A Fairy Story

Strange Stuff Podcast · Sep 3, 2023 · 1h 11m

You can text us here!The Cottingham Fairies is a very famous case that occurred around 1907 and took the world by storm. Two young girls had apparently photographed fairies and goblins in the woods near their home, and it triggered a debate about the very evolution of the human race. This week, we take a look at the mindset of the people at the end of the Great War, and how perhaps the need for something wonderful and magical to happen, was facilitated by the years of horror everyone had just endured. The belief system was perhaps eager for it to be true. Even Sherlock Holmes got involved…