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Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event: https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamDarkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version: http://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. (A Thanksgiving Ghost Story) *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family's home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell's body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. ***Plus the original short horror story “Black Friday” by horror master, Jason R. Davis!CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open00:03:09.646 = A Thanksgiving Ghost Story00:09:19.245 = The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios00:26:04.174 = The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey00:34:37.777 = The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen00:47:57.950 = The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy00:56:34.563 = “Black Friday” by Jason R. Davis (short fictional holiday horror story)01:28:27.301 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“A Thanksgiving Ghost Story” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y33xyhck“The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4jqooov“The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y3cj4nsv“The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4cl7jeb“The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y6qo24su“Black Friday” written by Jason R. Davis: https://www.facebook.com/HAjasondavisWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: November, 2021CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/ThanksgivingGhostStory

This time Ned and Laura go behind the walls of Pentonville Prison for this very special episode. Listeners may remember Stef Jones, founder of XO Bikes, who trains ex-offenders in cycle maintenance in south London to help them turn their lives around. With UK prisons full to bursting, people like Stef, along with prison staff themselves, try to break the cycle of reoffending that sees an estimated 55% of those released going on to re-offend. That figure is halved if someone has a job to go to – but it's not an easy journey. Pentonville Prison houses those on remand, often awaiting sentencing decisions or hearings. A rehabilitation programme is challenging in this transitory population, but the team behind XO Bikes, including ex-prison officer, Paul, have defied expectations and are working with people as they return to regular life, to try to give them a fresh start.  Ned and Laura meet a prisoner working towards a brighter future, and talk with the XO team about the power of bikes to give people a second chance in life. It's an experience Ned and Laura won't forget, and they hope you won't either.Find out more about XO Bikes here: https://xobikes.com/By the way, if you want ad-free listening, behind-the-scenes and bonus content and to help support the podcast - head to (https://www.patreon.com/StreetsAheadPodcast). We'll even send you some stickers! We're also on Twitter and welcome your feedback on our episode: https://twitter.com/podstreetsaheadIf you're reading this, please can you take 1 minute to give us a rating and write a review? It helps us more than you probably think! Support Streets Ahead on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Roger Casement was hanged in Pentonville Prison in 1916, he died an Irish hero and a traitor to the British Empire.On Banna Strand in 2016, President Higgins described Casement as “not just a great Irish patriot, he was also one of the great humanitarians of the early 20th century”.On Free State today, Joe and Dion look at the many lives of a man who so impressed a tribe of cannibals with his courage that they didn't eat him. Casement's lives were varied, and some of them were secret, but he also, as President Higgins said, exposed “the darkness that lay at the heart of European imperialism”. His biographer Roland Philipps joins Joe and Dion to talk about this modern story. A story of a man who exposed the rotten heart of empire. It was a life that changed Ireland and the world. Nobody will ever live a life like Roger Casement's again.Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/To get in touch with the podcast: info@freestatepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too:https://weirddarkness.com/a-true-thanksgiving-ghost-story/IN THIS EPISODE: The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family's home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell's body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. ***Plus the original short horror story “Black Friday” by horror master, Jason R. Davis!SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“A Thanksgiving Ghost Story” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y33xyhck“The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4jqooov“The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y3cj4nsv“The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4cl7jeb“The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y6qo24su“Black Friday” written by Jason R. Davis: https://www.facebook.com/HAjasondavisVisit our Sponsors & Friends: https://weirddarkness.com/sponsorsJoin the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateAdvertise in the Weird Darkness podcast or syndicated radio show: https://weirddarkness.com/advertise= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymagMicro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrorsRetro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradioChurch of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2023, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/a-true-thanksgiving-ghost-story/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/advertisement

Ram Mohamed Singh Azad was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London, England on July 31st, 1940.

