The Local Mythstorian Podcast

A quick update from Eli to let folks know that The Local Mythstorian Podcast is returning in December!Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

The recent discovery of a recording from back in 2023, long since assumed deleted, means there is one more 'lost' episode to release in the current run of the podcast: 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 the years in local folklore. But far from being a product of gruesome embellishment, it could well prove to be the case that these stories of massacre and revenge are completely, horrifically true.Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

This 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!Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

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 more than most, centred on a grave that during an excavation 250 years ago, revealed the bones of a man who was over eight feet tall. Could it really be our famous figure in green?Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

Known as the father of science fiction, H.G. Wells is as famous today as he was in his heyday of the 1890s. What isn’t so well known however, is the time he spent as a younger man amidst the burgeoning industrial landscape of the Potteries; and how that experience helped inform the imagery of his best-known work, The War of the Worlds, and also change his own worldview forever.Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

Bringing together a selection of unique curios and local tales concerning folklore and haunting from across the ancient county of Cheshire, join Eli by the fireside in this Christmas special from The Local Mythstorian Podcast.Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

In this historically themed Halloween special, it's a personal tale from Eli regarding a very uncanny experience that he and his father shared when he was just 10 years old way back in 1993! Not quite a ghost story, but something wonderfully odd and beguiling, it was an experience that, thanks to the wonders of Google Earth, has since kicked up the strangest of possibilities - thirty years on from the event itself.Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

Originally released as a mini series of episodes regarding snippets of Cheshire lore and history.Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

Recorded live at The Grange Theatre, Hartford on May 16th 2024, the last regular episode in Season 2 of the podcast presents Eli's talk on the extraordinary local histories of Vale Royal. Topics covered include the Vale Royal Rebellion, the prophet Robert Nixon and the Devil in Cheshire folklore.Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook

The story of Thomas Meaykin's eighteenth century murder is a well-known legend of the Staffordshire Moorlands, yet there has never before been a full consideration of the circumstances surrounding his death, nor an inquiry into who may have killed him.Visit thelocalmythstorian.comMythstoric Journeys, the hardback anthology collection from Eli, is available here!Find The Local Mythstorian on Facebook