What kind of uncanny creature leaps onto a corpse and rides in a hearse? What on earth are graveyard dogs? Is it a ghost? A supernatural omen? Or something stranger still? 👻🕯️
In this week’s episode of the Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast, author and folklorist Mark Rees dives deep into the unexplained with a collection of spine-tingling tales that defy easy categorisation.
This paranormal lucky dip is packed with strange phenomena, folkloric curiosities, and uncanny happenings pulled from the rich oral traditions and haunted history of Wales – oh, and graveyard dogs!
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- A mysterious black dog that interrupts a funeral in chilling fashion
- A goblin encounter that leaves two women lost in plain sight
- A ghost that can’t be ignored — from throwing stones to crashing sounds
- Retired pirates – yes, retired pirates!
Each short, vivid encounter has waited in the wings—too unusual, too fragmented, or simply too weird to stand alone. But now, drawn together, they form a rich, haunted tapestry of Welsh folklore, ghost stories, and mythic oddities.
Short and Sweet Spine-chillers
These snippets may be brief, but they echo larger themes in Welsh mythology—death omens, haunted bridges, supernatural beasts, and even whispers of pirates and Roman treasure. Could they be part of a hidden narrative, a folkloric map waiting to be deciphered?
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From chilling true accounts in Paranormal Wales to Victorian reports retold in Ghosts of Wales, each book uncovers the darker side of Welsh history and supernatural belief.
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