Podcasts about Aberfan

Sarika caught up with Jenny & Emily Loomes from East Lane Productions about their upcoming play The Revlon Girl, which tells the story of when a group of grieving mothers invite a Revlon lady to their support group following the 1966 Aberfan disaster. 

In this epic two-hour episode, Jan Gorski-Mescir ("Fydsy") guides us through Liverpool FC's dramatic 1966–67 season, weaving together footballing highs and cultural milestones with his signature storytelling. From European heartache against Ajax in the fog of Amsterdam to thrilling league clashes with Leeds and Manchester United, the episode captures a club on the cusp of transformation. But this isn't just a tale of football—it's also a reflection on the era, as Jan poignantly recounts the Aberfan disaster and its deep national impact, before closing on the musical revolution sparked by The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. A powerful, moving blend of history, sport, and soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

October 21st, 1966. A sleepy Welsh village named Aberfan lies hushed beneath a gray dawn. At 9:13 a.m., the earth itself betrays it. The colliery spoil tip, swollen with rain, collapses in a roar of black sludge. It swallows Pantglas Junior School whole. 144 lives vanish—116 of them children. Their voices are silenced beneath the weight of coal waste. The nation mourns. The National Coal Board shrugs off blame. But amid the grief, whispers begin to surface. Whispers of dreams. Of warnings. A girl who saw the blackness coming. A boy who drew the end. A woman miles away who felt it in her bones. Could this tragedy have been foreseen? Could it have been stopped? Today, we step into a strange corner of history—a tale of two men who dared to ask that question, and the shadowy experiment they built to chase the impossible. This is the story of The Premonitions Bureau. TIME STAMPS: 0:00 - Take #2419 of the Opening Monologue 2:14 - THE EPISODE STARTS AT 8:00 MARK 2:32 - The Show Almost Ended (More On This After Outro) 8:00 - The Episode Starts Here (Chill Out..) 8:10 - Dr. John Barker 8:48 - Can Fear Itself 'Kill'? 10:18 - Dreaming of Disasters 11:11 - A Lesson in Coal Mining 13:00 - The Music/Old People Tangent 14:42 - A Headline and a Mission 15:30 - Dexter v. Dexter's Laboratory 16:14 - The Evening Standard 17:36 - A Call To Action & A Flood of Response 18:45 - Nevermind, They Banned it in 1988 21:24 - End of the Smoking/Patience Tangent 22:26 - ADHD The Podcast 23:18 - A Spacecraft & A Cosmonaut  24:48 - Ms. Middleton & The Flying Egg 27:55 - Christian Brags About Being on a Bus 28:13 - October 20th, 1966 32:31 - Death of a Doctor 34:22 - The Premonition Bureau Shuts Down 35:24 - Everything Comes Down to Power 38:02 - The Oracle of Delphi  43:13 - Was The Premonition Bureau a Moral Idea? 50:50 - The Close Out 55:49 - Discussing The Future of The Show 70:39 - Christian Has Derailed My Goal for This Info..I'll Explain Better Later. -------- If you want to become a producer, visit this link: http://bit.ly/3WZ3xTg Episode Producer: Eric Long -------- The Twilight Zone meets Mystery Science Theatre 3000 meets an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner conversation with your in-laws. TFD is a weekly paranormal comedy podcast featuring real ghost stories, Cryptid lore discussions, and true paranormal experiences catering to the week's theme. Fresh episodes drop every Thursday across all podcast platforms, and feature perspectives from both believer and skeptic sides of the aisle. So if you're a fan of haunted places, terrifying paranormal activity, and true ghost stories from real people, you're in the right place, friend. Recorded in an undisclosed location somewhere in the beautiful woods of Wasilla, Alaska.   ++SUBMIT YOUR STORY FOR OUR LISTENER STORY EPISODES++ Email: thegang@thefreakydeaky.com Voicemail: 801-997-0051 ++WEBSITE & MERCH++ Website: www.thefreakydeaky.com Merch: www.thefreakydeaky.com/store ++FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS FOR EXCLUSIVES++ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3goj7SP Instagram: https://bit.ly/2HOdleo Facebook: https://bit.ly/3ebSde6 TFD Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/tfdfb TikTok: https://bit.ly/35lNOlu

