Skip to main content
Colchester Castle

Colchester Castle

Castle in Colchester, EnglandWikipedia

Search complete. 9 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Colchester Castle".

Nov 5, 2026

Martin VauxHOST
77:06
As ever, if you would like to support Eleanor and I in making Three Ravens, while also unlocking ad-free listening to all of our past episodes and a whole load of other Patreon-exclusive stuff, do please sign up for our paid membership via patreon.com forward slash three ravens podcast, which you can also find links to on our website, or you can just click the link in our show notes.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
77:28
Do also book to come and see us, if you can, on Friday the 13th of November at Colchester Castle in Essex for a one-of-a-kind evening of creepy folk songs, ghost lore and a live performance of my story, The Coal Hole, from our book Three Ravens Ghost Tales.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
77:45
Tickets are available through the Colchester Museum's website.
Martin VauxHOST
77:48
We will speak to you again soon.
Hannah GompertzGUEST
7:00
It was very organic in the way that it grew.
Hannah GompertzGUEST
7:03
So for example, one of the first things I noticed was Colchester Castle, a company had projected yellow hearts onto the wall of the castle and they'd not come to us and ask us for permission or not that they would have to, or mention to us that they were going to do this.
Hannah GompertzGUEST
7:19
They just went and did it off their own back, which is what has happened with a lot of the things that yellow hearts have like occurred on people just like the idea.
Hannah GompertzGUEST
7:27
and can run with it themselves in a way that's important to them.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
23:46
Yeah.
Martin VauxHOST
23:46
Now, we will also be releasing one bonus Sunday episode on Sunday, November 22nd, which will be our Three Ravens live show recorded at Colchester Castle in Essex on Friday the 13th.
Martin VauxHOST
24:00
We are extremely excited about that gig.
Martin VauxHOST
24:02
Looking forward to talking about haunted Essex, Colchester Castle's own ghosts, and Eleanor will be performing her terrifying story, The Coal Hole, live, underscored a little bit by me.
Martin VauxHOST
24:15
And if you can come to the actual thing, do please come to the actual thing.
Martin VauxHOST
24:20
Tickets are available through the Colchester Museum's website and a link to from threeravenspodcast.com as well.
Martin VauxHOST
94:50
The next few shows are going to be one in November.
Martin VauxHOST
94:53
We're going to be at Colchester Castle on Friday the 13th.
Martin VauxHOST
94:56
And then the next one isn't until the new year when we'll be headlining the UK Ghost Story Festival in Derby.
Martin VauxHOST
95:03
Nobody has any money in January, so my advice is if you'd like to come, book your tickets now so you'll definitely attend.
Helen BrownHOST
1:59
It had open sides, so everyone could see the proceedings.
Helen BrownHOST
2:03
The women from St. Osyth were brought from Colchester Castle, where they'd been held in the prison and tried for the crime of witchcraft.
Rachel WebberHOST
2:10
So it was illegal to be a witch?
Helen BrownHOST
2:11
Yep.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
7:05
We're getting such a kick out of seeing pictures of it in its many new homes.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
7:10
If you'd like to get your copy signed in person, there's a couple more opportunities before the end of this year as well, as we will be at Goddinton House in Kent on October 29th and Colchester Castle in Essex on November 13th.
Eleanor ConlonHOST
7:25
So
Martin VauxHOST
7:25
excited about that.
CherylHOST
13:34
I mean, look, you've always got to have a head of wardrobe on hand close by.
CherylHOST
13:38
And especially if this was the Henry VIII era, he had residence down in Colchester Castle just down the road.
CherylHOST
13:46
Well, there we go.
CherylHOST
13:47
Also, finding the
Graham DukeHOST
8:27
But he's also a notable man, because as well as being a bishop, he's also an engineer.
Graham DukeHOST
8:32
So he's responsible for Colchester Castle and the White Tower at the Tower of London.
Graham DukeHOST
8:36
Is he really? Yeah.
Ali HoodHOST
8:38
Well, I never.

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.