# The Phantom Hearse | Death Coaches, Corpse Roads and Funerals from the Future

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Podcast: [The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-woods-real-life-ghost-paranormal-stories-5568858)
Published: 2026-05-18T23:00:00+00:00
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Across Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany and beyond, people have long told stories of ghostly hearses, black coaches and funeral processions seen before a death has happened. Sometimes the sound of wheels is heard on an empty road, sometimes mourners pass silently along an old church path, and sometimes a hearse appears in a mirror before vanishing without trace. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research Links: https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folklore_survey/chapter3.htm https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/folklore/folklore_survey/index.htm https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc121.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34853 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53915 https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/folklore-in-the-landscape-the-case-of-corpse-paths/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1751696X.2020.1815291 https://www.electriccanadian.com/history/novascotia/folklore/chapter04.htm https://www.electriccanadian.com/history/novascotia/folklore/chapter05.htm https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.1987.9716401 https://experts.mcmaster.ca/scholarly-works/217294 Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday. Sarah and Tobie xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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