Buckle up, creeps, because this episode is a rollercoaster of madness and tragedy.First, Casey Anthony is back—yes, that Casey Anthony—resurfacing on social media, and the internet has thoughts. We dive into her bizarre return, the outrage, and why the world still believes she got away with murder.Then, we uncover the Mormon armpit chlamydia epidemic. That's right—bagpiping, soaking, and the truly unhinged lengths people will go to in order to technically stay “pure.”We also revisit one of the pettiest, most unhinged love triangles ever—the London Zoo Christmas Party Brawl. A llama keeper, a meerkat expert, and a monkey handler walk into a party… and by the end of the night, someone is swinging a wine glass to the face.And in a sharp turn into the tragic, we discuss the Aberfan disaster, one of the most devastating and preventable tragedies in UK history. How did a 111-foot coal waste tip collapse, burying an entire school and wiping out a generation of children? And how did the government force survivors to pay for the cleanupin you pop...Want to hear this episode completely ad-free and get an extra bonus episode every single week? Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/thecreepdiveAnd for our live shows, come see us in Cork on March 22, 2025, at Live at St. Luke's! Grab tickets here: https://corkpodcastfestival.ie/the-creep-dive/We're also hitting Dublin on Friday, April 18, for a live podcast show at The Laughter Lounge! Tickets available here: https://laughterlounge.com/products/creep-dive-live-friday-18th-april-2025?variant=50348795265354See you there, creeps!

Students at Pantglas Junior School had just settled in at their desks the morning of Oct. 21, 1966, when an avalanche of slurry swept through the building, trapping hundreds of children and teachers and wiping out nearby homes and businesses. Known as the Aberfan Disaster, the collapse of a colliery spoil tip ultimately killed 116 children and 28 adults. While the official cause was weeks of heavy rain, what happened was no mere act of God. "Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history. You can get early and ad-free episodes on the Grab Bag Patreon page.  DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE CRIMES OF THE CENTURIES BOOK!  Order today at www.centuriespod.com/book (https://www.centuriespod.com/book)! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @centuriespod Episode Sponsors: Apostrophe. We have a special deal for our audience: Get your first visit for only five dollars at Apostrophe.com/COTC when you use our code: COTC. That's a savings of fifteen dollars! This code is only available to our listeners. Skims. The Fits Everybody collection is available in sizes XXS to 4X. You can shop now at SKIMS.com and SKIMS stores. After you place your order, be sure to let them know I sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select my show in the dropdown menu that follows.

Quando Gaynor Madgwick si sveglia, giace sopra uno dei suoi compagni di classe. Intorno a loro, l'aula è sottosopra e il soffitto è crollato. Accanto a loro c'è un altro studente e strisce di sangue iniziano a fuoriuscire dal suo naso. Sembra che stia dormendo, ma è morto schiacciato da una frana inarrestabile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.Video Version HEREThis is the captivating true-life story of the 1960s British Premonitions Bureau which offered eerie and accurate forecasts of coal disasters in Aberfan, plane crashes, and Soviet space disasters. Predicting catastrophes is a fairy tale, right? Wait till you've watched before you decide that...Core Source: The Premonitions Bureau by Sam KnightFor more on Peter Laws check out:www.patreon.com/peterlawsor www.peterlaws.co.uk

È una mattina come tante altre alla Pantglas Junior School. Gaynor, 8 anni, ha salutato frettolosamente i suoi fratelli Carl e Marylyn prima di entrare in classe. Ma la tranquillità si trasforma presto in terrore quando un rumore crescente e il tremolio delle luci annunciano una catastrofe. Una valanga di liquami e detriti travolge la scuola, seppellendo bambini e insegnanti. La tragedia, che ha causato la morte di 144 persone, tra cui 116 bambini, ha lasciato una ferita profonda ed ha cambiato per sempre le normative di sicurezza nelle miniere britanniche. Questa è la quinta Ultrastoria di Fanpage.it raccontata da Olimpia Peroni. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just the tip. In this one, Liv and Ian talk about a mudslide/landslide/avalanche that struck the town of Aberfan, Wales, in 1966. Among the victims were children in a school that was in the center of the mudslide's path. Also, Ian discusses an alternate version of Shrek. Liv wants to go to Applebee's. The Aberfan Disaster official tribunal report: http://www.mineaccidents.com.au/uploads/aberfan-report-original.pdf

