Top Secret Tempsford: WW2 and 21st Century ghosts

Top Secret Tempsford: WW2 and 21st Century ghosts

From Weird in the Wade by Natalie Doig

June 1, 2026 · 1h 7m · Season 2 · Episode 47

About this episode

Natalie Doig explores the haunting history of Tempsford Hall and its significant role during World War II.

After exploring the 1840s haunting of Tempsford Hall Nat delves into the 20th and 21st century history of the hall. On the eve of the 20th century Tempsford Hall suffered a devastating fire where extreme bravery was shown by the residents, visitor, and servants of the Hall. Tempsford is probably most famous today for its role in the second world war. A top-secret role involving espionage, and resistance fighters. Nat explores the history of the Special Operations Executive and the memorial barn at Gibraltar Farm just west of Tempsford Hall today. Nat focuses on the experiences of two SOE operatives Pearl Witherington and Noor Inayat Khan. Women who bravely fought against the nazi’s in occupied France. Finally, Nat looks at the more recent haunted history of Tempsford Hall and the village in general including an experience sent in by a listener who lived in Tempsford recently. Check out the show blog weirdinthewade.blog for photos, videos and links to further reading. Voice actors for this episode are: Tess Savigear as Millicent and the nurse Owen Staton as Bulkeley Hughes Bryan Bland as the Major Additional research by Aisling McCrudden Weird in the Wade is researched, written…

People in this episode

Host: Natalie Doig

Topics covered

  • haunting
  • World War II
  • espionage
  • Special Operations Executive
  • ghost stories
  • history

Keywords

  • Tempsford Hall
  • haunting
  • World War II
  • espionage
  • Special Operations Executive
  • Pearl Witherington
  • Noor Inayat Khan

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Tempsford Hall, Gibraltar Farm

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