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Find Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts: https://weirddarkness.com/listen. #paranormal #thomasince #blackfriday #thanksgiving #trueghoststory #truestory #truecrime #unsolvedmystery #mysteriousdeath #horror #drcrippen #nellcropsey #pentonvilleprison #hoteldecoronado #hauntedhotel #williamrandolphhearst #christmastreeship #shipwreck IN THIS EPISODE: The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family's home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell's body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. ***Plus the original short horror story “Black Friday” by horror master, Jason R. Davis!SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“A Thanksgiving Ghost Story” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y33xyhck “The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4jqooov “The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y3cj4nsv “The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4cl7jeb “The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y6qo24su “Black Friday” written by Jason R. Davis: https://www.facebook.com/HAjasondavis = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Weird Darkness®, Weird Darkness© 2022

-- By Oscar Wilde -- Oscar Wilde lived a bright burning, short life. He was born in 1854 and passed away in the new century on November 30, 1900. During his 30's he had success in a number of avenues of writing including poetry, short stories, and novels. However, he is most well known for his stage plays, most prevalently The Importance of Being Earnest. Almost all of Oscar Wilde's stage plays are considered comedies satirizing the Victorian Era. Oscar Wilde had a salacious life and was wrapped up in two lawsuits, alleging sexual impropriety, that ultimately led to his exile, a deep depression, and his untimely death. In both trials he was accused of homosexuality and convicted as such. The final years of Oscar Wilde's life were spent in exile after release from Pentonville Prison in North London in 1897. In October of 1900 Wilde fell ill and ultimately succumbed to meningitis on November 30, 1900. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/patrick-fennell6/support

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“A TRUE THANKSGIVING GHOST STORY” and 4 More Terrifying Paranormal Horror Stories! #WeirdDarknessVote for Weird Darkness in Podcast Magazine’s “Hot 50”: http://PodcastMagazine.com/Hot50 – and get a FREE lifetime subscription to Podcast Magazine in the process!Please share Weird Darkness with others; it helps me to continue creating content as often as I do as well as spreading the word about resources available for those who struggle with depression. IN THIS EPISODE: The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family’s home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell’s body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. ***Plus the original short horror story “Black Friday” by horror master, Jason R. Davis!WANT TO ADVERTISE ON WEIRD DARKNESS OR BE A SPONSOR?Weird Darkness has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on the show. Email sales@advertisecast.com or start the process now at https://weirddarkness.com/advertise WEIRDO WEB LINKS…(Amazon links included may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)Become a Patron: https://WeirdDarkness.com/PatronSTORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…(Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.)“A Thanksgiving Ghost Story” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y33xyhck “The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4jqooov “The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y3cj4nsv “The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y4cl7jeb “The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/y6qo24su “Black Friday” written by Jason R. Davis: https://www.facebook.com/HAjasondavis (I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing that for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I’ll rectify it in the show notes as quickly as possible.)Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music, varying by episode, provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission. 

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At the height of his career, today's subject was a national hero in the UK, knighted by George V. His life ended as a traitor and a pervert, executed by hanging in Pentonville Prison before being thrown in an unmarked grave in the prison yard, his body covered in quicklime. His name was Roger Casement, and we'll talk about his rise and fall, Britain’s hypocritical relationship with imperialism and colonialism, and secret black diaries full of "gentle thrusts" and "splendid erections."  Visit our website for T-shirts, an episode archive, and more information about the show. ----more---- SOURCES: Achebe, Chinua. An Image of Africa: And the Trouble with Nigeria. Penguin Great Ideas 100. London: Penguin Books, 2010.   Dudgeon, Jeffrey, and Roger Casement. Roger Casement: The Black Diaries : With a Study of His Background, Sexuality and Irish Political Life. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Belfast Press, 2016.   Goodman, Jordan. The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man’s Battle for Human Rights in South America’s Heart of Darkness. 1st American ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.   Halifax, Noel. “The Queer and Unusual Life of Roger Casement.” Socialist Review, February 2016. http://socialistreview.org.uk/410/queer-and-unusual-life-roger-casement.   Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.   Inglis, Brian. Roger Casement. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Blackstaff Press, 1993.   Mitchell, Angus. “REPUTATIONS: Roger Casement and the History Question.” History Ireland (blog), June 30, 2016. https://www.historyireland.com/volume-24/reputations-roger-casement-history-question/.   O’Toole, Fintan. “The Multiple Hero.” The New Republic, August 2, 2012. https://newrepublic.com/article/105658/mario-vargas-llosa-dream-of-celt-fintan-otoole.   Toibin, Colm. Love in a Dark Time: And Other Explorations of Gay Lives and Literature. New York, NY: Scribner, 2004.   Our intro music is Arpeggia Colorix by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.

