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Secret Devon

Explore fascinating stories from Devon.

Radio Devon,115 episodes

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The story behind Aces Fields on Dartmoor
Do you know why aces fields at Widecombe-In-The-Moor has it's name? Emma Cunis explains.
08 Jun 2026,6 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
The faithless wives of Chagford.
The stones of Dartmoor decide the fate of the 'Faithless wives of Chagford'
12 May 2026,4 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
The story of The Fairy Ointment
Would you try a mysterious ointment you were told not to?
11 May 2026,12 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
Old Granny Caught
A shape-shifting witch is nearly caught on the moor
12 Dec 2025,5 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
The Silver ink Pot
Near Stowford in Devon, an ink pot goes missing and a ghost helps find it
11 Dec 2025,11 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
Bowerman
Woods, witches, hares and spells. It can only be another myth centred on Dartmoor.
10 Sep 2025,9 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
Yealmpton Hole
A mysterious hole opens up in Yealmpton. Was it a sinkhole or something more mysterious?
10 Sep 2025,4 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
Stephen's Grave
You've heard of Kitty Jay's grave but what about Stephen's grave?
10 Sep 2025,9 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
Drakes Drum
The legend of Drake's drum as told by Lisa Schneidau
14 Aug 2025,4 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
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
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
Chasing Crockern
Why are there the marks of some playing cards on Dartmoor? Lisa Schneidau explains.
10 Jul 2025,7 mins
Secret Devon: Myths and Legends
Albina
Hear the legend of why Devon was originally called 'Albion' as told by Katy Cawkwell.
04 Jul 2025,9 mins
Wheels: Did you know you can make a pen from a wheel?
The final part of Caroline Densley's visit to a Devon wheelwright.
23 Mar 2026,4 mins
Wheels: When does a craft become a trade?
Caroline Densley continues her trip round a Devon wheelwright
23 Mar 2026,7 mins
Wheels: Do you know the difference between a cart and a wagon?
Do you know the difference between a wagon and a cart? Caroline Densley finds out
10 Mar 2026,10 mins
Wheels: "The really rare stuff doesn't come up, if you see it, you fight for it"
In part 2 Caroline Densley is introduced to the tools of the trade.
10 Mar 2026,8 mins
Wheels: Why is a tyre called a tyre?
Caroline Densley has been to visit Greg Rowland, a wheelwright in East Devon to find out.
02 Mar 2026,6 mins
How many bees are in a bee hive?
To answer that we sent John Acres to Quince Honey Farm
18 Feb 2026,14 mins
280 Million years old, the original rock idols. Why is Dartmoor so inspiring?
Legends, folklore, myths and some of the most famous books, all inspired by Dartmoor.
14 Jan 2026,4 mins
Dartmoor used to be avoided, and called "Dirty". find out why.
What we now enjoy, was once thought of as dirty, disgusting and to be avoided
14 Jan 2026,6 mins
Dartmoor, the inspiration for many
Hattie McCann talks to some of the people that keep the mystery of the moor alive
13 Jan 2026,5 mins
Walk The Way of the Dead
The Lychway, the way of the dead was where you had to carry your family after death.
08 Jan 2026,2 mins