Explore fascinating stories from Devon.
Radio Devon,·124 episodes
Dartmoor's Phantom Houses
Have you ever seen a house, and the next time you visit it's not there? you are not alone
24 Jul 2026,·6 mins
Don't be too kind to pixies! It may backfire on you.
Lisa Schneidau has the cautionary tale of the pixie Threshers. Picture credit: Getty
16 Jul 2026,·7 mins
The Nine Dancing Maidens
The Beltane festival and dancing has origins on Dartmoor. Emma Cunis has the story
01 Jul 2026,·7 mins
What is the inspiration for the pixie based stores from Dartmoor?
The origin of stories in which people claim to have been led astray by pixies
24 Jun 2026,·6 mins
What's the worst that could happen if you walk on the moor to meet your true love?
Lisa Schneidau has the sorry tale of the Huccaby Courting.
12 Jun 2026,·9 mins
The Haunting of The Abbots Way
Headless horseman, supernatural hounds, a red monk and more: all seen on the Abbots Way
20 May 2026,·5 mins
The carpenter's pencil
A kind of 6th sense tells a trainee lawyer to go to Exeter. He might save a life.
18 May 2026,·9 mins
The Witchfox of Hound Tor
A nobleman falls in love with a witch's grand daughter, but all is not well
14 May 2026,·4 mins
The faithless wives of Chagford.
The stones of Dartmoor decide the fate of the 'Faithless wives of Chagford'
12 May 2026,·4 mins
The story of The Fairy Ointment
Would you try a mysterious ointment you were told not to?
11 May 2026,·12 mins
A Devon farmer and his cows, terrorised by a thousand pixies
A Devon farmer with 3 cows is nearly scared to death by pixies, and his cows killed
07 Jan 2026,·6 mins
Is this Devon's Robin Hood?
It's 1678 and a masked robber is making a fortune, but who is he?
15 Dec 2025,·8 mins
Old Granny Caught
A shape-shifting witch is nearly caught on the moor
12 Dec 2025,·5 mins
The Silver ink Pot
Near Stowford in Devon, an ink pot goes missing and a ghost helps find it
11 Dec 2025,·11 mins
Bowerman
Woods, witches, hares and spells. It can only be another myth centred on Dartmoor.
10 Sep 2025,·9 mins
Yealmpton Hole
A mysterious hole opens up in Yealmpton. Was it a sinkhole or something more mysterious?
10 Sep 2025,·4 mins
Stephen's Grave
You've heard of Kitty Jay's grave but what about Stephen's grave?
A supernatural figure carrying a ragdoll in Exeter, have you seen it?
A missing seaman, an orphan daughter, a rag doll and a mysterious figure.
14 Aug 2025,·5 mins
The ghost of Dartmouth Royal Naval College, or is it?
The ghost that inhabits BRNC Dartmouth has a sorry tale and Janet Dowling has the story
14 Aug 2025,·7 mins
Drakes Drum
The legend of Drake's drum as told by Lisa Schneidau
14 Aug 2025,·4 mins
The Devil and his hounds on Dartmoor
Here's the story of The Dewer & The Hare as told by Lisa Schneidau
11 Jul 2025,·6 mins
The parson and the clerk.
What is the story behind the 2 stones you can see in Dawlish? Lisa Schneidau tells all.
11 Jul 2025,·9 mins
Chasing Crockern
Why are there the marks of some playing cards on Dartmoor? Lisa Schneidau explains.
10 Jul 2025,·7 mins
Albina
Hear the legend of why Devon was originally called 'Albion' as told by Katy Cawkwell.
04 Jul 2025,·9 mins
There is a canal in Devon that is the highest in the UK, and no one knows what it was for
13 Jul 2026,·5 mins
Jeremy Tyler met a violent end near Axminster, but was he actually dead?
23 Jun 2026,·8 mins
Heathcoat Fabrics in Tiverton make fabrics for flight suits, PPE, parachutes and more.
16 Jun 2026,·5 mins
Darren Murray was mudlarking on the River Dart and found a shotgun.
15 Jun 2026,·4 mins
Do you know why aces fields at Widecombe-In-The-Moor has it's name? Emma Cunis explains.
08 Jun 2026,·6 mins
The final part of Caroline Densley's visit to a Devon wheelwright.
23 Mar 2026,·4 mins
