Weird in the Wade

About Weird in the Wade

Do you like your spooky stories with some historical context? Do you like your history with a pinch of the paranormal? Then Weird in the Wade is the podcast for you. Weird in the Wade is about all that’s weird, wonderful and a little off kilter in a small English town called Biggleswade and its surrounding area. Each episode we explore a story that will make you pause and ponder, whether its a haunting, flying saucers, witches, poisoners or body snatchers. Social history meets the unexplained in Weird in the Wade.

Publisher

Natalie Doig

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Apr 2023

Latest episode

1 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 57 episodes have a transcript.

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   1 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Top Secret Tempsford: WW2 and 21st Century ghosts

   Host Nat Doig explores Tempsford Hall's secret World War II espionage history and its lingering 21st-century hauntings, revealing stories of bravery and spectral encounters.

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   11 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   46 A Haunting At Tempsford Hall

   Host Nat Doig investigates a century-old haunting at Tempsford Hall, uncovering historical accounts and social context for unsettling paranormal activity.

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   27 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   45 My Paranormal Sleepover

   Join Nat for this 3 year anniversary and 50th episode celebration of Weird in the Wade at Biggleswade’s most haunted pub! (I know it says episode 45 but some bonus episodes weren't numbered.) Nat and the Scooby Gang (8 friends of the show) spent the night investigating in the bar of the Golden Pheasant. Very little sleep was had, but strange sounds, sensations and communicating with dowsing rods all took place. The Golden Pheasant was featured in the Halloween special episode of the podcast in October 2023. The pub is said to be haunted by a singing ghost and a Victorian lady. There’s a little girl phantom, teleporting Yorkshire puddings, and many other strange occurrences reported. Nat hears about a terrifying nightmare which still haunts one of the bar staff, and investigates former staff and landlords of the pub. There’s a Victorian publican who got in trouble with the law for his disgusting language, and another who was involved in a fatal steam engine accident. But can any of this history explain the strange goings on in the pub over the years. And will Olie Campbell’s guitar playing at 2am entice the singing ghost to join in? Thank you to the Scooby Gang: Rhiannon Barrow Bryan Bland Olie Campbell Paul Day Mikey Doyle Tom Harvey Steph Lay Andy Skilton Want to support the show and get ad free episodes then join the Weird in the Wade Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WeirdintheWade Follow the show on social media here: https://linktr.ee/weirdinthewade Researched, written, presented and produced by Nat Doig Additional editing by Tess Savigear Theme music by Tess Savigear Night Watch composed and performed by Olie Campbell Get in touch with Nat at weirdinthewade@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

Top Secret Tempsford: WW2 and 21st Century ghosts

Published 1 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The Stuarts have lost their home, but thankfully they are well insured. Many of the servants lose everything, including the cook, whose life savings, a bag of gold, is never recovered from the smouldering ruins. It is one of the most devastating fires of the 19th century within a country manor. […]

Who has been a guest on Weird in the Wade

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Francis Young
• Emma
• Matt Champion
• Emma Butler

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

6,806

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

62 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

329 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

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

Quality

15

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

92

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