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Join Robert Hardman and Natasha Livingstone for an analysis of "Aberfan" season 3, episode 3 of The Crown.This episode of The Crown depicts a reluctant Elizabeth 2nd questioning the appropriateness of her visiting Aberfan in the days following a disaster in the Welsh town, despite the insistence of those around her. Our thanks to Claire Heeley, Melissa Clark and Kelly Woods who all wrote in to suggest the episode this week. If you'd like us to analyse a favourite episode of The Crown, write to us at: FactOrFiction@mailonline.co.uk.Find out in this episode of The Crown Fact Or Fiction:Was the Queen as emotionless as she is depicted in this episode?Was the Queen as reluctant to visit Aberfan as depicted in The Crown?Did The Crown accurately depict Prince Phillip's attendance at Aberfan?Did the Queen only attend Aberfan after the government briefed the press against her? Plus much more. Tell us which episodes of The Crown are your favourites and we might give them the Fact or Fiction treatment on the next episode of the podcast!Email us at FactOrFiction@mailonline.co.ukor send us a message or voicenote on Whatsapp:07796657512 (start your message with "The Crown" so we know which show you're getting in touch with.)Make sure you're following The Crown: Fact Or Fiction so you don't miss an episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-crown-fact-or-fiction/id1714259572 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready to be premonition pilled? In the second episode of the Spectral Voyager, we take you on a journey through several devastating disasters - Aberfan, 9/11, the Titanic, plane crashes - and the people that seemed to dream of them before they happened. In fact, there were so many cases of these dreams and visions that a national bureau was created in the U.K. to catalog them, with a tragic ending. We also interview science writer, author, and precog expert Dr. Eric Wargo about the possible scientific explanations of the phenomena. So join Jake and Brad to find out if we can dream the future… or if it's all just coincidence and hindsight bias. To listen to the full episode, and gain access to our other mini-series such as Manclan and Trickle Down, you can subscribe for just five bucks a month at: http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous The Spectral Voyager theme composed by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Editing by Corey Klotz. QAA's website: http://qanonanonymous.com Sources: Time Loops by Eric Wargo (@thenightshirt on twitter), The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight, Changed in a Flash by Jeffrey Kripal.

Jeremy Bowen is the BBC's award-winning international editor. He has been reporting from the world's conflict zones, including Iraq, Bosnia, the Middle East and Ukraine, for more than 30 years. Jeremy was born in Cardiff in 1960. His father was a journalist for BBC Wales, who covered the Aberfan disaster in 1966, and his mother was a press photographer. In 1984, after university, Jeremy joined the BBC as a news trainee and in 1989 he starting reporting from Afghanistan and El Salvador. From 1995 to 2000 he was based in Jerusalem as the BBC's Middle East correspondent. During that time he reported on the assassination of the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. His coverage of the event won him the Royal Television Society's Award for Best Breaking News report. In 2022 Jeremy started reporting on the ground in Ukraine and earlier this year he returned to Iraq to discover how the country was coping, 20 years after the US-led invasion in March 2003. Jeremy lives in London with his partner Julia. DISC ONE: Let's Stay Together - Al Green DISC TWO: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 63: II. Larghetto. Composed by Edward Elgar and performed by Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli DISC THREE: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op 18. Composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff and performed by Vladimir Ashkenazi (piano) with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by André Previn DISC FOUR: America - Simon & Garfunkel DISC FIVE: La bohème: O soave fanciulla. Composed by Giacomo Puccini and performed by Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Georg Solti DISC SIX: Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras. Composed by Johannes Brahms and performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan DISC SEVEN: In My Life – The Beatles DISC EIGHT: Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks BOOK CHOICE: The Complete Novels of George Orwell LUXURY ITEM: A manual typewriter CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 63: II. Larghetto. Composed by Edward Elgar and performed by Hallé Orchestra and Wiener Singverein, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley

*Do you believe it's possible to know the future?   *Deep in the heart of the countercultural 60s, when the boundaries of consciousness were being explored and pushed forward, when human achievements were coming thick and fast, a psychiatrist and a rather un-counterculural science journalist, prompted by a terrible disaster, carried out a peculiar experiment with time..   *Writer SAM KNIGHT comes to the Bureau to tell their strange story and that of The Premonition Bureau - an attempt to harness the intuitions of the British public in order to predict - and possibly avoid - disasters.   *Visions of the future, foresight, foretelling, divination and  prophecies have populated myth, literature and history - the notion that time is not linear is even gaining currency in science, but is it really possible to anticipate what has not yet happened?   *We talk about all this and about writing, listening, the placebo and nocebeo effects, about psychic research.  voodoo death phenomenon and the writing of his wonderful book.   *Sam's book 'The Premonition Bureau' https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571357567-the-premonitions-bureau/ *Sign up for the Bureau of Lost Culture bulletin https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/N0ZYoFu/BOLC   *The Story of the Brompton Time Machine https://soundcloud.com/the-real-tuesday-weld-1/the-brompton-time-machine   Jeff Edwards - the last child to be pulled from the Aberfan wreckage.    #premonitions, #time, #aberfan, #mentalhealth, #london #vision, #prophecy, #disaster, #peterfairley, #jcbarker, #psychiatry, #counterculture, #premonitionbureau, #foresight, #precognition #dreams

