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LIVE @ Great Dunmow BookFest
- Podcast
- The Three Ravens Podcast
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- Jun 27, 2026
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- 2656
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Summary
For this episode, we go where no podcast has gone before - welcome to Three Ravens Live @ Great Dunmow BookFest ! During a one day festival where an entire Essex town famous for giving out sides of bacon to married couples turned itself into a bookshop, we were warmly welcomed to Jack's 1952, an outdoor goods shop who gave us a space in their basement and several dozen camping chairs to record a free 45 minute show. Our audience ranged from newborn children gurgling away up to retirees, along with hardened Three Ravens fans, and plenty of people who had never heard of us before! With regular interruptions from the beeping sounds of the shop's door being opened upstairs, and customers popping by to purchase hiking boots, we carried on regardless, with Eleanor joined by our friend and regular collaborator Katie Sommers to sing a capella versions of Three Ravens , Sumer is icumen in , and We Gets Up In The Morn . Between these musical highlights we dig into some of our favourite bits of Essex's folklore, including the ghostly goings-on at Borley Rectory and the legend of Old King Cole, the county's six distinct dragon tales, the Canvey Island Monster, Boudica's rampage, and the sad fate of Anglo Saxon queen Edith Swan-neck. Also including Eleanor's telling of the tale of the weather witch Sarah Moore of Leigh on Sea in the form of Three Knots , it's a slightly mad show, and hopefully an interesting listen! We really hope you enjoy the episode, and will speak to you again on Monday for the penultimate episode of our Bonus Series Magus , all about the magical life of 16th century occultist, scholar, and theologian Cornelius Agrippa! Three Ravens is an English myth and folklore podcast hosted by Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux. Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses…