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The Local Mythstorian Podcast

Eli Lewis-Lycett

Hosted by founder of The Local Mythstorian project, Eli Lewis-Lycett, each episode focuses on Eli"s extensive research into a piece of folklore or curious local history from across Cheshire, Derbyshire or Staffordshire, revealing the hidden story within. Visit thelocalmythstorian.com for more.

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All Episodes

16:26

Bygone Derbyshire (Tales From Antiquaria Episode)

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2026/04/02

Hi listeners! I am aware that quite a few folks are still listening to The Local Mythstorian Podcast (great to see) and so I wanted to pop an episode of my Tales From Antiquaria podcast out here, with one eye on the future, and see how it goes down. Hope you enjoy! BYGONE DERBYSHIRE Divine intervention, low moral tones and the King of England! Welcome to Bygone Derbyshire, the 1892 work by William Andrews. 'The old judicial superstitions that the wounds of a murdered man shed forth fresh gore...

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20:47

Tales From Antiquaria - A History of the Ancient...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/11/12

Tales From Antiquaria is Eli's new podcast series, with each episode presenting highlights from a nineteenth century regional folklore collection. This is episode one that was released on 21st October 2025. If you enjoy the new podcast, you can subscribe directly here! A History of the Ancient Parish of Leek Spectacular natural phenomena, sundials made of ice and stories of a headless horseman! John Sleigh’s 1862 collection, A History of the Ancient Parish of Leek is the subject of our ...

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1:06

Tales From Antiquaria - Now Available In Your Feed

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/10/09

A quick update to let listeners know that Tales From Antiquaria is now live on platform feeds for folks to follow or subscribe to. Episode one is out very soon! Hope to see you over there, Eli Visit Tales From Antiquaria for more...

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3:17

The Archiving of The Local Mythstorian Podcast and...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/09/17

An update to inform listeners that the podcast will soon be archived to thelocalhythstorian.com and that Eli's new project - Tales From Antiquaria - is set to launch. Vist Tales From Antiquaria here to sign up for news.

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17:04

Village Horror Story - The Brutal Folklore of Civil...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/07/16

Although the previous episode - The History of Witchcraft In Cheshire - was the official end of the podcast, the recent discovery of a recording from back in 2023, long since assumed deleted, means there is one more 'lost' episode to release: Village Horror Story - The Brutal Folklore of Civil War Bagnall. In a peaceful, rural corner of North Staffordshire, famed for its well-dressings and idyllic atmosphere, two distinct memories of true human horror have found themselves handed down through...

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37:14

The History of Witchcraft In Cheshire - Live from The...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/05/30

The final episode of The Local Mythstorian Podcast is a live recording from Eli's talk at The Grange Theatre on Thursday May 22nd 2025, tracing the story of European witchcraft from its Roman origins through to the English witch-craze and into the county of Cheshire itself! Eli's new podcast series Tales From Antiquaria is out now on all major platforms Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit thelocalmythstorian.com

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39:16

The History of Witchcraft In Cheshire - Live from The...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/05/22

The final episode of The Local Mythstorian Podcast is a live recording from Eli's talk at The Grange Theatre on Thursday May 22nd 2025, tracing the story of European witchcraft from its Roman origins through to the English witch-craze and into the county of Cheshire itself! Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit thelocalmythstorian.com

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16:27

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: DEATH OF THE JAGGER (JOHN TURNER...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/05/20

The manner of John Turner's death and the creation of Jenkin Chapel are two of the most curious bookmarks in the history of Cheshire's peak border region. But by considering both events together with the darker history of the area, we may discover that old country superstitions still had remarkably strong ties to local belief structure during the early part of the eighteenth century. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit thelocalmythstoria...

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9:14

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: THE TALBOT CURSE (LADY GWENDOLINE...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/05/16

The Chained Oak of Alton may be a unique piece of British folklore, but its creation story suffers from such a swathe of supposition that many have come to assume there is no genuine historical basis for the legend at all. Yet in the tragic history of the family who sit at the heart of the piece we may well find that the tale is indeed rooted in reality, as we look to uncover why an ancient oak tree has been wrapped in iron chains for the better part of the past 200 years. Mythstoric Journey...

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35:11

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: A GHOST STORY FOR CHESHIRE (THE...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/05/13

The haunting of Marbury Park is one of Cheshire’s most enduring legends of the supernatural. Most retellings however, if not all, have simply sought to repeat the basics of the tale without looking deeper into the history of the protagonists within. When we do, and look to consider the legend within the context of its earliest form, we find a very different tale to tell, and one that is all the more fascinating for it. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is avail...