In October 1966, a landslide at a colliery spoil tip buried a school in Aberfan. In A Terrible Kindness, this real life event is the back drop for Jo Browning Wroe's fictional story. 19 year old newly-qualified embalmer William is one of many who volunteer to attend the disaster, and the novel follows his life as it continues to unfold. Jo, who grew up in a crematorium in Birmingham, joins Richard and Judy to explain why undertaking is often a family business, and why the process of embalming is so important at disasters in particular. Simply head online to whsmith.co.uk to browse the Winter Book Club collection, and use the code WINTER22 for a 10% discount.

The Aberfan Disaster   9:13am on October 21st 1966, Pantglas School in the small Welsh mining village of Aberfan Inside the school, more than 200 children and nine teachers were waiting for their first lesson of the day to begin when the air was filled with the sound of a distant rumble. A massive coal tip - a mountain of waste generated by the town's mines that employed 8000 people had collapsed and a landslide of mud and debris flooded into the classroom, burying the school and engufing everyone inside 116 children and 28 adults were killed It was one of the worst industrial disasters Britain has ever seen. An accident that could and should have been prevented and a tragic account of a mistake that cost a village an entire generation of its children.   You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast  Join our Facebook group at Facebook/rainbowvalleypodcast    Or send us your thoughts and feedback to rainbowvalleypod@gmail.com   You can also listen to our weekly sixties chart rundown at: https://www.mixcloud.com/scophi/rainbow-valley-sixties-chart-show-1st-january-1960/   This has been a Stinking Pause production.   Thanks for listening   Scott

Tonight we are discussing the 1966 Aberfan Disaster where a large coal tip slid down the side of a mountain in Wales and claimed the lives of 144 children & adults. The schools in Aberfan are Ynysowen Primary School adjacent to the Grove Field; and Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Rhyd y Grug, which has moved to the previously occupied Ynysowen Primary School building. Follow us on all social media! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bucketmurd Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheMurderBucket Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/murdbucket/ https://murderbucketpod.wordpress.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/murderbucket/support

Croeso! We are wrapping up our trilogy of episodes on Isle of the Mighty with an exploration into Wales/Cymru and the fae/Tylwyth Teg that dwell there. The unfortunate news is that Book 3 of this weighty tome has a lot of the same issues we called out previously: clunky choices for the history section, uneven distribution of information in the geography section, several NPCs whose defining adjective is "meh". But the better news is that we are taking the opportunity to do a more thorough chat about the elements of crossover with Mage: the Ascension in this section, and from there, the book as a whole. Joining us for that discussion is Terry Robinson, host of Mage: the Podcast, and a genuinely wonderful person to talk to about such things. Lend us your ears, and we'll do our best to dazzle and enlighten you. (And stick around to the end for some *super secret* Mage 5th Edition-related stuff...) where to find us (and where to no longer find us) Most of our social media links are the same as ever... Discord: https://discord.gg/SAryjXGm5jEmail: podcast@changelingthepodcast.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082973960699Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/changelingthepodcast ...buuut we have elected to put our Twitter on ice for the time being, given a lot of the drama circulating around it these days. Instead, you can find us at our shiny new Mastodon account: https://dice.camp/@ChangelingPod. Check it out for the latest updates! And in the meantime, some places to find Terry include: Mage: the Podcast: https://discord.gg/SAryjXGm5jMage: the Podcast Discord page: podcast@changelingthepodcast.comPain in the Dice podcast (with Chazz Kellner): https://www.paininthedice.com/Systematic Understanding of Everything, an Exalted podcast: https://www.exaltcast.comStoryteller's Vault material: https://www.storytellersvault.com/browse.php?author=Terry%20RobinsonTwitters include @magethepodcast and @terryrobinson ... welsh media Once again, some media items that might help you with getting in a Cymric mood for your Welsh-set game: Films: How Green Was My Valley, Just Jim, Patagonia, Pride, The Black Cauldron, The Corn is Green, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain...TV: David Macaulay's Castle (available on YouTube!), The Crown (season 3, "Aberfan" and "Tywysog Cymru"), Dr. Who (post-2005), Pobol y Cwm, Torchwood...Literature: the Mabinogion, y Gododdin, and then a bunch of other stuff: the more esoteric corners of Arthuriana, the poems of Mab Jones and Dylan Thomas (as well as his play Under Milkwood), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (partially), Chronicles of Prydain, the Excalibur comics series by Marvel...Music: Ffynnon, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Super Furry Animals, Tom Jones... There are plenty of Welsh language-learning resources out there as well! Besides the usual suspects like Duolingo, the BBC has also run Welsh lessons through a variety of programs for decades. (Pooka used to listen to Catchphrase and its affiliated programs, which you can still find at https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/catchphrase/, but they're no longer updated.) ... your hosts Josh Hillerup (any pronoun) added three castles to their Timecube this week. Pooka G (any pronoun/they) has yet to come across a Welsh word that isn't beautiful, no matter how many L's it has. Though absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me, As is a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet. —William Wordsworth, "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"

