On Halloween night in 2009, a woman dressed as the Corpse Bride entered a costume competition at the Foxlydiate Arms in Redditch. The organiser remembered speaking to her. Some of the people watching remembered seeing her too. Others insisted there had been nobody there at all.
Then the guest list was checked.
The strange Halloween encounter is only one part of the Foxlydiate story. Long before the pub was built, travellers were already telling stories about a ghostly vehicle heard racing through the darkness. It became known as the Flying Hearse, and according to an old warning, anyone who actually saw it would be dead within a year.
In this episode of Ghost Tales by the Fireside, we explore the haunted history and folklore of Foxlydiate, including the Corpse Bride, the Flying Hearse, the White Lady, the mysterious figure known as Tom, and the real-life murder of Hannah Middleton in 1902.
Which parts are history? Which are folklore? And what really happened inside the Foxlydiate Arms on Halloween night?
Music used
“Chasing Ghosts” – Kindred Spirit
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6n58iB0o66y2o062ypvuRy?si=kIc5luYtRQSG68LecMUmEA
Explore more haunted Redditch
The Redditch Ghost Walk: History, Folklore and Haunted Places from the Old Town to the Kingfisher Centre – available on Amazon.
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ghosttales.co.uk/ghostwalk
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