{"podcast":{"title":"Fabulous Folklore with Icy","slug":"fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744","podcast_index_feed_id":14744,"rss_url":"https://feed.pod.co/fabulous-folklore-with-icy","website_url":"https://www.icysedgwick.com","image_url":"https://images.pod.co/ZN2rfpdZp_71_t8gU6ttJcmIM8RLUK62PNgB6eZOuZU/resize:fill:1400:1400/plain/artwork/7c4ee937-3f0a-4fc5-84dc-62c675fc8b8e/fabulous-folklore-with-icy.jpg","author":"Icy Sedgwick","episode_count":453,"summary":"Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)! Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick, the podcast explores folklore, legends, superstitions, mythology, and all things weird, occult and unusual.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T08:18:26.018563+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744"},"episode":{"title":"Explore 3 strange legends of the Newcastle Castle","slug":"explore-3-strange-legends-of-the-newcastle-castle","published_at":"2026-01-24T09:30:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744/explore-3-strange-legends-of-the-newcastle-castle","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744","url":"https://www.icysedgwick.com/newcastle-castle/","audio_url":"https://downloads.pod.co/80ce0ddf-6f2a-494c-9d58-e93863be0df3/4b102061-f580-4936-a4a0-8b96e56bec90.mp3","summary":"The Newcastle Castle occupies a strange position in the city centre. So strange that some people can’t believe we have a castle in town at all! Various buildings have stood on the site for centuries, dating back to the Romans and their Pons Aelius fort. Robert Curthose, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, originally founded Newcastle Castle in 1080. This early castle was made from wood, and builders rebuilt the castle in stone between 1168 and 1178. It has been a castle, a prison, a beer cellar and Civil War stronghold. Now, it’s a visitor attraction, and one that I highly recommend seeing if you can. But as with any English castle, stories both sad and strange abound within Newcastle Castle. Let’s examine three of its legends as part of our exploration of folklore found within cities in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore. Find the blog post with all the images and references here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/newcastle-castle/ Buy my illustrated talk about the Castle Garth: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-of-118882103 Share your Children's Folklore here: https://forms.gle/D8mLW7q2um5ZYiTD9 Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Get weekly articles and bonus content at Substack: https://fabulousfolklore.substack.com/ Buy Icy a coffee or sign up for bonus episodes at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Fabulous Folklore Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/fabulous_folklore Pre-recorded illustrated talks: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick/shop Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7 Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icyse…","meta_description":"The Newcastle Castle occupies a strange position in the city centre. So strange that some people can’t believe we have a castle in town at all! Various bu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1326,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744/episodes/explore-3-strange-legends-of-the-newcastle-castle/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fabulous-folklore-with-icy-14744/explore-3-strange-legends-of-the-newcastle-castle.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}