About this episode

This episode explores the ghosts associated with the Airship R101 and the investigations following its crash in 1930.

Send us Fan Mail This podcast is based on Eric Dingwall’s private papers that became available to view by the public during October 2025 at London University. It is about the R101 that crashed in October 1930, and resulting seances and investigations into the crash and the resulting Official report. This podcast is recorded in one take, (in the garden) without edit and is a lo-fi production.

People in this episode

Host: DBC

Topics covered

• ghosts
• airship
• seances
• investigations
• history
• true crime

Keywords

• R101
• ghosts
• seances
• investigations
• crash
• history
• true crime

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Places: London University

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