Genevieve Taylor sets out to meet a few of this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards finalists, and hear how learning about food has changed their lives for the better. The first stop is Liberty Kitchen - a finalist in the Best Street Food or Takeaway category. This social enterprise operates at Pentonville Prison, where inmates produce a diverse range of 'street balls', including classic Italian meatballs, macaroni cheese balls and veggies balls; these are then sold at London street food markets. Genevieve visits the bustling prison kitchen with founder Janet Boston, before checking out the Liberty Kitchen stall at Leather Lane market in Clerkenwell - and hears overwhelming praise from current and ex-inmates involved in the scheme, who say it's giving them hope of employment post-prison. Next up, Genevieve checks in with Food and Farming Awards judges for the Cook of the Year category: Jeanette Orrey, co-founder of the educational initiative Food For Life, and Paula McIntyre, a cook, food writer and lecturer. They've been to the Moray region of Scotland, to visit finalist Logie Primary: a rural school with just 28 pupils. Although it's small, this primary school’s making a mark with a food-focused social enterprise that’s teaching pupils food and kitchen skills, and at the same time bringing together the local community. The school's older pupils launched the Cup of Joy Community Cafe two years ago, using vegetables grown in their school allotment and eggs from the school chickens; today, it's not only teaching them valuable nutrition and life skills but providing a hub for this rural community. Our final stop is London, where the judges for this years’ Pat Llewellyn New Talent Award - Ben Adler, whose late wife Pat inspired the award; and Barney Desmazery, food editor at large for BBC Good Food magazine - have been to Ealing to join the team behind Fat Macy’s supper club: a dining experience with a difference… The kitchen and front-of-house team are all homeless people currently living in hostels. The founder Meg Doherty launched the project three years ago, as a way to give people in temporary accommodation an opportunity to learn new skills, while earning enough money to get them back into the housing system. Presented by Genevieve Taylor; produced by Lucy Taylor.

In 1999, Jonathan Aitken was sentenced to 18 months for perjury and perverting the course of justice. He went on to spend seven months behind bars, in three different prisons. At the time, Alan Rusbridger was his adversary. Then editor of The Guardian newspaper, Alan had reported Jonathan to the police for perjury after a high profile libel trial. Twenty years on, Alan sits down with Jonathan, now a chaplain at Pentonville Prison, to find out what he learned from life behind bars, how the experience of incarceration changed the way he thought, and how it continues to shape his life today. Producer: Camellia Sinclair

This man walks his truth unlike any person that I have ever known and he is one of the most passionate people I have met about his purpose and mission in life. The focus for this season is Mental Health and I could not think of a better man to speak to about the subject. More recently he bought an abundance of Passion and Purpose to Pentonville Prison. He is a passionate Entrepreneur, a coach, a Philanthropist and a speaker. Where to find him! https://www.facebook.com/PeterSageFan007/ https://www.instagram.com/petersage007/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/user/PeterSage007 to order a copy of Peters Amazon Best Seller  https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Track-Inspirational-Conquering-Adversity/dp/1999669436/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EWU76VFCSZEG&keywords=inside+track&qid=1553005540&s=gateway&sprefix=inside+track%2Caps%2C344&sr=8-1 SUBSCRIBE  If you have got any value from this podcast I would love it if you would pop over to iTunes and leave me a review Thank you for listening and tuning in.  It means a lot to me.    

