leakey: the ghost of Minehead—Secret Somerset
A ghost, a bishop and mysterious shipwrecks around Minehead harbour.
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Four Hauntings and a Phoney Funeral—Secret Kent
Exploring the spooky tales of Scotney Castle.
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The Stolen Body—HG Wells, Ghost Stories by HG Wells
When a researcher experiments with astral projection, an interested party intervenes.
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Chapter 1—The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Henry James’ chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.
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Briony—The Hotel
Daisy Johnson's darkly haunting ghost story set in an isolated hotel.
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Night Terrors by Lizzie Nunnery—Weird Tales, Series 3
Victoria can't sleep at night. Then bad dreams haunt her waking hours.
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A Warning To The Curious by M.R. James—Twenty Minutes
Alex Jennings reads M.R. James' ghost story set on the windswept coast of East Anglia.
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The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us—Outlook
Robin Hardy’s obsessive quest to make this iconic horror movie would devastate his family
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The Wicker Man Verb—The Verb
Ian McMillan presents The Wicker Man Verb - marking 50 years of the iconic film.
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