This episode we dive into the weird and wonderful world of Poltergeist raps in part 2 of our three-part poltergeist themed series of Curious Cases. Last episode we heard about Dr Barrie Colvin’s investigations into Andover’s rapping Poltergeist, and this time we pick up the trail again to discover what Barrie did next – a rabbit hole that had us running around KOFY HQ hitting the walls with sticks and questioning everything we thought ever thought we understood about poltergeists. Join us for a ...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 80
Join us for part 1 of our 3-part Poltergeist miniseries, as we take a slight departure from our normal format to share the story of the Andover Poltergeist. Don’t worry, our regular format will be coming back, but we hope you will also enjoy exploring some fascinating paranormal rabbit holes with us in our new Curious Cases series of mini-episodes. This time we share an intriguing poltergeist case from the 1970’s that occurred a few years before the more famous Enfield case, and was investigated...
May 04, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 79
This episode we're going to be having a little bit of a catchup to let you all know what’s been going on here at KOFY HQ, and we’ll be sharing our favourite spooky adventures with our beloved rust-bucket – the KOFYmobile - as we prepare to bid farewell to our trusty adventure van. We’ve got Stories from Ted, Leigh and Kat And, following on from a really interesting and fun post in our facebook group – we’re bringing you a new game – cos you all know how much we love a good cheesy game – Paranorm...
Mar 23, 2025•3 hr 37 min•Ep. 78
It's Christmas time again – Happy Holidays everybody whatever festival you are celebrating and if you don’t have any particular festivals or celebrations at this time of year then you are still more than welcome to join us for a little bit of creepy fun! So, get your Christmas crackers on standby and buckle up for the Knock Once For Yes Christmas special 2024 This episode we have an old favourite on the paranormal radar, who has some thoughts on both Santa Claus & somewhat bizzarely, Swindon...
Dec 24, 2024•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 77
This episode we have our traditional ‘find the company with the most tenuous spooky season tie in’ competition. We have listeners stories from Tracey, Kate and Kat and we head back to Whitby for the final time…possibly…to share stories of smugglers, occult artifacts and a swashbuckling ghost. Episode Shownotes Intro - 00:00:00 Paranormal Radar - 00:02:25 Tracey's Story - 00:22:00 Kat's Story - 00:33:48 Kate's Story - 00:37:29 The Gory Hand of Glory & The Swashbuckling Ghost - 00:46:31...
Nov 09, 2024•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 76
In a little spooky season bonus, Lil brings you her re-telling of a classic Whitby Ghost story, channelling all the M.R. James and Poe she can muster, to bring the horrors of the high seas to your ears this Halloween night.
Oct 31, 2024•22 min
This episode we have a haunted island on the paranormal radar, listener stories from Kat, Rob and Katie and we proudly bring you the second episode of our Whitby adventures in which we discover ghosts, legends and history galore as we return to the cliffs of Whitby … on the trail of Dracula! Click here for to visit the shownotes on the website!
Oct 04, 2024•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 75
This episode we put add to our paranormal bucket list after checking out a new book, we have listeners stories from Jo, Pat & Jim and we share the first instalment of our paranormal postcard from one of the spookiest places in England – Whitby. Shownotes Intro - 00:00:00 Paranormal Bucket List (Go To Hell) - 00:01:58 Jo's Story - 00:07:21 Pat's Story - 00:22:53 Jim's Story - 00:28:11 Whitby Abbey - 00:39:20 Outro - 01:48:39...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 74
This episode we dive beneath the waves for our paranormal bucket list, or perhaps this time we might name it the paranormal sonar! As we share a spooky location we’d love to visit. We have listeners stories from Kat, Nancy and Katherine and we get a bit deep as we dive into the fascinating world of Infrasound and the paranormal… and discover that things are rather more complicated than they may first appear. Timestamps: Intro: 00:00:00 Paranormal Bucket List: 00:02:23 Kate’s Story: 00:09:48 Nanc...
