Podcasts by Other Edens
Journeys through the dark, mysterious and weird towns and villages in the British Isles. Each episode, a new place with new stories.
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5: The Ballad of Reading Services from 2022-12-23T15:27:10
Christmas Day, 2021. I stop at Reading motorway services and find graffiti on the wall of a toilet cubicle: two locals, Gavin and Chelsea, are hacking brains using their iPhones. This Christma...
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4: A History of the English Village from 2022-11-29T06:50
What makes the quintessential English village? A church? A pub? A post office? A cricket pitch?
Everyone knows the English village, whether it's from real life or via The Vicar of Dib... Listen
Everyone knows the English village, whether it's from real life or via The Vicar of Dib... Listen
3: The Maunsell Sea Forts: Iron islands in the Thames from 2022-11-21T06:05
In 1942, an engineer named Guy Maunsell constructed a series of audacious defensive towers out where the Thames estuary meets the North Sea. These structures – known now as the Maunsell Sea Fo...
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2: Lewes: a town of smoke and flame from 2022-11-04T06:00
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
Well, in the East Sussex town of Lewes, that 1605 a... Listen
Well, in the East Sussex town of Lewes, that 1605 a... Listen
1: Pluckley: England's most haunted village from 2022-10-31T06:00
Nestled away in Kent is the small village of Pluckley. It looks charming and chocolate boxy: a pub, a butcher, a post office and a churchyard. But scratch that veneer and you find a place that...
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Coming on Halloween... Other Edens from 2022-10-28T09:17:16
All things must change. As surely as winter bursts into spring life, spring into bountiful summer, summer into the falling leaves of autumn and autumn back into the denuded branches of winter,...
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The Town That Knew Too Much: The Doughnut from 2021-09-01T06:00
The Doughnut. A giant circular low-rise office block in west Cheltenham; it is, jokingly I'm sure, said to look from above like a giant bullseye.
Here, the men and women of GCHQ go to... Listen
Here, the men and women of GCHQ go to... Listen
S2 Ep7: The Town That Knew Too Much: The Doughnut from 2021-09-01T06:00
The Doughnut. A giant circular low-rise office block in west Cheltenham; it is, jokingly I'm sure, said to look from above like a giant bullseye.
Here, the men and women of GC... Listen
Here, the men and women of GC... Listen
S2 Ep6: The Town That Knew Too Much: The Black Abbot from 2021-08-25T06:00
Where do the dead go when they die? Do we file them away in obituaries? Or celebrate them at a memorial service and slowly forget their day-to-day existence?
This is a story o... Listen
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The Town That Knew Too Much: The Black Abbot from 2021-08-25T06:00
Where do the dead go when they die? Do we file them away in obituaries? Or celebrate them at a memorial service and slowly forget their day-to-day existence?
This is a story of death.... Listen
This is a story of death.... Listen
The Town That Knew Too Much: Time of Trial from 2021-08-18T06:00
Geoffrey Prime, Soviet spy at GCHQ, has been arrested on sexual offences against children. But that was just the start of his world unravelling. And as the Prime affair came to a boil, the gru...
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S2 Ep5: The Town That Knew Too Much: Time of Trial from 2021-08-18T06:00
Geoffrey Prime, Soviet spy at GCHQ, has been arrested on sexual offences against children. But that was just the start of his world unravelling. And as the Prime affair came to a boil, the gru...
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The Town That Knew Too Much: The Wishing Fish Clock from 2021-08-11T06:00
There's a clock in Cheltenham that hangs above a shopping arcade. Below its face a magnificent golden fish rotates and, on the half hour spews bubbles. It is a singular work from a singular mi...
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S2 Ep4: The Town That Knew Too Much: The Wishing Fish Clock from 2021-08-11T06:00
There's a clock in Cheltenham that hangs above a shopping arcade. Below its face a magnificent golden fish rotates and, on the half hour spews bubbles. It is a singular work from a singular mi...
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The Town That Knew Too Much: Through The Looking Glass from 2021-08-04T06:00
This is the story of a man who had not one but two double lives. It is the story of the disorientating topsy-turvy world you'll find through the looking glass, where all is not what it seems. ...
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S2 Ep3: The Town That Knew Too Much: Through The Looking Glass from 2021-08-04T06:00
This is the story of a man who had not one but two double lives. It is the story of the disorientating topsy-turvy world you'll find through the looking glass, where all is not what it seems. ...
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The Town That Knew Too Much: Enigmas from 2021-07-28T06:00
Enigmas. Things that cannot be understood; things that must be unravelled and unriddled. Things that are not what they seem.
This series is, in many ways, about enigmas, but here we'r... Listen
This series is, in many ways, about enigmas, but here we'r... Listen
S2 Ep2: The Town That Knew Too Much: Enigmas from 2021-07-28T06:00
Enigmas. Things that cannot be understood; things that must be unravelled and unriddled. Things that are not what they seem.
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S2 Ep1: The Town That Knew Too Much: The Devil's Chimney from 2021-07-21T06:00
Tucked away in a scenic corner of the Cotswolds, you'll find the Regency spa town of Cheltenham. It could be more English: from royal visits to Jane Austen re-enactments, it has everything an ...
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The Town That Knew Too Much: The Devil's Chimney from 2021-07-21T06:00
Tucked away in a scenic corner of the Cotswolds, you'll find the Regency spa town of Cheltenham. It could be more English: from royal visits to Jane Austen re-enactments, it has everything an ...
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S2: Coming Soon... The Town That Knew Too Much from 2021-07-14T10:16:22
Set in the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, in a part of England known for its beautiful Regency architecture, famous public schools and sky-high house prices, is the idyllic town of Cheltenham...
