The Local Mythstorian Podcast
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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 34 episodes
The Local Mythstorian Podcast
Latest Episodes
HISTORICAL RE-RUN: THE HUNGRY PROPHET (THE LEGENDARY SALE OF ROBERT NIXON)
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 howev...
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HISTORICAL RE-RUN: INVISIBLE FORTRESS (THE VANISHING OF SHIPBROOK CASTLE)
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 ...
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HISTORICAL RE-RUN: THE PHANTOM REBEL (IN SEARCH OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS)
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 whe...
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HISTORICAL RE-RUN: KING OF CHAOS (THE STRANGE LIVES OF SAMUEL JOHNSON)
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 l...
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The Long Grave - Little John and the Mystery of the Hathersage Giant
There are numerous legends regarding the subject of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws located throughout the UK. In the Derbyshire village of Hathersage however, there is a story concerning Robin’s chief lieutenant Little John that intrigues m...
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