Biggleswade podcast Weird in the Wade wins gold

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Independent Bedfordshire podcast Weird in the Wade won Gold for the Best History Podcast at the British Podcast Awards in London on Thursday 26th September 2024. Beating off stiff competition from multi award winning BBC podcasts to claim the prize. Nat Doig, who makes the show at home, in a makeshift studio, spoke with us about the success of her podcast.

I started Weird in the Wade as a hobby, just a bit of fun really. I was encouraged by the listeners of the BBC podcast Uncanny to tell the story of Biggleswade's haunted Poundstretcher (now Jones' coffee shop and gym.) I thought I'd a make a couple of episodes. 18 months and 20+ episodes later I can't quite believe that my show has won Gold.

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The awards night in London was an absolute dream. I attended hoping for a lovely night out and to perhaps meet some of my podcasting heroes. To win was a complete shock to me. I'm over the moon, overwhelmed and thrilled to have won.

I just want to thank all of my listeners and those who have supported Weird in the Wade over the last year and a half. I couldn't make the show with out your encouragement and co-operation!

Nat Doig being handed awardNat Doig being handed award
Nat Doig being handed award

You can find out who else won and were nominated for the awards at the British Podcast Awards website: www.britishpodcastawards.com/results-2024

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Weird in the Wade is about local history of the more unusual kind. I've covered everything from ghost stories, flying saucer hoaxes, big cat sightings, Victorian poisoners, body snatchers and Biggleswade's mysterious tunnels. The latest episode which was released on Monday 30th September is about a Victorian spiritualist John Francis Hunt, who ran a bookshop in Biggleswade for 50 years. He believed he was in contact with Shakespeare's ghost. He also meddled in police investigations, went on treasure hunts and was a much loved local character. Thanks to a letter he wrote to Scotland Yard I was able to solve the mystery of Potton Road's "Murder Bridge."

I hope my podcast shows how interesting and rich the history and people of Bedfordshire are. You can listen to Weird in the Wade wherever you get your podcasts or at the website: weirdinthewade.podbean.com/

Coming up in the next few months are stories about two Bedfordshire witches, hauntings at Henlow Camp, Chicksands Priory and a current haunting in Biggleswade.

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