Marc Thompson, strategic lead health improvement at the Terrence Higgins Trust, co-founder of Team Prepster and co-editor of Black Out UK joins Sam and Ava for an interview about sexual health, HIV and stigma in black communities. VIDEO Terrence Higgins Trust: https://www.youtube.com/user/THTCommunity MUSIC Little Simz - Offence Jay Z - Lucifer Inspiration Information SPONSOR WAX PRINT FILM is the story of one fabric and how it came to symbolise a continent, it's people and their struggle for freedom. A feature documentary directed by Aiwan Obinyan www.waxprintfilm.com BIOS Ava Vidal is a British comedian. She became more widely known after taking part in E4's Kings of Comedy. Her career in comedy began on the BBC's Urban Sketch Show. Before her television career, Vidal worked as a prison officer for five years in London's Pentonville Prison. Samantha Asumadu is a former documentary filmmaker and journalist. She is the founder of Media Diversified, the co-founder of Bare Lit Festival and CEO of Edmalia Limoted: TV., Talent and Crisis Management

This week's guess is investigative journalist Mark Watts! Topics covered by Ava, Sam and Mark include:The freedom of information act which Tony Blair said was his "biggest mistake", Britain's culture of secrecy and the Official Secrets Act + billionaire registered sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein and the difference between FOI in UK and USA. Our usual #HereandFabulous and #GetintheBin segment features too! Mark Watts is a journalist who has worked for a range of national newspapers and broadcasters and is the co-ordinator of the FOIA [pronounced similar to “foyer”] Centre, a specialist research company: www.foiacentre.com. The FOIA Centre uses open-access laws, including the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act, to help unearth stories for the media and uncover evidence for campaigners or legal cases. Mark was the editor of Exaro, the investigative website, for five years. Exaro closed in 2016 because of financial problems in the group that owned it. The website exposed how senior civil servants were working off-payroll to enable them to avoid tax, sparking a huge Whitehall review and a ban on the practice. Exaro revealed a secret recording in which Rupert Murdoch admitted knowing about bribery at his newspapers for decades, a story that made waves around the world. And Exaro led the way in uncovering evidence of sexual abuse by politicians and other establishment figures, forcing the government to order the overarching inquiry into child sexual abuse. Mark has previously worked for The Sunday Times, the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Express as well as World in Action, where he helped to expose Jonathan Aitken, the former defence procurement minister, and has written for just about every national title. Twitter handle: @MarkWatts_1 MUSIC Little Simz - Offence Linda Lewis - Sideway Shuffle Jay Z - Lucifer Inspiration Information Fela Kuti - Confusion SPONSOR WAX PRINT FILM is the story of one fabric and how it came to symbolise a continent, it's people and their struggle for freedom. A feature documentary directed by Aiwan Obinyan www.waxprintfilm.com BIOS Ava Vidal is a British comedian. She became more widely known after taking part in E4's Kings of Comedy. Her career in comedy began on the BBC's Urban Sketch Show. Before her television career, Vidal worked as a prison officer for five years in London's Pentonville Prison. Samantha Asumadu is a former documentary filmmaker and journalist. She is the founder of Media Diversified, the co-founder of Bare Lit Festival and CEO of Edmalia Limoted: TV., Talent and Crisis Management

“A TRUE THANKSGIVING GHOST STORY” and 4 More Terrifying Paranormal Horror Stories! #WeirdDarknessBATTLE THE DARKNESS: http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/BATTLE WEIRD DARKNESS *LIVE* ON HALLOWEEN: http://weirddarkness.com/weirdweb/1600/ IN THIS EPISODE: The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family’s home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell’s body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. ***Plus the original short horror story “Black Friday” by horror master, Jason R. Davis!EMERGENCY HOTLINE NUMBERS…Depressed? Contemplating suicide?: 800-830-9804Struggling with alcohol or drug addiction?: 800-831-1560SUPPORT THE PODCAST...*Advertise your product/service on Weird Darkness; visit http://www.bgadgroup.com or call 770-874-3200.*WHAT WAS THAT COMMERCIAL I HEARD?: http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/sponsors WEIRD DARKNESS STORE at http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/store AUDIOBOOKS NARRATED BY DARREN at http://www.WeirdDarkness.com/audiobooks BECOME A PATRON at http://www.patreon.com/marlarhouse JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP at https://www.facebook.com/groups/MarlarHouse/ STORY CREDITS AND/OR SOURCES…“A Thanksgiving Ghost Story”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1527299344033713&id=275837242513269 “The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1523406777756303&id=275837242513269 “The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1523407881089526&id=275837242513269 “The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1527292594034388&id=275837242513269 “The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1527286330701681&id=275837242513269 “Black Friday” written by Jason R. Davis: https://www.facebook.com/HAjasondavis WEIRD DARKNESS MUSIC PROVIDED BY Midnight Syndicate http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ and Shadow’s Symphony http://www.facebook.com/shadowssymphony/ - all music used with permission. All rights reserved.  All other music provided by AudioBlocks.com with paid license. There is no copyright infringement intended for this episode and/or the material used for it. If you have an issue with Marlar House/Weird Darkness posting this, please contact us privately and we can sort it out. "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” — Psalm 23:4 ESV** “How can I be saved?” http://ow.ly/gaE730lTme9

