Medieval Mystery: Who Were the Green Children of Woolpit?

04/21/25 • 11 min

Medieval Mystery: Who Were the Green Children of Woolpit?
In the 1100s, two children appeared in a field outside a quiet English village. They didn’t speak the language. Their clothes were unfamiliar. And their skin? It was green.
They said they came from a place without sunlight. A land of permanent twilight, where everything—even the people—was tinted green. One of them didn’t survive. The other lived long enough to tell the story. And it’s weird. Really weird.
In this episode of 10 Minute Mystery, we’re digging into the strange case of the Green Children of Woolpit. Documented by not one but two medieval historians, this isn’t just folklore—it’s a mystery that’s been passed down for nearly 900 years. Were they lost refugees? Victims of war? Malnourished or misremembered? Or... did they actually come from somewhere else entirely?
This is the kind of story that sticks in your brain whether you want it to or not. Because it doesn’t need to make sense to be unforgettable.
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10 Minute Mystery - Medieval Mystery: Who Were the Green Children of Woolpit?

Transcript

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,280 In 12th century England, two kids wandered out of the woods and into a field. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:10,640 That's weird enough, kind of, but they also had green skin. 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,600 Like actually green. 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,920 They didn't speak English, they wore clothes, no one recognized, 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,160 and according to them, they came from a land where the sun didn't shine. 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,920 This is the