Haunted Prisons: Ghosts of Joliet, Shepton Mallet, and Barlinnie
09/23/23 • 20 min
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While schools and universities boast urban legends alongside ghosts, prisons tend to be more like hospitals. You find tales of hauntings, but little in the way of folklore. It's probably due to the concentration of human life in one place - and the brutality that runs alongside it. Haunted prisons somehow don't seem so surprising.
Due to matters of space, our main focus is on just three prisons: Joliet Prison in Illinois, Shepton Mallet in Somerset, and Barlinnie Prison in Lanarkshire.
Let's dig into the newspapers and local history to find our tales of haunted prisons in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!
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While schools and universities boast urban legends alongside ghosts, prisons tend to be more like hospitals. You find tales of hauntings, but little in the way of folklore. It's probably due to the concentration of human life in one place - and the brutality that runs alongside it. Haunted prisons somehow don't seem so surprising.
Due to matters of space, our main focus is on just three prisons: Joliet Prison in Illinois, Shepton Mallet in Somerset, and Barlinnie Prison in Lanarkshire.
Let's dig into the newspapers and local history to find our tales of haunted prisons in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!
Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/haunted-prisons/
Pre-recorded illustrated talks: https://fabulousfolkloreschool.ezycourse.com/all-products?category=1035
Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/
Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595
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The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts with Delyth Badder and Mark Norman
1 RecommendationsThis month, I've got the absolute pleasure of bringing back not one but two previous guests, since they've only gone and written a book together!
Yes, I mean Mark Norman and Dr Delyth Badder, co-authors of The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts.
So in this chat, we'll be talking about misconceptions about Welsh folklore, types of Welsh ghost, and what it's like co-writing a book! Enjoy...
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Haunted Libraries: Footsteps and Shushes in the Stacks
1 RecommendationsHaunted libraries became famous with Ghostbusters. Our heroes investigate disturbances at the New York Public Library and encounter a ghost that tells them to shush.
Surprisingly, this doesn't seem to be so far off the mark if we look at tales of haunted libraries. What stories of ghosts are there from these book-loving spaces of calm?
Let's go ghost-hunting at the Lit & Phil in Newcastle, three libraries in Oxford, the Senate House Library, and Raglan Castle in Wales in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!
Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/haunted-libraries/
Ghosts of Senate House blog - https://ghostsofsenatehouse.blogspot.com/
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