{"podcast":{"title":"The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories","slug":"the-whispering-woods-real-life-ghost-paranormal-stories-5568858","podcast_index_feed_id":5568858,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6231dca5572c130014e00ce8","website_url":"https://www.thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6231dca5572c130014e00ce8/1778013267579-2ee9c5d9-b41e-4625-af48-392ff07b4bee.jpeg","author":"Sarah Powell and Tobie Jones","episode_count":593,"summary":"The Whispering Woods Paranormal Podcast Do you like to get scared to death by real life ghost stories? The Whispering Woods is a podcast devoted to the darker side of life. Join us every Sunday as we discuss and share true, scary stories of the paranormal from ancient folklore to modern hauntings. ​ Using immersive audio, The Whispering Woods transports listeners to another time, or even realm. Join us as we explore the unimaginable and terrifying, relaying tales of the supernatural from poltergeists to cryptids, The Hat Man to skinwalkers. Visit our website www.thewhisperingwoodspodcast.com ​ Contact us at thewhisperingwoodspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T22:20:01.405966+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-woods-real-life-ghost-paranormal-stories-5568858"},"episode":{"title":"The Phantom Hearse | Death Coaches, Corpse Roads and Funerals from the Future","slug":"the-phantom-hearse-death-coaches-corpse-roads-and-funerals-from-the-future","published_at":"2026-05-18T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-woods-real-life-ghost-paranormal-stories-5568858/the-phantom-hearse-death-coaches-corpse-roads-and-funerals-from-the-future","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-woods-real-life-ghost-paranormal-stories-5568858","url":"https://bio.link/twwp","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6231dca5572c130014e00ce8/e/6a0a15c1d98ee73f63cf56a5/media.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"Across Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany and beyond, people have long told stories of ghostly hearses, black coaches and funeral processions seen before…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2132,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-whispering-woods-real-life-ghost-paranormal-stories-5568858/episodes/the-phantom-hearse-death-coaches-corpse-roads-and-funerals-from-the-future/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whispering-woods-real-life-ghost-paranormal-stories-5568858/the-phantom-hearse-death-coaches-corpse-roads-and-funerals-from-the-future.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}