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Coming Soon... The Town That Knew Too Much from 2021-07-14T10:16:22
Set in the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, in a part of England known for its beautiful Regency architecture, famous public schools and sky-high house prices, is the idyllic town of Cheltenham...
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S1 Ep6: The Town That Didn't Stare: Why East Grinstead? from 2020-08-10T06:00
East Grinstead, the home of Scientologists, Mormons, Rosicrucians and more; a nexus for ley lines, a perfect Prime Meridian settlement and Britain's most haunted town. But why?
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S1 Ep6: The Town That Didn't Stare: Why East Grinstead? from 2020-08-10T06:00
East Grinstead, the home of Scientologists, Mormons, Rosicrucians and more; a nexus for ley lines, a perfect Prime Meridian settlement and Britain's most haunted town. But why?
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The Town That Didn't Stare: Why East Grinstead? from 2020-08-10T06:00
East Grinstead, the home of Scientologists, Mormons, Rosicrucians and more; a nexus for ley lines, a perfect Prime Meridian settlement and Britain's most haunted town. But why?
Why is... Listen
Why is... Listen
The Town That Didn't Stare: A Very British Killing from 2020-08-03T06:00
In 1556, three martyrs are burned at the stake. In 1812, the Prime Minister is gunned down in the House of Commons. And in 1996 a businessman is shot returning to his mansion.
This is... Listen
This is... Listen
S1 Ep5: The Town That Didn't Stare: A Very British Killing from 2020-08-03T06:00
In 1556, three martyrs are burned at the stake. In 1812, the Prime Minister is gunned down in the House of Commons. And in 1996 a businessman is shot returning to his mansion.
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5: The Town That Didn't Stare: A Very British Killing from 2020-08-03T06:00
In 1556, three martyrs are burned at the stake. In 1812, the Prime Minister is gunned down in the House of Commons. And in 1996 a businessman is shot returning to his mansion.
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4: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Guinea Pig Club from 2020-07-27T06:00
What is the Guinea Pig Club?
At the height of the Second World War, the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead played host to one of the most remarkable and revolutionary medica... Listen
At the height of the Second World War, the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead played host to one of the most remarkable and revolutionary medica... Listen
The Town That Didn't Stare: The Guinea Pig Club from 2020-07-27T06:00
What is the Guinea Pig Club?
At the height of the Second World War, the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead played host to one of the most remarkable and revolutionary medical facili... Listen
At the height of the Second World War, the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead played host to one of the most remarkable and revolutionary medical facili... Listen
S1 Ep4: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Guinea Pig Club from 2020-07-27T06:00
What is the Guinea Pig Club?
At the height of the Second World War, the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead played host to one of the most remarkable and revolutionary medica... Listen
At the height of the Second World War, the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead played host to one of the most remarkable and revolutionary medica... Listen
3: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Ley of the Land from 2020-07-20T06:00
There is something that makes East Grinstead special, and has drawn extraordinary people to what looks, on the surface, like a very ordinary town. Amongst those who read the land like a book –...
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The Town That Didn't Stare: The Ley of the Land from 2020-07-20T06:00
There is something that makes East Grinstead special, and has drawn extraordinary people to what looks, on the surface, like a very ordinary town. Amongst those who read the land like a book –...
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S1 Ep3: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Ley of the Land from 2020-07-20T06:00
There is something that makes East Grinstead special, and has drawn extraordinary people to what looks, on the surface, like a very ordinary town. Amongst those who read the land like a book –...
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2: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Scientologists on the Hill from 2020-07-13T06:00
In 1959, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, one of the world's most controversial religions, bought a manor house in the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead. In doing so, he changed ...
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The Town That Didn't Stare: The Scientologists on the Hill from 2020-07-13T06:00
In 1959, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, one of the world's most controversial religions, bought a manor house in the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead. In doing so, he changed ...
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S1 Ep2: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Scientologists on the Hill from 2020-07-13T06:00
In 1959, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, one of the world's most controversial religions, bought a manor house in the sleepy Sussex town of East Grinstead. In doing so, he changed ...
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1: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Land of the South Saxons from 2020-07-06T09:04:05
From the early humans of the Middle Pleistocene era through to the Norman conquest, the history of Sussex is a tale for the ages. East Grinstead, the town that didn't stare, is nestled in this...
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The Town That Didn't Stare: The Land of the South Saxons from 2020-07-06T09:04:05
From the early humans of the Middle Pleistocene era through to the Norman conquest, the history of Sussex is a tale for the ages. East Grinstead, the town that didn't stare, is nestled in this...
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S1 Ep1: The Town That Didn't Stare: The Land of the South Saxons from 2020-07-06T09:04:05
From the early humans of the Middle Pleistocene era through to the Norman conquest, the history of Sussex is a tale for the ages. East Grinstead, the town that didn't stare, is nestled in this...
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Coming Soon... The Town That Didn't Stare from 2020-06-15T09:41:48
There is a town in southern England, nestled between the ancient Ashdown Forest and the untamed beauty of the High Weald, called East Grinstead. Locals refer to it as "the town that didn't sta...
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Coming Soon... The Town That Didn't Stare from 2020-06-15T09:41:48
There is a town in southern England, nestled between the ancient Ashdown Forest and the untamed beauty of the High Weald, called East Grinstead. Locals refer to it as "the town that didn't sta...
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S1: Coming Soon... The Town That Didn't Stare from 2020-06-15T09:41:48
There is a town in southern England, nestled between the ancient Ashdown Forest and the untamed beauty of the High Weald, called East Grinstead. Locals refer to it as "the town that didn't sta...
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