On 21 October 1966 a giant pile of coal spoil dumped on the side of a hill overlooking the Welsh village of Aberfan collapsed during heavy rain causing a massive coal slurry wave 40ft tall to pour down the hill destroying everything in its path including the Plantglas Junior School. This caused the deaths of 116 children and 28 adults.   http://podbelly.com http://retrovague.com http://robotsforeyespodcast.com

El 21 de octubre de 1966 un pueblo gales, Aberfan, sufrió la avalancha de lodo desde la escombrera de una mina de carbón. Mató a 144 personas, 116 de ellas niños y niñas que se encontraban en la escuela de primaria de Pantglas. Nos lo cuenta Nieves Concostrina.

El 21 de octubre de 1966 un pueblo gales, Aberfan, sufrió la avalancha de lodo desde la escombrera de una mina de carbón. Mató a 144 personas, 116 de ellas niños y niñas que se encontraban en la escuela de primaria de Pantglas. Nos lo cuenta Nieves Concostrina.

El 21 de octubre de 1966 un pueblo gales, Aberfan, sufrió la avalancha de lodo desde la escombrera de una mina de carbón. Mató a 144 personas, 116 de ellas niños y niñas que se encontraban en la escuela de primaria de Pantglas. Nos lo cuenta Nieves Concostrina.

Welcome back! This week is a royal grab bag: from Lord Mountbatten accusations to a frenzy over the new season of The Crown. Also, Meghan's Variety cover interview is revealed, Carole Middleton is in Joisey (!) and Fergie poses with the Queen's corgis…there's something for everyone in this episode. There's also the tragic anniversary of the Aberfan mining disaster, a King Charles III TV appearance, a Selena/Hailey question (trust: it does have to do with the royals) and so much more. Grab a warm bowl of bolognese and tune in!--Presented by PureWow and Gallery Media Group. Follow all the royal happenings at purewow.com/royals. Shop Royally Obsessed sweatshirts and totes at shop.royallyobsessed.com. Follow us on Instagram at @RoyallyObsessedPodcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

El 21 de octubre de 1966 un pueblo gales, Aberfan, sufrió la avalancha de lodo desde la escombrera de una mina de carbón. Mató a 144 personas, 116 de ellas niños y niñas que se encontraban en la escuela de primaria de Pantglas. Nos lo cuenta Nieves Concostrina.

Juan Pérez Floristán nos trae músicos, artistas, historias relacionadas con Nueva York. En el Club de la escucha presentamos el podcast 'Retrato Narrado' de Carol Pires que se pasó 15 años investigando a Bolsonaro. Acontece que no es poco, Nieves Concostrina nos cuenta la tragedia de Aberfan. Terminamos con Lo que queda del día

While the podcast is on a break, please enjoy a replay of a previous episode. The Welsh village of Aberfan is swamped by a landslide which destroys the primary school. Hosted by - Ana Thomas (a teacher from Australia) Disclaimer - Tyler Allen at the Minds of Madness Podcast - https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/ Send voice mail - https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message Email - applefortheteacherpodcast@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/AppleforTeacher Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apple_for_the_teacher_podcast/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/applefortheteacherpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/applefortheteacherpod/message

On 21st October 1966, a mountain of coal waste slid onto Pantglas school in Aberfan, South Wales. 116 children and 28 adults were killed. The Queen went again and again to Aberfan - her last visit was in 2012. Today's Justin Webb spoke to one of the survivors, Jeff Edwards, the last child pulled from the rubble on that fateful day. (Image credits: Press Association, PA Wire)

