Echoes from the Loam

Welcome to Echoes from the Loam, where stories breathe, shadows speak, and every tale leaves a mark. 

I'm your Narrator Fauna Blakewell, I'm a mother, a witch and student of all things spooky.

I'Il be exploring global tales of the weird and spooky.

Each episode, we'll hear an original or a tale based on old faithful legends from lore that unearth the strange, the sorrowful, and the slightly twisted, from haunted objects to black dogs and things that go bump in the night.

I've given you the first 3 installments as a gift, a welcome to my realm so to speak.

I will be releasing new episodes weekly on a Tuesday morning UK time.

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Episodes

Thrice Marked

Tuesday Nov 25, 2025

Tuesday Nov 25, 2025

The bitter Winter of 1293
The frost came early that year. It crept across the windows of Withering Hollow like a slow hand, veining the glass with white, whispering of something buried. The village slept beneath a sky the colour of bone, and in three homes,the letters arrived.
Draw your curtains, light your fires and await the mornings Post.
 

Screaming Skulls

Tuesday Nov 25, 2025

Tuesday Nov 25, 2025

In the quiet corners of England’s stately homes, behind locked doors or nestled in attics, there are skulls that are never buried.  
Not because they were forgotten.  
But because they refuse to be.
These are the screaming skulls.

Vines from Within

Tuesday Dec 02, 2025

Tuesday Dec 02, 2025

Windows blinked green with creeping tendrils, as if the house itself had grown eyes to watch the woods.  
No one remembered who last lived there—but the vines did, and they were still waiting.

The Dark Watchers

Tuesday Dec 02, 2025

Tuesday Dec 02, 2025

Silent figures stand sentinel at dusk.  
Locals call them the Dark Watchers—tall, shadowy beings who vanish when approached, yet never seem to leave.
You can light your lanterns, hold on to your wards but chances are, they've already seen you.

Beast of the Bray

Tuesday Dec 09, 2025

Tuesday Dec 09, 2025

Bray Road isn’t marked on most maps. It’s a forgotten vein of cracked asphalt winding through the fields outside Elkhorn, Wisconsin.  
By day, it’s nothing. A shortcut maybe, A silence.  
But after sundown, the road changes.  
The air thickens. The trees lean in. And something begins to stir.
 

Yule Blessings

Tuesday Dec 16, 2025

Tuesday Dec 16, 2025

In this episode, we’ll explore the ancient roots of Yule, its symbols and stories, and close with a ritual and blessing you can perform wherever you are. Whether you walk a pagan path or simply seek connection to the turning seasons, this is for you.

The 13th Chime

Tuesday Jan 06, 2026

Tuesday Jan 06, 2026

The 13th Chime
Ever wondered what would happen if the bell rang 13 times instead of 12 on the stroke of midnight New Year’s Eve?
Grab your lantern, lock your doors.
You're about to find out.

The 13th Cry

17 hours ago

17 hours ago

They say the Pine Barrens were always cursed. That the trees lean in too close, and the soil drinks more than rain. That the silence there isn’t empty—it’s harbouring.

I See You

17 hours ago

17 hours ago

The boarding house loomed at the end of a cul-de-sac, its bricks the color of rusted steel, its windows tall and narrow like coffin lids stood on end.
Finally, a place all to herself....or was it?

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