Hello You 43: Spirits of Shelton

Hello You with Jim Hawkins

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Hello You 43: Spirits of Shelton

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Jim Hawkins

May 31, 2024

Transcript

Content warning: suicide, cruelty

Meet Kate McLanachan, Shropshire mental health nurse and author of ‘Spirits of Shelton’.

Kate’s second book recounts the paranormal experiences and reported ghost sightings of people working at Shrewsbury’s Shelton psychiatric hospital. It also covers the hospital’s often tragic history, and some of the former treatments and practices … which are just as likely to keep you awake at night as the ghost stories!

More about Kate here, and her book is available in local bookshops and on Amazon.

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Discussion about this podcast

Hello You with Jim Hawkins

I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life.

I’m a good listener. It’s what I do. And for Hello You, I’m listening to (and talking with) fascinating people, mostly but not always from Shropshire, so that you can hear what they have to say.

It's public-service local journalism that cares about people. Audio that brings you the voices of people you might not hear from otherwise. Interviews conducted with compassion and empathy. Thoughtful, positive, good-humoured conversations, informed local storytelling, and commentary that’s not afraid to get righteously angry on occasion.

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