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A quiet English village. A dark and paranormal history. Join host Mina Giddens, your guide to this land of endless green fields and horror that lurks behind every hedge, to meet the inhabitants of Speck. Prepare for stories of lingering ghosts, unsettling creatures, and bizarre crimes.
Uncanny tales. Released weekly.

To contact the show: https://www.jadejiao.com/contact

To help support the show: https://ko-fi.com/jadejiao

This podcast is a work of fiction. Some episodes may be inspired by real events; all characters and details are fictionalised.

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