Episode 77 - Haunted Theatres: The Christmas Butterfly
It’s Christmas time again – Happy Holidays everybody whatever festival you are celebrating and if you don’t have any particular festivals or celebrations at this time of year then you are still more than welcome to join us for a little bit of creepy fun! So, get your Christmas crackers on standby and buckle up for the Knock Once For Yes Christmas special 2024
This episode we have an old favourite on the paranormal radar, who has some thoughts on both Santa Claus & somewhat bizzarely, Swindon Town Football club. We have listeners stories from Caroline, Rowan, Verity and a short story from Mateo Oxley, we tread the boards in search of ghosts at the Theatre Royal in Bath and, get ready to play along with the inaugural game of pretentious word bingo and, of course, the terribly cheesy, KOFY Christmas quiz!
Intro: 00:00:00
Paranormal Radar: 00:05:09
Quiz question 1: 00:09:48
Caroline’s Story: 00:14:05
Quiz question 1 answer and question 2: 00:23:21
Rowan’s Story: 00:34:34
Quiz question 2 answer and question 3: 00:46:49
Verity’s Story: 00:55:29
Quiz question 3 answer and Listener question: 00:59:54
Matteo’s Story: 01:13:58
Quiz – Listener question answer: 01:16:39
Pretentious Word Bingo: 01:20:31
Haunted Theatres: 01:23:11
Christmas Cracker & Outro: 02:18:50
Paranormal Radar:
Swindon Advertiser – Woman urges S.T.F.C to embrace ghosts
Sky News – Singer Divorces Ghost
BBC – Swindon Football club haunted
Haunted Theatres:
History of Pantomime:
History Extra – The origins of Christmas Pantomimes
Victoria & Albert Museum – The story of Pantomime
University of York – The History of Pantomime
Feast of Fools:
Historic UK – A Tudor Christmas
The Earl of Manchester’s Regiment of Foote – The Reign of the Lords of Misrule
Mumming:
English Folk Song and Dance Society – Mumming
BBC Meet the Ghost Hunters 1975 Documentary:
YouTube – BBC: Meet the Ghosthunters
The Theatre Royal Bath:
Theatre Royal – 360 degree virtual tour of Bath Theatre Royal
The Original Theatre Royal Bath:
David Garrick:
City of Bath:
Beau Nash:
BBC – Local Legend: Beau Nash’s Bath
Juliana Popjoy:
Bath in Time: Annual Register 1777
Beau Nash’s House:
Bridgerton locations in Bath:
Beautiful Bath – Bridgerton Locations
Bath Ghost Stories:
Somerset and Bath Paranormal – The Garrick’s Head Pub
Books:
Betty Puttick Supernatural England 2002- ISBN 978 1 85306 769 3
Nick Bromley – Stage Ghosts and Haunted Theatres – 2021 – LNP Books 978-0-9572683-1-9
Lil Quiz Questions:
Ghost of Thespis
Broadway Direct – 13 theatre superstitions
David Garrick’s Mechanical Wig
Jstor – Theatre Journal Vol. 34 No. 4
Palace Theatre
Press reader – Ghosts, take your seats …
Fitz’s Quiz Questions
Leaving Beds empty on Christmas Eve in Norway
Larsblog – The True Meaning of Christmas
Snapdragon
Atlas Obscura – Victorian Parlor Games
Yule Log
Fulham Palace – Christmas Traditions
Listener question