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12:08

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: INDUSTRIAL MAGIC (THE REAL WIZARDS...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/05/06

The image of the wizard has become synonymous with the Cheshire village of Alderley Edge largely thanks to a nineteenth century legend. Yet the deeper history of the area suggests that this connection to such magical figures is far from fantasy, and in fact may be the result of a very real, if extraordinary, historical legacy. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit thelocalmythstorian.com

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1:46

Albert's War - 80th Anniversary of VE Day Release...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/05/01

A quick update to let folks know that in honour of the 80th anniversary of VE Day I've made my grandfather's war memoir available in PDF for those so interested. A sergeant in the Royal Engineers, he saw action throughout North Africa and Italy. Just click on the link below and you can get it from the website. Download Albert's War here

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38:19

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: BLOOD IN THE BARLEY (THE HIDDEN...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/04/29

The Vale Royal Rebellion is a medieval tale of murder, manipulation and struggle set amidst one of the most turbulent periods in all of English history. Yet it is only when we bring the contributing political factors, key players and major events of the story together as one, that we can really appreciate just what a remarkable piece of Cheshire history the story truly is. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit thelocalmythstorian.com

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17:50

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: CHANGING GODS (MERCIAN...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/04/22

Arbor Low is regarded as one of the most important prehistoric sites in England and a bastion of our ancient cultural identity. It is most definitely a place of wonder, but its vision comes complete with the seemingly unanswerable conundrum as to how its once magnificent stone circle came to be pulled down and laid flat. Could the mystery become a little clearer when placed against the location’s direct and intimate connections to the religious wars of Dark Age Britain? Mythstoric Journeys, ...

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27:23

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: SCHOLAR OF MAGIC (RANULF HIGDEN...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/04/15

The Cheshire monk Ranulf Higden is remembered to historians today as the author of a distant world history from the fourteenth century. However, beyond his daily religious work in the abbey at Chester, he was an inquisitive and curious man of his age; traits that can help us understand better why such a figure of Christian piety would come to be buried with a notorious totem of the magical arts. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit theloc...

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20:12

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: THE MAGIC HATTERS (UNDERSTANDING...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/04/08

The story of the Bakewell witches is unique within the annals of English witchcraft and a tale thought by some to be so fantastical that it may not even be true. Yet research cannot only place the event firmly in the context of the times, but it can also help create a picture of the events that originally brought the story into being. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit thelocalmythstorian.com

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33:22

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: THE HUNGRY PROPHET (THE LEGENDARY...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/04/01

The story of Robert Nixon, the 'Cheshire Prophet’ starved to death by the king, was once the best known legend of the county, retold and republished dozens of times across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Precisely who the man was however, has always been something of a mystery, with many assuming he was little more than a fairy tale. Yet research suggests that not only was Robert a real-life figure, but that his bizarre and tragic end might just have been a reality too. Mythstoric ...

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33:40

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: INVISIBLE FORTRESS (THE VANISHING...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/03/26

The castle at Shipbrook near Davenham is long lost to us today, its last traces being cleared from the land in the 1790s. However, in balancing the brutal events of early Norman England together with the history of a key local family, not only can we better appreciate this often overlooked corner of medieval Cheshire, but perhaps for the first time, look to understand the story of Shipbrook Castle and its ties to a bloody revolt against King Henry IV. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthol...

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37:37

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: THE PHANTOM REBEL (IN SEARCH OF...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/03/19

The story that originally inspired The Local Mythstorian project and a tale quite unlike anything else in the British Isles! The Headless Horseman of the Staffordshire Moorlands is one of the best known pieces of folklore in the region, but where did it come from? Tracing the story of the horseman back through 650 years of local history, via Victorian ghost sightings and Arthurian literature, we uncover the shocking true story of medieval murder that lies at the heart of the spectre’s inspira...

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12:17

HISTORICAL RE-RUN: KING OF CHAOS (THE STRANGE LIVES...

The Local Mythstorian Podcast ·

2025/03/12

The figure of Samuel Johnson serves to both intrigue and fascinate, but so little of his story has been properly examined that ultimately he is little understood beyond triviality. Seeking to address that balance by casting a light across the life of one of the most remarkable and bizarre characters in all of Cheshire history, we discover that sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction. Mythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here! Visit theloc...

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