Winchester Cathedral Sank

Winchester Cathedral Sank

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March 25, 2026 · 25 min

About this episode

This episode explores the surprising connection between Winchester Cathedral and pop culture references, including Monty Python and the Saw franchise.

Monty Python was nearly right about something sinking into a swamp, but it was a cathedral, not a castle. This week on That Time When we make a surprising number of pop culture references (mostly movies), so we'll be teaching you the previously unknown collection between the Saw franchise and Winchester Cathedral (there isn't one) as we find out why and how a cathedral can sink. The following music was used to create this podcast: "Anachronist" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Jerusalem peformed by Winchester Cathedral Choir Hello Zepp by Charlie Clouser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: That Time When

Topics covered

  • history
  • cathedrals
  • pop culture
  • Monty Python
  • architecture
  • sinking

Keywords

  • Winchester Cathedral
  • Monty Python
  • Saw franchise
  • sinking
  • history
  • pop culture
  • architecture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Winchester Cathedral Choir

Books & works: Monty Python, Saw franchise

Places: Winchester Cathedral

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