WICKED WITCH? OR POWERFUL PROPHETESS? | Mother Shipton The Witch of York & The Haunted Cave (Ep 347)

Born in a storm and cackling instead of crying, Mother Shipton wasn’t your average baby—she was England’s most powerful witch and prophetess. From dark rumors about her mysterious birth in a Yorkshire cave to a lifetime of magic and prophecy, her story has haunted England for centuries. But Ursula Southeil, known as Mother Shipton, wasn’t all devilish rumors—she was a healer, a wise woman, and a witch who used her gifts to help the very people who once feared her. She predicted storms, cured the sick, and foresaw moments in history no one could have imagined—from the rise of cars and planes to the end of the world itself. Sources: Mother Shipton Investigated by W.H. Harrison: https://ia801602.us.archive.org/32/items/mothershiptonin00harrgoog/mothershiptonin00harrgoog.pdf Mother Shipton Secrets of a Yorkshire Witch – The Supernatural Bloodline Mystery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSXtONxgpKg Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! Edited by Jaimi Ryan, produced by Emma Leventer and Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives: https://www.goodwitchkitchen.net/cleansing-without-sage/ About the podcast: Join hosts Corinne Vien and Sabrina Deana-Roga, bi-coastal best friends, with a questionably unhealthy predilection towards all things strange, spooky and creepy, for heavily researched and listener submitted tales of the supernatural. They do warn you though... Two Girls One Ghost is the most haunted podcast in America, countless listeners have reported that listening leads to encounters with the other side. Listen at your own risk. Episodes are released every Sunday and Thursday. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Join the pyramid scheme: We're not quite the illuminati...yet. and we can't promise fame, but we can promise a couple other things when you join our patreon. We promise not to haunt you in the afterlife. All episodes are released one week early and ad-free, additional full-length patreon-exclusive episodes published each month, live ghost storytelling every Tuesday night, and a whole lot of spookiness and maybe some photos of our toes. https://www.patreon.com/twogirlsoneghostpodcast Socials: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlsoneghost/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@twogirlsoneghost https://www.facebook.com/groups/twogirlsoneghostpodcast/ https://discord.com/invite/np5ACspXck https://www.patreon.com/twogirlsoneghostpodcast Looking for info on live shows, merch, or ways to connect with the living (or the dead)? Check out our website! https://www.twogirlsoneghost.com/ This show includes topics that cover: ghosts, hauntings, demons, exorcisms, visits from loved ones, ghost kids, ghosts caught on camera, poltergeists, curses, haunted dolls, cryptids, mothman, bigfoot, witches, sea monsters, conspiracies, haunted houses, killers, murderers, possessions, gnomes, fairies, witches, oracle, tarot, ghost hunting, paranormal investigations, true crime, astral projection, past lives, aliens, mysteries, ouija boards, missing persons, near death experiences, the occult, and more! CHAPTERS 00:00 - introduction 04:49 - a witch born in the cave: 08:22 - background & birth 20:45 - Ursula Southeil’s life in society 24:48 - falling in love 28:23 - return to the cave & prophecies 35:32 - north vs. south 37:12 - woman with one eye 42:21 - prediction of the apocalypse 43:42 - fact or folklore? 46:07 - hauntings & the petrified well 51:26 - listener story