The Hollinwell Incident | Unsolved Mysteries | Creepy True Stories

About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious Hollinwell incident where children collapsed during a summer event in 1980.

On a summer morning in 1980, hundreds of children gathered on a Nottinghamshire hillside for what should have been an ordinary day of marching bands and sunshine. Then, without warning, children began collapsing. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Join Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUP Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stoke_Field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollinwell_incident https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61551003 Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Thursday. Sarah and Tobie xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah, Tobie

Topics covered

• unsolved mysteries
• paranormal stories
• true crime
• historical events
• children's experiences

Keywords

• Hollinwell incident
• paranormal
• children
• collapse
• Nottinghamshire
• true stories
• unsolved mysteries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, Wikipedia

Books & works: Spacial Winds

Places: Nottinghamshire

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