How do new food startups survive in London’s ultra-competitive scene? Who’s crazy enough to upend their life for a new biz amidst the whirl of KERB life? Why do so many people dream of their own spot on the streets? In this first episode of series 2 we're talking street food start-ups, KERB’s InKERBator and how setting up is hard to do. Robin Leeburn opens the box on London’s freshest street food menus and looks at how KERB's three-month trader training and mentorship programme is helping London’s finest street chefs gain a foothold in the big city.  We meet the next generation of food stars at the KERB Workshop - a day-long where would-be street food traders gain valuable know-how from some of the capital’s leading industry names. Among the speakers is Huw Gott, founder of steak favourites Hawksmoor, who shares his knowledge of how a people-first company can pull together to create success. Workshop attendees describe why they want to turn their passion for food into their own business and finally, we learn first-hand the transformative power of street food with Liberty Kitchen, providing opportunity and work for current and former inmates at Pentonville Prison.  

“A True Thanksgiving Ghost Story” and 3 More True Paranormal Horror Stories! #WeirdDarkness IN THIS EPISODE: The Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego is one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – and some say the most haunted. *** On November 19, 1924, Hollywood movie producer Thomas Ince died after celebrating his 42nd birthday aboard a yacht belonging to infamous newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, but to this day, the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. Could this be why his ghost still wanders the movie studio that he founded? *** On the night of November 20, 1901, a young North Carolina woman named Nell Cropsey vanished from her family’s home in Elizabeth City. After a frantic search that lasted more than a month, Nell’s body was discovered floating in a nearby river. She had been brutally murdered – but by who? *** On November 23, 1910, American-born homeopathic physician and salesman Hawley Harvey Crippen (usually known simply as Dr. Crippen in crime annals) was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife, Cora. But was he really a murderer? *** While the holidays are usually a time of cheer and happiness, the people of Chicago learned of a Christmas-related tragedy on November 22, 1912 when the famed "Christmas Tree Ship" went down in a storm on Lake Michigan. The tragedy changed the face of the holidays for the people of Chicago in a very unexpected way. Submit your story for use in a future episode at http://www.WeirdDarkness.com! Please post a review of Weird Darkness on iTunes! Posting an iTunes review helps people find the show more easily, helps grow the show, and encourages people to send their stories for future episodes!  Give to Food For The Poor: http://www.marlarhouse.com/foodforthepoorBecome a patron: http://www.patreon.com/marlarhouseWeird Darkness Audiobooks: http://www.marlarhouse.com/audiobooksGet the “Horror Pack”: http://ow.ly/2JNo30gkx9QHoodies and Tees: https://www.teepublic.com/user/marlarhouse  “A Thanksgiving Ghost Story”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1527299344033713&id=275837242513269  “The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1523406777756303&id=275837242513269  “The Lingering Ghost of Nell Cropsey”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1523407881089526&id=275837242513269  “The Strange Case of Dr. Crippen”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1527292594034388&id=275837242513269  “The Christmas Tree Ship Tragedy”: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1527286330701681&id=275837242513269  = = = = = = = MY PODCASTS:http://www.WeirdDarkness.comhttp://www.DailyDoseOfWeirdNews.com MY RECORDING TOOLS...* MICROPHONE (Neumann TLM103): http://amzn.to/2if01CL* POP FILTER (AW-BM700): http://amzn.to/2zRIIyK* XLR CABLE (Mogami Gold Studio): http://amzn.to/2yZXJeD* MICROPHONE PRE-AMP (Icicle): http://amzn.to/2vLqLzg* SOFTWARE (Adobe Audition): http://amzn.to/2vLqI6E* HARDWARE (MacBook Pro): http://amzn.to/2vQzD5g OTHER STUFF...* MARLAR HOUSE MOBILE APP: http://ww.MarlarHouse.com/mobile* POSTAL ADDRESS: Marlar House Productions, PO Box 2023, Loves Park IL 61130* MARLAR SHEET (newsletter): http://www.MarlarHouse.com/MarlarSheet* MARLAR HOUSE AUDIOBOOKS: http://www.MarlarHouse.com/AudioBooks Music provided by Shadow’s Symphony. Used with permission. All rights reserved. For more information on Shadows Symphony, visit http://www.facebook.com/shadowssymphony/ Weird Darkness is a proud member of BombPod Media Network: http://www.BombPodMedia.com Rouse Simmons, Oenida, Clark Street Bridge, thanksgiving, kate morgan, christmas tree ship, Nell Cropsey, Doctor Crippen, Dr. Krippen, Randolph Hearst, Hotel Del Coronado, 3327, Thomas Ince, paranormal, supernatural, creepypasta, unexplained, unsolved, creepy, macabre, haunted, blackeyed, blackeyes, ouija, ghosts, aliens, UFO, lore, horror, extraterrestrial, scary, terrifying, shadowpeople, blackeyedkids, weirddarkness, scarystories, chilling, fear, eerie, sinister, spooky

