Amy Boucher | Local Legends #12: Shropshire

For our penultimate Local Legends episode for Series 4, Martin gathers round the campfire to talk about the folklore of Shropshire with Amy Boucher.

Amy is a writer and a folklorist, an educator and a podcaster. She focuses on her native Shropshire, with her emphasis primarily being on the interplay between folklore, history and the paranormal.

Like many of us, Amy is fascinated by perceptions of the past as seen through the lens of folk beliefs. We first encountered her through Twitter, and tumbled headlong into her blog, Nearly Knowledgeable History, which is amazing. And from there we listened to her audiodrama podcast ‘Best of Men’ which, if you’re after a spooky adventure, comes highly recommended!

If you read Haunted Magazine then there’s every chance you’ll know Amy from its pages. She is an Ambassador for Haunted, her articles are great, and just this month Amy announced her new podcast, The Shropshire Witches.

As you will shortly hear, Amy is incredibly well-informed and passionate about Shropshire’s folklore. She could talk Shropshire for days, and be consistently interesting and funny, and we're so happy to be finally sharing our chat, which we recorded a few weeks ago.

To learn more about Amy and her work, visit nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com.

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