Feb 27, 2024•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 73
On this special Christmas episode we have one of our favourites – a tenuous paranormal story from the local papers, listener stories from Kat, Harper, and Becky, and then we’ll take you on a journey along some of the most haunted railways of England, as we dive into tales of ghost trains and phantom passengers. Not forgetting, of course, the slightly silly Christmas Quiz!
Dec 24, 2023•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 72
This episode we are returning to Mother Shipton's to share the ghost stories and other exciting stuff that we just couldn't fit into the last episode. We've got haunted pubs, Fawkes facts, coin tree folklore and the second installment of our listeners stories from Sarah, Kelly and Bea and, much, much more! https://wp.me/p7TZ1h-1ud
Dec 11, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 71
The world seems to be turning ever faster as it is spooky season once again! Of course, in many ways its spooky season all year round at KOFY HQ, and whereas most creators save up their creepiest content especially for October, we tell ghost stories all year round. So, for this, our 7th year podcasting and our 7th Hallowbirthdayween episode, we thought we’d do something a bit different, and we are diving into premonitions and prophecies! This episode the paranormal radar is being resurrected fro...
Oct 31, 2023•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 70
This episode we have a whole new segment, as we partially retire the paranormal radar. Instead, we'll be taking a look at some locations that we'd love to visit in future as we bring you - the paranormal bucket list! We have true paranormal stories from listeners Cody, Megan & Maddie. And we bring you not just one but 4 haunted locations on this episode’s paranormal radar, as we take you all, on a Journey to The World’s End….
Oct 19, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 69
We are so excited to bring you this special episode with Greg and Dana Newkirk as they prepare to release their brand new feature length documentary 'The Unbinding' into the world. Whether you know them from The Newkirk Museum of the Paranormal, The Haunted Objects Pod, or the award winning Hellier, the Newkirks always bring a fresh perspective to the paranormal field, and this latest release is no exception. Join us as we dive deep into a conversation about the Newkirks' fascinating journey, an...
Sep 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This episode there's a new sighting of the ghost of Barford bridge, caught on camera, We have listeners stories from Sara, Rowan & Kate, a nd we’re following the footsteps, or perhaps rope burns of fearless abseiling archaeologists, by visiting what’s left of Dunwich; Britain’s Atlantis, before what remains is devoured by the north sea.
May 29, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 68
A mini episode on some of the ghosts, myths and legends of the beautiful and mysterious Dartmoor National Park, and the battle facing the park today. Originally intended to be a short news article for the paranormal radar, this story, about the folklore of Dartmoor gaining relevance and meaning in these turbulent modern times, ended up turning into something bigger and demanded to be given its own episode, and who are we to deny the ancient land spirits?!
Apr 18, 2023•36 min
This episode we look into a spate of paranormal activity in the 80’s that spurred the local council to take dramatic action on the paranormal radar. We have listeners stories from Cody, Eliott and Megan. And we’ll be speaking to one of the pioneers of paranormal podcasting – The one and only Jim Harold! Check out all of Jim's shows at JimHarold.com
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 67
It's the Knock Once For Yes 2022 Christmas Special! So, get your crackers at the ready, stand by to don your party hats and brace yourselves for some terrible, terrible jokes. We’ve got an update on the creepy dolls washing up on a Texas beach and a ghost cow on the paranormal radar. We have listener stories from Alyson, Bob and Cody. We’ll be giving you a detailed run down of why Fitz shouldn’t be left unattended in charge of planning, as we share our Christmas Comedy of Errors, from Lincoln. A...
Dec 24, 2022•3 hr 4 min•Ep. 66
This episode we’ve got some of our favourite tenous-link Halloween news stories today on the paranormal radar. We have listener stories from Harriett, Tony and Selena, and an update from Caroline about the ghost chicken. We’ll be chatting to our very special guest, Folklorist Icy Sedgwick, about Folklore and the Paranormal and we round out the show with some of your recollections of Ghostwatch; we were thrilled that so many of you got in touch to share these with us following the release of our ...