A Terrible Kindness, the debut novel by Jo Browning Wroe, is the choice for this month's Church Times Book Club — and on the podcast this week, the author speaks to the Revd Malcolm Doney (who has written this month's Book Club essay about it). The book is published by Faber & Faber at £14.99 (Church Times Bookshop £13.49). Jo Browning Wroe has an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia, and is Creative Writing Supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. A Terrible Kindness, a Sunday Times bestseller, was inspired by conversations that she had with two embalmers who had volunteered to help at the Aberfan disaster when they were young men in 1966, and from her own childhood experience of growing up at a crematorium in Birmingham where her father was a supervisor (fuller synopsis below). The Book Club podcast is a monthly series launched recently in association with the Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature. Jo Browning Wroe will be a speaker at the next festival, in February 2023. Sign up to receive the free Book Club email once a month. Featuring discussion questions, podcasts and discounts on each book: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/newsletter-signup Discuss this month's book at https://www.facebook.com/groups/churchtimesbookclub About A Terrible Kindness: The fictional story of a newly qualified embalmer William Lavery, who, on hearing the news of the Aberfan disaster in 1966, volunteers to help. The experience alters him profoundly, forcing him to revisit the painful losses in his own life — the death of his father, the disappointment of a lost musical career, and an estranged relationship with his mother. The story charts William's inner turmoil over the ensuing years: covering his attempts to find redemption by mending fractured relationships, reconnecting with music, and reaching out to others. The story ends with his return to the disaster site 17 years later. Try 10 issues of the Church Times for £10 or get two months access to our website and apps, also for £10. Go to churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader.

Eavesdroppers… we predict there's going to be an episode on PREMONITIONS!! And what do you know, this week on Eavesdroppin', Geordie & Michelle talk about some pretty spooky stuff to do with premonitions, national disasters, murder, ghosts and more… Have you ever had a strong feeling that something bad was about to happen? Adrienne Fields did… This week Michelle talks about Adrienne's story and the horrific murders of Christine Wu and Wendie Prescott in Arlington, Texas, in 1995… Who was the Bathtub Killer? How did he get caught? What has true crime, murder, and a serial rapist have to do with premonitions? Michelle also talks about the true-crime case of Teresita Basa… Back in 1977, the body of Teresita Basa was found under a mattress in her apartment after it went up in flames. But was it just an accidental fire or was Teresita the victim of foul play? This incredible story takes some crazy supernatural twists and turns as Michelle uncovers how the ghost of a murdered woman helped catch her killer. Listen now to find out how… Geordie then talks about an incredible chapter in British history where, in response to people having vivid premonitions ahead of the Aberfan coal-mining town disaster in 1966, a psychiatrist called John Barker set up the now defunct British Premonitions Bureau. Could the Aberfan disaster have been averted? Did people really have foreboding visions and predictions of what was about to happen? How amazing is it that John Barker set up a British databank for all the nations dreams and visions to help prevent national disasters! Listen now to hear more about it and the sad and spooky ending to Geordie's story… We hope you enjoy this week's episode – and wherever you are, whatever you do, just keep Eavesdroppin'! 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In October of 1966, in the small mining village of Aberfan, Wales, a colliery spoil tip suddenly slid downhill as slurry, burying a local school and several houses, killing 116 children and 28 adults. In the wake of the horrific disaster, a psychiatrist named John Barker, who arrived at the scene to offer his help … Continue reading Episode 309 LIVE: The British Premonitions Bureau

Jonathan Bastian talks with Sam Knight, staff writer for the Atlantic, about his latest book, “The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold.” Knight tells the true story of British psychiatrist John Barker, who after learning that several people had predicted the 1966 Aberfan disaster in Wales, became convinced that premonitions and the ability to see into the future were real. “[Barker] had this idea to call a friend of his who was a science reporter at the Evening Standard in London,” Knight says, “to put out a national call for premonitions.” Delve deeper into life, philosophy, and what makes us human by joining the Life Examined discussion group on Facebook.

The 21st October 1966 dawned misty and grey in the Welsh mining town of Aberfan, with fog blanketing the village. The 240 students of Pantglas Junior School were looking forward to their half term break. At an assembly later that morning, they would sing the hymn ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful' for their teachers before school would be dismissed at midday. Ahead of them was a week off. The children were looking forward to getting outside for hours of playtime with their friends. That morning, 8-year-old Pantglas student Jeff Edwards walked to school with his best friend Robert Jones. When the boys arrived, they hung up their coats and took their seats in the classroom. It was a perfectly ordinary, drizzly autumn day, with everyone in the village going about their business. But what no one in Aberfan, Wales, or even the rest of Britain could anticipate, was that in less than an hour, the lives of the town's residents would be changed forever in the most tragic - and some would later say entirely foreseeable - of circumstances.Writer: Gemma HarrisCheck out our other podcasts: itsarclightmedia.comEpisode Sponsors:- Give Harry's a try. Just go to harrys.com/DISASTERPODCAST today to get your starter set for just $3.- Go to Talkspace.com and use the code DISASTER ​to ​get $100 off of your first month​

