Welcome to part 4 of our Halloween 2025 special bonus episodes where every Friday in October we are bringing you local lore that has been sent in by our listeners, and also some of our own.

In this episode Joy and Laura cover:

• Knuckers

• The Legend of the Broadwater Midsummer Tree

• Zombie Road, Missouri

• The Flying Dutchman

• Ching Shih the pirate queen

• Church yard rituals in Norfolk, UK

Stay safe out there, have each other’s backs, and always keep fighting!

Sources used:

Joy’s

• https://www.strangehistory.net/2011/07/08/the-midsummer-oak-and-its-skeletons/

• https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-ching-shih-chinas-pirate-queen/

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ching-shih-chinese-female-pirate 

• https://sevenswords.uk/ching-shih/

• https://www.military.com/history/chinese-woman-led-largest-and-most-successful-pirate-fleet-history.html

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Yi_Sao

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman# 

• Joy’s show notes

Laura’s

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knucker#:~:text=Knucker%20is%20a%20dialect%20word,used%20in%20the%20poem%20Beowulf. 

• https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/sussex-folklore-explored-wingless-water-dragons-and-the-knucker-holes-of-lyminster-binsted-and-sompting-4466106 

• https://dragons.fandom.com/wiki/Knucker_(Mythology) 

• https://www.facebook.com/CelticBardJeff/posts/lyminster-knuckerlyminster-sussex-was-once-home-to-a-knucker-based-on-the-old-en/2732786113475704/  

• https://www.binsted.org/folklore#:~:text=There%2C%20this%20manifestation%20of%20the,together%20with%20cart%20and%20horse. 

• https://youtu.be/weCtmJLreVI?si=oPEa5KteLPkdhmmF&t=940

• https://stlghosts.com/the-hauntings-of-zombie-road/#:~:text=Located%20a%20half%2Dhour%20drive,infamous%20reputation%20for%20being%20haunted. 

• https://www.roadrunner.travel/tours/classic-roads-zombie-road/ 

• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/trip-ideas/missouri/zombie-road-mo 

• https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/74i78v/zombie_road_info_needed/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/xwd7fc/zombie_road/

• https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20719471.weird-norfolk-13-fantastic-folklore-tales-norfolk-black-shuck-bloody-mary/ 

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