Tales From the Otherwood

About Tales From the Otherwood

A monthly podcast exploring the folk tales and folklore of the East Midlands and beyond. Dylan Knight acts as both our guide and storyteller as we explore these stories from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Derbyshire as well as the lore and legends behind them. Podcast art work by Adaptive on https://www.facebook.com/AdaptivePhotoMedia And Kristian Lander of http://www.assap.ac.uk/ (http://www.assap.ac.uk/) Feel free to contact me at: talesfromtheotherwood@gmail.com On Instagram @tales_from_the_otherwood Or simply send me a text message on the website, all you have to do is click onto an episode, look for the link that says “Send us a Text Message” at the bottom of the episode description, click and contact me. Easy!

Publisher

Dylan Knight

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Dec 2022

Latest episode

3 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Oct 2026

   Tales From the Goose Fair: The Ghost of George's Lane

   'Expecting to see a scarecrow in the breeze or even a jacket possibly discarded by a farmer, Lawrence was very surprised to see: striding along, a very tall man wearing a black wide brimmed hat.... his long black cloak that was fastened by a bright chain shining silver in the moonlight. …. Lawrence couldn’t see his face, but he could see the gentleman had a hooked nose.' In early October 1930, young Lawrence Bardhill makes his way homeward after an evening with friends at Nottingham's Goose F...

2. 

   25 Feb 2026

   Two Tales of Nottinghamshire Folk Horror by Mel Bhavsar

   This month’s episode brings two folk horror tales written by local Nottingham storyteller and writer Mel Bhavsar. ‘Maria’ explores the feeling we have about wanting to take a walk in the woods and leaving our everyday modern life behind, but what if you don’t want to leave the forest? And more to the point, what if the forest doesn’t want you to leave either? ‘In the Dark of Wellbeck’ follows the thoughts of a project manager who finds himself mysteriously drawn into the undergrou...

3. 

   21 Dec 2025

   Sermon For The Dead

   This Derbyshire tale brings us a more spooky kind of story for Christmas.... A new parson moves to the village of Derwent. He gets on with the locals, is surrounded by beautiful views all around and all his sermons are fully attended, everything is as it should be.... until local parishioners ask him to comply with a local tradition involving his sermon on the first Sunday after Christmas.... Send us a text You can contact Dylan by email on: talesfromtheotherwood@gmail.com And Instagram: @...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

8

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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