logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2022
35m 52s

Season 06 Episode 24: This Woman's Work

iHeartPodcasts
About this episode

When asked once what inspired her novel, The Woman in Black, Susan Hill replied that her chief ingredient was atmosphere, which I think sums it up perfectly.

Some have suggested she might also have found inspiration from a little-known haunting, said to have taken place in Cheltenham back in the late 1880s.

This is that story. 

Go to twitter @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Up next
Jan 30
Season 09 Episode 10: Me and the Devil Blues
Sometime in the mid 1930s, a young budding bluesman appeared on the scene, suddenly possessed of a talent for playing the guitar, which he’d never shown before. Over time a strange rumour began to spread, that the young man hadn't achieved his talent all on his own... Written by ... Show More
30m 22s
Jan 23
Season 09 Episode 09: The Uninvited (Pt.2 of 2)
The second and final part of Season 09 Episode 09: The Uninvited After years appearing to endure a series of increasingly bizarre and terrifying paranormal occurrences in their home, the Smurl family finally decide to call in some real help. Enter Lorraine and Ed Warren, perhaps ... Show More
38m 48s
Jan 16
Season 09 Episode 09: The Uninvited (Pt.1 of 2)
What if you invested so much in a new home that you were forced to stay, even once you realised that you might not be the only inhabitants? And what if those other, most unwelcome housemates proved to be more frightening than anything you could possibly imagine? Written by Neil M ... Show More
33m 18s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 2019
MONSTRUO SEASON II
MonstruoPodcast.comFrom the collective minds of Jack Luna (Dark Topic), Tyler Bell (The Westside Fairytales) and Mike Boudet (Sword and Scale) comes Monstruo, the most disturbing podcast ever made. Nine stories, carefully crafted, one year in the making. Each two part episode of ... Show More
27m 50s
Dec 2023
#39 Private Moment - Zeze Millz shares her experiences of racism
Welcome back to Private Parts, the podcast where nothing is off limits. It's Monday and you guessed it, we are back with another Private Moment. These are where we go back into our archives to find little snippets from previous episodes for you all to enjoy. Today, we journey bac ... Show More
13m 57s
Nov 2017
Secrets and Séances
Helen Duncan was a famous medium who travelled around Britain in the 1940s performing séances. She claimed to speak to the dead, and even produce physical manifestations of their spirits. But when Helen Duncan seemed to know wartime secrets about the whereabouts of military ships ... Show More
33m 46s
Jan 2021
Behind the Scenes Minis: Late 2020 Wrap Up
Tracy and Holly talk about the travel thoughts that the show's recent Unearthed! episode brings up. Talk also turns to the various biases that people have had when looking at history, and how that can obscure the ways we interpret information. Learn more about your ad-choices at ... Show More
10m 50s
Apr 2022
403 The Wonderful World of Mysteries (A Best-of-HOL Episode)
Mysteries! In this best-of episode, Jacke revisits conversations with three guests for three different angles on this popular and enduring literary genre. First, Jonah Lehrer (Mystery: A Seduction, A Strategy, A Solution) discusses what exactly makes mysteries so compelling. Then ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2021
Behind the Scenes Minis: The Tarbell Episodes
Tracy talks about the coincidences she encountered while researching this week's episodes. Talk then turns to how complicated Ida Tarbell's story is. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
9m 8s
Sep 2020
Six Impossible Episodes: There’s a Book About That!
These are episodes that we’d love to do as a full-length episode, and we’ve gotten listener quests for most of them. But there’s a book that’s so central to the subject that the book is really the place to go. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.c ... Show More
35m 18s
Nov 2022
Behind the Scenes Minis: Worms, Hikes and Tekahionwake
Tracy and Holly talk about animated shows, camping, and the items that didn't make it into the most recent Unearthed! episode. They then discuss the legacy of Pauline Johnson, and criticisms of her work that perceive it as inauthentic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor ... Show More
18m 45s
May 2022
Asma Khan with Isy Suttie
<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie is joined by restaurateur and author, Asma Khan.</p><br><p>Asma speaks to Isy about her most recent work, her cookbook/memoir, Ammu. They also discuss food and its connection to memory, how revelatory the writing process was for her ... Show More
50m 25s