“Mr Hare’s ghosts are rather more interesting than his lords or his middle-class people”
A bonus Halloween episode featuirng a very well known terryfiying tale of a supernatural encounter in Cumbria.
Featuring: Victorians! A perfectly named gothic villain, who is not a villain! A surprising Irish detour! Unecessary speculation and intimation on my behalf! And an image which has haunted the nightmares of generations of English children. Or at the very least… mine.
Have a great Halloween and Samhain everyone, hope you enjoy this trip to the incredibly pleasing to say… Croglin Grange.
Eccentric characters…
“During the year 1927, the striking and somber figure of the Reverend Montague Sommers in black soutane and cloak, with buckled shoes—a la Louis Quatorze—and shovel hat could often have been seen entering or leaving the reading room of the British Museum, carrying a large black portfolio bearing on its side a white label, showing in blood-red capitals, the legend ‘VAMPIRES’.
Rev. Fanthorpe on Croglin Grange
This is the talk by Rev. Fanthorpe which I reference in the discussion section. I summarised it in the discussion section but cannot replicate his style – and the video is well worth watching just for that alone.
And as a bonus if you’ve never seen Fortean TV you can check it out here – along with trademark song at the end!
Selected Sources
- The Story of my Life – Augustus Hare, Vol 4-6 – The source
- Haunted houses : tales of the supernatural : with some account of hereditary curses and family legends – Charles G. Harper – Harper’s investigation
- MJ Wayland – Who was the Croglin Vampire A good blog post on the subject
Musical credits for Episode 53: More like Croglin Strange – am I right?!
Intro music from the incredibly talented Alice Nicholls Music
Outro music and other various by Josh Keely and Mitch Newman
Other music, used under various Creative Commons and public Domain licenses:
Universefield
Enigmatic Piano with a Mystical Atmosphere
Doug Maxwell
Solo Cello Passion
Myuu
Vicious
Jimena Contreras
Devil’s Organ
Goddess of the Sea
Lionel Schmitt
The Summoning
Castle of Darkness
Lee Rosevere
The Nightmare
Brian Bolger
Black Mass
Dead Forest
Jeremy Blake
Missing Persons
SOUND EFFECTS
Fire wood bonfire low eq. by homejrande
