Within the Boggart Wood: A Northern Counties Paranormal Podcast

About Within the Boggart Wood: A Northern Counties Paranormal Podcast

Welcome to Within the Boggart Wood, a northern counties paranormal, folklore and history podcast. Within the Boggart Wood is based in County Durham, UK and aims to delve into the rich folklore, ghostlore, archaeology and history of the north of England and the Scottish Borders. As well as historical tales, the podcast also features peoples’ real experiences with ghosts and the paranormal, adding a real life ghost story element to the project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Within the Boggart Wood

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Feb 2023

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

51 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   The Boggart Interviews... Walking with the Ghosts of Durham

   Welcome back to Within the Boggart Wood. In this episode, the Boggart interviews Andy Ross from Walking with the Ghosts of Durham and chats about upcoming ghost walks in Durham city, along with Andy's favourite local ghost story from Shincliffe in County Durham as well as his abiding interest in the UFO phenomenon. Walking with the Ghosts of Durham links: Website: https://walkingwiththeghostsofdurham.co.uk/ (https://walkingwiththeghostsofdurham.co.uk/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andyrossghostwhisperer (https://www.facebook.com/andyrossghostwhisperer) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@andyrossghostwhisperer9875 (https://www.youtube.com/@andyrossghostwhisperer9875) Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@walkingwiththegho (https://www.tiktok.com/@walkingwiththegho) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   4 Mar 2026

   Episode 37. Silky and her sisters: the Silkies of the North

   Welcome to Episode 37 of the Within the Boggart Wood podcast. We open with a listener story by Melanie who tells us of her ghostly experiences at Trewhitt Road in Heaton, Newcastle. Then I move on to an in-depth look at the 'Silky' phenomenon in the north, with am amble by Black Heaton, Denton Hall, Houndwood Hall and a few others. The episode closes with an article from the Gloucester Journal, 1730. Note that this article is a little graphic (murder detail) so discretion may be advised... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   30 Oct 2025

   Episode 36. The Lady's Well and Basque Abbey

   The Within the Boggart Wood podcast is back with Episode 36. In it, I delve into the history of the Lady's Well at Holystone in Northumberland, before looking at a peculiar 'real ghost story' reported in 1911 belonging to Basque Abbey near Durham - a location that doesn't appear to have existed: unless you know anything on that matter that I don't? Please get in touch if you have any info... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

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

Quality

2

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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