Dec 13, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 65
In this episode we diverge from our usual content to bring you a special Halloween Bonus episode in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the 1992 BBC classic; Ghostwatch. Join us on a trip down memory lane as we share our childhood memories and experiences of that infamous Halloween night that would become part of our paranormal origin story, and hear an interview 30 years in the making, as we talk to the man behind the legend - Ghostwatch writer Stephen Volk. So grab yourself some popcorn and...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 27 min
This episode, on the paranormal radar, as is becoming a bit of a tradition in our Halloween episodes, we looked for the cheesiest Halloween tie in from a business not even slightly related to the paranormal, and we’ve got quite a good one for you this year. We have listener stories from Megan, Tony and Rochelle and we walk the ramparts of the haunted Castle of Framlingham where we might have gotten more of a feel for the place than we originally intended.
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 64
This episode, we have a bit of a catch up about some of the spooky activity here at KOFY HQ, and play you a possible EVP caught during one of our patron zooms. Then, we have a haunted pub in Canterbury, and – one of Lil’s favourite topics – spooky dolls – on the paranormal radar. We have listener stories from have Mike, Kate and Bob and we head over to Holywell, St Ives to bring you a curious tale 2 years in the making; of The Ghost that Never Was, and why you should always go back for ice cream...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 63
In this episode we dive into the weird and wonderful world of Screaming Skulls; including the cases of Theophilus Broome, Bettiscombe, Threlkeld Place, Calgarth, Wardley Hall, Brougham Hall, Burton Agnes and Dickie of Tunstead. Don’t worry, you haven’t missed out on all our usual paranormal news, stories and chat, we’ve just given them their own episode this time and have released both at once. So, if you fancy listening back to back as one giant episode, just queue up episodes 61 and 62 and set...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 62
We’re doing something a little different this time; our main feature ended up being 2 hours long all on its own so we decided to release two separate bumper episodes! This one has all your usual paranormal news, stories and chat; with stories from Joe, Pascale, and Bob, as well as stories from the brothers of the Belief Hole Podcast. For our epic Screaming Skulls feature, head on over to episode 62, and – as we are releasing both at the same time – you can always listen to them back to back as o...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 61
A new cryptid is spotted in our neck of the woods and there’s a ghost dropping f-bombs on the paranormal radar, listeners stories from Caroline, Matt, Vix & Lenny and we pin down the master of puns himself Paul Stevenson, editor of Haunted Magazine to chat about all things spooky. View showmotes on the website! 00:00:00 - 00:03:32 - Intro 00:03:33 - 00:15:09 - Paranormal Radar 00:15:10 - 00:21:38 - Caroline's Story 00:21:39 - 00:25:42 - Matt's Story 00:25:43 - 00:30:27 - Vix's Story 00:30:28...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 60
This episode we have a ghost with opinions on interior design and a paranormal convention for the age of that which shall not be named on the paranormal radar. Listeners stories from Kevin, Molly, Robert & Pat and we travel to Hitchin in Hertfordshire in search of ghosts. Join us on Repod! Check out Phenomenacon!
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 59
We’ve got a bit of a theme going on this episode and it’s all about ghostly carriages, there’s even one on the paranormal radar! We’ll be bringing you our favourite festive phantom carriage stories, as well as chatting with Michelle and Gillian of Haunted Heritage about a very famous ghostly carriage tale, and of course we’ve got some spooky listener’s stories from Bob, Ruthie & Gareth BUT!! If you were worried that we might have forgotten, fear not, for – of course - we also have the unbeli...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 58
It’s spooky season and it’s KOFY’s 5th Birthday. It’s Hallowbirthdayween 5! – The return of the revenge of the spooky stories striking back! This episode we have some Halloween themed stories on the paranormal radar, listeners stories from Pete, Julie & Sam, and we find poltergeists, body snatchers, deadly clowns and an ancient Egyptian Mummy’s curse in Great Yarmouth.
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 57
This episode the Wold Newton Triangle pings the paranormal radar, we have listeners stories from Desiree, Sara & Sue and we continue what has now turned into our 3 part Norfolk series to find out just what it is that makes the county so spooky, with the wonderful ladies behind Weird Norfolk.
Sep 23, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 56
This episode we have a haunted Scottish village for sale on the paranormal radar, listeners stories from Andy, Selena and Holly and we head back to the coast to visit a haunted Roman fort.
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 55