New Guest Expert! For this week's Aftermath, Rebecca digs a little deeper into the Aberfan Mine Disaster with Professor Iain McLean. Iain is Professor of Politics at Oxford University and co-author of the book Aberfan: Government and Disasters. He helps us understand the culture and dynamics playing out in these mining villages at the time and reiterates the blatant denial and negligence by those in positions of authority. Afterward, Producer Clayton Early stops by to see if the verdict holds up. We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who's to blame for the Aberfan Mine Disaster? This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) speaks with comedian, writer and podcaster Chris Mancini about the tragic Aberfan Mine disaster. They're joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early. Could poor foresight be to blame? Or was it the fault of chummy regulators neglecting their duties? Find out what else is on the board. And if you're left feeling a bit anxious after this one, Chris Mancini might be able to help! Check out more of his work here!We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Extension of Taylar's Birthday Episode so get ready yall! and we're doing this ep a little different! Morgan covers the Aberfan Disaster Premonitions from October 21, 1966 in Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales that resulted in the deaths of 144 individuals- 116 being children and 28 adults after the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip. But what is interesting, is that many individuals came forward before and after the disaster- saying that they were warned through visions as to what would happen that day. Resulting in researchers confirming psychic abilities and premonitions aka "the Seers" Tune in to the second part of our episode to hear Taylar's case of Andrea Knabel along with the help of Andrea's family! ALL AD CODES AND LINKS ARE HERE! JOIN OUR PATREON FOR 2 EXCLUSIVE EPISODES EACH MONTH AND THE ENTIRE BACK LOG OF EPS AND BONUS MATERIAL GO WATCH ON YOUTUBE Be sure to like, comment, subscribe and turn on post notifications for our channel! Let's Get Creepy!! Follow us on Instagram Check out our website Sources to come...

Have you ever had a feeling that something bad was about to happen? Has it ever come true? On October 20, 1966, a young Welsh girl named Eryl Mai Jones recounted to her mother a dream in which she went to school and found it wasn't there. “Something black had come down all over it,” she said. The next day, Eryl and 143 other people were killed when a pile of waste at a nearby coal mine collapsed and sent an avalanche of rubble into the village of Aberfan. After learning of Eryl's dream—and others like hers—the psychiatrist John Barker teamed up with reporter Peter Fairley to establish a Premonitions Bureau at the Evening Standard newspaper to “log premonitions as they occurred and see how many were borne out in reality.” New Yorker staff writer Sam Knight tells the story of Barker's experiment in his new book, The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death Foretold. Barker hoped that the bureau, which would receive more than 700 premonitions within 15 months (some of which proved true) might serve as a warning system for future calamities. But the gravest predictions that Barker received warned of his impending death. Go beyond the episode:Sam Knight's The Premonitions Bureau: A True Account of Death ForetoldRead the article that started it all: “The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future”For just $183.45, this first edition of John Barker's Scared to Death could be yours!The Brits seem to have a thing for where the supernatural and the subconscious meet: listen to our interview with Kate Summerscale about The Haunting of Alma FieldingThen again, so do weTune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite talks to Tom about how events in the 1960s, including the Aberfan disaster and a shift in strategy by the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru, helped pave the way for devolution in Wales, where the Labour-led administration now has one of the most progressive policy agendas in the world.Read Florence's piece here: https://lrb.me/walespodSubscribe to the LRB and save 79% off the cover price: https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20bTitle music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, recap The Crown Season 3, Episode 3: Aberfan, which, according to the people on IMDb, is the best episode of television that The Crown has to offer. Unfortunately, it's such a downer that there may or may not be tangents involving grocery stores and aliens to try and lighten the mood.

The 21st October 1966 dawned misty and grey in the Welsh mining town of Aberfan, with fog blanketing the village. The 240 students of Pantglas Junior School were looking forward to their half term break. At an assembly later that morning, they would sing the hymn ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful' for their teachers before school would be dismissed at midday. Ahead of them was a week off. The children were looking forward to getting outside for hours of playtime with their friends. That morning, 8-year-old Pantglas student Jeff Edwards walked to school with his best friend Robert Jones. When the boys arrived, they hung up their coats and took their seats in the classroom. It was a perfectly ordinary, drizzly autumn day, with everyone in the village going about their business. But what no one in Aberfan, Wales, or even the rest of Britain could anticipate, was that in less than an hour, the lives of the town's residents would be changed forever in the most tragic - and some would later say entirely foreseeable - of circumstances.CW: child death, suicide-Visit us online at obscuracrimepodcast.com-Support Obscura on Patreon and unlock the exclusive Black Label episodes: www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcastEpisode Sponser:Download Best Fiends FREE today on the App Store or Google Play.