The month of August marks the hundredth anniversary of the death of Roger Casement on the gallows of Pentonville Prison, London, in one of the most controversial killings in the penal history of the British Empire. Edited by Fintan O'Toole and read by Owen Roe Produced by Aidan Mathews

Niamha is a member of the Advisory Council to European Movement Ireland. She was a Board member of We the Citizens and a member of the Independent Monitoring Board at Pentonville Prison in London. Niamh holds a Masters Degree in Politics from the London School of Economics and a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin.

Niamha is a member of the Advisory Council to European Movement Ireland. She was a Board member of We the Citizens and a member of the Independent Monitoring Board at Pentonville Prison in London. Niamh holds a Masters Degree in Politics from the London School of Economics and a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin.

Being in prison was good fun, new, exciting, it was horrible! Through my mind things like �??loser�??, �??useless�??, �??coward�??, �??irresponsible�?? came across all the time. The hardest thing for me to fight against was the image I had of myself. I was aware that my mind could take me down I�??ve always known that, but there wasn�??t any alcohol or drugs; no �??run away�??, no nothing�?� FACE IT! �?? I don�??t want to!! �?? There is no escape for you, GO ON! �?� and I did it and you know what, once you face your fears, they just vanished and things became less traumatic. This 3 minutes audio is about the first time Marilo (my partner) came to visit me and how things were going inside...

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is proud to describe himself as a playboy - he is Taki Theodoracopulos - the millionaire journalist who pens the Spectator's High Life column every week. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his boyhood in Greece, where his father was a self-made shipping magnate, his subsequent life of tennis and nightclubs with the international jet-set and the abrupt end to this existence when he spent two months in Pentonville Prison after being found in possession of cocaine at Heathrow Airport.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Lilli Marlene by German Soldiers Book: Essential Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway Luxury: Boxing punchbag

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is proud to describe himself as a playboy - he is Taki Theodoracopulos - the millionaire journalist who pens the Spectator's High Life column every week. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his boyhood in Greece, where his father was a self-made shipping magnate, his subsequent life of tennis and nightclubs with the international jet-set and the abrupt end to this existence when he spent two months in Pentonville Prison after being found in possession of cocaine at Heathrow Airport. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Lilli Marlene by German Soldiers Book: Essential Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway Luxury: Boxing punchbag