Tea, Crumpets and Horror
Tea, Crumpets and Horror
Tea, Crumpets and Horror
A very British podcast looking into the weird, dark, wonderful and downright horrible history of the UK and the surrounding Isles. Music: 'Before you know' by Luella Gren Episodes loaded every Monday
Episode 29 pt 3: Whose poo is who?
This is the third and final part on the life of Aleister Crowley and things are not going well for the old occultist. With his money all gone and reputation in ruins, what is a man to do?
Apr 26, 2022
1 hr 4 min
Episode 30: The Royal Oak Pug
We are back from an unexpected hiatus with new plans and a new episode. First up, episodes will be posted every other week on Mondays (just not this week because we fail at life).    To kick off our return we are going to tell you about how buying a chicken burger led to a triple murder back in 1734.
Apr 12, 2022
43 min
Episode 29 pt 2: FENTONNNNNNNN!!!!!!!
In part two of our trip through Aleister Crowley’s life, things are really heating up. Aleister does a whole bunch of stuff like climb mountains, get’s married, make friends, becomes a dad, writes some books, travels to a bunch of places and creates THELMA all in the span of 14 years.
Mar 14, 2022
1 hr 15 min
Midnight Snack Ep 13: It’s been a bunch of stuff
It’s a midnight snack and we are going to give you two stories where someone is named Bond. We also discuss how National Treasure David Attenborough found himself tangled up in a 131 year old murder mystery.
Feb 28, 2022
48 min
Episode 29: Where is he? Mexicoooo!!!
This week we discuss the weird case of a dog-stealing sister. Then we start a three-part story on the infamous Aleister Crowley by looking at his childhood, his involvement in the hermetic order of the golden dawn and what happened at Boleskine House.
Feb 21, 2022
1 hr 14 min
Episode 28: Granny hustling beach-hut on Mars
This week we talk about the very creepy discovery of a stalker’s shrine in Australia and the life and unsolved murder of Jill Dando.
Feb 14, 2022
54 min
Midnight Snack ep 12: The rain in Staines falls mainly on...Staines
It’s a midnight snack baby! In 1952, Lynmoth was nearly destroyed by a flash flood however, some don’t believe that this was a simple act of mother nature.
Jan 24, 2022
31 min
Episode 27: The Sopwith Horse
Back with another full episode, we are discussing one of the darkest days in football history - The Bradford Stadium Fire.
Jan 17, 2022
1 hr 4 min
Episode 26: How the human hole goes
This week we take a look at the UK’s very own Milk Carton Kids...
Jan 10, 2022
58 min
Episode 25 part 3: ”Jesus.” ”No, Jubdib.”
Our last episode for the year sees us bring the case of Harold Shipman to a close. We take a look at the investigation, the trial, the inquiry and some very disturbing statistics.
Dec 20, 2021
1 hr 14 min
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