The 21st October 1966 dawned misty and grey in the Welsh mining town of Aberfan, with fog blanketing the village. The 240 students of Pantglas Junior School were looking forward to their half term break. At an assembly later that morning, they would sing the hymn ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful' for their teachers before school would be dismissed at midday. Ahead of them was a week off. The children were looking forward to getting outside for hours of playtime with their friends. That morning, 8-year-old Pantglas student Jeff Edwards walked to school with his best friend Robert Jones. When the boys arrived, they hung up their coats and took their seats in the classroom. It was a perfectly ordinary, drizzly autumn day, with everyone in the village going about their business. But what no one in Aberfan, Wales, or even the rest of Britain could anticipate, was that in less than an hour, the lives of the town's residents would be changed forever in the most tragic - and some would later say entirely foreseeable - of circumstances.CW: child death, suicide-Visit us online at obscuracrimepodcast.com-Support Obscura on Patreon and unlock the exclusive Black Label episodes: www.patreon.com/obscuracrimepodcastEpisode Sponser:- AdamandEve.com. Code: OBSCURA. 50% Off 1 item+ Free Shipping in the US & Canada. some exclusions apply

55 years on, survivors of the Aberfan disaster are now looking to the future – as well as the past The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. This episode Includes strong language and first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the aftermath of the disaster that struck their small mining village. A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Maria David and Andy Fry Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere

Aberfan suffers further blows – but fights on. The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. Includes strong, first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the aftermath of the disaster that struck their small mining village. A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Andy Fry and Maria David Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere

Aberfan comes together to try to mend its wounds. But further traumas lie ahead for both survivors and bereaved. The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. Includes strong, first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the aftermath of the disaster that struck their small mining village. A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Maria David and Andy Fry Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere

A promise is made - the remaining tips above Aberfan will be removed. But at what cost to the village? The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. Includes strong, first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the aftermath of the disaster that struck their small mining village. A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Andy Fry and Maria David Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere

What happened at Aberfan and why? The Aberfan Disaster Tribunal will examine the facts – and establish whether it could have been prevented. Will it be a whitewash? The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. Includes strong, first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the aftermath of the disaster that struck their small mining village. A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Andy Fry and Maria David Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere Dramatic reconstructions Keiron Self as Desmond Ackner Richard Elfyn as Lord Robens and Lesley Davies Rhys ap William as David Lewis Roberts Special thanks to the people of Aberfan and all those who trusted us to tell their stories.

The last survivors are rescued from the slurry as the full horror of what has happened at Aberfan becomes clear The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. Includes strong, first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the day disaster struck their small mining village. A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Maria David and Andy Fry Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere Special thanks to the people of Aberfan and all those who trusted us to tell their stories.

With Pantglas School buried by thousands of tonnes of coal waste, rescuers race against the clock in an urgent search for survivors. The Aberfan disaster shook the world.116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. Includes strong, first-hand testimony from both survivors and rescuers about the day disaster struck their small mining village. A nine-part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Maria David and Andy Fry Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere Special thanks to the people of Aberfan and all those who trusted us to tell their stories.

Three young classmates head to school one misty morning - a morning that will devastate their community and change their lives forever. The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice. A 9 part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'. Narrator: Hannah Daniel Producers: Maria David and Andy Fry Sound design: Cathy Robinson Executive producers: Karen Voisey and Emma Harding Development: Ceri Jackson and Selma Chalabi Archive research: Dafydd O'Connor Original title music: Dyfan Jones Production manager: Andrea Deere Special thanks to the people of Aberfan and all those who trusted us to tell their stories.

In this episode, we dive into the Aberfan disaster of South Wales that shook England. In the months after, a Psychiatrist thought he could collect premonitions from those who sensed the tragedy long before it happened, and even children who predicted their own tragic death. His project came to a dark end, when his most trusted psychics predicted his own impending doom.

In 1966, an avalanche struck a school in Wales, killing more than 100 children. Afterwards, dozens of people claimed to have "seen" the disaster in dreams and visions before it happened — inspiring one psychiatrist to start Britain's first Premonitions Bureau. To view this episode's full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/supernatural Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices